Janet Harris
@thinkupstream.bsky.social
News analyst and political tea leaf reader. I have strong opinions loosely held.
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US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights
President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan by his predecessor to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
@maddow.msnbc.com Word got out this week that ICE wants to build a detention facility in Newport, OR (pop. ~10,400), so City Council held an public meeting last night. More than 800 people showed up in opposition. Not a single person spoke up in favor. tinyurl.com/2p8xkb2e
Tears, frustration & fear from 800+ attending Newport meeting on potential ICE facility
Outrage has been pouring in over the potential siting of an ICE facility in the small Oregon coastal town 130 miles southwest of Portland.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Word got out this week that ICE wants to build a detention facility in Newport, OR (pop. ~10,400), so City Council held an public meeting last night. More than 800 people showed up in opposition. Not a single person spoke up in favor. tinyurl.com/2p8xkb2e
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This is precisely why the Virginia Attorney General’s race will be consequential.
If Republican Jason Miyares is re-elected, he will fight AGAINST new Democratic maps…and fight FOR Donald Trump.
I hope all Virginia Democrats think long and hard about this when they cast their ballots.
If Republican Jason Miyares is re-elected, he will fight AGAINST new Democratic maps…and fight FOR Donald Trump.
I hope all Virginia Democrats think long and hard about this when they cast their ballots.
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is precisely why the Virginia Attorney General’s race will be consequential.
If Republican Jason Miyares is re-elected, he will fight AGAINST new Democratic maps…and fight FOR Donald Trump.
I hope all Virginia Democrats think long and hard about this when they cast their ballots.
If Republican Jason Miyares is re-elected, he will fight AGAINST new Democratic maps…and fight FOR Donald Trump.
I hope all Virginia Democrats think long and hard about this when they cast their ballots.
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Pope Leo says key document revolutionizing Catholic-Jewish ties ‘highly relevant today’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-leo-says-key-document-revolutionizing-catholic-jewish-ties-highly-relevant-today/
Pope Leo says key document revolutionizing Catholic-Jewish ties ‘highly relevant today’
Pontiff marks 60 years since publication of 'Nostra Aetate,' which he says 'takes firm stand against all forms of antisemitism' and stresses the 'profound principle' of dialogue
www.timesofisrael.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Pope Leo says key document revolutionizing Catholic-Jewish ties ‘highly relevant today’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-leo-says-key-document-revolutionizing-catholic-jewish-ties-highly-relevant-today/
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The owner of Heretic Coffee said Tuesday the shop had raised over $72,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Portland coffee shop raises over $72,000 to feed people losing SNAP benefits
The owner of a Southeast Portland coffee shop said Tuesday the shop had raised over $72,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
www.oregonlive.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The owner of Heretic Coffee said Tuesday the shop had raised over $72,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
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We’re cutting red tape to make it easier to build homes in Oregon. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We’re cutting red tape to make it easier to build homes in Oregon. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...
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One of these guys is running for Congress on an explicitly pro-LGBTQ platform. Hell yeah. www.advocate.com/politics/dyl...
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One of these guys is running for Congress on an explicitly pro-LGBTQ platform. Hell yeah. www.advocate.com/politics/dyl...
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Bannon: we have a plan and Trump will be president in 2028.
A normal country would see this and freak out.
A normal country would see this and freak out.
October 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bannon: we have a plan and Trump will be president in 2028.
A normal country would see this and freak out.
A normal country would see this and freak out.
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Robert De Niro, someone I admire and an overall good fella, has an important message for Virginia voters this year...
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Robert De Niro, someone I admire and an overall good fella, has an important message for Virginia voters this year...
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There are appropriated funds for USDA set aside for this very situation, but they're holding it hostage in case they its need for hurricane relief...?? Which we all know they also do not care about.
Call your reps and demand use of the USDA contingency fund for SNAP --> 5calls.org/issue/wic-sn...
Call your reps and demand use of the USDA contingency fund for SNAP --> 5calls.org/issue/wic-sn...
The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo exclusively obtained by Axios.
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Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps
States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, memo says.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There are appropriated funds for USDA set aside for this very situation, but they're holding it hostage in case they its need for hurricane relief...?? Which we all know they also do not care about.
Call your reps and demand use of the USDA contingency fund for SNAP --> 5calls.org/issue/wic-sn...
