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@davidwestbrook.bsky.social

Proud Portland resident. Worried about our country’s survival as a republic and democracy. I believe in compassion, empathy and love. All the things hated by authoritarians.

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the If you want to come for one of us you must come through all of us. He totally spoke for how we feel even if we don’t live in NYC

05.11.2025 04:55 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0

Congratulations from Portland Oregon. Way to go!

05.11.2025 04:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We will see in the coming days and weeks if Schumer and his Dems “get it” when we see if he caves or let’s senators cave on shut down for health care for the poor

05.11.2025 04:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We’re not a people who take well to threats. We see it every day when people take on his secret police publicly and loudly

05.11.2025 04:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Proud of my home state tonight. Still have a ways to go to catch up to New Mexico but it’s a start

05.11.2025 04:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Broadwaybabyto (@broadwaybabyto) ICE agents struck Dayanne Figueroa’s car while she was driving to work. They surrounded her, guns drawn, and violently dragged her from the vehicle. She was moved from between multiple undisclosed ...

Only in an authoritarian country with a secret police force could they get away with this which is why they will likely get away with it substack.com/@broadwaybab...

05.11.2025 01:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What happens next has become extremely predictable. First the administration refuses to comply. Second they appeal to the Supreme Court. Third the Supreme Court issues a shadow docket decision saying that the Broadview facility can remain as is.

04.11.2025 23:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This may have been a complete innocent mistake, but Democrats need a mass contingent of lawyers to defend against this kind of thing in 2026

04.11.2025 23:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Border Patrol commander Bovino defends tactics in Chicago immigration crackdown as Trump cheers The Border Patrol leader who's behind an aggressive immigration crackdown across the Chicago area is applauding his agents' use of force and aggressive tactics.

Defending the indefensible brutality of the Trump regime

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

04.11.2025 23:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait, I thought The Onion was supposed to be parody.

04.11.2025 16:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When does the guest list get released?

04.11.2025 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can anyone watch this without thinking, Epstein? If he was alive, by now Trump would have pardoned him and there’s no way he would have missed this party

04.11.2025 16:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Starve Americans as they enrich billionaires. That’s the GOP idea of a vision for the USA

04.11.2025 16:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Correct. 3 grand juries didn’t indict, so they charged her with a misdemeanor. Verdict was - not guilty. At the time they assaulted her for filming, the iCE agent apparently told her “If you just minded your own f---ing business, this wouldn’t happen.” Guess the jury got the final FU

04.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is in spite of ranking 46th lowest in household income in the US. If NM can take care of its people any state with enough political will could do it

04.11.2025 06:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They ...

What’s better than a naked bike ride in Portland? Cyclists in Chicago buying out tamale carts blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

04.11.2025 04:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Predictably Trump will turn on Cuomo as soon as he loses. It happens over and over again, but somehow they never seem to see it coming.

04.11.2025 03:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They couldn’t get a grand jury to return an indictment on the felony charges. So instead, they move to misdemeanor charges where they don’t need a grand jury indictment. Hopefully, the people of DC will reject even this.

03.11.2025 20:19 — 👍 46    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Yesterday’s run picture from the East Esplanade in downtown Portland

03.11.2025 17:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because if there are two groups of people who don’t care about the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free, it is billionaires and the MAGAs

03.11.2025 17:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent work! If federalizing the National Guard for military action against citizens in a peaceful city isn’t unlawful, it’s a hard to imagine what is.

03.11.2025 17:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

States can stand with Trump’s authoritarian regime or they can stand with the people, but governors trying to have it both ways are in for a disappointing political future because the fascists won’t have them and neither will the people

02.11.2025 00:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Portlanders found leaf blowers pretty darn effective for disbursing tear gas

02.11.2025 00:10 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sending troops into Venezuela, Nigeria, Gaza, Iran. If he’s not careful Santa won’t bring him that Nobel Peace Prize for Christmas next year

02.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shocking how they don’t care that billionaires are celebrating excess with Trump in Florida but they set on a mom struggling to feed her family like a horde of blood sucking vampires

01.11.2025 23:56 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Un-American and Unconstitutional. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and he should be held to account each time he breaks it.

01.11.2025 23:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I 100% feel compassion for her. If we don’t feel compassion for black and brown people in the US right now, we might as well pack it up. She has been pulled along into this the same way millions of voters were. Let’s be sure when they realize the nightmare we’re in they have a safe place to be.

01.11.2025 23:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“Bless the beasts and the children
For in this world they have no voice
They have no choice” Or maybe they do! Maybe they kick ass!

01.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Done

01.11.2025 23:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If he believes that speaking out against him is illegal then he doesn’t uphold the 1st Amendment or the Constitution that he swore to uphold.

01.11.2025 23:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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