Latest aerial view of the Reflecting Pool. There's more at play here than I thought...

Calling Michelle Obama a man is as absurd as calling Donald Trump one.

As the GOP continues to attack James Talarico for being some combination of an unmanly gay transgender vegan, keep in mind that it's the Democrats who need to knock it off with all this identity politics... Just ask the Abundance guys...

Insane: Soldiers in war have a right to be free from teargas. But US citizens at home don't. “Plaintiffs stake their case on the existence of a supposed constitutional right to be free from... tear-gas,” Judge Eric C. Tung wrote, "No such right exists in the Constitution.” katu.com/news/local/n...

If you want to make violence the centerpiece of your administration, then violence will be there for you. Want to bomb boats off the shore of South America? Want to start a war with the killing of 160 school girls? Then violence will find you, if only because you seem to like it so much.

Trump on Truth Social: "I will commit war crimes in Iran that will make Genghis Khan look like a fucking pussy!!" NYT recap: "President Trump draws upon history to escalate the tension on Iran."🃏

Pam Bondi's moving to a job in the political/private sector. She'll be the lead counsel at the American Conservative Reactionary Coalition for Rape Abuse Embezzlement Grift Hate Cursing Sexism Racism Ignorance Bigotry Theft Groping Trolling Fascism Idiocy and Ballrooms. Experience matters....

The DHS Plywood team tending to the damage at the PDX ICE Fortress Sunday morning.

With Markwayne Mullin leaving the Senate to lead DHS, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is evidently considering filling the seat with Mullin's younger brother, Brucewayne. 🃏

In a statement to the press, Senator Markwayne Mullin thanks President Trump for the opportunity to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. In order to ensure as smooth a transition at possible at DHS, Mullin has agreed to take on Corey Lewandowski as a lover.

You don't understand the Trump Admin if you think that everything they do is intended as a distraction from something else. There are no distractions. They do these horrible things because they want to do them. They don't plan to let voters hold them accountable, so they don't need distractions.

The one thing about this speech is that no Republican should ever be allowed to live this shit down. They own it. It's welded to them. Stapled and glued. Tattooed. Forever. #SOTU

Without need, ICE teargassed a crowd in PDX this afternoon. The Portland Police had closed of the street in front of the ICE Fortress. People from a march had gathered there. A group of people crossed the blue line. ICE responded with volleys of teargas. The resulting cloud covered several blocks.

Sort of an active afternoon at the PDX ICE Fortress. The ICE agents are back in full force. Up on the roof and everything. The DHS cop below had FAFO on her helmet as a means of de-escalation.... And those two anarchist kids and their wild anarchist ideas...

Down at the PDX ICE Fortress today, a car pulled up and let a young woman out. She went in the building and came out a couple minutes later in tears, got back in the car, and left. A half-hour later the GEO Group van pulled out. Two drivers, one detainee. Off to Tacoma.

Sort of ironic that ICE has provoked America into having a long hot winter...

Scenes from the PDX ICE Fortress this afternoon...

The memo telling ICE they only need administrative warrants to break into residences is a betrayal of America. The person responsible for it (who, no doubt, has the initials "Stephen F'ing Miller") should be prosecuted. The agency that operated by these clearly illegal orders must be abolished.

Memorials to ICE victims set up near the ICE headquarters in Portland, OR. There was a funeral march around the building today.

Republicans simply will not stop lying about her death. They are telling us to not see what is obvious.

The FDA has declassified Tofu as a source of protein. FDA generals determined that Tofu and its accomplice Tempeh have been acting as double agents throughout the Protein War. Both are currently on a plane to Gitmo.

Down by the PDX ICE fortress this afternoon. DHS police took a woman into custody, but I'm not sure for what. At the moment of arrest, she was just sitting on a bench.

I hate JD Vance more now than I did just a little while ago. And I hated him a lot back then...

Across from the ICE building in Portland this afternoon...

Speaking to the press after the verdict, the Sandwich Guy insisted that he's not a hero.

There was a time in more bright-eyed innocent days when I thought that Dick Cheney was as bad as it would ever get.

An unaired portion of the 60 Minutes interview: NORAH O'DONNELL: You want that power. You want that executive power. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You need it to ru-- to protect our country. "You need it to ru..." What word do you think he meant?

Night of the Long Knives....

Scenes from the ICE building in PDX Saturday afternoon.

Dispatches from the PDX war zone, Thursday the 16th:

The Portland war zone, Wednesday evening....

They created a desolation and called it peace. --- Tacitus, Roman historian (AD 56 - 120)

DHS police guarding the Gate to Hell at the Portland ICE building today...

Scenes from the Battle of PDX...

The Oregonian is trying to find the middle-of-the-road with Trump's use of the military in Portland. There's no avoiding Portland being Trump's political prop. Trump media creates its own reality. They lie. The bottom line is Portland must resist Trump. Period. www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Current scene from the PDX war zone outside the ICE fortress...

#WarRavagedPortland For those not in PDX, this is about 1000 ft away from the ICE facility...

The GOP is abusing the death of Charlie Kirk in order to go after liberals. Nothing will pry them loose from the persecution fantasy that the Left plotted to kill him. Conservatives are the most victimized people on earth. Just ask them.🃏 Kirk would've approved of them doing this. That's who he was.

When Brian Kilmeade spoke about solving homelessness and said, "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them," he was expressing his love for them. Any other interpretation would be an insult to the legacy of Saint Charlie and would result in your immediate deportation to Eswatini.

The Supreme Court just ruled 6-3 that the Trump Administration can do whatever it wants.

Portland ICE headquarters around 4:30 PM Saturday.

The Vice President appears to like the new Air Force One.

This is would be over-the-top for a fictionalized presidency. The writers would be admonished to keep things plausible.

Pope Leo XIV's first act as pontiff was to extend "unconditional and eternal forgiveness" to Steve Bartman.

A spokesperson for the Island of Misfit Toys says they are expecting a surge in immigration this Christmas do to what she called an influx of "tariff refugees."

Pioneer Square, Portland, OR

When Trump loses this trade war, he'll claim victory in public but admit losing in private (like he did with the 2020 election). He'll conclude that Xi won because Xi rules with an iron fist, while Trump is hobbled by the deep state and paid protestors. He'll demand more power, more control.

The persecution complex is a vital part of Christian Fundamentalism. They need to always believe themselves to be victims. No matter the reality. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Politico understanding politics in the *only* way they know how... "Sanders isn’t interested in running for president again. It isn’t clear if Ocasio-Cortez wants to, either." All that stuff about democracy under attack? yeah, yeah, yeah... www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

The preferred customer entrance at a local Portland auto dealer....