BusyJunco
Observations of Oregon, the West Coast, adjacent lands. Interests include housing, politics, local Oregon eateries, transportation, photography. Data scientist, healthcare. She/Her. On free Substack: @busyjunco.
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- The more I think about that conservative dem mayor of San Jose getting into the governor's race, the more I wonder if he is literally compromised in some way. It's a very strange decision. Someone is leading him into it imho. the jungle primary creates a hazard of minority rule, and spoilers help.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoSource: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoNew in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative "There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
- Reposted by BusyJunco"Minnesota’s ICE-watchers, along with supportive demonstrations from hundreds of clergy and others, have gotten the horrors into more information streams. More people are paying attention, undermining Trump regime lies, and shifting public stances." www.liberalcurrents.com/nonpolitical...
- Wow, thanks NW Natural, I would love to get a rebate on natural gas for my (checks under floorboards) all-electric house that is ten yards from the nearest gas line!
- Reposted by BusyJuncoWhat comes from pretending torture wasn’t torture.
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- Reposted by BusyJuncoIf only they made Kevlar that can protect the wearer from verbal assault.
- “Just let us kidnap your neighbors,”they say. “Just let us terrorize the schools. Just be quiet about it. Don’t be so heated. Turn down the rhetoric and let us grab them. Just let us grab them. We have nothing else. We need to attack them and grab them and steal them. It’s all we have. Just let us.”
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- Reposted by BusyJuncoNEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social: “I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.” "In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
- The Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) has been established and yes this is real. Excellent. federaloverreach.org/announcement
- Very good. As painful as it is, his memory would be honored by flattening the Trump admin in court.
- The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
- I interpret the “scoops” thing to mean right wing vlogger style propaganda ops.
- Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
- This seems oddly good and the Feds behaving normally. Hopefully it means we won’t see more bad incidents at the state hospital, which is now no longer in danger of losing an important Medicare status.
- After care and safety violations, state psychiatric hospital returns to ‘substantial compliance,’ feds say lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/govern...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoFrom @joshtpm.bsky.social "Trump’s ICE-fluffing MAGA army ... will get their footing. But they don’t have it yet. So it’s just critical for opposition elected officials and really everyone who cares about America’s future to be applying maximum pressure right now." good read. gift link.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoA retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
- Oregon’s legislative session begins Feb 2nd. Legislators are writing legislation now related to ICE, data centers, transportation, and more. If you want influence, contact your state Rep or senator or both and make suggestions now: www.oregonlegislature.gov/FindYourLegi... #Portland
- Republicans have lived in a post-democracy era for some time - in their ultra-safe districts, their voters show up and hire them year after year regardless of their behavior. Democrats face blistering criticism on even minor transgressions. Here is the result.
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- Reposted by BusyJuncoThe mainstream press isn’t resisting because they are colluding and it’s been a while
- Reposted by BusyJuncoNEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors: "It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
- Reposted by BusyJuncoThis photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release. AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
- Reposted by BusyJunco♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
- Reposted by BusyJunco“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
- Reposted by BusyJuncoHas the Capital Chronicle helped you keep up with Oregon news? We're trying to raise $20,000 by the end of the year to continue our work. No ads. No paywall. No fear or favor.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoPlease support nonprofit news orgs like @oregoncapitalchronicle.com and @boltsmag.org, who are bringing us really good journalism during a time when we need it most.
- It hasn’t been getting in the national media, but ICE has been wreaking havoc in two of Oregon’s most diverse areas - Washington County, and Woodburn down to Salem. Hillsboro - a major suburb and home to Intel’s largest factories - declared a state of emergency this week as well.
- Welp. I built my second threads account up again, and started having some popular posts, and they just suspended me again for no reason. They are literally killing my account as soon as I make posts that are popular. Back to the personal diary that is bluesky, I guess.
- It's disturbing as hell that someone keeps getting me banned. I guess I'm being stalked but I have no idea by who.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.” www.esquire.com/news-politic...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoI really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoFox chyron reads "ANTI-ICE PROTESTS ROCK CHARLOTTE" while in the background on their liveshot you can see people in frog and dinosaur costumes
- Reposted by BusyJuncoAs @lastweektonight.com covered tonight, local public media stations across the country are in crisis. You can help out by going to adoptastation.org
- Reposted by BusyJuncoThis, from the people who said sending artillery shells to Ukraine would leave us unable to defend Taiwan.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoA nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1
- Reposted by BusyJuncoIn Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
- Reposted by BusyJunco🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions. 📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146... #sciencepolicy #saveNASA
- Reposted by BusyJuncoThe Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoPortland Parks has scheduled a Pre-Application Conference in advance of the design competition for the Tom McCall Waterfront Park Bowl Redevelopment Project, which will "reimagine the Bowl and create the foundation for future improvements to the entire park" www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoMary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoI lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoYesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoPeople swear up and down that the notion of "supply and demand" is somehow not relevant to Bend, Oregon... Eppur si muove
- Well look at that... plenty of new homes gives renters more choice, stopping rent hikes 🤔 bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoRecall alert: A manufacturer of organic baby formula has recalled all of its products sold nationwide. ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution. FDA inspectors were at the Portland plant yesterday.
- The absolute mess that is the center and left side of the British political spectrum is really putting them in danger of handing the country to people who will take it down a very dark path.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoWent for a bike ride today and was in just shorts/jersey. Pretty incredible for November in Oregon!
- Reposted by BusyJuncoNEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs. So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract. Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
- Reposted by BusyJuncoThese are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country. Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoTrump is offering a pardon to any criminal who tried to help him steal an election. The most corrupt administration in history and Republicans won’t say a peep.
- Disgusting. White supremacy enforced at home and abroad.
- Oregon was prepared (thanks Gov Kotek) and grabbed our money before Trump / Miller could take it away again. Outsmarted, the regime pattetically wants to claw the money back. Too late, it’s all out there feeding humans in need.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoI'm actually pretty interested in how much Republicans can paper over wrecking the lives of their voters with petty bigotries before they turn on them. Obviously, White Southerners have tolerated this for generations, but I think this is new for a lot of the GOP's base.
- Calls are growing for local authorities, including police, to be willing to confront ICE and protect their communities. These calls are only going to grow louder. Seeing local cops brag about shoplifting operations while residents are terrorized isn’t tenable. #oregon www.kgw.com/article/news...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoUS mortgages at 30 years are already at the high end compared to other wealthy countries, which are more likely to have 20 to 25 year terms. www.oecd.org/content/dam/... Every year the mortgage term is extended, the more interest the household is paying.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoI’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
- Reposted by BusyJuncoNext Saturday: Our big bowling beer bash to benefit the West Seattle Food Bank! Join us at the annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl. And the release of Beer Church IPA by @georgetownbrewing.bsky.social . washingtonbeerblog.com/beer-church-...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoAxios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
- Reposted by BusyJuncoVictor Cruz is an upstanding member of the Hillsboro community who never should have been detained by ICE. I’m grateful that his wrongful detention has come to an end and that he is reunited with his family. 🧵
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- Reposted by BusyJuncoSNAP Order From First Circuit: bottom line up front: First Circuit declines to issue an administrative stay, says "The government's motion for a stay pending appeal remains pending, and we intend to issue a decision on that motion as quickly as possible" www.patreon.com/posts/143085...
- Reposted by BusyJuncoJohnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg for 16 years, won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat, helping break the Republican Party’s supermajority for the first time in six years.
