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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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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents
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Quirkenomenon @quirkepedia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Incredible stuff happening in Portland
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Central planning doesn't work because a few bureaucrats can't allocate resources efficiently for a massive country. That's why we love the free market, where a few billionaires do that
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It is very weird that they just lie about normal people and then it’s not a scandal when they admit it
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.” (And held accountable)
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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The ICE killer's ex-wife tried to warn the military about his history of mental illness and domestic abuse. Only now are people finally are paying attention.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A California social club hosted a discussion on surveillance states, debating how to balance civil liberties and public safety. Then, Flock sent them a cease and desist prohibiting any discussion that "describes...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
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The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families
The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock) in a tuxedo. caption: "We're on the verge of a class war"
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Ellisons now own TikTok, Paramount, Warner Bros, CBS News, HBO, Comedy Central, and CNN, among other major channels. They are also the largest private donor to "Friends of the IDF." They also paid $7 billion for streaming rights to UFC, which is hosting an event at the White House.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Two really rich guys and the police union are trying to raid the city’s climate justice fund. Turns out the company they hired is instructing their paid signature gatherers to give misleading information to potential signatories.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
what's there to say really?
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We could do this here!!!! Cap rent forever!!!! As a renter myself I’d personally love that lol
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/05/2026
Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.
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Exclusive: Inmates describe being punished for speaking out about Ghislaine Maxwell | CNN
Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates speak to CNN about Maxwell’s special treatment in prison and how they were punished for criticizing Maxwell. MJ Lee reports on OutFront.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In South Carolina, a May Day Picket of Israeli Weapons Company Supplying Munitions Used in Lebanon The International Workers’ Day protest targets Elbit America, a subsidiary of the largest weapons company in Israel. My report.
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In South Carolina, a May Day Picket of Israeli Weapons Company Supplying Munitions Used in Lebanon - Workday Magazine
LADSON, S.C. — Angela Washington stands on a busy road nestled in pine and live oak trees, shaking her fists as she shouts into a bullhorn.  “We don’t want you here,” she yells in the direction of an ...
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Quirkenomenon @quirkepedia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Fun fact: during World War 1 more American soldiers were killed by the “Spanish flu” than by combat injuries. The military brass suppressed knowledge of the flu and intentionally exposed soldiers to prevent a comparative disadvantage in combat.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
bring back shame
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The stakes could not be higher. The US-Israeli war on Iran is catastrophic—and rapidly expanding across the region. Yet Democratic leaders are failing to muster a clear, anti-war response. Instead it's sleepy, feigned opposition after the deed is done. By me and @ahjohnson.bsky.social
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Why Can't Top Democrats Just Say "No War With Iran"?
The response to what could be the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 21st century is foot-dragging, silence, and sleepy, feigned opposition long after the deed is done.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The trash that occupies the White House (and any legislator failing to act to stop him) is bombing children in Iran. This is intolerable. The time for mass mobilization is now. Join an org, get into the streets, contact your reps. No war on Iran.
Poster that says no war with Iran with bombs dropping and hands reaching up. Artist credit to @toosphexy
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 13/02/2026
We do indeed need anti-fascist economics. And anti-fascist economists. Can’t wait for this book.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Not one but two sex scandals at Trump’s Labor Dept - one involving the Labor Secty herself AND a second one involving her husband. Wow.
The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The New York Times.
The women said Ms. Chavez-DeRemer's husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, had touched them inappropriately at the Labor Department's building on Constitution Avenue. One of theThe inspector general's office is investigating a formal complaint that Ms. Chavez-DeRemer was having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate — a member of her security detail — and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs, drinking alcohol on the job and taking personal trips at taxpayer expense. Her lawyer has denied the allegations.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
first they came for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and I said nothing, but i did laugh quite a lot
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Let’s keep this ball rolling…
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The second, final installment of my interview w/ historian Peter Linebaugh on @thedigradio.bsky.social: Luddites' machine-breaking revolt, the centrality of capital punishment in consolidation of capitalist state, remaking struggle against enclosure for 21st century. thedigradio.com/podcast/brea...
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Breaking the Machine w/ Peter Linebaugh
Featuring Peter Linebaugh on the Luddites’ machine-breaking revolt against the enclosure of handicraft production, the central role played by capital punishment in the consolidation of the capitalist ...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
By the way, where is Maduro? At this point shouldn’t the Trump Administration provide “proof of life”?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
lfg
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is demonic. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Kids Beg for Freedom in Letters From Inside ICE Detention Center: ‘Please Get Me Out of Here’
Handwritten letters by children out of a Texas immigration detention center offer a rare glimpse into the lives of kids caught up in the immigration crackdown.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Y'all need to pay attention to what's happening in Europe. They're not messing around. The Epstein scandal is causing heads to roll. In America, eh, not so much. I wonder why. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
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Starmer’s Chief of Staff Resigns, Citing Role in Hiring Friend of Epstein
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
After a night’s reflection, I can confirm that this still rocks. This was the culmination of so much work from our legal workers and my dear co-counsels from Underdog Law, the bravery of everyday antifascists in our community, and most of all Abe’s love for Portlanders. Cider Riot Forever.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
lfg
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In a moment when the state is increasingly criminalizing dissent and imprisoning those who resist, it is important for leftists and social movements to learn these forms of prison solidarity and resistance well. www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-bri...
