@dixon64.bsky.social
Could the council really be this stupid?
What's wrong w/ an out of city camping facility w/ security, fresh water, laundry services, counselors, shelter, food, etc.?
katu.com/news/local/p...
What's wrong w/ an out of city camping facility w/ security, fresh water, laundry services, counselors, shelter, food, etc.?
katu.com/news/local/p...
Portland City Council considering plan to cut $4.3 million from homeless camp cleanup fund
The Portland City Council will consider a proposal cutting roughly $4.3M from the Impact Reduction Program and redirect some of it to rent and food assistance.
katu.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Could the council really be this stupid?
What's wrong w/ an out of city camping facility w/ security, fresh water, laundry services, counselors, shelter, food, etc.?
katu.com/news/local/p...
What's wrong w/ an out of city camping facility w/ security, fresh water, laundry services, counselors, shelter, food, etc.?
katu.com/news/local/p...
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The family and friends of Victor Cruz said he presented ICE agents with his ID and valid work permit, but the agents told him, “work permits don’t matter anymore.”
‘I will fight for my father’: family of Hillsboro man arrested by ICE push for his release
An immigration judge in Tacoma this week refused to hear Victor Cruz’s bond case
www.opb.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The family and friends of Victor Cruz said he presented ICE agents with his ID and valid work permit, but the agents told him, “work permits don’t matter anymore.”
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUDQoeb/
We accept this level of invasive spying & deceptive propagandizing of Americans by a foreign nation for one & ONLY one reason:
AIPAC owns our government.
Period.
All it took was lots of well placed campaign donations. That’s how cheaply the Constitution was sold.
We accept this level of invasive spying & deceptive propagandizing of Americans by a foreign nation for one & ONLY one reason:
AIPAC owns our government.
Period.
All it took was lots of well placed campaign donations. That’s how cheaply the Constitution was sold.
DOJ Document CONFIRMS Israel SPYING on Christians 🔎 A FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) document available on the DOJ website confirms that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is operating an...
TikTok video by Vet's Inner Voice
www.tiktok.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUDQoeb/
We accept this level of invasive spying & deceptive propagandizing of Americans by a foreign nation for one & ONLY one reason:
AIPAC owns our government.
Period.
All it took was lots of well placed campaign donations. That’s how cheaply the Constitution was sold.
We accept this level of invasive spying & deceptive propagandizing of Americans by a foreign nation for one & ONLY one reason:
AIPAC owns our government.
Period.
All it took was lots of well placed campaign donations. That’s how cheaply the Constitution was sold.
I am an independent who votes in OR for Dems, usually holding my nose. However, with Republicans as the only other viable alternative, there is no other option.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am an independent who votes in OR for Dems, usually holding my nose. However, with Republicans as the only other viable alternative, there is no other option.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Is there a coherent plan or does everybody in Trump's ear get their turn at their own pet-idiotic action?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
India warns new US H-1B visa fee will have 'humanitarian consequences'
Donald Trump has said those applying for H-1B visas will have to pay $100,000, roughly 60 times the current fee, starting Sunday.
www.bbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Is there a coherent plan or does everybody in Trump's ear get their turn at their own pet-idiotic action?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Democrats, #politics, #DEI I've been thinking/saying, we, as Dem leaning independents, must stop focusing only on gender and race as indicia of "privilege". There are others (family of birth, attractiveness, intelligence, athletic ability, height. . . )
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened
It looks like medieval torture, from the metal rods inserted into sawn bones to the months of agonising recovery. But to some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth pa...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#Democrats, #politics, #DEI I've been thinking/saying, we, as Dem leaning independents, must stop focusing only on gender and race as indicia of "privilege". There are others (family of birth, attractiveness, intelligence, athletic ability, height. . . )
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The poor returns could have been averted if Oregon had simply invested the funds in accordance with the guidance for which it pays its outside experts handsomely.
How the Managers of Oregon’s $100 Billion Pension Fund Ignored Expert Guidance and Lost Big
James Neff
www.wweek.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The poor returns could have been averted if Oregon had simply invested the funds in accordance with the guidance for which it pays its outside experts handsomely.
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Newly published video shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopping Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, while he was driving his child to preschool on July 15. A clip taken from the dashboard camera shows ICE officers smashing the driver’s side window after his child had left.
‘Daddy, police!’: New video shows masked ICE agents arrest father outside child’s school in Beaverton
Newly published video provides insights into the immigration arrest of a chiropractor outside of his child’s Beaverton Montessori school.
www.opb.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Newly published video shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopping Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, while he was driving his child to preschool on July 15. A clip taken from the dashboard camera shows ICE officers smashing the driver’s side window after his child had left.
