Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My! Images of anarchists clad in black gave the city a bad name in 2020. Now, demonstrators in Portland are poking fun at President Trump’s apocalyptic talk with colorful animal suits.

President Trump has used apocalyptic language to describe Portland, Oregon. Some demonstrators protesting ICE are responding with colorful animal suits. “It was just to contrast the narrative that we are violent extremists. The best way to show that for me is being in a frog costume.”

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This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Again, political violence has no place in this country.

I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.

This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.

These fucking idiots took emails of Hillary Clinton ordering pizza and turned them into a child trafficking scheme, but they’re perfectly fine with Donald Trump being best friends with the most notorious sex trafficker of our time.

An(other) actual psychopath.

Sherrod Brown to run for Senate The longtime Democratic lawmaker lost to Bernie Moreno last year.

Sherrod Brown is back in the game!

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And here we go. The plan seems to be to go full 𝕾𝖈𝖍𝖚𝖙𝖟𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖑, to turn the nation into a military police state. They’re telling each other to be careful what they write down, but they’ve already written down too much. 🧵:

We have hit pay dirt, so please stop talking about what we will forever call "the Jeffrey EPSTEIN Hoax"

Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker.

We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue.

#EPSTEINS4EVER

What the DOJ Is Doing Behind the Scenes Read more here.

Please pay attention.👇

We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.

All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data Read more here.

If you are not paying attention to this, you are doing exactly what Trump and the GOP want. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

JUST IN: The Justice Department's bid to relesae Epstein grand jury info comes with a huge caveat that it will seek to redact not just victim info but other "personal identifying information." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CBS made their choice.

They get Trump in the divorce.

We're leaving with Colbert. 👋🏼

Me, too. I have no doubt it will be a good landing

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,

Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,

Your fan, Mar🐫

I wonder how long after Donald Trump and his regime are gone will it take to right the course of the United States as far as the environmental and public heath are concerned. I fear it will be vastly longer than the length of his presidency.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

This is patently false.

DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.

But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.

This lawlessness must stop.

Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers

Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/h...

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

GOP: this bill is fucking terrible. It’s going to kill people, explode the deficit, and completely kill the renewable energy market in the US.

Also GOP: so anyway, here’s why I’m voting for the bill

REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “A shameful day in the history of our nation, on the day before 4th of July. What are people supposed to celebrate? The lack of liberty and justice in this land? The funding of secret police and concentration camps? A sad day.” 🇺🇸

House Republicans have passed the most regressive legislation in recent memory, which will cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and boot some 12 million Americans off their health insurance, even as it explodes the federal deficit—all to extend and expand tax cuts that favor the rich.