The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

This mornings dispatches from the Portland war zone.

Report from the front: F35s continue to circle overhead, engaging Portland’s notorious flock of Canada geese. The mayor has gone underground to city’s CIC (Coffee Independent Collective), where baristas are coding resistance messages into latte foam. Morale remains high; kombucha supplies steady.

Things have grown so dire in Portland, Oregon that residents may soon face a shortage of artisanal baked goods, almond milk rose petal beetroot lattes, and cold brew mushroom tonic.

Duck you, Trump.

The current situation just outside Portland Oregon. Fire straits y'all.

🚨 Hands off Unions! 🚨 This Saturday, we’re defending our right to unionize and fight for fair wages, benefits, and job security. Unions make us stronger! Join us: seiu.co/42c1Lzi #HANDSOFF

After breaking into the US Institute of Peace (USIP) Monday, DOGE members immediately got to work taking down signs to erase the independent agency. Photos taken yesterday shared directly with me:

A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed.

Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.

"We're all so much alike... and yet we're all so different! I find myself rejoicing at the endless variety of human beings, and that's partly, I know, because your differences from one another tell me that it's alright for me to be different in many ways, too." - Fred Rogers 🧵 1/2

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

The resistance will bring down Musk and Trump. Congress, wake up before your power is gone. The GOP begging Trump to release money to their states is pathetic—stand up to this tyranny. Congress controls the purse strings.

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

HOLY SHIT you guys, check out this AMAZING song, Hostile Government Takeover, by @agiftfromtodd! He's singing truth, and this tune slaps. Give it a listen and repost to share.🙏💪

This is probably the most accurate take.

In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say: The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

What I can do right now, with all that's happening, is share some cat pictures. Midnight Monster, silently judging all around him, and Mozart Trouble, finding a new perch on my (recently reorganized) bookshelf. They make me smile and laugh on the regular, important things these days.

Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥 Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.

Because an important part of the fight is to remember to smile... and to think outside the box....

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk's DOGE team is set to march into the Department of Labor today. Given Musk's anti-labor history, this move threatens workers' rights nationwide. We must stand united against this corporate power grab!

Elephant calf update: very baby

The cats were both very attentive today.

Flashback post.