This is a clear example of the kind of surveillance our city is under, Portland is under essentially a military occupation. A laser was pointed at a helicopter and someone was tracked to their home with several immigrants who are now in ICE custody. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

DOJ admitting it's not an emergency, but still sending in troops. Really makes you thonk

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Simon holds a conference in Oregon's lawsuit against the Trump admin to block the federalization of the Oregon National Guard. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...

Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk. And this militarization keeps accelerating. trib.al/0t73NOH

“We cannot expect reasonable behavior from President Trump when it comes to Portland,” Candace Avalos, a member of the Portland City Council, said in an interview last week. “He is going to instigate if he can. The facts don’t matter.” NEWS: Trump Again Focuses on Portland as an Avatar of the Left

PG&E unveils $73 billion spending plan to meet surging data-center energy demand I'm once again asking, why should ratepayers subsidize the AI build out? www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Pritzker: "For Donald Trump and the MAGAs in Congress, this is not about fighting crime or public safety ... this is about consolidating power in Donald Trump's hands. What he plans to do with that power now or during the 2026 elections should worry all of us."

This is the President explicitly threatening to withhold federal funds from New York City if voters elect a candidate he opposes. This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.

portland has always punched far above its weight culturally, probably since 1970s/1980s. lots of places with more people that have a lot smaller footprint or impact on the aethersphere

I see MO JWJ swag!

Good advice for Oregonians, as well! 👇

Trump faux war against citizens continues. Just now south of #Portland

Everyone’s health insurance premiums could skyrocket and millions could lose their health care. Congress must permanently extend the ACA’s tax credits. Nobody can afford this health care crisis, and time is running out.

Today, Portland ICE facility. Peaceful protesters came with flowers and signs.

Part of what this reveals is what US labor has been arguing since the late 19th C. At will employment impedes political democracy. If u can lose ur livelihood for ur (non violent & non harassing) beliefs, then being an engaged citizen is all but impossible. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Timely message from Councilor Green to service members who take an oath to uphold the Constitution. "You have a duty to disobey unlawful orders."

Moving forward we need to reaffirm a positive vision for our city that, while recognizing the diversity of views on how to build it, provides no space for the politics of zero-sum thinking and centers on raising our living standards from the bottom up.

# 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

Portland's city attorney backed California in legal fight against federal troops The friend-of-the-court brief provides a preview of legal arguments that Oregon likely would raise should Trump send federalized National Guard troops to Portland. @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Also, the centrists in this city completely underestimate how much the normie libs in Portland are ready to fight for their city. The centrist electeds are in a political bubble and they look increasingly out of touch. They rely on consultants for everything and this is what we get.

Do they think that there’s a “back to normal” option still on the table? That we can wait out fascism? If you’re not out here advocating to rebuild — at least — a new social democracy in Portland and this country, you’re just telling us to accept the destruction of all our Institutions.

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.

Your war correspondent on the ground in battle-ravaged inner northeast Portland

TODAY from 3 - 6pm at Battleship Memorial, Tom McCall Waterfront Park: Oregonians from all walks of life—nurses, teachers, faith leaders, labor unions, families, and community members—are coming together in a rally and march to send a clear message: NO MILITARY TAKEOVER OF OUR COMMUNITIES!

I don't think you need complex political triangulation when the president is shrieking "I am sending in the WAR DEPARTMENT because Portland is AT WAR!" You should just keep saying that he should be removed from office because he is plainly insane

Just in from the ICE facility in Portland

The Trump administration's new policies will decrease the incomes of all Americans, except for the top 1%—they'll see a net income increase of nearly $5,000. www.americanprogress.org/article/new-...

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Workers rule. On Oct 18, union members & working people from all races and places will rise together—not to defend broken systems, but to protect each other. Our families. Our futures. Our communities. Find an action near you: seiu.co/OCT18 #NoKings

I encourage all the media outlets who are about to send people to ”war ravaged” Portland to think twice. Some of the strongest extremism reporters in the country live in this region; journalists who understand the culture of the Northwest and the history of activism here. Do it right this time okay?

Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.

Did you catch our new avatar and logo, soft launched to coincide with JWJ's 33rd Anniversary and the Annual Dinner held this past Thursday? Well, looks like we need to update it once again given the Federal government's truly REMARKABLE, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING rebrand!

“DOOM LOOP!”

We're quirky, we like farmer's markets and Portland Saturday Market, we LOVE to talk about how we are currently displeased with the weather, we are always changing how many layers we wear to deal with said weather; that being said, we are DIVERSE... we are Portland 💙💚💛 #RiseUpForDiversity

Reminder that Trump pushed for this a few weeks ago, after citing viral misinformation from videos of demonstrations five years old. "[Trump] was misled about small protests [in Portland] by a TV report that featured video of a 2020 protest..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This. Where are their voices?

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Love to wake up and discover that the town I live in is “War ravaged,” or rather that the president intends to use the United States military to make it so

breaking: trump orders troops to portland to “try portland wing week”

The Trump administration is moving aggressively to privatize the VA — arbitrarily laying off employees, lowering the quality of, and limiting access to, health care that veterans receive. Unacceptable. We must stand with veterans and oppose all efforts to privatize the VA.

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i really hope we get some good Portland whimsy in response to this. i am thinking marching band & Dillon the Pickle. we should take this threat very seriously. but also this man is a clown. he should know we see it.

❌You don’t have to speak to a federal agent ❌You don’t have to consent to a search ❌You can ask if you are free to leave ❌You don’t have to give your immigration status, ❌You don’t have to let federal agents in to your home if they don’t have a warrant signed by a judge.

✅Check in with your neighbors: can you help buy groceries if they don’t feel safe leaving the house? ✅Make sure you have a password on your phone instead of Face ID or fingerprint ID. ✅If you choose to demonstrate, share your location with a loved one.

small businesses wondering how this is going to impact their bottom line should reconsider their membership in the portland metro chamber, an organization that is perhaps singularly responsible for conjuring up the imaginary crime wave trump is responding to

Trump announced that he’s directing federal troops to Portland. Portlanders look after each other, and that’s how we’re going to overcome these threats.🧵 ✅Report suspected federal agent sightings to PIRC’s hotline (1-888-622-1510) instead of spreading rumors on social media.

War-ravaged Portland

If the FULL FORCE of the government policing abilities is going to be in Portland, maybe #MajorLeagueSoccer #MLS should cancel the match, for you know, safety of players and fans, due to rhetoric created incitement by our government?

Local leaders need to call this out for the theater it is and stand up to Trump once and for all. He’s a bully charlatan wannabe dictator snowflake & he needs to be handled like one. This is totally absurd & a test for Kotek/Wilson. We’ll find out what they’re made of in coming days/weeks.

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it. This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.