Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAlissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Almost every time an antifascist is assaulted by someone on the far right at a protest/counter protest/certain events etc, there are people who immediately go to the cops and ask “why aren’t you arresting them?” 114050
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13746312242
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113506044
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialUzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ponytail guy is Anthony Romero, who has committed assaults on multiple occasions. The woman who assaulted Cozca is Serena Devoogd, an extremely shallow MAGA egirl & ex-gf of Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio. In the pic on the right, Serena is gloating to Tommy Allen abt assault. 612658
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialPortland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 18/09/2026EDITORIAL OPINION: In 2020, Portland protesters exercising their First Amendment rights faced rubber bullets, batons, and tear gas from the Portland Police Bureau.portlandmercury.comKnee-Jerk Reactions to Councilor Green’s Tweets Are Hypocritical and Dangerous - Portland MercuryThe police are supposed to keep protesters safe as they exercise their rights to free speech—not retaliate by shooting them with rubber bullets, striking them with batons, or spraying tear gas at more... 1321582
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 15/09/2026An extensive Financial Times investigative report, done in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports, demonstrates that more than SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of Israeli damage and destruction done to Lebanese population centers occurred AFTER the so-called ceasefire agreement of April 16th. 71228554
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’” 1731701737
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: 10547791907
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialPortland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 30/08/2026A new coalition, Go Portland Go, which filed as a political action committee (PAC) with the state in April, says it is pooling resources behind “leaders who can actually run a progressive city.”portlandmercury.comGrassroots or Astroturf? “Go Portland Go” Campaign Backed By Conservative Donors - Portland Mercury“Portland doesn’t have a money problem. It has a leadership problem. The next election is our chance to change that.” That’s a statement on the homepage of a new coalition, Go Portland Go, which filed... 910739
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover. Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing. 👂 Listen to the full episode:podcasts.apple.comThe True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment BuildingPodcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m 15857002671
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialKevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Witnesses reported an ICE arrest in Portland on 40th and Hawthorne at 10:30 a.m., August 23. They say the arrest was extremely quick, lasting less than five minutes, with agents coming in silently and leaving silently. I have not yet identified the individual who ICE detained. 54620377
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialᴋɪɴɢᴘɪɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴘᴇɴ @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572743494
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 230114225345
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour. 5653102159
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162313923
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1814214078942
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===> 10630711784
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialRip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is my final word on the Moda Center saga. This Wednesday, the vote to spend $1.1B of taxpayer funds is going to pass. If you think you ever had a say in the matter, you were lied to. Everyone got what they wanted in the end. Everyone but you. www.ripcitynotripoff.com/everyone-but...ripcitynotripoff.comEveryone But You: how Portland promised $573 million in rooms the public never enteredThe league was in the room. The team was in the room. Three governments were in the room. 8,000 pages of the City's own records show who wasn't — and what it cost. 811135
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialCouncilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026We need this. 512227
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112526093
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialMitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Update: this decision was reversed! Kudos to the neighbors who organized themselves for a better outcome. I’m grateful that Parks was receptive to our feedback. 611118
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held. 201202908
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026DoorDash, in damage control mode, now claims it supports D.C. home rule and denies lobbying against it. Here’s the letter their lobbyist wrote to Rep. Comer supporting his bill to ban D.C. from ever imposing or increasing a tax or fee without congressional approval. hillheat.com/files/492/DD... 121055343
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo... 8835811534
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...newyorker.comThe Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused. 621527899
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialErin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 08/07/2026An Israeli strike in Gaza just before the kickoff of the Egypt-Argentina World Cup match killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organize public screenings of the game across the enclave. apnews.com/article/gaza...apnews.comIsraeli strike kills World Cup screening organizer in Gaza just before kickoffHealth authorities in Gaza say an Israeli strike killed an organizer of public screenings of World Cup matches in the enclave. 7264199
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialSergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026“Among these completed cases, seven percent of children with a lawyer were allowed to stay in the U.S. with some form of legal relief, compared to less than one percent of children representing themselves, according to the outlet.” 110269
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I’m less than 100 new Portland donors away from reaching the next tier of small donor elections, so if you or someone in your household hasn’t donated, now would be a good time 😉 Through the small donor elections program, your small donations are multiplied! $5 = $55 $10 = $110 $25 = $275 24014
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/06/2026NEW: @opb.org and ProPublica found that water from one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers, the Deschutes, is largely given away to wealthy landowners who are turning the high desert green with lush pastures and landscaping.propublica.orgAn Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners — but a century-old water law entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume. 16337892076
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133306755
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialWillamette Week @wweek.com · 24/06/2026The free, all-ages amateur baking competition seeks to alleviate some of the pain in the world.wweek.comA Live ‘Great British Bake Off’ Spoof Sets Up at Pix PâtisserieLaura Hill 083
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: propub.li/4veRIqA 442320844
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialTaylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. At least one person has already detailed their concerns about the campaign in a state ethics complaint.portlandmercury.comElections Complaint Alleges Canvassers are Intentionally Misleading Public About Police Funding Initiative - Portland MercuryTwo people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. If true... 1218689
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026NEW: We obtained bodycam footage showing ICE violently arresting farm workers in Oregon and using a facial recognition app to try to ID them. The officers later admitted they had no warrants and no idea who the people were when they stopped them. Four of the workers were later deported.theguardian.comVideo shows ICE violently arresting Oregon farm workers and using facial recognitionExclusive: Body-cam footage shared with the Guardian shows agents forced workers out of a van in what a judge has called ‘unlawful’ arrest 13639
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.english.elpais.com‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governmentsA leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ... 15168523500
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialKhanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 06/05/2026🤬 Sneaking in millions in tax breaks that go through the 2040s and 2050s is clearly a violation of the intent of the legislature's moratorium on any new tax breaks for data centers. This is taking money from schools, housing and other critical needs. I urge Hillsboro City councilors to stop this. 39537
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialRyan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.thewesternedge.media‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon FacilityA worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away. 10641862038
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I don’t even have words for this. 4129431348
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 02/04/2026A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. www.wired.com/story/border...wired.comUnmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration CrackdownA WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. 352144975
ansago.bsky.social @ansago.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Hey @mayorkwilson.bsky.social, care to comment? Is this what we elected you to do? Stop being part of the problem. 000
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...nytimes.comNew U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows 11436842140
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This horrific story gets worse when you find out how this young woman originally came to the US: as a 17-year-old on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane 5859402432
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section. 52863983392
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...404media.co'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting BackKenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back. 3563183016
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?ms.nowDark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidateProgressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.” 767199747911
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialAlex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Public records obtained by OPB suggest the scope of the Blazers’ campaign for public funds to pay for Moda renovations. From a staff trip to North Carolina, to implicit threats to relocate the team, to nudging from Nike’s CEO, the documents pull back the curtain on months of private talks:opb.orgTrail Blazers to Portland: Public cash ‘only solution’ for renovating Moda CenterPublic records obtained by OPB suggest the scope of the Blazers’ campaign to get Portland leaders to fund the Moda Center renovations. 1411136
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/03/2026BREAKING NYT: An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...nytimes.comU.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says 24835281601
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.motherjones.comAt Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP ReportsCamp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. 59792646006
Reposted by @ansago.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.nashvillebanner.comICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville BannerReporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case. 294123547402
