Expatriate closed? Truly an end of an era. #pdx

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they got a website for the moda center reno #ripcity newmodacenter.com

Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it.

> After the hearing, I asked Tumlin in a video press conference what it was like trying to work with Waymo. He said the City of San Francisco receives no data from Waymo and that the company, “has been mostly unwilling to partner with the city on critical issues.” “They are not a collaborator.”

> When someone’s homelessness does end, they blend right back into the much larger population of housed people, rendering the success largely invisible to the general public. That’s even more true because 86% to 92% of people who receive housing assistance stay housed, depending on the type of help.

This piece confirms and adds to the mounting concerns about the Portland region's largest public media org. Yikes.

> [OPB] isn’t a place I understand anymore, though many excellent journalists still work there. It is led by people in glass offices who make offensively large salaries while reporters barely make a livable wage. Some journalists work an extra job to make up for what OPB doesn’t pay them.

I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.

Ecstatic to see a multi-venue festival return to Portland, but have to say the pricing to lineup ratio math is looking rough, especially for an inaugural operation.

there it is: > potential improvements to “outdated and complex lighting systems and controls” and HVAC systems along with building automation and energy upgrades.

hell yes, thank you for persisting in the face of absolute depravity @repdexteror.bsky.social

In case you're curious what your DA is doing instead of standing with the community who got viciously tear gassed by ICE this weekend: 1. Covered trial call for a photo op; 2. Prosecuting a misdo resist claim against an ICE protester to run cover for the PPB cop who broke that protester's arm.

"The city’s contribution, which multiple sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive has the support of Mayor Keith Wilson and City Council President Jamie Dunphy, would primarily be through the city’s Clean Energy Fund." 🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.

Light rail to Vancouver is cool, my personal dream is an FX-6 BRT from Downtown Vancouver to Downtown Portland that follows an MLK alignment. #trimet

> Agents smashed her window and pulled her out of the car, according to the union and Hernández. They threw her to the ground and then emptied her purse, the union statement said. When they saw her passport, they just left, leaving her in need of medical attention, according to the union officials.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

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“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”

> Court records reveal a DOJ prosecutor contradicted DHS’ Tren de Aragua statements telling a judge, “We’re not suggesting [Niño-Moncada] is a gang member.” An FBI affidavit suggests in the previous shooting cited, Zambrano-Contreras was not a suspect, but rather a reported victim of SA and robbery.

More DHS lies that fell apart in court

Adding this to my theory that dating apps forever changed the art of going out.

A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.

I brought this sign that I made last night. Obviously ICE is guilty of much more atrocious shit, but I wanted to shame the Portland employees specifically.

CorePower Yoga has two locations in Portland.

Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs “This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me

Portland @mayorkwilson.bsky.social: "To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this (Portland ICE) facility: Leave. ... To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children."

Minnesotans are built different.

Salem, Oregon.

As city councilors debate uses for the Portland Clean Energy Fund, note that there are three open volunteer spots on the Community Benefits Fund Committee. I applied for one. Take a look! #pdx Ad: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/port...

The 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators were treated far too lightly. Media and the public moved on too fast without grasping the seriousness of assassination. These are life and death issues, not just differences of opinion the USA is working out. The reactionary right is ready to kill.

In Forest Grove schools: "As a community, I suspect we will be feeling it for a generation. I don't think this is going to end soon. I think we're in it for the long haul, and the long term effects of what staff and students are feeling, we won't know the full effect of that for many years."

"Yes, Portland has changed. But I refuse to use the city as a scapegoat." Damn, I really hope this ain't the end for República, but I understand it.

Dear lord.

hard to see this panning out well for small breweries in the PNW. fuck.

I believe the Geller/Novick "let's pretend we have a world class bike network with new sharrows and marketing" plan is DOA, so though it grinds my gears probably best to not spend time on it. I will say, if this is our moonshot plan to make biking in Portland popular again, we're absolutely cooked.

We live in one of the least-taxed, most unequal countries on Earth. It's unsurprising, but utterly shameless, for the Portland Metro Chamber to continue to pedal the fiction that Portland's businesses are especially tax burdened.

Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Don’t let up.

Oelkers was a participant in Joey Gibson's attack on leftists at Cider Riot in 2019, which left an activist w a broken neck vertebrae. Haley Adam's husband Mack Lewis caught charges from the attack. And Andy Ngo was caught collaborating as a propagandist. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2019/08...

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

The MAGA regime also really obviously doesn't know what to do with the fact that each time ICE murders somebody, the people they're trying to scare merely get more angry and more motivated to fight back.

Local neo-Nazi is believed to be the person alleged of shooting two cops in Northeast Portland last week.

Portland Mayor Wilson agreeing to be interviewed by the guy convicted of stealing funds and resources from the poorest of the poor in our community, Kevin Dahlgren. Don't do this, don't legitimize these thieving grifters who trying to build a platform by punching down on people.

WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart during player intros today. Time for the men to follow her lead.

Major league sports fans should stop standing for the damn national anthem as well. Kap showed us the way, indeed.

@butchisland.bsky.social appreciate your energy but while they shot two people here, they did not kill them / this is misinfo. bsky.app/profile/butc...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

The Senate must reject the bill that funds ICE. Both chambers must take up impeachment, conviction and removal proceedings for POTUS and any other office engaged in the killing and oppression of our communities. Abolish ICE and prosecute from root to branch every last one of them.

I'm not impressed with this plan and believe we have sorely needed new leadership for active transportation at PBOT for awhile now, but if we are going to spend serious dough on feel good campaigns and coaches to get folks on bikes, we should cut out the middleman and simply pay people directly.