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Natural Science Illustrator in Oregon. Crowquill. Silverpoint. Egg tempera. Watercolor. Bkgd pic: Seward Harbor in silverpoint.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

This is who we've become, America.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 16:37 — 👍 385    🔁 125    💬 17    📌 20

🙌Yay! Maxine Dexter! You rock!!! 💪✨💫

07.02.2026 06:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

05.02.2026 00:16 — 👍 52450    🔁 14661    💬 1190    📌 557
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Melania Trump’s Film Isn’t a Documentary, It’s Branding A $7 million box office debut isn’t proof of cultural value, writes Debbie Millman.

The Melania film is not a documentary, it is an exercise in branding. tinyurl.com/Meldocbrand

05.02.2026 00:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It makes “Bohemian Grove” seem like Boy Scouts camp.

03.02.2026 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Frog Brigade at Gresham ICE Out Rally. (Sat. Jan. 31, 2026, 10-Noon) Lots of people showed up despite no announcements except on #KGW News.

31.01.2026 20:25 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

They took possession of his gun. >Then they shot him.< I’m no fan of any guns, but people like 2nd amendment rights, and apparently his gun was in his waistband?

26.01.2026 03:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Seen on the internet. Great idea!! 🤣

22.01.2026 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He’s mentally ill. Come on, Republicans! Admit it!

19.01.2026 17:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With mfg park HOA fees around $1200/month, manufactured housing does not seem like an affordable option anymore. Mfg home prices and HOA fees have tripled in the past 15 years. The residents see few neighborhood benefits. There should be a cap on fleecing these often low-income mfg home-owners.

13.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nikki’s dress looks like she rolled it up to pee and forgot to pull it back down. 🫣

12.01.2026 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

07.01.2026 20:26 — 👍 86916    🔁 21344    💬 1615    📌 1509

Thank you for taking action!

08.01.2026 17:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Not much news or commentary on this important hearing today, the 5th anniversary of Jan. 6th #january62021 tune in to PBS newsonline at pbs.org

06.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.

28.12.2025 03:18 — 👍 2225    🔁 406    💬 79    📌 19

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

19.12.2025 23:20 — 👍 10793    🔁 2931    💬 179    📌 127

Disgusting. More evidence of dRump lying!

13.12.2025 01:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Now lets compare: Menendez went to jail & has been prohibited from holding office for accepting a gold bar. Trump accepted a jumbo jet. The Swiss gave him a kilo gold bar & a Rolex- Who knows how many Trump properties are being built & given to him for quid pro quo. Yet we have complete SILENCE
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07.12.2025 00:56 — 👍 35    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 1
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“While concealing from viewers their own network’s new evidence of Trump’s extreme unpopularity, Fox’s hosts are still showering him with praise.”

25.11.2025 18:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as ‘the most openly corrupt president in American history’.

“This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people…” — Rutger Bregman

25.11.2025 18:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s never been more important to acknowledge nonreligious and non-Christian veterans — including the proverbial “atheists in foxholes” — given the Pentagon’s recent attacks on the constitutional separation between religion and government. ffrf.us/4p7Si66

11.11.2025 14:00 — 👍 172    🔁 45    💬 5    📌 2
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No, Karoline Leavitt did not say 'America cannot function' if Trump has to deal with 'co-equal branches of government' While Leavitt did say "America cannot function," the rest of the quote shared on social media was wrong. Here's her real statement.

This was debunked by Snopes in June 2025. www.snopes.com/fact-check/l...

09.11.2025 01:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🫨 That story mesmerized & swallowed me whole this morning!

31.10.2025 01:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Senator Merkley!! 🙌

22.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Merkley Holds Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

Senator Merkley has held the Senate floor all night—and he’s still going. He’s holding the floor for our healthcare. Our economy. Our rights. Our democracy.

Tune in here: www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...

22.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 411    🔁 149    💬 10    📌 15

Thanks for speaking at the Gresham rally!!!! 🙌

19.10.2025 04:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

27.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 13086    🔁 4979    💬 504    📌 471

Has the war started? Doesn’t look like it…

27.09.2025 20:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wow! Tickets to hear Kamala went on sale at 10 am today… and they’re already SOLD OUT?!! 🤩

22.08.2025 19:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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