Jeff
@redroomblues.bsky.social
The United States is an irredeemable and vile country that must be dismantled for the betterment of humanity.
I've held my nose and voted Dem for two contested gubernatorial races in a row. If someone doesn't primary her I'm just gonna leave that bubble blank or vote Green. I'm out. Don't care if this race is another squeaker.
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I've held my nose and voted Dem for two contested gubernatorial races in a row. If someone doesn't primary her I'm just gonna leave that bubble blank or vote Green. I'm out. Don't care if this race is another squeaker.
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Why is she running as a Republican? lol
If she doesn’t distinguish herself sufficiently to Drazen she might as well give the race up now.
If she doesn’t distinguish herself sufficiently to Drazen she might as well give the race up now.
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Why is she running as a Republican? lol
If she doesn’t distinguish herself sufficiently to Drazen she might as well give the race up now.
If she doesn’t distinguish herself sufficiently to Drazen she might as well give the race up now.
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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Next up: The most despicable trash in the U.S. rushing to Bari Weiss's defense because people are being "mean" to her for covering up kidnappings, torture chambers, and concentration camps
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Next up: The most despicable trash in the U.S. rushing to Bari Weiss's defense because people are being "mean" to her for covering up kidnappings, torture chambers, and concentration camps
Your reminder that The Atlantic is a magazine designed to launder conservative ideals to a liberal audience and should not be taken seriously.
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Your reminder that The Atlantic is a magazine designed to launder conservative ideals to a liberal audience and should not be taken seriously.
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Maybe I’m weird but I feel like a lot more time should be spent on investigating the city machinery that moves public money around to insiders & connected people than Republicans & former conservative city council candidates desperately trying to manufacture a public meeting law scandal.
The ambitious Old Town shoe manufacturing campus that secured a risky $7 million loan from Prosper Portland earlier this year has failed to meet the city’s loan requirements.
Old Town Shoe Incubator Fails to Meet Prosper Portland’s Loan Terms
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Maybe I’m weird but I feel like a lot more time should be spent on investigating the city machinery that moves public money around to insiders & connected people than Republicans & former conservative city council candidates desperately trying to manufacture a public meeting law scandal.
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On vacancy fees: Due to a budget note I proposed in June, the administration is researching options and modeling out impacts for different types of long-term vacancy fees, both residential and commercial. That report comes to Council 2/28, so likely at a public meeting in March.
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.
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We need a vacancy tax on commercial property.
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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 9:45 PM
On vacancy fees: Due to a budget note I proposed in June, the administration is researching options and modeling out impacts for different types of long-term vacancy fees, both residential and commercial. That report comes to Council 2/28, so likely at a public meeting in March.
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Living in Portland is a never ending cycle of all your favorite places closing because the rent is too high and then seeing local media blame homeless people
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Living in Portland is a never ending cycle of all your favorite places closing because the rent is too high and then seeing local media blame homeless people
I go to the movies a lot but I think I'm gonna miss Marty Supreme simply because Kevin O'Leary is on the cast. I don't think I could take it seriously with him on the screen.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I go to the movies a lot but I think I'm gonna miss Marty Supreme simply because Kevin O'Leary is on the cast. I don't think I could take it seriously with him on the screen.
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This isn’t a developer crisis, it's an affordability crisis. While investors and developers may think it’s a joke to rent out units as “low” as $1,399 a month, the reality is that’s still more than many Portlanders can afford.
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This isn’t a developer crisis, it's an affordability crisis. While investors and developers may think it’s a joke to rent out units as “low” as $1,399 a month, the reality is that’s still more than many Portlanders can afford.
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Initially included a “fuck you, David Sedaris” here but I took it out because the truth is he still maintains a special place in my heart, even though he sucks now. Thx @christenmccurdy.bsky.social for the recap of the Sedaris New Yorker piece on Portland.
