Ross
@cxrfreeman.bsky.social
SPED & social science @psu in PDX
bird nerd, peace advocate, teacher & storyteller
bird nerd, peace advocate, teacher & storyteller
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Ross
@cxrfreeman.bsky.social
· Feb 10
Putting this here as a reminder to listen AND act when aspiring dictators telegraph their plans:
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2024 (Reuters) - Trump [said] that if [you] vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote."
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2024 (Reuters) - Trump [said] that if [you] vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote."
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This is going to become very important to try and understand as we move forward into fascism.
The parallel prescience of maga as paramilitary and their now more explicit ties to federal agents and agencies should be seen as the threat it is and the indicator for how deeply we are into fascism
The parallel prescience of maga as paramilitary and their now more explicit ties to federal agents and agencies should be seen as the threat it is and the indicator for how deeply we are into fascism
After lots of well-guided speculation, we now have proof that far-right propagandists in Portland have been directly coordinating—through at least text message—with ICE agents.
In this case, Chelly got permission from a "Travis D." inside to stand on a half-wall off limits to protesters.
In this case, Chelly got permission from a "Travis D." inside to stand on a half-wall off limits to protesters.
Conservative livestreamer sued over blast of pepper spray at ICE protest in Portland
The lawsuit seeks $10,000 in damages from Chelly Bouferrache.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is going to become very important to try and understand as we move forward into fascism.
The parallel prescience of maga as paramilitary and their now more explicit ties to federal agents and agencies should be seen as the threat it is and the indicator for how deeply we are into fascism
The parallel prescience of maga as paramilitary and their now more explicit ties to federal agents and agencies should be seen as the threat it is and the indicator for how deeply we are into fascism
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Proving there’s no limit on his ego, Orange Julius Caesar wants to join the list of living autocratic leaders with namesake civic monuments:
Benito Mussolini
Kim Il Sung
Saddam Hussein
Joseph Stalin
and last, but not least…
Adolf Hitler
WINNING!
Benito Mussolini
Kim Il Sung
Saddam Hussein
Joseph Stalin
and last, but not least…
Adolf Hitler
WINNING!
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Proving there’s no limit on his ego, Orange Julius Caesar wants to join the list of living autocratic leaders with namesake civic monuments:
Benito Mussolini
Kim Il Sung
Saddam Hussein
Joseph Stalin
and last, but not least…
Adolf Hitler
WINNING!
Benito Mussolini
Kim Il Sung
Saddam Hussein
Joseph Stalin
and last, but not least…
Adolf Hitler
WINNING!
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"[P]rocedurally, had she denied the request, the Justice Department could have gone to another justice.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by issuing the order herself, she was able to set the limits."
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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by issuing the order herself, she was able to set the limits."
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Updated report at Law Dork is published now here:
Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Update: Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"[P]rocedurally, had she denied the request, the Justice Department could have gone to another justice.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by issuing the order herself, she was able to set the limits."
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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, by issuing the order herself, she was able to set the limits."
👇
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Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
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BREAKING: A judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media.
Judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media
A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING: A judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media.
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X Is Using AI Fact-Checkers: Eight AI bots contribute about 10 percent of the platform’s “Community Notes.” Read CJ Robinson. www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
X is using AI fact-checkers.
Eight AI bots contribute about 10 percent of the platform’s “Community Notes.”
www.cjr.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
X Is Using AI Fact-Checkers: Eight AI bots contribute about 10 percent of the platform’s “Community Notes.” Read CJ Robinson. www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
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You know what would be better than SNAP?
Just give everyone like $500 a week.
Everyone.
Yes, even them.
Just give everyone like $500 a week.
Everyone.
Yes, even them.
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You know what would be better than SNAP?
Just give everyone like $500 a week.
Everyone.
Yes, even them.
Just give everyone like $500 a week.
Everyone.
Yes, even them.
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🥗 Trump canceled 94 million pounds of food. Here’s what never arrived.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🥗 Trump canceled 94 million pounds of food. Here’s what never arrived.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Amid a fractured political landscape, this is how Democrats can still win.
Why the ‘Establishment’ Didn’t Get Mamdani
Candidates still matter
contrarian.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Amid a fractured political landscape, this is how Democrats can still win.
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The future of Medicaid now lies in state capitals — where governors and legislatures must decide whether to be kind or cruel to those in need.