Call your reps and demand use of the USDA contingency fund for SNAP --> 5calls.org/issue/wic-sn...
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California is investing over $140M in more than 100 Planned Parenthood centers to ensure patients and families continue receiving essential care.
We won’t turn away from our communities, even as the Trump Administration defunds the very clinics providing life-saving services.
We won’t turn away from our communities, even as the Trump Administration defunds the very clinics providing life-saving services.
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
California is investing over $140M in more than 100 Planned Parenthood centers to ensure patients and families continue receiving essential care.
We won’t turn away from our communities, even as the Trump Administration defunds the very clinics providing life-saving services.
We won’t turn away from our communities, even as the Trump Administration defunds the very clinics providing life-saving services.
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Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
10 HOURS! He’s been holding the Senate Floor for 10 hours!
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Oregon Senator @merkley.senate.gov is holding the Senate floor. He’s been speaking for five straight hours.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
10 HOURS! He’s been holding the Senate Floor for 10 hours!
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Oregon Senator @merkley.senate.gov is holding the Senate floor. He’s been speaking for five straight hours.
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Oregon Senator @merkley.senate.gov is holding the Senate floor. He’s been speaking for five straight hours.
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45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
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Making Argentina Great Again
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Making Argentina Great Again
Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District is the state’s only Republican seat. It represents 16.55% of the Oregon population, but 22% of the state’s #SNAP participants. In 10 days, all SNAP benefits will stop. You okay with that, Rep. Cliff Bentz? www.kgw.com/article/life...
Government shutdown to halt SNAP benefits for 757,000 Oregonians
The Oregon Department of Human Services is notifying residents they may not receive new SNAP benefits after Oct. 31 because of the federal shutdown.
www.kgw.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District is the state’s only Republican seat. It represents 16.55% of the Oregon population, but 22% of the state’s #SNAP participants. In 10 days, all SNAP benefits will stop. You okay with that, Rep. Cliff Bentz? www.kgw.com/article/life...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Mark Levy performs “Keep the Faith” at the #NoKings rally in Florence, Oregon. He wrote it years ago in the great American protest song tradition.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Mark Levy performs “Keep the Faith” at the #NoKings rally in Florence, Oregon. He wrote it years ago in the great American protest song tradition.
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@maddow.msnbc.com Best sign of the day here in Eugene, Oregon!
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com Best sign of the day here in Eugene, Oregon!
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ProPublica reports that ICE fascists have detained at least 170 US CITIZENS. ICE fascists "dragged, tackled, beat, tased, and shot them." At least 3 women were pregnant, one had her door blown off while Noem watched.
All have one thing in common—they're brown Latino Americans.
This Is Fascism.
All have one thing in common—they're brown Latino Americans.
This Is Fascism.
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
ProPublica reports that ICE fascists have detained at least 170 US CITIZENS. ICE fascists "dragged, tackled, beat, tased, and shot them." At least 3 women were pregnant, one had her door blown off while Noem watched.
All have one thing in common—they're brown Latino Americans.
This Is Fascism.
All have one thing in common—they're brown Latino Americans.
This Is Fascism.
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On Thursday night, the Woodburn Education Association, which represents more than 300 licensed educators in the mid-Willamette Valley school district, proposed a new article to the contract currently being negotiated — protecting staff from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Woodburn educators propose protections from ICE as part of their employee contract
The teachers union is looking for ways to bolster protection for staff and students amid influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in communities across the state.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
On Thursday night, the Woodburn Education Association, which represents more than 300 licensed educators in the mid-Willamette Valley school district, proposed a new article to the contract currently being negotiated — protecting staff from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Good news! In the past 24 hrs, a judge extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking National Guard deployment to Portland for another 14 days; a federal appeals court upheld a similar TRO in Chicago; and a judge ordered ICE officers to wear body cameras in Chicago. #BabyAnimalsHaveGoodNews
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Good news! In the past 24 hrs, a judge extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking National Guard deployment to Portland for another 14 days; a federal appeals court upheld a similar TRO in Chicago; and a judge ordered ICE officers to wear body cameras in Chicago. #BabyAnimalsHaveGoodNews
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We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents.
They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
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They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. — ProPublica
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents.
They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
apple.news/ALchTndIpR4-...
They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
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