Jason Prentice

National Guard troops briefly deployed to Portland despite judge’s order, federal trial reveals The revelation came to light today in federal court in Portland, where U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut will decide if President Trump acted lawfully or violated the state’s rights by trying t...

The White House violated a court order in Oregon and deployed National Guard troops the day after they were told not to do that.

Ground level perspective, under side of brittle stem mushroom, lit from above so that the light clearly defines the gills on the underside of the mushroom, blurry focus maple tree in background

Good morning Brittle Stem

Useful and informative response to the flood of authoritarian and anti-democratic actions of trumps second term in office. Documenting and charting the increase in attacks on America over time for easy visualization.

www.trumpactiontracker.info

Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

This is an absolutely extraordinary, revelatory quote. Why is the NBC affiliate in Portland the only place reporting it? www.kgw.com/article/news...

Two pieces of gluten free bread with a large bubble in the center.

I feel cheated. I know that bread is supposed to have bubbles but this is a bit excessive.

Trump is scrambling to consolidate power before his own unpopularity takes him down. Our job is to build a big, bold, joyful opposition strong enough to stop him. Join us on Oct.18 for No Kings 2: www.nokings.org/?SQF...

Pen sketch of mushrooms and moss on a stick, Oct 26 2019 “Tillamook forest center”

Pen sketch from photo of mushroom with crosshatching line work, Nov 3, 2021, Mt Tabor Park

Ink line drawing of two mushrooms and a tree in the back ground. From my sketch pad dated 2016 to 2018

Pen and watercolor drawing dated 12,19,2019 “Goldie Chanterelle Tillamook ? Forest”

Sharing a few pages of my old sketch pad stuff with mushrooms. #art

Pen sketch of a bear sitting on a log in front of a tent in a forest holding a cigarette and exhaling smoke.

Silly quick sketch I did the other day

This is exactly what America is. If we want it to be better we have to make it better.

Curating Resistance: A Guilt-Free Guide to Black Metal A collection of “safe” black metal artists, whatever that term really means.

Not sure who needs this but,
I found a list of anti-fascist/anti-capitalism black-metal bands.
Most of them are on Bandcamp.
I think my favorites are Feminazgul and Wretched Empires.

astralnoizeuk.com/2021/08/24/c...

This is terrible news. The public good that trimet/max lines offer is immeasurable. The Max line was free inside the city when I moved here and it was a big part of choosing to live in Portland for me and my family.

YouTube video by F G. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan

youtu.be/SvrOzYtnLMA?...

Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn't making that clear. When I was a kid, there was a popular phrase--"what if they had a war and no one came?" What if we ...

It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if the intention is to destroy this country and whether this country is in fact being destroyed.

Republicans are actively trying to defund public broadcasting. In most rural areas of the country public broadcasting doubles as the emergency alert system. Defunding public broadcasting alert systems after what happened in Texas is unthinkably dangerous.

Love living in Portland

It's eugenics it's eugenics it's eugenics. This regime is run by eugenicists. They want to poor, disabled, elderly, children, queer folks dead. Their policies are killing us. On purpose.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture I went to two No Kings Day Protests. Here's how they went.

So proud of my city. So many good humans who care about democracy and the dignity and rights of folks in the country. So many people marching even if they're afraid. America, 11 million and counting...I am so proud of all of us on this No Kings Day.

I’m right next to the little purple dot on the right.

Tens of thousands join peaceful ‘No Kings’ protest in Portland; much smaller crowd turns chaotic at ICE facility Protesters decry the “absolute lawlessness, corruption and cruelty” of the Trump administration.

The crowd was so large that the front group crossed the Hawthorne Bridge, looped up Southeast Grand Avenue, and returned over the Morrison Bridge — while those in the rear had yet to reach the Hawthorne Bridge.

We did it. We crossed 314,000 appraisals. A totally meaningless number!

You can see the individual appraisals here:

https://clickens.chicken.pics/results/1

Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

The -perfect- year to start a career as a brand new UX designer right?

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle it

qz.com/tech-layoffs...

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

2026, Joni Ernst can be voted out in 2026. Also the cuts to Medicaid and Medicare that this house spending bill requires won’t take place until after the 2026 midterms.

Republicans have a new talking point for gutting Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts: “We are all going to die.”

If your senator is a GOP ghoul like Joni Ernst, they need to hear from the constituents they’re betraying with Trump’s Tax Scam: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

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Just revisiting, adding more info
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Purple iris flower with dark purple vein pattern on petals in a strawberry patch.

Purple iris flower with dark purple vein pattern on petals in a strawberry patch.

Purple iris flower with dark purple vein pattern on petals in a strawberry patch and sword fern.

Annual spring time iris pictures

Microsoft raises Xbox prices due to tariffs The entry-level Xbox Series S now costs $379.99 in the U.S. as of Thursday, up from $299.99.

Microsoft hikes Xbox price $80 due to unspecified "market conditions."