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"My money"?? Portland
@councilordunphy.bsky.social
is insulted that after spending $$$ on a trip to Vienna, taxpayers now have the audacity to question his office expenditures!!! We hungry and homeless people and he talks of "My money"?
6 days ago
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I donate $$ to
@nrdc.org
because as many as 105 million Americans drink contaminated drinking water and I don't want that for my kids...or yours.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Trump EPA moves to weaken drinking water limits on toxic āforever chemicalsā
The administration said it wants to rescind and reconsider whether limits are needed for four PFAS that chemical companies are still producing and using in the U.S. ā despite known health risks.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/trump-epa-to-weaken-drinking-water-limits-on-toxic-forever-chemicals-00347905?utm_source=chatgpt.com
10 days ago
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Rep Cliff Benz (R) voted to cut medicare for constituents. He does not care about Oregonians. Will you vote for him again??
@linncodemsoregon.bsky.social
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
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11 days ago
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Thank you to
@tinakotek.bsky.social
for seeing the hard choices that are coming and acting with fiscal prudence. (Something our legislators would do well to heed).
oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/09/17/o...
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Oregon Gov. Kotek tells state agencies to stop travel, prepare for budget cuts - Oregon Capital Insider
Kotekās letter to agency directors comes after a budget surplus turned into a $373 million shortfall in a matter of weeks Gov. Tina Kotek ordered an immediate halt to state employeesā non-essential ou...
https://oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/09/17/oregon-gov-kotek-tells-state-agencies-to-stop-travel-prepare-for-budget-cuts/
12 days ago
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Thank you
@tinakotek.bsky.social
for being PRUDENT with our tax $$$ and looking ahead at the terrible cuts to come from this administration. We need to think food, shelter, safety to get through this.
@linncodemsoregon.bsky.social
@multdems.bsky.social
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Gov. Kotek tells Oregon state agencies to brace for budget cuts
The governor called on agencies to halt most travel and leave positions open longer.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/16/oregon-tina-kotek-budget-politics-big-buetiful-bill-federal-funding/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Look%20Sept%2017%202025&utm_content=First%20Look%20Sept%2017%202025+CID_f1b4a417f1439e342c334cbde101a83a&utm_source=firstlook&utm_term=much%20larger%20budget%20reductions%20in%20the%20future
14 days ago
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social
nails it again. ššš Ukraine.
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about 1 month ago
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...and the county and the state are simultaneously burying us with taxes and fees.
@councilorgreen.bsky.social
@councilormorillo.bsky.social
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@tinakotek.bsky.social
@jvegapederson.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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Thank you to Bob Weinstein for his op ed about the explosion of new taxes and fees in Portland. Affordability is an issue that voters bring forward repeatedly only to be ignored. @https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/07/opinion-affordability-in-portland-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html
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Opinion: Affordability in Portland is facing death by a thousand cuts
Higher levy measures, increased water rates and extended parking hours are among the many ways that city leaders are making life in Portland painfully less affordable, writes Bob Weinstein, a retired ...
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/07/opinion-affordability-in-portland-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html
2 months ago
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Why is there no (ZERO) data on the effectiveness of Portland Street Response before the vote to increase their funding?? How many people have they taken to shelters?? I hear complaints about their ineffectiveness, but the council is not holding them to account.
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Portland police union criticizes city leaders for āfalse binaryā between police and Portland Street Response
The Portland Police Association criticized city leaders and staff on Tuesday, accusing them of trying to pit police and behavioral health first responders against each other in the wake of a manās rec...
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/29/portland-police-oregon-mental-health-street-response/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Look%20July%2030%202025&utm_content=First%20Look%20July%2030%202025+CID_80b00a11eb1a8fca2912454708d300d7&utm_source=firstlook&utm_term=criticizes%20city%20leaders
2 months ago
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Thank you
@tobiasread.bsky.social
for holding state officials accountable for wasting $1.4M in tax $$$ that could have provided preschool to an additional 100 children.
oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/07/24/l...
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Lack of grant oversight led to $1.4 million in wasteful Preschool Promise payments, report finds - Oregon Capital Insider
An investigation by the Secretary of Stateās Office found grants were misappropriated due to lack of oversight at Oregonās education and early learning departments A state grant program to provide fre...
https://oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/07/24/lack-of-grant-oversight-led-to-1-4-million-in-wasteful-preschool-promise-payments-report-finds/
2 months ago
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As a Liberal Democrat I ((do NOT)) support many of the views of
@candaceavalos.bsky.social
. Dems lost the last election because of a failure to listen to voters. We need accountability and transparency in a time of increasing taxes and expenses.
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2 months ago
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...and then they came for Colbert š©https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoT3...
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CBS is ending āThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertā, calling it 'a financial decision'
YouTube video by CNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoT3dDivWSE&list=RDNSqoT3dDivWSE&start_radio=1
3 months ago
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Thank you
@tinakotek.bsky.social
for demanding that the legislature correct their failures this session. First the Dems did over-reach with regressive proposals & endless taxes, then they failed to pass a n y t h I n g for roads. Senate and House leadership FAILED.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Oregon Gov. Kotek slams ādisappointingā legislative inaction on road funding
She says the state may begin layoffs next week.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/28/kotek-blames-gop-road-funding-bill/
3 months ago
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Sen Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen Susan Collins, Sen John Thune, Sen Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Joni Ernst will vote soon on whether to kill over 50k Americans per year by taking away their medicare.
#WeWontGetOverLosingMeicaid
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3 months ago
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Thanks for the hard work in pulling this off
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
@eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
@indivisibleoregon.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Sing it!!
