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@drempe.bsky.social
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Street librarian. Community Psychologist. Texan turned Oregonian. (she/her) www.streetbooks.org

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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can give 600+ million to a billionaire but we can’t find money to fund our schools (or transit or housing or…)
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Me too.
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paulahackett.bsky.social @paulahackett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
24 years old
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Absolutely. And a danger to Oregon. I’m no Kotek fan, but on the hierarchy of shitty, Drazen rises to the top
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Has our vote
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
no no no
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Kori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A sign there is little confidence in the future of this project, next time can we please please please do public works projects with a clear public benefit (rail!) and give those contracts to disadvantaged communities rather than with the weird evil freeway expansion bs
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Updated information shows PPB killed the man and the dog. Absolutely shameful how some media talked about this man’s life like it was an afterthought, and unquestioningly put out copaganda.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No surprise, fascist David Medina ❤️s Mayor Keith Wilson.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves aje.news/q3a3xt
‘They uprooted it all’: Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Steve Novick -- alleged environmental lawyer -- let Portland down again today with his Zenith vote. His pettiness and grudge against Angelita Morillo once again outweighs his duty to Portlanders to help keep them safe.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here’s a bit more detail about our Fair Share Tax proposal, for those of you who like to dig into the legislative text itself. Here are the changes in the exhibit that describe which firms get relief and which large corporations will see a hike.
7.02.400 Exemptions.
(Amended by Ordinance 192163, effective May 8, 2026.)
The Division may require the filings of tax returns or other documentary
below, the following persons are exempt from payment of the business license tax, and/or the following incomes are exempt from calculation of the business license tax:
A. Persons whom the City is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution or laws of the United States, the Constitution or laws of the State of Oregon, or the Charter of the City.
B. Income arising from transactions that the City is prohibited from taxing under
State of Oregon, or the Charter of the City.
C. Persons whose gross receipts from all business, both within and without the City, amounts to less than:
1. $500,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2028;
2. $100,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027 and prior to January 1, 2028;
3.2. $75,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026 and prior to January 1, 2027;
4.3. $50,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2007 and prior to January 1, 2026; and
5.4. $25,000 for tax years that begin prior to January 1, 2007.
D. Corporations exempt from the Oregon Corporation Excise Tax under ORS 317.080, provided that any such corporation subject to the tax on unrelated
solely on such income.
501, provided that any exempt trust subject to tax on unrelated business2. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027:
a. A surtax of 25 percent of base tax liability is imposed if a company subject
to this Section reports a pay ratio of at least 50:1 but less than 75:1 on U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures.
b. A surtax of 50 percent of base tax liability is imposed if a company subject
to this Section reports a pay ratio of at least 75:1 but less than 100:1 on U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures.
c. A surtax of 100 percent of base tax liability is imposed if a company
subject to this Section reports a pay ratio of at least 100:1 but less than 250:1
on U.S. Securities and Exchange disclosures.
d. A surtax of 250 percent of base tax liability is imposed if a company
subject to this Section reports a pay ratio of at least 250:1 but less than 500:1
on U.S. Securities and Exchange disclosures.
e. A surtax of 500 percent of base tax liability is imposed if a company
subject to this Section reports a pay ratio of 500:1 or greater on U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures.
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At least two people have filed complaints against Day with the Secretary of State’s office in the past week. Both alleged that Day used his position as a public employee to “promote or oppose” a person’s election campaign, in violation of a state law.
opb.org
Portland Police chief accused of violating state law by criticizing city councilor’s past tweets
Did Portland Police Chief Bob Day break the law when he criticized a city councilor last week? That’s a question several Portlanders are asking state officials to answer.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good. I’m glad he won’t give into this nonsense. PPB is a violent org, with a long history of killing people of color + brutalizing protestors. they’re never held accountable. This is BS designed to take the emphasis off real problems in PDX-like backdoor deals with billionaire sports team owners.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My dad had polio and died early because of post-polio syndrome. Fuck these lying fucks.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember this, from the portland police? I certainly do.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“And I understood, in that moment, what these systems can never account for: that each person on the screen is an entire world unto themselves.“ Free Palestine. 🇵🇸 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza | Mahmoud Mushtaha
I now know that the only difference between life and death may have been an AI algorithm, says Mahmoud Mushtaha, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza
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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A quick 🧵 on this topic. The transition team struggled with understanding that district-based constituent services would be a thing Councilors would need to do, and it would need to be funded in the new government. So here we are -- it *IS* funded, just unofficially through office budgets.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is exactly why @councilortkl.bsky.social and I are bringing our resolution seeking to ban NDAs for data center development and initiate a moratorium next week. We need a moratorium now.
oregonlive.com
Portland data center planned inside five stories of high-rise, records show
Plans to convert part of a Portland office tower into data center space come as gubernatorial candidates call for a ban.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hot tip: if you see an ad or mailer telling you not to rank a DSA candidate, it’s paid for by a combination of the same 12 guys in a trenchcoat coat who tried to elect Rene Gonzalez and Betsy Johnson. Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo
nature.com
Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
FUCK ICE
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/09/2026
Lori Chavez-DeRemer also pressured her staff to drink on the job with her, an inspector general report found. trib.al/eaOl91b
trib.al
Ex-Trump Labor Secretary Went to Strip Club on Taxpayers’ Dime
Lori Chavez-DeRemer also pressured her staff to drink on the job with her, an inspector general report found.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 04/09/2026
A new exposé found that Sen. John Fetterman has been ignoring and lying to constituents to avoid meetings, dismissing issues in his state, and even figured out a strategy to be marked as “present” at committee hearings while only staying for a minute or less.
truthout.org
Fetterman Stood Up Paralyzed Veterans to Advocate for Israel on Fox
Fetterman also once asked the Israeli ambassador to send him talking points to include in a pro-Israel op-ed.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
me too! 25 years in the PNW and it still even nailed Dallas. And I thought I could pass...
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm proud to initiate this first step to ban NDAs in activities concerning data centers. Portland deserves transparency when government is engaging with an industry known to cause harm and rely on NDAs to do business. Urge Council to vote for the ban on data center NDAs until a moratorium is passed.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump's ICE thugs are abducting victims of domestic violence, children & nursing mothers & empowering abusers to hold the threat of #ICELawlessness over the heads of their victims. People are now fearful about reporting crimes and serving as witnesses. Trump's policies make us all far less safe!
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 03/09/2026
Washington, like Oregon, counts ballots that were postmarked by Election Day. But with USPS changes delaying postmarks, the state saw a sharp rise in late and uncountable ballots in its August election. Officials in both states are urging voters to use drop boxes in November. buff.ly/DzClEJX
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Uncounted late ballots jump in WA as fears of Postal Service delays intensify • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Over 20,000 ballots in Washington’s primary election last month were rejected because they came in too late, thousands more than in 2024.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Send letters to Novick and Pirtle-Guiney today. Let them know how you feel about wasting this leverage point and feigned powerlessness. Zenith back on the agenda at 2 PM.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The City Auditor’s Office has dismissed the complaint against Councilor Mitch Green, determining the video in question “does not qualify as a communication to voters related to a Portland candidate election.”
oregonlive.com
Portland politician’s Instagram video draws complaint alleging improper campaign promotion
The complaint asks the city auditor to investigate whether public resources were used to produce or distribute the video and whether it violated city or state election rules.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Among the victims: a collab between USAID and NASA for flood prediction, early warning, disaster readiness, glacier inventories, and mapping dangerous glacial lakes… in Nepal.””
rawstory.com
Unsettling question raised over Trump admin's role in devastating Nepal floods
The devastating flash floods in Nepal this week that killed at least 670 people and left around 3,000 missing — including 90 Americans — might have claimed fewer lives if not for the actions of the Tr...
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Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Portland anarchists play camera destruction bingo as surveillance infrastructure explodes in popularity. The calls to destroy the mobile camera towers come as public frustration over the surveillance tech — and what it is used for — has boiled over.
streetroots.org
Portland anarchists play camera destruction bingo as surveillance infrastructure explodes in popularity — and real life
The competition inspired copy-cat vandalism around the city as people targeted the surveillance infrastructure.
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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Researchers in Chicago tracked neighborhood-level tree canopy over two decades and discovered something startling: “Each year-to-year percent increase in canopy was associated with around a 10 percent reduction in mortality." Keeping mature trees alive can help keep people alive -and cooler, too.
nytimes.com
Climate: Saving Old Trees Might Save Lives
We know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.
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amb @amb.fyi · 28/08/2026
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
goportlandgo.org
Go Portland Go! | Pragmatic Progressive Leadership for Portland, OR
We're building a grassroots coalition to elect pragmatic Portland leaders who pair compassion with accountability. Join us to make Portland work again.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m so excited to read about the closure of the CEI hub, Zenith and PIR!
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here’s a graphic projecting massive and devastating #climate driven drying out of soils right across Europe by mid-century… …oh wait, sorry, that’s an ACTUAL reading from August 10th last. My mistake.
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Show us you mean it with a moratorium on data centers
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Abundance”
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Israel issues kill-order for Palestinian children flying kites No words... www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/08/…
thecanary.co
Israel issues kill-order for Palestinian children flying kites
Israel's order comes after a manufactured panic following kites that broke loose and landed in Israeli neighbourhoods close to Gaza
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 
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Diana @drempe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And simultaneously, the state, county and city are offering millions to a billionaire.
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