@pdxpiratewench.bsky.social
Long-time comms pro, wife and momzilla. Portland. Books. Music. Cats. Coffee. Ally. Best coast views are strictly my own.
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“In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration”
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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we. will. not. be. intimidated.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
we. will. not. be. intimidated.
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There goes the First Amendment.
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There goes the First Amendment.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
Oregon peeps-just heard back from Gov Kotek's office after I'd complained about COVID vax access.
Effective Sept. 17, 2025, the Oregon Board of Pharmacy has changed its rules to allow pharmacists to resume vaccinating people 7 years and older without obtaining a prescription from their provider 1/3
Effective Sept. 17, 2025, the Oregon Board of Pharmacy has changed its rules to allow pharmacists to resume vaccinating people 7 years and older without obtaining a prescription from their provider 1/3
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oregon peeps-just heard back from Gov Kotek's office after I'd complained about COVID vax access.
Effective Sept. 17, 2025, the Oregon Board of Pharmacy has changed its rules to allow pharmacists to resume vaccinating people 7 years and older without obtaining a prescription from their provider 1/3
Effective Sept. 17, 2025, the Oregon Board of Pharmacy has changed its rules to allow pharmacists to resume vaccinating people 7 years and older without obtaining a prescription from their provider 1/3
Today in not-a-hellscape Portland ... Pretty Posies in the Pearl.
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today in not-a-hellscape Portland ... Pretty Posies in the Pearl.
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Trump officials are preparing to link child deaths to COVID shots - using unverified VAERS reports - as they move to roll back vaccines nationwide. This isn’t about health, it’s about power. A manufactured panic, designed to reshape science into politics.
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump officials are preparing to link child deaths to COVID shots - using unverified VAERS reports - as they move to roll back vaccines nationwide. This isn’t about health, it’s about power. A manufactured panic, designed to reshape science into politics.
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Great questions!
September 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Great questions!
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American Academy of Family Physicians said on Monday that it recommends all adults over the age of 18, children and pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a contrast to the U.S. government's narrowed approvals.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Another US doctors' group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID-19 vaccines for all adults
The American Academy of Family Physicians said on Monday that it recommends all adults over the age of 18, children and pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a contrast to the U.S. government's narrowed approvals for the shots.
www.reuters.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
American Academy of Family Physicians said on Monday that it recommends all adults over the age of 18, children and pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a contrast to the U.S. government's narrowed approvals.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Oregonians looking for access to new COVID vaccine: Oregon Board of Pharmacists is allegedly the hold up right now. Utterly baffling. If you have transport, you can cross into Washington State to get it.
Kudos to @governorferguson.bsky.social for ensuring his state is on the right side of science!
Kudos to @governorferguson.bsky.social for ensuring his state is on the right side of science!
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Oregonians looking for access to new COVID vaccine: Oregon Board of Pharmacists is allegedly the hold up right now. Utterly baffling. If you have transport, you can cross into Washington State to get it.
Kudos to @governorferguson.bsky.social for ensuring his state is on the right side of science!
Kudos to @governorferguson.bsky.social for ensuring his state is on the right side of science!
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"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."
To understand this weekend, you need to understand who the audiences for both the parade and the protests are. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-n...
No Kings. No Surrender.
Shows of force can work both ways.
www.thebulwark.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."
Ummmm @washingtonpost.com ... I assume you used AI to create this graphic? It apparently does not know how to correctly spell the the state of Maine. Embarrassing.
June 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ummmm @washingtonpost.com ... I assume you used AI to create this graphic? It apparently does not know how to correctly spell the the state of Maine. Embarrassing.
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Let’s just hope it’s not all a distraction so the senate can pass the big beautiful bill on Friday night
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Let’s just hope it’s not all a distraction so the senate can pass the big beautiful bill on Friday night
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The FBI is arresting judges. We just blew through Constitutional Crisis and into fascism.
April 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The FBI is arresting judges. We just blew through Constitutional Crisis and into fascism.
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Everyone keeps talking about how big corporations are going to get screwed by Trump's tariffs. No. They just tell suppliers "fuck you" and let them eat it. The people paying the price for this disaster are small businesses. They'll fold. Albertsons will find new suppliers as small businesses fail.
I too am not accepting price increases due to tariffs. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Everyone keeps talking about how big corporations are going to get screwed by Trump's tariffs. No. They just tell suppliers "fuck you" and let them eat it. The people paying the price for this disaster are small businesses. They'll fold. Albertsons will find new suppliers as small businesses fail.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs.
That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky
That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs.
That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky
That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky