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And more random acts of federal violence
05.10.2025 16:08 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Here's a federal agent pepper spraying the air intake of a nonviolent protester in an inflatable frog suit.
05.10.2025 16:06 β π 37 π 17 π¬ 1 π 5"this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that, if
accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal powerβto the detriment of this
nation."
CONCLUSION For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants' September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply with the attached TRO. The Defendants' request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary Restraining Order, see Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time. /s/ Karin J. Immergut Karin J. Immergut United States District Judge
NEW: Judge Immergut BLOCKS Trump's federalization of the Oregon National Guard, writing that the govt has "made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal powerβto the detriment of this nation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
04.10.2025 23:47 β π 1939 π 598 π¬ 32 π 57
Fed. judge grants TRO blocking Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland.
Holds that, at this stage, Plaintiffs appear likely to succeed on their ultra vires and Tenth Amendment claims.
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When the first amendment meets pepper spray to the face....
04.10.2025 20:49 β π 105 π 32 π¬ 1 π 1Trump nationalizing 300 troops in Illinois
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Tricia McLaughlin β’ @TriciaOhio X.com This morning, during routine patrolling in Broadview, in the same area of Chicago that law enforcement were assaulted yesterday, our brave law enforcement officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars. Agents were unable to move their vehicles and exited the car. One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds. The armed woman was named in a @CBP intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents and posting online 'Hey to all my gang let's fuck those mother fuckers up, don't let them take anyone.'
Thankfully, no law enforcement officers were seriously injured in this attack. Pritzker's Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area. There is a growing crowd and we are deploying special operations to control the scene. This is an evolving situation and we will give more information as soon as it becomes available. 1:19 PM β’ 10/4/25 β’ 52K Views
WHOA: DHS says that their officers were βrammed and blocked inβ in Chicago and got out of their cars and shot an U.S. citizen who reportedly also had a gun and who had been tracking ICE raids. They are blaming the shooting on her, and say they were already tracking her socials. More details to come.
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"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
02.10.2025 03:14 β π 766 π 517 π¬ 45 π 101Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but donβt appear to present clear physical threats.
Fascism; it's expensive π€
04.10.2025 14:26 β π 44 π 15 π¬ 0 π 0this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez released statement on particularly chaotic day and chaotic week:
ICE is out of control. ICE is operating with impunity outside the confines of the law. ICE is trampling our rights. ICE is terrorizing our communities.
The great @mayageorgi.bsky.social with the @rollingstone.com Taylor review www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
03.10.2025 14:38 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 2 π 1Stunning, right?
03.10.2025 05:16 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trump pal, if you can fathom it
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Another way to put it, this is not about reality. It's about power. Trump wants the power to declare that the sky is orange, and then to bring the full force of the federal government to bear on the "crisis" of the orange sky.
02.10.2025 18:50 β π 111 π 25 π¬ 2 π 1I had some thoughts about Portland and the contest to define what's real under authoritarianism
02.10.2025 17:30 β π 52 π 9 π¬ 4 π 2
"Religion doesnβt live outside of politics. It lives downstream.β
Charlie Kirk's death has fueled new pressure on churches to not only speak on politics - but reaffirm what their congregants already believe. I spoke to one pastor caught in the middle.
the trump administration is threatening a troop deployment in Portland, and the naked bikers are _on it_
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A list of screenings of The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile and Sex House
Tomorrow!
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RIP: Goodall was such a force for good.
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<<We are living through Americaβs Cold Civil War era. But some would like it hotter. Trump... appears eager to play the role of accelerationist β edging the nation toward rupture β by mobilizing armed federal forces inward, to target disfavored minorities and ideological foes.>>
01.10.2025 17:39 β π 32 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Portland is obviously personal to me. The president's fever dream of a 'War Zone' by the Willamette might be darkly funny, if the stakes for this city -- and the rest of the nation -- were not dead serious:
01.10.2025 15:45 β π 256 π 72 π¬ 6 π 2
"Welcome to Portland, Where Trumpβs Fever Dream Is Americaβs New Nightmare." My colleague @timdickinson.bsky.social files a dispatch from his town where life is good until the president says it is not.
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Fox News is big mad about @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social !
30.09.2025 18:22 β π 94 π 13 π¬ 4 π 3My and @andrewperez.bsky.socialβs first piece for our new home; we are up and running at @zeteo.com
30.09.2025 21:03 β π 492 π 81 π¬ 8 π 1When I was just out of college I spent a year in Ecuador where the president was a corrupt populist Abdala Bucaram, who called himself El Loco Que Ama, the madman who loves you. Put his name on everything. Discounted milk was sold as 'Abdalac.'
Anyhow, not quite sure why I'm telling you that...
I got to jump into a deep conversation with Jen Psaki -- about Kimmel, Trump's UNGA fiasco, and Kamala Harris's new memoir:
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I'm here for it!
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