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Rita Moore

@ritamoore.bsky.social
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PhD Political Science (Comparative). Resisting fascism with www.pdxdistrict2neighbors.org/. Fmr Portland (OR) School Board, now TSCC (www.tsccmultco.com/). Lifelong Red Sox fan, finally enjoying this season. ⚾🤞

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 40m
Last year, Trump & 98% of GOP members enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan’s. By 2034, 7.5M people will lose their Medicaid because of it. Clinics are closing & hospitals are shutting down, citing BBB as a reason. It’s unforgivable. Vote them all out.
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TOMORROW
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Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible❌👑 @indivisiblepdx.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
No kings. No oligarchs. No billionaires. Power belongs to the people, but only if we use it. This time, it's more than a protest. It's a call to action. Vote Early. Protect the election. Rapid response if they try to steal it.
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 6h
Listening to the press conference on the latest school shooting in OR. 3 children + 1 teacher dead. 2 others in critical condition. As you contemplate your vote remember this: the Republican Supreme Court allows this to happen. Over and over. The Supreme Court is on every ballot. Vote accordingly.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14h
The Onion got it painfully right after Uvalde, and don't tolerate anyone today framing this as a mental health issue, or a missed signal by local law enforcement, or a hard question about what our society has become. theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
UVALDE, TX—In the hours following a violent rampage in Texas in which a lone attacker killed at least 21 individuals and injured several others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of ...
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14h
The US doesn't have a disproportionate share of mental health issues, or disaffected young men, or anything else that will be scapegoated this morning. We just have way too many guns. We can deal with that, or we can keep living in fear. Everything else is horrible, terrible, frightening noise.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h
"Tomorrow it will be inspiring to see millions of Americans show up at No Kings. Because before the polls changed, there were the efforts of the No Kings organizers. There were the peaceful and patriotic participants. Before it was fashionable, No Kings was there." www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
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Katie Zacharia’s Problem Is That She’s Bad at Lying
Plus, three cheers for No Kings.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h
Prepare yourself for No Kings Day tomorrow! Find an event near you at nokings.org. Where will you be & what do you have planned? ❌👑
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12h
Harry Reid's quip can't be repeated enough: "Susan Collins, always there when you don't need her."
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 11h
Yes. You win by running on your values, not from them. You run by drawing an absolutely clear contrast and fighting on your own turf. MN is so lucky they get to vote for Peggy.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h
Tomorrow is NO KINGS DAY! Millions of Americans will gather at more than 3,000 events to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h
No Kings: Vote Early is tomorrow! Where will you be & what do you have planned? ❌👑 #NoKings #VoteEarly
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Blake PDX @pdxblake.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It's the guns! If we have to choose between easy access to guns or kids coming home to their families every day, I choose the kids and I can't fathom how anyone could choose anything different. 🤬
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
There’s a reason It’s Called “No Kings,” not “No King.” No Kings is about more than just Donald Trump, it’s about fighting against the billionaire class & the corporate mega-donors who’ll still have power after he’s gone. We’re going up against them THIS SATURDAY, 10/17: No Kings: Vote Early!
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Seizing the passport, phones, and computer of an opposition lawmaker is straight-up authoritarianism. There is no other way to describe it. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Tonight! 🦺
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Once more: Helping the opposition helps the opposition. It's also morally bankrupt and evil.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/10/2026
Yeah. No one is carrying a protest sign that says “INCREMENTAL CHANGE THROUGH COMPROMISE” right now.
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Fascinating latest survey information with worries about corruption in government now for the first time in two generations (!) surpassing bread and butter issues like inflation and high pries and gas and healthcare on voters's minds as key issues...🗃️
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Post Edited: A Whopping 88 Percent of Voters in Latest Fox News Poll Are Extremely or Very Concerned About “Corruption” in Government electionlawblog.org/2026/a-whopping…
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW Paper Trail podcast episode: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
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Podcast: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Will you look at this. He got there. Hell yeah: "Powerful people are using small minorities in our community to distract from their corruption. The only minority destroying America is the billionaires."
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Goddamn: "We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. We have seen for the last five decades, since the late 1970s, corporate special interests, billionaire mega donors buying politicians, and then those politicians in both political parties...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ensure that they keep their hands off our votes by doing these 5 things in your community: * Activate the vote & vote early * Plan a “Thank a Local Election Official” day of action * Hold election denying officials accountable * Ask businesses to support voting rights * Host community trainings
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North Peninsula Review @npeninsulareview.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
City Council poised to increase safety at the CEI Hub northpeninsulareview.com/city-council... #CEI
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City Council poised to increase safety at the CEI Hub - North Peninsula Review
Share thisAfter years of study and work, the City Council is on the verge of increasing safety and reducing capacity at the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in industrial Northwest Portland. The Cou...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump's not really an innovator. it's just everything evil in american history amped up and all at once.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/10/2026
Are you ready to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms? Be part of history on Saturday by joining your local No Kings protest. Find your local No Kings event today: bit.ly/nokings1017 ❌👑
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North Peninsula Review @npeninsulareview.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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Mayor Wilson Calls on Prosper Board to Review Executive Director’s No-Bid Contracts With Friends
Mayor Keith Wilson has asked the Prosper Board of Commissioners to review three Prosper contracts after WW reported that the agency’s executive director, Cornell Wesley, had awarded the contracts to h...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/10/2026
Voting early takes your name off the call, text, canvass, and email lists. #VoteEarly
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Dear Representatives and Senators, remember that old poem, "First they came for Ilhan....?"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/10/2026
Can we please not nominate another “neutral” attorney general in 2029? Go scorched earth.
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Just a footnote: Zimmerman is the former Chief of Staff for Julia Brim-Edwards, currently running for Multnomah County Chair. Presumably, they share a common approach to decorum and governance. Bear that in mind when you vote for both positions. See also: share.google/NeM61L8RFvmU...
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Seven Former and Current Portland School Board Members Warn Julia Brim-Edwards Is Not Fit for County Chair
Seven former and current members of the Portland Public Schools board released a letter Wednesday morning across social media, warning former board member Julia Brim-Edwards is not fit for Multnomah C...
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Read the City Council endorsements, then read this thread for some reality-based commentary.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It’s so pathetic for adult journalists and editors to write this in a newspaper. “This 30 year old legislator is too effective and makes her colleagues (and us - we won’t even sign our names to this) quake in fear.” If anything, this is the best explanation of why we need Morillo on council.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The other thing is--DOJ is denaturalizing people who were committing or had committed crimes they didn't disclose in their naturalization papers. On those terms, Ghislaine Maxwell should be denaturalized as well (and so deported to the UK where she can be prosecuted anew if Trump releases her).
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I think people need to make this comparison RIGHT NOW. Is Elon paying $300M to elect right wingers bc otherwise they'll denaturalize and deport him? Probably not, but if their voters learn he is, it might make the $$ creepy. [Tho I think people need to focus on the child porn Grok makes]
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I don't know, I kinda like the idea of Musk rotting in an American prison while we confiscate his $Trillion and use it to create Medicare for All. A girl can dream...
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North Peninsula Review @npeninsulareview.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
City council votes on drone moratorium request as Amazon pulls out of pre-app conference with city northpeninsulareview.com/city-council...
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City council votes on drone moratorium request as Amazon pulls out of pre-app conference with city - North Peninsula Review
Share thisBy Barbara Quinn After a high number of emails from District 2 residents, City Councilors Elana Pirtle-Guiney and Sameer Kanal proposed that a request for a moratorium on Amazon drone facili...
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If you ctrl+f “Moda” on the Willamette Week’s council endorsements—which include Novick, Zimmerman, and Clark—you’ll get no results. I could say a lot more, but I don’t think I need to.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Sam Adams groomed a child. His victim was a 17 yr-old intern. Adams was 42 in 2005. And the establishment tried to run him again in the last election cycle. Ted Wheeler tried to run him again. This is the political machine in Portland.
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I started contemplating what this (entirely accurate) extended metaphor implies about Democrats and. I am going to stop thinking about that now.
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 14/10/2026
Ballots will soon arrive for the general election. Don't be frightened by the voting process. Need insight beyond the voters' pamphlet? Check out the Mercury's voter guide and endorsements, or risk being haunted by your decisions.
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The Mercury's 2026 November Election Endorsements! - Portland Mercury
It’s election time again! And what follows are the Mercury‘s 2026 November election endorsements, our guide to ranked choice voting, and a handy-dandy voting cheat sheet if you’re in a hurry to fill o...
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Why is it only ever students, radicals, and dirtbags who get the “civility” police sent for them, when we all know who is doing more to coarsen the public square than any other factor?
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Hang on, let's not forget that the corporate geniuses running the American auto industry are not blameless here. They delayed shifting to EVs long before Trump 2 and didn't have to kill it all off when they had the chance. I'm old enough to remember the 1970s. No bailouts this time.
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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Make banishment to an island prison cool again. We're gonna need a bigger prison.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/10/2026
We stand with Indivisibles and our partners demanding Oscar Belgal’s release, a full independent investigation, and immediate release of the body camera footage. And we join them in urging the public not to shop at Target until they stop letting DHS use their parking lots as staging sites for ICE!
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 14/10/2026
U.S. Senator @kim.senate.gov has introduced a series of anti-corruption legislation in the Senate. Watch his interview on how American people pay a “corruption tax” every time Trump and co. profit from illicit financial agreements: www.contrariannews.org/p/senator-an...
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Senator Andy Kim Reveals How He Will Root Out Government Corruption
While rampant corruption under the Trump Administration must be curbed, we also have to safeguard against future abuses of executive power
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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Households will pay more for energy — especially in Oregon — because of federal policy changes, think tank says
The new think tank study projects federal policy changes will increase annual energy spending in Oregon by $840 per household in 2035 and $1,200 per household in 2040, with a cumulative $9,300 increas...
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