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News of the pallet of cash comes two days after the City Council voted to open an investigation into $21 million previously found through an audit. The release of public records and oversight hearings are expected later this month and in early March.

I’ve seen the GoFundMe for @postguild.bsky.social employees impacted by layoffs circulating, but a recently laid off pal mentioned that the GoFundMe for international correspondents and employees could use some love: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

NEW: Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules. Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.

as a journalist, the gutting of wapo makes me anxious; as an american, it makes me terrified

If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]

I join my City Councilors in calling for prosecution of ICE for this flagrant violation of city and state law. This is illegal, and if ICE does this to families and children on a sunny peaceful daytime protest, I shudder to think what they do without that kind of daylight and public scrutiny.

A big group stopped outside the ICE facility and federal agents dropped several rounds of chemical ammunitions. The crowd leaving the scene was the most chaotic I’ve ever seen it and the gas was the most intense. I don’t know how/why the gassing started.

It is NOT easy to get this many unions and labor organizations to mobilize together. Huge props to my comrades at @portlanddsa.bsky.social & @jwjpdx.bsky.social for making it happen. Historic things are happening as we continue to build power and assert ourselves collectively!

“In a really end-of-the-world way, it goes back to Nazi Paris in the 1940s. Having to serve officers? Fuck that.” www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drin...

Portland, please continue to show up. We cannot accept this blatant disregard for life, justice, and order from our federal government. Show up how only you can. We will share information when we have it.

"... workers at the park suspect that Aramark’s motives behind the new housing policy are a means of making it easier to replace longtime, permanent employees with temporary workers who are paid less and provided with less adequate, more crowded housing arrangements."

It's nice to have an institution like Harvard highlight the need for journalism that sticks to the core ethics and interrogation of power central to the best reporting. Sadly, OPB chose to cancel Hush -- a huge disappointment from an institution I spent more than a decade helping build up.

The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Richmond, VA widened bus stop spacing to nearly 1300 feet a few years ago as part of a redesign we did. Des Moines and Louisville are doing the same as part of projects of ours rolling out soon. Bigger cities -- where the benefits of respacing are even greater -- should study these examples.

The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.

concentration camps.

The separation is one of dozens happening in Oregon, with ICE detaining both parents or single parents, leaving small children in the care of relatives, family friends, babysitters and in the foster care system.

My lukewarm take is that even if she *were* cheating, she didn’t deserve to be doxxed. I think many people justify treating cheaters—particularly “the other woman”—like Bad Actors, as if they’re, say, a sexual predator. They are humans making unkind interpersonal choices. Get some perspective.

Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...

24 hours after my first read and I’m *still* annoyed by the David Sedaris dog story.

"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."

“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.” “‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...

Not now carnivorous death-ball

The street preacher outside the WAMU Doechii show very inadvertently slayed when he called this city “Seattle and Gomorrah.”

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them. After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer." www.calonews.com/featured-top...

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ben Affleck juggling a Dunkin order?

One Costume After Another (2025)

Trump’s Portland narrative didn’t appear suddenly; it’s more a denouement after powerful interests catastrophized challenges for political gain.Years of oiling the growth machine, even in a city with a progressive reputation, have failed to produce material results for voters. Here’s some history:

in the second cnn portland city councilor hit of the day, the anchor couldn’t keep a straight face

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

In the words of Detox, I’ve had it, officially.

Stephen Miller is screaming on X that his feeling of their being an insurrection in Oregon is more important than the obvious truth, asserted by judge, that there's nothing of the sort. He can keep trying to force reality to bend to his moods (& SCOTUS will help) but at some point people will balk.

Two wholesome exchanges with the under-3 crowd at the cafe: -A toddler came up to me holding a doll in one hand and a plastic dinosaur in the other. We played dinosaurs while she repeated “hi hi!” about 46 times. -A stroller-bound kiddo yelled “Put your phone down!! 😡” at me while I was scrolling.

Does it? Any of the problems Portland has are legacies of previous years. And despite some high profile fights over small amounts of money during the budget process, most high profile votes at council are unanimous. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Anyone read anything… disgustingly out of touch and arguably dangerous about Portland lately?

So I have been blocked by this guy, but this is my main point: As the partner of a Dutch political theorist who listens to him rant about this often, I must insist that we stop pretending like Europe is a leftist haven that isn’t dealing with its own rise in right-wing extremism.

Still thinking about this

This was, unsurprisingly, as good as people have said!

This is the real reason Jimmy Kimmel is being taken off the air. Brian Stelter: "Nexstar already owns lots of TV stations. It wants to merge with Tegna, which owns lots of other stations. In order to do that, it needs Brandon Carr, the FCC Chair's, permission."

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

As evictions and homelessness rise in Oregon, homeless service providers say they will be able to serve fewer people, potentially increasing the strain on the state’s social services network.

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

using AI to write substantive articles is itself humiliating, but what continues to amaze me is just how little these people understand the thing they’re using.

Willamette Falls was an important site for many tribes in the area for centuries, before white settlers wrested control and slapped a bunch of factories & mills around it. Now that multiple communities are trying to create new public access points, the repercussions of that original land grab loom.

When I started at Eater, I felt I had landed my dream job. I was writing alongside such talented, rigorous, funny people who would tackle goofy little blogs and serious investigations and contemplative trend pieces and dreamy longform features. Food was a way to talk about culture, about the world.

Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u

I can’t stop thinking about the Willamette Valley shipping magnate-turned-eco hospitality giant’s circle of stuffed elephants.