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"New Yorkers are looking to us, to their leaders for courage and conviction and what they are finding instead is collaboration."
- Zohran Mamdi
- Zohran Mamdi
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one thing i've been wondering about the moda center renovation - how would capacity of the venue change? how many seats are they going to remove, and how many new box seats are they adding? feels like the trend is for arenas these days is to replace cheap seats with very very expensive seats
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
one thing i've been wondering about the moda center renovation - how would capacity of the venue change? how many seats are they going to remove, and how many new box seats are they adding? feels like the trend is for arenas these days is to replace cheap seats with very very expensive seats
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If left labor hadn’t kept the Portland Police Association out of the labor council, NOLC would likely be supporting PPA’s raid on the Portland Clean Energy Fund now instead of the police being supported by just some huge developers & capitalists.
These institutional battles have huge consequences.
These institutional battles have huge consequences.
February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
If left labor hadn’t kept the Portland Police Association out of the labor council, NOLC would likely be supporting PPA’s raid on the Portland Clean Energy Fund now instead of the police being supported by just some huge developers & capitalists.
These institutional battles have huge consequences.
These institutional battles have huge consequences.
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Dubious land use policy suggestion: What we need to do is put more seniors and low income people on the urban periphery, where they'll have to own a car to get anywhere, where transit doesn't work, and where they can't walk anywhere.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Kotek bill would allow Oregon cities another growth boundary expansion for housing
House Bill 4082 is aimed at spurring the production of senior housing and manufactured homes, the governor says.
www.oregonlive.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Dubious land use policy suggestion: What we need to do is put more seniors and low income people on the urban periphery, where they'll have to own a car to get anywhere, where transit doesn't work, and where they can't walk anywhere.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
I feel like Republicans are going to see this and think they have a shot at state office this year when, in reality, they still don't have a snowball's chance in hell.
Sure, we're disgusted with the Democrats. But they still aren't even half as bad as the Oregon Republican Party.
Sure, we're disgusted with the Democrats. But they still aren't even half as bad as the Oregon Republican Party.
Changes in Oregon party registration since the 2022 primary election:
NAV +139,588
Ind. Party of Oregon +17,600
Republican +203
Democrat -32,405
NAV +139,588
Ind. Party of Oregon +17,600
Republican +203
Democrat -32,405
Oregon's monthly voter registration numbers are out today. Here are the month-over-month changes.
Total: +3,849
NAV: +3,771
Ind. Party of Oregon: +215
Other +144
Democrat -101
Republican -180
Total: +3,849
NAV: +3,771
Ind. Party of Oregon: +215
Other +144
Democrat -101
Republican -180
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I feel like Republicans are going to see this and think they have a shot at state office this year when, in reality, they still don't have a snowball's chance in hell.
Sure, we're disgusted with the Democrats. But they still aren't even half as bad as the Oregon Republican Party.
Sure, we're disgusted with the Democrats. But they still aren't even half as bad as the Oregon Republican Party.
Isn't this basically the idea behind the "Rose Quarter" that no one ever goes to unless they're going to an event at Moda or the Colliseum?
‘Bigger than basketball’: Oregon bill aims to turn Moda Center into ‘world-class hub’
Oregon bill aims to turn Moda Center into 'world-class hub'
A new bill in the Oregon legislature is aiming to guide renovations for the oldest unrenovated NBA area in the United States — the Moda Center — with plans to turn the facility into a &…
www.koin.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Isn't this basically the idea behind the "Rose Quarter" that no one ever goes to unless they're going to an event at Moda or the Colliseum?
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Waymo wants to operate in Portland.
This AV bill being pushed by the legislature, HB 4085, has 8 sponsors. None of them represent Portland.
City of Portland opposes the bill.
Tell me again why it's time for this bill?
This AV bill being pushed by the legislature, HB 4085, has 8 sponsors. None of them represent Portland.
City of Portland opposes the bill.
Tell me again why it's time for this bill?
February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Waymo wants to operate in Portland.
This AV bill being pushed by the legislature, HB 4085, has 8 sponsors. None of them represent Portland.
City of Portland opposes the bill.
Tell me again why it's time for this bill?
This AV bill being pushed by the legislature, HB 4085, has 8 sponsors. None of them represent Portland.