States will decide who loses coverage under the new Medicaid rules
Governors and legislatures must now decide whether to enforce these rules with compassion or cruelty.
contrarian.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The future of Medicaid now lies in state capitals — where governors and legislatures must decide whether to be kind or cruel to those in need.
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It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
Food is not the hunger-ending hero we think it is
The world has enough food. It's who controls the food that's the problem.
contrarian.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
@marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
It’s crystal clear that the orange golem “knows nothing about *it.”
(except that he likes the shiny stuff)
*the cabal of warmongering oligarchs transforming the Earth into a living hellscape where the wealthy and well connected rule
(except that he likes the shiny stuff)
*the cabal of warmongering oligarchs transforming the Earth into a living hellscape where the wealthy and well connected rule
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s crystal clear that the orange golem “knows nothing about *it.”
(except that he likes the shiny stuff)
*the cabal of warmongering oligarchs transforming the Earth into a living hellscape where the wealthy and well connected rule
(except that he likes the shiny stuff)
*the cabal of warmongering oligarchs transforming the Earth into a living hellscape where the wealthy and well connected rule
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RFK Jr. has launched a war on groupthink, based on the idea that "the nation’s most seasoned public-health experts have been rendered senseless" by conformity, David Merritt Johns writes. But experts aren’t even sure groupthink is a real phenomenon:
In Defense of ‘Groupthink’
Are we too quick to agree on the dangers of consensus?
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr. has launched a war on groupthink, based on the idea that "the nation’s most seasoned public-health experts have been rendered senseless" by conformity, David Merritt Johns writes. But experts aren’t even sure groupthink is a real phenomenon:
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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. | grist.org/accountabili...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. | grist.org/accountabili...
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Some context to the viral videos:
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Some context to the viral videos:
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
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The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.
The genocide is ongoing
The genocide is ongoing
Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report
Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report
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<p data-end="277" data-start="76">Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing large swathes of land east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, destroying what little remains of homes and infrastructure after months of relentless bombardment.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.
The genocide is ongoing
The genocide is ongoing
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Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
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🕯️ This #DíaDeLosMuertos, we remember those who should still be with us.
At least 22 people have died in ICE custody this year, the deadliest year in 20 years. As families grieve and call for answers, communities across the country are building ofrendas to honor them.
At least 22 people have died in ICE custody this year, the deadliest year in 20 years. As families grieve and call for answers, communities across the country are building ofrendas to honor them.
2025 Is ICE’s Deadliest Year In 20 Years
“The families of some of the deceased have denounced the fact that the victims had no prior condition that would have predicted a tragic end,” EL PAÍS reports.
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🕯️ This #DíaDeLosMuertos, we remember those who should still be with us.
At least 22 people have died in ICE custody this year, the deadliest year in 20 years. As families grieve and call for answers, communities across the country are building ofrendas to honor them.
At least 22 people have died in ICE custody this year, the deadliest year in 20 years. As families grieve and call for answers, communities across the country are building ofrendas to honor them.
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A deeply disturbing plan, but one thing important to clarify here is that these contracts would be for skiptracing, i.e. establishing locations, and NOT for carrying out arrests.
So this would not see private contractors grabbing people — although it could mean contractors surveilling immigrants.
So this would not see private contractors grabbing people — although it could mean contractors surveilling immigrants.
“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A deeply disturbing plan, but one thing important to clarify here is that these contracts would be for skiptracing, i.e. establishing locations, and NOT for carrying out arrests.
So this would not see private contractors grabbing people — although it could mean contractors surveilling immigrants.
So this would not see private contractors grabbing people — although it could mean contractors surveilling immigrants.
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NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
![This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 10/30/2025 and available online at
https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-19702, and on https://govinfo.gov
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Interim final rule (“IFR”) with request for comments. ______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: This IFR amends DHS regulations to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The purpose of this change is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD. This IFR does not impact the validity of EADs that were automatically extended prior to [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] or which are otherwise automatically extended by law or Federal Register notice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreicxgrb4jgjk3455qn4mjcjyz24ysxwf3ri2j5gzlqe4uuq67m746a@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
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Hey PDX, if you know someone receiving SNAP, please let them know that Heretic Coffee will be offering free SNAP breakfast "until everyone's benefits are reinstated, or we go broke doing it."
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey PDX, if you know someone receiving SNAP, please let them know that Heretic Coffee will be offering free SNAP breakfast "until everyone's benefits are reinstated, or we go broke doing it."