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Living my best life in the PNW.
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HAIL THE OMNISSIAH!

HE IS THE GOD IN THE MACHINE, THE SOURCE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE.

AT THE NEXT ROUNDABOUT, TAKE THE SECOND EXIT.
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Oftentimes a reporter relays the situation, but occasionally they find the story.

Mahoney finds the story here. And tells it well.
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I know the content is accurate, but before reposting I verified the plaque is real, too. It is
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN

For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.

It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Oregon's Attorney General and Portland area DAs just told the feds they'll prosecute excessive force by federal agents in the state—citing evidence from the trial that shut down Trump's National Guard plan for Portland.
Oregon to Feds: Rein in Your Officers or We'll Prosecute
Prosecutors in Oregon are warning the US justice department to rein in federal agents who’ve repeatedly used excessive force on protesters, immigrants and even local police. A joint letter from Oregon...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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If you are in the Portland metro please support a local collective of women farmworkers and get a beautiful wreath! www.mujeresluchadoras.org/shop/p/2024-...
Oregon Holiday Wreath — Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas
Beautiful holiday wreaths made to support farmworker women in Northwest Oregon
www.mujeresluchadoras.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?

None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I was one of the four people who got canned.

In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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The Republican candidate in Virginia ran non-stop anti-trans ads.

Then she lost by double digits 💁

Being out and visible is more important to me than ever. I won’t let them turn us into imaginary creatures in some scary fairytale. We are people’s friends, families, coworkers, and Congress members.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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May Allah, Buddha, every aspect of the Goddess, and a mercilessly professional security detail protect this man
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit

Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testifies he was ‘startled’ by federal officers’ indiscriminate use of force against passive protesters outside ICE facility.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit
Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testified at trial he was "startled" by federal officers' unjustified use of tear gas and other less-lethal munitions on passive protesters outside the ICE buildi...
www.oregonlive.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This incident is spreading through Chicago running circles. A 67 year old man, driving back from a long run with his friends, is pulled from the car and thrown to the ground by ICE (or BP?) agents because he did... something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
67-year old American citizen left with broken ribs by ICE #breakingnews #iceraids #savedemocracy
YouTube video by Nick Valencia News
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The Luddites weren't anti-progress. They weren't anti-technology. They were pro worker rights. And it's convenient for the tech barons (in any age) to make us believe those are the same thing.
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Still public servants- @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social- supporting public health and CDC. Thank you for your courage and commitment.
Meet the Grassroots CDC Teams Fighting Against Firings
'We're primed to hop into action immediately,' one volunteer says
www.medpagetoday.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Holy shit!! That's Boston Common I believe.
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM