Suzette Smith
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A federal judge has permanently barred the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, following a long back-and-forth battle. Oregon leaders are celebrating the decision, but DOJ lawyers are already discussing an appeal.
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump, Barring Him from Deploying National Guard to Oregon
US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Friday, November 7, that the Trump administration is permanently barred from deploying the National Guard to Oregon. The decision was a long-awaited ruling in a ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A federal judge has permanently barred the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, following a long back-and-forth battle. Oregon leaders are celebrating the decision, but DOJ lawyers are already discussing an appeal.
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Repertory film screenings trend surreal and nonlinear this month, with cinemas showing The Double Life of Véronique, The Color of Pomegranates, Memoria, and other films that ask for your focus and faith. Read why they're worth it on Second Run.
Where to Watch Folkloric Films and Arthouse Classics This Month
Unlike some months, the repertory movie screenings of November lack a natural theme. But our indie cinemas have still formed a united front, choosing films that ask their audiences to hang tight with ...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Repertory film screenings trend surreal and nonlinear this month, with cinemas showing The Double Life of Véronique, The Color of Pomegranates, Memoria, and other films that ask for your focus and faith. Read why they're worth it on Second Run.
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Tom Collins receives about $280 a month in SNAP benefits.
“If SNAP went away, it would be very inconvenient,” he said. “I would have to fight at food pantries for food. And it would be a fight, because there’s a lot of people dependent on SNAP.”
“If SNAP went away, it would be very inconvenient,” he said. “I would have to fight at food pantries for food. And it would be a fight, because there’s a lot of people dependent on SNAP.”
Oregonians have access to full November food stamp benefits, Kotek says
All Oregonians will get their full monthly benefit now, the governor said, even if they typically get the benefits on a different schedule.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Tom Collins receives about $280 a month in SNAP benefits.
“If SNAP went away, it would be very inconvenient,” he said. “I would have to fight at food pantries for food. And it would be a fight, because there’s a lot of people dependent on SNAP.”
“If SNAP went away, it would be very inconvenient,” he said. “I would have to fight at food pantries for food. And it would be a fight, because there’s a lot of people dependent on SNAP.”
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A permanent injunction is now in place barring the National Guard in Portland due to extremely small protests.
Federal judge prohibits Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland
In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut found President Trump “did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard.”
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November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A permanent injunction is now in place barring the National Guard in Portland due to extremely small protests.
You can’t argue with the science and the science says no matter your gender you share 99.89% the same DNA with evangelions.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You can’t argue with the science and the science says no matter your gender you share 99.89% the same DNA with evangelions.
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Another death from someone trying to cross the tracks in this incredibly dangerous area.
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Another death from someone trying to cross the tracks in this incredibly dangerous area.
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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The honor system is in place at three Oregon stores, now offering discounts to all who need it.
Feds told Oregon grocers they couldn’t offer 10% off to SNAP recipients, so they got creative
The honor system is in place at three Oregon stores, now offering discounts to all who need it.
www.oregonlive.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The honor system is in place at three Oregon stores, now offering discounts to all who need it.
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When you show up 3.5 hours into the first NYC Municipal Archives book sale in a decade
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When you show up 3.5 hours into the first NYC Municipal Archives book sale in a decade
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The Onion, yet again, FTW.
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Onion, yet again, FTW.
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• The Trump administration REALLY doesn't want to pay SNAP
• and because they care SO MUCH about air traffic controllers, PDX is among airports that will see flight cancellations this week
• Plus, Portland Book Festival is sold out!
• It's Good Morning, News!
• and because they care SO MUCH about air traffic controllers, PDX is among airports that will see flight cancellations this week
• Plus, Portland Book Festival is sold out!
• It's Good Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Trump Administration Seeks to Block SNAP Distribution, Flight-Mageddon Reaches PDX, and Musk Assures Tesla He Can Raise Stock 466 Percent
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
• The Trump administration REALLY doesn't want to pay SNAP
• and because they care SO MUCH about air traffic controllers, PDX is among airports that will see flight cancellations this week
• Plus, Portland Book Festival is sold out!
• It's Good Morning, News!
• and because they care SO MUCH about air traffic controllers, PDX is among airports that will see flight cancellations this week
• Plus, Portland Book Festival is sold out!
• It's Good Morning, News!
Wow, Portland Book Festival is so sold out that you can't buy tickets at the door on Sat.
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wow, Portland Book Festival is so sold out that you can't buy tickets at the door on Sat.
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Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him. He was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
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ICE detention of Oregon business owner highlights conflicting immigration policies
Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him. He was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.
www.oregonlive.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him. He was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
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I'll be at Portland Book Festival this Saturday at 3 pm for a pop-up reading at the art museum! Like all pop-up readers, I've been given a mere 15 minutes... so don't be late!
pdxbookfest.org/schedule/
pdxbookfest.org/schedule/
Events Archive - PDX Book Fest
pdxbookfest.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'll be at Portland Book Festival this Saturday at 3 pm for a pop-up reading at the art museum! Like all pop-up readers, I've been given a mere 15 minutes... so don't be late!
pdxbookfest.org/schedule/
pdxbookfest.org/schedule/
DJ City Council and they all DJ
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
DJ City Council and they all DJ
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A new nonfiction history, Let My Country Awake, explores the complexity of Indian resistance against the British Empire during World War I.
Book Review: Let My Country Awake Puts the Pacific Northwest at the Center of an Anti-Colonial Struggle
A new nonfiction history, Let My Country Awake, explores the complexity of Indian resistance against the British Empire during World War I.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A new nonfiction history, Let My Country Awake, explores the complexity of Indian resistance against the British Empire during World War I.
Josh Gondelman at Helium entered the gauntlet of NYE activities with a lot of strength until I realized that there are in fact two shows and I don't get both a cheese board AND a dessert.
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Josh Gondelman at Helium entered the gauntlet of NYE activities with a lot of strength until I realized that there are in fact two shows and I don't get both a cheese board AND a dessert.
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The worst part about that awful “Meet Me in the Bathroom” doc was letting this guy talk so much.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The worst part about that awful “Meet Me in the Bathroom” doc was letting this guy talk so much.
Train Dreams is very plainly one of the most beautiful films of the year. @sinacolad.bsky.social recommends seeing it in a theater, preferably in the Pacific Northwest.
Movie Review: The Irony of Super Beautiful 'Train Dreams' Being Released by Netflix Is Not Lost on Me
Also very beautiful: William H. Macy.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Train Dreams is very plainly one of the most beautiful films of the year. @sinacolad.bsky.social recommends seeing it in a theater, preferably in the Pacific Northwest.
A very fine first Black Eyes album in 20 years to you.
blackeyes.bandcamp.com/album/hostil...
blackeyes.bandcamp.com/album/hostil...
Hostile Design, by Black Eyes
6 track album
blackeyes.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A very fine first Black Eyes album in 20 years to you.
blackeyes.bandcamp.com/album/hostil...
blackeyes.bandcamp.com/album/hostil...
whispers: Pokémon GO to the polls
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
whispers: Pokémon GO to the polls
Contagion but it’s a ragtag group of fiscal hotshots trying to make SNAP partial payments on the federal government's presumably MS DOS network.
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Contagion but it’s a ragtag group of fiscal hotshots trying to make SNAP partial payments on the federal government's presumably MS DOS network.
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•There was a time when a three-hour standoff IN THE WAVES of Siletz Bay would have been a major Good Morning, News story. Alas.
• The Mayor says he's enforcing the camping ban!
•And then he put the city's Housing Bureau director on leave!
• It's Good Morning, News!
• The Mayor says he's enforcing the camping ban!
•And then he put the city's Housing Bureau director on leave!
• It's Good Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Portland City Council Scandals, Non-Scandals, and Nothing-to-See-Heres
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October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
•There was a time when a three-hour standoff IN THE WAVES of Siletz Bay would have been a major Good Morning, News story. Alas.
• The Mayor says he's enforcing the camping ban!
•And then he put the city's Housing Bureau director on leave!
• It's Good Morning, News!
• The Mayor says he's enforcing the camping ban!
•And then he put the city's Housing Bureau director on leave!
• It's Good Morning, News!
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I reviewed the new one from professional weirdo Yorgos Lanthimos.
In Bugonia, Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons plead, bicker, debate, somersault over, and gnash at one another as the truth begins to unglue. Yorgos Lanthimos has never been so much fun.
Movie Review: Bugonia Is a Good Time Yorgos Lanthimos Film
Dom Sinacola
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October 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I reviewed the new one from professional weirdo Yorgos Lanthimos.
Behind the corn, there's more corn! And then there's catchy songs and an abundance of jokes. @ihavequalities.bsky.social reviews the touring Broadway show 'Shucked'
Theater Review: That Tony-Nominated "Musical About Corn"—Shucked Is a Total Romp
TJ Acena
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October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Behind the corn, there's more corn! And then there's catchy songs and an abundance of jokes. @ihavequalities.bsky.social reviews the touring Broadway show 'Shucked'