Shannon Fears
@shannonfears.bsky.social
Retired journalist, PNW native. West Coast, best coast. Sports: #Canucks, #RipCity, #UOregon, #LCFC, #Mariners, #WNBA, #track (athletics). #Myeloma survivor, 13 years ⭐️ Call me Mr.
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
There is no such thing as a quiet news day anymore
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There is no such thing as a quiet news day anymore
The paper where I got my start now thinks it’s appropriate to end this headline by using a verb as a noun. Hopefully corrected by the time you see this.
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
Lake Oswego principal’s sudden resignation prompts questions amid other staff leaves
Desiree Fisher had led Lakeridge High School for a decade.
www.oregonlive.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The paper where I got my start now thinks it’s appropriate to end this headline by using a verb as a noun. Hopefully corrected by the time you see this.
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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My friend and colleague @repgrijalva and her staff were just pepper-sprayed by Trump’s ICE agents. This is how democracies die – we cannot continue to allow masked agents to terrorize, attack, and villainize ANY community without oversight or accountability.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My friend and colleague @repgrijalva and her staff were just pepper-sprayed by Trump’s ICE agents. This is how democracies die – we cannot continue to allow masked agents to terrorize, attack, and villainize ANY community without oversight or accountability.
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Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again
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“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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I realize I’m biased but WTF is Jared Kushner doing in negotiations re Russia and Ukraine? Isn’t he claiming to be a private citizen now? Does he have a security clearance?
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I realize I’m biased but WTF is Jared Kushner doing in negotiations re Russia and Ukraine? Isn’t he claiming to be a private citizen now? Does he have a security clearance?
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Awful lot of war crimes on the feed today.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Awful lot of war crimes on the feed today.
I was out all afternoon, including stops at Safeway and Costco, where holiday madness was in full swing, and apart from me and my podiatrist, I didn’t see ONE person among literally hundreds wearing a mask. What #Covid?
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was out all afternoon, including stops at Safeway and Costco, where holiday madness was in full swing, and apart from me and my podiatrist, I didn’t see ONE person among literally hundreds wearing a mask. What #Covid?
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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Trump never looked that happy when JD was in the room
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trump never looked that happy when JD was in the room
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It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
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it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
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No one should ever listen to advice on "how to save journalism" from a company whose entire business model is "keep producing sons"
www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...
www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...
Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen hands reins to son Ryan Blethen
Ryan Blethen succeeds his father, Frank Blethen, who will step down Dec. 31 after four decades in the role.
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No one should ever listen to advice on "how to save journalism" from a company whose entire business model is "keep producing sons"
www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...
www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...
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Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
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From stonewalling at every turn for many months to rushing it into law in a matter of hours isn’t at all suspicious or sinister. Not at all.
Senate Republicans were so eager to dispense with the Epstein measure that they agreed with Schumer to declare it passed by unanimous consent--even though it has not formally been sent over by the House yet. It may land on Trump's desk tonight.
@anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Agrees to Quickly Clear Bill Seeking Release of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
From stonewalling at every turn for many months to rushing it into law in a matter of hours isn’t at all suspicious or sinister. Not at all.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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NEWS: Josh Naylor and the Mariners have agreed to a five-year extension, pending a physical, a source confirmed to @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEWS: Josh Naylor and the Mariners have agreed to a five-year extension, pending a physical, a source confirmed to @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social.