I live in the Southwest United States. I work in a sand and gravel surface mine. Outside. For 10+ hours a day. This summer has been nothing but insane temperatures. Yesterday I drank 2 gallons of gatorade and a gallon of water. That's a little above average, but not abnormal.

Feel free to ask questions, I'm in a sharing mood, though they probably won't get answered until tomorrow night.

Do you live in the United States? The Republican Party won't just not save you, they will actively put you in danger on the mere possibility of making their political rivals look bad. Yes, we all had a pretty good idea this was happening, but to have it confirmed? I wonder if we could try them for 150 000 cases of first degree murder. This isn't a case of avoiding the issue, it

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/protests-portland-federal-withdrawal.html

If the paywall shows up, reload the page and hit the stop button as soon as the text is up.

So, I looks like we might be getting somewhere with the removal of federal troops from Portland. I'm not happy with the open ended nature of the condition, but it's a start in the right direction.

Why am I just NOW hearing about this!?! And why isn't it being blasted across every news network in the country?!

https://medium.com/@wkc6428/the-lead-federal-agency-responding-to-protesters-in-portland-employs-thousands-of-private-db137349f8b0

And the scary thing is, I'm not even surprised at this point.

I can't not share.

Behold! Canterlot!

It's only a model.

SHH!

The United States Department of Homeland Security has outright admitted to be planning on expanding their 'political dissident reeducation vans' out beyond Portland.

The short version.

The original NPR interview.

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https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/

That is an established news source, not some guys op-ed or conspiracy blog. This is happening. Right now. In "the capital of the free world".

Is this our great America?

Update: Oregon is basically telling Trump to GTFO. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/18/892617402/oregon-to-sue-federal-agencies-over-protest-enforcement?ft=nprml&f=1001

Okay, as my lack of other blogs show, I dont really post my thoughts here often. Just check my join date and this blog's post date.

Granted, a good portion of that is that I have so very few people to actually say anything to...

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