I fixed the title for the billionaire bootlicking @oregonian.com It doesn’t go far enough but now Portland will experience some relief from high energy costs.

This is a post about Nithya Raman.

I want everyone to be aware that the best-case scenario for 2027 is President Hakeem Jeffries. Democrats take the House/Senate > Jeffries is Speaker > Trump *dies* > Vance gets impeached > President Jeffries With the AI bubble about to burst, it will be #BarackObama2BailoutBoogaloo #Midterms

Get your bag 💰

Tear gas should be as illegal on the streets of Portland as it is in war zones.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! Cheap Trick Relient K MXPX Underoath The Devil Wears Prada So Long Forgotten Wet Leg The Killers Kendrick Lamar Bruce Springsteen

ICYMI: From June 12 - August 22, you can take a free shuttle to Forest & Washington Parks from East Portland every Friday and Saturday! Parks & Rec is also partnering with organizations like the Bird Alliance of Oregon to conduct activities at the parks this summer, like guided hikes & painting.

This ad came up on the Willamette Week website for me this morning. Shame on the Portland Police Association for using an AI image of a Black woman, as they work to steal money from those communities they claim to protect. PCEF funds are for climate justice programs in underserved communities!

No Waymo in Portland! #fuckice

Someone came in today complaining about Portland and how it's too expensive and everything's gone to shit, etc., etc. They're moving to Alabama where it's cheaper. ...They own a $1 million home in Washington, 1 hour drive from Portland. Don't trust people who give suspicious reasons for moving.

I had a similar experience. When a signature collector approached me, they said the same thing. I had to ask the person TWICE to tell me if this was the one raiding the PCEF coffers until they confirmed it was.

Portland's mayor, police and prosecutors say the purpose of the camping ban is to provide resources to homeless Portlanders. But none of them are tracking whether it’s working.

An acquaintance just told be that because of their E-bike, they are falling in love with Portland again! They realized that sitting in car traffic is what was making them miserable. This was SO COOL to hear in person! WOW! Bikes really are better. #BikesAreBetter #Ebikes #Portland #PDX

It's getting to the point that half of the council is no better than Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

The @trimet.org Board of Directors meeting was at capacity for today's meeting about service cuts. They are letting people in on rotation, but I decided to leave and watch online. We got this!!!

Message from Portland

This is fascism

Yay! Ben is the worst!

Congratulations to Tammy Carpenter for winning her election to Oregon House District 27! Tammy will fight alongside @portlanddsa.bsky.social to fully fund public schools, win universal healthcare and establish a Renters’ Bill of Rights.

I’m very proud that I canvassed for @myrnafororegon.bsky.social with @owfp.bsky.social to get her elected. She will be a fighter for the working class in Salem.

“Ultra-progressive” is a hilarious way to acknowledge that the candidates the people elected are the real progressives and the socialists.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

Still looking for a room in the PDX area, even something temporary. i have a job interview Tuesday so i may possibly have income soon. I'm facing homelessness and there haven't been anymore leads since the last one fell through. I'm feeling pretty desperate rn

The Oregonian editorial board is panicking now because they realize, through their own polling, that Portlanders are not buying the propaganda that public dollars must be used to fully pay for unnecessary renovations demanded by the billionaire. Whoops, probably should have workshopped this one.

Public art.

"No City revenues from other sources will be spent on Moda Center capital projects." We got played.

The business press does not want you to know how much $ Phil Knight, Betsy Johnson, & the Portland Metro Chamber (+ its corporate funders) are pumping into Washington County elections. The corporations & conservatives are terrified democratic socialism will take hold in the home of Nike & Intel.

People like this don’t even understand the basics of Marxism, and they expect me to accept their criticism. Capitalism is about taking the surplus value of labor. It takes away what you earn from working. Workers are entitled to all the value they create.

We need a full restructuring of our government and social welfare programs after the 2028 election. Packing courts, abolishing the Electoral College, Medicare for All, federal jobs guarantees, wealth tax on billionaires, etc. We cannot allow the conditions to persist that elect neoliberal fascists.

Doug Wilson also defended U.S. slavery and said, “slave owners stood on firm biblical grounds.” Anyone who comes from his ilk wants to turn America into the Handmaids Tale. No joke. Kick them out of Battle Ground.

I am so worried for the people currently being locked in concentration camps. ICE is a terrorist group. They’re cruel and abusive. They murder people without consequence. We know there is torture and death from the personal accounts of victims. They’re also probably hiding deaths.

WOAH! 🤯

Will Mike have someone from the @portlanddsa.bsky.social on to refute these claims? It’s critical now that the Portland Metro Chamber has been caught *secretly* polling against progressive/DSA candidates.

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I hope to see this in Portland soon!

No Waymo in Portland!

Power is the ability to create disruptions that cost more than the concessions you demand.

Here is what the Officer (who was very helpful and responsive) just shared: "With PPB policy in cases of vulnerable road users, such as bicycle riders, we only write reports where users where transported to the hospital by ambulance or the driver is suspect of DUII." Time for a policy change!

DSA has mobilized hundreds of canvassers to knock thousands of doors for Dr. Tammy Carpenter in Oregon HD 27 Corporate interests are freaking out & running unhinged push polls about Dr. Tammy and other progressive candidates in Oregon. Join us & talk to voters 👇 tammyfororegon.com/getinvolved/

crazy how two beloved, iconic shows came along in the first two decades of the 2000s to dissect the myth of american masculinity and expose it hollowness and literally the exact second they ended, the whole country doubled down on the american masculinity myth and set the world on fire.

The problem with Portland politics is that people treat "politeness" as neutral or even positive, meanwhile I have met some of the most hostile polite people in City Hall. They do a great job speaking in code and hiding behind a smile while systematically pushing policies that actually hurt people.

As an American. I make the decision to buy a gun and go shoot somebody. I get convicted and go to jail. An a health Insurance exec. I make the decision to deny care and kill someone. I get a bonus.

We Deserve Better Than This….

Government is a tool, like a hammer. In the hands of the capitalist it helps Capital. In the hands of a socialist it helps the people.

“an apparent suicide attempt” Another Cuban told to flee to America only to die in our death camps.

I hate Capitalism with every fiber of my being.

Glad to be back in city hall. Love the drama! Note: Shotgunning amendments to the TOA, last minute on the dais, is legislative malpractice.

Ever since Citizens United, the public sector has become a private government. The decision created a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations. Now the people have a chance to take it back! We need this in Oregon ASAP!