Penny Rosenberg

The same Leonard Leo that helped stack SCOTUS with conservatives?

The same Kochs that gave millions to conservative PACs?

The cheese has completely slid off the cracker.

Fast pendulum swing.

In Oregon, 20% chance of rain means certain rain. The app should just say, Rain: Yes or no.

Ha! I fly tomorrow, and while I’ve never flown in PJs, I’m now tempted! No Crocs though.

I did once fly in ski pants. That’s because planes are cold 🥶

There IS a tracker

bsky.app/profile/rgoo...

Tell me you live in Oregon without telling me you live in Oregon!

(That marionberry pie ice cream for the win 🥇)

How many times have we heard a judge find the government's evidence "not credible," "untethered" to reality? At this point, we need a tracker!

Link to 9th Circuit stay
www.opb.org/pdf/25-7194_...

The news cycle comes at your fast. Troops to stay under Trump's command, for now.

All Oregon National Guard troops to return home from federal orders • Oregon Capital Chronicle All Oregon National Guard members will return home after the Trump administration’s ill-fated attempts to deploy them to Portland under federal orders.

All Oregon National Guard members will return home after the Trump administration’s ill-fated attempts to deploy them to Portland under federal orders, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Wednesday.

I’ve also been trying to put my finger on this, and I think it’s because that word in particular embodies so many ways of being juvenile, misogynistic, and dehumanizing all at once. like yeah he’s usually crass and immature but this is like when a preschooler hurts your feelings

Untold millions of taxpayer dollars spent tying up courtrooms across the country, for years, with meritless vengeance lawsuits from the barking yam, instead of these courts and judges addressing real cases.

Disgusting.

Who knew bureaucracy could be so important?

Answer: Anyone who is not MAGA.

This may seem outta nowhere for some, but bamboo is really versatile. It makes great panda food, hardwood flooring and the softest yarn! 🧶

Some might say it’s more complex than your average elite journalist even.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled scrolling.

I know this is self-serving (not Lizza-level self-serving) but everyone needs an editor!

It’s from their “Animal Farm” PR strategy. No irony detected.

LAW dork = I am certain that someone thought this was particularly witty when they came up with the name, but it's honestly one of the more offensive possibilities these hateful authoritarians could have used. Even on its face, using the name of a beloved children's book as the name of your anti-immigrant, mass-arrest operation is appalling. But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny. Abusing his life's work like this cannot stand without a response.

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.

Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

How can you have an interest in fact-based accuracy without saying who Bubba was?

Interesting (free) read.

“The trouble is, there is no drug-free utopia to return to. Efforts to achieve this imposs goal will only mire us in wars & encourage the drug trafficker “innovations” that intensify violence, contribute to destabilizing our neighbors & favor increasingly dangerous drugs.”

Unpopular opinion: It’s better without.

At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest (RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.

Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.

In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."

One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

I think (and a doctor can correct me) the phrase they use is “unremarkable” for a normal MRI scan.

As promised!

Former South Albany coach used religion to manipulate girl: court documents His religion guided the type of sex they would have. Certain acts were permitted, others weren't.

The man from this story came to his sentencing hearing this morning in a white tux. No lies. Pictures forthcoming …

Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.

Sending (and attempting to send) Guard troops to D.C., LA, Portland, Chicago, Memphis in recent months has cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars so far….
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...

Well, if it's Cottonelle ...

I pay .01 ... a kWh. 😛

Oregon's AG Dan Rayfield on SNAP, Trump lawsuits and more “I never thought that I would be sitting here almost 11 months in and having 45 lawsuits filed against the President,” the attorney general said.

We got a one-on-one with the Oregon AG @danrayfield.bsky.social We talked a lot of Trump

Can't help but fact-check, here are today's average gas prices (and YES it's always a little higher than other states because it runs a little cleaner) Regular: $4.681 Mid-grade: $4.933 Premium: $5.105 Diesel: $5.173

“From almost the moment the sandwich left his hand—before it either did or did not explode on a border agent’s bulletproof vest—the incident had transcended the act of simply hurling a hoagie.”

Good read!