Jake Weigler
@jakeweigler.bsky.social
Partner, Praxis Political. Board chair, Portland Urban Debate League. Pragmatic pessimist. #goblazers #goducks
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
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The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
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Why does Trump need to support the House vote to release the Epstein files? Can't he just order their release himself?
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Why does Trump need to support the House vote to release the Epstein files? Can't he just order their release himself?
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Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing
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Sending (and attempting to send) Guard troops to D.C., LA, Portland, Chicago, Memphis in recent months has cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars so far….
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Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sending (and attempting to send) Guard troops to D.C., LA, Portland, Chicago, Memphis in recent months has cost taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars so far….
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Feds appear to be considering Oregon coast locations for ICE facility
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/feds-appear-to-be-considering-oregon-coast-locations-for-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/feds-appear-to-be-considering-oregon-coast-locations-for-ice-facility.html
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Feds appear to be considering Oregon coast locations for ICE facility
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/feds-appear-to-be-considering-oregon-coast-locations-for-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/feds-appear-to-be-considering-oregon-coast-locations-for-ice-facility.html
Coincidence that SCOTUS agreed to hear this case same day they declined to hear marriage equality case? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Coincidence that SCOTUS agreed to hear this case same day they declined to hear marriage equality case? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
“What you get is a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling ‘appraisal’ surgically excised.”
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“What you get is a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling ‘appraisal’ surgically excised.”
Trumpcare: single payer, but you are now your own health plan.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trumpcare: single payer, but you are now your own health plan.
Think they call this one “too close to call”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Think they call this one “too close to call”
My new favorite example of a special district
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My new favorite example of a special district
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i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies
It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
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November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies
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every news outlet and journalist who calls trans rights a losing issue should be forcefed soap and their own regrets
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
every news outlet and journalist who calls trans rights a losing issue should be forcefed soap and their own regrets
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Please note what happened here. By challenging Trump to pause his terror raids for Halloween, Pritzker forced Kristi Noem to come out *for* continuing to traumatize kids. Polarizing these debates draws attention/forces MAGA depravity into the light.
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Please note what happened here. By challenging Trump to pause his terror raids for Halloween, Pritzker forced Kristi Noem to come out *for* continuing to traumatize kids. Polarizing these debates draws attention/forces MAGA depravity into the light.
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Be aware: they are here and could be deployed very quickly.
~200 California National Guard troops are now in limbo at a base outside of Portland, pending a court decision on whether Trump can unleash them on the streets of Portland.
My report from Happy Valley:
My report from Happy Valley:
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Be aware: they are here and could be deployed very quickly.
Has losing the plot become the cost of entry into MAGA?
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Has losing the plot become the cost of entry into MAGA?
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Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: "We've been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows."
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: "We've been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows."
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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The person mentioned in this post is a GOP precinct captain and recent Treasurer of the Linn County (OR) GOP. He is trying to become a MAGA “digital creator” & was arrested last night at the Portland ICE facility. Last month he was involved in a physical altercation at the statewide OR GOP meeting.
Roberts is also a convicted domestic abuser and has long been considered a prison nazi by anti-racists. During one of his prison sentences he befriended David Pederson, who went on to commit a killing spree in an attempt to spark a race war.
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White Supremacist Killer David ‘Joey’ Pedersen Regrets Failing To Start A Racist Revolution
Confessed murderer David “Joey” Pedersen, who killed four people including his father during a murderous rampage in 2011, says he regrets only one thing: being arrested before his racist revolution re...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The person mentioned in this post is a GOP precinct captain and recent Treasurer of the Linn County (OR) GOP. He is trying to become a MAGA “digital creator” & was arrested last night at the Portland ICE facility. Last month he was involved in a physical altercation at the statewide OR GOP meeting.
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These are screenshots from the ACTUAL WHITE HOUSE PAGE on the timeline of the East Wing. You may not believe what you re seeing. Go and check for yourself. This...I don't even know what to say about this.
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
These are screenshots from the ACTUAL WHITE HOUSE PAGE on the timeline of the East Wing. You may not believe what you re seeing. Go and check for yourself. This...I don't even know what to say about this.
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Federal agents raided the WRONG HOME in Portland—no warrant, guns drawn on a family with a baby. ICE still arrested 2 people after realizing the mistake. ICE official on the aggressive tactics: "If people interpret that as aggressive, so be it."
ICE official defends agency's tactics amid fallout from raid on wrong home in Portland, Oregon
In footage shared widely on social media last week, federal immigration agents were seen breaking into a home Portland, Oregon — but the person they were looking for doesn't live there.
www.cbsnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Federal agents raided the WRONG HOME in Portland—no warrant, guns drawn on a family with a baby. ICE still arrested 2 people after realizing the mistake. ICE official on the aggressive tactics: "If people interpret that as aggressive, so be it."