@davidwestbrook.bsky.social
Proud Portland resident. Worried about our country’s survival as a republic and democracy. I believe in compassion, empathy and love. All the things hated by authoritarians.
@nytimes.com Portlanders like me are no doubt shocked to learn this morning that there have been 100s of Guard members in our city Literally no sign of them www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@nytimes.com Portlanders like me are no doubt shocked to learn this morning that there have been 100s of Guard members in our city Literally no sign of them www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Working people deserve an economy that works for them, not Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk.
Unions are how we build that economy. Unions protect workers’ rights, create safer workplaces, and raise wages.
Unions are how we build that economy. Unions protect workers’ rights, create safer workplaces, and raise wages.
Majorities of adults see decline of union membership as bad for the U.S. and working people
The share of U.S. workers who belonged to a union in 2024 stood at 9.9%, down from 1983 when 20.1% of American workers were union members.
www.pewresearch.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Working people deserve an economy that works for them, not Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk.
Unions are how we build that economy. Unions protect workers’ rights, create safer workplaces, and raise wages.
Unions are how we build that economy. Unions protect workers’ rights, create safer workplaces, and raise wages.
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Remember, REPUBLICANS in Indiana told Trump to go to hell www.politico.com/news/2025/11... This is very good news.
Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Remember, REPUBLICANS in Indiana told Trump to go to hell www.politico.com/news/2025/11... This is very good news.
Watching Trump make billions of his office why wouldn’t GOP senators want tens of millions from us. When they’ve bled everyone dry they’ll still be looking for more
go.bsky.app/LF2oyGz
The dam is breaking 10 GOP senators want 1 million dollars if their phones are used for their texts on Jan 6. Noem has 200 million dollars for pro ICE ads. While things are going more expensive. Follow and fight the good fight.
The dam is breaking 10 GOP senators want 1 million dollars if their phones are used for their texts on Jan 6. Noem has 200 million dollars for pro ICE ads. While things are going more expensive. Follow and fight the good fight.
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Watching Trump make billions of his office why wouldn’t GOP senators want tens of millions from us. When they’ve bled everyone dry they’ll still be looking for more
#Resist If there’s any chance at staving off a permanent police force to serve this authoritarian regime, there’s going to need to be a lot more of this. There need to be more clergy, veterans, disabled people. Maybe then SCOTUS & Congress will find their moral & legal compass.
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Resist If there’s any chance at staving off a permanent police force to serve this authoritarian regime, there’s going to need to be a lot more of this. There need to be more clergy, veterans, disabled people. Maybe then SCOTUS & Congress will find their moral & legal compass.
Thank you!
FACT: After hiding for 7 weeks, House Republicans are back to lock in their massive ACA cuts, raising costs for 500,000 Ohioans. I’m standing with House Democrats to keep fighting to cancel the cuts and lower the costs. I’m a no on this sham spending bill.
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Thank you!
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Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Newport needs to do some quick zoning
Public job postings for “detention officers” based in Newport, a request for septic tank services and a bid to lease 4 acres at the airport all suggest ICE is planning to build a detention facility
Is a secret ICE detention facility in the works for Newport? Clues reveal scope of Oregon coast federal project
Evidence is mounting that ICE plans to build a facility capable of holding hundreds of people, elected officials say.
www.oregonlive.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Newport needs to do some quick zoning
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Seems possible that this is about even more than underage women.
Perhaps money changing hands— corruptly and internationally, and intertwined with underaged women?
Man, oh man.
Perhaps money changing hands— corruptly and internationally, and intertwined with underaged women?
Man, oh man.
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Seems possible that this is about even more than underage women.
Perhaps money changing hands— corruptly and internationally, and intertwined with underaged women?
Man, oh man.
Perhaps money changing hands— corruptly and internationally, and intertwined with underaged women?
Man, oh man.
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JUST IN: Federal judge orders release of hundreds of people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS.
https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL
https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL
WLS: Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown | CNN
A federal judge ordered the release of hundreds of people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS, dealing a blow to federal ef...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JUST IN: Federal judge orders release of hundreds of people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS.
https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL
https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL
Agreed
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Agreed
Cottage Grove be on the lookout. Carry whistles and be ready to document illegal detentions.
Is ANY ONE okay with this?????
ICE GOONS posing as police forcibly removed Juanita Avila, a green card holder, from her car in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
“You deceived me when you claimed to be police officers!” “Who are you?”
“Why did you pull me over?” They finally released her after her daughter provided proof of her legal status
“You deceived me when you claimed to be police officers!” “Who are you?”
“Why did you pull me over?” They finally released her after her daughter provided proof of her legal status
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cottage Grove be on the lookout. Carry whistles and be ready to document illegal detentions.
Shockingly 0 truths and 1 like in that post. Not even MAGA wants what he’s peddling
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Shockingly 0 truths and 1 like in that post. Not even MAGA wants what he’s peddling
I am with Bernie
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I am with Bernie
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This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Two months ago we were paying all federal workers, SNAP benefits were fully funded, and people could afford their health insurance premiums but a small group of Democratic senators have Stockholm Syndrome and are telling us we have to Sophie’s choice one or two of these things.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Two months ago we were paying all federal workers, SNAP benefits were fully funded, and people could afford their health insurance premiums but a small group of Democratic senators have Stockholm Syndrome and are telling us we have to Sophie’s choice one or two of these things.
Smiling proudly that they have cost millions of Americans unaffordable healthcare and Medicaid
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Smiling proudly that they have cost millions of Americans unaffordable healthcare and Medicaid
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
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If you have even a second to spare today, call these Senate Dems and demand that they don’t cave! (Maybe threaten to support their next primary opponent if they cave 👀)
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bsky.app/profile/marc...
Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you have even a second to spare today, call these Senate Dems and demand that they don’t cave! (Maybe threaten to support their next primary opponent if they cave 👀)
bsky.app/profile/marc...
bsky.app/profile/marc...