"One TAG member, Mary King, an emerita professor of economics at Portland State University, went as far to vote against the group’s recommendations (...) “We can’t afford to delay and I think it’s irresponsible to delay given the promise to the voters, families, and small business providers""

Portland: Here’s a quick survey if you’d like to give your input about the City budget to Councilor Mitch Green. People who live, work, play, pray, protest and spend time and money in District 4 are encouraged to take it. D4 is the west side and parts of southeast. www.portland.gov/council/dist...

MultCo economist Jeff Renfro: "I’ll just say, I have access to all of the Preschool for All tax returns. (...) I don’t see a ton of evidence that there is an exodus of high-income people in our preschool for all tax returns." (from www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NO4...)

also hilarious that they can't admit how the strategy is exactly what the business lobby has already used forever, except DSA does it democratically and not by who makes the biggest donations

Andrew Hoan with Orwellian doublespeak. He said to the Business Journal that PFA “promised to help all families access affordable preschool.” The promise, directly from the measure 2/3 of voters approved: “Establishes a tuition free preschool program.” He is not a credible source just propaganda.

Success!!! We officially have a revolving loan fund for social housing!

INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

to summarize, this week jd vance laysplained st augustine of hippo to the augustinian pope, while the pope visited hippo

Thinking about how if you're rich enough to have a single family income you're entire household pays $35 today for the Arts Tax. But if you're average then you, your partner, and every working child are each coming up off $35.

PMC = Portland Metro Chamber Also known as the Portland Business Alliance Also known as a social club and preferred lobbying outfit for the local ruling class

The PMC takes another step closer to killing Preschool for All, just like they’re coming for PCEF. They want to keep money at the top, and for working families to stay poor or move out of the county because they can’t afford to live here anymore.

Well, now we know why Brim-Edwards was in the secret behind closed-doors Moda Center meetings (Code name: Project Mt. Hood) before Wilson’s own city council knew what was going on. Business class political alliances over following the city charter.

As far as I'm aware, no Portland area media have written about this death besides @thewesternedge.bsky.social, even as national outlets are picking it up. Bizarre!

if you're a portland local you're about to hear about a report written by the rich saying that taxing them really won't be necessary 🙄

I wonder how it feels to be the u.s. government knowing your populace is vigorously sharing the Iranian government's memes absolutely owning you

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

I don’t even have words for this.

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Troutdale, Oregon, said they were told to keep working as a colleague lay dying on the floor. “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work,” Sam recalled the manager saying.

Oregon Republicans are famous for their “outside the box” thinking.

I just finished using this, which I became aware of due to @clairewillett.bsky.social. I cannot believe I am saying this about a web app in the year 2026, but: it is well designed and easy to use

a better world might actually be possible

historic rejection of JD Vance

how about that JD Vance magic touch

alright, "from now on, you will no longer hear our voice.. You will only feel us when the color of the sky changes," goes extremely fucking hard

In an active lawsuit against the FDA, the state of Missouri is arguing that access to the abortion drug mifepristone has reduced teen birth rates, thereby harming its political representation in Congress. It’s an argument being made in federal court not just on Fox

you consider the few things that have pushed these guys into action, and the many things that haven't, and increasingly coming to the conclusion that no matter what the issue you care about is, you need to jam up airports

The last time support was this low for these 21 families in Gaza was during the last wave of famine at the end of June 2025. And here we are again, bakeries at half capacity, and friends writing that they aren't eating so their kids can get a bite. Make it recurring:

Portland residents, @portlanddsa.bsky.social learned that a local company called Sightline Intelligence is shipping lethal drone tech to Israel. Take 2 mins to click & ask electeds to look into Sightline, which uses PDX area footage in its chilling promo materials: actionnetwork.org/letters/sigh...

If they kill these people what will you do?

Anyone who wants a #PFA sign can pick one up at the Multnomah Building front desk, 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday. If you want a sign up but cannot pick one up, email me at [email protected]. PFA applications are open the entire month of April. Apply at pfa.multco.us. Link in bio. #MultCoD1

Tax invisibility is a scourge in our politics > Public childcare isn't free, it's tax-funded. > People buying $34 burgers pay taxes. > Believe $34 burger eaters should pay more? wait until you hear about this idea "progressive taxation" Wow, problem solved, thanks taxes! 😀

they tortured someone to death

‘If you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t’ scales surprisingly well

the hub is about a third of the way to being able to reopen to help our houseless neighbors with showers, laundry and a human connection. time to pitch in!!

Given that means-testing ends up costing more than not means-testing because of the required means-testing apparatus, the desire to means-test everything really can only be explained by the desire to be able to cut services and call the poors leeches, independent of policy outcomes.

yes you fucking morons free preschool for everyone or it becomes just "free preschool for the poors" and then you call them leeches and ask for tax breaks when really we want free preschool for everyone because we want smart well adjusted kids why is this so hard? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...

multnomah county this should be us

This headline would make Horace Mann roll in his grave. Mann's big success in the 1840s was precisely to INCLUDE rich people in public schools. He convinced rich cities like Nantucket to ditch their rich-people-only private schools for better, open-to-all, public ones.

I’ll take it further. Rich people should be forced to use the same social programs everyone else uses. There should be no option.

what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes?

We have a very simple solution to universal programs benefiting the wealthy. You claw back the money through taxes on the back end. Everyone has known this for 100 years, but people get to pretend they don’t when it’s convenient for their ideology.

this is badass

I tell everyone, and cite Seth a lot: the insanity of your state's GOP doesn't hold a candle to the Oregon GOP. They're like a different fucking species of weird.

remember when trump said the reason for wildfires was forest mismanagement and that he would do it better

hmm

eight years later my little book is still making moves. a beautiful new turkish translation is coming out for mother's day 🐣

For every $1 free preschool spends, it generates $13 in earnings. Preschool For All gives back to the community far more than it costs and supports the labor workforce beyond mothers. PFA is economic development. PFA applications are open the entire month of April. Apply today at pfa.multco.us

having witnessed the absolute commitment and tenacity that made the Hygiene4All hub a reality in the first place, i can safely say this: any dollar you give towards the rebuild will be put to better and more effective use than any other dollar you've parted with in your entire life $15K LET'S GO!