RE: https://kolektiva.social/@uzza/116285770337745669
The PDX anti-ICE defendant on trial for yelling at Sortor to leave as he fell backwards into a bioswale has been found not guilty.
The verdict was self evident & was probably only brought due to political pressure from Nick's buddies at the DOJ.
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You know how people are like, “journalism is a first draft of history”?
@Shane_Burley’s story is what history looks like if we win
New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
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Documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting reveal that Tom Dundon was behind what regulators called an “aggressive push” to waive proof-of-income requirements at Santander Consumer USA.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Hundreds mobilized in Memphis, Tennessee to protest and denounce a visit from Trump, as the deadly war in Iran continues to rage, conditions in the US only worsen, and state repression ramps up.
A tiny rally of a "couple dozen people attended a morning rally [in] support [of] Trump..."
Amazing new piece from @Shane_Burley.
"If antifascism is the use of direct interventions in the fight against the far right, the struggle against ICE is what that justice movement looks like when the far right gains state power. Watching the rise of fascism on a global scale has changed the calculus for many around the United States who now see direct intervention, in most cases nonviolent but including physical resistance, as particularly necessary given the level of threats to communities. Millions across the country now see 2026 in its historical context, a moment when immediate action has to be taken to stop neighbors from being captured and sent to types of maximum security prisons."
https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-new-antifascist-consensus-ice-rapid-response-community-defense
Also, this is laughable. Sortor went after that burning flag because 'Merica!
It was a social clout thing, not a safety thing. He presented the flag to Trump at the silly Antifa roundtable and promised his royal highness to tattle on the flag burner to the DOJ.
Nick Sortor being totally nonviolent
https://bsky.app/profile/jsweetli.bsky.social/post/3m2cr2wdk4k2k
I slowed down a video of Nick Sortor in Portland from Wed night to show he pushed this woman first in this altercation. Sortor claimed he was attacked last night (Thurs) and was unfairly arrested, and Pam Bondi has since called him to tell him the feds will investigate his "wrongful arrest." /
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