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@friendsofpfa.bsky.social, local politics, bullying for good, and eating Papa Murphy’s poolside every chance I get.

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Connor he/they @gayloader.bsky.social · 16h
In the small donor election program every dollar (or 13 and change..) counts! Donate to Mitch and rank him #1 in November! secure.actblue.com/donate/m4pdx
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Donate to Mitch's campaign
Donate to re-elect Mitch Green to Portland City Council!
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Damn, Portland. Good time to mask up and get your updated COVID shot. I’m getting Nuvaxovid from Costco, CVS, or Lecare pharmacy. Some research shows it has broader and longer lasting coverage and fewer side effects.
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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
hi, corporate lobby expert here. it’s not funny. corporate lobbies only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Me liking every post defending @mitchgreen.bsky.social from the conservative smear campaign that is only making him stronger.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Simpsons cartoon

Oregonian logo putting up poster that says "A VOTE FOR MITCH IS A VOTE FOR SOCIALISM" with "Socialism" in scary font.

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Mitch Green hanging a poster that says "A VOTE FOR MITCH IS A VOTE FOR SOCIALISM" with Socialism! in happy font.
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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
i think it’s very good that @thesportsbra.bsky.social drew a line (the correct one) on trans rights. trans women are women. trans men are men. if your business stands for trans rights Portland will stand with you.
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mitchgreen.bsky.social @mitchgreen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join us Monday August 3 from 3-5 PM to write thank you letters to people who have supported Mitch’s campaign! This is an all ages space, so bring friends and family! All materials will be provided. RSVP for details and location! 💌 www.mobilize.us/mitch4portla...
Help us thank the donors who make Mitch’s campaign possible. And connect with other volunteers! Green background, illustration of a pencil ✏️
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Preschool Gems💎 @preschoolgems.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Your call has been forwarded to boy smell.”
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amb @amb.fyi · 26/07/2026
in all the hubbub about the blazers and cops coming for the Portland Clean Energy Fund, there's not enough discussion about the enormous good that PCEF is already funding - and noting that we'd get less off the good stuff if either effort is successful at siphoning funds katu.com/news/local/w...
katu.com
What does the Portland Clean Energy Fund pay for? Inside one program funded by PCEF
Portland leaders may redirect Clean Energy Fund dollars to police or Moda Center upgrades. KATU spotlights current PCEF grants like Girls Build, a green construction camp for foster and unhoused girls...
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Leonard Bandana
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Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com · 02/07/2026
a) these are amazing, b) makes me feel like we gotta up our merch game
Hot dog sticker with the word "Mitch" in the middle as mustard
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Does the governor wear a “TROUBLE” friendship bracelet?
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What it feels like to be in DSA right now.
zev @RedUrbanist • 1h
What it feels like to be in DSA right now 
WE LOVE LIFE AND OURSELVES
WE CAN GOVERN!
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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
HOLY SHIT. Shout out to @wrightkatu.bsky.social for digging this up. The Blazers literally CANNOT MOVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE until 2030. There is literally ZERO rush to sign a deal. Let's put Tom Dundon on a 4-year City option, that way Tom can feel that competitive burn he always talks about.
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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Portland's lame duck 2024 city council bought the Moda Center with little public input; assured us that all renovations would be matched by the Blazers; claimed there was a cap on the spending correlated to the parking fees received; and said the city wouldn't use any other funds. We've been had.
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Prediction: the local electeds who go hard in the paint for the people instead of the Portland Metro Chamber will be rewarded come election time.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
lmao
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I’m unsettled by the Mayor’s newsletter today re: Moda. Rather than acknowledge that there are very real concerns about how this process has unfolded, he chose instead to cast critique as short-sighted and opportunistic in an effort to deflect from the impressive lack of rigor to date on his part.
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Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ryan is still the worst Sam Adams to ever Ted Wheeler.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In one week, we’re going to confront Portland’s local ruling class with a community picket and picnic!
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I did an interview on the Moda funding question on KATU this week. Council has the leverage here. It’s time to use it to get a good deal for Portlanders.
youtu.be
Portland City Councilor Mitch Green on using public dollars for Moda Center renovations
YouTube video by KATU News
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"8 hour compilation: towns rejecting data centers•Healing•Relaxing•Deep sleep•Study•Chill"
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isaac @sevier.io · 26/05/2026
An uninhabitable Earth is arriving. We have to do everything we can to stop it and avoid mass death. That means an end to fossil fuels and racial capitalism. To me, that feels more inevitable than any other alternative because of our intense collective will to live.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
AI boom discourse has gotten so out of hand that it’s making the New Yorker relatable🫢 (with alt text)
Cartoon where a large scary space monster addresses a sea of graduating students: "And, as you head out into the world, your fresh, meaty torsos will be ripped apart and roasted to feed your new alien overlords- wait, why are you all booing?"
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Evelyn Kocher for Beaverton City Council @evelynforbeaverton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
ARE YOU READY FOR A RUNOFF? Let's get this done in November 🔥
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Tell Kotek to reject the Prosperity Council’s proposals to cut taxes on the rich and corporations: bit.ly/43mGaVI
