Blake PDX
@pdxblake.bsky.social
I am a loudmouth from Portsmouth. I love public education, getting around on a bike & e-cargo bike with 2 kids and creating a better future for everyone. #YIMBY #ClimateAction #Urbanism
Project managers at IBRP helped hand $273 million of public money to consultants for a project that will never happen. A decade after we spent $200 million on consultants for the same project that wasn't built. There is a revolving door between the project and those consultants. ODOT can't be fixed.
The IBR will cost as much as $17.7 billion, more than double the previous max. cost of $7.5 billion, according to documents unearthed by City Observatory. cityobservatory.org/17-7-billion...
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Project managers at IBRP helped hand $273 million of public money to consultants for a project that will never happen. A decade after we spent $200 million on consultants for the same project that wasn't built. There is a revolving door between the project and those consultants. ODOT can't be fixed.
Nail meet coffin.
The estimated price tag more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t have new numbers.
Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project
Nigel Jaquiss
www.wweek.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Nail meet coffin.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Arrest all these ICE agents and Bovino and have the state charge them all with murder.
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Arrest all these ICE agents and Bovino and have the state charge them all with murder.
This is a good reminder for oil companies to not work with the current lawless executive.
No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is a good reminder for oil companies to not work with the current lawless executive.
I love the Blazers, but they need to read the room, this isn't the time to ask for public $ for their arena remodel.
SCOOP: Amid ownership change, the Portland Trail Blazers are prepared to ask the Oregon Legislature to redirect income tax dollars for large-scale Moda Center renovation that is seen as critical step to keeping team in market. www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...
Trail Blazers gear up for legislative ask that would ‘guarantee’ team’s future in Portland | Bill Oram
Following the trail blazed by the Portland Diamond Project, the NBA franchise plans to ask for a similar 'jock tax' to fund arena renovations.
www.oregonlive.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I love the Blazers, but they need to read the room, this isn't the time to ask for public $ for their arena remodel.
I appreciate this from @counciloravalos.bsky.social and I also thought about "Portland nice" when hearing about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's quote that "for too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
www.portland.gov/council/dist...
www.portland.gov/council/dist...
Hey Portland! A column by Councilor Avalos
www.portland.gov
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I appreciate this from @counciloravalos.bsky.social and I also thought about "Portland nice" when hearing about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's quote that "for too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
www.portland.gov/council/dist...
www.portland.gov/council/dist...
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On the day I was sworn into my first elected office as a City Councilor five years ago, Trump led an insurrection against our democracy. Since then, we have lived in the shadow of that dark day. Local government, working every day to make people's lives better, has been an important bright light.
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
On the day I was sworn into my first elected office as a City Councilor five years ago, Trump led an insurrection against our democracy. Since then, we have lived in the shadow of that dark day. Local government, working every day to make people's lives better, has been an important bright light.
I remember having the TV on and watching my country be under attack from its worst people, including Donald Trump. 5 years later on January 6th, I offer a solemn marker on how fall we have fallen, but also praise for the people fighting back with a vision of a more equal, fair and caring future.
January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I remember having the TV on and watching my country be under attack from its worst people, including Donald Trump. 5 years later on January 6th, I offer a solemn marker on how fall we have fallen, but also praise for the people fighting back with a vision of a more equal, fair and caring future.
Which side are you on, @tinakotek.bsky.social? You are with the people or with Trump. This is a red line.
Preschool for All fills gaps as Trump abandons kids. Multnomah County is addressing affordability with free preschool. #MultCoD1
January 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Which side are you on, @tinakotek.bsky.social? You are with the people or with Trump. This is a red line.
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Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Name these people so we can primary them.
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Name these people so we can primary them.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
Their CEOs should fear prosecution if they get involved.
US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Their CEOs should fear prosecution if they get involved.
And he trusted them. How can someone this naive be trusted in a position of leadership? Same goes for Jeffries, who seems celebrating the outcome but wanted to be in the loop.
Schumer: “I was in the SCIF on 3 different occasions … I asked them: Are you pursuing regime change? Are you intent on taking military action in Venezuela?"
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
And he trusted them. How can someone this naive be trusted in a position of leadership? Same goes for Jeffries, who seems celebrating the outcome but wanted to be in the loop.
Thanks Senator @wyden.senate.gov
Statement from Oregon Senator @wyden.senate.gov on Venezuela attack.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Thanks Senator @wyden.senate.gov
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Impeach, convict, remove.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
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imo this is a good example of not just opposing the strike (like many dems are) but actually treating it like it’s a 70-30 issue for trump that undercuts a major reason his supporters like him
Trump must be impeached immediately. This is not how a democracy functions.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
imo this is a good example of not just opposing the strike (like many dems are) but actually treating it like it’s a 70-30 issue for trump that undercuts a major reason his supporters like him
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Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Do you agree? Asking for some fight from my representatives. @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @repdexteror.bsky.social
The bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro are gross violations of international law and our own Constitution.
Trump & his admin have lied, consolidated power, & committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil & pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere.
Trump & his admin have lied, consolidated power, & committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil & pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Do you agree? Asking for some fight from my representatives. @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @repdexteror.bsky.social
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Electeds should say any oil companies participating will be subject to sanctions and investigations
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Electeds should say any oil companies participating will be subject to sanctions and investigations
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions