James Croxton

James Croxton

@jwcroxton.bsky.social

CODA | EIC @ Double Sided Media | Mg. Editor @ Left Coast Right Watch | Collector/Researcher @ Chemical Weapons Research Center | Contributor to KISS books | Formerly @ Daily Emerald, The Torch, Village Portland https://linktr.ee/jcroxton

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ICYMI: Turning Point USA is due to hold its first large-scale event at the #UniversityofOregon in five years on Wednesday. But you wouldn't know that if DSM hadn't reported on it because the newspaper on campus, the Daily Emerald — for which I once worked for — hasn't reported jack shit about it.

Double Sided Media@doublesidedmedia.bsky.social

NEW from DSM: On Wednesday, Turning Point USA will hold a debate-style event at the EMU Amphitheater in the heart of the University of Oregon campus, the first major event since the university distanced itself from an event in 2021. Read more ⤵️

Yesterday, #OakridgeOR neo-Nazi associated conspiracy theorist Marcus Edwards announced his run as a write-in candidate for mayor... Except if anyone writes his name as it is written in the AI-generated flier, with an apostrophe "s," he ain't going to win shit.

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I was unfortunately not able to make it to this, but Crust News successfully identified the ICE agent who fractured the ribs of a detainee in Emeryville. The individual is no longer at Highland Hospital but is still in ICE custody.

Crust News@crustnews.com

ICE Agent Michael Caldwell has been identified in the assault of a California man that left the victim with 6 broken ribs. Caldwell has been operating in the Bay Area of California, and was successfully identified by members of the ICE List team.

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NEW from DSM: On Wednesday, Turning Point USA will hold a debate-style event at the EMU Amphitheater in the heart of the University of Oregon campus, the first major event since the university distanced itself from an event in 2021. Read more ⤵️

doublesidedmedia.comOn-Campus TPUSA Event Coming to UO Five Years After University Distances Itself From The OrganizationThe University of Oregon will, on Oct. 28, feature a Turning Point USA event in the heart of campus — a stark contrast to the organization’s previous “official” University of Oregon eve…

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Seems like the Trump White House agrees with everyone who says the Trump White House had committed countless crimes

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

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Follow @gillianbrockell.com for the latest on this while I’m conferencing. TRO motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers damaged a historic globe used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II when they tried to move it to his office at his request, three U.S. officials confirm to NBC News.

nbcnews.toHegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his officeThe globe was especially notable because it had green pen or marker notations where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower marked areas in Europe, three U.S. officials said.

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The individual detained by ICE at Highland Hospital is reported to have suffered 6 fractured ribs and has been there for a week. There will be a press conference at 6PM and there are calls for continuous observation. I’ll do my best to cover.

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Of the 4,177 votes cast for Amber Smith in the 2026 primary election, none of those were cast by Smith herself. That’s because she did not vote, nor has she voted in 23 of the last 24 elections. Read the rest in Eugene Weekly.

eugeneweekly.comAmber AlertOf the 4,177 votes cast for Amber Smith in the 2026 primary election, none of those were cast by Smith herself. That’s because she did not vote, nor has she voted in 23 of the last 24 elections. Smith’…

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People are blowing up my phone, asking me about what happened at LA TACO. I don't have an answer. Even if I knew everything, I couldn't say why. I'm just a contributor! But the statement reads like there's clearly more to the story.

Double Sided Media@doublesidedmedia.bsky.social

EVENT: DSM will be part of the Grassroots Media + Movement Journalism panel at the People's Fall Fair at 2 p.m. in the Lavender Network on Saturday, Oct. 24. The panel will also feature our friends at @dissonanttimes.bsky.social, @solidarity.news, and the Knightly Ruby. Come listen!

Shoutout to The Sparrow and Serpent (formerly Old Nick's Pub)!

doublesidedmedia.comOld Nick’s Drag Event Successful Despite Nation-Wide Hate-Mongering, Local IntimidationEDITOR’S NOTE: DSM collaborated on this article with Left Coast Right Watch, where it’s published simultaneously. You can support them on Patreon. This year, the far right launched an intensified e…
wiley cope@wileycope.bsky.social

Since LCRW's reporting, three West Coast venues have dropped the SoapGirls: a Portland date was removed, The Sparrow & Serpent in Eugene canceled its Oct. 29 show after looking into the band, and San Francisco's Kilowatt Bar withdrew an Oct. 27 offer.

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Oh it gets weirder. Following publication, "Delta9", the anonymous "third party, not associated with the SoapGirls" who speaks for them anyway, now claim a "third party line with the President" and are proposing to make it illegal for any "current or former Antifa member" to criticize a band.

A $2.68 million dollar invoice for two records requests at one outlet and drama from fans (called "SoapSuds") of a controversial punk band at another. My life rn in a nutshell 😅

r/punk pinned our article and apparently SoapGirls fans are trying to brigade the subreddit to counter what we uncovered about the band’s conspiratorial racism www.reddit.com/r/punk/s/RXM...

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Guardians Of Pedophiles

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and call Amy Acton a liar"

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r/punk pinned our article and apparently SoapGirls fans are trying to brigade the subreddit to counter what we uncovered about the band’s conspiratorial racism www.reddit.com/r/punk/s/RXM...

NEW from LCRW: The SoapGirls saga gets weirder. From possible fake fans juicing their online following to real fans threatening to bury our reporter @wileycope.bsky.social alive to more cancelled shows & visa issues, the South African band that did blackface in a music video is having a bad time

Believe me, I cackled during the editing process of the first article when I received a text saying we were waiting for a "Katie Perry" to possibly respond. I don't think I've ever felt so excited and then instantly let down in five seconds.

Ty Schalter@tyschalter.com

for an instant, this got me real bad

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I literally don't have words for the news of EA closing Bioware. Unconscionable, incompetent, soulless decision-making. May everyone involved in these decision suffer Renegade interrupts for the rest of their lives.

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BioWare statement

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

Bloomberg: Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Some shots from community observation at Highland Hospital in Oakland where an ICE detainee has been since Friday, October 16. ACILEP has been in contact with the individual and is providing legal support. The 2nd image os a shot of a masked ICE agent driving out of the garage for shift change.

There's a Facebook post going sorta viral that alleges that a new #Flock camera was being installed in #EugeneOR despite the city council ending its contract last December. It is NOT the city's. It is Lowes Home Improvement's and has been there since at least 2024.

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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"This is spiraling for CBS. The audience is already fleeing," a former CBS News staffer told me. "This type of political stuff from an on-air reporter is only gonna speed up the audience's escape."

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Hearing from my sources that this "over the top" tweet from Jan Crawford is being discussed internally at CBS. At the same time, as those same sources noted, "Jan is protected by Bari" and has been a very vocal acolyte of Weiss. "She just can't help herself," one network insider said.

Heyo! It's been a few months since I've been otg for anything but here I am at St. James Park in #SanJoséCA for today's #NoKings protest — the fourth if my count is correct. The crowd is much lighter than prior events and there's now a San José PD Guardian in the middle of the park?!

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Heyo! It's been a few months since I've been otg for anything but here I am at St. James Park in #SanJoséCA for today's #NoKings protest — the fourth if my count is correct. The crowd is much lighter than prior events and there's now a San José PD Guardian in the middle of the park?!

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Unlike usual, the march isn't even crossing Santa Clara Street to pass directly in front of City Hall. This may end up being the quickest No Kings loop yet!

Heyo! It's been a few months since I've been otg for anything but here I am at St. James Park in #SanJoséCA for today's #NoKings protest — the fourth if my count is correct. The crowd is much lighter than prior events and there's now a San José PD Guardian in the middle of the park?!

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The march will be starting "very soon." Question is: will it be sidewalk-only like the first two or more RADICAL like the third with folks getting into the street? 😱

Heyo! It's been a few months since I've been otg for anything but here I am at St. James Park in #SanJoséCA for today's #NoKings protest — the fourth if my count is correct. The crowd is much lighter than prior events and there's now a San José PD Guardian in the middle of the park?!

About 1,000-1,500 people now with more trickling in. Green vests are passing out little fliers reminding attendees not to engage with counter-protesters.

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BEND, Ore. (AP) — The man who stopped the Oregon elementary school shooter is the father of 2 daughters at the school, his mother says.

I'm, honestly, still surprised that the commissioners---even considering who is on the board---let this slide, setting a really interesting precedent that, I'm sure, won't come back to bite the county in the ass.

Eugene Weekly@eugeneweekly.com

Why did Kathleen Jones-McCann build her colossal house — and without getting county permits? She blames it on the COVID pandemic. #EugeneWeekly #EugeneWeeklyBricks$Mortar #Bricks$Mortar eugeneweekly.com/2026/10/15/r...

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But your lawyer told SCOTUS that one of the reasons the justices should declare former presidents broadly immune from prosecution for criming while in office is so that no future president would try to pardon himself

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Trump: I’m allowed to do a self-pardon. We’ve done things no one has done