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Wedding, Family, and Headshot Photographer in Portland, OR
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Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Following Trump's deployment of the National Guard and a surge of federal law enforcement to D.C., it's critical that people can identify with whom they are interacting and that they document those interactions.

Our guide helps distinguish between federal law enforcement and U.S. armed forces.🧵
August 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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•US Intel confirmed Iran has 0 nukes
•Iran never attacked USA
•Iran offered to revive nuclear deal
•Iran is a signature to NPT
•Iran allows full IAEA inspections

And ALL notwithstanding

•Trump had no approval from Congress

Trump has violated his Oath. If Congress had a spine they’d impeach him
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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For anyone who missed it. This is beyond parody!
May 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Omg. In another world.
WATCH: Schumer says "our democracy will be at stake" if Trump disobeys the Supreme Court—but "we're not there yet."
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana

Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.

But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.

Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
YouTube video by Erin In The Morning
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”

Lots of information and resources in this one.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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As has been pointed out, GOP oversaw the worst national security (9/11), foreign policy (Iraq), disaster response (Katrina), economic (2008 crash) and public health (COVID) crises of our lifetimes. Voters would have to be absolutely nuts to repeatedly put that party back in power, right?
Lots of people out there saying, "at least by fucking everything up they're showing how incompetent they are, which will turn voters against them."

I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?
February 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.

www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Headshots! Just putting some work up because this is Bluesky which is supposed to give me up-to-the-minute political nightmare fuel.... but maybe there will be other things that happen?
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
I make photos for at weddings and with families! Here are some film frames from Mt Hood Organic Farms outside of Hood River Oregon.
November 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM