Michael Lux 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺
michaellux.bsky.social
Michael Lux 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺
@michaellux.bsky.social
Mountains, music, poetry, philosophy, mathematics, law. Ex-soldier, ex-academic. Left Coaster. Last of the New Dealers. A picture can provoke a thousand words and one word can beget a thousand futures.
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Portland resists ICE in our usual ways:

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The Unipiper made an appearance at Portland's ICE protest
YouTube video by The Oregonian
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October 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In re Judge Immergut second TRO and Trump: what practical recourse do the judiciary have if the Executive simply ignores their orders? How can they ensure their orders are enforced? Are we approaching a constitutional crisis?
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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A right wing social media influencer came to our city trying to stir up trouble as an agent provocateur. He was arrested by our police after being in a fight:
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Now Pam Bondi is calling him and Gov. Abbott of Texas is saying, "Maybe we should shut down Portland for good"
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A right wing social media influencer came to our city trying to stir up trouble as an agent provocateur. He was arrested by our police after being in a fight:
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Now Pam Bondi is calling him and Gov. Abbott of Texas is saying, "Maybe we should shut down Portland for good"
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Kirk was no saint. Anything but. He had some good points, but the bad outweighed the good. He damaged our society and the many you g people who took his hatred into their hearts.

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You’re Not Crazy — They Just Want You to Feel That Way
The gaslighting of Charlie Kirk’s legacy and why truth still matters
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My state of Oregon is part of this. Just a piece of the "Soft Secession" alliance.

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States Can Protect Public Health When the Feds Do Nothing
Lessons from California and AIDS
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September 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our government prostitutes itself. If adulation and honoring can ever be shameful, this is a case of of it.
September 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Guillotines, holy executions, children to watch? The Right’s new martyr has been accused by an associate of trying to raise a new generation of desensitized Trump youth. akin to the old Jugend of Germany.

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Trump ally Charlie Kirk suggests children should watch pu...
"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised," Kirk recently said.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
So much for free speech in America. People losing their livelihoods for the crime of expressing themselves. A Republican is murdered by another Republican in a Republican state and they get angry at Democrats?

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September 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
An expanding wave of anger and hate. Is it now unsafe in America to criticize a fallen right wing idol?

www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/b...
People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. It looks like a coordinated effort | CNN Business
Dozens of social media posts and messages about the murder of Charlie Kirk, including some that celebrated his death, are being spotlighted by conservative activists, Republican elected officials and ...
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There are no depths of cruel vindictiveness that this President will not sink to. No target too small, no victims so undeserving of such treatment

www.kgw.com/article/news...
Trump administration cuts Oregon DeafBlind program over Portland schools' DEI support
Over 100 deaf and blind Oregon students could lose services after federal funding was axed over diversity program concerns.
www.kgw.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Kindness, mercy and compassion- a very unique Republican governor.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/p...
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September 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is a very scary development

www.govexec.com/management/2...
Leaders, Throw Your Lines in the Water
www.govexec.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Argentina's Trump-lite strongman continues to emulate his role model, de-funding public higher education and other such mischief.

www.proceso.com.mx/internaciona...
Argentina: convocan a protestas tras veto de Milei a leyes de educación y salud pública
El presidente Javier Milei vetó este jueves 11 de septiembre la Ley de Emergencia Pediátrica que declaraba en situación crítica al Hospital Garrahan, el principal centro público de pediatría del país ...
www.proceso.com.mx
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is outrageous. Texas and the U.S. DOJ crack down on university WrongThought with unparalleled ferocity and vindictiveness.

www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...
Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals
After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.
www.texastribune.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM