We shouldn’t hold our breath for some mythic future moment of contrition from people who were arguing in bad faith the whole time. “Making America Great” wasn’t ever their goal. It was always a euphemism for white nationalists to direct state violence at real and perceived enemies. Masks are off now

It’s wild to see the Pope, street gangs, police, protestors, regular people who would have been unnatural allies to say the least, coming together because everyone understands that ICE is the new Gestapo and we have a duty to stop them. And then you have police union president Aaron Schmautz lol

Reminder that Police are not your friend. Aaron Schmautz said, “no one should be OK with violence directed at anyone.” Well expect for police and state violence. ACAB. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. Police are not allies for Labor.

Maybe now we can all admit that the conservative backlash against trips to learn about public policy was completely manufactured and an attempt to smear the progressives.

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

A couple of years ago, the Democrats in the Oregon legislature passed a domestic terrorism law over of the objection of civil liberties advocates, environmentalists, and ordinarily reasonable Oregonians who told them this would only be used against the left. It fits right in with Trump’s strategy.

Embarrassed for anyone who is legitimately scared of Portland, Oregon.

If NPR is trying to normalize Trump as just some regular politician with bold policy views - instead of the unhinged wanna be dictator he is - they are doing a very good job. This is just one recent story where they give Trump benefit of the doubt & fail to give readers proper context.

It's giving ... Talladega Nights

So 100 private and public officials went to the twin cities on a STUDY TRIP with the Metro Chamber and there's no media outrage? No "junket" articles? Or what about the state legislators who went to Vietnam? No? Hmmm 🤔

These are the people the Oregon Democrats have been making concessions to with their supermajority.

Weird that our right wing DA won’t charge right wing protestors. Everyone saw the video of him pushing a woman. Not much question about what happened. Great signal to send to all these other outside agitators who are gearing up to come into Portland.

i know i tend to have a pretty harsh line on political and historical literacy but if you think the primary cause of conflict in the near and middle east is religion rather than much more modern, material political forces, you're a world-class dumbshit and should reconsider that perspective

“Don’t use slurs against AI,” my brother in Christ, calling it “intelligence” is a slur against intelligence. It boils drinking water and increases my power bill to hallucinate a yes-man for atomized Westerners. It knows nothing of smells, taste, emotion, love, hunger. It is dumb.

Our responsibility as portlanders is to accuse our business class of being republicans. If they support the natl guard coming in, they’re republicans. If they thank Christine drazan at a homeless shelter meeting, they’re republicans

It’s extremely funny* that Trump saw a cardboard guillotine on Fox News, started posting like a maniac, eventually DOJ had to defend these posts in court (they kept talking about the guillotine), & a federal judge was like yeah the president is untethered from reality. *also terrifying

lot of problems with that piece but here's one: if anyone tries to blame "empty downtown" on anything other than 1) the pandemic 2) ted wheeler destroying the big food cart pod so his developer friends could build a hotel no one uses they're either a moron or a developer

This is a blatant violation of 1st Amendment rights. Gooding v. Wilson 1972 and Lewis v. City of New Orleans 1974 established that criticizing law enforcement is protected free speech. This woman posed no threat to the agent, aside from a bruised ego. If he can’t handle that he can’t do the job.

This article has a lot more important problems so I feel stupid saying this…but umm…the Mercury wrote and published the first major article about the DSA councilors back in June. Of course it isn’t the local reporting linked or mentioned here.

More importantly, it was highly irresponsible of the @nytimes.com to publish this article (which I know they’ve been working on for months) right now. It sends a message to an unaware public that the socialists in City Hall are somehow responsible for current national attacks on Portland.

If you think the military should be deployed into American cities because there’s the slightest tension at a protest, congratulations! You are a fascist! Lots of people want to hold fascist ideologies without realizing what they’ve become, but we have words to describe things and that’s what u are

I hate being right but I've been telling folks all week that the courts aren't going to stop the military from coming to Portland. After Trump's DOJ bombed in court earlier today, they are just going to come up with a bullshit reason to send in the military before a bad headline comes out.

The DOJ’s arguments are actually insane

These right wing media people — from the local to the national — really are despicable

There’s a certain local podcast run by wannabes that has taken up the talking point that progressive Councilors want violence. We don’t. And their comments sections are filled with freaks who track my bus stop. They’re willfully cheering on the fall of our democracy.

Human rights abuse waivers are not the solution to human rights abuses. You don’t horse trade trans for women’s autonomy, or immigrant for black life. You change the culture. Political actors must change the political culture. Or all our rights are toast.

I said this last year when the camping ban was on the table and I’ll say it again: Enforcement of this ordinance will likely increase over-policing, wasting public dollars that could be better used to solve serious crime. it’s possible to solve houselessness without criminalizing it.

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable." All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov As a constituent, and precinct committeewoman with the Democratic Party - you need to answer why you support Schumer as our leader in the senate, because this is an abdication of his responsibility.

I don’t want to hear anymore “Portland is dying” narrative or vague complaints about “ANTIFA” as the clarion call for action in the city. All of that led to Trump targeting us. Groups like People for Portland, associated right-wing media ecosystem, and political opportunists own this.

we’re going to use facts and reason to stop Trump from attacking us lol I know it’s a difficult position to be in as an individual tasked with making decisions, but most of our elected leaders are just not suited for this new era. Chicago beat Trump by bullying him away. That’s the game plan.

A united front against fascism is important but folks who sell out immigrants + houseless people and only talk about Trump negatively when they see troops as a threat to the tourism economy are not allies in this fight. They will knife you in the back if they see dollars to be made.

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

I want my local leadership to hype us up about how we’re going to resist fascism together and give some direction, not lecture passive aggressively about ‘taking the bait’ and imply that if the Feds deploy violence it’s caused by Portlanders. Who is that message supposed to reach exactly?

I actually don’t think we should victim blame protestors for what the feds are going to do. We’ve seen them do it to perfectly peaceful protestors. People need to be wise, use discretion, and center those most impacted, and I truly detest this rhetoric.

Bynum is trash and I wish someone would primary her. #BynumIsABummer

One thing that triggered me about the O’s editorial about alleged council dysfunction is that the progressive side of the building is constantly advancing legislation & the other side of the aisle is constantly delaying it with critiques that look like they haven’t even bothered to read it.

I haven't sat in on one meeting w/ an elected official this year that didn't leave me enraged due to their inability or unwillingness to meet this moment. What I'm learning is being an elected official does not equal being a leader --- and potentially by definition makes them incapable of leading.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

This idea that you need to run culture war conservatives to win a Dem seat is absurd and it’s part of how we’ve arrived at a state where you have a political consensus emerge around lionizing edgelords like Charlie Kirk, who was an objectively terrible person.

Charlie Kirk was a hateful man who spewed vile, hateful vitriol for money. That so many Dems have voted to memorialize him out of fear of elite backlash is a moral crime that has endangered us all by giving even more ground to fascists. Klein is part of that and should be ignored on political advice

We’re going to see articles of impeachment for doing these crimes, right? Or is Congress just going to tolerate a president that conducts extrajudicial murders?

1. Today, 95 Democrats voted to "honor the legacy" of Charlie Kirk, calling him a "model for young Americans." Kirk was notable for practicing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans extremism, racism, and violent rhetoric. Among the yes votes was Trans Rep. Sarah McBride. Subscribe to support our journalism.

There’s just never any situation where you need to vote on the same line as fascists. It’s really not difficult but we can keep pretending it is I suppose.

No, employers let people work remote because employees expect the option since COVID, not because they’re scared. Even business groups have been forced to concede that downtown foot traffic’s up without forcing RTO or “cleaning up” the homeless. Well-adjusted people aren’t afraid of downtown

Hakeem Jeffries voted for Charlie Kirk Day but still isn’t sure if he’ll endorse Zohran Mamdani. This is why the approval rating of the Democratic Party is lower than Trump’s or the GOP.

Reconstruction failed because we let Confederates continue to serve in a government they tried to overthrow. Failure to contend with power seeking to destroy you is why Schumer/ Jeffries / the DNC are failing the moment so dramatically.