Please...PLEASE stop referring to the military occupation of American cities and the brutalization of minority communities as "distractions."

This is beyond messed up. May their memory be a blessing.

the amount of raw, unadulterated fear that many Americans have of even small cities is never going to stop being darkly hilarious to me

LOL wtf kind of total clown shit is this?

Feds just arrested a reporter at the ICE facility outside Chicago

GOP 1984: It’s morning in America 2025: It’s Kristallnacht

He literally said this is their chance to do what the Nazis did. It’s not even a question, it’s “finally, our chance to be the baddies!”

"are we the baddies? Please, we really want to be the baddies. Please say we are the baddies."

They're getting there bsky.app/profile/numb...

the weirdest part about trumps fascist regime is they only seem bothered by people pointing out that’s what it is. i’m just baffled they haven’t just embraced it with a full endorsement already

Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities. It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.

This is fucking horrifying.

what the FUCK

I have known this is how the median voter functions for many, many years and it still makes me angry every time please, I beg of you, consider what the change actually is before voting for it

one thing about the events of 2020 in portland is it got very dangerous AFTER police & federal enforcement got involved. because they, not the protesters, were behaving violently and maliciously with no care for collateral damage or their targets’. not to mention RW militia excited to fight “antifa”

250 years from now the country will have become the envy of the world also try this it's called shwarma and costs about an hours wage "Wow this this is amazing" Also our Supreme Court has decided you designed the Constitution to give the President more power than the king

it’s fucking insane that you can log off for a few hours and come back to find trump invaded another city in his own country

Some of the founding Fathers would have loved it and some were slavers and Thomas Jefferson was both this is not a particularly good rubric.

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.

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The GOP descent into fascism traces back to at least 1994 but it cannot be overstated just how absolutely UNHINGED a large amount of the people who would form the MAGA core became over Obama. They were absolutely convinced they were going to be butchered in their beds by roving bands of "thugs"

Scalia clerks, obviously an experience that breeds communist thought.

Communism is looking for authorization in the U.S.C.

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How the fuck does this keep happening

"May used the screen name 'joebidennnn69' on the social media site Kik as he exchanged 220 images of very young children being abused" Jesus Christ.

“Former South Carolina state lawmaker Robert John “RJ” May III has agreed to plead guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material.”

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland. Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming. No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

Morning walk

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

The US has gone from "walk softly and carry a big stick" to "react to every perceived slight like the most insecure guy in the room"

Dolan is so awful. Really wish Leo would punt him into the sea

I hope the same thing happens to this guy. Abolish ICE. bsky.app/profile/cbar...

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

Man you are desperately trying to spin being completely wrong into some kind of victory. Yes, you can file a lawsuit against anyone for anything if you pay the filing fee. But come on you really expect us to think THAT was what you were talking about?

The assumption the "US propaganda machine" wasn't going full-blast since before the ink was dry on the Declaration of Independence is kind of funny in itself.

Support for law enforcement and border control are not “foundational American principles.”

love the complete lack of both self-awareness and agency here for you.

Mr. Hat, can you explain why you came in here telling truths and then weren't chastened at all when I told you you hurt my feelings?

Sir, I can’t explain why you have chosen to come on a public social media platform, flap your gums dumbly, then clutch pearls when mocked. I am inclined to guess it’s a personality disorder.