Dacia Grayber
@djgrayber.bsky.social
Oregon State Representative. Union Firefighter. Mom. Likes lifting heavy things, running far, nerdy policy. Personal account.
Resolute sin of empathy practitioner.
Resolute sin of empathy practitioner.
The Libertarians have something to say. Sure would love to know where all my self-proclaimed OrLeg “libertarian leaning” colleagues are on this and why they are wholly silent in the face of state-sanctioned violence.
From the Libertarian community on Reddit: Libertarian Party calls to abolish ICE, warns of creeping authoritarianism
Posted by UncleBuckReddit - 276 votes and 14 comments
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January 25, 2026 at 5:13 AM
The Libertarians have something to say. Sure would love to know where all my self-proclaimed OrLeg “libertarian leaning” colleagues are on this and why they are wholly silent in the face of state-sanctioned violence.
See also, this: swing states with no automatic vote by mail that are trending blue. Terrorize, intimidate, manipulate. I’d be extra worried if I was PA (tho he has to keep Fetterman placated), NC, GA, OH, VA, for starters. This explains Maine.
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 AM
See also, this: swing states with no automatic vote by mail that are trending blue. Terrorize, intimidate, manipulate. I’d be extra worried if I was PA (tho he has to keep Fetterman placated), NC, GA, OH, VA, for starters. This explains Maine.
CHILDREN. These are children screaming. The inhumanity of this is beyond comprehension.
Leading up to that.. Eric Lee Atty
Kids screaming "Let us out! Let us out!"
Kids screaming "Let us out! Let us out!"
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
CHILDREN. These are children screaming. The inhumanity of this is beyond comprehension.
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If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
I agree with Candace. And I am NOT anti-policing (to the dismay of many on this platform, I acknowledge). But this cannot be reformed. This cannot be fixed. ICE has become the federal administration’s brown shirts.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
There is no amount of training or reform that can fix an organization that sends paramilitary federal agents to beat and execute people on our streets.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says
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January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I agree with Candace. And I am NOT anti-policing (to the dismay of many on this platform, I acknowledge). But this cannot be reformed. This cannot be fixed. ICE has become the federal administration’s brown shirts.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
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To repeat: Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
To repeat: Abolish ICE.
This is a great read of the things that matter most as we head into session.
In February, legislators will return to Salem. PCUN had a legislative strategy to press for higher wages for farmworkers and secure their collective bargaining rights.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
Then more than 2,000 of her fellow Woodburn residents disappeared — abducted by masked thugs carrying guns and badges.
Mass abductions in Woodburn shift focus for farmworkers’ union’s approach to legislative session
The union had plans for addressing farmworkers' wages and collective bargaining rights, now they are solely focused on immigrant justice and safety
www.streetroots.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 AM
This is a great read of the things that matter most as we head into session.
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Authoritarianism has a shallow hold on our country. Fight back at the 1/25 #ResistanceLab Stand for Good virtual organizing training led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal & AG Keith Ellison featuring non-violent resistance tactics and region breakout sessions to turn our collective grief and anger into action
Pramila Jayapal's Special Edition Resistance Lab: Stand For Good · Pramila for Congress
Join our special edition Resistance Lab: Stand For Good to honor Renee Good and the communities and individuals brutalized by ICE’s reign of terror. A virtual organizing training led by Congresswoman ...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Authoritarianism has a shallow hold on our country. Fight back at the 1/25 #ResistanceLab Stand for Good virtual organizing training led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal & AG Keith Ellison featuring non-violent resistance tactics and region breakout sessions to turn our collective grief and anger into action
My simultaneous desperate hope that the 25th Amendment will be invoked is only matched by my existential dread that it would mean a President Vance.
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
My simultaneous desperate hope that the 25th Amendment will be invoked is only matched by my existential dread that it would mean a President Vance.
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The *epic* self-own in the last sentence of this statement by our “leading” R Gov candidate… is really something.
January 9, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The *epic* self-own in the last sentence of this statement by our “leading” R Gov candidate… is really something.
Whew. Yes.
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Whew. Yes.
In all of this terrible, I’m reconciling that my cat pants days are dwindling. The old warrior is moving into his last days, stoic, noble, but extra cuddly. I relish every one of these quiet moments.
