Alissa Azar

أليسا 🧿 Syria📍PDX  Journalist covering police & far-right violence in the PNW • She/They • Antifascist • Neurodivergent   wewillfreeus.org  https://linktr.ee/azarpdx   🖤 بذور الجنة تنتظر نيران الثورة

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2026-08-20 00:56:02 UTC

Would love recs for things to do/see in Oslo, Berlin, and anywhere accessible by train ride during the fall 👀
Aside from the obvious (🖤❤️), other interests are history, nature/hiking, art (but not like big popular museums more so smaller collectives/printshops etc), and literature. Nightlife can get into pretty much anything if the vibe is right, but love dark wave, international, and Arabic. Also anyone I should talk to? Feel free to reach out by DM or email too.
#antifascism #oslo #berlin #anarchism

2026-07-30 23:00:05 UTC

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2026-07-30 22:59:19 UTC

cam over 🧿
https://www.wewillfreeus.org/candid-revolt/
#Portland #oregon #flock #surveillance
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2026-06-30 20:11:03 UTC

How a neo-nazi campaign targeting Haitians in Ohio led all the way to the Supreme Court
New on WWFU:
https://www.wewillfreeus.org/following-the-trail-from-blood-tribe-to-the-supreme-court/

2026-06-09 21:23:30 UTC

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These past few days have been so hard and a rollercoaster of emotions. But for the first time I can actually feel my heart hurting. I’m scared I’ll forget what her hand feels like or how her voice sounds when she calls me habibti.

2026-06-09 21:22:26 UTC

Just a few days ago we were singing to Fairouz together. I really don’t understand how any of this is real. Allah yer7amik ya teta, ya 2om l kil.
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2026-05-19 17:59:08 UTC

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Via @ svartflagg on bsky
In an unconfirmed livestream video of the mass shooting, the shooters appear to both be wearing black sun (nazi) patches and AWD (atomwaffen division) patches. Writings on the gun include the logo for the nazi accelerationst group The Base, the numbers 14 and 88, TND, and the othala rune.
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2026-05-19 14:15:47 UTC

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From @npub1eay…y83j on bsky:
There is purported livestream footage of the San Diego mosque shooters committing suicide. You don't need to see that & I recommend avoiding X today.
If verified, it shows patches on a plate carrier; one appears to be a sonnenrad (nazi symbol), the other is hard to make out, maybe AWD.
AWD (atomwaffen division) has been defunct for years now, but remains a powerful symbol for accelerationist youth. There was a recent attempt to revive it that was generally considered a larp, not endorsed by former members & never gained steam. But the mystique is still strong.
A good deal of the youth terror scene is creating little larp groups modelled on AWD, that mostly put their energy into aesthetics before fizzling out. But these youth terror cells are sometimes used as recruitment pipelines for groups like Injekt Division.
Not saying the San Diego mosque shooters were a part of any of this, but if that is indeed an AWD patch it points to possible proximity to such networks.
It's also possible these guys could just be wearing it like edgy branding, like a terror Nike swoop.
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2026-05-19 06:43:36 UTC

Three people were murdered at a mosque in San Diego today in what is being investigating as a hate crime. And already, the same politicians and far right figures who spent years flooding this country with anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric are pretending this violence came out of nowhere, blaming attendees at the masjid, and even calling for more violence.
Numerous sources say anti-Islamic writings were found in the shooters’ car. Hate speech was reportedly written directly onto one of the guns used in the attack. One of the shooters allegedly left behind a note for his father ranting about “racial pride.” Outside the car where the two shooters were found, there was a gas can marked with SS symbols.
This is what happens when Islamophobia is normalized at every level of politics & media. When Muslim communities are constantly framed as threats. When genocide is justified abroad and hate is cultivated at home.
People love to act shocked after people are killed, but the rhetoric came first. The dehumanization came first. The racist fearmongering came first.
Muslim communities should be able to exist, pray, and gather without being hunted by fascists radicalized by the exact narratives people in power keep pushing.

2026-04-13 17:42:32 UTC

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/116389911016512033
Operation dildo at ICE has reached Portland
#pdx #Portland #ICE
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2026-04-12 06:24:17 UTC

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Fuck Jonathan Choe but this is so funny
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2026-04-12 05:36:07 UTC

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he was not charged or arrested. And it happened numerous times.
Portland police have a long history of not only protecting the far right but collaborating with them, including exchanging text messages with far right that included information on the location of anti fascists. The police union here also has a dark history that’s worth reading about. Formed in ‘42 and was the first successful police union in the country. The first president of the union, Otto Meiners, was a literal Nazi and a a former member of the pro Nazi German American Bund.
Portland police also used to have a “red squad” which was tasked with beating the shit out of and infiltrating, and surveilling labor organizers, communist, anarchists and lefty activists. There was lots of overlap between police in this squad and the Oregon KKK. I think it was around 1923 or so it was estimated at least half of the portland police bureau were members of the KKK. PPB still has a “red squad” it’s just not called that anymore and not as transparent about its purpose.
In the 80’s, portland police officers dropped dead possums in front of a Black soul food restaurant. Also in the 80’s, after Portland police murdered a Black man by putting him in a chokehold, cops sold "don't choke 'em, smoke 'em" t-shirts from one of the precincts on the day of his funeral.
In 2000 a PPB cop placed a shrine dedicated to Nazi soldiers at a public park. The city protected him after this and gave him a promotion almost 10 years later. Even after admitting he wore nazi uniforms and collected memorabilia he was never fired. He even received awards.
After Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson murdered Michael Brown, at least 3 PPB cops altered images of their police badges to say "I am Darren Wilson”
I could go on.. If you know about Oregon’s racist and dark history this probably isn’t a surprise but if not I highly recommend reading about it.

2026-04-12 04:45:01 UTC

Dozens of dildos fill the driveway of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. They’re all over the property and many have been thrown over the gate.
Far right propagandist Katie Daviscourt and her crew ran away after also being pummeled with dildos.
#pdx #portland #ICE
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2026-04-11 23:30:01 UTC

Far right instigator and grifter Peter Walter Patrick (aka Conspiretard), of Coos Bay, Oregon has taken to social media to claim an end to “Patriot Corner.” For those unfamiliar, that’s what the far right assholes have been calling the area at the Portland, OR ICE facility where the far right tends to gather as people protest against ICE. They frequently instigate altercations, start fights, and spew hateful rhetoric and slurs as obnoxiously as possible while manufacturing content and false narratives for their live streams and Twitter feeds.
He is claiming an end to this chapter and the beginning of what they are now calling “Rose City Patriots” (which lol because barely any of them are even from rose city). Their stated goal is to “stand firmly against Antifa” and attend more events and disrupt more protests outside of the ICE facility.
Not sure how much will actually change considering this group has already been showing up to other events outside of ICE in Portland. And although they have been relatively small, they have still been both violent and disruptive. Also worth noting with this shift the attempt to recruit more fascists. So just something to be aware of and be on the lookout for.
A few months ago Peter dressed up in a skull mask to menace children and families at a Coos Bay community dance and Pride event. He arrived with two other fash assholes, Chris Sims and Daniel Vrosh (Danny Rebel). They harassed the Pride Prom and drag show and attempted to intimidate attendees and event staff. The two people he showed up with (who are from Washington) also have quite the track record of inciting violence and harassing people. Including filming and harassing children during school walk outs. The three of them showed up to disrupt the All Ages Pride Prom Drag Show after a call to counter it was put out by right wing extremist Chris Tough aka "Himwho.” Chris has a long history of being affiliated with the areas far right street fighter types, including Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, and threepers.
#portland #pdx
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2026-03-21 02:06:15 UTC

New- Nine people are facing decades in prison after a July 4 protest outside Prairieland Detention Center was prosecuted as “terrorism” in federal court.
The evidence didn’t hold, but the narrative did as prosecutors criminalized ideology. This case sets a precedent everyone should be paying attention to.
https://www.wewillfreeus.org/the-antifa-scare-inside-the-prairieland-trial-and-the-criminalization-of-dissent/
#prairielanddefendants #texas #prairielandtrial #Prairieland19 #antifa #antifascism

2026-02-13 06:27:09 UTC

Living My Life by Emma Goldman - this edition is from 1931
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2026-02-02 21:15:15 UTC

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thank you for all your input. This is all pretty overwhelming on top of not even knowing what metals people need to test for and people with no scientific or medical background trying to figure all of this out while suffering from various symptoms. It’s a lot so thank you again endlessly

2026-02-02 20:30:39 UTC

Portland peeps we need some help!
Some people need to get a blood panel done. Specifically looking to check for heavy metals.
A few questions:
How can people who do not have insurance do this?
What about folks who have OHP but no primary care physician?
If these routes render useless, any recommendations for the cheapest way to do this?
Was told they would not do this testing at the emergency room. Is going to an urgent care who takes OHP and getting a referral for a lab an option? The urgent care centers we have called have sounded clueless. And the ones who did have easy access to these services that we found and tried were far too inaccessible for most people.
Time is of the essence for this.

2026-02-01 17:50:03 UTC

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Somebody sent me footage of the feds shooting out a local residents window. This was right after the first barrage of teargas was deployed. They told me “this was a deliberate attack and we were nowhere near the entrance (of the ICE facility).”
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2026-02-01 00:54:30 UTC

They just heavily gassed. Went thru my full face again. the medics were saying it was going through their masks too. There were very young children present. This is the road nearby ten minutes after the gassing started. The gas is still visible as I type this. Crowd regroup and energy is high. “Killing in the name of” now playing on loud speaker. More later nothing will upload not even pics
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2026-01-29 19:45:31 UTC

Day 2 of the cider riot civil trial.. We are on an early lunch break after far right defendants, including David Willis and Chris Ponte, had an outburst after the attorney showed a social media post made by Ponte where he threatened to counter sue cider riot for $140,088, and pointed out how this number was a reference to the white supremacist “14 words”
Court will be resuming at 12:30

2026-01-27 18:49:53 UTC

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Although this is typical for me with any teargas exposure and not specific to just HC, I did just start my period this morning too even though I already had it this month. Have heard the same from a few others as well.

2026-01-25 04:00:55 UTC

Decent turnout tonight at the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. A call to action was put out after border patrol executed Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis earlier today.
Earlier some barricades were put up against the gate where the feds typically come out from, including dumpster that got rolled over. Another door was also barricaded.
Feds have tear-gassed a few times but a ton being deployed right now. Lots of loud booms and lotssss of gas.
#pdx #portland
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2026-01-17 22:48:51 UTC

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They made nazi popsicles in Minneapolis today 😭
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2026-01-17 22:29:22 UTC

Antisemitic, Islamophobic, self proclaimed Nazi Edward Jacob "Jake" Lang showed up with a very small group in Minneapolis today. They were vastly outnumbered by at least a few hundred antifascists chanting him down to the point his hate speech was not heard. After failing to make their way into a closed City Hall and getting stuck in window recess, they got chased out by hundreds of people.
His “crusade march” didn’t happen because of the community response, and he was unable to burn a Quran like he had planned.
His plate carrier was left behind after he escaped by running through a hotel and leaving out the back before jumping into a car. In multiple shots he appears to be covered in water, snow, and even had blood dripping down the back of his neck.
Turns out people don’t want nazis in their cities

2026-01-15 19:31:00 UTC

North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE:
A Firsthand Account of the Response to Another ICE Shooting
The fact that they smashed the second ICE vehicles windows with an ice scraper that was reclaimed from the first destroyed fed car is just… wow.
https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/north-minneapolis-chases-out-ice-a-firsthand-account-of-the-response-to-another-ice-shooting

2026-01-15 05:21:27 UTC

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when you click on his name it shows that he's been included for his provocations against ICE protests not employment.
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2026-01-13 08:06:39 UTC

Regarding the two people that CBP shot in Portland, Oregon on Thursday:
The man driving the vehicle is currently in FBI custody after being treated for gunshot wounds to the arm and abdomen. The woman in the car with him who was shot in the chest has already been transported to the ICE detention center in Tacoma, Washington.
In court documents made public earlier today, the FBI claims that it found no surveillance or other footage of Border Patrol wounding these two people. CBP also told the FBI that they shot them after the driver allegedly backed up into an unoccupied vehicle they had rented. Conveniently, none of the six agents present when this happened were recording on their body cameras either.
#pdx #Portland

2026-01-11 08:19:30 UTC

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Fash got pushed out back towards spaghetti factory. Another verbal dispute and standoff there now. Fash have threatened to shoot people multiple times.
Feds have still only come out to let cars out. Portland police haven’t been around since I last mentioned them

