Reposted by Blake PDXKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is not something you say if you actually like education or children 1532466383
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Follow 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. 030
Reposted by Blake PDXJ.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 29/09/2026What 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. 0137
Reposted by Blake PDXRita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wondering 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. 062
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OH from my MS aged kid student: POV my nuke-u-lar missed [blah blah blah] 😑 000
Reposted by Blake PDXtigard-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...kgw.com 37517
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We 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. 💩💩💩 050
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nikole 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...substack.com‘The Article’ Blacksplained by Nikole Hannah-JonesMichael 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. 020
Reposted by Blake PDXSam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I 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...secure.actblue.comDonate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymanderingThese are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races 471560558
Reposted by Blake PDXMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/09/2026Regulators should shut this down before it leads to a wave of predictable, preventable deaths by suicide. 25908131
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Makes 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? 0101
Reposted by Blake PDXNo More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21/09/2026Oregon'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!oregoncapitalchronicle.comOregon has one of the nation’s largest funding gaps to meet road maintenance needs • Oregon Capital ChronicleThe Beaver State has the second highest gap-to-expenditure ratio in the country, behind New York and tied with Connecticut. 69318
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The OR Republican Party embarrasses itself again with it's casual bigotry. 221
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Many 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." 130
Reposted by Blake PDXKat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 20/09/2026Which 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 25110
Reposted by Blake PDXFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026it 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 7486
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I 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. 120
Reposted by Blake PDXOregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Portland 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 1288
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026All 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. 070
Reposted by Blake PDXNo More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 18/09/2026City 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 54212
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I 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. 0183
Reposted by Blake PDXNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ngl Mitch Green looking very mayoral last night just calmly wading through the copaganda and reminding everyone what the police were up to in 2020. 4927
Reposted by Blake PDXMitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We 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. 48213
Reposted by Blake PDXCity Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Carmaggedon? 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? 15511
Reposted by Blake PDXJ.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14/09/2026Why 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.katu.comMayor 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 0377
Reposted by Blake PDXTerry 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. 🧵 1122
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Abolish ICE and prosecute those who enabled and participated it's activities. 090
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It 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). 110
Reposted by Blake PDXPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026this is the most elite accountability we’ve seen in decades 241256112
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It'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 010
Reposted by Blake PDXBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I 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. 190115342180
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lawyer 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/...wweek.comPortlanders Suing Local Elections Officials Hire Former U.S. Justice Department AttorneyThe 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... 061
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Prosecute and jail everyone who does anything to support ICE. 010
Reposted by Blake PDXOregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This 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. 13914
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Tell the Blazers to pound sand. Better gone than the terms of the term sheet. 072
Reposted by Blake PDXNo More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 22/08/2026The 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...wweek.com‘Historic’ Service Cuts Are Now Arriving for TriMet RidersThe service reductions were first announced in January, as a state transportation funding package crumbled in the face of a Republican-led grassroots revolt. 26622
Reposted by Blake PDXBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One 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. 1023040
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The #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! 2161
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Routle - TriMet 08/21/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimetroutle.cityRoutle - TriMetTest your knowledge of TriMet routes with this daily quiz game. 010
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026@pbotinfo.bsky.social Larrabee SB a major #WorkZoneWTF right now. 100
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026@mayorkwilson.bsky.social should resign and Portland Solutions should be dissolved. 0208
Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Routle - TriMet 08/18/2026 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.routle.city/trimetroutle.cityRoutle - TriMetTest your knowledge of TriMet routes with this daily quiz game. 020