Spendy Criddler

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

Portland, Oregon is a medium sized and not a small city for the US.

[March 12th, 1981] Portland police officers dumped dead possums in front of the Burger Barn, a popular Black-owned restaurant. This racially motivated act sparked intense civil rights protests, significant political fallout, and lasting community outrage in Portland, Oregon.

My wife doesn’t like WinCo or Costco.

Soccer Shots bets are now live on Kalshi and Polymarket.

There is an international, well-connected network of fascists promoting far-right candidates in elections (and coups) across the world. The guy who owns the site Yglesias posted this on is one of their leaders. Be careful of people advocating for their opponents to disarm!

The word “righsizing” is a bit of opaque corporate jargon that sounds more reasonable than downsizing. That PPS is using it as a euphemism for school closures is a useful signal to how they see this proposal.

I really don’t understand people who quit X but stay on Fab or Instagram. Zuckerberg is evil on purpose. Much more mild mannered than Musk but they are allies.

Remember that anything that happens in “some foreign country” can happen here, too. If the last 10 years haven’t taught you that you haven’t been paying attention.

Ask your mom and dad which sexual position you were conceived in.

This seems like a big deal

The instant success of Wildwood, the biggest Portland movie maybe ever, is bringing tears to my eyes. Ive always loved stop motion, I have friends who worked on this wondrous project and I’m a proud Portlander. This must be what sports fans feel when their team wins.

This is why I can’t workout at home. My kid will do all three of these things in a cycle.

this is the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with

This is how half the country sounded 20 years ago. It’s actually progress that this woman sounds exceptionally ignorant now.

The vagina of a succubus is ice cold, and can’t titilate the nervous system sufficiently to cause ejaculation.

I am a government employee. The big boss where I work said they didn’t include tote bags or t shirts at the annual employee conference this year because new rules mean they’re considered part of our compensation and taxable.

This is how my mother in law and her partner are. I’m glad my 79 year old mom never learned how to use the internet or social media.

I just can't stress enough that it's not a coincidence, and it's not even just a personality type. It is an active agenda and an ideological imperative. The physical and sexual abuse of women and children is as much a plank in the right's platform as tax cuts for billionaires. They work hard at it.

Even though Kotek supported defunding PfA, expanding I-5, cutting transportation funding, and rolling over for a billionaire, I am not going to vote for Drazan. I can praise her for backing some yimby ideas, though.

I don’t think the school closures are necessary or good, sorry.

As a D2 constituent I REALLY want to see what Ryan and Owendorff (and related a-holes) have been messaging each other.

Last week, JWJ co-sponsored the Friends of Preschool for All County candidate forum. JWJ was a chief petitioner on this popular measure to provide free, inclusive, culturally responsive, and universal preschool programs in Multnomah County. Here's what candidates for Multnomah County Chair said:

But you all will continue to use Instagram and Facebook, won’t you?

Unacceptable. Meta took down the No Kings Instagram today and kept it offline for well over an hour. Censoring free speech to appease Donald Trump? We the people deserve answers, but regardless, we will not be silenced.

The part of the election runup where every day brings videos of Trump getting up in front of some battleground audience in his dumb hat and going "frankly you're terrible people, really disgusting. A bunch of stupid people and their awful kids. [long break for laughter and applause] Ugly as shit,"

The more astute among us (who just overall have better vibes as people)see through the portlandwashing of regressive agendas

This could be us but you’re allergic to dragons.

Why are food cart prices basically the same as dine-in restaurants? My assumption that the rent and labor costs are lower must be wrong. I would think the initial opening investment is less with a cart as well.

I wish they actually built a huge circular wall and gate around Rose City Park.

An April 1909 advertisement for Rose City Park, highlighting the building restrictions that would ensure no "shanties, shacks, saloons, slums or aught that will be unsightly or objectionable." Restrictions like these paved the way for later racially exclusive covenants in places like Laurelhurst.

What can I say to my spouse who won’t « let » me ride a bike because she is worried it’s too dangerous? My doctor recommended I use one for commuting as a way to maintain a healthier weight.

Let’s Imagine a situation where street parking of bikes was causing the deaths of people in cars. How fast would the bike parking be removed?

The new press secretary may or may not be a lawyer but I’ve met some attorneys I can hardly believe finished law school let alone passed the bar exam.

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

Trump will be signing an executive decision to rename Portland (either one or both)

If you drive the speed limit on any arterial road, drivers behind you will take it as a personal insult.

I do kinda wish my friends weren’t such pixies

Whoopsie, so now instead of the problematic claim of his husband trading in his phone, he has dubiously discovered it actually never got sent in the mail. Nobody believes you Dan.

I hate to admit that i used to work in political consulting but tobias was one of our biggest clients when I worked in fundraising. given that he spent like 70% of his time bashing bernie supporters and bragging about knowing sheryl sandberg, I guarantee that this is partially ideological for him

WTF?! I love Vancouver now.

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

If PPS follows through on either proposal, my kid will go to Cleary next year, which seems like a benefit. The Irvington school is listed on the national register of historic places; how does that limit possibilities for that site?

Im getting like 20 texts a day asking me to donate money to various Dem party candidates. Make it stop!

The 9000 sampled Oregonians (40% not from PDX) thought transit should be 19% of OR’s transpo budget. From 2023-2025, the legislature proposed 8% of budget to to transit; the governor cut that to 7%.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike receiving medical care after failed execution tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/30/u...

ALIEN is the next work of science fiction that right wingers will completely misunderstand.

Mass migration feels like the world seeking to balance itself.