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tbh I think the Mercury buried the lede, which is that an Oregonian comments section troll / real estate developer appears to be using Councilor Dan Ryan as a mouthpiece
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
tbh I think the Mercury buried the lede, which is that an Oregonian comments section troll / real estate developer appears to be using Councilor Dan Ryan as a mouthpiece
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LA can build a subway but Portland can't even get an express bus.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
LA can build a subway but Portland can't even get an express bus.
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People keep describing what happened at council as “messy.” I wanna talk about this.
What they really mean is that they’re seeing how power actually operates — instead of how it’s usually hidden.
Disagreement in real time.
Values colliding.
Who’s willing to compromise.
And who isn’t.
What they really mean is that they’re seeing how power actually operates — instead of how it’s usually hidden.
Disagreement in real time.
Values colliding.
Who’s willing to compromise.
And who isn’t.
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
People keep describing what happened at council as “messy.” I wanna talk about this.
What they really mean is that they’re seeing how power actually operates — instead of how it’s usually hidden.
Disagreement in real time.
Values colliding.
Who’s willing to compromise.
And who isn’t.
What they really mean is that they’re seeing how power actually operates — instead of how it’s usually hidden.
Disagreement in real time.
Values colliding.
Who’s willing to compromise.
And who isn’t.
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Here is Zimmerman calling his South Asian heritage colleague a “wonk-ulator” who would be replaceable with AI.
this is pretty textbook anti-Asian racial bias. said with a sneer.
Zimmerman owes Kanal and, frankly, many of his own constituents, an apology.
this is pretty textbook anti-Asian racial bias. said with a sneer.
Zimmerman owes Kanal and, frankly, many of his own constituents, an apology.
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Here is Zimmerman calling his South Asian heritage colleague a “wonk-ulator” who would be replaceable with AI.
this is pretty textbook anti-Asian racial bias. said with a sneer.
Zimmerman owes Kanal and, frankly, many of his own constituents, an apology.
this is pretty textbook anti-Asian racial bias. said with a sneer.
Zimmerman owes Kanal and, frankly, many of his own constituents, an apology.
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NEWS ALERT
The Interstate Bridge Replacement team has known the cost of the project has doubled since August, but didn't tell legislators at September/December committee meetings
The IBR now is projected to cost more than the entire pricetag of HB 2025, last year's statewide transportation package
The Interstate Bridge Replacement team has known the cost of the project has doubled since August, but didn't tell legislators at September/December committee meetings
The IBR now is projected to cost more than the entire pricetag of HB 2025, last year's statewide transportation package
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 1:31 AM
NEWS ALERT
The Interstate Bridge Replacement team has known the cost of the project has doubled since August, but didn't tell legislators at September/December committee meetings
The IBR now is projected to cost more than the entire pricetag of HB 2025, last year's statewide transportation package
The Interstate Bridge Replacement team has known the cost of the project has doubled since August, but didn't tell legislators at September/December committee meetings
The IBR now is projected to cost more than the entire pricetag of HB 2025, last year's statewide transportation package
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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
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It's extremely embarrassing watching Portland & Oregon just destroy everything good it was known for.
Even things like the new 4th ave bike lane is stuff you see built in San Antonio or Des Moines now. Portland doesn't have an environmental edge or standing to any major city in the USA now.
Even things like the new 4th ave bike lane is stuff you see built in San Antonio or Des Moines now. Portland doesn't have an environmental edge or standing to any major city in the USA now.
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It's extremely embarrassing watching Portland & Oregon just destroy everything good it was known for.
Even things like the new 4th ave bike lane is stuff you see built in San Antonio or Des Moines now. Portland doesn't have an environmental edge or standing to any major city in the USA now.
Even things like the new 4th ave bike lane is stuff you see built in San Antonio or Des Moines now. Portland doesn't have an environmental edge or standing to any major city in the USA now.
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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
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Unhoused folks and "crime" aren't destroying our small businesses, runaway landlord greed is. If a James Beard winner w/ a line out the door can't survive, who can?
We need a vacancy tax on commercial property.
@councilorepg.bsky.social
@councilorkanal.bsky.social
We need a vacancy tax on commercial property.
