"Emanuel’s speech only serves to define what has emerged as the new conventional wisdom: Netanyahu is bad, the US shouldn’t be paying for Israel’s misbehavior, and if only the Arabs would step in and control the Palestinians and make peace with Israel all would be well."

No ducks sighted in the midday sun at Tanner Springs Park, but there were lots of bees and goldfish spawn. Soon: Big goldfish, lots of flowers, AND ducks.

The same Democrats who felt compelled to shower unsolicited niceties on Lindsey Graham are not going to go all Nuremberg 2.0 when back in office.

"Fundamentally, [Democrats] have more in common with their colleagues on the other side than they do with the working masses of people." — Jasmine Burnett, Community Movement Builders

"Much of the groundwork for this reign of terror was laid by liberal institutions, from universities to major media outlets, during Joe Biden’s tenure."

Saturdays with Renee, 11am Eastern

This is an absolutely horrific story & it's also absolutely journalist malpractice to uncritically craft it as a PPB talking points memo about Portland's police budget. And it's disgusting for the PPB to leverage their performance here into a lobbying opportunity. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Good news announcements for nature are few and far between these days, but here's one I covered for @thetyee.ca! BC Announces Plans for Three New Indigenous-Led Conservation Areas via @thetyee.ca www.thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... #biodiversity

i’ve stuck my neck out to fight for ratepayer affordability and to make sure we don’t get worked over in yet another public stadium subsidy scam, and i’ve lost two endorsements over it. that’s unfortunate, but my job is to take on affordability and matters of public trust whatever the cost. and i am

If I lived in Maryland, I'd vote for Andy.

Are sports stadiums a scam?

Platner stans *could* take this moment to reassess.

WELP

So sick of the Highlander approach to leftist political parties. Coalition building is all too rare.

The city of Portland now owns the Moda Center, making us the Blazers’ landlord. With renovations needed and a team owner who's a notorious cheapskate, city officials must now flex their negotiating muscle while calculating the cost of civic pride.

The mayor of Minneapolis’ penis is a tiny clawlike hand

“Because this is more than a conference. It is a revival of working-class people discovering their power and fighting back,” wrote Rev. Brown 9/10

Fadhel Kaboub answers questions about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Pan-African Economic Development, Structural Transformation, Monetary Sovereignty, Payment Systems, and more. youtu.be/HKZpONNg9Ko

“Am I going to be proud of this flag? Would I hang it outside? ... I’m doing this project and I don’t know.” — Elan Hagens

Mujahed Mofleh, one of Palestine’s finest editors, nearly died after leaving Israeli detention. When I visited him, he could barely move, yet wrote he had messages from prisoners he needed to deliver. That’s when I realized the prison never left him. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/muja...

Barack Obama still in the pocket of the oligarchy. Still erasing the history of Black people in order to stay in the ruling class good graces. Now he praises George Washington, the slaveholding genocidaire in @blackagendareport.bsky.social. www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/ba...

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The Stranger has endorsed Kshama Sawant's independent socialist campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D).

"It was getting hotter." That's the first line of THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE. As Europe suffers under a heat dome, the 2020 book's warnings and hopeful vision both remain of-the-moment.

"After 250 years of theft, rape, murder, genocide, and profound corruption, the U.S. has become the same nation the 'founding fathers' deemed necessary to 'dissolve the political bands' with."

Yes, we need to unbork T&D. But energy *demand* remains fundamentally unsustainable.

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A pox on every single transphobe, especially those with the political and social power to make people’s lives better or worse who decide: hm, let’s go with WORSE. This includes not only rabid rightwingers, but also ostensible allies who cannot wait to sell out our trans brothers and sisters. POX!!

This is why I don’t support turning the PCEF into a kitty for whatever the need of the month is - it’s literally a matter of life or death. #PDX

"Ashlyn T. Maddox was born and raised in Portland. She attended Benson High School and later became a registered nurse. She was 36 when she died of a heat-related illness July 9, 2021."

Van Jones wants other people to roll up their sleeves and get to work on his vision...of More of the Same.

According to the 15-person “Prosperity Council” the governor convened in January, the path to economic success includes lowering taxes on some wealthier residents, slashing regulations, beefing up state assistance to business owners, & making more of OR's highly-protected land available to industry.

"Recently, prominent commentators have argued that climate is an unpopular issue that should be 'hushed' in policy platforms in favor of focusing purely on 'affordability.' We argue that this is not just a false choice, but an unsound political strategy, both in the short and long term."

Datacentres facing increase in global climate-related legal cases, report finds

I'm steaming mad over this. It's clear that if the Blazers leave, Dundon will blame the DSA, when it will have been his own intransigence and "meh" attitude toward Portland that made it inevitable.

"It was getting hotter." That's the first line of THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE. As Europe suffers under a heat dome, the 2020 book's warnings and hopeful vision both remain of-the-moment.

I overcame Impostor Syndrome to apply for a dream job today. Of course, my cover letter was basically, "I'm ok, but you know who you should REALLY hire?..."

No, really. The new episode of LAST WEEK TONIGHT was about feral hogs. Far more than 30 to 50 of them...

We're going into the second heat wave of the summer here in Portland, Oregon. They're happening earlier in the year, becoming more frequent and more intense. The climate crisis cannot wait for incremental approaches, and "that's the best we could do" will not save us. Systems change or bust.