bit.ly
Tell Governor Kotek to reject the Prosperity Council’s proposals to cut taxes on the rich and corporations
If a group advising Governor Tina Kotek gets its way, Oregon will be making drastic changes to the state’s tax system in a way that benefits the rich and corporations — to the detriment of working Ore...
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Oregon Center for Public Policy @ocppnews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
‼️ Tell Governor Kotek to reject the Prosperity Council’s new proposals to cut taxes on the rich and corporations ‼️ THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL. Sign the petition here: bit.ly/43mGaVI #orpol #orleg #forallfamiliesoregon #oregon #portland
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Morillo-Green-Novick 1 was the pro-labor amendment to pause the core realignment project to save 46 rank and file jobs failed 6-6 Yeas: Kanal, Koyama-Lane, Morillo, Green, Avalos, Dunphy Nays: Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman, Smith
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
LFG!!!
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Anyone tempted to fetishize compromise or frame it as inherently good better read this article by @tayari.bsky.social, and then re-read it again. time.com/5434381/taya...
time.com
There’s Nothing Virtuous About Finding Common Ground
Tayari Jones addresses the myth of the moral middle
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
While Mayor Wilson flees from reporters DSA Councilors fight to preserve essential services and rank-and-file city jobs.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
National data center money is flooding in at the last minute to try to influence Oregon's primary elections.
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emily-vwg.bsky.social @emily-vwg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
losing portland by attacking preschool for all will land kotek out of office.
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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
incredibile that a governor who doesn’t even have majority favorability in the Portland area bc she’s courted basically the fiscal policy of Reaganomics, is doubling down on taking away the ability to fund preschool for all.
oregonjournalismproject.org
Confidential Draft Recommendations From Kotek’s Prosperity Council Suggest Tax Cuts and Reforms — Oregon Journalism Project
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Friends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
⏰ Alright, it's time. Call your friends with kids! Tell them there's no income cap or eligibility criteria to get a seat other than living in Multnomah county (and being very young!) pfa.multco.us 🌠The deadline is MIDNIGHT.
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Happy Portland Parks and Rec summer registration hell day to all parents celebrating!
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pretty interesting, isn’t it Portland? Look what’s possible with a good socialist mayor!
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Friends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Solidarity with all the childcare workers who are participating in the Day Without Child Care all over the Oregon this Monday! ❤️✊
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
A Day Without Child Care: Universal problem requires a universal solution   • Oregon Capital Chronicle
We have been sounding the alarm for years: Oregon’s child care system needs support. From early childhood educators and child care advocates, to parents and families, we are being pushed to the brink....
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Proud to say I'm not just the founder of Moms for Mitch, I'm also a member. If you consider yourself a "Mom for Mitch" and want a t-shirt to prove it, please send me a DM. Read more about his priorities here. www.mitch4portland.com/priorities
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
On a personal note: Mitch is a wonderful person and an amazing boss and I feel really lucky to work with/for him. I literally sleep better at night knowing he is our City Councilor because he's doing everything he can for Portlanders.
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Pitch in for Mitch! He's fighting backroom politics and bringing transparency and accountability to City Hall. Mitch needs 200 more donors to unlock the next tier of matching funds! Your $5 can get him there. Or give $25 and the Small Donor program will make it $275! secure.actblue.com/donate/m4pdx
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Donate to Mitch Green's campaign
Help Mitch Green win a seat for Portland City Council in District 4
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My YouTube algorithm is such a mess. It’s like “Do you want to listen to chill 80s synthwave poolside mall-core tunes, or do you want to watch the City Council budget session live?”
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Leslie @lesismore.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Hey @mayorkwilson.bsky.social, why are you trying to force this on Portland? We don't want this, we didn't ask for this. We want safe streets and fair wages for drivers. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
latimes.com
Waymo under scrutiny after hitting child near Santa Monica elementary school
A Waymo driverless taxi in Santa Monica struck a child last week while traveling around six mph.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Councilor Mitch Green’s reaction to finding out that Mayor Wilson supports Waymo coming to Portland: "My immediate reaction was like, Ew, like who asked for this?" @councilorgreen.bsky.social www.kgw.com/article/news...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The sooner we stop burning fossil fuels, the better it is for everyone.
theguardian.com
Babies exposed to air pollution during pregnancy take longer to learn to speak, research finds
A KCL study has found that exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy delayed speech development
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Demanding a transparent, public process where Portlanders know what they get for their money is not 'playing politics.' It's good governance and fiscal stewardship. It's deeply unserious to suggest that the only thing that matters is locking up seven votes on council, by locking the public out.
oregonlive.com
Kotek signs bill for Moda Center project, puts pressure on City Council: ‘Not a time to play politics’
The state will contribute up to $365 million toward Moda Center renovations if the city and Multnomah County approve their own pieces of the package.
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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Councilor Smith has brought last minute amendments to the Keep Portland Housed Amendment and it cuts into the social housing fund to give money to organizations of her choosing, whose proposals have not gone through any vetting. This is pork barrel politics and that's not a compliment.
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