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Initially included a “fuck you, David Sedaris” here but I took it out because the truth is he still maintains a special place in my heart, even though he sucks now. Thx @christenmccurdy.bsky.social for the recap of the Sedaris New Yorker piece on Portland.
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
I think the funniest thing will be that it will be widely celebrated by regular folk but the media class will instinctively be like “I didn’t like him but we must pay our respects” and the discontent with legacy media will grow among even the most Maddow-pilled.
i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think the funniest thing will be that it will be widely celebrated by regular folk but the media class will instinctively be like “I didn’t like him but we must pay our respects” and the discontent with legacy media will grow among even the most Maddow-pilled.
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Lord have mercy on me in two days because Peacock Lane is starting soon and I live directly south. Gotta reprogram myself not to drive within a one mile radius of there for a bit.
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Lord have mercy on me in two days because Peacock Lane is starting soon and I live directly south. Gotta reprogram myself not to drive within a one mile radius of there for a bit.
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NPR thinks fascists are "awesome".
In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela's María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo n.pr/4adj9td
'She's awesome': How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape
In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela's María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NPR thinks fascists are "awesome".
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Tina Kotek has been trying to kill preschool for all for the super rich just to watch them keep making historically large contributions to the Republican Party.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tina Kotek has been trying to kill preschool for all for the super rich just to watch them keep making historically large contributions to the Republican Party.
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Like a lot of younger people who weren't around at the time might not know it but the whole "PSL are too radical and tankie this is insane!" doesn't jive with "The people who protested against Iraq were the only sane ones in society at the time"
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Like a lot of younger people who weren't around at the time might not know it but the whole "PSL are too radical and tankie this is insane!" doesn't jive with "The people who protested against Iraq were the only sane ones in society at the time"
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Do the people even mad at this know who organized all the anti OIF protests back in the day lol
We must show up in full force, across backgrounds and movements, to demand money for people's needs, not for a new war!
Join us on December 6 to demand a stop to this war before it starts!
Learn more and plug in at:
👉🏾answercoalition.org/venezuela
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Join us on December 6 to demand a stop to this war before it starts!
Learn more and plug in at:
👉🏾answercoalition.org/venezuela
(2/2)
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Do the people even mad at this know who organized all the anti OIF protests back in the day lol
Anyone notice that now there’s a new face begging for money on Wikipedia? Surely that’s because Jimmy Wales burned up all his good will?
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Anyone notice that now there’s a new face begging for money on Wikipedia? Surely that’s because Jimmy Wales burned up all his good will?
This movie whipped ass and is probably the most beautiful movie I saw this year. A very close second for my favorite movie of the year, only behind OBAA.
TRAIN DREAMS is on @netflix.com today BUT it’s also still showing at the @hollywoodtheatre.org, which is where you should catch it if you can—through next Tuesday. It’s worth it to see it big. My review for the @portlandmercury.com:
Movie Review: The Irony of Super Beautiful 'Train Dreams' Being Released by Netflix Is Not Lost on Me
Also very beautiful: William H. Macy.
www.portlandmercury.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This movie whipped ass and is probably the most beautiful movie I saw this year. A very close second for my favorite movie of the year, only behind OBAA.
Just got a survey polling me about my feelings about raiding the PCEF for the Moda Center. Good god, it's like piranhas getting a whiff of blood with all the groups trying to rob the PCEF.
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Just got a survey polling me about my feelings about raiding the PCEF for the Moda Center. Good god, it's like piranhas getting a whiff of blood with all the groups trying to rob the PCEF.
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Disagreement on policy is welcome and reasonable, but calling me a Nazi for cosponsoring an ordinance to ban price-fixing is completely unacceptable. Councilor Ryan edited his post, but did not disclose the edit and explain the nature of the substantive change, so it’s here for posterity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Disagreement on policy is welcome and reasonable, but calling me a Nazi for cosponsoring an ordinance to ban price-fixing is completely unacceptable. Councilor Ryan edited his post, but did not disclose the edit and explain the nature of the substantive change, so it’s here for posterity.
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Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?