tofuandveggie.bsky.social
@tofuandveggie.bsky.social
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Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Immergut's second order, given from the bench, will prohibit the relocation or deployment of any federalized national guard to Oregon.
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns

los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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To steal a line from the subject: you have spoken the actual truth here!
June 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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90 deals in 90 days turned into TACO freaking out he can't find his head as he scuttles about.
Dementia does that TACO.
May 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Repost at your pleasure..👍😂
Anything that pisses him off is good by me..👍
May 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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"If we want to win, we need to narrow our critique — to hammer home the notion that Trump is rewarding his inaugural donors and friends by immiserating everyone else," @rahmemanuel.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/43pc3wy
Opinion | Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message
Trump and the GOP agenda of corruption, chaos and cruelty should be burnished in public’s mind.
wapo.st
May 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Tax cuts for the wealthy, health-care cuts for the many.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message
Trump and the GOP agenda of corruption, chaos and cruelty should be burnished in public’s mind.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Senate Republicans just overruled the parliamentarian to pass a law allowing more pollution from cars. Sen Schumer, please declare the filibuster dead! Use the same tactic when you are in the majority. Repost and send to Sen Schumer. #schumer #fillibuster #senate #parliamentarian #california
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The dems should declare the fillibuster is officially dead and they wont abide by it when they regain power
May 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Interns for Senator Merkley, please include his Bluesky on his website, not just the social media owned and manipulated by the billionaires!
May 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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A PLANE?!?!
My dad turned down tickets to a BULLETS game when he was chief of staff of the senate foreign relations committee!
And this guy accepts A PLANE?
May 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.
May 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Arresting judges? What is this, a banana republic? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
#judgearrest #freejudgedugan #bananarepublic
a cartoon banana says so not funny
ALT: a cartoon banana says so not funny
media.tenor.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The war in Ukraine will be over in 24 hours.

So will Gaza.

There will be 90 trade deals in 90 days.

No tax on tips.

No tax on overtime.

Interest on car loans will be tax deductible.

No tax on Social Security.

He will balance the budget.

Tariffs will pay for everything.
April 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Thank God for the Supeme Court—a sentence I rarely write these days. Every day the administration’s defiance becomes more breathtaking and more blatant. Yesterday it was poised to violate a Supreme Coirt ruling that required it to provide due process to alleged Venezuelan gang members before…
April 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM