Brian McWhorter

Sometimes I conduct in a cloud.

"Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell" -- Jake Tapper reads Trump's Truth Social post on air

ALYSA MF'N LIU GOLD MF'N MEDALIST

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“I saw a man that was retreating,” GOP Sen. Rand Paul says of the video he saw of Alex Pretti, shot and killed by federal immigration officers. He has scheduled a Congressional hearing on the matter.

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ICE OUT OF LANE COUNTY THIS SUNDAY JAN. 25! We will make whistle kits, learn about community defense, and sign wave. The primary hours for this protest are 12 pm to 2 pm. However, please feel welcome to join when you are available to extend the presence at the Federal Building as long as possible.

The Post identified cases of U.S. citizens being targeted by immigration enforcement agents that are documented in video and witness accounts. Lawyers and community leaders said there are many others involving people too frightened to come forward.

"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."

@fvehafric.bsky.social & anyone else in Oregon or w/ connections to activists there- My school librarian friend in Eugene told me ICE has arrived & has been present at schools. I have enuf general resources I can share w/ her, but I'm LOOKING FOR ANTI-ICE ALLIES/ORGS NEAR Eugene, OR. Gracias

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation. More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated arts reporter chronicled Portland's classical music scene for nearly three decades.

We must protect higher education in Oregon. Join us!

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Some details on the massive assault on the humanities (and tenure) unfolding at the University of Oregon here: newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accept...

The U.S. has entered Israel’s war against Iran. President Trump said the U.S. had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility, as well as two other sites. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

#NoKings Eugene Absolutely packed.

I told you we’d be back

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me. Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️

#NoKings Eugene

This is completely out of control. They’re weaponizing the IRS and attacking those who won’t bend to their will. The judges are upholding the Constitution. Republicans in Congress must do the same. Washington Post: “Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status”

#handsoff Eugene

The president is wielding a cudgel of billions in federal aid to tens of millions of children of all races & ethnicities to force educators to kowtow to his politics and ideology. It won’t stand, in the classroom, court of law or court of public opinion. apnews.com/article/dei-...

Keep an eye out for an email this week with the details of the agreement and for the ratification vote!

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“We have part-time faculty who can barely afford to live in Eugene. Our faculty provide valuable research on treating diseases and preventing injuries as well as work on innovative discoveries in multiple fields,” said @uauoregon.bsky.social president Mike Urbancic.

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Look for UA in today's Eugene Weekly. There is an article on page five and this beauty!

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

What the actual fuck?! America, something must be done!

Tom Friedman: "This is a total perversion of U.S. foreign policy practiced by every president since World War I. My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who — well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV.​"

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

Seven historians talk to Rolling Stone about how "unprecedented" Trump's actions are. One month into the tumultuous second MAGA administration, parallels to past regimes have already emerged.

Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

This is a coup.

Don’t you just love how the people who wanted school open during the pandemic think we don’t need a Department of Education?

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

Deborah Rutter was fired this week after a decade as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."

This fight will not be easy.  What we're dealing with now is one of the worst stress tests our nation has ever endured. But I believe that we will survive.  Do not descend into despair.