Eugene Police are on the scene at the Federal Building. Photos by Agostinho Da Silva

Federal agents fired pepperballs on journalists and peaceful protesters in Eugene, OR on Tuesday. Check out my interview with student journalist Agostinho Da Silva. Despite clear press identification, he was shot six times. Subscribe to Last Week in Hell to support more work like this.

The Torch was on the scene Jan. 27 at the Eugene federal building. Video by Agostinho Da Silva showing the chaos that ensued when federal agents used a flash bang and teargas canisters while advancing on the crowd. Read more at: lcctorch.com/pepper-and-ice youtu.be/tXrQEyfnME0?...

Pepper & ICE : ONA Vigil and ICE protest at EUGENE’s federal building turns into fleeing.

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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by

Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

We need more collaboration, especially with the arts, and that includes music, museums, concerts, etc. Justin made music out of 'OldSkurv'. Watch his process! #ProudBlue

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

Told ya. They're going after veterans' benefits.

CAP Action@americanprogressaction.org · 2y ago

Budget office nominee Russell Vought has stated veterans' disability benefits should be means-tested—Sen. Blumenthal calls him out.

This feels particularly vindicating personally, but we need to address these delay issues regardless.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW: Jack Smith defended Garland’s pace, laying out DOJ’s frenetic, secretive efforts to win privilege fights with recalcitrant witnesses — Scott Perry, Mike Pence, John Eastman — that took months. More takeaways from the Smith report. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

South Korea was prepared to deal with their dictator because they have better laws, which we will fail to fix here if we keep blaming Garland instead of the system he was bound by. Jack Smith is trying to tell us. We should listen. www.muellershewrote.com/p/between-th...

Between the Lines of Jack Smith's Final Report

The Jack smith report does more than outline Trump's crimes; it lays bare the delays inherent in the system - and if we don’t address them - no AG will be able to hold future despots accountable.

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Dreams don’t die they nap, they wait, they hold their breath when you feel like you’ve lost yours. Every failure is just a detour. Every stumble another lesson. Dreams don’t care how you get there. Just that you do. Start again. But don’t #quit. #vss365

hey you. thank you for being here. thank you for existing. today you're you & thats enough. youre enough. this is your first time being alive. take it with gentleness towards yourself. you have time to learn, to grow, to exist

That feeling of despair is what they want from us, btw

The world around me may be crumbling but I have never felt more hopeful than I do now. The world might have been simpler when I was a kid but I was a lot more miserable then. I wasn't even really alive then. I'm alive now. And I'm going to keep living, no matter what.

I think something key in enjoying social media is how much pessimist, self-defeating stuff you allow yourself to see there. These days someone quote-tweeting something grim saying "we're so fucked" will make me mute them immediately. That stuff adds up, it will poison your brain. Stop looking at it.