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I am a loudmouth from Portsmouth. I love public education, getting around on a bike & e-cargo bike with 2 kids and creating a better future for everyone. #YIMBY #ClimateAction #Urbanism #Equity #Inclusion #ClimateJustice

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not something you say if you actually like education or children
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Follow up abt last RT about Blazers not threatening threatening to leave, just because a guy got rich enough to buy the team doesn't mean he's not also a moron and bad at strategy. I just wish electrd officials like @mayorkwilson.bsky.social weren't such gullible suckers negotiating with themselves.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 29/09/2026
What is an "unspoken threat"? The Blazers have nowhere better to go and zero offers on the table. Either the team is threatening to leave or it isn't.
New owner Tom Dundon has an unspoken threat that he may try to move the Trail Blazers out of Portland in 2030. That’s the backdrop for negotiations between the Dundon-led ownership group and the city of Portland over a new lease and renovations for the Moda Center, the city-owned arena that’s home to the Trail Blazers and the WNBA’s Portland Fire.
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wondering how to vote on the 2¢ "Participatory Budgeting" ballot measure? No would be good. @trryjhrrs.bsky.social has been ranting against it for months. Here's a gateway post to a good thread on why it's a VERY bad idea. It would cut the austerity budget by another $16-17 Million. Every year.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OH from my MS aged kid student: POV my nuke-u-lar missed [blah blah blah] 😑
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A broken ⏰️ is right twice a day.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hard pass.
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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"TriMet said the MAX Yellow Line saw more than 18,000 additional trips from Sept. 13 to Sept. 19 — a 35% increase compared with usual ridership." Stop making driving easier and they will come. www.kgw.com/article/traf...
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have a farce of an campaign finance and elections spending system. Endless PACs allegedly separate from an organization that runs them all, and that org has private taxing power in downtown to pay half of it's leader's salary. Somehow that's not a problem for the establishment. 💩💩💩
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones talking about her recent article. An hour long but it's the real deal. How do you try to change the system and stand up for ALL the kids w/o being willing to put the people you love the most into those same systems, working as they were intended. 😭 substack.com/@michaelharr...
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‘The Article’ Blacksplained by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Michael Harriot sits down with The New York Times journalist and author of “The 1619 Project” for her first (and only) interview about the article that broke the internet.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...
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Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering
These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/09/2026
Regulators should shut this down before it leads to a wave of predictable, preventable deaths by suicide.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Makes a lot of sense to complain. State legislators aren't able to send out their newsletters this close to election day, why should the PPB chief be able to use his position to influence voters about a candidate?
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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21/09/2026
Oregon's roads are in *terrible* shape - among the worst in the country! - and yet Governor Kotek, the Oregon Legislature and ODOT are still thinking about spending *billions* on a single hwy project to double the width of I-5 instead of maintaining our state's existing roads and bridges. enough!
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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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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The OR Republican Party embarrasses itself again with it's casual bigotry.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Many parallels between New York and Portland. Will students of color and those at Title I schools bear the burden to keep small, whiter schools open? "New York is considered one of this nation’s most liberal cities, while operating a school system that is among the most racially segregated."
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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 20/09/2026
Which is why I can’t believe anyone says he’s doing a good job. It’s the same shit. Different white guy. Wilson looks like if someone tried to draw wheeler from memory
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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it is turning into a true policy disaster that wilson blew up our coordination agreements with multco and spent millions of dollars during a budget crisis on these shelters that he can't keep open for more than a year
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don't care about old tweets. I care about a police culture of impunity and the Chief using his position's spokespeople to speak against an elected official during an election.
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Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Portland Police Chief Bob Day says he's lost confidence in Councilor Mitch Green. That comes after a blogger dug up tweets that Green made before joining City Council. We need to keep the focus on the bigger questions about policing and accountability in Portland. @inafutureage.bsky.social
The focus should be on the violence and harm that PPB inflicted on Portlanders during 2020-21 and the lack of meaningful accountability for what officers did. The widespread use of tear gas and use of force during that period was not simply the product of choices made by a few individuals; it reflected a culture within PPB that has never been adequately addressed. Juan Chavez, Director, Civil Rights Project, OJRCIt is also worth asking why there has been little transparency in hiring Portland's police chief in recent years. Since before the pandemic, the City has not conducted an open, public process for selecting its police chief. Instead, PPB leadership has effectively selected its own successors. Portlanders have a right to more scrutiny of these hiring decisions.We are concerned that Chief Day using the City's resources to support the silencing and demotion of a city councilor may violate ORS 260.432(2).
 
Elected officials have a duty to closely examine police practices and policies on behalf of the public. Providing oversight is fundamental to our democracy. We encourage all those with the power to shape the future of policing in Portland to focus on accountability and meaningful improvement."
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
All the people who hate taxes want to increase police which increases property taxes faster than any other city expenditure. They don't really care about regular folks' taxes, only reducing high earners' taxes.