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
@eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
@indivhillsboro.bsky.social
@clackamasdems.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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While enriching himself, he is pushing us into bankruptcy and $5 Trillion of debt. Millions will have no safety net or job when he causes a recession. The cruelty is unbelievable.
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4 months ago
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Thank you
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
for your NYTimes piece on the Big Budget Bomb which "will add about $5,000,000,000,000,000 to the debt over the next decade. $5 trillion. That is an insane number. You remember when Trump promised to balance the budget?" This bill will rob our children!
4 months ago
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@tinakotek.bsky.social
Please demand accountability from ODOT before the legislature pours more money into the agency. Dems need to make things work.
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4 months ago
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Wow, bullying old people is not cool. Who is this guy??
@clackamasdems.bsky.social
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
@oregonian.com
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5 months ago
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@clackamasdems.bsky.social
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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I'm calling my congressman and showing up June 14th in defiance of this intensional cruelty.
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@indivisiblekauai.bsky.social
@indivisprescott.bsky.social
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@indivisiblecville.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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How many will go hungry or die because of the budget bill so the GOP can feed the Stinking Rich??
@indivisibleohio.bsky.social
@indivisibleknox.bsky.social
@indivisiblemi.bsky.social
@indivisiblemobile.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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š„³ Happy Birthday š to
@booker.senate.gov
who is working today for us.
#DemocratsDeliver
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@clackamasdems.bsky.social
@multdems.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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So proud of
@booker.senate.gov
and
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
for holding a sit-in at the capital. We all need to stand together in this moral moment. Take to the streets on 5/3 for Workers Day and 6/14 when šis staging an expensive military parade.
www.youtube.com/live/1MmeeF2...
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Part 2: An urgent conversation with the American people
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
https://www.youtube.com/live/1MmeeF26bDY
5 months ago
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I'm attending MoveOn's event, āOur Turn: The Next 100 Daysā - sign up now to join me!
www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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Our Turn: The Next 100 Days Ā· MoveOn
Join us for a live conversation with Governor Tim Walz, Senator Cory Booker, special guests, and tens of thousands of fellow MoveOn members as we look at what weāve learned during the first 100 days o...
https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/779204/?referring_vol=2080070&rname=Elizabeth&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky×lot=5286401
5 months ago
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@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
@indivisibleclack.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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Jeff Gudman is being considered for Clackamas Co Commissioner. He says he's a Democrat, but he was endorsed by Timber Unity and was a featured speaker at a far right rally in 2020. He changed parties just in time to run for state office.
@clackamasdems.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLs6...
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TimberUnity Day at the Oregon State Capitol February 6, 2020
YouTube video by Mobile Device TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLs6hrrQ16Y&t=3745s
5 months ago
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@indivisiblehiloone.bsky.social
. Rep Ed Case voted for the "Save fascism" act today to strip us of our voting rights. Is he your rep?? Can you primary him? DC: 202-225-2726 HI: 808-650-6688
6 months ago
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Fire and prosecute Hegseth & Waltz.
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6 months ago
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Wow! That is OURš
@jeffmerkley.bsky.social
šlooking out for Oregon by grilling the EPA nominee about grants that were summarily cancelled. Could not be more proud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYh4...
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Merkley Presses Trump EPA Nominee on Oregon Grants Being Cancelled
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYh43A3tAuY
6 months ago
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Are we better off than we were 4 years ago?? Are prices lower? Is the war in Ukraine over as promised? Are we safer with Putin as an ally instead of Canada and Europe? Is health care more secure for veterans, seniors, and workers? Is our economy better?
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
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MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/crashing-the-economy-inside-trump-s-blueprint-for-more-grifting-opinion/ar-AA1y0Z0T
6 months ago
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Wow! This is the leadership we want more of. Awesome job
@repstansbury.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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Thank you Nebraska for showing up for Veterans, social security, medicaid, SNAP, clean water, and Democracy!! Shame on Rep Flood. š+ā¤ļø for Democracy
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6 months ago
Nebraska Republican Representative Mike Flood hosted a town hall meeting. Nebraska is a deep red state. His constituents are Trump supporters who have concerns with direction weāre heading. There wasnāt a āpaid undercover liberal ā in attendance.
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6 months ago
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernieās career (and obviously, mine too).
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Time for @king.senate.gov to step back and let real leaders take his place in the opposition. Trump loved your vote. Nuff said.
7 months ago
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Time for
@hassan.senate.gov
to step back and let real leaders take her place in the opposition. Trump loved your vote. Nuff said.
7 months ago
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Time for @schatz.senate.gov to step back and let real leaders take his place in the opposition. Trump loved your vote. Nuff said.
7 months ago
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Time for @cortez.senate.gov to step back and let real leaders take her place in the opposition. Trump loved your vote. Nuff said.
7 months ago
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Stocks cratering, Trumpcession coming, and Trump cuts school lunch programs and food pantries. All for Oligarchy tax breaks. Vote no on the GOP budget.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/u...
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USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases
The School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria workers and directors, said that the USDA cut the $660 million Local Food for Schools program.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/usda-cuts-over-1-billion-in-funding-for-schools-local-food-purchases.html
7 months ago
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World Central Kitchen
10 months ago
šHello! We are World Central Kitchenāwe work to provide meals in response to communities impacted by crises around the world. Our work is guided by our belief that food is a universal human right. Follow us to stay updated on our efforts, and learn more at
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10 months ago
Hi! š We're a group of activists and policy experts who channel the climate movementās people power into political power to protect the environment and hold polluters and their allies accountable. Fighting alongside
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10 months ago
Weāre lucky to have supporters like actress and activist Kyra Sedgwick by our side as we face so much uncertainty heading into the new year with the incoming Trump administration. Donate to help power our work:Ā
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