Finally, push, push, and push this Dems. This is a winning issue. Make Republicans defend their ICE brownshirt BS.
#ICE, #Politics
www.axios.com/2025/07/16/i...
#ICE, #Politics
www.axios.com/2025/07/16/i...
Bill would prevent ICE from detaining or deporting U.S. citizens
U.S. citizens aren't supposed to be arrested or detained by ICE in most cases.
www.axios.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Finally, push, push, and push this Dems. This is a winning issue. Make Republicans defend their ICE brownshirt BS.
#ICE, #Politics
www.axios.com/2025/07/16/i...
#ICE, #Politics
www.axios.com/2025/07/16/i...
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I wish this essay didn’t need to exist.
But it does.
Please read it. Please share it.
My latest Substack:
“We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians”: The Cost of Shrugging Off Genocide open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
But it does.
Please read it. Please share it.
My latest Substack:
“We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians”: The Cost of Shrugging Off Genocide open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
“We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians”: The Cost of Shrugging Off Genocide
On Dehumanization, Media Complicity, and the Psychological Toll of Being Erased
open.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I wish this essay didn’t need to exist.
But it does.
Please read it. Please share it.
My latest Substack:
“We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians”: The Cost of Shrugging Off Genocide open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
But it does.
Please read it. Please share it.
My latest Substack:
“We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians”: The Cost of Shrugging Off Genocide open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
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2024 election results under scrutiny as lawsuit advances claiming test lab Pro V&V secretly altered ES&S voting machines (used in over 40% of U.S. counties) before ballots were cast in the 2024 election.
@lulufriesdat.bsky.social
apnews.com/press-releas...
@lulufriesdat.bsky.social
apnews.com/press-releas...
June 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
2024 election results under scrutiny as lawsuit advances claiming test lab Pro V&V secretly altered ES&S voting machines (used in over 40% of U.S. counties) before ballots were cast in the 2024 election.
@lulufriesdat.bsky.social
apnews.com/press-releas...
@lulufriesdat.bsky.social
apnews.com/press-releas...
#elections, #Democrats, #democracy
This org is Terrific. I've been looking for alternatives to DNC for my limited resources. I've always believed they put way too much into consultants and commercials and not enough into getting out the vote.
www.voteriders.org
This org is Terrific. I've been looking for alternatives to DNC for my limited resources. I've always believed they put way too much into consultants and commercials and not enough into getting out the vote.
www.voteriders.org
VoteRiders: Voter ID Help
VoteRiders provides free information and help with voter ID in all US states. We can help you make sure you have the ID you need to vote!
www.voteriders.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#elections, #Democrats, #democracy
This org is Terrific. I've been looking for alternatives to DNC for my limited resources. I've always believed they put way too much into consultants and commercials and not enough into getting out the vote.
www.voteriders.org
This org is Terrific. I've been looking for alternatives to DNC for my limited resources. I've always believed they put way too much into consultants and commercials and not enough into getting out the vote.
www.voteriders.org
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Re: all the stories on employment, if you’re a plaintiff #lawyer looking for an expert in implicit bias in investigations, I did the study you dreamed of. I designed it for lawyers/Daubert. I wrote my dissertation on it. I’m writing a book about it.
Please help me get eyes on this post?
Thanks.
Please help me get eyes on this post?
Thanks.
May 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Re: all the stories on employment, if you’re a plaintiff #lawyer looking for an expert in implicit bias in investigations, I did the study you dreamed of. I designed it for lawyers/Daubert. I wrote my dissertation on it. I’m writing a book about it.
Please help me get eyes on this post?
Thanks.
Please help me get eyes on this post?
Thanks.
#economy #useconomy
Save this for the future when MAGA morons try to blame Biden on Trump's dumpster fire economy
www.perplexity.ai/search/list-...
Save this for the future when MAGA morons try to blame Biden on Trump's dumpster fire economy
www.perplexity.ai/search/list-...
list of economic statistics as of December 2024
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Real GDP growth (annualized, Q4 2024): 2.4%.
Full-year real GDP growth rate: 2.8%.
Inflation / Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI...
www.perplexity.ai
May 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#economy #useconomy
Save this for the future when MAGA morons try to blame Biden on Trump's dumpster fire economy
www.perplexity.ai/search/list-...
Save this for the future when MAGA morons try to blame Biden on Trump's dumpster fire economy
www.perplexity.ai/search/list-...
