Oregonizers

part of adulthood is realizing nobody is coming to save us. another part is realizing we still keep saving each other anyway.

“this is something” = i am diplomatically begging for my eyes to unsee this

hope gets harder to access when every system keeps demanding proof you deserve to survive.

An 85-year-old French widow spent 16 days in federal immigration custody after the death of her husband, an American military veteran. Her stepson, a U.S. federal employee, allegedly intervened to have her taken custody

California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”

It just attracts stupidity.

“I don’t know, you caught me off guard.”

THERE'S VIDEO??? I'd only seen a meme.

A NYC pop-up just opened displaying all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files

Hawaii found a way around Citizens United. Other states are following. This “Corporate Power Reset” strategy was developed by Attorney Tom Moore of the Center for American Progress. Rather than trying to restrict corporate speech, it redefines the powers corporations have in the first place.

Explain to me again why we're giving $1.7billion to these folks????

@jeffmerkley.bsky.social sums it up nicely: "Think about any other country in the world where you've read about corruption. Have you read about a president giving himself $1.8 billion to hand out to his friends?"

Only in America: When you've become so used to gun shots that you barely react

Proven record of.... not doing enough about the economy, gaslighting Oregonians about her record & being smug about it.

Hillsborough County teacher hanging Black Baby Doll from TV in front of students.

Every few years they dust off the “communism lurking near our shores” script like your abuelo isn’t just trying to send money home and your Cuban coworker isn’t literally worried about making rent. Cold War fanfiction while the empire’s WiFi buffers.

With fire season coming in conjunction with the Iran war, fire prevention & fighting is going to balloon in cost.

People really don't understand how much of a partner the federal govt is to state govt & when you don't have that partner & have to be self-reliant, everything goes to shit.

One thing about living in Oregon, if there's injustice, we can count on our Senators, Merkley & Wyden to be leading the charge against it. Prosecute the Epstein cabal.

“They’re turning the presidency into an instrument of self-enrichment.” That’s really the core rot people are angry about across the political spectrum. Folks can survive disagreement. What they’re tired of is watching powerful people treat public office like a side hustle with nuclear codes.

ICE agents beat and arrest US Citizen before realizing he wasn't undocumented so they dump him off wounded, far from his home

Stephen Miller talking about Cuba like it’s 1962 meanwhile Americans can’t afford groceries, rent, insulin, childcare, or a starter home. “45 minute flight from American shores” brother half the country can’t afford a 45 minute Uber right now.

Just a lil something something to get you in the mood to return.that.ballot!!!

Friendly reminder if you're in: Oregon Alabama Georgia Idaho Kentucky, or Pennsylvania VOTE TODAY!

84 Days in a Cage: DACA Recipient Detained by ICE While Delivering Breast Milk to NICU