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CWA Local 7901 @cwa7901.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We are outraged at the news that PPA has been calling reformers like @councilorkanal.bsky.social "anti-labor" in the WWeek. We are shocked by reports in the Oregonian of police intimidation of @councilormorillo.bsky.social & and Councilor Kanal. These unconscionable actions must cease.

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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 27/09/2026

And in case anyone forgot how small Portland's political-to-corporate pipeline actually is, Rene Gonzalez literally works at Jubitz as its General Counsel and VP of Development.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Maybe stop describing culture in terms of the hierarchy of brows? [tw: Image contains a racist phrenology brow diagram]

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I voted for the sex worker, not this vile oil whore.

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026

“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why don’t you go keep Sam Adams company? You’re not missed.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Have they announced a new name yet?

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

PPA President is back to posting regularly on Facebook after they failed to get their ballot measure approved. He says "“Portland police officers are subject to constant scrutiny. They wear body cameras and all of their actions are weighed and measured constantly." But do they turn the cameras on?

Portland Police Association Facebook Post from 21 hours ago with a quote from PPA President Aaron Schmautz and a picture of Councilor Green in front of a computer monitor on the dais.

KPTV.COM Headline beneath the image says "Police union calls for Portland city councilor's resignation over resurfaced social media posts"

The quote from PPA President Aaron Schmautz is:

“Portland police officers are subject to constant scrutiny. They wear body cameras and all of their actions are weighed and measured constantly. That councilor Green does not understand that given his time in office is confounding but not surprising. His response is in line with the comments he made. Unaccountable, harmful, and disqualifying.”

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is the exact same thing Maeby pulled on George Michael.

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Kaliko Castille @wizkaliko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fucking shout out to the Mercury. Reporting in this town is too often used to defend power + attack those who would question it rather than the other way around. Power is not distributed equally and a journalist’s job is to help the public analyze who has it, who doesn’t + how it’s being wielded.

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the old days that was called “fact checking”

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ngl Mitch Green looking very mayoral last night just calmly wading through the copaganda and reminding everyone what the police were up to in 2020.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How many Portland Police were fired after they tried to frame Councilor Hardesty?

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Councilor, is it appropriate for a sitting police chief to use their office for electioneering?

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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Devastating blow to Mitch’s chances with voters in Battle Ground, WA.

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026

Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the degree of both autonomy and corruption inside tiny police departments in the U.S. is ridiculous.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Every accusation: an admission.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Does anyone else still slip up and call it “open apple” when trying to tell people macros?

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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

enough dan ryan. portland has progressed beyond the need for dan ryan

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Megan Kovacs @megankovacs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Antagonizing Republican candidates for governor before their debate.

Brunette woman wearing a “Thank god for abortion” tshirt and holding an “abortion is healthcare” sign standing in front of Christine Drazan supporters.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Savage. "The Court thus finds no legal authority for the proposition that an injunction can be issued against a state official to remedy a federal constitutional violation allegedly committed by local government officials." Injunction denied.

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trappercreek.bsky.social @trappercreek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A problem pre-Charter change that’s only grown larger. The offices’ advice seems to cost the city/taxpayers more than it saves & keeps anything progressive schackled.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

*Cop executes captive with electrocution gun; police refuse to name killer. Do better, @opb.org.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When is the name clearing scheduled?

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I wish the councilors would be a little more like Dorothy.

Dorothy and friends go to explore the "man behind the curtain" in the Wizard of Oz.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The City Council needs its own goddamned lawyers. Robert does not work for councilors. There are patterns to City counsel's opinions; imho they're not very tightly correlated with eventual litigation outcomes.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sources say that nearly 74,000 of the portlanders who signed the cop petition were most motivated by the qui tam provision. Excited to see the recent amendment to give the people what they’re begging for!

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So does the Oregonian only print the complaints against DSA Councilors but not when they are inevitably cleared of wrongdoing? That is pretty messed up.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The cop reply in the PCEF-raiding initiative lawsuit doubles down on their dumbest arguments. Among many, here's my favorite. "Third-party circulators" HIRED BY THE COPS, botched their own signatures, submitted bad petitions, and THE CITY violates the 1st Amendment by following the actual rules?!

The burden the City imposed on voters is severe by any measure. Through a regime of disqualifications, the City’s preprocessing eliminated thousands of elector signatures by way of whole-sheet rejections based on perceived deficiencies in a circulator’s certification, over which no individual voter had control. See Gallaway Decl. ¶¶ 27–28, 36, 38, ECF No. 14-4. Voters were punished for the penmanship of third-party circulators over whom they had no authority or control. That is the type of burden the First Amendment will not tolerate.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Is it just me or is Portland doing a lot of work to avoid saying what they mean, and setting up teenagers to have to enforce gender norms in violation of the Oregon Constitution?

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

www.portland.gov/parks/recrea... "Lifeguards reserve the right to enforce the swim attire policy if articles of clothing are considered inappropriate, see-through, or offensive swimwear is sagging, ill-fitting, or overexposed." 🤔

portland.gov

Examples of Approved Swimwear

Before you visit Portland Parks & Recreation pools please review our list of approved swimwear.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

if anyone artistically inclined and gis trained wants to do this justice, hmu for data

map showing breakdown of who signed the cop petition

CITY OF PORTLANDthe petition district · in-district valid core57 of Oregon's 60 House districtsproduced at least one out-of-district signatureon a p

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Heaviest out-of-district House districtsHD 49 — 218 (5.5% of rejected)HD 50 — 155 (3.9% of rejected)HD 41 — 97 (2.5% of rejected)HD 27 — 87 (2.2% of rejected)HD 40 — 83 (2.1% of rejected)HD 28 — 78 (2.0% of rejected)

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

They didn’t even *submit* 63,000. Thousands were crossed out by their own consultant before even being submitted. Even the premise is a lie.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Turns out 29,000 or so of the signatures collected were duplicates (or triplicates, or quadruplicates in at least one case!), from out-of-Portland voters, from people not registered to vote, or otherwise invalid. www.portland.gov/auditor/news...

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Initiative Petition 1PDX2026 does not qualify to Portland’s November ballot

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

portland.gov

Initiative Petition 1PDX2026 does not qualify to Portland’s November ballot

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What could we get if someone did this to the stadium?

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amb @amb.fyi · 01/08/2026

hey cops, sorry y'all couldn't get enough signatures to cashgrab the climate justice money for more overtime or whatever but it would be great if you and other politicians didn't echo our fascist president's rhetoric actively discrediting and sowing doubt in our local elections offices!

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Update: this decision was reversed! Kudos to the neighbors who organized themselves for a better outcome. I’m grateful that Parks was receptive to our feedback.

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The Clinton Street Theater @cstpdx.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Bulldoze the arena and turn it into a public sex forest.

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Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You don’t actually have to hand it to the bastards, even if they’re corking at a big bike protest. The overtime is already too much thanks.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Controversial opinion, apparently? It’s good when there are city workers with enough moral fortitude to stop and gather evidence when they find out canvassers are lying to the public for signatures. It erodes democracy and engagement when you give your signature and find out you were lied to.

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