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Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

“It was totally unprovoked. It was not the kind of crowd that shouts the ‘F word.’ It was people like us, our neighbors. There were families, there were several veterans,” Laurie Eckman told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “With no warning the feds charged into us, knocked us down and sprayed us. I was hit in the head with a projectile.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/federal-agents-knock-down-elderly-couple-during-portland-protest.html

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Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Photo of an elderly woman's head with bruising and blood both on her skin and saturating her hair.

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@bicmay@med-mastodon.com · yesterday

This weekend, I mailed 50 postcards to likely Vietnamese voters in California asking them to vote for Prop 50 to counter mid-decade redistricting requested by the President. He and the GOP can't win based on their unpopular policies so they're gerrymandering districts so elected officials can choose their voters.

Check out https://www.pivotnetwork.org/postcards to learn more. 🗳️

#redistricting #gerrymandering #voters #elections #california #prop50 #UShouse #USpol

PIVOT - The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization

2025 Vote YES On Prop 50 Postcards Campaign — PIVOT - The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization

Postcards with the American flag in red, white, and blue graphic features a blue circle with the message "Vote YES on Prop 50" in English and Vietnamese on one side. On the plain side, there are handwritten messages: "Xin chào [Voter’s First Name],

The future of our democracy is in your hands.Vote YES on Prop 50!

Tương lai của nền dân chủ nằm trong tay bạn. Xin bầu YES cho Dự Luật 50!"

- [Your First Name] — Postcards with the American flag in red, white, and blue graphic features a blue circle with the message "Vote YES on Prop 50" in English and Vietnamese on one side. On the plain side, there are handwritten messages: "Xin chào [Voter’s First Name], The future of our democracy is in your hands.Vote YES on Prop 50! Tương lai của nền dân chủ nằm trong tay bạn. Xin bầu YES cho Dự Luật 50!" - [Your First Name]

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@vextaur@blog.taursnd.haus · 21 hours ago

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · yesterday

APROPOS OF EVERYTHING

MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes.

Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/

❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live…❞

in Manhattan, a living wage should be $33/hour.

the purpose of a capitalist is to keep us in debt & poverty

#labor #fascism #USpol

a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc.

i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing:

0 Children - $56,138
1 Child - $95,156
2 Children - $117,239
3 Children - $145,871 — a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc. i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing: 0 Children - $56,138 1 Child - $95,156 2 Children - $117,239 3 Children - $145,871

for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) :

with 0 Children
- LW $32.85
- PW $7.52
- MW $15.50

with 1 Child:
- LW $55.38
- PW $10.17
- MW $15.50 — for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) : with 0 Children - LW $32.85 - PW $7.52 - MW $15.50 with 1 Child: - LW $55.38 - PW $10.17 - MW $15.50

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@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe · yesterday

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Making the job bad news:

Suppose that when an ICE agent tries to arrest someone, state and local officials demand to see their identification and the warrant for arresting that person. If the agent fails to provide one, the state law-enforcement officer could say: "Since you are apparently not working for the federal government and have no arrest warrant for this person, I have to assume you are a common criminal trying to kidnap someone. Kidnapping is a state crime. You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, etc." Then the ICE agent is handcuffed, taken away and charged with kidnapping. ICE agents who break down doors to gain entry to buildings and can't prove they are federal agents following lawful orders could be arrested for burglary or breaking and entering under state laws. Having states aggressively enforce their own laws against individual agents and doing their best to not have them released on bail changes the incentive structure for wanting to work for ICE. How many headlines do there have to be saying: "ICE agent arrested for kidnapping and held without bail" before many agents start looking for other jobs?

The whole article on how to defeat #Trump #blackmail is excellent. Please boost so the idea takes hold, especially if you k ow people in state and local law enforcement.

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Items/Oct06-1.html

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