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There's nobody that deserves to lose more than Kotek and there's nobody that deserves to win less than Oregon Republicans

I will never let 2020 go. The fact the Portland Police have gotten away with basically everything they did in 2020 and the lack of action on it is a huge source of my anger.

Have Portland officials considered another field trip to Vienna to see how they built public housing 80 years ago under a completely different set of rules and ideology?

Portland is really gonna put a cop on the city council 😂😂😂

I know it's not politically viable to say it but you are a stupid person if you think sweeps work. Actually stupid. These people never figured out object permanence and their parents allowed them the classic "if I put all my dirty clothes and crap into the closet, that means my room is clean"

Some guy on Twitter showed his ballot and it was all Democrats, plus not ranking Julia Brim Edwards but then voted for Clark, Zimmerman, Arnold. I actually had to physically get up and leave my phone there for a few minutes. He didn't vote DSA because they're too "radical". We live amongst MORONS

Impressive that Portland DSA had two years to find candidates to break the council deadlock and spent that time organizing for a shitty ballot measure

It's really funny how Mitch Green shut up about his socialist private business hot dog stands after the foie gras ban. Did he find out how the pigs used to make hotdogs are treated?

I really considered running, saved up money but ultimately believed there were going to be better people challenging Clark, Zimmerman and Arnold but holy shit was I wrong. These people have no clue how politics work AND they are not offering anything that will make district 4 a better place.

D4 has assumed that Clark and Green will win and Arnold will replace Zimmerman. There's no other reason why the progressive candidates in D4 are so fucking bad. Jeremy guy has well-intentions but no backbone (mayor Keith is doing a good job!) and Jamey copying Betsy Johnson's eyeglasses symbol lmao

People are overestimating the fight legislative Dems would have against Drazan. They would approve massive cuts to our state government under the name of "fiscal responsibility" and tons of privatization under the name of "helping businesses" Everyone forgets the Dems killed Measure 110 on purpose

This is fucking pathetic. The foundation of democracy is strong public schools for everyone. Would love to have a politician here have the balls enough to propose banning charter, private and homeschooling here.

One of the best posts I've read on here and I'll add that it also strikingly shows how meager and lousy self-proclaimed socialists initiatives are here. It's all baked into making the most changes without actually changing anything fundamental. We don't even have municipal sanitation in Portland!

I think 6 years after 2020 you should be more mad about police brutality than less mad but anyways who wants a hot dog stand

We love the gerontocracy in America don't we folks??????

The whole I-5 closure should have been dealt with like how PBOT deals with the steel bridge pedestrian path being closed. No warnings, no updates, just "it's closed, deal with it"

Maybe you should tell people Mitch. Why does Eric Zimmerman send me a newsletter every month in the mail with all the bullshit he's done and you don't? To find out what you're doing, I have to either log into this hellhole echo chamber or use my girlfriend's Instagram

Remember when all the leftist organizations here made a big deal about the mayor's office having no real power in the new system? It's been incredible watching our trucking CEO mayor run circles around them. Don't forget about re-appointing scummy Michael Jordan as City Admin. to "not rock the boat"

Why have none of my pro-Palestinian city council members tried to end the Portland sister city relationship with an Israeli city? It is an ethnically cleansed city 8 miles north of Gaza. But hey better focus on making 90% of Portland unhappy by doing everything to avoid calling a street "39th"

Uh oh looks like the right wing chuds found out Portland today isn't the same as 2018 Portland. I miss the old Portland that would have beat and bloodied those TERFS

One of the most disappointing things about Peacock has been their refusal to talk about Portland Street Response. It's very obvious A)they are scared of provoking the Portland Police (and Chief Day is so nice & cordial to them in person!!!) and B) don't want to be associated with Jo Ann Hardesty

The moment I knew Mitch Green did not have the juice was when he put some statement on social media defending Eric Zimmerman for not speaking out about the possible Trump troop deployment here. Putting out a statement defending your shitty co-worker that destroys your goals is so obviously pathetic

I'm so tired of hearing about small business owners oh my god

Can someone let me know why Portland DSA supports the 2% government budget being decided by voters initiative. I always told people that asked me to sign "That's what we elect people for" so I was kinda shocked to find out a week or so ago that Portland DSA supports it?

Portland Bluesky would support the I5 bridge replacement and rose quarter freeway expansion if Zohran did a video on why it's actually good

Trimet's new 77 route sucks ass

Okay last hot take before I get off BlueSky again. Morillo is the only councilor that actually deserves to be re-elected. The rest of Peacock has been pretty underwhelming.

It's such a shame everyone is terrified to talk about Measure 110 and how the Oregon Democrat Party fucked it all up.

Wow can't believe the mayor's office would protect the police

All the "Portland is rebounding" stuff is centered around adults. James Beard Market is gonna be great but centered towards adults. The only "kid" thing we have planned is the Steel Bridge skatepark that will take until 2029!!!!! to build and there's a chance they'll mess up the design there too

Hot Take: The biggest taboo subject in Portland that nobody wants to talk about is Portland becoming a community for senior citizens and nobody else.

So Portland Police hit some guy running away from them with their SUV, then sent in a dog to get beat by a metal pipe after the suspect destroyed a drone and a robot? Do I have that correct?

Peacock's refusal to do anything about the Portland Police Bureau has led us here. Officers suing citizens for insurance payout schemes

JO ANN HARDESTY WAS ABLE TO CREATE PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE AND CUT $15 MILLION FROM THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU ON A CONSERVATIVE CITY COUNCIL WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO HATED HER GUTS

I can't believe how tame and meek Portland's progressive councilors are with literally everything going on in the world. Is nobody angry? Able to take criticism without immediately conceding bullshit points?

Is everyone enjoying the smoke?!?!?

I hate this app ✌️ I hope everyone enjoys the smoke this summer

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"

This city is so funny

I don't know how anyone who has a soul is on Bluesky. Does everyone enjoy reading long threads about how blowing up a helicopter is a war crime while ignoring everything Israel and the USA have done over the past 2+ years. Imagine if Hind Rajab had been in that helicopter Wesley!!!

Is there a reason why Portland "progressive" politicians jerk themselves silly over Zohran Mamdani while failing to even *propose* a quarter of the things he's trying to get implemented in New York City? Is Portland more conservative than New York City?