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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 5h
Portland City Councilor Eric Zimmerman lied on a right-wing podcast claiming that six councilors want to investigate Oregon companies who do business with Jewish companies. It’s crazy what conservatives are allowed to get away with in this town, making light of real issues like antisemitism.
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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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Notice how they also brag about the number of naturalizations having plummeted; a sign of how much they detest legal immigration. /also, the removals number is largely fake. The actual number is 650-700k.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 13h
The Eugene Police Department is clearly obstructing lawful records requests for information about officer Justin Peckels who punched a resident in the face during a traffic stop.
theintercept.com
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 02/10/2026
A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A crowd of people stopped an immigration raid in Oswego, NY, where two men sought refuge on a roof to avoid CBP. No thanks to local police and fire who tried to put a ladder up to the roof, possibly in violation of state sanctuary laws.
syracuse.com
How strangers helped two men evade an immigration arrest: ‘Everybody stepped up in Oswego’
On the fly, a crowd hatched a plan to rescue two men stuck on a roof for six hours to avoid the Border Patrol.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Former Portland Winterhawk Luca Cagnoni scored the game winning goal in overtime for the San Jose Sharks against the Florida Panthers. Very cool.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was skeptical of the Sharks trading for Darnell Nurse, but watching him deck Brady Tkachuk, feels like a good choice.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s been a wild few years doing this journalism thing. Thank you to those who have been following along. Help out some research I’m involved in by taking this quick survey: umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In a rare Newsom W, today he signs AB 2222, the Community NEWS Act, which would establish some of the best tax incentives/rebates for newsrooms in the country. It would send $40M/year back into California newsrooms to keep journalists employed. Check out the presser happening live right now:
youtube.com
Governor Newsom Signs Legislation & Speaks with Media
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Highly recommend people check out this very important doc at the Portland Film Festival this weekend. pdxff26.eventive.org/schedule/6aa...
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A bit buried in this story, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Reed and his office still have not determined whether they will investigate Portland Police Chief Bob Day over complaints that he violated state law prohibiting public employees from promoting/opposing a candidate’s election campaign.
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Portland City Councilor’s Donations Skyrocketed After Old Tweets Resurfaced
Mitch Green raised thousands of dollars following articles about his 2020 and 2021 tweets that were critical of police
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The negative responses to police abolition often seem to represent a general lack of imagination and education. I’m not saying you must believe in it, but the knee-jerk reaction is more often than not indicative of a misunderstanding of the relationship between poverty, racism, and crime.
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Filing reports from the "GoPDX" PAC show the direct link between the business-led United for Portland PAC and a trio of new independent expenditures (GoPDX, Ditch Mitch & fix multco). These are the PACs behind a grip of billboards bashing Councilor Green / supporting Commissioner Brim-Edwards.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gavin Newsom just can’t resist being utter filth.
motherjones.com
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is the last day for Newsom to sign AB 2465, prohibiting various forms of state funding from going to private prison contractors and companies working with ICE. The bill will become statute if he doesn’t veto today, but not signing is uncommon.
lastweekinhell.substack.com
California Immigrant Rights Bills Running Out of Time
California could punish companies for working with ICE, but Newsom must sign off first
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amid a media firestorm around since-deleted tweets that were critical of police, Portland City Councilor Mitch Green has seen a fundraising boom. The spike in donations combined with community responses supporting Green may signify a continuing rift between PPB and Portlanders.
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Portland City Councilor’s Donations Skyrocketed After Old Tweets Resurfaced
Mitch Green raised thousands of dollars following articles about his 2020 and 2021 tweets that were critical of police
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Student journalists across this country have been churning out some of the best journalism these last couple years Thinking of the radio crew covering the encampments in New York, UCLA crew doing the same, not to mention groundbreaking investigation after investigation Brilliant, the best of us
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PPB shot their own dog as many suspected. If the human they killed had shot Kylo, they definitely would’ve told the news about it.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu gifted John Fetterman a silver-plated pager after the Israeli terror attack in Lebanon and Syria. Fetterman said he “loved it” when the pager story broke. Seems only fair that every child who was dismembered or scarred by an Israeli pager bomb gets to throw a brick at Fetterman.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, uh… yeah.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In light of the Cornell seven, I’d like to recommend checking out The Women’s War podcast. I’m certain there are better resources, but I found it really impactful in depicting a women’s liberation movement and concepts that are generally quite foreign under US patriarchy.
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The Women's War
Society & Culture Podcast · Series · These are...not optimistic times for most Americans. Across the world, the dangers of climate change and the terror of creeping authoritarianism present an increas...
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Somali daycare conspiracy, a Portland city councilor’s tweets mentioned, and a cascade of groveling in a debate, all can be read about in the full article on my Substack. Thank you to those who sponsored my trip to this dreadful event.
lastweekinhell.substack.com
I Attended the Oregon Competitiveness Summit
Conservative dogwhistles became raucous applause as Oregon’s gubernatorial candidates shilled for the state’s business bigwigs
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kinda wild people care at all what NYT has to say about Palestine these days. They still stand by their debunked October 7th propaganda article “Screams Without Words.”
haaretz.com
NYT: Sources confirm Haaretz report of UAE's Oct. 7 warning to Netanyahu
According to two sources who spoke to The New York Times, the Emirati leader warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of an impending 'major attack' by Hamas
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Boasting to the world of his mass terrorist atrocity:
Netanyahu showing off a pager during his speech at the UN
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nihilist who just wants to watch the world burn is quickly moving up the ladder of functional members of society with competition like this.
