Carol Fenton
@cfpdx.bsky.social
Can be found walking Ruzo & Leo and showing up at the St Johns Food Share.
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Dil Se Indian Cuisine needed to open up freezer space and donated 400 pounds of chicken thighs to the St Johns Food Share today. We haven't had meat in the freezer for a week, so this was amazing for our shoppers! #Portland
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Dil Se Indian Cuisine needed to open up freezer space and donated 400 pounds of chicken thighs to the St Johns Food Share today. We haven't had meat in the freezer for a week, so this was amazing for our shoppers! #Portland
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CBS News: Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans
"Internally, officials have dubbed the plans 'Charlotte Web' and 'Catahoula Crunch,' references to the children's novel and the official state dog of Louisiana, respectively."
"Internally, officials have dubbed the plans 'Charlotte Web' and 'Catahoula Crunch,' references to the children's novel and the official state dog of Louisiana, respectively."
Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans, with armored vehicles and special agents
The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.
www.cbsnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
CBS News: Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans
"Internally, officials have dubbed the plans 'Charlotte Web' and 'Catahoula Crunch,' references to the children's novel and the official state dog of Louisiana, respectively."
"Internally, officials have dubbed the plans 'Charlotte Web' and 'Catahoula Crunch,' references to the children's novel and the official state dog of Louisiana, respectively."
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
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This leaves Intel with a little more than 16,000 Oregon workers, fewer than at any point since 2012.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This leaves Intel with a little more than 16,000 Oregon workers, fewer than at any point since 2012.
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remember when most of Congress went hard after Backpage in early 2018 but did nothing to actually help young people who are poor, homeless, and trying to get by
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
remember when most of Congress went hard after Backpage in early 2018 but did nothing to actually help young people who are poor, homeless, and trying to get by
Extremist reboot falls flat!
Stewart Rhodes relaunched the anti-government Oath Keepers militia almost two weeks ago.
Former members tell me they've no intention of rejoining and a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75k has so far received only 16 donations
www.wired.com/story/stewar...
Former members tell me they've no intention of rejoining and a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75k has so far received only 16 donations
www.wired.com/story/stewar...
Stewart Rhodes Relaunched the Oath Keepers. Even Old Oath Keepers Don’t Care
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted for his role in the January 6 attack, is asking potential new members and supporters to send money. Former allies are unconvinced.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Extremist reboot falls flat!
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The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Georgia cops spent months planning an anti-sex work sting, with officers posing as sex workers, and it ended with zero trafficking charges. AND, they arrested a 17YO! gbi.georgia.gov/press-releas...
12 Arrested in Operation Raydiant Shadows— Targeting Sex Traffickers and Commercial Sex Buyers in Dougherty County
Dougherty County, GA (November 10, 2025) - As a result of a proactive, multi-agency online undercover investigation coordinated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Human Exploitation and Traffick...
gbi.georgia.gov
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Georgia cops spent months planning an anti-sex work sting, with officers posing as sex workers, and it ended with zero trafficking charges. AND, they arrested a 17YO! gbi.georgia.gov/press-releas...
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NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...
Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’
Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...
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The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
Since Trump took office, his company’s foreign worker requests jumped from 121 in 2021 to 184 in 2025, a record high. In total, the Trump Organization has filed to hire 566 foreign laborers for roles like servers, farmhands, and housekeepers. #labor thehill.com/business/560...
thehill.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Since Trump took office, his company’s foreign worker requests jumped from 121 in 2021 to 184 in 2025, a record high. In total, the Trump Organization has filed to hire 566 foreign laborers for roles like servers, farmhands, and housekeepers. #labor thehill.com/business/560...
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house,” “knew about the girls,” and “that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
California sues in-home care company for paying caregivers as little as $4.17/hour for 24-hour shifts, while charging clients $300–$500/day and pocketing most of it. #labor #immigrants news.santaclaracounty.gov/county-takes...
County Takes Enforcement Action to Stop Exploitation of Immigrant In-Home Care Workers | County News Center | Office of Communications and Public Affairs | County of Santa Clara
The County of Santa Clara has filed a civil enforcement action against a Milpitas-based home care business and its owners alleging widespread worker exploitation, wage theft, and other unlawful practi...
news.santaclaracounty.gov
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
California sues in-home care company for paying caregivers as little as $4.17/hour for 24-hour shifts, while charging clients $300–$500/day and pocketing most of it. #labor #immigrants news.santaclaracounty.gov/county-takes...
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At a special city council meeting tonight, Newport City Manager Nina Vetter confirmed that the contractor Team Housing Solutions has withdrawn its letter of intent to lease the property at the city's municipal airport. Story to come for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, still have a 2 hour meeting to go.
A vague letter from a Texas-based defense contractor spurred concern in Newport that the federal government would seek to establish an immigration detention facility on Oregon’s Central Coast. buff.ly/AUbX4Qt
Military housing contractor sought Newport airport lease site before ICE facility reports • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A Nov. 4 letter addressed to the city by a Texas-based defense contractor sheds light on some of the pressures facing local officials.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At a special city council meeting tonight, Newport City Manager Nina Vetter confirmed that the contractor Team Housing Solutions has withdrawn its letter of intent to lease the property at the city's municipal airport. Story to come for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, still have a 2 hour meeting to go.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
Another beautiful day on the bluff!
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another beautiful day on the bluff!
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🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
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when you're worried that ICE agents are too encumbered by rules and regulations and can't get freaky enough
New from 404 Media: ICE plans to spend as much as $180 million on bounty hunters to physically locate and stalk immigrants. I spoke to multiple private investigators/skip tracers. Some horrified. Others said they will do this work. "Money is money."
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
when you're worried that ICE agents are too encumbered by rules and regulations and can't get freaky enough
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every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
He wants to turn the military into a frat house, just no beards or dad bods allowed.
Hegseth: "I don't want my son serving alongside troops that are fat and out of shape, or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men in their units."
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
He wants to turn the military into a frat house, just no beards or dad bods allowed.
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srael has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire (or, to use Trump's words, since he achieved "the peace that has been sought for at least 3,000 years")
bbc.com/news/article...
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
srael has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire (or, to use Trump's words, since he achieved "the peace that has been sought for at least 3,000 years")
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
A $3 million settlement won’t undo the harm or bring back the paper’s owner whose death lies with those who turned their power against a free press. apnews.com/article/kans...
A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on a small-town newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in 2023.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A $3 million settlement won’t undo the harm or bring back the paper’s owner whose death lies with those who turned their power against a free press. apnews.com/article/kans...