There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Mass transit (35) to the Portland Trailblazers game — naturally.

The portmanteau of the day is “slopaganda.” Iranian social accounts have a GenZ hook. Using AI to parody Trump. It’s AI slop and propaganda, all rolled into one. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I love pizza week in Portland. The city comes out to support pizza parlors. It’s like not an option to let it pass by. Scottie’s is a local fave.

There’s always money in the banana stand or as Trump would say, in his banana republic.

Sweet pea? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dems just can’t be anything but tired moderates.Milquetoast, a term Jacobin uses, which pretty much nails it. They are all trying to to hold on to their Obama era power and ignore the idea that they can’t control young men the way they want. jacobin.com/2026/04/demo...

“Hey, that question was not authorized — arrest him!” theintercept.com/2026/03/26/p...

Shout out to Indivisible Oregon.

Paying for a bball team’s new stadium so they stay in town is not a legit way to spend our climate tax dollars. Portland councilman Steve Novak is right. www.wweek.com/news/2026/03...

All right.

Hi. I ask a favor. Can you please write to the Bureau of Land Management to oppose the proposed 2 million-acre cut of old-growth forest in western Oregon? Oregon Wild makes it pretty easy to send a letter. oregonwild.org

New York’s governor supports crypto and data centers while seeking to push back a deadline for greenhouse gas emissions. hellgatenyc.com/morning-spew...

The Ellison buying Warner Bros. is like something out of Succession. 🎥

It’s like a country club scene at the White House with young white staffers drinking at the bar on Daddy’s tab, laughing at each other’s Fascist memes. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

We saw Sirat last night. Wow. The scenes of the Moroccan desert, the sun, the knife edge road through the mountains. And the raves. #fllmfeed 🎥

Cheers for Oregon cheese. www.koin.com/news/oregon/...

My first post of the new year — how tragic.

A feed for the tree.

Another feel good story.

Finally.

Trump’s judges give the green light for sending troops to Portland.

Fucking hell. They can’t stop us.

Card night!

@jamellebouie.net sums it up. The Dems put the focus on an issue. Instead, they could have said that the Republicans and the president refuse to respect the rule of law and we are not going to let them do that. Make the shutdown about their cowardness and lies.

UAW President Shaw again in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: The crisis at the border is a humanitarian crisis. It’s caused by corporate greed and finger pointing politicians. it’s caused by corporate greed. My view; Its also the moderates, who want pragmatism in the face of authoritarians.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social — now there’s a combo for our future

A landslide is coming in 2026. A full repudiation of the Trump administration will happen. Just believe it. Trump is running up a muddy hill. The rains are coming. The people around will lose any future they might have had. Many will lose their personal freedom. Which side are you on?

How financial assets have given the rich more and everyone else far less. The promise was a lie. The wealthy have not innovated but instead collected rents on the 90 percent of the public who can’t play the game the top 10% enjoy. Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social provides some light to a dark political landscape. I just wish moderate Dems would stop fearing their shadows and support Mamdani, the Democrat’s choice for mayor of New York.

I love how Mamdani has frightened both Democrats and Republicans to the point that they are working together. Mamdani will win. And his influence will spread. There is no stopping this movement.

The Democratic mayoral candidate from New York City calls for a debate with the president.

Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian. #filmsky

Mohammad Salama, pictured here reporting from Gaza, worked for Al Jazeera. Credit...via Reuters. He is the tenth Al Jazeera journalist to have been killed since the start of the war in Gaza.

David Bowie introduced DEVO to Brian Eno. Bowie worked with Eno to produce DEVO’s first album: Are We Not Men? Check out the Devo documentary on Netflix. #filmsky

Cashing in the chips.

The DEVO documentary is awesome. #film #filmsky

lol

So basically, you don’t get paid in any timely way and your subscribers are not your own. So what do you really get? A lot of hard work to get your thoughts down and association with the Fascists that Substack promotes.

I mean, read the comments.

Trump will lose this one. Protect our right vote.

It is elegant and so true. a poet telling the story of consequence. "you danced, now you pay."

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social holds a light for progressives to follow: “To many progressives, his style of politics—principled, pocketbook-focused, and online—was an electrifying answer for a moribund party.” politicalwire.com/2025/08/14/t...

🚀 TOMORROW! 🚀 Join TNS's own @fredericl.bsky.social & @alexwilliams.bsky.social this Wednesday, Aug 13, as they talk with @leaddev.com's EIC, Scott Carey, about the latest in Generative AI. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBF...

From the NYT of all places: Since the inauguration, the left has racked up conspicuous electoral and intercoalitional victories. Zohran Mamdani’s triumph in the New York City mayoral primary is the most visible example, generating enormous nat’l attention and indeed considerable party pushback.

Vegan options are growing in numbers on Martha's Vineyard. Why? A tick that bites and makes eating meat and dairy pretty much a no-go. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...

What groups in Washington, DC are taking action against Trump?

Republicans are the regressive party.

Do Dems have a chance? Not in Texas. But across the rest of the US? I hope so. “The spectre of a redistricting war is now spreading across the country, with Democratic governors in California and New York vowing to retaliate by redrawing their own states’ maps.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...