City of Portland opposes the bill.
Tell me again why it's time for this bill?
No one should be treated this way.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
No one should be treated this way.
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
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fellow engineers,
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
January 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
fellow engineers,
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Saw him at a town hall last week and his answer to all but one question was some variation of “more cops”
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
You said federal representatives.
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
You said federal representatives.
I love that the call out that it's a Berkshire company. I feel like PacifiCorp gets more leeway than they deserve because people forget they're part of a corporate empire
Berkshire utility urges Oregon appeals court to limit wildfire damages reut.rs/4qe3xtx
Berkshire utility urges Oregon appeals court to limit wildfire damages
PacifiCorp on Wednesday urged an Oregon appeals court to undo rulings that expose the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility to $52 billion of potential liabilities from wildfires.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I love that the call out that it's a Berkshire company. I feel like PacifiCorp gets more leeway than they deserve because people forget they're part of a corporate empire
Not quite all of them. Cliff Bentz.
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Not quite all of them. Cliff Bentz.
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A 50-year pillar of Portland media known for reporting on policy impacts in undercovered areas — and one of the state’s only Black-owned news outlets — is shutting down.
One of Oregon’s few Black-owned publications shutters as newsrooms across the state shrink
The Skanner has covered politics, policy and other community issues in Oregon and Washington for five decades.
www.opb.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
A 50-year pillar of Portland media known for reporting on policy impacts in undercovered areas — and one of the state’s only Black-owned news outlets — is shutting down.
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As Republican lawmakers move toward permanently banning gender-affirming care in Utah, lawmakers continue to sidestep public dialogue about the results of research which concluded that this care for minors with gender dysphoria is largely found to result in positive outcomes.
From @sltrib.com:
From @sltrib.com:
Utah lawmakers sweep their own study on care for trans kids under the rug as they push to ban it
“They have no intention of actually using the data,” a Utah health provider treating transgender youth said.
19thnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
As Republican lawmakers move toward permanently banning gender-affirming care in Utah, lawmakers continue to sidestep public dialogue about the results of research which concluded that this care for minors with gender dysphoria is largely found to result in positive outcomes.
From @sltrib.com:
From @sltrib.com:
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
What oversight? Innocent people are being shot in the street with NO REPERCUSSIONS.
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What oversight? Innocent people are being shot in the street with NO REPERCUSSIONS.
That is not enough. You are an utter failure as a leader and should be ashamed of yourself.
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
That is not enough. You are an utter failure as a leader and should be ashamed of yourself.
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What happens at the Capitol affects all Oregonians. Here's our guide to how to follow the action and make your voice heard.
Understanding the Oregon Legislature: How laws get passed — and how to participate • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Oregon Legislature convened in Salem for a month-long legislative session, during which elected officials will pass state laws.
buff.ly
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
What happens at the Capitol affects all Oregonians. Here's our guide to how to follow the action and make your voice heard.
For Democrats, or overall? There are a lot of IFs involved.
If you don't count Trump? And we didn't have 2.5 more years to elections? Sure.
But that's an imaginary scenario.
Even without Trump, that doesn't make him a viable candidate. He'd have a hard time even winning CA, and that's a big 🚩
If you don't count Trump? And we didn't have 2.5 more years to elections? Sure.
But that's an imaginary scenario.
Even without Trump, that doesn't make him a viable candidate. He'd have a hard time even winning CA, and that's a big 🚩
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
For Democrats, or overall? There are a lot of IFs involved.
If you don't count Trump? And we didn't have 2.5 more years to elections? Sure.
But that's an imaginary scenario.
Even without Trump, that doesn't make him a viable candidate. He'd have a hard time even winning CA, and that's a big 🚩
If you don't count Trump? And we didn't have 2.5 more years to elections? Sure.
But that's an imaginary scenario.
Even without Trump, that doesn't make him a viable candidate. He'd have a hard time even winning CA, and that's a big 🚩
That might not be what was meant, but the way it's written reads as saying Oregon is just "black bloc goofin." The contrast sets that up, whether it was intended or not.
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
That might not be what was meant, but the way it's written reads as saying Oregon is just "black bloc goofin." The contrast sets that up, whether it was intended or not.