Jo Michelle
@jomichelle.bsky.social
She/her | Jesus follower | Portland OR 📍 | AuDHD & Ace | I like historical fiction & overly dramatic manga. Also, am a very okay DM in D&D | Democratic socialist with anarchist leanings | None are free until all are free 🇵🇸
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hillsboro/beaverton/washington county folks should really start getting organized now for this one
This is also a harbinger of the next FX fight along TV Highway.
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
hillsboro/beaverton/washington county folks should really start getting organized now for this one
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when my wife was 9 months pregnant we were at union station waiting for the train that was running late and she laid her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes and a cop appeared out of nowhere and said she has to wake up or she’ll be arrested for trespassing
RTD grapples with illicit drugs and the use of buses and trains as shelters trib.al/4UEVJGU
RTD grapples with illicit drugs and the use of buses and trains as shelters
“They are in the midst of our system because they have nowhere else to go to.”
trib.al
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
when my wife was 9 months pregnant we were at union station waiting for the train that was running late and she laid her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes and a cop appeared out of nowhere and said she has to wake up or she’ll be arrested for trespassing
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"Just be slightly better than the soulless ghouls in the GOP" isn't purity testing, it's barely the bare minimum yet democrats like Newsom STILL trip up over that extremely low bar.
August 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Just be slightly better than the soulless ghouls in the GOP" isn't purity testing, it's barely the bare minimum yet democrats like Newsom STILL trip up over that extremely low bar.
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while smiling!
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
August 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
while smiling!
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
*incoherent screaming*
I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
*incoherent screaming*
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The corporate media attempts to scandalize messages between councilors looks pretty “but her emails” in comparison to the stuff happening on the mayor’s side of the building
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The corporate media attempts to scandalize messages between councilors looks pretty “but her emails” in comparison to the stuff happening on the mayor’s side of the building
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This appears to be straightforward malfeasance by Mayor Wilson and the city administrator. They both need to be held accountable, this is fucking unacceptable.
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This appears to be straightforward malfeasance by Mayor Wilson and the city administrator. They both need to be held accountable, this is fucking unacceptable.
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Folks not very long from now are going to see these posts in their histories of the 2020s and will shout, "what the fuck was wrong these people?"
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Folks not very long from now are going to see these posts in their histories of the 2020s and will shout, "what the fuck was wrong these people?"
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this is some horrifically dark shit that cannot be allowed to go down without a fight
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
this is some horrifically dark shit that cannot be allowed to go down without a fight
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Sweeps do actually kill people. I watched it happen to houseless neighbors of mine. 5 years our neighborhood had zero issues. Each sweep they became more and more worn down.
Homeless Deaths Quadrupled — ProPublica share.google/c8RPXDH0D3mH...
Homeless Deaths Quadrupled — ProPublica share.google/c8RPXDH0D3mH...
Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.
The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sweeps do actually kill people. I watched it happen to houseless neighbors of mine. 5 years our neighborhood had zero issues. Each sweep they became more and more worn down.
Homeless Deaths Quadrupled — ProPublica share.google/c8RPXDH0D3mH...
Homeless Deaths Quadrupled — ProPublica share.google/c8RPXDH0D3mH...
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Tina Kotek is a corporate dem (aka a moderate Republican) so I’ll support her over any Republican (drazan) but I do wish there was a progressive running instead.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tina Kotek is a corporate dem (aka a moderate Republican) so I’ll support her over any Republican (drazan) but I do wish there was a progressive running instead.
No 👏 universal 👏 healthcare* 👏 at 👏 the 👏 cost 👏 of 👏 ”some” 👏 lives 👏
No one gets tossed out of the lifeboat. Not immigrants. Not trans people. Not Indigenous people. Not disabled people.
We cannot fall for this trap.
*or any other badly needed social service
No one gets tossed out of the lifeboat. Not immigrants. Not trans people. Not Indigenous people. Not disabled people.
We cannot fall for this trap.
*or any other badly needed social service
Nick Fuentes has been working overtime to sanitize his image and present himself as a uniter of the left and right. Very clearly using language often associated with the left.
This is part of a larger effort by the anti-Zionist antisemitic far right to recruit people on the left.
This is part of a larger effort by the anti-Zionist antisemitic far right to recruit people on the left.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
No 👏 universal 👏 healthcare* 👏 at 👏 the 👏 cost 👏 of 👏 ”some” 👏 lives 👏
No one gets tossed out of the lifeboat. Not immigrants. Not trans people. Not Indigenous people. Not disabled people.
We cannot fall for this trap.
*or any other badly needed social service
No one gets tossed out of the lifeboat. Not immigrants. Not trans people. Not Indigenous people. Not disabled people.
We cannot fall for this trap.
*or any other badly needed social service
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Meanwhile, a different faculty member posted on X basically saying that if Palestinians could learn, they wouldn't be Palestinians. To my knowledge, that person is not on leave which might lead thinking people to question the university's lack of consistency in how it disciplines people.
The tort claim notice alleges the university violated Dr. Hanoosh’s legal rights, including state laws prohibiting discrimination based on national origin and the First Amendment.
PSU Professor in “I Am Hamas” Video Alleges University Violated Her Legal Rights
Joanna Hou
www.wweek.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Meanwhile, a different faculty member posted on X basically saying that if Palestinians could learn, they wouldn't be Palestinians. To my knowledge, that person is not on leave which might lead thinking people to question the university's lack of consistency in how it disciplines people.
It’s fun that it also targets the landlord at the same time. ☺️ that’s just a delightful little bonus. ✊
everyone ought to be doing everything we can to throw sand in the gears of fascism, and this is a helluva way for a municipal government to use the powers at their disposal to give a giant fuck you to the deportation goon squad abducting our neighbors
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
ICE will have to pay a fee to operate its Portland detention center under new city policy
The policy will charge property owners for detention facilities that negatively impact the surrounding neighborhood, like the ICE facility in South Portland.
www.kgw.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s fun that it also targets the landlord at the same time. ☺️ that’s just a delightful little bonus. ✊
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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I keep seeing random flashes of “NO they’re PETIT BOURGEOISIE” being argued about various arguments, and look, I’m begging you to understand that we have to update our understanding of Marx for a modern economy.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I keep seeing random flashes of “NO they’re PETIT BOURGEOISIE” being argued about various arguments, and look, I’m begging you to understand that we have to update our understanding of Marx for a modern economy.
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For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
Here is a FAQ sheet that will clarify what Portland City Council does and doesn't have power to do in relation to revoking the Macadam ICE permit.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
After spending the month with #EpicTheMusical on repeat, I've dusted off #Hadestown and then I discovered that the album I've had for years was an incomplete record of the full musical, and I apparently missed a lot of the linking material by never listening to the Original Broadway Recording.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
After spending the month with #EpicTheMusical on repeat, I've dusted off #Hadestown and then I discovered that the album I've had for years was an incomplete record of the full musical, and I apparently missed a lot of the linking material by never listening to the Original Broadway Recording.
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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They certainly aren't beating the White Supremacy/Nazi allegations. Holy hell. The government is just straight up posting bigoted, hateful, racist propaganda on social media.
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
They certainly aren't beating the White Supremacy/Nazi allegations. Holy hell. The government is just straight up posting bigoted, hateful, racist propaganda on social media.
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
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We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
Sweeps 👏 Kill 👏
At this point, after all the evidence, I have to assume that’s the goal.
At this point, after all the evidence, I have to assume that’s the goal.
I learned that three of the residents’ dogs have died since they were swept, including one hit by a car the other day.
Please go read this story.
Please go read this story.
Nearly 30 people were forcibly removed from the Thousand Acres recreation area last month, after living unhoused on the public land for years.
Now, they face instability as they try to survive on the streets in the same system that drove them to seek refuge in the wilderness.
Now, they face instability as they try to survive on the streets in the same system that drove them to seek refuge in the wilderness.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sweeps 👏 Kill 👏
At this point, after all the evidence, I have to assume that’s the goal.
At this point, after all the evidence, I have to assume that’s the goal.
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I despise the way people cheer for billionaire charity. Saying “thanks for finally doing the bare minimum at no real cost to you” is one thing.
But applauding the crumbs they give while they hoard untaxed wealth taken from the rest of us just keeps them unaccountable. Let's tax the rich instead! 🙄
But applauding the crumbs they give while they hoard untaxed wealth taken from the rest of us just keeps them unaccountable. Let's tax the rich instead! 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I despise the way people cheer for billionaire charity. Saying “thanks for finally doing the bare minimum at no real cost to you” is one thing.
But applauding the crumbs they give while they hoard untaxed wealth taken from the rest of us just keeps them unaccountable. Let's tax the rich instead! 🙄
But applauding the crumbs they give while they hoard untaxed wealth taken from the rest of us just keeps them unaccountable. Let's tax the rich instead! 🙄