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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 18/09/2026
City Observatory continues to keep up with the "carmageddon" beat - turns out, shutting down I-5 doesn't seem to be having hardly *any* impact on traffic congestion across the region. Why again does the Oregon Legislature want to spend over $3 billion to double the width of the RQ freeway? #orleg
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am proud to subscribe + support the @portlandmercury.com and endorse this opinion piece. I remember the police violence that inspired these posts and I remember when the police tooo a stand back and stand by attitude while ICE gassed my family & I (& Councilor Green) while peacefully protesting.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ngl Mitch Green looking very mayoral last night just calmly wading through the copaganda and reminding everyone what the police were up to in 2020.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
End vouchers.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have the best fans in the league. And they deserve an owner who loves Portland as much they do. Too often in this discourse we’ve seen the giveaway boosters settle around this idea that Portland is a “flyover” city. I reject that: Portland is dope as hell and everyone knows that.
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City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Carmaggedon? Here are two snapshots of weekday morming commute travel speeds on Portland freeways, one is from before the Rose Quarter shutdown, one is from after. Can you tell which is which?
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14/09/2026
Why do we keep electing these weenies? You just offered to give a billionaire $600 million and he's not happy? Pull the offer off the table and walk out of the room.
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Mayor Wilson: Blazers negotiations moving forward, but Portland future remains 'fragile'
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson told KATU negotiations with the Trail Blazers are moving forward, though he acknowledged the process is slower than he would like an
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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"But Terry, wouldn't community budgeting solve this problem of politicians spending on pet projects?" First, LOL, but okay, let's have a cocktail and compare and contrast a bit. 🧵
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Abolish ICE and prosecute those who enabled and participated it's activities.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It feels like what Ballmer did to the Clippers' future is a mild vision of what Tom Dundon's going to do even if the Blazers stay. It's "win at all cost and screw taxpayers and non-player employees" and it's going to cost us half a dozen 1st round picks in a few years (my prediction based on vibes).
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this is the most elite accountability we’ve seen in decades
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It'll be 2027 and we'll all be mapping on MapQuest to see the real place names and doing web searches on an AI-free search engine with AltaVista #IYKYK
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think it's bad that the Democrats' House leader is having secret chummy meetings with a guy doing a domestic ethnic cleansing operation and funding a genocide abroad, then spending his entire week going on cable news to complain about a lefty Twitch streamer who nobody knows. Sorry for offending.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lawyer who worked for the Trump DOJ now representing the PPA police union's attempt to intimidate local and state elections officials. It is the least surprising thing if you have been paying attention. www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
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Portlanders Suing Local Elections Officials Hire Former U.S. Justice Department Attorney
The Portland plaintiffs suing state, city and county elections officials over a police-hiring initiative that failed to qualify for the November 2026 ballot have hired a former U.S. deputy associate a...
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Prosecute and jail everyone who does anything to support ICE.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning, we filed a new lawsuit to block implementation of President Trump’s unlawful executive order interfering with vote-by-mail elections. With the start of the general election season mere weeks away, this new rule could directly threaten voters’ access to the ballot.
This morning, AG Rayfield filed a new lawsuit to block implementation of President Trump’s unlawful executive order interfering with vote-by-mail elections. Since taking office for a second term, Trump has attempted to unconstitutionally meddle with state elections, this time using the United States Postal Service as a tool to decide who gets a ballot—and who doesn’t. Our coalition first challenged this move in April; earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled we acted too early—and now that USPS has issued a new rule implementing the President’s demands, we are suing again. Why this matters: Oregon pioneered vote-by-mail more than two decades ago. Mail-in voting has since become a model for the rest of the country and is prized by Oregonians across the political spectrum for making voting more secure, more accessible, and more convenient. With the start of the general election season mere weeks away, this new rule could directly threaten voters’ access to the ballot.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Tell the Blazers to pound sand. Better gone than the terms of the term sheet.
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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 22/08/2026
The cuts to bus service will get worse without bold leadership from the Oregon Legislature next session. Will we restore and expand public transit? Or will we continue to give billions of dollars to ODOT for their costly, polluting freeway expansions? www.wweek.com/news/2026/08...
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‘Historic’ Service Cuts Are Now Arriving for TriMet Riders
The service reductions were first announced in January, as a state transportation funding package crumbled in the face of a Republican-led grassroots revolt.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One thing about speed cameras: they're mainly a tax on people who DON'T live in your city (and also they boost safety *mostly for residents* by changing those people's behavior). Kind of a win-win-win for local government.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The #orleg and @tinakotek.bsky.social did this and they will be held accountable in their next election if they don't fix it in the next session (hint: cut megaprojects and there is plenty of money for transit). Do it or get voted out!
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Routle - TriMet 08/21/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet
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Routle - TriMet
Test your knowledge of TriMet routes with this daily quiz game.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@pbotinfo.bsky.social Larrabee SB a major #WorkZoneWTF right now.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social should resign and Portland Solutions should be dissolved.
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Routle - TriMet 08/18/2026 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.routle.city/trimet
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Routle - TriMet
Test your knowledge of TriMet routes with this daily quiz game.
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