Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fruit.
NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
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What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
NEW: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland.
In 2 months before Trump said he was sending the National Guard, federal officers fire on, grab, pepper-spray or tear gas people 20 times -- without charging anyone. "Gratuitous," one expert said.
05.11.2025 17:29 — 👍 585 🔁 287 💬 3 📌 11
Jeffries: "This from a group of people who somehow found $40b to bail out their right-wing dictator friend in Argentina. Republicans put Argentina first. And they can't find a dime to extend ACA tax credits? That's part of the reason why Republicans were rejected all across the country, pummeled."
06.11.2025 16:32 — 👍 2223 🔁 623 💬 57 📌 19
So pleased to announce that we will be back on the road this February for our own EU/UK tour on sale from 7th November 11am! It will be a pleasure to see you all again with some incredible new songs in our arsenal!
05.11.2025 11:03 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."
05.11.2025 04:47 — 👍 2885 🔁 601 💬 12 📌 42
Charlie is a veteran from my town of Bend OR & has been driving all over the country pulling an anti-Trump billboard trailer, talking to people about Trump and making short reels about Trump & fascism.He is self funded. Click on his post 👇, give it a re-post and follow. Let's make him famous!
03.11.2025 21:11 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
Read more here.
When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.
04.11.2025 01:26 — 👍 4944 🔁 1778 💬 289 📌 128
Free and fair elections are good for business. Having a stable rule of law is important to the economy. Not having people afraid to go to work because they might be beaten up or disappeared is essential to a productive workforce. Democracy is essential for a strong economy.
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Done ✅
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We the people aren’t having it
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
29.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 21265 🔁 7718 💬 505 📌 216
The Dropkick Murphy's Ken Casey knows you can never take sh*t from a bully. That's why he's standing up and pushing back against the Trump administration with @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
Bullies like Trump only win when we're silent, so speak up today!
27.10.2025 16:08 — 👍 1496 🔁 477 💬 17 📌 22
Rough math: 12.3% of Americans (41.7 mil) are about to lose SNAP. Many food banks produce 3 meals per $1, so a November worth of meals for one costs $30. Round it up to $35 for asst. costs & hygiene products. If 13% of us donate $35 each to food banks, we can get everyone through Nov! #EndHunger 🥙💪
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When Anthonhy Burns was kidnapped in Boston in 1854 under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act, thousands of ordinary white and Black Bostonians responded with outrage like this and stormed the jail in an unsuccessful attempt to free him.
25.10.2025 21:56 — 👍 954 🔁 306 💬 14 📌 12
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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DEFCON
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a woman says " we 're not quite there yet " with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman says " we 're not quite there yet " with her eyes closed
"I'll just research it using AI" is something I see a fair bit today.
But AI just isn't there yet.
You *must* check what it tells you. Which takes time & effort.
In the mean time, reading source material, asking questions, listening to experts & being able to adjust your thinking remain essential
22.10.2025 23:50 — 👍 43 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 0
He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
—Declaration of Independence, 1776
13.10.2025 03:41 — 👍 980 🔁 373 💬 5 📌 6
YouTube video by Dorothy Dunnett Society
Dorothy Dunnett International Online Lecture 3 Forging the Triangular Alliance
The DDS is pleased to say that our third international online lecture, Dr David Heffernan on 'Forging the Triangular Alliance', is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eX9...
11.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hers a photo of our fall colors and aerial tram. The ICE facility is right by where the tram starts & then takes people up to OHSU & Veterans hospital
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Wtaf
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EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
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Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Here’s a little news break for your social feed. There’s nothing like a crisp autumn morning in Portland, Oregon.
OPB captured the Rose City sunrise by drone on Tuesday, Oct. 7, showcasing the Willamette River, bridges, skyline and view of Mount Hood.
🎥 by Stephani Gordon, OPB
08.10.2025 16:50 — 👍 87 🔁 24 💬 4 📌 12
She wants us to be afraid of a guy in a chicken costume? Oh that’s right Donnie and his lying liars are lying.
08.10.2025 01:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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