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We have an affordability crisis in this country. Trump’s illegal tariffs are impacting working families and small businesses across Oregon — and that’s why we filed a lawsuit to stop them.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

ICE in NoPo.

Cesar Chavez and George Middle School have gone to a secure the perimeter stance and the elementary schools (Astor/Sitton/James John) and high school (Roosevelt) are in a heightened awareness.

Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

If you don’t understand a post, sure, you can respond with “Huh? What?,” or you can simply hold your tongue and let it go and move on with the absolute certainty that there’ll be, within seconds, another post that you also don’t understand.

Today in the Supreme Court, the government’s own attorney admitted that the American people will pay 30-80% of Trump’s tariffs.

These tariffs are an unlawful tax on working families.

The Supreme Court needs to make sure no one is above the law — not even the president.

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.

Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.

Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

Donna Jean Godchaux's Long, Strange Trip

In 2014, Donna Jean Godchaux looked back at her life in music with Rolling Stone.

"I have many regrets, of course, like you do about decisions you make in life,” she said. “You can’t make up for what isn’t there anymore, but you can continue on a journey that takes you somewhere."

BREAKING NEWS: National Guard deployment remains paused until Friday; judge says deployment is likely unlawful.

A federal judge just issued a preliminary injunction until 5pm Friday 11/7, in order to take additional time to weigh the evidence presented at trial this week. The judge indicated in the order, based on her initial review of the evidence, that deployment of National Guard troops in Portland is likely unlawful. This means that the National Guard still cannot be deployed to Oregon.

“Today’s ruling is a step toward truth and accountability. From the beginning, this case has been about making sure the facts—not the President’s political whims—guide how the law is applied. We’re grateful the court is taking the time to get it right, and we’ll keep doing everything we can to protect Oregon’s ability to govern itself and keep our communities safe.”

For now, the National Guard still cannot be deployed to Oregon. We anticipate a final ruling from the judge by Friday. We’ll continue to share updates as we have them.

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: National Guard deployment remains paused until Friday; judge says deployment is likely unlawful.

Today's ruling is a step toward truth and accountability. Read more about what happened and what's next.

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

Blazers: TOURNAMENT TOUGH

Great halfcourt D all night. Once Nuggets stopped beating them w Braun fly patterns in transition, they couldn't score.

Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using contingency fund A pair of rulings both found the effort to suspend SNAP payments is likely illegal, with one judge issuing a TRO on Friday. Also: Appeals court rejects court's Bovino check-in order.

NEW: Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using contingency fund. A pair of rulings both found the effort to suspend SNAP payments is likely illegal, with one judge issuing a TRO on Friday.

Also: Appeals court rejects court's Bovino check-in order.

Today, at Law Dork:

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...

If Republicans allow SNAP funding to expire this week, they’ll be forcing millions of families to choose between a roof over their heads, food on the table, or healthcare. 

That’s a choice no one should have to make.

BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.

Brown owl with prominent white “ear” tufts, staring forward while perched on a branch amid dense green foliage. It has some feathers in its talons, most likely from a bird it caught and ate.

A Crested Owl a @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica with evidence of its breakfast in its talons.

#owls #birds #nature

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just paused the three-judge panel’s order on our first TRO until Tuesday so they can complete their en banc vote, deciding whether the full court will hear the case. This means for now, both our TROs preventing National Guard deployment remain in effect.

What's next: Today’s Ninth Circuit’s administrative stay will last until 5pm on Tuesday 10/28. This will maintain the status quo—preventing deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon—while the court votes whether to rehear the case en banc. Given this development, we expect the second TRO will remain in place as well. Our team is working around the clock preparing for the trial in the district court on the merits of this case. The trial will begin on Wednesday 10/29.

“This decision gives the court time to fully consider the serious constitutional questions at stake. It also ensures there won’t be a federal deployment while that process plays out—an important step in protecting Oregonians’ rights and keeping our communities peaceful.”

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just paused the three-judge panel’s order on our first TRO until Tuesday so they can complete their en banc vote.

This means for now, both our TROs preventing National Guard deployment remain in effect.

👋🏻 hi, hello, if you’re part of the ~85% of my audience that’s red-state millennial dads, now would be a great time to figure out how to volunteer as a poll worker or election monitor for your county. We’re gonna need you.

BREAKING: An appeals court just postponed President Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland, Oregon until Tuesday so the full court can vote on whether it will hear the case.

We cannot normalize the deployment of federal troops in our city.

Chauncey Billups was just arraigned in court in downtown Portland and will be released from custody this afternoon. He will be required to surrender his passport and cannot engage in gambling activities, have firearms or travel except to his upcoming trial in New York.

“.. The American intervention to prop up the Argentinian peso has failed. Despite the United States intervening .., the Argentine peso lost 10% of its value in the first two weeks of October, pushing the overnight interest rate to 157%.”

@joebrusuelas.bsky.social $ARGT

When your "law enforcement" plans involve you literally shooting at *multiple* religious leaders, you're on a timer.

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

After my kids grow up and move out of the house, the only thing keeping me alive will be a desire to live long enough to piss on certain graves.