2026-01-11 04:33:50 UTC

A Ribbit Rave is happening down at ICE in pdx where an inflatable “frog brigade” said they would be premiering a new dance. A group of folks interrupted, chanting “why are you dancing” and saying that ICE just murdered someone and CBP shot two people locally. “Why are you choreographing this bullshit while people are being kidnapped,” someone shouted.
Announcement was made right after that there is an autonomous zone led by Indigenous folks in our community happening now at city hall.
#pdx #portland

2026-01-07 18:35:32 UTC

Federal agents shot and killed a community member who was observing an ICE raid in Minneapolis this morning. Reports that she was shot in the face multiple times. On the ground reports that feds refused access for medical assistance and physicians who were otg attempting to administer aid and check her pulse.
In the videos of the shooting circulating social media, it is clear she was attempting to drive away. She posed no threat to agents or anyone else. This was cold blooded murder. DHS is already lying about the murder and attempting to justify their actions.
Abolish ICE
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2025-12-20 00:37:51 UTC

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great question. But the “justice system” wasn’t designed to prosecute the people who uphold it. I’ve sat in on and covered dozens and dozens of trials. It’s rare cops *don’t* get caught lying in one way or another. Very rare to see them face any kind of accountability

2025-12-17 17:03:03 UTC

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Here is the video I said I would share yesterday. It is from 4/23/23 when the defendant attempted to write “!Feliz cumpleaños Tortuguita!”
This video was taken shortly after she was arrested. As you can see, the liquid chalk pen didn’t even need soap and water to be removed. This is what the police referred to as “vandalism” and a “spray paint pen” claiming damages to the police precinct (downtown central precinct / (in)Justice Center in Portland, Or). The same chalk pen was used for the 3/3/23 incident in question where police on the ground let her go.
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2025-11-26 20:18:32 UTC

Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn’t known according to AP sources. Reports of suspect in custody
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2025-11-22 01:27:45 UTC

It was not very long ago when someone would call Trump a fascist and people (namely liberals) would be like “yeah idk maybe don’t be so dramatic” and today he’s just like yeah you can call me that I don’t mind!

2025-11-13 03:54:44 UTC

I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that officials are considering putting in town. The room is completely packed, the hallways are packed, there and tons of people protesting ICE outside and a packed rec center where the testimonies are being live streamed.
So far we have heard many testimonies from local residents including fishermen voicing their concerns about the possibility of an ICE detention center in town and concern about the removal of the coast guard helicopter.
DHS has said to be considering moving into a Newport Coast Guard air facility at the Newport Municipal airport, after they already displaced a Coast Guard helicopter some weeks ago at the property, concerning city officials who rely on that helicopter for safety along the Oregon’s coastline.
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2025-11-11 02:29:24 UTC

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do you use the mastodon app? Mine has been so weird for at least a month I have to constantly close out and restart it and it’s almost impossible to click on posts and engage

2025-10-21 19:13:16 UTC

Periodic reminder that teargas is an abortifacient.
I've been documenting the effects of teargas for five years by speaking to people directly impacted and exposed in the US.
There are many respiratory issues associated with teargas exposure, as you might imagine. What is lacking in research is the long lasting effects of these chemical weapons. There IS research that exists, especially documenting birth defects from other parts of the world, but there’s still a lot we don’t know.
There are many respiratory issues associated with teargas exposure, as you might imagine. What is often unknown are the long lasting reproductive effects.
Following 2020 in Portland, I've spoken to multiple people who can no longer have children after repeated and prolonged exposure. Including cis men.
One of the most common effects is what we call a Teargas Period. After teargas exposure, ovary havers frequently start a period within 1-3 days of exposure. I can speak to this personally as I am one of the people who deals with Teargas Periods every time l am exposed.
These effects are common from CS and OC gas.
Much of the munitions used by federal and state law enforcement contain heavy metals and lead salts known to cause cancer and birth defects. This is true for smoke grenades as well, not just teargas.
Another gas that was used on unarmed protesters by feds in 2020 (that has NOT been used yet recently, at least in Portland) was HC gas.
HC is not like other common teargas used (OC and CS) which are already bad enough. each time I've been otg when HC gas was used, well I'm not sure I even have the words to describe how bad it was.
People to my left and right either vomiting or completely losing consciousness. People all around ripping their full face gas masks off for reprise from the suffocation after the chemicals penetrated their masks and destroyed their filters. People's limp bodies being carried out by street medics all around me. There was no eye flushing, at least not in the immediate vicinity where there was still gas. Medics and people who were well enough to help others would just be trying to get as many people away and out of there as fast as possible.
This stuff is no joke. I know PPE isn’t accessible to everyone, but if you can protect yourself, even just a little bit, it’s crucial to do so. I promise raw dogging chemical warfare doesn’t make you look cool, if “looking silly” is the reason you’re not protecting yourself.
If you have been exposed to chemical weapons and would like to share your experience, symptoms, lasting effects, please email me at shooshkabob@tutamail.com. I do not need or want your government name.
I am obviously no medical professional or scientist, but I think it’s really important this stuff is documented. In 2020, planned parenthood and some others had been doing research into this. I’m not really sure what happened with that. I know, especially now, clinics, physicians, and scientists are dealing with their own slew of issues and roadblocks, but I really hope someone comes back to this.

2025-10-19 08:51:04 UTC

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Ok so saw the PPB cops get hit with munitions that feds shot at them but just saw a video from the other side of the street and the feds also shot a tear gas canister at the police liaison squad car and they had to leave lol

2025-10-19 05:17:52 UTC

So many tear gas canisters & flash grenades shot from the roof tonight at the ICE facility in Portland. US Gestapo came out, pushed people back & held a line as other feds shot down tear gas canisters from the roof. People were dancing before this as an impromptu rave broke out
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2025-10-07 05:27:58 UTC

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Lmao PPB and FPS LRAD going off at the same time

2025-09-29 04:48:33 UTC

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Helicopter is also back circling

2025-09-29 04:48:06 UTC

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Seeing more locals who live nearby the facility complaining about drones again tonight. If you know anything about this, have a picture or saw it yourself please let me know.

