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Khanh Pham for Oregon

@khanhphamfororegon.com
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Community organizer, parent, and Senator for Oregon SD 23. Social media policy: linktr.ee/sen.khanhpham

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 1h
Kudos to @tyleropeiu.bsky.social for questioning the decision by other union leaders to assist Big Tech in its campaign to override rather than address community concerns about data centers.
theguardian.com
Labor unions must unite against AI datacenters | Tyler Turner
Workers should start with a moratorium against building until our livelihoods and communities are protected
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 22h
Housing Oregon has been a tireless champion for affordable housing across the state; I had a great time speaking at their annual conference along with State Rep Lamar Wise. Eager to partner with all of the members of Housing Oregon to advance a pro-homes agenda in the 2027 legislative session.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026
Brilliant @amyremeikis.bsky.social piece here - absolutely gut-wrenching that Nepal PM's speech got buried under the nonsense of AI doom-hype. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
“We have built a world with flawless logistics for war, and broken logistics for food, and this is not Nepal’s private misfortune. Ask Bangladesh, ask Bhutan, ask India, ask the Maldives, ask Pakistan, ask Sri Lanka, ask any other country in our region, and you’ll hear the same account.

“Hit by the climate, we did not warm, and again hit by the wars, we did not start.”

Shah is right. Nepal contributes less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. It does not have the institutional or global power to force change, even as its people are swamped by the consequences of inaction.

“Our glaciers are retreating, our mountain slopes are becoming unstable, our rivers are becoming less predictable and every major disaster threatens to erase years of development,” he told the UN.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
This is a gross, cruel and unwelcome way to reduce emissions. As @glenpeters.bsky.social reminds us constantly, it almost never persists in a structural way. We should fight for fair climate action where those who most need the benefits of clean technologies get them fastest
theguardian.com
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis
From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 26/09/2026
Join us for our 1st ever Walk Town Hall this Sunday! RSVP at forms.gle/wxnmHbCpr7iLNVkF9 or go to the link in my bio!
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 25/09/2026
This Sunday I'm partnering with Rep Thuy Tran and Rep Willy Chotzen for a Walking Town Hall event in SD23's Hollywood neighborhood that overlaps with Oregon Walks' Portland Promenade event. RSVP here! Hope to see you Sunday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2026 Joint Walk Town Hall
Join Sen Khanh Pham (SD 23), Rep Willy Chotzen (HD 46) and Rep Thuy Tran (HD 45) for our Annual Mobile Town Hall! Sunday, September 27th @ 11:00am This year, we're WALKING and joining Oregon Walks t...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 23/09/2026
Voz is organizing a worker-led community action to support day laborers at Mall 205. After years of gathering at the Mall 205 Home Depot parking lot, workers were recently forced out by property management onto busy SE Washington Street.
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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/champions
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Transit needs you now.
Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 22/09/2026
My birthday party is coming up in two weeks - hope to see you there! Have you RSVP'd yet?
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 22/09/2026
I can't believe it's already been one year since Hoa passed away. I miss her bright smile, her dedication to our students, and the way she always showed up for community. Please join us Oct 9 as we share memories and celebrate Hoa's legacy.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 21/09/2026
yikes. www.opb.org/article/2026/09/17/oreg…
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 21/09/2026
Everybody loses when we let our state's roads and bridges atrophy and decay - and it only gets substantially more expensive to fix these roads the longer we wait. All eyes on passing a transportation package next session that addresses Oregon's decades of disinvestment. #orleg #orpol
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Oregon has one of the nation’s largest funding gaps to meet road maintenance needs • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Beaver State has the second highest gap-to-expenditure ratio in the country, behind New York and tied with Connecticut.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 18/09/2026
Thanks for your investigative journalism, @robwdavis.bsky.social/ @propublica.org. I'm hopeful the legislature will address the need for greater transparency in affordable housing investments during next year's session. #orleg
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Rob Davis (@robwdavis.bsky.social)
Impact! Prompted by our story, two Oregon lawmakers want to end the state's unusual secrecy that keeps the public from learning how 100s of millions of dollars are spent on subsidized rental apartments. This is an issue that will have very broad interest. https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-housing-records
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 17/09/2026
My heart is with the families of the seventeen people involved in a horrific car crash this week, including one fatality and thirteen members of Oregon's National Guard. I hope lawmakers next year can commit to prioritizing making ODOT's roads safer for all of us. loom.ly/E85Pvms
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Clatsop County crash kills one person, injures 13 Oregon National Guard members
The crash involved four vehicles, including a van carrying 13 Oregon National Guard members from a training event near Warrenton.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 17/09/2026
Commissioner Nafisa Fai is a true hero - an immigrant and small business owner who ascended to be the first refugee, first Black, and first Muslim Commissioner elected to Washington County. I've always admired her tenacity and her commitment to community service.
Selfie photo of Senator Khanh Pham and Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 16/09/2026
Just so we're all clear: Trans rights are human rights. As a legislator, neighbor, parent, and person, I will do everything I can to fight for greater protections for and inclusion of trans Oregonians across the state. #orpol #orleg
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Steph Routh (she/they) @stephrouth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WashCounty Chair Harrington flipped off Commissioner @nafisafai.bsky.social in a public meeting earlier today. We need to talk about both the action, the coverage (YIKES to both), and the election this November. Let's get into it (1/3)
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Portland Bureau of Transportation @pbotinfo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lights, camera, action! Yesterday, our signal engineers flipped the switch on the new signal at SE 82nd Avenue and Lafayette Street. The new signalized crossing will help pedestrians and people bicycling get across SE 82nd Avenue.
Two people in yellow safety vests stand in front of an open electrical cabinet, flipping the switch to turn on the new traffic signal.A bright green bike lane and bike box at the intersection of 82nd Avenue and Lafayette Street.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 15/09/2026
The Legin Commons are an excellent new addition to the Jade District - honoring our neighborhood's past while providing affordable housing for our community's present and future. Thank you APANO, Our Just Future and Metro for providing more homes for our neighbors! loom.ly/Cd7PlRA
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New affordable housing honors the legacy of Portland’s Legin Restaurant
Named after Legin Restaurant, which operated from 1995 to 2012, Legin Commons provides more than 100 homes on the edge of Portland Community College’s Southeast Campus in the Jade District.
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Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We need elevator reform so urgently - we do not have enough accessible units for disabled people and seniors, especially in places with the transit, amenities, and infrastructure that help people stay independent and connected to their communities!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/09/2026
You’re invited! 🎉 Get your ticket here: bit.ly/khanhkaraoke 🎤✨ 🎂 My birthday wish is to gather in community, sing our hearts out, and reenergize ourselves for the work ahead. We are in this together, and we need each other now more than ever. 🙏🏼
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 10/09/2026
Data Centers use up vast land, energy, & water, w/harmful health impacts. Yesterday I stood with @tinakotek.bsky.social & Oregonians from across the state calling for a statewide data center moratorium to give us time to create effective policies to protect & benefit our communities. #orpol
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6/ There is no "we" or "the public interest". Just unaccountable AI kings driving tech development. The US no longer has a diversified portfolio of future technologies but an all-in bet of the future of American civilization on a single speculative and dangerous technology bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 03/09/2026
I want to live in a city where every PPS neighborhood school is open and providing the excellent education Portland students deserve. If we want to fill our classrooms with students, we have to build more family-sized homes that Portlanders can afford.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 01/09/2026
Inspiration from Virginia! First Oregon has to legalize rooftop solar, which I'm hopeful we can do this upcoming session and then bulk purchase to bring down the cost for Oregon households! Saves money and--when combined with a batteried-- builds disaster resilience we need in much of the state.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 30/08/2026
To see how the Jade Int'l Night Market has grown over the past 10 years--along with hundreds of more affordable homes along a safer 82nd Ave--is a testament to the power of community organizing. Much thanks to APANO and the Jade District for another joyful, community-filled Jade Intl Night Market!
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Media has not aired this - it's up to us to do so.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 29/08/2026
What a joy to join the growing movement behind Oregon's Drivers Union! They are building power for drivers and riders for safer streets and a fair share of the cost of ridesharing. I look forward to welcoming them back to Salem for another round of advocacy for driver protections and benefits.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 28/08/2026
This Saturday is the 10th Jade District Night Market! It's wonderful to see this thoughtful write up about the history and evolution of the event in the Oregonian: loom.ly/hCmQ_OI
Screenshot of Oregonian article with headline: Portland’s Jade District celebrates a decade of cultural transformation
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 27/08/2026
At the SEIU Convention, I spoke with workers from OR Dept of Forestry & Dept of Transportation about protections they need as they fight wildfires and repair our roads. Proud to support SEIU workers who do the critical work of keeping our state moving and safe! #workerpower #seiu
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s quickening. We can’t avoid hardship from climate change, but we can be more resilient and reduce difficulties for many of our follow humans. Will we?
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 24/08/2026
It was great to join Maurice Mitchell at the Working Families Party happy hour and convention weekend. I'm excited to be part of a growing movement building power across the country to win universal healthcare, affordable housing, accessible childcare, and good-paying jobs for all.
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amb @amb.fyi · 22/08/2026
not sure the grassroots advocacy enthusiasm for transit in the portland region has been this strong in decades. i hope whatever touching-of-the-stove our region experiences from these hideous service cuts is enough to force politicians to respond in kind and restore/expand service in the years ahead
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 20/08/2026
This survey is your opportunity to tell ODOT and the Oregon Legislature whether you'd rather see Oregon invest in restoring and expanding TriMet bus service and building safer streets or continue to spend countless billions of dollars on massive freeway projects. Please take the survey and share!
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Kori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“My avoidance made me think of the world as a scarier and more hostile place than it really is. Once I started riding my bike more, I didn’t necessarily become an optimist, but my thoughts became a little calmer.”
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 17/08/2026
I will work hard with my colleagues in Oregon to keep this untested technology out of the hands of ICE, who are already terrorizing Americans and separating families without adding this dystopian technology. #orpol #orleg www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-592954…
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ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I am filled with anger at what our government is doing. It’s just 10 arrests so far, yes; not a mass pogrom. But the fear is real and this is actual people who didn’t DO anything (except not immediately return to a country in the throes of danger).
Reporters visited the Springfield addresses.
Residents and neighbors were unavailable or unwilling to talk. One neighbor, who declined to speak on the record, praised all the Haitians who live around him for their work ethic. He said it is a shame to see them targeted after coming to the area for a better life.
Nine of the 10 Haitians identified at the Butler County Jail were booked following the a federal judge's order on Aug. 5 formally lifting a stay on the revocation of TPS for Haitians - giving the Trump administration the green light to arrest and deport Haitians previously protected by TPS.
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Kaliko Castille @wizkaliko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Just home from a fundraiser for @khanhphamfororegon.com where I had the honor of pitching the crowd for $$$ but only took one picture the whole time. We’re lucky to have leaders like Khanh fighting in Salem!
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Happy Friday! Just wanted to share THE most East Portland story involving goats and the FX-2 Division😂
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G.O.A.T. bus riders: Portland owner steps forward after viral TriMet adventure
The mystery behind two goats that recently tried to catch a TriMet bus in Southeast Portland may be solved.
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City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OregonDOT is #1 and #2: Per mile, the two most expensive highway expansion projects in the United States are the $3.5 billion I-5 Rose Quarter widening and the $15 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement. ODOT is utterly broke, and broke. City Observatory cityobservatory.org/bankrupt-a-3...
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Senator Khanh Pham @senkhanhpham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This week, I joined REACH CDC for a tour of Foster73, their new housing project slated to open this fall in the Foster-Powell neighborhood. I loved seeing the murals, learning about the accessible homes and the wrap around services and programming integrated into the building.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026
TriMet's cuts begin on Sunday 8/23 - there are multiple changes to bus and light rail routes across our district, including cuts to the Green Line MAX. These cuts are unbearable. The legislature must act boldly next year to restore transit service across the state. #orpol loom.ly/ZJ5t1JM
Image shows TriMet's changes to numerous bus and MAX routes as part of the upcoming service cuts
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026
Oregon simply won't have enough money to fix our state's crumbling roads and bridges and restore statewide transit service if we continue to write blank checks for ODOT's proposed multibillion dollar megaprojects. #orpol #orleg
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Girl named victory 🌹🏳️‍⚧️ @wika.gay · 08/08/2026
Senator Pham is perhaps the realest senator in Salem, so act accordingly
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 10/08/2026
Ecstatic to hear about Eugene's efforts. At a time when the impacts of wildfire smoke and heat waves from climate change are more and more apparent, I applaud Eugene residents' efforts to find a way to fund what their community needs to mitigate and build resilience.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 08/08/2026
I need your help! Can you chip in $15 to support my leadership? I stretch every dollar to meet the many crises we are facing, and I do it on a shoestring budget without any corporate PAC money. Thanks for your support--every dollar matters. Donate at the link in my bio!
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 06/08/2026
This is why Portlanders overwhelmingly passed PCEF and why we will defend these critical investments in environmental health and climate resilience - for our kids, for all our communities, and for a future worth fighting for. loom.ly/NMqnh6Q
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