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Sarah Iannarone

@sarahforpdx.bsky.social

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Fighting for people who walk, bike, roll, and depend on transit to get around war-ravaged Portland, Oregon. Fmly ran a global urban best practices exchange at Portland State. Recovered chef & restaurateur. #TacticalOptimist #EverydayAntifascist

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 10d

This morning, Rep. Mark Gamba and I have an op-ed in the @oregonian.com responding to the bare bones transpo funding bill #OrLEg passed Mon. We need significant, strategic investment in our infrastructure - it's critical both for safety and to support our economy.

www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Oregon needs strategic transportation investments, not stopgaps

While legislators authorized some new funding for transportation, the need for more significant, strategic investment in our infrastructure is critical both for safety and to support our economy, writ...

www.oregonlive.com

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 4h

This is so far beyond corruption or nepo babies -- both are pervasive across sectors and society, inside democracies and out.

This is about authoritarianism, about the Trump family manipulating the public by controlling communication channels.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 4h

Let's not equivocate: state-controlled media are propaganda.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 9h

The place where the first report of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in a cohort of gay men revealed the disease that came to be called AIDS

Diasporic Minnesotan @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 9h

They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly, which is why we should call them what they are: propagandists, not news outlets.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

I think the one on the right is the girlfriend of the founder of antifa.

Michael Dominic @mdominic.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the two most wanted ANTIFA terrorists in Portland.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Wake up, it's happening now not later. Fight back/resist with everything you've got.

Given the propaganda and systems takeover underway, keep talking and educating everyone as fast as we can.

There is no tomorrow, only today. Authoritarianism takes hold in the blink of an eye.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's so effing sad.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing that. I'd learned from the GOP press release out of the legislature ... no way I was sharing that after they forced her (and other seriously ill Democrats) to the floor with their BS in the special session.

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okthen25.bsky.social @okthen25.bsky.social · 1d

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Oregon state Rep. Hòa Nguyễn dies at 41

The lawmaker representing parts of the Portland area had a reputation for being a thoughtful and kind lawmaker who pushed policies to improve the lives of children.

www.opb.org

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

As you will, but these guys need to put respect on women in leadership IMO.

I was in a meeting the other night where they called the PBOT Director by her first name and males by their honorary. It's BS.

Friends can help this cause by calling their boss lady friends by their boss lady titles.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Councilor Morillo.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 2d

So sad to learn of the passing of State Rep. Hoa Nguyen. Even though she was dying, she traveled to Salem to help pass a transportation bill for our state.

She was a real one, a true champion for justice, and will be fondly remembered and missed. Condolences to those closest to her on their loss.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 2d

Too many Americans still, though.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 2d

It's important to uplift the stories of our neighbors who've escaped authoritarianism. There are many, and they have wisdom for us at this critical moment.

(If any journos want to take this on as a feature, DM me and I can put you in contact.)

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 2d

I thought we would always be safe if we came to America, that we would always have justice, she lamented to me across the fence. We thought America was where people went if they wanted to not worry. People aren't paying attention to how fast authoritarians take over everything: it is happening now.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 2d

My next door neighbors fleed the Bosnian civil war in the middle of the night. One Orthodox, one Muslim, they escaped through Austria, made a good life here in USA. Sons graduated PSU, have families & great jobs.

They are beside themselves that Americans are so being so cavalier with our Democracy.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 3d

Kotek wrote the soldiers deserve better than to be “uprooted from their families and careers, only to be mobilized for an illegal mission.”

www.opb.org/article/2025...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek calls for National Guard troops to demobilize

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria, to demobilize and head home.

www.opb.org

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, she does us great service via her idiocy.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 3d

IMG SRC www.reddit.com/r/oregon/s/k...

From the oregon community on Reddit: Kristi Noem travels all the way to Portland costing taxpayers millions, insults Portlanders, gets on roof with ICE snipers in brave face-off w/about a dozen peacef...

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 3d

Props to DHS for framing Portland's densest neighborhood so the world thinks we look more like Vancouver than Topeka.

I love that urbanity for us. #SoWaFTW

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Noem’s agenda for the trip has not been announced.

Sen. Wyden had a blunt response: “Kristi Noem is cosplaying as a public official. In reality, she’s been sent by Trump to incite violence."

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/kristi-noem-visiting-portland-today-city-officials-confirm.html

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Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 4d

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem prayed over a meal from Burgerville (according to videos from right-wing influencers with her) and stood on the ICE facility roof (according to @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social, locked out with other real reporters).

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/07/u...

DHS Secretary Noem visits Portland ICE facility as lawsuit over National Guard deployment continues • Oregon Capital Chronicle

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Portland's Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Tuesday.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 4d

a woman in a red dress is making a silly face

ALT: a woman in a red dress is making a silly face

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