2025-09-29 04:01:15 UTC

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Far right propagandist liars with the post millennial have a whole squad of far right dangerous assholes with them. Amongst them is Haley Adams, Mark Lee, violent and convicted of sexual assault, and Kareem Patton who is also extremely violent and was one of the men who physically and sexually assaulted me in Olympia a few years back.

2025-09-29 01:08:34 UTC

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Crowd has grown a bit smaller but people are still trickling in. I have somewhere to be but will be back later and share updates as I can. Feds are still back behind the gate and PPB bike squad and police liaisons are still close by watching

2025-09-28 23:46:16 UTC

I’d guess a few hundred people are down at ICE in portland, OR. Lots of signs and musical instruments and some people are marching in small circles as others chant. FPS LRAD keeps making announcements, I can’t make it out over the crowds voices but I think it’s the usual “keep the driveway clear” message.
Not much federal presence, but a notable presence from portland police bike squad accompanied by police liaison officers. PPB hasn’t engaged like this in a while at ICE after trying to publicly distance themselves from federal officers. And after the press conference the other night, I’m really now thinking the city and state are doing everything within reach to be on the feds good side to maintain funding for programs.

2025-09-09 22:53:01 UTC

A year ago today I was sentenced to two weeks in jail after an extremely legally inconsistent verdict. The prosecutor, who was colluding with the far right throughout the entirety of my trial, changed the definition of what it means to be a “participant” at the last minute and painted me out to be the “Antifa ringleader” after seeing proof that my actions I was charged for were indeed self defense from Proud Boys violence. The goal was to find a way to get me anyways. He confused the jury, which was evident by the questions they repeatedly asked during deliberations and were never given an answer to.
Maximum security was at full capacity but they sent someone home to make room for me anyways. General confinement wasn’t enough. They had a point to prove. They kept me in a freezing cold tiny holding cell with 10 other people at any given moment that had blood and vomit all over the floor for 24 hours before they finally took me to my cell.
There is a lot to this story to share. A lot. It’s been quite the year and my mental health is still recovering from a lot of unprocessed trauma from both the trial and everything else that’s transpired over the years. I’ve decided that I’m ready to share about it all, but this is something I will be needing help with. I don’t have the mental and emotional capacity to do this by myself at the moment, and I’m not sure when I will.
I’m feeling a lot of things today, but mostly gratitude. I’m so grateful for all of your support during some of the hardest days of my life. I’m extremely grateful for all of my friends and family and community who stuck by my side. And I’m beyond grateful for having the CLDC represent me. Having a legal team who actually understood everything I was going through made the world of a difference. I couldn’t have asked for a better team both supporting me and defending me.
Rest in Power, Murphy. The courage you gave me will live in me forever.
Thank you all so, so much. I don’t have the words to express how I feel, but gratitude is a start.
Solidarity forever 🖤

2025-08-23 20:09:54 UTC

Last night at the ICE facility in Portland, OR, a man parked his semi truck near ICE, yelled at protesters, then ran back to his truck and grabbed a baseball bat and a fire extinguisher. He then started attacking everybody he could get his hands on with the bat and spraying the extinguisher at people. DHS came out shooting pepper balls as he continued assaulting multiple people. As expected, the Feds let him leave without issue, while they arrested someone who was defending people from this man’s violence.
He drives for S&M Truck Line. Their phone number is 503-463-6818. According to their website, that phone line is active 24/7.
This is who was driving the truck, along with a photo of the truck he was driving
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2025-07-05 18:35:47 UTC

Last night at ICE in Portland was another very violent and munition heavy night. Teargas filled the neighborhood with canister after canister being shot. Green and white smoke continuously filled the air. Pepper balls shot at protesters close range. Masks ripped off so the feds could mace people. Someone else was hospitalized by the brutality of the federal agents yet again.
I know these nights are scary. I know how bad these munitions and chemicals hurt and burn in the moment and that the pain and side effects can be even worse later. It’s all around bad. The thing is though it’s already very bad and scary without making things up or falsely attributing certain munitions as something that they are not.
The green smoke (same with the red when they choose to use it) that they use at ICE here, which they also used plenty in 2020 and 2021, is just green smoke. When I say “just” I don’t mean to imply that it is good for our bodies in any way, or that it isn’t toxic, because it is. These military style smoke grenades contain heavy metals and lead salts known to cause cancer and birth defects. But people keep calling it various types of gasses that it is *not*. HC gas being a big one people have been saying is what it is and that is not true.
We don’t have to pretend this smoke is something that it’s not to draw attention to how bad this chemical warfare is. Their violence and heavy handed use of chemical weapons speaks for itself. It’s already bad enough. Every single thing they do is already bad enough.
I know the green smoke looks intense because of how vibrant the color is. But there is a huge difference, and if HC gets used again, I promise you will know. This rumor isn’t just online, it often gets spread by people on the ground before anyone else. And I don’t think there is any ill intent with people doing this, but words have meaning. Facts matter.
A lot of this misinformation started in 2020. The first time they used HC gas then, feds deployed a canister and immediately lit a green smoke grenade and set it off in front of the HC. They used the green smoke to obscure the HC gas, and when it finished going off, the feds retrieved the HC gas canister and took it while leaving the green smoke one out. They were intentionally trying to make people think that the green smoke was what was being used. they didn't want anyone to know they were using HC and so it began being attributed to the green smoke.
Footage showing the canister burning, and comparison to canisters from other nights that took place after this night, is how it was later confirmed on that night they used HC gas. HC smoke burns a dark grey color, sometimes yellowish depending on how close to the canister the smoke you’re observing is. The canisters for HC remain on fire, often with flames shooting out of the top, and the canister itself is so hot you’ll see it glowing brightly the entire time it is lit.
HC is not like other common teargas used (OC and CS) which are bad enough on their own. When I said you would know… each time I’ve been otg when HC was used, well I’m not sure I even have the words to describe how bad it was. Thick clouds of smoke all around, usually from a combination of gas and smoke. People to my left and right either vomiting or completely losing consciousness. People all around ripping their full face gas masks off for reprise from the suffocation after the chemicals penetrated their masks and destroyed their filters. People’s limp bodies being carried out by street medics all around me. There was no eye flushing, at least not in the immediate vicinity where there was still gas. Medics and people who were well enough to help others would just be trying to get as many people away and out of there as fast as possible.
These photos of the green smoke canisters are all munitions used at ICE here over the past month.
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2025-06-27 00:53:57 UTC

Compiling and translating a bunch of resources regarding immigration and know your rights materials for Arabic speakers. If you know of any resources/lit that’s already translated please let me know 🙏 and if anyone would like the files once I’m done also let me know I’m happy to share. A lot of the resources will be Oregon specific but happy to share what is still applicable nationwide and also happy to help translate materials for folks in other cities.

2025-06-15 02:42:07 UTC

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yeah here’s another shot where you can see the ammo. Those are not “less than lethals” nor are any of those guns
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2025-06-14 17:03:53 UTC

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there are a bunch of antifascist research collectives that are region based. I would need a bit to list the ones I’m familiar with because there’s a lot but for example, stumptown research collective and rose city antifa, both with a focus on far right activity in the PNW.

2025-06-05 03:05:28 UTC

This photo is from Joint Base Lewis-McChord surveillance footage of Levi Austin Frakes and Charles Ethan Fields, the two military veteran Nazis who robbed the military base and stole weapons and armor.
The FBI complaint alleges that they both stole equipment and assaulted a soldier on the Army special operations compound.
Prosecutors say Fields and Frakes entered the military base on Sunday evening through the main gate and made their way to a facility used by Charlie Company, 75th Ranger Regiment. The complaint said that the pair were scanned into the main gate of JBLM around 8pm Sunday and that they had allegedly used bolt cutters to break a lock into the Ranger compound.
"The pair allegedly stole military gear after bludgeoning a soldier with a hammer and fleeing the scene.... Before being attacked, the soldier, who was not identified in court documents, confronted the veterans, who were in the process of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of ballistic helmets, rifle plates and communications equipment. As the soldier was questioning the pair, ordering them to remove their masks, one of them attacked him, striking him in the head and torso with a hammer. The soldier fought off the attacker, taking the hammer, but "surrendered" as the other assailant was brandishing a knife."
The complaint says that the two of them stole $14,000 worth of gear, but dropped most of it while fleeing. In addition to much of what they stole, Fields left behind a hat that had his last name on it.
During the search of one of their homes, the CID seized 35 weapons, including rifles, pistols, short-barreled rifles, an MG32 machine gun and suppressors (some of which appeared to have been produced using a 3D printer), along with night vision equipment, body armor, flashbang grenades, smoke canisters and blasting caps.
“Images from the complaint also show Nazi and white supremacist paraphernalia in one of the residences, including flags with a swastika and "SS" lightning bolts, murals and literature "in every bedroom and near several stockpiles of weapons and military equipment."
During their interviews, one of the Nazis admitted to the investigators that he had been stealing from the compound for about two years.
Fields and Frakes’ registered company is billed as a "defense manufacturing and training" service which features nazi imagery on its website and socials, listed several military units as "clients," including the 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Forces, 1st Marine Division and the Coast Guard.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/04/2-veterans-tied-nazi-white-nationalist-efforts-allegedly-stole-gear-army-base-beat-soldier-hammer.html
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2025-05-06 04:07:29 UTC

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Cops have retreated and students cheered. Before the bike cops left, someone rode by on their bicycle and had to get past the cops. The bike cop closest to them rammed his bike into the cyclist making them eat shit. Im assuming the cop thought it was a protestor but it was a random person passing by.
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2025-05-06 03:51:00 UTC

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This is how portland state university responds to students saying they don’t feel safe when transphobes and bigots are welcome on their campus
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2025-05-06 03:46:33 UTC

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look at this fucking loser hiding behind the cops lmao
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2025-05-06 03:43:15 UTC

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Two more arrests

2025-05-06 03:33:06 UTC

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Jonathan choe keep my name out of your mouth you nasty ass boot licking bitch. I knew he was a creep but watching him move irl is just next level gross

2025-05-06 02:58:58 UTC

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FYI- I watched the Nazi use his ID to scan into Cramer. He had a pretty soft spoken voice and seemed quite young. So probably a student at PSU
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2025-05-06 02:45:27 UTC

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When the person was arrested another was shoved to the ground by a cop. They hit the back of their head on the ground and were bleeding quite a bit.
Most folks are now in the front entrance.
Other students held a trans/queer block party and sports day in the park to counter this. Cops just arrested someone there who was seemingly just playing music?

2025-05-06 02:09:44 UTC

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At the front entrance now. At least one person was arrested and PPB got very brutal. I was at the back so didn’t see what happened leading up to this
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2025-05-06 02:01:31 UTC

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Some folks are having a dance party and waving trans flags in the park blocks, others are by the entrance and being more confrontational. Some folks held the back door open as people rushed in. Cops quickly blocked it off

2025-05-06 01:58:19 UTC

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Didn’t catch him with no mask but this is the Nazi. If any researchers want to see the literature he was handing out I have a copy
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2025-05-06 01:37:04 UTC

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Folks just pushed out some dude handing out national socialist literature. Bike cops surrounded him and gave him a personal escort and are now protecting the building he’s hiding in

2025-05-06 01:01:35 UTC

TPUSA is hosting transphobe Riley Gaines at Portland State University tonight at 6:30 pm in the student union. Students have organized a counter demonstration to TPUSA’s bigotry and transphobia being welcome on campus.
Folks have already started gathering in the park blocks on campus. Lots of trans flag around, music blasting, suns out. Portland police bike squad is already out in front of Smith along with campus security and various far-right internet trolls.
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2025-05-04 18:20:35 UTC

Is anyone else seeing a lot more Nazi bikers in town recently? I know I am posting this as the One show is wrapping up but I’ve been noticing it for at least two months or so now so it’s not that.

2025-03-28 21:53:01 UTC

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yeah exactly… let alone a very common font. I also wouldn’t share my crimes online lmao it’s just so stupid for so many reasons but she knows what she’s doing and she’s not very bright.

