On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.

signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.

Show us your signs?

It's Going Down the anarchist oriented news hub is shutting down after 10 years :( itsgoingdown.org/igd-2015-2025/ an incredible amount of good coverage went out via the platform for a decade >> @igd.bsky.social

It doesn't look like they're on bluesky, but tonight, Secret Roller Disco took the party on wheels down to the ICE facility, and that's pretty neat.

Come celebrate Ori’s pre trial release and show support for our city council tonight that will pass new ordinances to codify our sanctuary city status into law and officially tell the Feds not to deploy troops here!

We're always saying this.

10/12/25 World Naked Bike/protest at ICE. Organizers stressed that they do not wish to diminish what is happening to immigrants but that these kinds of protests serve a purpose, particularly when there are threats to send the National Guard to our city. #Portland Footage: Irene Tejaratchi Hess

The band needs us! Let’s show up and make noise for Oriana and the Unpresidented Brass Band!

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

Choose your crew! We made this into a free poster bc, why not? It’s what we do! Hi-res file is on our website with 200+ other free resistance printables. PaperAmmunition.com - Our crew is the puffy protest animals! Own the streets you beautiful creatures! 💙🔥💙 #resist #resistance #nokings #nokings2

After the No King's March next Saturday, the Defense Fund PDX is throwing a street fair to raise money for the Portland bail fund.

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets? Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE

Long Live the Nationwide Cartoon Animal Dance Party! Lift every paw and flipper! Shake every comically inflated booty!

Oregon knows how to show up rain or shine! With treats!

Mnemonics can help. 971 is the "other" PDX area code. 247 ==> 24/7, open all the time 1072 ==> for me, 107 is easy ( #RCTID #BAONPDX) and there are two such orgs. You may need to find your own for this.

Stay safe out there y'all. If you're biking nekkid, the high for today is only about 53° F, so make sure you have a plan to warm back up. If you're *not* nekkid, it's a good idea to have the jail support number written discreetly somewhere on your body where it won't be easily rubbed off. 🐸🦖🦄🦝

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

"Is Portland on fire? Depends on if the person you ask is lying" is a hell of a journalistic low, even for the Times.

World Naked Bike Ride organizers and other local groups are getting on bikes in the buff to protest the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. The demonstration is planned for Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30 pm; now we know the starting spot is Oregon Convention Center Plaza.

every time i see those inflatable animal costumes in portland i think of the david graeber essay “on the phenomenology of giant puppets” davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

antifa in portland just announced they will be hosting a counter halftime show to counter turning point's counter halftime show

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us. Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do. crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

Portland frogs remind me of "everyday antifascist" tactics from a few years ago, when activists dressed as unicorns & poop emojis & bananas, dancing to a brass band during a Portland Proud Boys rally. All meant to disrupt the group's “toxic masculinity riot porn” www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-...

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Remember: WE are the targets. All of this is meant to scare us, other governors, other mayors, and any of Trump's own who are thinking of defecting. If he can scare people into complying, he gains huge amounts of unearned, illegitimate power instantly. (1/ ) www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The dance party and inflatable costumes are doing more than just making the narrative from noem and trump look stupid. It’s also debunking years of the Aaron schmautz, Gonzalez, PBA/PMC and others blaming protestors and calling them violent. Keep it up.

The Unified Theory holds fast

JFC these people are infuriating. Gonna go pet a dog and regroup for tomorrow.

Here at Popmob HQ we’re big fans of the Portland Hypno Frog. We love a protest outfit that’s adorable, goofy, effective and just plain fun! There’s a long history of intentionally bouncy gear at protests, and we think it’s time for a revival! Let’s explore…

Being organized by the group that created a second naked bike ride in 2024 when Portland's original version took the year off. bikeportland.org/2025/10/06/n...

Today is a good day to document fascists out looking for a fight. They’re looking for fame and a paycheck at the expense of our city. Portland doesn’t want them here.

This is likely very upsetting to the federal agents at the ICE facility. They were probably looking forward to having a batch of fresh-faced Oregonians join them in their mission of brutalizing and disappearing Oregonians. Maybe they need a really big pillow they can punch. Or a new job.

Lander is saying the most basic, correct things—“Do you have a judicial warrant? … I will let go when you show me a judicial warrant … you don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens. I am not obstructing”—and yet or maybe because of this he is detained, too.

A couple hundred are here at ICE in South Portland. The people from the No King march who drove here seemingly swelled the ranks. The marchers don’t seem to have arrived yet but tear gas is out.

This week on Live Like the World is Dying, @jamesstout.bsky.social and Miriam talk about how to stay safe with danger all around. They talk health and safety basics for protests like security culture, protective gear, first-aid kits, and dangers like projectiles, tear gas, and pepper spray.(1/2)

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PDX! Police violence happening now at Portland ICE building, will boost accounts on the ground as we see them. Comment with current reports if you have them!

This is quite a bad sign and it’s also a clear sign of the escalation going on in downtown LA that the LA PD and federal forces are starting to arrest members of credential media like CNN. This was something police did hear in Minneapolis and Portland as well in 2020 at the height of the fighting.