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 AM
In all of this terrible, I’m reconciling that my cat pants days are dwindling. The old warrior is moving into his last days, stoic, noble, but extra cuddly. I relish every one of these quiet moments.
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To add to this point, after Lavoy Finicum almost plowed his car into an FBI agent and then reached for a gun while yelling “shoot me,” it fueled (and fuels) so much rage in the far right, despite it being captured on video.
When FBI agents killed white separatist Vicki Weaver while trying to take her criming husband into custody, it fueled the anti-government militia movement that formed one tributary into today's MAGA right, which is shrugging off today's state murder of Renee Good.
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Ruby Ridge standoff - Wikipedia
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January 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
To add to this point, after Lavoy Finicum almost plowed his car into an FBI agent and then reached for a gun while yelling “shoot me,” it fueled (and fuels) so much rage in the far right, despite it being captured on video.
This. This is an essential survival skill for the decade, it seems. Maybe always.
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
This. This is an essential survival skill for the decade, it seems. Maybe always.
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2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in labor
As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, here are the biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
“Aspirational rurality.” “Cowboy mythology.” Once again Leah Sottile hits it out of the park, and I feel like some of the insomniac thoughts I have found words.
If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
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The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Aspirational rurality.” “Cowboy mythology.” Once again Leah Sottile hits it out of the park, and I feel like some of the insomniac thoughts I have found words.
Holy. Shit. NWS Seattle issued a flash-flood alert due to possibility of Skagit River levee and dike failure. This is the map.
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Holy. Shit. NWS Seattle issued a flash-flood alert due to possibility of Skagit River levee and dike failure. This is the map.
(And yes, I am still committed to setting up an invite transportation gathering. My necessary paying job has demanded my time and attention and I am maxed. I am one of the rare working stiffs in the leg that fills out a time card. But I will get there.)
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
(And yes, I am still committed to setting up an invite transportation gathering. My necessary paying job has demanded my time and attention and I am maxed. I am one of the rare working stiffs in the leg that fills out a time card. But I will get there.)
What is happening up north in the Skagit Valley should be a terrifying reminder for us all. Historic flooding. Evacuating 78,000 people. As an emergency manager, this is a nightmare. And don’t get me started on the role of ODOT if we have a situation like this evolve here. I’m real fun at parties.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What is happening up north in the Skagit Valley should be a terrifying reminder for us all. Historic flooding. Evacuating 78,000 people. As an emergency manager, this is a nightmare. And don’t get me started on the role of ODOT if we have a situation like this evolve here. I’m real fun at parties.
I have been dreading the holidays, the dull ache of Addison’s death acute and sharp this week. She loved making pies. I am not a pie person (I know, I know), but you better believe we have pies. I still can’t believe she’s not going to be standing in my kitchen, mocking my Gen X music tastes today.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have been dreading the holidays, the dull ache of Addison’s death acute and sharp this week. She loved making pies. I am not a pie person (I know, I know), but you better believe we have pies. I still can’t believe she’s not going to be standing in my kitchen, mocking my Gen X music tastes today.
Transportation peeps in the PDX metro— who would be into a small in-person focus group around messaging? I’d host in late December/ early January, our office in Multnomah Village. Respond/ DM if interested and I’ll send a calendar poll out after this weekend. I want to learn and do better.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Transportation peeps in the PDX metro— who would be into a small in-person focus group around messaging? I’d host in late December/ early January, our office in Multnomah Village. Respond/ DM if interested and I’ll send a calendar poll out after this weekend. I want to learn and do better.
I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
These women should not have to wear their trauma for movement on this. Every survivor knows the profound pain these women bear— please please please do not let it be in vain. Release the goddamn files, I don’t care who they are. There must be accountability. (Also: TW. This is intense).
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
These women should not have to wear their trauma for movement on this. Every survivor knows the profound pain these women bear— please please please do not let it be in vain. Release the goddamn files, I don’t care who they are. There must be accountability. (Also: TW. This is intense).
“Pretty substantial?” I’d argue complete betrayal. How dare they. You just got handed the golden gloves, extra rounds and the keys to a killer left hook and you’re… just saying “meh”? Unfuckingbelievable.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Pretty substantial?” I’d argue complete betrayal. How dare they. You just got handed the golden gloves, extra rounds and the keys to a killer left hook and you’re… just saying “meh”? Unfuckingbelievable.