2025-03-26 17:20:42 UTC

This fucking idiot lol. I post stuff like this ALL the time. So not only are Katie Daviscourt and TPM implying that everything like this I publish is something I myself did, but they are lying and reaching for the stars all to get attention by Elon and the feds on me.
Katie not only are you racist as hell for this but you are also extremely stupid! It took me less than two seconds zooming in to see these are two entirely different fonts lol. But of course that’s not the point is it? We’ve seen time and time again all they’re good for is making stuff up. The point is targeted harassment and violence.
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2025-03-24 23:19:16 UTC

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I’m not sure I honestly don’t really know anything about rose city indivisible

2025-03-24 20:10:41 UTC

Portland for Palestine and all their other ghost groups they’ve created to funnel recruits to FRSO and grift is not a safe group to organize with and their events are unsafe. I cannot emphasize this enough.
A long time ago I posted something on here detailing some of the things they had done that endangered the community. Things have gotten much worse since.
Portland for Palestine/P4P is no longer the only group operating in Portland as FRSO under a different name. They are now operating under “SDS,” “Portland Contra las Deportaciones,” “Awan,” and “Portland for Palestine.”
Not only have these grifters endangered our community, but they are co-opting multiple struggles. First Palestine, now ICE and antifascism too.
My server doesn’t have the search for specific posts I made function, so if anyone is able to find that original post I made easily and can send it to me or post it here, please do 🖤 this is a community safety issue.

2025-03-19 03:34:53 UTC

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it’s like a saying/proverb in Arabic. But I agree, so powerful 🖤

2025-03-19 01:57:39 UTC

Just drove by a Tesla that drove into a wall… I’ve never seen that many people taking pictures of a crash in my entire life

2025-03-18 23:32:11 UTC

Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest. This letter was dictated over the phone from the ICE detention facility in Louisiana:
My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law.
Who has the right to have rights? It is certainly not the humans crowded into the cells here. It isn’t the
Senegalese man I met who has been deprived of his liberty for a year, his legal situation in limbo and his
family an ocean away. It isn’t the 21-year-old detainee I met, who stepped foot in this country at age nine, only to be deported without so much as a hearing.
Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities.
On March 8, I was taken by DHS agents who refused to provide a warrant, and accosted my wife and me as we returned from dinner. By now, the footage of that night has been made public. Before I knew what was happening, agents handcuffed and forced me into an unmarked car. At that moment, my only concern was for Noor’s safety. I had no idea if she would be taken too, since the agents had threatened to arrest her for not leaving my side. DHS would not tell me anything for hours — I did not know the cause of my arrest or if I was facing immediate deportation. At 26 Federal Plaza, I slept on the cold floor. In the early morning hours, agents transported me to another facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. There, I slept on the ground and was refused a blanket despite my request.
My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free
Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night. With January’s
ceasefire now broken, parents in Gaza are once again cradling too-small shrouds, and families are forced to weigh starvation and displacement against bombs. It is our moral imperative to persist in the struggle for their complete freedom.
I was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria to a family which has been displaced from their land
since the 1948 Nakba. I spent my youth in proximity to yet distant from my homeland. But being
Palestinian is an experience that transcends borders. I see in my circumstances similarities to Israel’s use of administrative detention — imprisonment without trial or charge — to strip Palestinians of their rights. I think of our friend Omar Khatib, who was incarcerated without charge or trial by Israel as he returned home from travel. I think of Gaza hospital director and pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was taken captive by the Israeli military on December 27 and remains in an Israeli torture camp today. For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace.
I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear. My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that both the Biden and Trump administrations have demonstrated over the past 16 months as the U.S. has continued to supply Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians and prevented international intervention. For decades, anti-Palestinian racism has driven efforts to expand U.S. laws and practices that are used to violently repress Palestinians, Arab Americans, and other communities. That is precisely why I am being
targeted.
While I await legal decisions that hold the futures of my wife and child in the balance, those who enabled
my targeting remain comfortably at Columbia University. Presidents Shafik, Armstrong, and Dean
Yarhi-Milo laid the groundwork for the U.S. government to target me by arbitrarily disciplining
pro-Palestinian students and allowing viral doxing campaigns — based on racism and disinformation —
to go unchecked.
Columbia targeted me for my activism, creating a new authoritarian disciplinary office to bypass due
process and silence students criticizing Israel. Columbia surrendered to federal pressure by disclosing student records to Congress and yielding to the Trump administration's latest threats. My arrest, the expulsion or suspension of at least 22 Columbia students — some stripped of their B.A. degrees just weeks before graduation — and the expulsion of SWC President Grant Miner on the eve of contract negotiations, are clear examples.
If anything, my detention is a testament to the strength of the student movement in shifting public opinion toward Palestinian liberation. Students have long been at the forefront of change — leading the charge against the Vietnam War, standing on the frontlines of the civil rights movement, and driving the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Today, too, even if the public has yet to fully grasp it, it is students who steer us toward truth and justice.
The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent. Visa-holders, green-card carriers, and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs. In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all.
Knowing fully that this moment transcends my individual circumstances, I hope nonetheless to be free to witness the birth of my first-born child.
https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2025/03/Letter_from_a_Palestinian_Political_Prisoner_in_Louisiana_March_18,_2025.pdf

2025-03-16 03:36:33 UTC

Report back from Rose City Counter Info:
In the Fall of 2024, several dozen trees in the Harborton Reliability Project area were spiked. Metallic and ceramic spikes were used, and between one to three spikes were placed in each selected tree.
We waited before sending this message in order to give time for legal advocacy groups to do their work, and also to let any traces of our presence decay into the loam.
Now, the project continues despite the efforts of the community, and the area threatened to be destroyed has grown.
It is now our time to get to work to defend forest park.
We will not let them take the earth from us.
Sincerely,
P.G.E. (Portlanders Getting Even)
https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2025/03/trees-spiked-in-forest-park/
#portland #oregon #pdx #forestpark #PGE

2025-03-14 06:35:30 UTC

About a dozen cops showed up to the community free store again tonight. Before anyone had even arrived to set up, Jessie Burke, CEO and partner at The Society Hotel, was standing on the corner where folks usually set up with her husband speaking to a handful of police. Burke has a history of being hostile to the houseless community and those providing them resources. (In addition to everything in this article, she has countless posts on her instagram that are vile) https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/05/16/47206194/county-commissioner-candidate-saw-more-than-40k-funneled-to-her-husband-by-a-board-she-oversees
People ended up setting up just around the corner from where the free store typically is on Thursdays. Eventually, the police followed and surveilled from across the street for a while and eventually left. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were thrown off by how many people there were.
I think tonight displayed a successful community defense. While the police were still busy in the initial location with some people who stayed back to argue with them and the police tried to figure out if people had given up, others were around the corner setting up. When I first approached the distro setup in the new area, I was surprised by how many people there were. Not just the usual distro folks and people seeking resources, but others there to support and help keep the distro going even in the face of realtime repression. It wasn’t an ideal location to setup by any means, but people thought quick and didn’t let that ridiculous police response stop the distro from going on.
#CommunityFreeStore #Portland #pdx

2025-03-10 04:18:34 UTC

Nothing but horror stories coming from Syria 💔 7mina ya rab

2025-03-08 19:45:33 UTC

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portland, Oregon. Just edited it!

