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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 1h

A new complaint filed Monday alleges a web of new committees funded by the Metro Chamber's United for Portland PAC violated local and state elections laws by obscuring the true funding source of political billboards and filing false campaign-finance statements.

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“DitchMitch” Billboard Campaign Violates Local and State Elections Laws, Complaint Says - Portland Mercury

A new complaint filed with the city, county, and state elections offices alleges multiple political action committees violated independent expenditure rules when they failed to properly report informa...

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I dunno I kinda wanna live in a world where doing this would be considered super embarrassing and disqualifying but apparently you can just do whatever you want: “Christine Drazen… abolish the police… extremist… professed pure hatred for Portland police,… held firm… belief in future without cops…”

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 02/10/2026

A recent City Council committee meeting was intended to be a place for updates and a discussion about the city’s investment policy, which some councilors are seeking to improve by barring the city from investing in corporations whose products facilitate global human rights atrocities.

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“Weaponized Charges of Antisemitism”: Human Rights Advocates Reject Councilors’ Characterizations of Investment Policy - Portland Mercury

“You get two Jews in a room, you’re going to get three different opinions,” Kelcie Smolin Grega, a Jewish resident in City Council District 4 says. It’s an old joke—one that was echoed by others who s...

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Mercury is the law and order newspaper of record

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update: The Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the NW Examiner have canceled their District 4 candidate forum after the city attorney's office clarified legal requirements for neighborhood associations and nonprofits. The @portlandmercury.com reported the issues yesterday -- context here:

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Pearl District, NW Examiner Cancel Forum After Brushing Up Against Elections Law Violations - Portland Mercury

If you didn’t know any better, you might think downtown’s City Council district is down to four candidates vying for three seats. “Final four square off,” reads a headline announcing a downtown candid...

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Portland drivers just be doing whatever huh?

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 25/09/2026

Yesterday afternoon, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) and/or US Marshals shot and killed a suspect in a Gresham homicide at a hotel in Southeast Portland, and a PPB K9 named Kylo was also shot and died later at a hospital. This and more in today's GOOD MORNING, NEWS.

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Good Morning, News: Human Being, Police Dog Shot and Killed in Portland; Clean Energy Fund Goes to Eugene; Is Trump Playing to His MAGMA Base? - Portland Mercury

If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can al...

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, city councilors are working on two crucial, interrelated policy items related to NW Portland's industrial zone—it's the only thing on the agenda. A new policy package is years in the making, and has Portlanders and the liquid fuels industry split on how to remove risk. Here's some background.

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Sacrifice Zone: Oregon’s Fuel Supply Is on Shaky Ground - Portland Mercury

This is one of many articles in the Mercury’s 2026 Climate Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of art...

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this but did you know you can click on the photos and headlines you see on social media and there’s actually a bunch of additional words and context to help understand the situation?

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The estimate of 451,000 people is such a large number that it can be numbing, but it is made up of parents and children, grandparents and neighbours, people going to work, caring for families, and living their lives,” said Prof Michael Greenstone, co-founder of the Climate Impact Lab…”

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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Maybe not the point, but PSA for busy Portland posters: Portland Police Bureau is a bureau, not a department, and is therefore abbreviated to PPB. You might be accidentally posting about Portland Permitting and Development (PPD), which may not be the droids you’re looking for.

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Another cool thing about Portland is that a lot of new parks have skate parks built in. Good place to hang, meet nice people, and spend your 40s (in my case) getting back up on the quarter-pipe coping for the first time in 25 years. It’s good to be free. These parks make intentional space for that.

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

There’s a lot of blue/underlined text in this piece if you have the time to read a book. This one is interesting: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

From a portland police training presentation.

“And The Lord sald...
Woe be unto you, dirty hippy:
For thou stinketh of patchouli and BO:
For thou talk of Marx, yet know him not;
For thou hast bills, yet have not paid;
For thou hast dreadlocks and white skin.
And so I shall send among you, My humble servants with hat, and with bat;
That they may christen your heads with hickory.
And anoint your faces with pepper spray.
And once thou hast been cuffed and stuffed:
Once thou has been stitched and bandaged:
Perhaps thou shall learn.
I'm tired of your shit.
Amen”

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m sorry but reporters are never actually barred from recording video in scenarios like this about people like this. Nice try, but we’ll let the judge decide later, actually.

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"[The last stop on Sheeran's tour]... found itself in a similar spot earlier this summer after booking two Kanye West concerts. The shows, unsurprisingly, drew backlash and calls for cancellation due to West’s many past antisemitic statements, but they went ahead as planned."

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Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage 'Free Palestine' Statements

Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after several venues allegedly said they would not allow a concert with the rapper to take place.

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Watching videos of transphobic right wingers menacing at the Sports Bra and thinking about the argument that “Portland Police need more money for training.” They can’t recognize menacing unless they get more of your cash? Sounds like a protection racket. This website is free:

oregon.public.law

ORS 163.190 – Menacing

A person commits the crime of menacing if by word or conduct the person intentionally attempts to place another person in fear…

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

oregon.public.law

ORS 163.190 – Menacing

A person commits the crime of menacing if by word or conduct the person intentionally attempts to place another person in fear…

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As the paper’s arts & culture editor, I’ve spent years arguing that art is necessary in our lives, so when I met an example of that during a particularly tragic and horrible time, I decided to pony up and write about it.

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hive mind: If the past tense verb “Googled” came from verbing the business name Google, and I use DuckDuckGo, did I DuckDuckWent every time I use it for a search?

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