bro just really loves taft
13.10.2025 13:05 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@ablington.bsky.social
"It's soup for my family"
bro just really loves taft
13.10.2025 13:05 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0*kings
13.10.2025 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0this particular protest is when we should double down on normies loudly proclaiming anti-fascism. It fits perfectly with No Kings and is why the No Kings protests took off.
13.10.2025 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0saw a FB post from the local No Kings organizer that it is best to not "feed the narrative" by mentioning Antifa in signage, etc. and to stick to No Kinds themes. Gotta respectfully disagree a whole lot there.
13.10.2025 12:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0FIRST ISRAELI HOSTAGES TRANSFERRED FROM HAMAS ARMED WING TO ICRC CUSTODY IN GAZA - OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION
13.10.2025 05:26 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0For nine nights now, the steady thrum of Black Hawk helicopters has circled over Portland. The sound is constant, invasive; a low mechanical beating above our homes. Itβs expensive. Itβs intimidating. And itβs unnecessary. Our protests have been largely peaceful. There is no insurrection here. Yet this federalized military presence makes us feel like we are living in a war zone (the very kind of chaos this administration claims to be protecting us from). The irony is painful: it is only this occupation that makes Portland feel unsafe. Each hour of helicopter flight costs taxpayers between $2,000 and $4,000, depending on crew, fuel, and maintenance. Multiply that by multiple aircraft over multiple nights, and youβre looking at hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars burned into the sky.
Meanwhile, the Woodstock Food Pantry at All Saints Episcopal Church β which feeds working families, elders, and people with disabilities β has seen its federal funding slashed by 75%. How can we justify pouring public money into intimidation while cutting aid to those who simply need to eat? This is waste, fraud, and abuse in plain sight: * Waste of public resources on military theatrics. * Fraud in the name of βpublic safety.β * Abuse of the communities that federal agencies claim to protect. Portland is a Sanctuary City. A sanctuary city is not a fortress. Itβs a promise β a living vow that a community will protect the dignity and safety of everyone who calls it home. It means that local governments and ordinary people alike will refuse to criminalize survival. That schools, clinics, churches, and shelters will remain safe spaces no matter who you are or where you were born. But the term reaches far beyond policy. Itβs an ethic of belonging; a refusal to criminalize need, difference, or desperation.
Sanctuary isnβt weakness. Itβs courage. It takes moral strength to meet suffering with care instead of punishment, to believe that our neighborsβ safety is bound up in our own, to insist that safety is not achieved through force but through community, inclusion, and trust. It is living Matthew 25:40 out loud and in deed. It is an act of moral imagination and moral defiance. To hold sanctuary is to say: you belong here. When we hold space for the most vulnerable β refugees, the unhoused, the undocumented, the disabled, the working poor, the displaced β we become something larger than a collection of individuals. We become a moral body. We do more than offer charity. We offer witness. We declare that the measure of a nation is found not in its towers or tanks, but in its tenderness. Sanctuary cities are not lawless; they are soulful. They represent the conscience of the nation, a place where the laws of empathy still apply. To make sanctuary is to affirm that the United States is not merely a geographic territory, but a moral experiment: a republic that must constantly choose between fear and compassion, between domination and democracy.
A nationβs soul is measured not by the might of its military, but by the mercy of its people. When helicopters circle our skies in the name of order, while food pantries struggle to feed the hungry, we are forced to ask: What are we defending, and from whom? The soul of a nation survives only when we make sanctuary for one another. Not through walls or weapons, but through compassion and collective will. If we allow intimidation to replace compassion, we will have traded our conscience for control. Please know that despite the hum of war machines overhead, the conscience of our city β whimsical, creative, stubbornly kind β can still be heard. Portland is not the problem. Portland is the reminder. A reminder that a city can still choose to be sanctuary. That a people can still choose to be human.
This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)
12.10.2025 01:02 β π 1077 π 409 π¬ 11 π 15I wonder which they are more embarrassed about - being racist or being poor.
13.10.2025 04:05 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Stay Weird Portland! π₯ Today Portland had an emergency naked bike ride to the ICE facility. IN THE RAIN.
It was around 50Β°. Thousands were fully nude, half nude, or wearing costumes.
Portland is VERY dedicated to exposing the absurdities of injustice.
Here are some photos & videos. π§΅ππΌ
everything rightwingers eat somehow looks like poop
13.10.2025 03:12 β π 4889 π 436 π¬ 567 π 198ICE sent a Massachusetts 7th grader 500 miles away without his parents or even telling them
12.10.2025 21:57 β π 326 π 206 π¬ 22 π 29you CAN flip off that switch, imo, and just hope that the actual number of Chuds who find themselves out of a job is insignificant enough so that thereβs minimal ripple effect
12.10.2025 14:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0iβm telling you that this year the Boomer ex hippies have been reactivated.
11.10.2025 22:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Old guys = prob early 70s, medium old
11.10.2025 22:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0this morning at a yard sale two old guys were talking about how βdefund the policeβ was a bad slogan because βpeople are too dumb to think about itβ This was the first time Iβve ever heard anything like this in the wild.
11.10.2025 22:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If these guys knew what they were doing, we'd be in a real pickle.
11.10.2025 22:38 β π 33 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0This isnβt funny. Judges only speak to the press when theyβre in extreme distress
11.10.2025 14:21 β π 1663 π 490 π¬ 16 π 8This is insane. I feel like Iβm going insane when Iβm watching this. Not just the fact that itβs clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.
11.10.2025 15:25 β π 1492 π 566 π¬ 82 π 35βI donβt care if itβs actually my birthday today or not; Iβm just having such a Great time my in FAVORITE city in the world!!β
our toddler son
in Columbus Ohio
βthey couldnβt contain their bloodthirstβ lolololol Andy Ngo is the biggest fucken dork
11.10.2025 03:42 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0βIncredible cardiac age of a 16 year old, robust 10-sandwich appetiteβ
11.10.2025 03:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Abe Lincoln was goated but super uggo
11.10.2025 02:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0go to DL, buy TWO of everything, make 20 sandwiches, eat them all week. Cheap meal hack for these hard times
11.10.2025 02:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.
11.10.2025 02:02 β π 4663 π 2932 π¬ 457 π 270Iβm sure you can easily round up 6 park goers to have a free turkey arugula sandwich
11.10.2025 02:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
11.10.2025 01:30 β π 5014 π 1934 π¬ 145 π 154I feel like you should try to do this. Please make 10 sandwiches at Disneyland. Thank you.
11.10.2025 01:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is what Iβm talking about! It is extremely batshit!
10.10.2025 23:54 β π 29 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0Toad dances on the stage, a marvelous performer. From "The Dream" In *Frog and Toad Together*
βFrog, can you be as wonderful as this?β said Toad as he danced all over the stage.
There was no answer.
AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?
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