A hundred plus people, and growing, are gathered at Portland City Hall for the “Duty to Disobey” demonstration. The call is for US military veterans to honor their oath and stand against Trump’s deployment of the military on U.S. soil (and against foreign wars).

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

A preliminary injunction hearing may follow later this month and the facts on the ground matter. If a right wing influencer with a camera is trying to goad you into a fight, there is a reason for that, and the reason is we could lose our legal standing to stop the feds from coming in.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.

Federal officers fired tear gas into a crowd of marchers minutes after they arrived outside Portlands ICE building this afternoon:

Federal 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 don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

If you're a government employee and you want to talk, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal. We can speak anonymously.

"We are an authoritarian country with an autocratic leader who is acting in the ways that the heads of police states act. That's where we are. To suggest it's around the corner is to be as divorced from reality as a president who thinks there's a war going on in Portland." @djrothkopf.bsky.social

UPDATE: At the Small Business Administration, employees were given "suggested" language for OOO email replies: blaming Senate Democrats for the shutdown and praising the "record-breaking services we are providing under the leadership of the Trump administration": www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

it’s time 🧛

Go to the dinner, to the card game, to the Museum visit, to the concert, to the BBQ, to the walking tour, to wherever others are gathering...

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.

🙏🏽Los Angeles. Love and solidarity from Portland to DC, Memphis, Chicago and any other place Trump’s sending ICE and troops where they’re not needed and they’re not wanted. Knowledge is power. We take care of us ♥️

Republicans just REJECTED our attempt to keep the government funded & stop your health care costs from skyrocketing. They have the White House, House, and Senate. They could have just kept costs stable – they refused. Don’t let them gaslight you. This is a Republican shutdown.

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell. Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

It’s decision time. If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.

Oregonians, let's take care of each other by doing the same ❤️ And if you see ICE activity, call the PIRC hotline: 1-888-622-1510 Be CLEAR: Count: # of agents Location: where is it happening Equipment: # of vehicles, type of uniform Activity: i.e. officers checking IDs Report: the time

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED: I just unlocked a new level of rage. www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

“Obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent..." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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I love Portland, I love Portland protestors, and I love Portland protest signs. #StandUpFightBack

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Oregon v Trump Complaint intro: "stated basis for federalizing members of Oregon’s National Guard is patently pretextual" "violates the Posse Comitatus Act" "violate[s] the Tenth Amendment’s guarantee that the police power ... resides with the states" www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

Never forget Portland Biz Alliance/Portland Metro Chamber's role in handing Trump's Dept of Homeland Security the false narrative they craved in 2020. PBA blamed biz losses on protestors calling for justice - when their own data showed the real cause was COVID. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Beautiful day to be fighting fascism together. #Portland friends, see you at 3pm. Spread the word…

We all know Oregon is home – not a military target. This abuse of power is a misuse of the military: do not take over our communities. Across Oregon & the political spectrum people are uniting to peacefully oppose craven attacks on our families & neighbors. Today 3pm www.mobilize.us/indivisible-...

Let them eat Voodoo

Portland ICE Facility: Federal agents made a violent arrest dragging a protester all the way across the driveway. They also deployed pepper balls on the crowd. It’s currently unclear why this person was arrested.

We're all dunking on this post, but we really need to ask ourselves if we would do any better in his position. Would any of us do better? Would we? Yes. Yes, we would. We would *all* do better than this. My GOD

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

This is a declaration of war against United States citizens

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

“Oregon is our home. Keep troops off our streets.”

We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline: 1-888-622-1510. Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.

Unreal. The casual reader of this @nytimes.com hed and subhed will have no inkling whatsoever that Trump's "characterization" is wildly false and that it's a bad faith *pretext.* Time to get better at conveying the fundamentally pretextual nature of these authoritarian decrees already.

We aren’t the enemy. Trump could mobilize against the cost of groceries, housing & prescription drugs - and release the Epstein files Instead he’s ordering American troops to leave their communities so he can distract you by targeting ours #PortlandProud #MomsAgainstFascism #DogsAgainstFascism

I wrote for @theguardian.com this week (also in print in this week’s @streetroots.bsky.social) on Portland’s investigation into permit violations at the local ICE facility. It’s one tool for a long process that could ultimately provide some accountability, with eviction unlikely, but in the toolbox.

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” ~Zen Shin ❤️🌱 #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography

First Amendment Cliffs Notes:

Looking at you KATU Portland.

Yeah, Kimmel is back. And Trump made him much stronger. This was excellent. 410K views on YouTube in the first 30 minutes. youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY

Here is Jimmy Kimmel’s full monologue from tonight. Jokes on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Trump, Tylenol, etc.

NEWS: Trump seems to be implying he is going to sue ABC for bringing back Jimmy Kimmel. This is why you never bend the knee to a bully.