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LJ Breedlove

@ljbwrites.bsky.social
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Former journalist, then journalism prof, now fiction writer — political thrillers, mysteries, and werewolves. Do you know how hard it is to write political thrillers right now? www.ljbreedlove.com OG KHive. liberal, PNW.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
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.
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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 18/09/2025
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
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Does it…illuminate the thinking and background of a major mayoral candidate? Does it actually do that?
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
Small selection of black and white photos of the faces of the disappeared of the Pinochet dictatorship, now at its Museum of Memory and Human Rights
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I grew up this way. We were poor. Mom and I put in a two-acre vegetable garden every year —canning, freezing.... I raised 100 baby chicks which we butchered in the fall. We had pigs, a milk cow. It took 5-8 acres. We still bought salt, sugar, flour.... It was damned hard work. This is a joke.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/06/2025
Metaphor alert.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Count me in, then.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Everyone needs to start reporting ICE agents are Iranian sleeper cells.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Chocolate? Because I'll chip in — it's been one of those days for some reason.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Question: Dropping a bomb on a nuclear facility seems particularly foolhardy. I know Iran is saying that they've moved things to a secure location, but.... It feels like Trump didn't just start WWIII, he risked starting a nuclear chain reaction. True?
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Question: Dropping a bomb on a nuclear facility seems particularly foolhardy. I know Iran is saying that they've moved things to a secure location, but.... It feels like Trump didn't just start WWIII, he risked starting a nuclear chain reaction. True?
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Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
“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...
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Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark
Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.
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Jennifer Granick @granick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hey, MSM: Teen Vogue is carrying the water for all y'all www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
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How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I probably should have phrased it 'in spite of what we taught.' I see hope in the rise of independent journalists, but I read a lot. Too many don't, and we are not seeing a commitment to civic journalism on the national media, neither print or broadcast. Instead we're seeing a dystopian movie.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I used your book — and Postman's — in my advanced mass media and society class. I'm not sure if we were over-optimistic or naive, but they've managed to make a dystopian movie out of what we taught.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 12/06/2025
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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025
"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
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
A photo of a UFW march where workers are holding up signs saying "With these hands we feed you" and red UFW shirts and flags and with a text overlay saying: UFW statement on increased Federal activityBorder patrol truck coming into Oxnard fields where farm workers are laboring
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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. 🧵
Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it. 
Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Perfect
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/06/2025
At ProPublica, we believe that a strong democracy requires informed citizens. Our reporting shines a light on the forces that threaten our democratic systems — and it's free and accessible to all. Help us continue this critical work. Donate today: propub.li/3Z4N1Sc
Graphic that reads: The right to know is vital. Help us protect it. Donate by June 13.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Coast counts as border....
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
And not just platforming neo-Nazis, but ones ignorant of history. Every history department I've known have had some pretty right-wing (white, male, ofc) professors already. But Holocaust deniers? No, ignorant isn't a diversity of viewpoints.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The author of the report posted his original charts in the comments (poster taking things out of context). And guess what, at every education level, men still make more money than women, by approximately the same margin they have for over a decade. So why do men still make more than women?
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
How is the FT headline true—your whole point—when men are still making more money at apparently the same margin they have been for more than a decade? Shouldn't that gap be the focus? Why do men w/same education make more? We still haven't fixed that? Maybe this song isn't about you men.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...
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Letter from the Editor: Five years ago, unprecedented protests tested our newsroom
Footage of vandals smashing windows at Pioneer Place and the nearby Apple Store played for weeks on some national channels, and some viewers took that to be pervasive throughout Portland.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I wrote a suspense series of a college newsroom — an eclectic newsroom based on the students I've known over the years facing the biggest challenges of our time. You can find those books wherever you buy your ebooks. First is free. books2read.com/u/mBo81p
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
@theoregonian has a letter from the editor this morning about covering the George Floyd protests. It's... interesting. I was nodding along, until the editor gets to what the newspaper should have done differently. Judge for yourself. (Link in comments.) I have a different take.... /1
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
We've seen this before—tariffs, right? So many deals, they're lining up to make the deals.... Are some universities letting Harvard take the heat? Yup. Harvard's got the money and alums. They know it's their role to step up. I admire them for it. (When Trump came for the media, that didn't happen.😥)
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
They keep fiddling with that AI they're going to give it a nervous breakdown. It knows the truth, and will tell you it, but then it has to do this, because it's instructed to, no matter how convoluted the logistics to get there. Sounds like the poster child for MAGA, now that I think about it.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Women's auxiliary, really.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I'd be happier if he found a nice corner somewhere — MaraLago would be fine, and napped for the next four years. Rip Van Winkle? I could get behind that.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"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.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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:
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When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Father Nathan Monk posted on Facebook a message. This is a screenshot of the message, which says, "You are about to watch the whole world respect a chosen name. It's that easy."
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We're going to have to pick up the slack, someway. I used to live in Portland, and now live in Ashland. Theater, the arts, music — they're essential to the life of both communities. I hope that the state will step in, but that takes time too. Thanks for promoting their cause.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Donated. I don’t even know what to say. I hope orgs sue. It seems like a contract violation to pull funds already awarded. But the law moves slow—won’t help in time for this play. And you’re right, this play speaks to these times, a voice in a city that needs to hear Black voices. (Oregonian here.)
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Kathy W @jabber-wocky.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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!
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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.
A Fox News graphic with the headline "President Trump's accomplishments" and three bullet points: Declassified the JFK Files; ended federal support for paper straws; ended production of the penny
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Rev Barber is the architect of Moral Mondays in North Carolina, which were weekly protests at the Capitol in Raleigh.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/04/2025
Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested. Story coming.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Seattle Times has a story today that the port is empty. Their estimates jibe with this.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/04/2025
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.
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Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
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.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I just said something similar to him on Threads. WTH? Who does he think he is?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
You can never give a bully an inch — they'll come back for that mile. Let Columbia University be an object lesson for other universities. Bending the knee won't save you. He'll just keep pushing for more. And you lose the allies who would stand with you.
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