Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died." But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

I’m sure Charles Murray gets just as exercised about depictions of Jesus as a white guy.

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

A shift of 1.47 logits is, you know, *unheard of* in election results. It would take a 50-50 split in a prior election and return an 18-81 result. It would take a 81-18 split in a prior election and return a dead tie. This is EXTRAORDINARY. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I mean, they just lost 1.47 logits in a special election in Minnesota. You better fucking believe Plan A is "steal the 2026 midterm elections".

Northern AZ, atop the mountain: Heating Degree Days since 1 July: 3098; norm: 3826; deviation -728; ~19% deviation. HDD are a measure of mean ΔTemp from 65 ºF each day summed over a period. See example in next post. The trend for our winter months is down, which means our winters are warmer.

NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

And the ticking time bomb of SSPE (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut... ) where 1 in 600 infants who get measles get a ticking time bomb planted in their brain that kills them YEARS later publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

No. “We” are not. 👀🤣 Yall forget PEOPLE WERE HERE ALREADY AND PPL WERE STOLEN FROM AFRICA PLUS— the Mayflower folks were definitely immigrants. Why do yall try to change History? For who? Those white ppl are immigrants too.

And the R is an “anti-DEI, anti-trans” schools freak leader! This is a DISASTER for them.

This is tear gassing protesters just for protesting. There is no threat, and the only danger presented is ICE behaving recklessly. There is no provocation; this is just straight up assault.

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Called it.

This

Over 200 arrested in Maine immigration sweep; families say process is confusing, painful Relatives of those detained describe frustration, lack of information, and rapid transfers that make legal help . www.newscentermaine.com/mobile/artic... If ICE was legitimate they wouldn’t keep moving detainees

Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors

NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school. Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools. “I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

Whereas other authoritarians eroded institutions and asserted control over the course of years, trying to maintain a sense of normalcy, Trump is acting like a man trying to make up for lost time. His governing ethos simply rejects some of the criteria that experts use to assess authoritarianism.

New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

Hope is not a strategy. But Hope is essential. The world has seen these losers before. You have ancestors who faced similar oppression and yet... YOU. ARE. HERE. We must work to save the world we hope for. But we must hope for a future someone to say their ancestors faced oppression and yet...

It's wild is that the Epstein document dump is clearly intended as a distraction from their failing military takeover of Minnesota and Maine. Yes, they're still doing evil things to people. But they're also losing so badly that every wild swing is meant to recover from the previous disaster.

This week has been a lot. It’s overwhelming. But what is in those files the DOJ released today is a scandal of monumental proportions. People fear that it is “too big to fail.” Maybe. But Congress must act. Yes! we need all the files. But what has been released is already a four-alarm fire.

this is what’s happening everywhere they go in force ordinary people will not be cowed the same way elite society has been we are going to win

Look. There's no question. I love Bruce Springsteen. He is, without question, The Boss. And his new song, Streets of Minneapolis, is absolutely, without question, an homage to Bob Dylan's Desolation Row. That's a good thing; it's not a dig at Bruce Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSt...

Tell me five classes you took in college: History of Culture and Civilization in North Africa History of the Holocaust Jazz History Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces Planetary Global Tectonics

Perhaps not a huge surprise Elon Musk is in the Epstein files

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial view of a MASSIVE CROWD of peaceful demonstrators marching in San Francisco to protest against the Trump administration and lCE 📍 San Francisco, California

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

TO RECAP: -A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social -An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again -They arrested him anyway A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

The thing about Greg Bovino being pulled out of the fray is that he’s not in charge of ICE. That’s Todd Lyon. In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE

ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

BREAKING: Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.

Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.

When I called my senators I specifically said this kind of shit would not fly. Tell yours the same.

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

The traitor to our society has, quite literally, set us back about a million years in science and healthcare in a single year of his fascist actions. www.science.org/content/arti...

Who’s next? One demotion cannot detract from accountability. Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.

The problem with symbolic compliance isn’t just that they fall short of ending violence. It’s also that people duped by the symbols will switch sides to defend the oppressor, emboldening them to become more violent and violate more civil rights than before.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Exactly right. Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign. Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE. Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them. Every possible angle.

The HPV vaccine prevents cervical and other cancers. This is a good thing and because of that reason RFK. Jr and his ACIP are going to go after this safe and effective vaccine to undermine its uptake. Measles is back, Pertussis is back & if they have their way cervical cancer will not be eliminated.

@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social your estimate was only off by one.