Portland Joe (@bdgaf.bsky.social)

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

Aim for the center..

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Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

OK, is it just me or is the total engagement in Bluesky dropped off the Cliff?

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Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

27 Mar

Here is definitive proof of the impact of over taxation. Save our city - pause all taxes that didn’t exist before COVID. And the Arts tax as well. @councilorgreen.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.socialNo

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

3 Apr

www.koin.com/news/oregon/...

koin.comOregon has one of the highest tax burdens in the U.S., report saysPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With less than two weeks left to file both federal and state income tax returns, it’s no surprise that many people wait until the last minute. But a new analysis hints at wh…

Just like it’s not realistic that everyone on X hated Bad Bunny’s performance, it’s not realistic that everyone on blue sky enjoyed his performance. If you can’t see that, you don’t realize how blind you are to the media. It’s almost statistically improbable there wouldn’t be opposing viewpoints…

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

17 Sept 2025

Crazy that so many people involved work in education.

KOIN 6 News@koin6.bsky.social

In nearly every case, the employers listed the same reasoning for the decisions to fire the employee or put them on leave.

koin.comDoes the First Amendment protect you at work? Charlie Kirk critics are learning the answerSeveral workers, many of them educators, have been let go or put on leave after making posts deemed “inappropriate” regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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Jamie Goldberg

@jamiebgoldberg.bsky.social

5 Sept 2025

‘Really stupid’: Portland councilor rebukes colleagues’ private group chats (via @shanedkavanaugh.bsky.social ) www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

oregonlive.com‘Really stupid’: Portland councilor rebukes colleagues’ private group chats“I hope they’ve learned their lesson," Councilor Steve Novick wrote to constituents last week.

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Willamette Week

@wweek.com

6 Aug 2025

Her resignation came less than two days after a WW story revealed Barnes’ preschool had collected $833,494 from the state to serve just nine children.

wweek.comMurmurs: Preschool for All Director ResignsWW Staff

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

7 Aug 2025

But wait – Mitch Green says high earners aren’t leaving?? maybe he should update his study to include data more current than 2022. @councilorgreen.bsky.social

Willamette Week@wweek.com

Though more people now pay the Preschool for All tax than in tax year 2021, the program is hauling in less revenue and seeing a net decrease in its very highest earners.

wweek.comEffort to Index the Preschool for All Tax Hits SnagsJoanna Hou

Biden ..

Déjà vu of Portland. Remind me again, how does looting an Apple Store relate to ice?

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Charles Johnson

@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com

9 June 2025

Somebody has disabled and graffiti’ed several Waymo cars, and one is on fire.

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

12 May 2025

www.politico.com/news/2025/05... Interesting that this was not posted on blue sky …

politico.com'It's time for Joe Biden to go away': Democrats are triggered by Biden's return to the spotlightDemocrats are ready to move on even if their former standard bearer is not.

youtu.be"We bear some responsibility for faith in the media being at such lows."YouTube video by C-SPAN

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

18 Apr 2025

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

oregonlive.comWhat Portland area officials say they’ll do differently with ‘alarming’ new homelessness data“We can’t ignore this data,” County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson. “We really need to take up the challenge it presents us to do more and do better.”

You go Obama!

www.kptv.com/2025/03/28/p... - again just going back to 2019!!

kptv.comPortland city employees testify against return to office policyThe mayor of Portland wants city employees to return to their offices next month, and some are not happy about it.

Portland Joe

@bdgaf.bsky.social

29 Mar 2025

A few weeks on Bluesky versus other platforms. Hands down people on Bluesky are more unhappy, and AGRO mad than other platforms. Not even close! Super sad…