Dez
@dezpdx.bsky.social
they/them 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈
Your neighbor in Portland District 3. Pastor-organizer in Clackamas County. Executive Director at storylinecommunitypdx.org
Your neighbor in Portland District 3. Pastor-organizer in Clackamas County. Executive Director at storylinecommunitypdx.org
clackco republicans staying classy
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
clackco republicans staying classy
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if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
The elephant in the room is that mayors and governors across the country have very good reason to question the loyalty and allegiances of the state and local police forces and that’s one of the impediments to doing anything about the current occupations
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
Can we recall Vasquez? It feels so dangerous to have a conservative DA in the middle of all of this.
Nathan Vasquez is telling Portland residents he’s cooperating with the feds. Philly DA Larry Krasner told them to get the eff out of Philly. They are not the same.
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Can we recall Vasquez? It feels so dangerous to have a conservative DA in the middle of all of this.
They want different rules for different people and they always have.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
Why was it tyranny when people were “forced” to wear masks during the early days of Covid, but it’s not tyranny when masked men with guns are demanding people comply with unlawful orders?
Why are those on the right who screamed about freedom for years so eager to give it up?
Why are those on the right who screamed about freedom for years so eager to give it up?
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
They want different rules for different people and they always have.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
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hey how does governor rayfield sound to you man? the junior senator from oregon rayfield? because i have an idea how you could get some press
Read our statement on reports that two people were shot and injured in Portland today during an incident involving federal agents. #orpol
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
hey how does governor rayfield sound to you man? the junior senator from oregon rayfield? because i have an idea how you could get some press
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i LOVE our progressive caucus on Portland city council. first time in my life I’ve felt fully represented by my govt
👏👏👏
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
i LOVE our progressive caucus on Portland city council. first time in my life I’ve felt fully represented by my govt
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ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
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The next training for MIGRA Watch in Portland is next Wednesday night, virtual.
Sign up for PIRC's 2026 Migra Watch Trainings here!
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The next training for MIGRA Watch in Portland is next Wednesday night, virtual.
Are the feds just going to shoot people every day now?
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Are the feds just going to shoot people every day now?
My heart can't take this. Too much grief and anger in twenty-four hours.
January 9, 2026 at 12:02 AM
My heart can't take this. Too much grief and anger in twenty-four hours.
Went to the vigil held outside the ICE facility tonight.
Remembering all of the martyrs killed since Heather Heyer in this era of white supremacist violence. We fight on in their memory.
Remembering all of the martyrs killed since Heather Heyer in this era of white supremacist violence. We fight on in their memory.
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Went to the vigil held outside the ICE facility tonight.
Remembering all of the martyrs killed since Heather Heyer in this era of white supremacist violence. We fight on in their memory.
Remembering all of the martyrs killed since Heather Heyer in this era of white supremacist violence. We fight on in their memory.
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if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
Home | Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) support immigrant rights through direct assistance, education, legal support, advocacy, and community organizing.
pircoregon.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
Omg is the council president race still going? 👀
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Omg is the council president race still going? 👀
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on ICE’s justification for the shooting:
“Having seen the video I can tell you that
is bullshit…to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
“Having seen the video I can tell you that
is bullshit…to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on ICE’s justification for the shooting:
“Having seen the video I can tell you that
is bullshit…to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
“Having seen the video I can tell you that
is bullshit…to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
bought a new bed as a consolation gift for my 14 year old terrier (who is very grumpy about change) and the puppy has decided it makes a very cozy body pillow for him instead.
January 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
bought a new bed as a consolation gift for my 14 year old terrier (who is very grumpy about change) and the puppy has decided it makes a very cozy body pillow for him instead.
so... we're sweeping people under the pretense of shelter bed availability, but then kicking people who are in shelters back onto the street because we've decided they've been there too long.
where are people supposed to go??
where are people supposed to go??
Mayor Wilson sent an email to city councilors Tuesday saying the city will begin enforcing 120-day stay limits at its alternative shelter sites. The rules are intended to incentivize people into using the emergency shelter system to obtain housing, despite the lack of available affordable housing.
Mayor to Force Some Homeless Portlanders from Alternative Shelters in February
Jeremiah Hayden
www.portlandmercury.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
so... we're sweeping people under the pretense of shelter bed availability, but then kicking people who are in shelters back onto the street because we've decided they've been there too long.
where are people supposed to go??
where are people supposed to go??
Deciding if I want to run downtown to attend 40 minutes of city council meeting before I have to run to my first work meeting...
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Deciding if I want to run downtown to attend 40 minutes of city council meeting before I have to run to my first work meeting...
Feel like religion and politics have slowly been reversing their roles in people's lives for years.
Beliefs about human nature is the core of politics now, and managing the well-being of your community is the work of the church.
Beliefs about human nature is the core of politics now, and managing the well-being of your community is the work of the church.
Lots of folks are out here discovering that their partisan behaviors drive their religious belief instead of their religious belief driving their partisan behaviors.
"Pope you need to do better"
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Feel like religion and politics have slowly been reversing their roles in people's lives for years.
Beliefs about human nature is the core of politics now, and managing the well-being of your community is the work of the church.
Beliefs about human nature is the core of politics now, and managing the well-being of your community is the work of the church.
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every local vote i can cast is going solely to candidates who vow to protect and increase transit funding at the expense of drivers
30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
every local vote i can cast is going solely to candidates who vow to protect and increase transit funding at the expense of drivers
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Reflecting on my first year as a city councilor, and I’m so proud of what my team and I have accomplished, and we’re just getting started.
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
Donate to Angelita Morillo for Portland City Council in District 3!
Help give Portland the progressive leadership we deserve!
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December 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reflecting on my first year as a city councilor, and I’m so proud of what my team and I have accomplished, and we’re just getting started.
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
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The one thing Portland has are the people who live here. Creative, eclectic, fiercely independent people who came out west to get away from the pomp and pretense of older, better run places. The people of this city make what they want to make, and help each other where they can.
A Moment in a Coffee Shop
This time last year I was sitting in a quiet cafe trying to decide if Portland was any different from anywhere else. This was one of those eclectic, slightly hippie-ish coffee shops that used to be mo...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The one thing Portland has are the people who live here. Creative, eclectic, fiercely independent people who came out west to get away from the pomp and pretense of older, better run places. The people of this city make what they want to make, and help each other where they can.
People to do the work with.
People stepping into it for the first time, people trying something new, people deepening their commitments to the work.
People stepping into it for the first time, people trying something new, people deepening their commitments to the work.
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
People to do the work with.
People stepping into it for the first time, people trying something new, people deepening their commitments to the work.
People stepping into it for the first time, people trying something new, people deepening their commitments to the work.
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