missionlocal.org
S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in sweeping vote
Two Democratic committee members work for Flock, but were allowed to vote regardless
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I remember a D2 OPB debate where Councilor Pirtle-Guiney talked about disaster/earthquake preparedness as her most pressing issue (or something like that). It seemed like she was trying to stand out from the housing talk, but this vote against environmental advocates raises some questions for me.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Portland City Councilors Green and Morillo have proposed new ordinance called the "Fair Share Tax," which would reportedly raise taxes on about 400 large corporations while cutting taxes for ~18,000 small businesses operating in Portland. They say this will net $72M annually for the general fund.
portland.gov
Fair Share Tax FAQ
Addresses common questions concerning the Fair Share Tax Ordinance.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These California laws could help protect immigrant rights, Governor Gavin Newsom just needs to sign them. He has until September 30 to punish companies for working with ICE and to begin oversight steps for private detention facilities.
lastweekinhell.substack.com
California Immigrant Rights Bills Running Out of Time
California could punish companies for working with ICE, but Newsom must sign off first
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It looks like Go Portland Go, the conservative PAC disguised as a progressive PAC, has lost at least some support. Earl Ninsom’s restaurants (Hat Yai, Eem, etc.) have been taken off the coalition supporters list. I wonder if GPG wasn’t fully transparent in getting all these places to sign on…
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/09/2026
Free newsletter: I estimate that ~50% of AI chip sales - $200bn to $300bn+ - are sitting in warehouses, with NVIDIA selling hundreds of billions of GPUs years in advance. Data centers take way longer to build than hyperscalers are leading us to believe. www.wheresyoured.at/wherere-all-the-ai-chips/
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do you have opinions about “creator journalists,” people who often do journalism in video format on social media? If so, take this survey and share your thoughts! I’m in a paid research cohort learning about how to build trust and transparency in this area, but we need your opinions!
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We look forward to your report, Tobias. I doubt you’ll do anything, but maybe you’ll do some fun mental gymnastics for us all.
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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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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe the silver lining in the Paramount-Warner Bros merger is that CNN and CBS are already cooked. CBS for obvious reasons, the Bari Weiss of it all, and CNN because they’ve already partnered with Kalshi, a fintech gambling company dodging regulations that’s actively being sued in multiple states.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m wondering how people reconcile this with all the talk about recursive self-improvement, or RSI. If using AI to train AI leads to “model collapse,” feels like we might be further from RSI than the AI labs want you to think.
404media.co
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This week we talk about the border wall and what it’s doing to our wild places.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gavin Newsom played a direct hand in the monopolization of media. The Paramount-Warner Bros. settlement is a joke. People will lose their jobs. Prices will increase. Even the “independent” editorial board for CNN and CBS is essentially picked by Ellison. The AGs capitulated.
freepress.net
Attorney General Bonta Caves to Pressure from Billionaires and Gavin Newsom, Paves Way for Disastrous Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger
"The capitulation marks a new low," says Jessica J. González. "It’s a sad day for all of us because it will cut jobs & raise prices, as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians."
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Having one of those days as a freelance journalist where I feel paralyzed by the amount of news and things to talk about. Meanwhile, I have multiple valuable projects I want to work on and finish.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/09/2026
Newsom is now the nation’s most prominent Trump Democrat — a governor aggressively using his power to empower & enrich Trump’s billionaires. If a Dem candidate successfully spotlights this in the 2028 presidential primary, they will have a shot to defeat him & win the nomination
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ever notice how much time conservatives on Portland city council spend litigating the old tweets of progressive colleagues, but they don’t take the time to condemn right-wing agitators harassing local businesses and assaulting demonstrators, nor the police’s failure to arrest these people?
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Oregonian felt it necessary to poll whether Mitch Green should resign over tweets he made in 2020/2021. They did not offer an option for people who agree with the tweets or do not feel they needed justification. It’s wild anyone even pretends corporate media is neutral anymore.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yesterday, right-wing agitators went to harass the Sports Bra in Portland after the bar kicked out patrons wearing transphobic shirts earlier this month. Demonstrators defending the bar say the right-wingers attacked two women. Fights broke out and the agitators sprayed a large volume of bear mace.
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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Here at the Sports Bra bar where a small group of transphobic fash are gathered again. The portland community has yet again shown the fuck up to defend the space and the community and antifascists greatly outnumber them Fascists have already been pushed so far out and there is still a large group
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My roommate is watching UFC. A 10-1 underdog just KO’d an alleged rapist with one punch, then put on a keffiyeh for his post-fight speech. Sometimes good things happen.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need to “slow down AI,” we need to gut LLMs with the understanding they stole everything and charge these people with hacking.
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 18/09/2026
EDITORIAL OPINION: In 2020, Portland protesters exercising their First Amendment rights faced rubber bullets, batons, and tear gas from the Portland Police Bureau.
portlandmercury.com
Knee-Jerk Reactions to Councilor Green’s Tweets Are Hypocritical and Dangerous - Portland Mercury
The police are supposed to keep protesters safe as they exercise their rights to free speech—not retaliate by shooting them with rubber bullets, striking them with batons, or spraying tear gas at more...
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Over one million people have been displaced, villages and towns flattened.” @lighthousereports.com shows how Israel is systematically demolishing occupied southern Lebanon. Israel committed the majority of the destruction after the “ceasefire” in April. This is ecocide and domicide.
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Making Southern Lebanon Unlivable - Lighthouse Reports
Exposing how Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, schools, roads, healthcare facilities, farmland and forests in occupied southern Lebanon.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of James Chasse. Chasse was beaten to death by Portland Police in the Pearl District despite not posing a threat. Having broken 16 of his ribs, they took him to jail instead of a hospital at first, and only after the jail declined to admit him due to ...
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