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Thanksgiving, everyone! Whether or not it’s happy has yet to be determined.
Adorable tabby kitten wearing a turkey costume
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Beto says “WHAT. what do you want now”
Tuxedo cat at top of cat tree looks annoyed
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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International manosphere-addled sex traffickers be like
Andrew Tate @Cobratate X.com Let me make this loud and clear. If you're a straight man with a girlfriend in 2025, you're gay. 9:00 AM • 11/22/25 • 168K Views @ 722 t7 219 3K 135
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Happy anniversary to this tweet 😏
Brosephine Wir... @J... • Nov 24, 2018 What wine pairs best with not wanting to turn 37 235 229 1,896
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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COUNCIL BILL NO. 3289 - RESOLUTION NO. 2256 A RESOLUTION DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF WOODBURN DUE TO THE ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RESULTING FROM THE IMPACTS OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF OREGON WHEREAS, the City of Woodburn is experiencing a significant and escalating economic and humanitarian crisis resulting from recent federal immigration enforcement actions in and around the community; and WHEREAS, actions by federal immigration institutionalize racial profiling and encourage discrimination; and enforcement authorities WHEREAS, immigrants, foreign-born and refugee populations make up a vital portion of Woodburn's community, with 31% of the population being foreign born and 63% of the population being Latino; and WHEREAS, these actions have caused widespread fear among residents, leading to a measurable decline in workforce participation, particularly among immigrant and mixed-status families; and WHEREAS, increased immigration enforcement has caused residents to fear leaving their homes to go to work, school, access City services, take public transportation, attend medical appointments; and WHEREAS, the resulting loss of wages and income has impaired families ability to afford food, housing, and essential services, and has disrupted local businesses due to reduced customer activity and staffing shortages; and WHEREAS, these impacts have placed increased strain on local nonprofits, food banks, and emergency service providers, and threaten the health, safety, and economic stability of Woodburn residents; and WHEREAS, Oregon is a Sanctuay State and under the Sanctuary Promise Act and Oregon Revised Statutes 180.805 through 180.820, and 181A.820 through 181A.829, public bodies are prohibited from disclosing immigration status without judicial warrant and are prohibited from using public resources to enforce federal immigration law except under narrow circumstances; and WHEREAS, the City will continue to urgently implement legally-defensible programs, policies, and resources that protect and support employees and the community in response to federal immigration enforcement: and WHEREAS, the City has implemented a pause of at least 60 days in the use of the Flock Safety license plate reader camera system to conduct comprehensive investigation to ensure that the system is operating in full alignment with Oregon Law and the City's intent; and WHEREAS, the City is distributing financial assistance to local organizations, including Love Santa, the AWARE Food Bank, Love INC's Utility Assistance Program, the Immanuel Lutheran Church meal program; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to partner with the State of Oregon to provide emergency relief to families and businesses impacted by these disruption; and WHEREAS, Oregon law (ORS 401.309) authorizes local governments to declare emergencies and request state assistance when conditions exceed local capacity to respond; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF WOODBURN RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council hereby declares a local state of emergency due to the economic and humanitarian impacts of federal immigration enforcement action within the boundaries of the city limits of Woodburn. Section 2. The City Administrator is hereby directed to take all necessary and proper actions to help mitigate the effects of the emergency and is authorized to direct up to $30,000 towards minimizing the impacts of the emergency. Section 3. The City Council requests emergency assistance from the State of Oregon, including but not limited to: * Financial relief for affected families and small businesses: Expanded access to food, housing, and mental health services; • support for local nonprofits and service providers responding to increased demand; [cont from 2nd screenshot] • Coordination with state agencies to ensure compliance with Oregon's sanctuary laws and protection of vulnerable populations. Section 4. The City of Woodburn calls on all elected officials, including members of Congress from Oregon, to publicly denounce all unconstitutional actions, demand immediate oversight and transparency from immigration enforcement agencies, and work to ensure the rights of all individuals-regardless of immigration status-are fully protected under the Constitution. Section 5. The City of Woodburn affirms its commitment to public safety, community resilience, and the protection of all residents, and will continue to work with state and community partners to mitigate the impacts of this crisis. Approved as to Form: City Atroley 11/21/2025 Date Passed by the Council Submitted to the Mayor Approved by the Mayor Filed in the Office of the Recorder ATTEST thes Persm Heather Pierson, City Recorder City of Woodburn, Oregon APPROVED: Frank Lonergar, Mayor and Jory November al 2025 Nonember 21, 2025 November 21, 2025 November 21, 2025 Page 3 - Council Bill No. 3289 Resolution No. 2256
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The **chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court** called to expand virtual hearings —citing this incident where ICE threatened to smash the window of a judge’s car — because people who work at the courthouses are no longer safe
The intern was reportedly shaken, so McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge's car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply. Dana Smith, Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents and told both the judge and the intern to stay inside the car. After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen and left. The intern was released once his ID was checked. "This egregious incident underscores both the community's and the Judiciary's concerns about how ICE is conducting its operations in Rhode Island," R.I. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell said. Citing that climate, Suttell said the Judiciary understands recent calls to expand the use of virtual court hearings in Providence.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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This is fucking insane. The headline waaaay downplays the incident.

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Judge intervenes after ICE wrongfully detains high school Superior Court intern
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Just awful. I’m a fan, but I’d be just as disturbed if i wasn’t
The Grammy-winning rapper addressed jurors on the fourth day of a civil trial for her defamation lawsuit against Cooper filed last year. Megan claims Cooper engaged in a "coordinated campaign" with musician Tory Lanez to harass and discredit her because Megan testified against Lanez at his criminal trial three years ago. During that trial in December 2022, Megan recounted for jurors how Lanez shot at her feet, wounding both, during a drunken rampage after a party at Kylie Jenner's house in July 2020. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and sentenced to 10 years in prison. "I felt like nobody cared that I was shot," Megan said. "I know everyone was making jokes about it." She described feeling so despondent at one point, she questioned the value of her life. "There was a time that I genuinely didn't care if I lived or died," she said, according to ABC News. "I felt like no way I mattered. No way I should even be living. I don't want to be here. I'm tired of waking up. I just wanted to die. I was so tired of being alive."
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I know you can’t see me but this is my shocked face
ABC News: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress in January She made the announcement on X on Friday.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The New York Post too stunned to form a real reaction beyond “uhhh so this happened”
FREAKY FRIDAY Mamdani, Trump's expected slugfest turns into a lovefest as president says socialist will make NYC 'greater than ever before' "I think he wants to make it greater than ever before," Trump told reporters. "And if he can, we'll be out there cheering. I'll be cheering for him." > Trump jokes it's OK for Mamdani to call him a 'fascist': 'You can just say yes' ＞ LIVE Trump has 'great meeting' with Mamdani: The better he does 'the happier I am' EXCLUSIVE Trump and Mamdani 'giddy' during 'love fest' first White House meeting, body language expert says Trump says Zohran Mamdani is not a 'jihadist' in warm exchange during NYC mayor-elect's WH visit EDITORIAL Trump-Mamdani - the start of a beautiful friendship?
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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the daily mail is having a minor meltdown
BREAKING NEWS Weary Trump caves to socialist Mamdani and says 'you can call me fascist' in extraordinary concession TRUMP'S FRIDAYFEELS President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two generational rivals on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, met in the Oval Office on Friday.
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Speaker Mike Johnson with speech bubble
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Punctuation matters.
I am divorced and remarried my daughter loved having 2 happy families that loved her.
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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lol i feel like I’m having an out of body experience — are we sure this is all really happening
YouGov daily poll question: today.yougov.com You Gov' Do you think it is acceptable or unacceptable for Donald Trump to say to a journalist asking a question, "Quiet, piggy"? Acceptable Unacceptable Not sure NEXT
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Amazing
Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eg... @agraybee This is fucking incredible. fatthew bailey @thumpasaurus1 •5h hey @grok if you had the number one overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft and your team needed a quarterback, would you have taken Peyton Manning, Ryan Leaf or Elon Musk? Grok & XI @grok X.com Elon Musk, without hesitation. Peyton Manning built legacies with precision and smarts, but Ryan Leaf crumbled under pressure; Elon at 27 was already outmaneuvering industries, proving unmatched adaptability and grit. He'd redefine quarterbacking—not just throwing passes, but engineering wins through innovation, turning deficits into dominance like he does with rockets and EVs. True MVPs build empires, not just score touchdowns. 11:43 AM • Nov 20, 2025 • 5,645 Views
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Catching up on two days worth of headlines like “other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln”
Two play tickets (preview night for James and the Giant Peach)
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Ah, yes: research.

I’m a scientist, too.
NPR now Researchers served joints and drinks in a lab to test if going 'California sober' really works
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Um. What
Rep. Clay Higgins # @RepClayHiggins X.com I have been a principled "NO" on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people - witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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It really sucks, but I’m grateful to Dems in congress for sticking to their guns and pushing for the right thing, regardless. They can’t control the ultimate outcome, but they exercised what power they do have.
Even if the Epstein discharge petition ultimately passes the Senate, and Trump were to sign it, it appears unlikely he'll allow the government to release its files on his former friend, the pedophile. Speaking about Trump's supposed last-minute endorsement of the Epstein files measure, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett tells Zeteo, "I think it's a joke and a game." "This is a guy that threatened so many of his allies. This is a guy who literally has released his dogs on one of his closest allies, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and doesn't care," Crockett says. "! don't think that [Trump] somehow woke up and somehow now is moral. I think that this is a game, and I don't expect that we're going to get real transparency even after this vote."
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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It was Trump, not Johnson. Point stands, otherwise. zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...
But Trump's Truth Social post hinted that his DOJ will continue to impede transparency. He wrote that "the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to." However, the new Epstein investigation that Trump demanded on Friday - which his attorney general quickly agreed to open - may well create a legal obstacle.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Posted without comment. What more needs to be said?
Brosephine Wires @joparkerbear.bsky.social Industrial Accident (Molasses flood) Bluesky Elder "The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, a Guardian investigation has found." Aggressively. DEPARTMEN OF HO The Guardian Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and se... © www.theguardian.com September 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM Everybody can reply &
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Bill Kristol & @BillKristol g... The grift is so pervasive that they'll all collude against a free and fair election in 2028, because they'll fear the consequences of defeat. It won't just be Trump and a small band trying to subvert the election, as in 2020. It will be an administration-wide effort. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick • Nov 14 WOW. Turns out DHS, under @Sec Noem, appears to have channeled millions directly to a company run by @TriciaOhio's husband, bypassing normal fair bidding rules. As this thread details, she previously used the same company to make state ...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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I’d like to report a murder
Ivanka Trump @lvank... "...surrounded by enemies and spies catching and perverting every word that falls from my lips or flows from my pen, and inventing where facts fail them." -Thomas Jefferson's reflections on Washington, D.C. in a letter to his daughter Martha. Some things never change, dad! 58.1K t151.8K © 176к L YYZedd @Zeddary Replying to @lvankaTrump You're quoting Jefferson's denial that he'd raped and impregnated a girl he kept as property. Which he did, in fact, do.
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Nothing else though, this is the only thing
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's $2,000 tariff checks might need a congressional OK
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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It’s really easy to get sucked down a rabbit hole by analyzing this article, especially by looking up every mentioned friend & associate: Where Are They Now? Monsters Edition

The stories about the Dubins always creeped me out the most. There’s a lot out there now. This is just one piece of it.
Vicky Ward article: (Epstein is still close to his two other longterm girlfriends, Paula Heil Fisher, a former associate of his at the brokerage firm Bear Stearns and now an opera producer, and Eva Andersson Dubin, a doctor and onetime model. He tells people that when a relationship is over the girlfriend "moves up, not down," to friendship status.) US NEWS Jeffrey Epstein wanted to marry ex-girlfriend's teenage daughter who called him 'Uncle Jeff' By Lee Brown Published Dec. 18, 2019 Updated Dec. 18, 2019, 2:55 p.m. ET Jeffrey Epstein once wanted to marry an ex-girlfriend's teenage daughter who called him "Uncle Jeff," according to a report. The late pedophile openly declared his plans to wed Celina Dubin, the daughter of former Miss Sweden Eva Andersson Dubin, who had dated Epstein for 11 years until the early '90s, sources told Business Insider. The pair had developed an "especially close relationship" when Celina was just 12, with "Uncle Jeff' at times having "substituted" for her dad, the Palm Beach Post has previously reported, citing a profile made by Epstein's lawyers. Epstein was telling associates in 2014 that if he ever married, it would be to Celina — who was 19 at the time, sources told Business Insider.
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM