Christine Thomas

Christine Thomas

@babysoft777.bsky.social

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100s of Deschutes Cty residents have taken the 1st step toward obtaining concealed handgun licenses since the Oct 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in OR. The Deschutes Cty Sheriff’s reported in its Oct 22 announcement that 204 people had signed up to begin the process since the attack.

thatoregonlife.comHundreds Sign Up for Concealed Carry Licenses After Silver Rail ElementaryDeschutes County reports 204 people signed up to begin the license process after the shooting. An added November training class has already filled.

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😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Total respect for NBC's Monica Alba, who asked Trump exactly the question he needs to answer. By refusing to answer, and attacking her, he has effectively told the world that no, sexual abuse allegations do no mean a thing to him. Imagine if she wasn't there. We'd be the poorer for it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Minnesota is home to world-class medical experts. We trust the evidence, we trust doctors and we trust Minnesotans to make informed decisions about their health. Listen to your doctor, not RFK Jr., roll up your sleeve and get protected. www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/10/21/g...

northernnewsnow.comGov. Walz urges Minnesotans to get vaccinated as respiratory illness season nearsWalz said Minnesotans should consult their health care providers and encouraged families to make sure they are up to date on the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

“But the ad is another example of how Ramaswamy’s obnoxious personality has turned a race that should have been a safe GOP win into a toss-up. The candidate’s favorability rating is deeply negative. His fellow Republicans continue to dislike him.”

theatlantic.comVivek Ramaswamy’s Appalling Campaign AdThe Republican candidate for governor of Ohio has drawn condemnation from the right and the left for casually dismissing his opponent’s account of being raped as a child.

“Funding Russia’s war machine, disabling Ukraine’s satellite communications, and crippling its air defense are all impediments to peace,” the senators wrote in a joint statement. “Trying to appease a murderous thug like Vladimir Putin will only prolong this war apple.news/A_l-41aJqSIe...

apple.newsZelenskyy briefs bipartisan group of lawmakers amid backlash over Trump’s Russia deal — POLITICOThe Ukrainian president detailed disruptions to U.S. support during a bipartisan call.

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My latest at Public Notice. Everything Trump touches, dies. Including tourism.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Who wants to visit an authoritarian America? "Data shows the US on its way to being as unpopular a tourist destination as Russia, & for roughly the same reasons. In both countries, a tourist who runs afoul of the govt might spend months in a freezing warehouse without no legal counsel."

🧡🖤🧡 In the county of Essex in July 1645, against the backdrop of the English Civil War, 2 obscure men became national celebrities when they succeeded in getting 3 dozen “witches” convicted at 1 trial. Their names; Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne,called themselves “witchfinders.” gift article

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Witchland,’ by Marion Gibson (Gift Article)In her latest work, the historian Marion Gibson focuses on the victims of a deadly English witch hunt.

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How to defeat tech billionaire power? Look at Solano County. When billionaires invaded their community with plans to build a "tech utopia," Democrats AND Republicans banded together to fight back. In a triumph of local democracy, they stopped the project...for now. 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...

wsj.comSilicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town PoliticsA bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area.

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Replying to @donmoyn.bsky.social

Paxton was partying in Dubai with a donor who was fleeing the US on health care fraud (like the real kind of fraud, involving millions embezzled from a hospital, not the stuff JD Vance says he is investigating).

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Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."

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And they mistakenly rented out the Portland Oregon Four Seasons Landscaping

Angry Donkey News@angrydonkeynews.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Republicans spent over $20k on anti-Troy Jackson ads in the wrong state. They presumably confused Portland, Maine with Portland, Oregon x.com/GOP__Ls/stat...

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Ilhan Omar@ilhanmn.bsky.social

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

❤️‍🩹 Pope Leo XIV’s voice of conscience. Sentencing should ALWAYS be about public safety and NEVER about revenge. Public executions sends us reeling back into the days of lynchings, sport hangings, and the company of N Korea, Iran. Stop the madness! www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo...

ncregister.comPope Leo XIV Calls the Death Penalty ‘Inadmissible’ After Announcement of Public Execution in USHe emphasized that the protection of society and the application of justice can be guaranteed without resorting to capital punishment.

But of course!!!!! First we stomp all over our best friends and neighbors, and then the same guy who shattered generations of friendship begs Canada (Carney) to save his A** before the election. Can 80+ year-old spoiled selfish brats ever learn life lessons?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"Trump called Mark Carney apparently and begged him like a dog for diesel from Canada." @timmiller.bsky.social & @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump turning to Canada for desperately needed diesel after picking a trade war with Mark Carney and driving up energy prices with his war in Iran.

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Every Israeli should repost this. Netanyahu says he funded Hamas to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state 🤨👇🏼

🤎🧡🤎 With a camera and solar-powered sensors, the canoe is towed behind another canoe collecting water-quality measurements.Equipment measures water temperature, pH, turbidity and dissolved oxygen. Measurements can help scientists understand water conditions and their effects on fish & aquatic life.

opb.orgIn Coos Bay, a ‘data canoe’ connects water science and tribal traditionsA canoe equipped with solar-powered sensors brings environmental science and tribal traditions together in a project designed to support Native youth.

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Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.

huffpost.comPence Torches Trump For 'Fueling' Putin's 'War Machine' In Scathing Takedown“Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration,” Pence wrote.

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📅 On the agenda: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION's Thu Oct 15, 5:30 PM meeting (item 6) includes the item “Communication relating to the Milwaukee Police Department's automated license plate readers (ALPR) cameras a…”. From the official agenda, l… #Flock #surveillance #Wisconsin

milwaukee.legistar.comMilwaukee FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION: meeting Oct 15 (official record)Communication relating to the Milwaukee Police Department's automated license plate readers (ALPR) cameras and the Fire and Police Commission's ALPR audit report

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A naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course.

"Because real-time crime centers have not just ALPR cameras and sensors, but video analytics and drones and essentially a way to create a visual single-pane-of-glass vision of what's going on in a city, with time machine capabilities where you can go back and investigate crime."

npr.orgFlock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisomeReal-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.

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Here in Illinois, we're reducing food insecurity while strengthening local economies. By equipping producers with development and expansion funds, we're helping farmers, food processors, and small businesses provide local food across the state.

mystateline.comNew grant funding will help Illinois farmers and food processors expand infrastructureIllinois officials announced $1.8 million in grant funding for the Local Food Infrastructure Grants program to help eligible organizations expand local food supply chains.