I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

We’re onto you, Ring

we can cut programs like this. or we could tax the rich and solve our problems at their roots. i prefer the latter, but we’ll need a legislative body that has a spine.

Congressional Democrats need to understand that "Abolish ICE" is not a slogan, "not another penny" is literal, & anyone who votes for a 2-week $ extension, so you MIGHT get ICE wearing instead of holding the camera as they film themselves killing people, is getting played. (And maybe primaried.)

Make no mistake, we are now seeing white American citizens being murdered by law enforcement because we never truly addressed the way our law enforcement treats Black Americans. If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose. Our liberation is tied together.

As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”

Please read the FAQ. The permit is currently with the Permitting Department and the Mayor, it is not in City Council’s hands.

Accounts to follow for on the ground news in Minneapolis:

Alex Pretti was killed in broad daylight by the federal government all because he was out caring for his neighbors. We won’t let them stop us and we will keep watching out for our neighbors to honor him.

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission

"What can Democrats actually do?" - Vote against funding for ICE and DHS - State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law - Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE - Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny

Is there anyone running for Congress in WA-03 who supports civil rights?

This is a post from Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne. Minneapolis is being courageous now - & also organized. It's on every other city in America to get organized NOW before this comes our way. Find your lane(s), join an org(s), & don't think it can't come to PDX.

hehe @kanalforportland.bsky.social and I with one of the Portland frogs 😅🐸

gofund.me/0daab8bd2 At least two detentions in North Portland this week. Please help support these families. Any amount helps.

“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT

There are significantly more of us than there are of them, despite those who might use cynicism to get us to aim lower, dream smaller, and clip our own wings.

In order to defeat fascism you need a popular movement. As an immigrant, we need citizens to care like their own lives are at risk because they *are* This threat comes for us all eventually and I think it’s good to articulate how our liberation is tied together. It’s all of us or none of us.

Any elected leader who thinks ICE in the era of Donald Trump can be fixed with body cameras and "more training" is deeply unserious, lacks commitment to civil and human rights, and should be voted out of office.

I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.

Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.

At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

Minneapolis City Council President is on ICE patrol.

These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.

ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.

Systems built for people that don't look, think, or interact like you do aren't going to welcome you in. It's true in Portland & across the country. That's why Minneapolis electing @elliottpayne.org & Seattle picking Hollingsworth as Council President gives me hope. It's Portland's turn tomorrow.

"For too long those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty." - Mayor Mamdani.

Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like: “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”

Getting profoundly emotional watching the Mayor of New York City (!!!), Zohran Mamdani, at his swearing in. All electeds have an amazing opportunity each & every day of our terms to do right by all our voters, including focusing on those left behind by prior leadership. That's my plan for 2026 too.

This afternoon, the president posted that he will abandon efforts to deploy National Guard troops in Portland. Read more about what happened – and our statement in response. #orpol #nationalguard https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/trump-drops-national-guard-in-portland-other-cities.html#orpol

I talk about solidarity with Chicago, LA, and DC a lot - but solidarity as well with those in smaller, redder parts of this country. Anyone fighting for due process and the freedoms and human rights we are all guaranteed but often denied: we are with you, and so happy to see your successes so far.

The business is preparing to move into the cafe space at the Hoxton Hotel, in the same city block as its current shop but on Fourth Street. Owner Ian Williams said he expects to reopen in late February or March.

Worth a whole read.

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

The Governor here doesn’t include the fact that the local tax she is pausing is to fund UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL and was democratically passed via a ballot initiative. This is Austerity politics: cuts to needed services sold as a favor to you, when it will balloon costs for people personally.

Meanwhile, NYC's Mayor-elect understands the need for preschool support...

As someone who respects Gov. Kotek & wants to retain the governorship, this is an important take. Demotivating your campaign's likeliest supporters by opposing a voter-approved initiative saving families $18k/yr in childcare expenses doesn't improve affordability or help your campaign.

New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns." A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us. "It's a war!" wapo.st/4s6YnC5

Awesome to welcome The Thesis to District 2, to Alberta, and to one of Portland's Black-owned venues (Alberta Street Pub!), beginning earlier this month. January 8 has a great lineup too!

The new edition of our Rose City Resource Guide (Dec 2025 to May 2026) is here! 💚 Booklets can be picked up at no cost from our office located at 281 West Burnside during open hours. For more information, email [email protected] or call (503) 210-5641.

2026 will be the year we deliver universal childcare, defend our immigrant neighbors, and usher in a new era of dignity for the working class of Queens and NYC. Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.

Living in Portland is a never ending cycle of all your favorite places closing because the rent is too high and then seeing local media blame homeless people

Whelp, I must report that I am rapidly aging. If you’d like to help take the sting off this brutal fact, the best way to do so is to make a campaign contribution today to support my reelection effort. That’s how we party at this late stage in life. secure.actblue.com/donate/m4pdx

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

I am unsurprised and appalled simultaneously.

Wrote this the day after Trump won: "Consider running for office (yes, you!). Get engaged in your local policymaking process. Learn more about your local elected officials. Have coffee with them. Again: consider running for office. It's not fun, but we need more people who care." ...still true!

December 2025 energy

We are thankful to DeFlock.me for mapping automated license plate readers nationwide and standing up to bullying by surveillance vendor Flock Safety. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...