Matthew Seedorff

@MattSeedorff

NEW: Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver tells me she no longer feels safe living in Los Angeles, CA. She evacuated to a hotel in Marina Del Rey during the Palisades Fire, where thieves stole her car full of grand slam trophies. #PalisadesFire #California

https://x.com/MattSeedorff/status/1880754780186010034

KanekoaTheGreat

@KanekoaTheGreat

NEW: Tech billionaire and lifelong Democrat Mark Pincus reveals his "Red Pill" moment, sparked by Mike Solana's Pirate Wires and the "very fine people" hoax, culminating in him voting for Donald Trump.

"I started reading @PirateWires and @micsolana, and I thought he was a little crazy at first because he would write these articles, and one he wrote was about how the Ukrainian soldiers had swastikas on their helmets, and the NYT photographers would ask them to take the swastikas off for photos."

"I said that can't be true, and then four months later, it was in the NYT buried in the middle of the paper, and I kept seeing stories like that that he would be early on. So, I started feeling more uncomfortable and queasy with what was going on with mainstream media."

"Then, in May 2024, I read an article that talked about Trump's speech in Charlottesville, where he said there are good people on both sides, and the article said it was completely propaganda and didn't actually reflect what he said. That he denounced the Nazis a bunch of times in his speech, so then I went and watched that video, and that was my red pill moment."

"I think it was for a lot of people because it wasn't just the media or politicians spinning it. That speech was one of the pillars of why you were supposed to hate Trump. Then you see Biden say that's why he had to run a second time, and Obama says it, and Biden brings it up again at the DNC."

"They clearly know they are misrepresenting things, so for me, that was beyond uncomfortable. Now, I have to go back to first principles and look at the primary data, listen to only original speeches by people, and I just realized I couldn't trust the mainstream media."

What was your Red Pill moment?

Drop your story in the comments.👇

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1880677951920013332

Oregon mandates training for state workers to not cooperate with Trump deportation plans

As the next Trump administration is poised to crack down on illegal immigration impacting the nation, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services is in the midst of conducting mandatory staff training sessions that instruct employees not to cooperate with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The trainings cover Oregon's sanctuary laws, which prohibit state and local law enforcement and government employees from assisting federal immigration officials with immigration enforcement.

On Thursday, Oregon's Department of Administrative Services sent an email to its more than 11,000 employees, urging them to complete its "Oregon Sanctuary Promise" training, which teaches employees how to recognize behavior that may be "violating the law" if ICE agents were to approach government employees.

"A new training will be assigned to you in Workday (starting Friday, Jan. 17) and I want to explain its importance and the timeline for completing the training. The title of the training is Oregon Sanctuary Promise and it covers Oregon's laws relating to our status as a 'sanctuary state.' Many of you know that Oregon was the first state to pass a law (in 1987) prohibiting state and local police and government from helping federal authorities with immigration enforcement," wrote Debbie Dennis, deputy director of Oregon's Administrative Services, in an email.

"This training is about Oregon law and how it affects what state employees can and cannot do. The training will help you identify if you are witnessing behavior that violates the law, and you will know what action to take. And in the rare event that any of us are approached to assist in immigration enforcement, we'll know the steps Oregon law specifies we must take," the email continued. "The training takes about 30 minutes, and we have 30 days to complete it. Workday will assign it to you Friday, Jan. 17, and I ask that you make completing it a high priority, working with your supervisor if you experience any workload or other issues that hinder this assignment."

The Oregon Department of Justice, regarding the Oregon Promise Law, states: "The Sanctuary Promise Act requires all requests made by federal agencies to state and local law enforcement and government agencies regarding immigration enforcement to be documented, reported, and denied."

The training comes as Democratic-run sanctuary states and cities across the nation devise plans to combat President-elect Donald Trump's proposed immigration enforcement laws. This includes mass deportations, the elimination of sanctuary cities, and resuming border wall construction.

Oregon's sanctuary laws have been criticized by Republican lawmakers, particularly Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West who recently called for the state to terminate its "sanctuary" status." The request followed the arrest of Jesus Ascensio-Molina, 31, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who is being held in custody for allegedly stabbing an elderly man during an attempted carjacking on December 27, 2024.

According to an ICE official, Ascensio-Molina was deported in 2013 and later returned to the US on an unknown date. Since his release, he has faced numerous criminal charges, including an attempted murder arrest in 2018. In 2018, ICE submitted a detainer for Ascensio-Molina, requesting that the state notify them if he were to be released from prison. ICE was never alerted of his release due to Oregon's sanctuary laws, an ICE spokesperson told The Post Millennial. Ascensio-Molina went on to reoffend.

During a recent commissioner's meeting, Commissioner West asserted: "I want to make it clear that I think this was preventable, and I think it was horrific. When we see this happen in our community, I don't think that we should be ok with Oregon not working with ICE to deport this guy."

In addition to Oregon, Democratic lawmakers in neighboring Washington state have re-declared their state's "sanctuary status" and have been exploring strategies to impede federal immigration authorities. This includes offering training courses for illegal immigrants on how to avoid federal arrest.

https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-mandates-training-for-state-workers-to-not-cooperate-with-trump-deportation-plans?cfp