Amanda
@amandasaltzer.bsky.social
Former emergency dispatcher. Currently writing about my experience with protests, misinformation, militias, radicalization and policing in Portland, Oregon. Exvangelical, lesbian, mother, bookworm.
Meet my newest grand-cat, Dusty, in his #Caturday debut.
Dusty is a rescue from California. Per the foster we adopted from: Their shelters are overrun because of ICE kidnappings; the animals are abandoned.
So many devastating consequences to the evil in our country.
Dusty is a rescue from California. Per the foster we adopted from: Their shelters are overrun because of ICE kidnappings; the animals are abandoned.
So many devastating consequences to the evil in our country.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Meet my newest grand-cat, Dusty, in his #Caturday debut.
Dusty is a rescue from California. Per the foster we adopted from: Their shelters are overrun because of ICE kidnappings; the animals are abandoned.
So many devastating consequences to the evil in our country.
Dusty is a rescue from California. Per the foster we adopted from: Their shelters are overrun because of ICE kidnappings; the animals are abandoned.
So many devastating consequences to the evil in our country.
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Buuuuuuut, Bill Clinton…
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Buuuuuuut, Bill Clinton…
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
Seriously, if so, IDGAF.
Jail them all.
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If ICE agents come onto my campus, or the campus of K-12 schools, I want the school to use active shooter protocols: lock them out, hide the kids and staff, and call the police to inform them of armed gunmen on campus.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If ICE agents come onto my campus, or the campus of K-12 schools, I want the school to use active shooter protocols: lock them out, hide the kids and staff, and call the police to inform them of armed gunmen on campus.
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Mamdani decries anti-semitism and Islamophobia in the same sentence and it’s fine and good because normal people can handle that combo
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Mamdani decries anti-semitism and Islamophobia in the same sentence and it’s fine and good because normal people can handle that combo
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November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ICE in Portland acting like absolute animals and dragging women half naked across concrete.
Posted tonight on Reddit
Posted tonight on Reddit
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
ICE in Portland acting like absolute animals and dragging women half naked across concrete.
Posted tonight on Reddit
Posted tonight on Reddit
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something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
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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 10:09 PM
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...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Every time a MAGA says "George Soros," replace it with "The Jews" and you'll understand the motive.
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Every time a MAGA says "George Soros," replace it with "The Jews" and you'll understand the motive.
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Time to repost🎶🎵🎼
No Kings, not ever.
See y’all Saturday.
No Kings, not ever.
See y’all Saturday.
October 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Time to repost🎶🎵🎼
No Kings, not ever.
See y’all Saturday.
No Kings, not ever.
See y’all Saturday.
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Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
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If you’re afraid to go to a No Kings rally in defense of you’re first amendment rights; then you have given away you’re first amendment rights. Stand up for your rights, with your community, stronger together, the marches are for us to feel strong because we are.
October 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you’re afraid to go to a No Kings rally in defense of you’re first amendment rights; then you have given away you’re first amendment rights. Stand up for your rights, with your community, stronger together, the marches are for us to feel strong because we are.
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And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.
Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.
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The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
If you’re feeling inspired to fight fascism with whimsy, Portland has you covered.. literally
October 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you’re feeling inspired to fight fascism with whimsy, Portland has you covered.. literally
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Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
Reddit Portland stays dropping gems
(submitted by user Mayor_Of_Sassyland - idk if they made it, but, quality meme, Mayor)
(submitted by user Mayor_Of_Sassyland - idk if they made it, but, quality meme, Mayor)
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reddit Portland stays dropping gems
(submitted by user Mayor_Of_Sassyland - idk if they made it, but, quality meme, Mayor)
(submitted by user Mayor_Of_Sassyland - idk if they made it, but, quality meme, Mayor)
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My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Kavanaugh stop
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Kavanaugh stop
Portland PTSD is artisanal and bespoke ☺️
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Portland PTSD is artisanal and bespoke ☺️