LJ Breedlove

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

feels like a good day to mention that your library might give you access to Kanopy, a streaming service that is, as far as I know, not evil

Does it…illuminate the thinking and background of a major mayoral candidate? Does it actually do that?

Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships

Metaphor alert.

Everyone needs to start reporting ICE agents are Iranian sleeper cells.

“An Oregon State Police recruitment email for the SWAT unit trumpeted fatal shootings by its members and the elite unit’s use of an arsenal of weapons.” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Hey, MSM: Teen Vogue is carrying the water for all y'all www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”. This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

We are aware of multiple federal operations impacting farm workers across California today. To all working people in California, remember: we are in this together. Our statement: ufw.org/ufw-statemen... #WeFeedYou

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

Perfect

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And any future book. I have no desire to ever see or hear words from Jake Tapper again. Not that that's anything new. Tapper was a lightweight wannabe reporter from day one. Why anyone thought he could write a book when he couldn't write his own reportage for broadcast is beyond me. Tank that book.

"Exaggeration"? If the Republican bill is passed as-is, then 13.7 million will lose health coverage. That's what CBO said, the result of 7.7m from the GOP bill, 4.2m from tax credits GOP isn't extending, and 1.8m from a Trump marketplace rule GOP isn't rescinding or modifying. 13.7m. It's a fact.

In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing." The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care. One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones (AL) is also scheduled to speak along with former U.S. Rep Beto O’Rourke at the Tide Against Trump rally in Tuscaloosa, AL on May 1, 5:00 pm, Snow Hinton Park. Please attend this rally to show your opposition to the authoritarianism of Regime 2.0!

In Trump's first 100 days, he alienated us from our allies, crashed the stock market, decimated U.S. cancer research, expelled American toddlers, lost the Canadian election by proxy, and threatened your Social Security checks. But at least he focused on the important stuff.

Rev Barber is the architect of Moral Mondays in North Carolina, which were weekly protests at the Capitol in Raleigh.

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Republicans just passed a budget that guts Medicaid, SNAP, veterans’ benefits, and free school lunches. They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.

Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

SEIU has launched a $100,000 ad buy to demand the release of Tuft graduate employees & held rallies in 18 cities. In an unprecedented fashion, unions are responding to defend their members. paydayreport.com/seiu-launche...

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too. “Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris Man, I miss her.

AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports. A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.

How much worse can the Signal chat fiasco get? Chat member, Steve Witkoff, was not only in Moscow, he may have been inside the Kremlin meeting with Putin while war plans and fist emojis were flying around on his phone. Nothing to see here… except everything. +… www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

We are being governed by the dumbest, most reckless people Trump could find. Read more here: bit.ly/4hR8zs4 #MoronPresident

"A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration bought Vice President JD Vance’s Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market." $170,000 ABOVE ASKING PRICE

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

Our colleagues at the Trans Journalists Association have helpful resources for covering trans issues that you can find here: styleguide.transjournalists.org

Today, around ten thousand people gathered at Tesla showrooms across 50 states and internationally to protest Elon Musk (DOGE). We encourage everyone to join again next Saturday, March 8th, with more events planned.

Our schools are not your churches. No taxpayer vouchers for private religious schools.

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here: