Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialdemi 🪄 @deminlawrence.bsky.social · 7hFresh off the ORESTAR via my girlfriend @hannahnoodle.bsky.social: if you’ve gotten an obscene amount of Go Portland Go ads on Meta apps, it’s because they spent $6,300+ on ads in September 😭 283
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Kellie Torres was directly involved in the infamous backroom deal with Zenith Energy while Chief of Staff for Dan Ryan. She was lobbied directly by Zenith and the Working Waterfront Coalition. If you want more fossil fuel industry domination in local politics, Torres has experience with that. 14615
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialSometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You're weekly reminder that some Christians will lie to your face. The Jesus March in Portland this year had at most 400 people, probably closer to 300. One Christian supremacist propagandist posted this recently, claiming they had 4000 young Christians marching through Portland. 4205
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kyle Prosen’s PACs (DitchMitch, fix multCo, and goPDX) finally reported some transactions to ORESTAR, filed last night at midnight. United For Portland Action Fund gave $100,000 to goPDX, which then ~likely~ funneled $50,000 each to DitchMitch and fix multCo. 132
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialdemi 🪄 @deminlawrence.bsky.social · 28/08/2026jef is also currently the treasurer for steve novick’s and d3 candidate tom sollitt’s campaign finance committees❤️ 096
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialKat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 07/08/2026flatly refusing to vote just because the paperwork wasn't perfect is a failure of leadership. Process should serve governance, not gridlock it. 1143
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialPortland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yep, Council moderates wouldn't even back Kanal 4, the final amendment which was to simply say that the negotiating team should seek a return on investment for Portlanders in the Moda deal. Green: "Portlanders are watching, and they are pretty upset at the way we steward their funds in this City."🔥 15813
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialAlex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I did a breakdown on the city's negotiators on the Moda deal last month (linked here). Worth noting Multnomah County announced their Moda negotiator today: Longtime Blazers biz strategist Chris Oxley (& board prez of Sport Oregon, the group lobbying the city/county to keep the Blazers in Portland).opb.orgWho is leading Portland’s Moda Center negotiations with the Blazers?Here’s what you need to know about the contractors the city tapped to lead these talks. 5186
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialKate Sattler | Sweet Freeze @katesattler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A shocking mtg Many councilors refusing to even *consider* term sheet amendments (like below) that would better protect Portlanders, require a breakdown of how $120M+ in public funds would be used, or analyze impact of Moda Center funding on other city services All voted down without discussion 1148
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialBrennen @bwyld89.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Jamie Dunphy is pissing me off holy hell 1151
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026TENSE ending to thursday city council pm session 020
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialBrandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com · 06/08/2026Dundon is going to bitch and moan regardless. Someone explain to me why the City shouldn't therefore put out a MUCH stronger term sheet now and continue sharing information and coming the table... unlike the Blazers. 1326
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@councilordunphy.bsky.social has been quite condescending, short, and petty all afternoon. yikes. councilors Avalos and Morillo asking questions for the record is not a personal attack on you, jeeeeeeeez 040
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Councilor Kanal’s question: “do you want a return on investment?” that’s the real question. It sure doesn’t seem like some councilors do. 060
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026two of my d3 councilors @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilortkl.bsky.social are taking principled stances on moda negotiations that reflect the people they represent. it’s why i want them re-elected in november. 080
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialAdam @trabsolutely.bsky.social · 07/08/2026What’s the point of a legislative body if they’re going to defer to the executive before they do anything? 15210
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026the push to hold Tom Dundon to merely INVEST IN HIS OWN TEAM AND NOT LEECH OFF PUBLIC MONEY is probably dead. wild that seven of our councilors are just handing money we don’t have over to this cheapskate loser Tom Dundon. 030
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Councilor Pirtle-Guiney’s bs monologue about not voting yes on any amendments until negotiations go further… why would you come into negotiations without a clear term sheet of what you are aiming to get? why wouldn’t you start out strong? 040
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026“No rent on a building we own. Cringe.” - @counciloravalos.bsky.social 0238
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialjoan @joanbybike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026No one who advocates for the Moda renovations is allowed to complain about the city or state taking too many taxes EVER AGAIN 0255
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialamb @amb.fyi · 06/08/2026unfathomable that the city is being asked to hand over four hundred million bucks with virtually no information on what the blazers are planning to spend it on - and that the loudest proponents of the deal are the councilors and business leaders who otherwise complain the city is poorly managed 615643
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialRazzle dazzle @rozzledozzle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Weird how the landlord councilors are suddenly anti-rent 0263
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026massive props to @counciloravalos.bsky.social for putting forth amendments to the moda center term sheet that actually! make! sense! 130
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026most of our elected reps failing us over & over & over again in portland city council today. Councilors Dunphy, Clark, Pirtle-Guiney, Smith, Ryan, and Zimmerman not engaging with amendments, not proposing any… where’s the courage? where’s the will to ask for more for the people you represent? 030
hannahnoodle.bsky.social @hannahnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026pettiness is NOT a good look for @councilordunphy.bsky.social today in the pm session, as he is clearly placing his own feelings about fellow councilors above good governance. i have been a big fan of his council presidency thus far, so this is real disappointing to see. 020
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's also pretty interesting that "expose yourself to more intellectual diversity from the right" rarely means "hire more experts credulously studying the intellectual basis for Hindu nationalism, the gender politics of the Black Hebrew Isrealites, or the righteous teachings of al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ" 322316361
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026This is a truly fascinating phenomenon. When people say race is constructed, this is what they mean. Whiteness is a slur in the mouths of people who espouse white supremacist ideas *if* it is paired with “liberal” “woman” “urban” “pronouns” etc. It is an incredible piece of racecraft juijitsu. 617541
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialSteve Everitt @steve-everitt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into. 430172572813
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way. 198115373056
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.msnbc.comOpinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country. 26375043237
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialMary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison 93105482240
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/03/2025"What good is low unemployment when workers are a paycheck away from homelessness?" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity. 8395111
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 27/02/2025Q: Why is it so much easier for the US right to organize and be unified than the US left? A: Anti-Black racism. The only consistent thing that the right agrees on, is this. It's what unifies them. But the US left is very anti-Black too! So they try to get the benefits, without helping Black folk.🤷🏿♂️ 1322054406
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialShea Jordan Smith @sheajordansmith.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Reporter: If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say? Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Fuck off. 11456801339
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/02/2025In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202… 735248137189
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialHugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Trans people were on the front lines at Stonewall. Don't let Trump, Musk, or a bunch of Vichy gays and TERFs tell you otherwise. My latest for Slate on what happened to the Stonewall monument website, why autocrats always destroy history, and where it can lead slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comThe Trump Administration Just Deleted Part of American History. If They Get Away With It, We Could Be Headed to a Very Dark Place.This is far more serious than the loss of a few letters. 71053367
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Senator Mark Warner spills the beans about "the real story" of how the TikTok ban went down. Turns out, its passage had more to do with the Gaza war than China. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/tiktok-ban...kenklippenstein.comTikTok Ban Fueled by Israel, Not ChinaCongressional insiders spill the beans on how the law was passed 12935791016
Reposted by @hannahnoodle.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... 202117813094
