Noah Heller
@noahheller.bsky.social
I would not be surprised if Trump cleans up his act a bit between now and the election, but G-d help us once the election is over.
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I would not be surprised if Trump cleans up his act a bit between now and the election, but G-d help us once the election is over.
I think the lesson here is that if you are a dictator then develop a nuclear weapons program ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I think the lesson here is that if you are a dictator then develop a nuclear weapons program ASAP.
Please read this story about how much our mental health system failed to take needed action.
It is literally insane that in the richest country in the world we don’t even treat the sickest of the mentally ill.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
It is literally insane that in the richest country in the world we don’t even treat the sickest of the mentally ill.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Two families devastated by Portland police mistake: ‘Now somebody’s dead’
Jonathan Grall fatally stabbed a man outside the Portland Art Museum in 2023. Police knew two months earlier that he had stabbed someone else but they failed to arrest Grall then -- even with the vict...
www.oregonlive.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Please read this story about how much our mental health system failed to take needed action.
It is literally insane that in the richest country in the world we don’t even treat the sickest of the mentally ill.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
It is literally insane that in the richest country in the world we don’t even treat the sickest of the mentally ill.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
The “GREATS” like Michael Crawford?
Trump says he could "leave the Presidency" if people tell him he's a good award show host.
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The “GREATS” like Michael Crawford?
Now ICE is just kidnapping people who look Somali on the streets of Minneapolis.
It is honestly worse than I ever imagined, complete abdication of the constitution. I hate these bullies so much.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
It is honestly worse than I ever imagined, complete abdication of the constitution. I hate these bullies so much.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Now ICE is just kidnapping people who look Somali on the streets of Minneapolis.
It is honestly worse than I ever imagined, complete abdication of the constitution. I hate these bullies so much.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
It is honestly worse than I ever imagined, complete abdication of the constitution. I hate these bullies so much.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
While both groups face severe hardship, unsheltered homelessness presents a more acute, high-risk environment with greater unmet needs, even as shelters provide crucial, albeit sometimes underutilized, support systems.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
Unsheltered homeless and unstably housed adults have higher levels of stress and more health risk factors than sheltered homeless adults
In the United States, approximately 580,000 individuals were homeless on a single night in 2020. Homelessness can be categorized into three subgroups: sheltered homeless, unsheltered homeless, and unstably housed. Few studies have examined the ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
While both groups face severe hardship, unsheltered homelessness presents a more acute, high-risk environment with greater unmet needs, even as shelters provide crucial, albeit sometimes underutilized, support systems.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
I disagree with those opposed to shelter expansion. Funding for affordable housing at scale requires growing tax revenue.
Portland won’t come back unless we reduce visible homelessness. Sometimes short-term action is required for long-term solutions.
Clean up PDX, grow the tax base!
Portland won’t come back unless we reduce visible homelessness. Sometimes short-term action is required for long-term solutions.
Clean up PDX, grow the tax base!
"The Welcome Home Coalition...will present a petition with more than 2,000 signatures asking the City Council to “stop funding mass shelter expansion and the harmful sweeps of tents and RVs … and put funding towards long-term housing solutions.”
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Rally at City Hall calls for Portland to spend money on housing, not homeless shelters
Councilor Candace Avalos is expected to introduce a spending plan for $21 million in available funding on rent assistance and rapid rehousing.
www.oregonlive.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I disagree with those opposed to shelter expansion. Funding for affordable housing at scale requires growing tax revenue.
Portland won’t come back unless we reduce visible homelessness. Sometimes short-term action is required for long-term solutions.
Clean up PDX, grow the tax base!
Portland won’t come back unless we reduce visible homelessness. Sometimes short-term action is required for long-term solutions.
Clean up PDX, grow the tax base!
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Over the last decade, Portland has faced a dramatic and deadly rise in unsheltered homelessness. This crisis is what drove me to dig deeper: to meet with community partners, to listen to those living on our streets, and to study how other cities responded.
Mayor Keith Wilson announces reaching goal of 1,500 emergency overnight shelter bed capacity
YouTube video by City of Portland, OR
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Over the last decade, Portland has faced a dramatic and deadly rise in unsheltered homelessness. This crisis is what drove me to dig deeper: to meet with community partners, to listen to those living on our streets, and to study how other cities responded.
City of Portland Provides Update on Camping Enforcement: Nov. 6-12
www.portland.gov
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I can’t believe it’s been 4.5 years since Oregon’s wage agency made this nutso decision & it’s not even resolved the appeal
If nothing else, legislature needs to fix appeal timelines www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
If nothing else, legislature needs to fix appeal timelines www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
Landmark Eugene Development Stalls Over a Wage Dispute With Statewide Impacts
BOLI insists private developers must pay more because public dollars funded infrastructure.
www.wweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I can’t believe it’s been 4.5 years since Oregon’s wage agency made this nutso decision & it’s not even resolved the appeal
If nothing else, legislature needs to fix appeal timelines www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
If nothing else, legislature needs to fix appeal timelines www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
@andersem.bsky.social any thoughts on this proposal?
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Under our proposal, every household in communities that hit ambitious housing production targets would receive a cash rebate.”
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Under our proposal, every household in communities that hit ambitious housing production targets would receive a cash rebate.”
The Searchlight Approach to the Housing Crisis
A novel, market-based federal incentive program that lowers housing costs by encouraging local governments to build more, and giving residents a financial incentive to support pro-housing policies.
www.searchlightinstitute.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@andersem.bsky.social any thoughts on this proposal?
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Under our proposal, every household in communities that hit ambitious housing production targets would receive a cash rebate.”
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Under our proposal, every household in communities that hit ambitious housing production targets would receive a cash rebate.”
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Clearly the worst thing Trump has done on the merits, though obviously not going to be the centerpiece of anyone's midterm ads.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Clearly the worst thing Trump has done on the merits, though obviously not going to be the centerpiece of anyone's midterm ads.
I’m really happy with Keith Wilson as mayor right now of Portland, he took a middle path which pleases neither the hard left or hard right … but is best for the common good!
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m really happy with Keith Wilson as mayor right now of Portland, he took a middle path which pleases neither the hard left or hard right … but is best for the common good!
They just checked my fare on the @trimet bus! I’m so happy!
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They just checked my fare on the @trimet bus! I’m so happy!
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Where do you sit on this food chain Mr. Heller? Are you bought by the rich or are you the bamboozled middle class?
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Where do you sit on this food chain Mr. Heller? Are you bought by the rich or are you the bamboozled middle class?
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I don’t doubt that the city council made the popular decision, but I don’t think they might the right decision
This editorial sums up my perspective on this project & the council decision.
"a blow for infrastructural investment – an issue in which the city has zero credibility with its billion-$ plus maintenance backlog of deteriorating roads, community centers and pools."
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...
"a blow for infrastructural investment – an issue in which the city has zero credibility with its billion-$ plus maintenance backlog of deteriorating roads, community centers and pools."
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...
Editorial: Portland City Council misses the forest for the trees
Portland City Council’s tentative vote to reject Portland General Electric’s project to upgrade transmission capacity is a short-sighted move that fails to recognize the need, the siting in an area th...
www.oregonlive.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t doubt that the city council made the popular decision, but I don’t think they might the right decision
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Making the rounds.
April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Making the rounds.
He is so good at this job, really the best.
This is the worst movie casting and dialog you've ever seen but it's also real life bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on the markets: "Up 2500 points. Nobody has ever heard of it. Gotta be a record."
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
He is so good at this job, really the best.
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“I feel much better now.”
—nobody
—nobody
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“I feel much better now.”
—nobody
—nobody
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Remember that under PERS Oregon is contractually obligated to pay high pension payments, no matter how poorly the market does.
If this downturn sticks and we don’t increase our population of taxpayers, Oregon schools are gonna face very, very deep cuts.
opb.org/article/2024...
If this downturn sticks and we don’t increase our population of taxpayers, Oregon schools are gonna face very, very deep cuts.
opb.org/article/2024...
Oregon School districts, employees face $670 million increase in payments to public pension system
The increased costs for schools to the Public Employee Retirement System in the next two years will more than wipe out the governor’s proposed increases in school funding.
opb.org
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Remember that under PERS Oregon is contractually obligated to pay high pension payments, no matter how poorly the market does.
If this downturn sticks and we don’t increase our population of taxpayers, Oregon schools are gonna face very, very deep cuts.
opb.org/article/2024...
If this downturn sticks and we don’t increase our population of taxpayers, Oregon schools are gonna face very, very deep cuts.
opb.org/article/2024...