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You’re so spot on.
i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents
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the conceit here is to pass off basically a Municipal Reagonomics sentiment as pragmatism. progressive pragmatism even! why i just openly identify as a democratic socialist, bc it’s important to be clear about what your program is. this shit is a tax cut for the rich and privatization program
Pretty disappointed to see a handful of notable Portland restaurants lend their name to the latest “Portland business chamber in sheep’s clothing” PAC. props for how breathlessly they repeat the word “progressive” in their rhetoric to justify their plan of tax cuts and more cops www.goportlandgo.org
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The Oregon Legislature failed us on transit. The Oregon Legislature failed us on the Moda Center. The Oregon Legislature needs to change.
Last day taking the Green Line home from work today. Leaving on a trip tomorrow and when I get back it will service neither my office or my home. #TrimetServiceCuts
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This mess with rip city has forced politicians at all levels of government in Oregon to expose their allegiances. Voters will remember who stood by the people and who didn’t.
Councilors Avalos, Morillo, Kanal, Koyama Lane, and sometimes Novick: you all tried to get something better for Portland. The rest of you have vested your faith in a negotiation team that is profoundly unfit for the moment.
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Yeah I’m gonna need yall got get me a 7th vote. I think that vote is Jamey, give her a follow, donate, volunteer. If you want a progressive council every day till November counts and everything you do or don’t do shapes that too.
@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social demonstrates once again why the progressives on council are the real collaborators and fiscally responsible reps Portland deserves. We need to expand the progressive table to never again allow the mayor to put his thumb on the scale. #breakthedeadlock #voteevenstar4d4
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Any elected representative who votes for this should be recalled, immediately, for dereliction of duty.
@supergiantgames.bsky.social Just finished Hades 2 on ps5. What a treat of a game. Thanks!!!
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i’ve stuck my neck out to fight for ratepayer affordability and to make sure we don’t get worked over in yet another public stadium subsidy scam, and i’ve lost two endorsements over it. that’s unfortunate, but my job is to take on affordability and matters of public trust whatever the cost. and i am
We cannot let this garbage onto Portland streets.
Yet another (120+) Wrong Way Waymo: Century & Crenshaw, Inglewood, CA "waymo driving in oncoming traffic. Illegally merges into left turn. I thought these cars had driver assist for these situations." OP: tiktok.kimooner Waymo's demolishing the 'telops will save robots from themselves' theory.
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Replying to @councilorgreen.bsky.social
This idea that councilors should gather behind a literal paywall to talk about the Moda deal with Dundon, to get lobbied out of public view potentially as a quorum, instead of a public meeting is disturbing. That style of access-based lobbying to policy development is over.
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helluva time for the oregon legislature to decide to defund trimet and force the agency to cut transit service
"The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System had a 6.5% increase. Metrolink, an LA-focused commuter rail system, saw a 4% jump. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had its highest monthly ridership total since 2020."
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YOU can help #SaveUSFS You’re here: you’re involved, but are your friends / family? Google Doc full of ways to help— starting w/ 8 sample social media posts, one conversation starter for friends + family, and a handy little graphic. Thanks to @nffe.bsky.social and @fedworkersunited.bsky.social.
HAPPENING NOW! We're joining federal workers & allies to defend the Forest Service staff from Trump's attempt to destroy the agency. Call Congress & tell them to stop the reorganization that would privatize our public forests. tinyurl.com/act4usfs #SaveUSFS #ProtectOurForests
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🚨 Emerging scandal! 🚨 3 candidates — Kipperlyn Sinclair, Myrna Muñoz, & Tammy Carpenter — had a KGW interview about a moratorium on data centers censored after an opposing (pro-data center) campaign complained. Air the interview, @kgw.com.web.brid.gy The people deserve to have this information!
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Hey @nytimes.com, I already reported this earlier this week. And the G650s you mention? I reported on those in FEBRUARY. You credit NBC News and WSJ for first reporting parts of your story. Please credit me, too.
@trimet.org it’d be great if you stopped sending big flocks of ticket checkers to profile and harass people at night. What a waste of man power and money to kick people while they’re down and make the ride worse for the rest of us in the meantime. Do better.
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tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety. venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars. child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me. mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed. mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.
Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity
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More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now. techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...