I've been live-skeeting the inaugural Oregon Data Center Advisory Committee meeting today 🧵 for those of us with more sense and are out enjoying the beautiful weather

I need someone to run against Senator Taylor. She hasn't faced a primary in a decade, and you got almost two years to prepare for your campaign. She isn't a formidable candidate. You can beat her! 🫵

if i ever get fuck-off rich my hobby is going to be running for state legislatures that pay legislators $30,000 a year. top agenda item will be raising pay for legislators so normal people can afford to serve. as soon as i achieve that i will resign to live with my model wives on a yacht

Not to mention, SD21 covers the same area as HDs 41 and 42, Reps. Nosse and Gamba. They're both much better on all the dimensions that matter.

senator taylor is such a good target for a progressive challenger. she fought preschool for all, prefers means-testing, and doesn't believe in voter-initiated ballot measures.

NPR and PBS would have to be much more robustly funded by the government than it was before. the problem is that the money + hands off the content approach has been largely a matter of norms. no norms will remain after trump. propublica is vital, but here's the thing about them —

When hereditary aristocrats tell people what to eat it historically goes well for them

"not been fought at the end of a hook and line, nor in the woven threads of a fishing net, nor even based on the appetites of sea lions, avian predators, or killer whales. Instead, the greatest battle has been waged in the courts”

I grew up in Sweden and we still had to come back to class after catching nose bleed from an iceball straight to the face at recess. Tougher at 8 years old than any given NYPD.

We can't let them. Tell everyone you know to sign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fu...

Preschool for All addresses an affordability crisis head on, saving families an average of $18,600 per child. Soon thousands more families will save money as we prepare to nearly double seat allocations next school year. Universal tuition-free preschool in Multnomah County is near.

A crazy high percentage of billionaire's money will *never* flow back into the rest of the world. It will always be locked away in their personal vaults, passed down from generation to generation. It is a sewage drain for every economy on this planet.

Also cool and normal to read that Jeff Swickard can be the primary non-police bank-roller of the petition to permanently divert 25% of PCEF funding to hiring cops, and still be handpicked by Mayor Wilson for this round-table.

The business class has it backward. It’s programs like Preschool for All which make the Portland area ‘competitive’ for the workers and families of the future.

Thanks @multco.bsky.social for knowing what words mean. "Universal means everyone" (from a postcard arriving in my mailbox today). cc: @tinakotek.bsky.social

There are red states with fully universal pre-k. It's absolutely unacceptable for even the most corporate-friendly Democratic governor to put forward a means tested "universal" preschool proposal in 2026.

This postcard is a great example of reinforcing the message that universal means everyone and creating a constituency to defend that definition.

They found him. He died. Another murder by our immigration goon squads

I see this idea pop up more and more. I mentioned it at the end of this piece from last month and call an interstate compact for holding federal taxes in trust "among the most powerful measures in a program of soft secession." coloradonewsline.com/2026/01/26/c...

Federal agents in Oregon have detained and shot immigrants in hospital parking lots, accessed confidential medical records from behind nurses’ desks and interfered in patient care, according to reports and hundreds of testimonies from health care workers. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/25/o...

God Bless OCPP

📢 WE REPEAT: JUICE NOT WORTH SQUEEZE!

Over 50 unions and labor organizations have called on Wilson and District Attorney Vasquez to enforce the law against ICE and their landlord. Wilson’s suggestion that children, the elderly, & union members caused ICE to tear gas us is beyond the pale. PPB swore in court ICE used excessive force.

😍 We love ALL this! Preschool for All, Certified Blazed Jr, and trees!

The no-expulsion policy in PFA is load bearing. In a well-funded program that includes every child and supports every teacher, learning journeys set off on the right foot!

Look at how powerful we were in defending Preschool for All against attacks. If we are going to have a statewide program, it must be truly universal, without means testing, & paid for by corporations and the rich.

They really are talking about means testing a universal preschool program

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. 💪

"The governor said on Tuesday afternoon that it was too early to determine if a universal preschool program at the state level would be means-tested" @tinakotek.bsky.social "universal" means "free" FYI

Must be an election year

this was my friend. his family deserves every cent and so much more for the true justice they will never see.

The fact that a mayor who ran on ending unsheltered homelessness & put "we did it" thermometers all over city hall continues to pursue policies that result in people *becoming more homeless than they were before* is a big step in my journey toward full jokerfication katu.com/news/local/o...

Portland kicked people out of temporary shelters for “not engaging” in services. The problem, the ombudsmen’s office found, was that providers did not adequately document whether people were or weren’t engaging, and recommended pausing evictions. The city briefly paused, then shrugged its shoulders.

does anyone know what the dem pitch for this is

Olivia is an incredible organizer who unionized the preschool she worked at. Let's help her get some new lungs! gofund.me/acc8ab045

What you idiot commies don’t understand is that if we tax rich people they will JUST LEAVE, depriving our nation of tax cheats, political bribery, and national acts of perversion

Come to Workers Tap & Cafe tomorrow for Twin Peaks Day.

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

Many states are considering reining in tax breaks for data centers, citing rising energy costs and environmental impacts. Gov. Tina Kotek's economic development bill would take Oregon in the other direction, substantially boosting the state's data center giveaways.

That is so much $$$. We could do universal national child care and pre-k for less than a tenth of that.

this was me too. When I mentioned this, a few people made a good point which was that these were programs without a base that was organized to threaten those who would remove them.

the wealthiest americans love creating a walkable community to go shopping in and eat in on vacation and surround it with like soviet style housing blocks to sleep in on vacation but absolutely nobody is allowed to live there

overall I would say so far the governor’s prosperity council is not beating the allegations that business owners aren’t capable of systems thinking and the only policy lever they know about is tax cuts

the fight this year will be: ⚔️the thousands of families who rely on the program vs 😶‍🌫️politicians eager to kick the can down the road pick your side: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fu...

"A Hillsboro data center operated by social media company TikTok, for example, is saving $5.6 million this year through the enterprise zone program even though it has just 11 local employees. That works out to more than $500,000 in tax breaks for each worker." www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

I saw Lydia's book while fucking around at a Barnes and Noble in Lubbock, TX last year and I was immediately like omg!!! That's the lady that's always posting about Preschool for All!!! Love her for this ❤️

Sheri's Ranch is demanding total ownership of their workers IP, including the right to generate AI content based on photos and videos. Support there union efforts here unitedbrothelworkers.org but while you're at it CHECK OUT THIS UNION BADGE hell yes full solidarity

if you're thinking "we already won this" or "they can't fuck it up now, it's already law" ...i have unpleasant news