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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · 12h

That’s my city councilor 💕

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 14h

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · 7d

There is sooooo much else to criticize that directly harms people.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · 11d

Despite all the jokes about Portland being war ravaged, there are members of our community who are quite vulnerable. Let’s step up to protect them where we can. This is from one of our city councilors @counciloravalos.bsky.social

Purple background with yellow text that says we keep each other safe. Report suspected federal agent sightings to the Portland immigrant rights coalition hotline (1-888–6 22–1510) instead of spreading rumors on social media. Check in with your neighbors: can you help buy groceries if they don’t feel safe leaving the house? Make sure you have a password on your phone instead of Face ID or fingerprint ID. If you choose to demonstrate share your location with a loved one.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · 11d

Or pepsi

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · 11d

If only no one had taken the bait we wouldn’t be in this mess 🤪

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Sep 2

She is someone who really fights for what people need. A treasure.

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · Aug 27

This article makes me so happy 🩷 I want more people to hear East Portland's story and how we're changing it in real time!!! Thank you so much @alexzee.bsky.social for joining me on the doors and helping change the narrative about the amazing people living in my district. 🫶🏾

Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Grateful to see @opb.org & @alexzee.bsky.social lift up the work we’re doing in East Portland! For me, it always comes back to the doors. Almost every week, I’m out knocking—listening to neighbors, hearing what’s working and what isn’t. That’s how I stay grounded.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

How East Portland’s new councilors are reaching their constituents

Portland's three new councilors elected to District 1 are blazing their own trail. Seven months into their first term, they’re still exploring different ways to reach and represent their constituents.

www.opb.org

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Aug 26

Because masking is so rare. 😷

Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Aug 12

Posting again. Don’t let the meanies take away preschool for all. Take a minute to write to Multnomah county commissioners. actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...

Vote NO on indexing. Hands Off Preschool For All!

Preschool for All, our free, year-round, full-day public preschool program, is under attack, again. Free preschool for all is about making our region more affordable for families. The proposal to cu...

actionnetwork.org

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Aug 7

Portland people, the rich people are trying to take away preschool. Click to write a letter. What kind of jerk tries to take away PRESCHOOL!

Friends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌞Rise and shine, Team Toddler! Time to email our County Commissioners! 🫡
actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jul 14

My kid can’t imagine phones attached to walls, phones that didn’t have music on them.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jul 14

Will definitely try!

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 29

Ugh, so sorry! Hope you can get the rest and care you need.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 29

Oh no! Does this mean you’re currently taking it?

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 25

Such a welcome bright spot in the current landscape.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 24

Portland people, help fend off the governor’s efforts to undermine preschool for all. You have to be a special kind of jerk to try to take away PRESCHOOL 😡

Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’m sooo tired of Democrats siding with the rich over the people. Gutting Preschool for All to protect millionaires from a tiny tax is a betrayal—of working families, of our values, and of the voters who demanded this. If this isn’t worth fighting for, what is?

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW:

Tell Governor Kotek and the Legislature: Hands off Preschool for All!

There is an existential threat to Preschool for All developing in Salem, and unless we can rally enough community outrage and response, the program could be effectively killed as soon as this week. ...

actionnetwork.org

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 19

Portland people, sign and share.

Community Protection Broadcast @cpb.works · Jun 19

⚠️ PSA: Revoke the Permit for the ICE Detention Facility in Portland, Oregon!

If you’re a Portlander, or live within the Portland Metropolitan area, and you despise ICE, and would like them gone, be sure to sign the petition to revoke their permit. 👇🏾

campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/re...

Revoke the Permit for the ICE Detention Facility in Portland

Please sign this petition to state your opposition to the ICE Detention Center in Portland, Oregon. By signing, you let the City Council and mayor know that you do not approve of the permission they g...

campaigns.organizefor.org

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 15

Ok but at Walmart? bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 15

Timeline cleanser 🫶

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 15

The crowd sizes, especially in small towns, are cheering me up a bit too.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Jun 13

This fundraiser is 96% full, please help if you can to close the gap.

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 12

Always appreciate your perspective. Thanks for calling them out!

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 12

🤮🤮🤮

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · Jun 9

Always appreciate your perspective.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jun 8

queerness, as a liberatory politics and not just another vague personal label, must involve thinking, speaking, and acting against ICE, against the police, against the carceral + imperial state and its networks across the globe, against the violence of borders. happy pride!

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Mary M. Davies @marymdavies.bsky.social · May 29

@tmariemayo.bsky.social

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