Michelle Newsum
@shellen.bsky.social
Longtime primary school teacher.
“This bill takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators.”
~Ron Wyden
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~Ron Wyden
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Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
“This bill takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators.”
~Ron Wyden
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~Ron Wyden
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Lane County is releasing $200,000 to help.
"These families are being separated and now you have families who are at risk of becoming unhoused as a result of those
actions.“
Hundreds show up after Lane Co. ICE activity to learn how to fight back
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"These families are being separated and now you have families who are at risk of becoming unhoused as a result of those
actions.“
Hundreds show up after Lane Co. ICE activity to learn how to fight back
www.registerguard.com/story/news/l...
Hundreds show up after Lane Co. ICE activity to learn how to fight back
Hundreds of people joined an emergency meeting following ICE arrests in Eugene, Cottage Grove.
www.registerguard.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Lane County is releasing $200,000 to help.
"These families are being separated and now you have families who are at risk of becoming unhoused as a result of those
actions.“
Hundreds show up after Lane Co. ICE activity to learn how to fight back
www.registerguard.com/story/news/l...
"These families are being separated and now you have families who are at risk of becoming unhoused as a result of those
actions.“
Hundreds show up after Lane Co. ICE activity to learn how to fight back
www.registerguard.com/story/news/l...
Public school teachers ❤️
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‘This community is not the enemy’: Hillsboro teachers form neighborhood ICE watch
ICE arrested a parent near Eastwood Elementary School last Monday. Teachers and parents have been patrolling the neighborhood every morning since.
opb.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Public school teachers ❤️
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🤣🤣 “The amount of cookies I’ve watched the Cookie Monster waste with his bullshit chewing makes me sick.”
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🤣🤣 “The amount of cookies I’ve watched the Cookie Monster waste with his bullshit chewing makes me sick.”
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Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
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What do these corporate donors expect in return for their money?
It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.
It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What do these corporate donors expect in return for their money?
It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.
It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.
Trump’s talent is finding wormholes in the system that he can exploit for his own satisfaction or financial gain — things not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high.
Burnin’ Down the House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Burnin’ Down the House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Opinion | Burnin’ Down the House
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October 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Trump’s talent is finding wormholes in the system that he can exploit for his own satisfaction or financial gain — things not specifically outlawed because it never occurred to the founders or anyone else that a lowlife could rise so high.
Burnin’ Down the House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Burnin’ Down the House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
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Hostile foreign power
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hostile foreign power
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
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Thomas Jefferson himself designed the White House’s East Colonnade; that’s how obscene Trump’s wrecking crew’s actions are. (Hartmann)
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thomas Jefferson himself designed the White House’s East Colonnade; that’s how obscene Trump’s wrecking crew’s actions are. (Hartmann)
‘Roughly one in 50 Americans gathered under one slogan (“No Kings!”) to protest against the president’s authoritarian methods.’
Mr. Bouie also nicely juxtaposes Obama’s response to the Tea Party demonstrations with Trump’s ‘No Kings’ response.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Mr. Bouie also nicely juxtaposes Obama’s response to the Tea Party demonstrations with Trump’s ‘No Kings’ response.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings
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October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
‘Roughly one in 50 Americans gathered under one slogan (“No Kings!”) to protest against the president’s authoritarian methods.’
Mr. Bouie also nicely juxtaposes Obama’s response to the Tea Party demonstrations with Trump’s ‘No Kings’ response.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Mr. Bouie also nicely juxtaposes Obama’s response to the Tea Party demonstrations with Trump’s ‘No Kings’ response.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Terrifying.
Election deniers who are ‘dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Election deniers who are ‘dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.’
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Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
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October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Terrifying.
Election deniers who are ‘dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Election deniers who are ‘dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
On Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland…
The dissent does an excellent job making the majority look like fools. cst.brightspotcdn.com/d9/44/ff61b3...
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland…
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
Thousands in Eugene, Oregon.
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thousands in Eugene, Oregon.
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I’m old enough to remember when it was a scandal to say that a portion of your opponents were “deplorable.” This seems a lot worse?
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m old enough to remember when it was a scandal to say that a portion of your opponents were “deplorable.” This seems a lot worse?
Heroes. I love Chicago.
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Heroes. I love Chicago.
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Thank you NPR, New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, (Newsmax!) The Washington Post and The Atlantic for standing up to these ridiculous fascists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...
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Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions
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October 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Thank you NPR, New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, (Newsmax!) The Washington Post and The Atlantic for standing up to these ridiculous fascists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...
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Diversity is our strength, no matter what racist, bigoted Republicans say.
Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.
Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.
Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.
Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.
October 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Diversity is our strength, no matter what racist, bigoted Republicans say.
Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.
Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.
Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.
Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.
Trump forced the resignation of the prosecutor who found that there was not enough evidence to bring charges against Ms. James. Then he demanded that Bondi appoint Lindsey Halligan, a Trump ally and insurance lawyer who had never prosecuted a case.
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Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice
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October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump forced the resignation of the prosecutor who found that there was not enough evidence to bring charges against Ms. James. Then he demanded that Bondi appoint Lindsey Halligan, a Trump ally and insurance lawyer who had never prosecuted a case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
I still can’t believe this petty, ridiculous man-child is the president.
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out
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October 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I still can’t believe this petty, ridiculous man-child is the president.
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...
“Administration officials are making sure the shutdown doesn’t affect their own priorities. They have prioritized the $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s failing economy. Construction of Trump’s ballroom in place of the East Wing of the White House will also continue during the shutdown.”
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
“Administration officials are making sure the shutdown doesn’t affect their own priorities. They have prioritized the $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s failing economy. Construction of Trump’s ballroom in place of the East Wing of the White House will also continue during the shutdown.”
These Democrats voted with Republicans to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance:
Senator Catherine Cortez Mats of Nevada
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Angus King, the Maine independent who caucuses with Dems
Senator Catherine Cortez Mats of Nevada
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Angus King, the Maine independent who caucuses with Dems
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
These Democrats voted with Republicans to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance:
Senator Catherine Cortez Mats of Nevada
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Angus King, the Maine independent who caucuses with Dems
Senator Catherine Cortez Mats of Nevada
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Angus King, the Maine independent who caucuses with Dems