#useconomy #news
Trump Administration continuing to needlessly damage our US economy. I can't tell which is worse, the cruelty, the corruption, or the stupid
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/h...
Trump Administration continuing to needlessly damage our US economy. I can't tell which is worse, the cruelty, the corruption, or the stupid
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/h...
Harvard students are 'frantic' after Trump administration blocks international enrollment, college consultant says
Families of international students are "completely frantic," said a college consultant with clients recently accepted into Harvard's Class of 2029.
www.cnbc.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#useconomy #news
Trump Administration continuing to needlessly damage our US economy. I can't tell which is worse, the cruelty, the corruption, or the stupid
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/h...
Trump Administration continuing to needlessly damage our US economy. I can't tell which is worse, the cruelty, the corruption, or the stupid
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/h...
Is there a legitimate function for gun silencers, I mean apart from murder?
“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.
newrepublic.com/post/195611/...
“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.
newrepublic.com/post/195611/...
Republicans Sneak Terrifying Gun Law Change Into Trump’s Budget Bill
One Democrat slammed the GOP for helping “assassins” instead of American families.
newrepublic.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Is there a legitimate function for gun silencers, I mean apart from murder?
“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.
newrepublic.com/post/195611/...
“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.
newrepublic.com/post/195611/...
This is so stupid, long-term economically harmful and unacceptable. Let's just go ahead and kill every advantage America has had for the past 80 years. Are the MAGA morons aware, or care, that we are on our way to being No. Korea?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
www.bbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is so stupid, long-term economically harmful and unacceptable. Let's just go ahead and kill every advantage America has had for the past 80 years. Are the MAGA morons aware, or care, that we are on our way to being No. Korea?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump's words and actions are deadly
This 11 yr old child committed suicide because of the ridicule she received because of her immigration status
Trans, women, and LGBTQ also have targets on their back.
What the hell are we doing to help?
#USDemocracy
www.commondreams.org/news/jocelyn...
This 11 yr old child committed suicide because of the ridicule she received because of her immigration status
Trans, women, and LGBTQ also have targets on their back.
What the hell are we doing to help?
#USDemocracy
www.commondreams.org/news/jocelyn...
'Jocelynn Deserves Justice!': 11-Year-Old Texan Kills Herself After Bullies' Deportation Threats | Common Dreams
"This is what violent nationalism does," said one observer. "It seeps into the minds of children and turns playgrounds into nightmares."
www.commondreams.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump's words and actions are deadly
This 11 yr old child committed suicide because of the ridicule she received because of her immigration status
Trans, women, and LGBTQ also have targets on their back.
What the hell are we doing to help?
#USDemocracy
www.commondreams.org/news/jocelyn...
This 11 yr old child committed suicide because of the ridicule she received because of her immigration status
Trans, women, and LGBTQ also have targets on their back.
What the hell are we doing to help?
#USDemocracy
www.commondreams.org/news/jocelyn...
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Yes. Yes, we are. We are no longer looking for leaders but are leading ourselves. And this is how all great and effective resistance movements have brought down evil.
Pass it on: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Reports of our demise might have been premature
The Resistance is alive and well and angry
Reports of our demise might have been premature
www.thealtmedia.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yes. Yes, we are. We are no longer looking for leaders but are leading ourselves. And this is how all great and effective resistance movements have brought down evil.
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Our next date of mobilization - we are calling for Remove, Reverse, Reclaim.
This April 5th, we are calling for nation-wide protests and sit-ins to take place. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.
#RemoveReverseReclaim #PeoplesMovement #WeAre50501 #50501movement @polrev.bsky.social
This April 5th, we are calling for nation-wide protests and sit-ins to take place. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.
#RemoveReverseReclaim #PeoplesMovement #WeAre50501 #50501movement @polrev.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Our next date of mobilization - we are calling for Remove, Reverse, Reclaim.
This April 5th, we are calling for nation-wide protests and sit-ins to take place. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.
#RemoveReverseReclaim #PeoplesMovement #WeAre50501 #50501movement @polrev.bsky.social
This April 5th, we are calling for nation-wide protests and sit-ins to take place. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.
#RemoveReverseReclaim #PeoplesMovement #WeAre50501 #50501movement @polrev.bsky.social
Excellent article every Democrat, especially top leadership should read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a pediatrician in Texas. Things are dire and we need your support – not your condescension | Seema Jilani
Nothing I have done is more impactful than a day’s work in this battleground in the south, the graveyard of politicians’ abandoned promises
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excellent article every Democrat, especially top leadership should read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...