@councilorepg.bsky.social
@councilorkanal.bsky.social
from instagram, jinju patisserie closing bc they can’t find a suitable location to relocate to. state of commercial real estate in portland really seems not good
December 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Unhoused folks and "crime" aren't destroying our small businesses, runaway landlord greed is. If a James Beard winner w/ a line out the door can't survive, who can?
We need a vacancy tax on commercial property.
@councilorepg.bsky.social
@councilorkanal.bsky.social
We need a vacancy tax on commercial property.
@councilorepg.bsky.social
@councilorkanal.bsky.social
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If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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I LOVE UNIVERSAL PROGRAMS!
Portland can be the best and most affordable place in the nation to raise a family, through the power of preschool for all, Inner Eastside for All, and building out a complete all ages bicycle network.
Portland can be the best and most affordable place in the nation to raise a family, through the power of preschool for all, Inner Eastside for All, and building out a complete all ages bicycle network.
Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschool for All seats to early education providers for the 2026-27 school year.
Multnomah County Plans Major Surge in Free Preschool Enrollment Next School Year
Multnomah County expects its universal preschool program to see a significant boost in enrollment, starting next fall. On Thursday morning, the county announced plans to offer more than 7,400 Preschoo...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I LOVE UNIVERSAL PROGRAMS!
Portland can be the best and most affordable place in the nation to raise a family, through the power of preschool for all, Inner Eastside for All, and building out a complete all ages bicycle network.
Portland can be the best and most affordable place in the nation to raise a family, through the power of preschool for all, Inner Eastside for All, and building out a complete all ages bicycle network.
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idk whatever. something like this.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
idk whatever. something like this.
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
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We're in a climate emergency, our DOTs are out of $, we need affordable transportation. People have to bike.
We need accountability from engineers, police, courts, each other.
Not this:
𝙈𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡
We need accountability from engineers, police, courts, each other.
Not this:
𝙈𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡
In our screwed up country all you have to do is say "oops I'm sorry" after running a red light and hitting a bike rider with your car (and sending them to hospital w a broken ankle) and the police won't even give you a ticket. I'm fuming!!
This is how pro-driver bias influences PPB.
This is how pro-driver bias influences PPB.
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're in a climate emergency, our DOTs are out of $, we need affordable transportation. People have to bike.
We need accountability from engineers, police, courts, each other.
Not this:
𝙈𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡
We need accountability from engineers, police, courts, each other.
Not this:
𝙈𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡
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Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Four countries have done the right thing and withdrawn, 30 to go #Eurovision2026
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Four countries have done the right thing and withdrawn, 30 to go #Eurovision2026
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
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The richest Oregonians are about to get a tax rebate averaging more than $15,000 during next year's tax season. Meanwhile, the lowest-paid Oregonians — those struggling the most — will get a measly $27 on average. It's time to #ReformTheKicker
https://bit.ly/3XH9zXM
#ORleg #ORpol
https://bit.ly/3XH9zXM
#ORleg #ORpol
Oregon can't afford tax rebates for the rich
Due to actions by Congress, Oregon’s finances have soured. Even so, the state is about to spend a lot of money on the tax rebate known as the “kicker.”
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The richest Oregonians are about to get a tax rebate averaging more than $15,000 during next year's tax season. Meanwhile, the lowest-paid Oregonians — those struggling the most — will get a measly $27 on average. It's time to #ReformTheKicker
https://bit.ly/3XH9zXM
#ORleg #ORpol
https://bit.ly/3XH9zXM
#ORleg #ORpol
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
"Despots come and go. But the bad actors of capitalism have been working their asses off in Portland since the city was founded...it was their actions that got us into this mess in the first place."
Noticed how the same people who once declared "Portland is DEAD" are suddenly jumping on the "Portland is BACK, bay-bee" bandwagon? Mercury editor Wm. Steven Humphrey has, and spends a smooth 800 words *giving them hell.*
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
(It's part of our annual "Winter Guide" in print and on the streets NOW.)
Wm. Steven Humphrey's Adventures in Newspapering
[What follows is one of the many merry articles in the Mercury's Winter Guide 2025. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous this holiday seas...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Despots come and go. But the bad actors of capitalism have been working their asses off in Portland since the city was founded...it was their actions that got us into this mess in the first place."
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?