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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 10h

Portlanders will not be cowed by this administration. When undignitaries like Kristi Noem visit for their photo ops and get mocked by people in animal costumes it’s because that’s the level of respect they deserve. Doing the work of mass deportation is the least honorable thing a person can do.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 10h

“And, here’s the thing: Even if the mythical Portland crime wave happened, and was still happening, there’s absolutely no excuse for the federal government to invade Portland. That’s the message leaders should be stressing.”

Letter from the editor | Portland and Oregon electeds took the bait

By acting as though the Trump regime cares about truth or reasonability, some leaders fell for the con

www.streetroots.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Posted about 23 hrs ago
Credit: @btnewsroom.bsky.social

"btnewsroom: In response to the announced deployment of 200 National Guard troops & 150 🧊 agents to Portland, a group of military veterans gathered in front of City Hall, calling on service members to remember their oath to the Constitution"

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

What we’re seeing now is not people “[beginning] to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army”—the federal agents are becoming an occupying army, and the violence is theirs. The violence is already here.

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 1d

So 100 private and public officials went to the twin cities on a STUDY TRIP with the Metro Chamber and there's no media outrage? No "junket" articles? Or what about the state legislators who went to Vietnam? No?

Hmmm 🤔

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is stupid and dangerous right now, *but* we have an opportunity to make a least one thing less stupid and dangerous.

Please submit a comment to the PDX city planners asking them to prevent any further expansion of liquid fuel storage at the CEI Hub and mandate a fuel drawdown.

👇

Demand a Safer Portland! Stop the CEI Hub Time Bomb!

Tell City Hall to Choose Public Health and Safety Over Corporate Profits at the CEI Hub Portland faces a historic choice—one that will determine our city’s safety and environmental legacy for generat...

actionnetwork.org

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 2d

A wonderful family in our neighborhood will soon lose the home they've been renting for over a decade from REACH, a local housing non-profit that is selling all of their houses to a for-profit business. One home in the neighborhood has already been sold and flipped at market rate. More will follow.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 2d

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon Republicans know they can't use an image of the actual (small, tame) protest in Portland to illustrate Trump's fever dream and their fake intel, so they had to make one from stock photos of South American "Policia" leaning on riot shields + what looks like Brazilian football fans with flares

A stock photo of South American police leaning on riot shields with the Spanish word "Policia" written on them

A stock photo of a crowd of young men with red flares and flames from a Brazilian photographer in Sao Paolo

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 2d

It was maybe the wildest week in Portland news since Damian Lillard hit The Shot, and this story understandably flew under the radar. But if you're interested in what could happen when 1/3 of city councilors are, ahem, socialists, look no further than a recently closed Gateway Fred Meyer.

Jamie Dunphy envisions social housing tower to replace closed Gateway Fred Meyer

Jamie Dunphy wants a 14-story social housing unit where an East Portland Fred Meyer recently closed

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 3d

More from Chris, with About Face Veterans:

“We are a post 911, service members and veterans organization aiming to end a foreign policy of permanent war and the use of military weapons, tactics and values in communities all across the country, including ours.”

aboutfaceveterans.org

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 3d

Amidst everything going on with Trump's attack on the cities like Portland, I don't want to miss the very important and urgent need to condemn Israel's interception of the Sumud Flotilla and call for the immediate release of Paul Reid and Stephen Wahab, two Portlanders held hostage.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

TLDR: Judge Immergut GRANTS a 2nd TRO blocking the Trump admin from sending ANY federalized troops from ANY state into Oregon/Portland. (Full hearing thread below)

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 3d

Councilor Green and fellow Portland veterans leading a protest against the unlawful deployment of the national guard, the attack on our immigrant neighbors, and the rise of fascism.

To those in the armed forces, it’s not simply that you have a right to disobey an unlawful order. You have a duty.

Portland veterans speak out against fascism and assault on immigrants in protest at portland city hall

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 3d

A hundred plus people, and growing, are gathered at Portland City Hall for the “Duty to Disobey” demonstration. The call is for US military veterans to honor their oath and stand against Trump’s deployment of the military on U.S. soil (and against foreign wars).

Veterans gather outside Portland city hall

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 3d

We’ll be at this rally at 2 PM and we hope you will join us. 👇

DUTY
TO DISOBEY
Veterans Stand Against War on American Soil
SUNDAY 10/5 2PM
with
Councilor
Mitch Green
PORTLAND CITY HALL

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s meet up at 2 pm at city hall to rally and talk about the duty of troops to disobey illegal orders (like California national guard members who have been deployed to Portland)

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3d

When the Oregonian talks about the opinions of "Portlanders", what they really mean is the 10 rich guys in a trenchcoat who fund every right wing political project in this city.

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3d

Look at how they characterize the purveyors of this message lol.

Mitch’s post highlights a political front group funded by wealthy people & the Oregonian abstracts it into “Portlanders”

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emily-vwg.bsky.social @emily-vwg.bsky.social · 4d

i know! the background should be shrunk!

emily-vwg.bsky.social @emily-vwg.bsky.social · 4d

thank you for your work. your zoom background makes you look 3 ft tall tho fyi

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 4d

joining the long storied history of people learning a bunch of shit about international finance against their will when they're just trying to order tulip bulbs

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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 4d

BREAKING: Judge grants restraining order blocking the Trump administration from mobilizing National Guard soldiers to Portland. Full story tk from @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Motion granted. Guard blocked from activation in Portland. Story to come @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Cannot believe we are still waiting for Judge Immergut to make a decision here. Especially given what we heard in court yesterday. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/03/f...

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Cannot believe we are still waiting for Judge Immergut to make a decision here. Especially given what we heard in court yesterday. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/03/f...

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