costumeface

@costumeface.bsky.social

Anti-capitalist. Not sane-washable. Still waiting for that trickle down. 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🍉 🍄🌳✨ #cascadia #generalstrike #NSPM-7 #taxthechurches #icecritic

Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.

The sleazy billionaire can fleece the city and lowball the staff if we win. "They captured the Stanley Cup in June and have made the playoffs eight straight years since Dundon took over, so who are any of us to tell him he should run anything differently with the basketball team he just bought?"

Sean Highkin@highkin.bsky.social · 2d ago

On the role Adam Silver and the NBA will play in determining the Blazers’ future in Portland, whether Tom Dundon wants to keep them here or not www.rosegardenreport.com/why-adam-sil...

“The FBI has signaled that its new effort to brand political opponents of the president as terrorists has only just begun, and that soon the power of large language models will be brought to bear on the effort to flag and tag political dissidents en masse.”

Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list

Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.

reason.com

Most Democrats don't realize that the billionaire megadonors funding American Bridge are also seeding a new crop of super PACs that are spending against progressives in primaries. They keep a low profile and move dark money. James Carville is attacking progressives as he's paid by American Bridge:

Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires

James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...

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"To 6 of the 40 Philadelphians arrested for not having bells on their bicycles, Ann Carey explains she did have a horn. But Fairmount Park police gave her a summons, anyway. They were all discharged- after being warned to get bells." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin July 24, 1937

Photo of a woman in a dress standing astride a bicycle with several other women in dresses standing around her.

The median newspaper columnist writing about bike infrastructure is like, "I once had to park 150 feet away from the coffee shop so I talked to 2 other drivers, a failing restaurant owner, and a person who once saw a cyclist run a stop sign about how bike lanes ruined our lives."

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador. New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony. www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador

New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony.

dropsitenews.com

Didn't have Nathan Vasquez correctly identifying Ronald Reagan as a cause of the current mental health problem at the Armory pro-cop Safer Portland/Eli campaign rally in the Pearl tonight with Bob Day. Attendees skewed older and were actively worked for signatures and money in the lobby.

NEW: Palantir has gone on a Democratic lobbyist hiring spree, picking up Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff, a top DCCC fundraiser, and a former Democratic senator to push its interests in Washington DC. readsludge.com/2026/06/22/p...

Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree

The ICE contractor has hired Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff and a former Democratic senator as it builds out a Democratic lobbying operation on Capitol Hill.

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“Our children are inheriting a world soaked in blood, built on violence and domination, drowning in genocide and hatred, and strangled by greed. And we’re rapidly making it worse. I want that to change, and I want us to give them something better.” #cascadia

Bleeding earth by Vancouver artist removed from Science World | Daily Hive | Urbanized

A compelling piece of art in the form of a sculpture created by a Vancouver artist was recently removed from the Science World area.

dailyhive.com

NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them:

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Ben-Gvir, a key ally of Trump and Israel’s Minister of National Security, as well as leader of the far-right ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, posted a video of himself verbally abusing and mocking international human rights defenders while they were chained, forced to kneel, and abused.

YAC News@yacnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Israel seizes 430 human rights defenders in international waters as Gaza flotilla makes third attempt www.yacnews.com/israel-seize...

Grifting liar. Everytime. “Meanwhile, the contract’s true cost – which Trump initially told journalists would be $1.8m – has been revealed to be $13.1m. Amid the controversy, Trump has distanced himself from the company, contradicting previous statements by denying that he had ever used it”

Workers racing to turn reflecting pool blue for Trump may be at risk, union warns

Union representative concerned about safety as workers rush to finish repainting DC pool before 250th celebrations

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