2025-03-08 19:08:21 UTC

The city has approved PGE’s Harborton Reliability Project, which aims to clearcut 20 acres of
Forest Park to allow PGE to expand. Their goal is to begin this spring. This is 15 more acres than originally reported when this was first proposed.
What is the Harborton Reliability Project?
PGE wants to build new transmission lines from the new Harborton substation to Linton to Hillsboro. This lines up with where Intel plans to build a new semiconductor fabrication plant in the next five years, in addition to rebuilding their existing plant.
These expansions are largely aimed to serve the expansion of Intel and other big tech companies in Silicone Forest (which the city is also trying to expand). Each plant consumes as much electricity as 50,000 homes so the timing and location of this PGE update seems a little more than coincidental. Motivations aside, The Harborton Project started by proposing clear cutting a minimum of 6 acres through the park and putting up a line that would connect to the existing lines owned by the Bonneville Power Administration west of the current project area.
This project area is near the Harborton frog crossing, and it would demolish a wetland home to the red-legged frog that is federally recognized as a species of concern and protected in Oregon. While the initial "Project Area" designated by the PGE Harborton Fact Sheet only illustrated the first 6 acres to be cut headed west, it did not indicate how many additional acres of the park would need to be sacrificed to the southern leg of the project. A year ago, the PGE Harborton Project webpage passively mentioned an additional two phases to this project being in early planning stages but they craftily omitted that they had already obtained the permits for putting in underwater cables down the Columbia and Willamette to the Linnton substation.
PGE’s revised land-use application filed with the City of Portland proposed to clear cut 4.7 acres of 150+ year old Douglas fir and bigleaf maple trees and proposes to remove 5 white oak trees estimated to be 170-500 years old. In total, the proposal included the removal of 376 living trees, and 21 dead trees. It will permanently fill at least two wetlands and disrupts two streams that support multiple species of aquatic wildlife. That’s all when it was still 4.7 acres.
They slowly added more phases to their project as things progressed, which means more clear cutting of Forest Park. According to PGE, phase 5 of this project may also impact an additional 15 acres of Forest Park to the northwest and west potentially disrupting the Miller Creek watershed which contains salmon habitat. So it’s still unclear just *how much* they intend to clearcut, something PGE has been intentionally vague and confusing about from the early planning stages.
I will be updating regularly about this as things progress. #ForestPark #PGE

2025-03-07 22:44:13 UTC

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I simply can’t get over how many cops showed up for a distro.
If you’ve never been to the Thursday free store location or are unfamiliar with the area… it’s usually somewhere off 3 or 4th and Flanders in downtown. Right by the Blanchet House. There is really not much going on around there.. a car will drive by every now and then, but it’s a very sparse traffic area. Same with foot traffic. Outside of people there for the free store, hardly anyone walks by. The community free store doesn’t bother anyone, it isn’t loud, not once has it blocked traffic, nothing. It’s even pretty hidden away.
There is no way to justify this.
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2025-03-07 22:39:15 UTC

Yesterday at the community free store's Thursday distro, Portland Police arrived and began to harass community members both seeking and distributing resources. Around 6:00 PM, a group of about four officers approached as people were still setting up. They informed those present that the tables on the sidewalk needed to be removed or citations would be issued. Moments later, without any warning or explanation, an officer grabbed an individual by one of the tables, forced them to their knees, and restrained their hands behind their back. They were then dragged across the street, handcuffed, and placed in a squad car where they were held for 30 minutes before being released. When asked why they were being arrested, an officer said that they were just detaining people to get their identification.
In a matter of minutes, police went from supposedly being there because of the tables to detaining people they claimed were on the street. Soon after, the police presence intensified, with at least 11 squad cars present and over 20 officers on foot, filling an entire city block. Multiple people walking by asked if someone had been shot. It should be noted that PPB consistently complains about staff shortages but they have no issue sending out an insane amount of resources to harass and assault the houseless community and those helping them.
After the first arrest, I was standing on the sidewalk when two officers approached me, pulled me into the street, and restrained my hands behind my back. One officer repeatedly presented me with two options: accept a citation or go to jail.
Feeling angry and unjustly accused, I remained silent, refusing to comply with an unfair choice. When I didn't respond as he hoped, I was handcuffed and taken back to the sidewalk.
Eventually, I was released with a citation, which I believe was for impeding traffic, though the details are illegible.
During this incident, 3 people total were detained and cited, others were also subjected to harassment and being assaulted by the police, and citations were issued to parked cars nearby.
The community free store has become an essential resource in Portland, flourishing over the past year. It provides hot food, water, snacks, seasonal clothing, hygiene and medical supplies, tents, blankets, and more-resources that can be lifesaving.
Since January 2nd, the police have increasingly targeted the community free store. Initially, they surveiled from their vehicles, but soon escalated to recording from a distance, questioning individuals in groups, and gathering intelligence. Yesterday marked a significant escalation of their tactics.
As in previous encounters, when PPB threatened to cite individuals, many who relied on these vital resources left empty-handed. This intimidation strategy effectively discourages vulnerable populations from seeking help. Which is of course intentional. The police's actions also aim to instill fear among those distributing resources and to deter future congregation and participation. Detaining and citing individuals also serves to identify them for further intelligence gathering on these communities.
Mutual aid efforts, the poor, and houseless communities have long faced repression and state-sanctioned violence. The autonomy and self-reliance fostered by these community initiatives challenge state authority and control over our lives. It is not uncommon for those involved in mutual aid to experience harassment, surveillance, physical violence, arrests, and citations. The state utilizes various repressive measures, criminalizing mutual aid activities and deploying law enforcement to disrupt gatherings. This situation highlights the ongoing tension between state power and community resilience, emphasizing the urgent need to protect mutual aid as a crucial form of organization that addresses systemic inequalities and promotes collective empowerment.
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2025-03-07 04:14:45 UTC

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My wrist is already bruising from their handcuffs and my skin is raised from being pinched… even people watching were yelling at PPB to stop twisting my arm as they removed my cuffs.
I know it’s always fuck 12 but wow what an insanely gross response for people doing distro and not bothering a soul. Portland police are definitely escalating their response to the community free store this is the worst yet.

