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oregonian.com
The next Queer Baile cumbia lesson and social takes place July 16 at White Owl Social Club.
This Portland dance group is breaking gender norms and creating community with free Latin dance lessons
The next Queer Baile cumbia lesson and social takes place July 16 at White Owl Social Club.
www.oregonlive.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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aclu.org
Kick off World Pride with us in DC as we unveil our Freedom to Be quilt made by transgender artists from across the nation.

There will be live music, free Ben & Jerry's while supplies last, and lots of fun! RSVP now at aclu.org/free-to-be 🏳️‍⚧️
Purple graphic with text "Trans people have always been here and we always will be" Above the txt reads "Freedom to be Washington DC) and below the text is the ACLU logo.
May 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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kaine.senate.gov
Actions matter more than words. ”Celebrating” Teacher Appreciation Week while gutting the Department of Education tells me all I need to know about the Trump Administration’s priorities.
Screenshot of a video posted by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon that is captioned: "Teaching is among the noblest professions. To teachers across America, thank you for your devotion to educating the next generation. #TeacherAppreciationWeek"
May 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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mariaaspan.bsky.social
A very eventful day in Omaha, for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/05/03/n...
Warren Buffett announces his retirement and warns the trade war will hurt America
The billionaire investor, now 94, also said he would be resigning as CEO at the end of the year. He spoke at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting known as "Woodstock for Capitalists."
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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goodboy.bsky.social
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
Marisa said she is eft with nothing BUt questions. "What if I would have been armed," she 2 said. "You're breaking in. What am 1 supposed to think? My initial thought was we were being robbed-that my daughters, being females, were being kidnapped. You have guns pointed in our faces. Can you just reprogram yourself and see us as humans, as women? A little bit of mercy. Care a little bit about your fellow human, about your fellow citizen, fellow resident. We bleed too. We vork. We pleed justlike anybody else bleeds. We're scared. You could see our faces that we were terrified. What makes you so much more worthier of your peace? What makes you so much more worthier of protecting your children? What makes you so much more worthy of your citizenship? What makes you more worthy of safety? Of being given the ight t that they took from me to protect my daughters?"
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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oregonian.com
Prosecutors in northern Idaho have filed misdemeanor charges against six men in connection with the forcible removal of a woman from a legislative town hall meeting in February.
Private security guards accused of forcibly dragging woman from chaotic town hall meeting
Prosecutors in northern Idaho have filed misdemeanor charges against six men in connection with the forcible removal of a woman from a legislative town hall meeting in February.
www.oregonlive.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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sanders.senate.gov
No, Elon. 40% of people who call Social Security's 1-800 number are not fraudsters, Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme & nobody who is 150 years old is getting a Social Security check.

Stop the lies. Stop the disinformation.

Get your billionaire hands off Social Security.
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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aclum.bsky.social
Nobody should be disappeared from the streets of Somerville – or anywhere in America.

Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe
An eyewitness said masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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aclu.org
BREAKING: An appeals court rejected the Trump administration's request to overturn a court order blocking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people without due process.

This is a win for immigrants' rights and the rule of law.
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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oregonian.com
After a six-month conservation process, “Waterlilies” made its public debut in an exhibit highlighting the relationship between Japanese and French art.
Portland Art Museum’s ‘Waterlilies’ restoration gives the beloved Monet painting ‘back its voice’
After a six-month conservation process, “Waterlilies” made its public debut in an exhibit highlighting the relationship between Japanese and French art.
www.oregonlive.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
Russia started this war by brutally invading a sovereign democracy and claiming innocent lives.

You will not rewrite history.

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Witkoff declines to blame Russia for starting war in Ukraine
The Trump-appointed special envoy called Ukraine’s ambitions to join NATO “a threat to the Russians.”
www.politico.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
It’s no surprise that Scott Bessent and Donald Trump want to save face and downplay the risks as Elon Musk seizes power, but the American people know better. Trump and Bessent are asking you not to believe what’s playing out right in front of your eyes.
Treasury defends DOGE's ‘read-only access’ to payments system
The department told lawmakers its efficiency review “is not resulting” in any suspensions of or delays to disbursements.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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washingtonpost.com
Breaking news: President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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kateriga.bsky.social
Wyden on Musk's gaining access (via a pliable Secretary Bessent) to the Treasury's federal payment system: "They are seizing the tools they need for a coup"
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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jessicavalenti.bsky.social
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

I'm trying to save them.

You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
CDCGuidelines.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM