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The WNBA has filed three new trademark applications related to the Portland Fire. It would appear that the expansion team will be returning to the name the Portland WNBA franchise used from 2000 to 2002.

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i know we all know this already but this is a reminder to those who forgot: Portland is a sanctuary city

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1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care. It was cited 7 times in the ruling. Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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as the government allows and enables discrimination against trans people, it's important to look at how trans people have looked out for each other in recent history. @tsdav.bsky.social writes about Transy House, where for 13 years one couple sheltered unhoused trans people, including kids.

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NEW: In 91 years of NewsGuild history, we’ve never seen anything like this. The NLRB is asking a federal court to hold the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in contempt for refusing to restore health care to striking workers. newsguild.org/national-lab...

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We just filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for violating our First Amendment rights. Subscribe to thesouthlander.com and read our latest newsletter, which gives a more in-depth account of the ICE protests in LA and the injuries our reporters sustained on the ground.

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i am a 26 year old American and i am really about to see two distinctly different but all-together eerily similar wars in the middle east in my lifetime. thus far!

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The collision happened where Southeast 8th Avenue crosses the MAX Orange Line tracks. Portland Fire & Rescue said the cyclist did not survive the impact.

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The Dodgers won’t speak out against the ICE raids, so fans are calling for a boycott. Some fan groups are organizing email campaigns as Latino fans question the team’s commitment to a community that generates hundreds of millions in revenue.

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the most meaningful part of any project is when you're stuck and have to dig yourself out. i learn valuable lessons from these moments reading about how some people don't care to take that time/would rather have it done for them makes me wonder if they value learning... anything. ever, at all!

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FIFA displayed anti-racism and discrimination messaging at the Club World Cup for the first time on Wednesday to mark International Day for Countering Hate Speech following a backlash to its decision to roll back its campaigns against racism and discrimination. More from @adamcrafton.bsky.social ⬇️

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hey. the world sucks rn. wanna read a story NOT about that? the long short is two groups -- Portland Diamond Project and PSU -- are vying for $45M in tax increment financing district funds on projects that would completely transform Portland's South Waterfront. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

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EXCLUSIVE: US diplomats have officially been directed to screen the social media and online presence of all student visa applicants.

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In light of Pride month I'm fundraising for Point of Pride, an incredible trans-led nonprofit that provides direct gender affirming care & things like HRT to trans ppl in need. Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...

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The SCOTUS opinion cites a Pamela Paul story I fact-checked last year. Take a look:

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when my mother outted me as a teen, she sent me to what she thought would be a Christian therapist who would "fix" me. turns out that therapist saved my life and helped me understand the abuse i had endured nearly my whole life. GAYNESS AND TRANSNESS ARE NOT THINGS TO BE FIXED. FIX BIGOTRY INSTEAD.

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this story is for anyone who continues to argue that the NYT's coverage of trans people didn't and still doesn't have a profoundly negative impact on how Americans view trans people

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A Texas bill would restrict how students can protest, including what students wear, how much noise they make and the hours of the day when expression is allowed. Free speech scholars say many of the provisions may be too broad and general to survive a legal challenge.

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"Political violence is being normalized for us as an organization." After Saturday's shootings — and the reports that abortion providers were on Vance Boelter's list of possible targets — clinics in Minnesota and around the country are tightening security & figuring out how to move forward.

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Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter in Atlanta originally from El Salvador, was arrested while reporting on a protest against the Trump administration’s immigration policies over the weekend, his lawyers said.

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A US citizen who was speaking up for his detained coworker was detained himself. No one is safe from detainment, unless of course you're a cis, straight, white man who choses to speak in ways that are approved by the regime. Sickening.

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Toby Canham, a photographer for the @nypost.com, was shot in the head with a rubber bullet while covering an immigration enforcement protest in LA on June 9; he spent the next day in the hospital with whiplash and neck pain, the paper said:

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In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.

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Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC

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So many public officials have now been detained, it merits a Listicle. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

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These state laws banning gender-affirming care for youth are a product of religious-right and anti-LGBTQ activist organizing, starting in the years after Obergefell. We know this, because we have the receipts. Here's my 2023 investigation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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cue @sethcotlar.bsky.social's explanation of white supremacy's long history in Oregon here bc i know everyone is about to act so confused as to why BIG BLUE Oregon is being this way

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NEW: ProPublica has sued the FDA, accusing the agency of withholding information about the safety and availability of generic drugs critical to millions of Americans.

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Metro Atlanta reporter in ICE custody

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Today would be another important day to donate to this organization. It always makes me feel better than doomscrolling.

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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Tennessee in U.S. v Skrmetti, upholding a lower court ruling allowing Tennessee to enforce its ban on youth gender-affirming care.

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Ten years ago today, nine Black worshippers were killed in a racist attack at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Since then, some in the community say the focus on forgiveness has overshadowed urgent conversations about racism and policies to prevent hate crimes. capitalbnews.org/mother-emanu...

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SCOOP: DHS Sec. Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response organization, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Bloomberg News. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

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Despite a $1.3 billion investment that Portland said would improve the safety of homeless people, deaths in Multnomah County have quadrupled — from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023. With @streetroots.bsky.social‬

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Mayor Adams banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press

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anyways i see pierce the veil in a week. can't wait to levitate above the crowd for the entirety of bulls in the bronx

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I DONT WANT ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE PRESIDENT WHY IS THIS SO MUCH TO ASK FOR I AM TIRED

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NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

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OR State Rep. Osborne (Roseburg) just repeated the same tired lie that “Portland is burning” in the Legislature, so here’s some photos of my burning, terrible, disgusting city!

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