2025-03-07 03:46:34 UTC

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That was so fucked. 3 people including myself detained and cited. Counted at least 11 squad cars.
I was standing on the sidewalk and pulled off by cops who then handcuffed me and held me for over 30 minutes. I was let go with a citation for impeding traffic I think, the citation is not legible so not entirely sure and the cops didn’t tell me what the citation was.

2025-03-07 02:24:34 UTC

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Multiple people detained

2025-03-07 02:19:50 UTC

Pretty big police presence at free store. They’re citing people for distributing food and supplies to the community.
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2025-02-28 01:44:04 UTC

Stopped by a brewery before leaving the coast earlier today. We sat outside, it was a really beautiful day so it was pretty busy. The hostess walked up to a table that had two men sitting at it with a drink. She told them that they were fine there before because there was space, but now that people needed to be seated they had to move because they ordered a beer from the bar and those tables are only for table service. She pointed out an another outdoor seating area they could utilize. The two guys started getting mad, one of them was like “I don’t like that. You’re saying we need to leave our table? I’ve never been asked to move like this in my entire life” and just kept going off. The hostess repeated herself and she was being really kind and apologetic just explaining the situation… they finally got up and were still going off at her. As they were walking away one of them shouted “liberal bathrooms, of course it’s a liberal brewery!” making a huge scene.
For about an hour after all I could think about was the bathrooms. I was so curious what was so liberal about them. I thought maybe at most they had inclusive signage or something that could’ve triggered these dudes. I finally got up to check it out… it was just single stall bathrooms with walls from floor to ceiling?? The only sign I saw was one on the way that said “bathrooms” with an arrow lol. Such babies

2025-02-24 17:55:13 UTC

This video played on loop for about 5 minutes straight at the Department of Housing and Urban Development HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, according to an agency source.
Staff at the building couldn’t figure out how to turn it off, so they sent people to every floor to unplug all the TVs lol
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/060/137/454/746/148/original/d72868ba709cbe3a.mp4

2025-02-23 19:37:29 UTC

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Idaho, and CDA specifically, has long been a testing ground for nazis and the far right. It’s an organizational hub for neo nazis and christo-fash, perhaps even the strongest/biggest in the country for both above and underground groups and organizing.
In addition to countless neo nazi groups, klan, militias, active clubs, Aryan nation, etc that were born and exist in Idaho, politicians in Idaho also have strong ties to white nationalists and far-right militias- including former lieutenant governor Janice McGeachin who is not ashamed to hide her love for far-right militias like the Three Percent Militia, spoke at Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist America First Political Action Conference, and has close ties to Ammon Bundy. Or Idaho state representative Heather Scott, who was an active participant in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Or Dave Reilly, who promoted the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, who was endorsed by the Idaho Freedom Foundation for a school board position (who lost and was then hired by the IFF as a communications strategist). There are countless examples such as these.
IFF is a far right lobbying group, and they are a major player in Idahos politics with a lot of power and influence, and are deeply tied to the far right. In 2022, 9 candidates who were not endorsed by the IFF say they were stalked, harassed, doxxed, and feared for their safety due to threats from white supremacists- several of which withdrew from the races because of this. One of the candidates even had a far right group doing “training sessions” outside of her home to intimidate her.
Pay attention to Idaho.

2025-02-23 18:50:56 UTC

Yesterday, a woman was detained by three men who
refused to identify themselves for speaking during a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee town hall and pointing out that town halls are supposed to feature citizen comment. The men who detained her were not wearing any badges or security labels/company logos. They were carrying zip ties on them, and were handing out religious Christo-fash pamphlets. Some of the material they were passing out was titled “prayer guide for state legislators - make America righteous again”
The woman illegally detained is Teresa Borrenpohl. Other people (all democrats, according to local media) who tried to help were also detained. Additional footage displays an off duty officer attempting to remove her before the men in black did. He threatened to use force against her and threatened anyone who was filming.
The town hall took place at a high school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Local Idaho media claims that her violent removal was initiated by County Sheriff Bob Norris before involving LEAR Asset management, a private security firm with alleged ties to sheriff Norris.
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/054/696/367/264/244/original/738864022a4e4d5a.mp4

2025-02-23 17:40:13 UTC

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wait… what??

2025-02-23 17:34:23 UTC

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appreciate it. I don’t know her personally but she’s friends with my mom and her sisters. It’s hard hearing news like this, and it’s almost harder seeing how normal it is for many people I care about

2025-02-23 04:58:39 UTC

Family friend in Syria got kidnapped after teaching a lecture at a university that included a section on women’s rights. All we know is she was taken by men they’re assuming are soldiers. No one knows where she is or if she’s still alive

2025-02-18 03:35:22 UTC

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I have over 600 pics to go thru from today but here’s a few of the don’t tread on me
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2025-02-18 03:30:33 UTC

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same lol
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2025-02-18 03:22:34 UTC

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deport deez nuts
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2025-02-18 03:20:52 UTC

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Some photos from today
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2025-02-18 00:37:37 UTC

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https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/022/091/307/863/757/original/4c7ac837af035322.mp4

2025-02-17 23:52:53 UTC

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I stg lol. Will share more pics when I get home. Very curious if they’re actually politically aligned with that, or if it’s a situation where liberals saw the far right using certain things and now doing it against them kinda thing

2025-02-17 23:48:55 UTC

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There are so many don’t tread on me signs omg. One person is even wearing a Gadsden flag around their shoulders

2025-02-17 23:41:20 UTC

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Dance party slowly transformed into chanting while the streets are blocked off. Energy got even higher. Pretty good vibes today, there was a really good energy and the best way I can describe it is as people feeling inspired- this is based off both talking to folks who are out and just palpable good vibes idk
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/021/852/620/370/881/original/db8c23a54b0cb7f5.mp4

2025-02-17 22:57:01 UTC

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Pretty much all day everyone has been following all laws. Even during the march the group got very split because people stopped for every single red light. All day the crowd has kept to sidewalks and parks. A few people put traffic cones on the block right in front of city hall blocking oncoming traffic. Now people have flooded into the streets. Lots of cheering, dancing and music