Jodi Burton

Alt Text: A statement on a red-bordered white background from George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, U.S. citizen, and security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California. The statement recounts his wrongful detainment by ICE agents on July 10th while on his way to work. He describes being pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed, having his car window smashed, and being dragged out of his vehicle at gunpoint, despite being nonviolent and clearly identifying himself as a U.S. citizen and employee. Retes details being detained for three days without charges, phone access, or legal help, and without being told the reason for his arrest. He was denied medical care despite injuries from chemical agents. He expresses that such treatment is unacceptable, especially for a veteran, and underscores that this was not just a mistake but a civil rights violation and a failure of justice. Retes calls for a full investigation into ICE's actions, accountability for the agents involved, and broader public awareness, emphasizing that the raid hurt U.S. citizens as well as immigrants. The statement ends with his declaration that he will not remain silent. In the bottom-right corner is the United Farm Workers logo and the phrase “Sí se puede.” Generated with BSky AltText CustomGPT.

25 y/o vet George Retes, a citizen, was ICE-napped en route to work—tear-gassed, cuffed, ghosted for 3 days. No charges. No calls. No clue. “Oops” won’t cut it. The Empire eats its own. Fnords howl. Chaos knows the truth: this isn’t justice—it’s ritual abuse. Investigate everything. 🌀🇺🇸
#aftermath

“ Mt Adams from a Hood River Orchard” 12x24 oil on linen. My Oregon oil paintings are available through Etsy.

Rowena Crest in the great Columbia George 12x24 oil on linen*sold*

a screen grab of a tweet from Devin D ‘This is gold. Spotted in London’ followed by an image of a street ad of a photo of Trump and Musk standing in front of a red Tesla sedan with the caption “Tesla the Swasticar Now with White Power Steering”

I love the UK

Elon sucks

He was not degraded.
We were.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
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At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

It’s not a coincidence—it’s a warning.

Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue The firing of nearly 300 Federal Aviation Administration employees comes just weeks after a midair collision in Washington, D.C., killed 67 people.

Trump just fired hundreds of employees with the FAA — weeks after the fatal D.C. crash exposed agency understaffing.

The union repping the employees called the firings a "hastily made decision" that would increase the workload of a workforce already stretched thin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl You're Being Played

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A red cardinal bird flying in the air against a snowy winter backdrop.

If “Top Gun: Maverick” was a Bird 🦅
Photo by Lanny M Thompson
#nature #photography #animals #birds #nature #wildlife

In times of trouble we all need a vision to inspire us. This is from a Bertold Brecht play “ Mother Courage”. *sold* I painted this preparing for cancer treatment. I urge everyone to create their own powerful image to be their guiding star.

REPORTER: "So just to be clear-unelected government officials are dangerous, but unelected billionaires making policy decisions is fine?" MIKE JOHNSON: "That's not what I said." REPORTER: "Right, but it's what's happening. You're handing major government functions to a private citizen with no oversight. If he was in the EPA, you'd be calling him a 'deep state bureaucrat.'" MIKE JOHNSON: "I think you're misunderstanding the situation." REPORTER: "No, I think I'm just describing it out loud."

Hellebores keep me running outside during the late winter months …visit my flower section on Etsy to get excited for spring (link in bio) #pdxart #pdxartist #oregonart #portlandartist #pnwartists #artofvisuals #supportlivingartists #etsyartist #flowers #helleborus

‎5 Calls: Contact Your Congress ‎**As seen on MSNBC...**

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She earned it!

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

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View Still Life by JodiBurtonArtwork on Etsy Shop Oil paintings and Felted Artwork by JodiBurtonArtwork located in Oregon, United States.

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"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman

"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.

We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.

ALSO.

He’s the president’s biggest donor, he gets a west wing office, he gets to oust the administrator of the federal aviation administration, he gets to send emails to the entire federal workforce trying to scam them out of their pensions, and he’s a nazi.

"No thanks is a massive understatement! PGE's 'Harborton Project' isn't just a cut; it's corporate vandalism of Forest Park! They'll bulldoze centuries-old trees & wetlands for data centers, not residents. Ratepayers pay, and nature dies. Greed, not need.

Fake cookbook "How to cook like the people you just deported: authentic ethnic flavors for bigots who don't deserve them"

💁‍♀️

PGE here in Portland, Oregon is advocating to cut a swathe through our greenway of Forest Park here in Portland Oregon. No thanks,PGE!

Some eye candy for today. Cultivated pink oysters. Just look at those legs!

#mushrooms #mushroomgrowing #organic #photography

Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin

STOP SHAMING THE POOR FOR BUYING THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, AND START SHAMING THE RICH FOR PROFITEERING OFF OF THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL.

Opinion | Trump Barely Won the Popular Vote. Why Doesn’t It Feel That Way? The president-elect’s cultural victory has lapped his political victory.

“In 2024, Donald Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points,” writes the columnist @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. “Trump and Democrats alike treated this result as an overwhelming repudiation of the left and a broad mandate for the MAGA movement. But by any historical measure, it was a squeaker.”