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How British Hunger Strikers Scored a Victory for Palestine
Replicating tactics from the Palestinian Prisoners Movement, imprisoned activists in Britain have handed Israel’s largest arms company a major defeat.
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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today @councilorgreen.bsky.social and I sent a letter to Mayor Wilson urging the Executive Branch to use their administrative powers to protect Portlanders from the Federal Government. City council can pass policy but that policy is only as effective as the Executive Branch is willing to execute it.

Dear Mayor Wilson,
As the sponsors of the Detention Facility Fee legislation that added Chapter 5.80 to the Portland City Code we are writing to respectfully request urgent action to investigate violations and move toward enforcement. We brought forward the Detention Facility Fee legislation to not only ensure that property owners who lease to entities like ICE internalize the externalities they create with their commercial relationship with them, but also to establish that it is not permissible to allow their tenants to emit chemical residues like tear gas beyond the premises of their facility.
Effective January 2, 2026, it is a violation of Portland City Code for a landlord to allow their tenants to tear gas a neighborhood, and yet this is precisely what occurred on January 24, 2026, at the Macadam ICE Facility.
We recognize that it takes time to establish administrative rules to fully operationalize Chapter 5.80 of Portland City Code. However, we believe there are concrete, immediate steps that you can take today to show Portlanders that we will not tolerate the tear-gassing of our neighborhoods in violation of our local laws. We urge you to direct the City Administrator to immediately:
• Investigate all deployments of tear gas and other chemical munitions occurring after the effective date of PCC 5.80.030 And notify the property owner of 4310 S Macadam Ave., Portland OR, 97239 of any violation of PCC 5.80.030 with intention to enforce the city's provisions against prohibited nuisances.
Portlanders are demanding that we take action to protect our communities from our authoritarian Federal government. We must act urgently with every tool we have. The Detention Facility Impact Fee chapter in city code was designed with this urgency in mind. In the spirit of acting urgently with every tool we have, our offices expect to see
1. Expedited administrative rulemaking to operationalize Chapter 5.80, including the full schedule of impact fees and nuisance penalties, definitions of key terms, and clear investigation and appeal procedures, on a timeline that reflects the urgency and foreseeability of enforcement. The effective date of Chapter 5.80 was known well in advance of January 2, 2026, and we understood this advance notice to provide an opportunity for preliminary rule development so that draft rules could be implemented quickly following passage and enforcement could start immediately.
2. Use of all existing City powers, including longstanding nuisance code, to document and act on harmful conduct at and around the Macadam facility. The City already has nuisance, land use, and public safety provisions on the books that can be used to investigate and respond to harmful conduct at this site, independent of the new detention facility regulations. Chapter 5.80 should be understood as additive to, not a prerequisite for, the use of existing enforcement authority.
Further, the City has already created a structured way for residents to report problems near the ICE facility, including excessive force, noise, and other impacts, via the City's official reporting resources and links on "How to report problems near the ICE facility" on Portland.gov. These complaint channels should be widely publicized, actively monitored by City staff, and aggregated into a centralized case log to support enforcement proceedings. Council should be briefed on how this information is being used to inform investigations, enforcement decisions, and
intergovernmental coordination, so that the legislative body can assess whether existing tools are being applied effectively.
To build legally robust cases, including large-scale claims tied to repeated chemical munitions deployments, we expect:
enforcement, they do monitor protests and related activity near the facility and make reports that should support potential follow-up investigations by the Oregon Attorney General.
3. Expedited land use and permitting enforcement independent of Chapter 5.80. We expect the City to aggressively use its existing land use and permitting authority with respect to the Macadam facility, including conducting expedited compliance reviews based on complaints already received and any new complaints that arise. Where violations are identified, the City should issue warnings, notices of violation, or fines as authorized under current City code.
Enforcement of the detention facility impact fee and nuisance provisions should not conflict with, supersede, or otherwise delay land use or permitting actions.
These are distinct authorities, and progress on one should not be conditioned on completion of the other.
4. Active collaboration with state and county partners that possess overlapping or complementary authority, including the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Multnomah County Health, to ensure that air quality impacts and public health concerns are promptly and credibly investigated. Where the City lacks direct jurisdiction, we expect the administration to actively facilitate and document intergovernmental engagement rather than cite jurisdictional limits as a barrier to action.
Thank you for your leadership in this, we look forward to partnering with you to protect all Portlanders.
Signed,
Councilor Mitch Green - District 4
Legelta Maile
Councilor Angelita Morillo - District 3
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isaac @sevier.io · 27/01/2026
This happening is despicable and being defended by so many people in power who we must get out of office immediately. I haven't seen this anywhere else but Truthout, which is part of why I have supported them with a monthly donation for several years. Please join me if you can.
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