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Portland Pedestrian. I drink from Benson Bubblers.
Church of the immaculate clave.
#steadfastantiauthoritarian
#weareeverything
Church of the immaculate clave.
#steadfastantiauthoritarian
#weareeverything
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
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No War for Oil! US out of Venezuela! Rally today SW 10th and Burnside 3:30 pm
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
No War for Oil! US out of Venezuela! Rally today SW 10th and Burnside 3:30 pm
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani goes straight to Brooklyn after getting sworn in to put slumlords on notice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Mayor Zohran Mamdani goes straight to Brooklyn after getting sworn in to put slumlords on notice.
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blue states should create escrow accounts into which citizens pay their federal taxes but are withheld by the state until the federal government stops acting like its only obligated towards states that support the maga agenda
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
blue states should create escrow accounts into which citizens pay their federal taxes but are withheld by the state until the federal government stops acting like its only obligated towards states that support the maga agenda
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A n'hood assoc. colleague remarked that "getting more housing downtown will be impossible" as the downtown is "already very built up." I hold a different impression of my community, so I took to Google MyMaps to graphically illustrate just how much land in downtown on which there is left to build.
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A n'hood assoc. colleague remarked that "getting more housing downtown will be impossible" as the downtown is "already very built up." I hold a different impression of my community, so I took to Google MyMaps to graphically illustrate just how much land in downtown on which there is left to build.
I learned something new here
Never forget that Portland paid for a subway tunnel, but instead of trains it carries runoff from surface parking lots.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I learned something new here
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
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Port of Portland is talking about building 11,000 new car parking spaces. They have a survey where you can tell them this is a bad idea. Or maybe they should try increasing the number of TriMet bus lines to the airport (currently 0), or make biking to the airport safe: app.maptionnaire.com/q/oh2
Maptionnaire
app.maptionnaire.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Port of Portland is talking about building 11,000 new car parking spaces. They have a survey where you can tell them this is a bad idea. Or maybe they should try increasing the number of TriMet bus lines to the airport (currently 0), or make biking to the airport safe: app.maptionnaire.com/q/oh2
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As the city begins to cite and arrest people for living outside, those working with homeless Portlanders say the ban only makes life harder for people living outside.
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
Advocates speak out on the detrimental impacts of Portland's ‘camping’ ban
www.streetroots.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As the city begins to cite and arrest people for living outside, those working with homeless Portlanders say the ban only makes life harder for people living outside.
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
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What these sweeps do to people’s lives is absolutely devastating. I found it difficult to absorb in the space of a single read.
Here's a piece on what sweeps do: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...
Swept Away: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What these sweeps do to people’s lives is absolutely devastating. I found it difficult to absorb in the space of a single read.
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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 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
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Federal immigration agents detained at least 30 people headed to work Thursday morning in Woodburn — marking the largest immigration raid in Oregon since President Donald Trump took office in January, advocates say. buff.ly/f8UpCay by @miamaldonado.bsky.social
Oregon sees largest immigration raid under Trump 2.0 in Woodburn, group says • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal immigration agents detained at least 30 people headed to work Thursday morning in Woodburn, farmworker advocates say.
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Federal immigration agents detained at least 30 people headed to work Thursday morning in Woodburn — marking the largest immigration raid in Oregon since President Donald Trump took office in January, advocates say. buff.ly/f8UpCay by @miamaldonado.bsky.social
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Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Food Resource List - PDX
Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
WTF?!
One bicycle rider, one wheelchair user, and one walker killed in separate incidents in places notorious for dangerous driving and with a long history of serious crashes.
bikeportland.org/2025/10/30/t...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/30/t...
Three people killed by drivers last night in Hazelwood Neighborhood
All happened within one mile of each other.
bikeportland.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
WTF?!
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I’m sharing these as JPGs so this will have to be a thread, sorry, but here’s a thread of food resources for Multnomah County that was updated last week.
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m sharing these as JPGs so this will have to be a thread, sorry, but here’s a thread of food resources for Multnomah County that was updated last week.
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We know that the risk of death can increase by as much as 20% following the sweep of a homeless encampment. Homeless folks lose their medication, their phones, family, photos, resources, basic supplies when a sweep happens. Homeless folks are more likely to OD after a sweep. Sweeps cause harm.
October 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
We know that the risk of death can increase by as much as 20% following the sweep of a homeless encampment. Homeless folks lose their medication, their phones, family, photos, resources, basic supplies when a sweep happens. Homeless folks are more likely to OD after a sweep. Sweeps cause harm.
Stop the sweeps!
Cassie Wilson is my hero.
October 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Stop the sweeps!
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This is an interesting behind-the-scenes take on the ICE facility by the Mayor. The bad workplace, bad management, high-stress, and unnecessary risk-taking by ICE and their protective goons is very much a recipe for disaster.
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is an interesting behind-the-scenes take on the ICE facility by the Mayor. The bad workplace, bad management, high-stress, and unnecessary risk-taking by ICE and their protective goons is very much a recipe for disaster.
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I think this moment of people feeling nervous about something and doing it anyway could prove quite liberating and profound
My mother-in-law was nervous about wearing her #NoKings gear to the airport for her flight this morning, but she got *lots* of compliments. Even the TSA agent told her, "I like your shirt."
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think this moment of people feeling nervous about something and doing it anyway could prove quite liberating and profound
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Cities everywhere need to do a better job providing places to sit.
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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