BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews

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While I am annoyed that Congress is yet again hiding the ball (we want the whole regime removed, not just Kristi Noem), I am also really glad to see members taking ownership of their own articles and working together on them. Ultimately no one else can do that for them.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "There was a time that we could take [the federal government] at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."

Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'

Federal Agents Shoot 2 in Portland, Ore., Police Say www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car

I'm monitoring first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement. I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence — and must end.

the intentional CBP-fication of ICE is why Renee Good (and Keith Porter) are dead.

They keep doing it because they were recruited to do this, their bosses encourage them to do it and their is no meaningful pushback

BREAKING: Two people are hospitalized after they were shot by federal agents, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.

here comes the fake trump "antitrust review" that will somehow conclude that it's in the public's best interest to ensure that Warner Brothers (CNN, HBO) is owned by Trump's techno-fascist billionaire friend Larry Ellison

Got to love authoritarian creep supported by both parties that enabled “border patrol” to go basically every place in the country

portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.

shot two people, PPB were called to emergency medical assistance, and they weren’t taken into custody? what in the fuck?

There's no rhyme or reason to which Dems do this on any given nominee, and they never explain, because it really is as stupid as they do it to game metrics so they can't be tagged "most liberal." It's not because Republicans care, they don't need them. It's not a tactical maneuver. It's just dumb.

I’ve heard from multiple friends today about daycares being raided and parents being ripped out of cars (in one case with a child left behind in the backseat). Grim times here.

Holy fuck they actually did it

confirmed katu.com/news/local/i...

From a pure "lives saved per column inch" perspective, I can not think of an act of journalism that will save more lives than @calmatters.org excruciating series on how California effectively decriminalized vehicular assault and homicide.

yeah they understand that republicans are like this, but they expect libs to be kind and decent and civil in a way that’s increasingly ceasing to be the case. they cannot really conceive of liberal anger as anything but an overreaction to scold, and i don’t think it’ll work this time

* zooms in on "If all Dems/Independents voted no, given absent Republicans, the vote would've failed" *

Saw this coming: @wedemandjustice.bsky.social is NOT happy. "Just two days after the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack, seven Democrats voted to give a lifetime judgeship to a nominee who refused to tell the truth about what happened on that infamous day...It is simply unacceptable.”

It is good that Congressional Dems are making this happen

Average effective US tariff rates—which measure total tariff revenue as a % of total imports—inched to a new modern high of just under 11% in data released today, up from just over 2.3% this time last year

Idk what this does to my prior that this will pass the Senate but... I've moved it up from the "infinitesimally close to 0" that I had it at before

They actually did it

Tonight — thanks to all of YOU — House Democrats did something many thought impossible. We forced the Republican-controlled House to vote on extending healthcare tax credits for working families. And it PASSED. The Senate must now do the same.

We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics! Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact. expected salary range $111K - $116K. dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...

minority house speaker jeffries

The veto override has failed. Several dozen Republicans defied President Trump, but not enough to reach the 2/3 needed for an override. Colorado’s Arkansas Valley Conduit project is in limbo.

Why even a lengthy court battle over whether Minnesota can even charge him is worthwhile. If the process is the punishment for Comey and Tish, it can be for the admin's footmen.

Wait wait wait, while Americans have to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in new tariffs, Trump is going send over $10,000 to each person in *Greenland*????????? This is a joke right ? www.reuters.com/world/europe...

In a normal trial Jonathon Ross would not be convicted. Not because he didn’t shoot Renee Good to death without a good reason but because he is a cop and cops get away with that a lot

Had y'all noticed that the Oklahoma Supremes - on procedural grounds - struck down the State's gibberish new social studies standards? (That includes such important matters like teaching first graders David and Goliath?) www.oscn.net/applications...

Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident. @startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.

his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

They say this is all about illegal immigration but I just see them going out of their way to attack an American-citizen mother who lost her life after dropping her toddler off at school

Lawyer here. I am representing a criminal case right now in which the ADA admitted to me that she had not even *seen the file* before charging my client. Admittedly a misdemeanor. But prosecutors have no “ethical” duty to believe in likelihood of success before bringing charges.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

one wonders at what point this becomes conspiracy and/or obstruction

so much of trumpism is short-termism, stealing from your future self's pocket

Unironically, this kind of helps Susan Collins

pepe le pew "technically it's ailurophilia"

Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.

It is really something to be part of a packed courtroom gallery in which every single person there bursts out crying with relief at the same instant. The daycare director and assistant director, my kids' teachers, the lawyers, all of us parents.