Jason Ripcity

If there’s one thing Blazers fans are known for, it’s clearheaded and rational observations about preseason games.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

This headline reads like AI slop.

BREAKING: Oregon governor has authorized 300 members of Antifa to deploy to Texas, to teach civics lessons.

OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.

Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.

Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.

Resistance takes many forms. Out for beer and pizza tonight, we overhear drunk Karen at the bar complaining about “liberals”.

We open the Jukebox app…and play three Bad Bunny songs in a row. Karen gets this stinky look on her face, finishes her beer and leaves. 😅

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

Downtown Portland is mellow this afternoon, as I ride through on the way to the Moda Center. No protests, no ICE or law enforcement presence.

If you didn’t read the news, you would have no idea about this “war-torn” bullshit.

I don't want to offend anyone or get too outlandishly histrionic or anything, but I honesty believe the current US administration & its adherents are a bunch of malevolent scumbags whose instantaneous disappearance from the face of the earth would be a boon to all living things.

Even if Bad Bunny wasn't American, who gives a shit? Is the Super Bowl some federal holiday? Were people upset when Coldplay's Chris Martin showed up to sing with Bruno Mars and Beyonce? I mean, they were but only because he sounded like shit compared to them.

America loved it when foreigners The Rolling Stones (2006) and The WHO (2010) played Super Bowl Halftime. 🇬🇧

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

Last season, my wife asked me “how many Jalen‘s are in the NBA these days?” And I said “I know, right? There must be three or four of them!”

VARNEY: You canceled almost $8b of energy projects, most of them in blue states. Are you punishing the blue states?

CHRIS WRIGHT: We are punishing the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars ... do you want to subsidize E-bike lanes lanes in Portlandia?

(That's not a no!)

Newspaper where almost everyone with integrity quit reporting on TV newsroom where anyone with integrity needs to quit

Give me your favorite movie quote. This is for a poll at the office.

So far, I have “I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!” and “May the Force be with you.”

Joker: Folie à Deux

1/5 Elon Musk and David Sacks are attacking Wikipedia again.

They say they will replace it with “Grokipedia.”

Why? Because quick, free, independent fact-checking is their enemy.

They cannot control it. And that terrifies them

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

In all the chaos, I would urge folks to remember that a lot of folks now don’t know when their next check will come.

The vast majority are good people who love this nation deeply, and many of them are still working despite not knowing when they’ll be paid

Have compassion.

Anyone with critical thinking skills or a memory of past shutdowns should be aware that this isn’t how it works. The president doesn’t gain new powers because Congress hasn’t sent over the money for the executive branch.

latest from kerryeggers.com, the lowdown on @trailblazers.bsky.social from media day at Moda Center:

www.kerryeggers.com/stories/trai...

You know, as bad as this is - and it's really, really bad - I'm kind of relieved that it's out in the open now, and we don't have to pretend this was headed anywhere different. The stakes are obvious and anybody choosing not to see them now is a quisling at best.

like, the fact that they felt this spectacle was necessary is itself evidence that they don't have the military support that they want

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Sewing machines, snowshoes, toys, and tools: If you need it, you can probably find it at a library of things - The Boston Globe Librarians have developed their collections to include all sorts of items, from expensive tools to toys, making them available for patrons to borrow for free instead of buying for themselves.

I love libraries and stories about libraries. This one by my colleague @amandamilkovits.bsky.social about how post-Covid, libraries have become more than just a place to borrow books is a gem.

Landscape, by Joan Miró, 1968, 📸 by @EricEvansPhoto