Kevin Foster

I’m truly happy to see some wins around the globe. When people protest and fight back, we actually win. Lula’s victory im Brazil and the victory of the student-led movement in Serbia give me at least some hope. People are prevailing in places around the world.

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Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

This week I’ve been called an influencer, a podcaster, and a journalist at large.

One of my greatest disappointments since living in Portland is that not once has anyone ever knocked on my door for trick-or-treating 😭 I've always wanted to be the cool adult with the full size candy bars 😔 That's why I make up for it with lots of candy and treats in my City Hall office 🍬🍿🍫🥨🙃🤭

We love putting effort into valuable reporting and then having a 30 second clip of me complaining about how society sucks get 6x the views.

Julia Brim-Edwards definitely does not fit the “pro-labor progressive labor” label some of her billboards would suggest. Singleton is the only person who seems like she might fit that description in the chair race.

A lil news: AFSCME Local 88, the largest union representing Multnomah County employees, has rescinded its endorsement of Julia Brim-Edwards for county chair. This comes a week after @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social reversed its endorsement.

A mini investigation into the surveillance pricing ban making its way through Portland City Council. The ordinance is scheduled for a first reading before the full council on November 4.

Support one of the great people holding it down in Los Angeles. Izzy’s reporting is so vital to the community and keeping people safe.

If the final Moda deal ends up anywhere close to this, any councilor who votes yes cannot be trusted with basic budgeting and economics. I’d argue that’s pretty much already the case for those that were ready to roll over from the jump, but this is insane.

We have enough mouth-breathing nationalists in this country that a video can go viral just because a Somali woman speaks in front of an upside down flag. That’s cringe. Yes, OJP should have done better, but I think we’ll be alright.

To the person who yelled from their bike today that they love my work. Thank you. I needed that.

As a non-candidate I've been asked if I disavow Hasan Piker and if I condemn Mitch's tweets. Not sure I've ever seen any of the conservatives asked at a public event if they disavow / condemn anyone yet.

So happy to get to contribute to one of these amazing podcasts. Also very happy that my detailed episodes on how Congress wants to bring ICE to grocery stores has more downloads than the Macklemore one.

We won 3 Signal Awards, FYI! @coolzonemedia.bsky.social

I also wanted to pull out a special part of the piece: fuck Jensen Huang. By forcing customers to take early delivery of GPUs to boost quarterly revenues, he artificially inflated the price of RAM and every consumer electronic. What he and his hyperscale paypigs have done is morally reprehensible.