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Portland DSA electoral co-chair, Reform & Revolution caucus, union organizer

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Bolshetrick @bolshetrick.bsky.social · 5d

Metro Chamber exposed for performative Anti-ICE approach.

Build the organization that will fight ICE from the city council and the state legislature!

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Kori 🌹

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On weds night, after the crowd spent hours saying Angelita was uniquely pro-ICE (???) clr. Koyama lane highlighted that Mitch (a white guy) co-sponsored the reso. The crowd then began bullying Koyama lane

pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 3d

It’s also not lost on me these same folks are praising my male colleague for clarifying the permit process for the ICE building while they’ve raked me through the coals for explaining it.

Genuinely hilarious.

November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Bolshetrick

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200 recruits from the @demsocialists.bsky.social fall recruitment drive for @portlanddsa.bsky.social topping the leaderboard!!!!

Make the number go up here 👇👇👇

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November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM

Bolshetrick

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How it feels to delete Outlook

November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM

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Portland DSA

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Celebrating this victory today! Just after the state AG settled with a big landlord Corp for using robot ripoff software, Portland has banned its use! Thanks to @councilormorillo.bsky.social for leading on this.

November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM

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Kori 🌹

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A better future was within reach and it’s getting rat fucked out from under us by our scarecrow freak goblin mayor

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 5d

Portland Housing Director Helmi Hisserich has resigned after being "asked to step down without notice that my work was unsatisfactory.”

Her resignation letter, shared with OPB, points to a divide between how the city addresses its housing and homelessness crises.

Portland housing director resigns after placed on leave by mayor

Helmi Hisserich, the head of Portland’s housing department, has resigned after abruptly being placed on leave by Mayor Keith Wilson.

www.opb.org

November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Bolshetrick

@bolshetrick.bsky.social

Metro Chamber exposed for performative Anti-ICE approach.

Build the organization that will fight ICE from the city council and the state legislature!

Join DSA Today!

act.dsausa.org/s/3546.hO3eBk

November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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Portland DSA

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Welp, it looks like the Portland Metro Chamber’s solidarity with the community against ICE and a federal invasion ends at charging an impact fee to property owners who would rent their properties to detention facilities that harm neighbors & drain public resources.

Can’t say that we’re surprised!

November 18, 2025
Honorable Portland Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney and Councilors,
We write to express our opposition to the Detention Facility Impact Fee. While we understand your motivation for proposing such an ordinance, we write to ask you to consider the long-tterm implications and unintended consequences of this proposal.
The Portland Metro Chamber (The Chamber) is greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce and represents the largest, most diverse network of businesses in the region. The Alliance advocates for business at all levels of government to support commerce, community health and the region's overall prosperity. We represent more than 2,100 members, from 27 counties, 13 states and virtually every industry sector. More than 80% of our members are small businesses We share your concerns with the current federal administration's antagonistic approach to our community, and we were grateful that half the members of this council joined over 175 elected officials and organizations signing on to our call to action for a unified voice of opposition to an unjustified federal troop deployment.
For more than a century and a half-since before Oregon achieved statehood-Portland has been a city where civic expression, including protest, has played a defining role in our public life. Throughout this long history, the City has never required the subject of a protest to bear the financial burden associated with public safety, cleanup, or street closures. The proposal now under consideration would dramatically depart from that long-standing principle and create an avenue for targeted financial liability based solely on the political aims of others.
This change would introduce significant long-term risks. Portland's political landscape has evolved over time and will continue to do so. A policy that allows elected officials to levy costs on entities that are the focus of protests-regardless of whether those entities organized,

1. Lack of Environmental Impact Evaluation
To our knowledge, the City has never undertaken an environmental impact assessment of protest activity. If the environmental effects of demonstrations are a basis for new fees or restrictions, such analysis should be conducted before establishing a policy framework that selectively assigns financial responsibility.
2. Departure From Established Practice for Civic Events
While the City routinely requires event organizers to cover public safety and right-of-way impacts for parades, marathons, and other permitted activities, this proposal would mark the first time a tax-paying business would be charged for costs associated with an event it did not host, sanction, or participate in. This is a significant shift in policy with far-reaching implications.
3. Risk of Creating a New Revenue Mechanism Targeting Businesses
If adopted, this measure could establish a precedent enabling the City to levy impact fees whenever a business becomes the focus of a protest. Such a mechanism would send a chilling signal to the commercial real estate and broader business community. Portland competes with other cities and surrounding jurisdictions for investment; proposals that create unpredictable or punitive cost exposure threaten our competitiveness.
4. Absence of Protestor Accountability
While the Chamber strongly supports the right to free speech and peaceful assembly, the current proposal places the entirety of the financial burden on the business being targeted-regardless of the actions of demonstrators. This raises a fundamental policy

Portland's success depends on fostering a stable, predictable, and fair business environment. We urge the Council to reconsider this proposal and engage stakeholders in developing a policy approach that honors our city's values, protects constitutional rights, and sustains the economic vitality that Portland depends on.
Portland Metro Chamber
Multifamily NW
Oregon Smart Growth
Home Building Association of Greater Portland
Building Owners & Managers Association of Oregon

November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Bolshetrick

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Join the winning team

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November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Bolshetrick

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🚨Breaking News🚨

@portlanddsa.bsky.social is officially #1 on the @demsocialists.bsky.social fall drive leaderboard for recruitment, edging out @dsa.la

Red Northwest on the come up!

Help us boost the numbers even more here👇👇👇

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November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Bolshetrick

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Welp you heard it here first….

I am about to be named deputy mayor for cannabis dispensaries and picket lines.

November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Bolshetrick

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Bluesky can’t do polls which is why it will be a sub par platform for easy dsa engagement posts

November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM

Bolshetrick

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Making sure every @portlanddsa.bsky.social member gets a little piece of history at our November GM

November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Bolshetrick

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7 days of non-stop @demsocialists.bsky.social electoralism.

2 days for the @jakeephros.bsky.social campaign in Jersey City.

4 days of non-stop hustling for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Many lessons to draw for our comrades in @portlanddsa.bsky.social

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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Bolshetrick

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Unprecedented levels of DSA patriotism on every conceivable TL.

Come join us on the winning team.

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November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Bolshetrick

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Mission accomplished

November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Bolshetrick

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Our 6 am poll visibility crew.

My ankles are destroyed but it’s worth it to be one small drop of water in the absolute tidal wave our organizing can accomplish!