same logic applies.

yeah. there's a flippancy that comes with these comments that's gross. you can certainly view U.S. aggression as this administration's attempt to deflect attention from their own sickening crimes. but try not to minimizes the nightmare we have set in motion for tens of millions of people.

Damn. Abughazaleh uplifts self-determination, a fundamental right & the rallying cry of the post-colonial order AND recognizes wars of aggression are a threat to all & should be treated as such. AND balances with sincere, serious concerns re: military industrial context. Respect.

anti-war protests in portland today? where, when, who?

this map is damning. Israel provides dense networks of bomb shelters for predominantly Jewish areas while predominantly Palestinian areas face barriers to shelter construction.

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson writing to James Madison, extolled the Constitution for instituting “one effectual check on the Dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body.”

Making sure the kids were at the schools we bombed.💔

Just a couple hours in, this is at least the second report of schoolkids being hit iran.liveuamap.com/en/2026/28-f...

"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have." @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...

"It would be a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter for the United States to strike Iran" — me, stating the obvious

posting, once again, the well-established definition of the crime of aggression in the rome statute for the ICC

Why are we attacking Iran? *they are amassing nuclear weapons which Trump said he destroyed last year, after abandoned a successful Obama-era agreement to stop production *they interfered in our elections - like China and Russia? *Trump supports the oppressed Iranian people - like the Venezuelans?

Oona Hathaway in January re: Venezuela: "The action threatens to end an era of historic peace and return us to a world in which might makes right. The cost will be paid in human lives." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

sharing this line from the international military tribunal at nurembeg for a third time in 2026. it's february.

Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girl’s school in Iran www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

US military targets so far. Gulf infrastructure seems to be saved for next round.

i've been working on a report which, in part, evaluates the United States' approach to economic sanctions in 2025 and these are the last lines i drafted before signing off last night.

The first deaths announced from the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: dozens of school girls. They hit an elementary school in Hormozgan.

CNN is saying the Iranian attack happened after Trump “lost patience with negotiations”. I don’t believe it. The negotiations were cover. This was always the plan. The scale of the military buildup showed that.

"It is, by the way, notable that the Trump administration has adopted a maximalist goal—regime change—that is not clearly in U.S. interests and is far from achievable via the means (airstrikes) that are being employed."

This stunt where ICE releases people far from home with no proper clothing and no way home should be treated as attempted homicide. In this case, actual homicide. These cases are not accidental or based on misunderstandings. They are deliberate attempts to inflict bodily harm.

At the regular Council meeting this morning, during public comment, Tyler Fellini of @jwjpdx.bsky.social noted that the Mayor suggested that the 1/31 teargassing of Portlanders by the feds at the ICE Out Labor Rally was justified by the actions of a few. It was completely unjustified.

Preschool for All is rapidly growing. Soon tuition-free preschool will be available to every 3 and 4 year old in MultCo, saving families an average of $18,600 per child. We stand ready to provide our expertise so the success of PFA can expand to all of Oregon’s current and future young families.

Gov. Kotek tried to destroy preschool for all on behalf of the rich and was defeated handily by parents, teachers, unions, and socialist electeds. Now she’s retreating by announcing some vague panel to study the issue. The working class is strong when we fight together for what we deserve. 💪

Are we about to see the end of “states’ right” type jurisprudence in order to do fossil fuel industry protectionism?

If me, a citizen, emails 7 members of the Council about governance issues and mention what other councilors are saying to me, *the Councilors* are violating the current open meetings law.

Very cool development that polluting industries are using AI generated comments to astroturf the appearance of grassroots opposition to environmental regulation

Obama made a deal w/ Iran to stop them from getting nukes, but Trump backed out of it bcuz he wanted to own Obama For a year, Iran kept following the deal anyway, begging Trump to change his mind. Iran then began work on nukes again Now Trump is threatening to attack Iran bcuz “diplomacy failed”

zoning is a useful tool, but also do upstream organizing to prevent construction companies and trades from working on these renovations. Use every tool of pressure and persuasion you possibly can. We have to stop the concentration camps from being built.

And speaking of things that disappoint me, in the year 2026 with everything we know about the exploitative and environmental impacts of AI/ Data Centers that the convo in Salem is about how to encourage more. I am not the one.

Reducing human value to what we can be trained to do is straight up technofascism. Every fascism has its suhumans. To technofascists, humans are the subhumans.

Yachts are rich people's carbon bombs. Yachts are a policy failure. We should put a 100% luxury tax on yachts, and put the money into green infrastructure that cuts carbon pollution and protects coastal communities from floods.

Just had to unfollow an influencer who was talking about she loves how 'peaceful and safe' it is in the UAE. Tell that to a migrant worker in Dubai, the Yemenis under occupation in Socotra, or those in Darfur experiencing-UAE funded genocide.

i say let them do it. if i were a senate democrat i would relish the opportunity to let the country know that republicans don't think you should vote if you are a married woman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/u...

"In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is a type of murder where an individual acts with a 'depraved indifference' to human life and where such acts result in a death, despite that individual not explicitly intending to kill."

“They threw my dad out like an animal, and now I have no dad.” Paulino Martin San Pedro was an Oregonian. He was a beloved community member. This administration murdered him. His family has a gofundme here: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-pauli...

I'd bond with friends going home to Syria, Libya, Russia, and other dictator-led destinations as they shared similar reactions. Much more than a symbol of narcissism, Trump's banners--first on Labor and now on Justice--should terrify us because of the examples he is emulating.

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

this is a pretty damning indictment of human rights watch. i don't know how the org comes back from this. proud of omar. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Right now, there are thousands of Palestinians in Israeli prisons being held without charge. Now the Israeli government wants to administer capital punishment to those denied both their freedom and due process.

The Portland AG wouldn't meet with union members that were indiscriminately gassed. Wowza.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Truly the hero we need. H.B. Reese is waging a one-man war on Hershey’s for ruining his grandfather’s legacy (and his Peanut Butter Eggs) 🍫 share.inquirer.com/xYjxA3

🚨March on Vasquez & Wilson🚨 Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery. Labor says: ICE OUT! 🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)

part of the anti-trans craze: these freaks literally want to coerce women to perform femininity.

‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

NYT finally comes through with a skeptical look at Trump’s basically nonexistent case for war against Iran. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't. They won't only be for brown and Black people. The targets will keep expanding. It will not end. The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.

I made an IG video about the Zenith franchise agreement report: www.instagram.com/reel/DU9bXXb...

Iran has submitted an Article 51 letter to the Security Council, invoking its inherent right of self-defense. These words in particular should be read and remembered. The total and complete evisceration of the prohibition against aggression affects all of us. No one will be safe. No one can escape