Kaliko Castille

Because I think in the marketplace of ideas, you have to actually put your ideas forward to win.

I think we have to be in those spaces challenging the group think. It breaks the echo chamber, even if just one tweet at a time.

In darkness, a single source of light is even more noticeable.

That's how I felt going down with COVID on the biggest week for ICE protests. 🤦🏽

In general, I don't support the idea of allowing for ideological power vacuums. The fact that one of the most powerful platforms on the internet is dominated by right-wingers isn't a good thing for progressive ideas.

Guys, I don't think we should have ever left Twitter.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

This is what we call selective outrage and is a prime example of how media coverage drives public narrative.

Shout out to my fellow libras bringing balance to the force on the daily.

It drives me nuts when forms don't allow you to be hispanic/latino AND some other ethnicity. Like, wtf?

I don't know who needs to hear this but no one wants to do your breakout room on zoom.

Apropos of nothing -- Portland police arrested and shot munitions at dozens of journalists in 2020. I don't remember a DOJ investigation then.

So when are we doing a general strike?

My fear is that we are so far passed an election fixing this.

This system will either be brought to it's knees or we'll spend the rest of our lives on ours.

Will be at the DPO Annual Summit this weekend.

Will be interesting viiiiiiiiiibes, that's for sure.

The Rise of the #TreadOnMeDaddy Republican Troops in Portland, midnight raids in Chicago and an updated National Security Presidential Memo that might label you a terrorist.

Who knew my man had the write stuff? Check out my millennial colleague Kaliko's Substack!

(Kaliko taught me about Hawaiian sovereignty back in the day and highly recommends that Apple TV show with Momoa in it. But not in this piece.)

kalikovisionpod.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

Now? Read this.

Mahalo for the kind words and mahalo for reading it!

The Rise of the #TreadOnMeDaddy Republican Troops in Portland, midnight raids in Chicago and an updated National Security Presidential Memo that might label you a terrorist.

Pretty proud of this blog I'm calling The Rise of the #TreadOnMeDaddy Republican.

Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a second broader temporary restraining order late Sunday night.

BREAKING: Judge issues SECOND order this evening barring Trump from sending *any* National Guard from *any* state to Portland --- including CA and TX after Trump tries to circumvent her initial ruling.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

We're probably as close to Cascadia becoming a reality as we ever have been.

If I wasn't still testing positive for COVID, I would be down at the ICE building tonight.

I agree that people are weird if they feel some time of way about Bad Bunny but I also feel a little weird with folks saying PR is part of the U.S. without understanding how outdated that colonial era thinking is -- it's not part of the U.S. by choice, which is something Bad Bunny talks about often.

Hell yeah, Leilani. 🤙

Judge grants restraining order halting Trump’s deployment of Oregon National Guard The judge’s decision in Portland comes as the administration deploys the National Guard to a number of American cities.

Article from @opb.org:

www.opb.org/article/2025...

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump’s troop order for Portland.

Working on a blog series I'm calling "The Rise of the #TreadOnMeDaddy Republican".

They’ve been making the case that PPB is controlled by ANTIFA for quite some time and saying that Chief Day is compromised because he has a DEI consulting firm on the side.

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Portland could cost taxpayers up to $10 million. It’s not just an abuse of power—it’s a failure to focus on solving real problems. So we asked Portlanders: how would you invest that money?

Hakeem Jeffries is basically worthless as a leader.

SO AGGRAVATING!

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