Andy Borowitz shared the story of Patricia from Portland. His final paragraph urges readers to share Patricia’s, so here we are.
The Hero We Need Now
How a tiny 75-year-old woman stood up to Kristi Noem’s goons.
Dec 16, 2025
One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say.
Last week, this comment from a subscriber named Patricia got my attention:
“Exciting day for old ladies, I was arrested in front of the ICE building in Portland Oregon. The charge was obstructing access to a federal facility. Great optics a 75 year old white woman, 5’2”, 120 lbs., being dragged off by armed DHS officers. I was handcuffed and held for almost an hour. Being a nasty woman, instead of cringing and crying, I made fun of them and bragged about my history as a serial murderer and how being arrested and handcuffed ticked off another bucket list item for me. We have it all on video, can’t wait to show it to the judge.”
If this is the first you’re hearing of this incident, there’s a good reason: the corporate media refused to cover it.
So I decided to share Patricia’s story.
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Read the rest of Patricia’s story at TBR.
Michael Seidel, writer 
Long and loud applause to this woman!!!
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bravo, bravo. wouldn’t it be hysterical if one day very soon an entire women’s club of old ladies, armed with canes and cameras, showed up at one of these detainment places, and had a sit in. Or, maybe a cane-in. I think we’ve lost my husband. I showed this to him and he said, ‘she was obstructing people. She deserved it.”. oops.
She is, by the way, an example to all of us old ladies.
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Thank you to her and to all the old ladies for helping us becoming woke, involved, and aware. May there be many, many more of them. May the old men join them, along with the young. Sorry about hubby, though. Sad to hear. Hugs ‘n cheers, M
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