And she finds time to write for a piece for the Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/o...

“You acted without maturity and emotional intelligence,” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Reporter @madisonmcvan.bsky.social spent weeks digitizing more than 1,000 habeas filings since ICE's "Metro Surge" on Minnesota. One quarter of those wrongfully detained had valid work permits. Some weren't just wrongfully detained, but deported: minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/22/m...

What is going on in this ad? Why is dude wearing a military uniform? Is this a Civil War uniform? What are they trying to tell us? Who are they? Hey!

No more shaming or finger wagging at people who take time to turn in their ballots. I have until Tuesday to turn my ballot in in. What's the rush?

Lindstrom made vital documentaries about our community. Go watch Alien Boy ASAP. www.oregonlive.com/books/2026/0...

“We want to help you move." “I don’t want your help.” denverite.com/2026/05/04/d...

#Portland is the latest US city to codify polyamorous rights in housing, jobs and public spaces. More could follow in a potential civil rights frontier extending beyond #polyamory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“That ruling found serious violations of Americans’ constitutional rights and how the Trump administration has used Section 702,” theintercept.com/2026/04/30/w...

My Google Voice number got on spam list or something. Every time I get a call, it just hangs up and doesn't leave a message. It doesn't try to sell me anything. Nobody picks up when I call back. What is even the point? Am I being harassed?

Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. Critics now say the board’s extreme caution stalls patient discharge and is colliding with Oregon’s strained mental health system.

In a non car-brained world, the fact that elite cyclists are regularly hit, and often killed, by drivers should lead some of the victim blaming people out there to question what they're saying. You can do everything right and still die.

Jackson County DA is hauling people convicted of serious crimes back behind bars after the Legislature passed a bill aimed at cleaning up the prison system's re-sentencing mess. youroregonnews.com/2026/04/14/d...

Multnomah County commissioners urged state officials late last year to change what they characterized as a discriminatory policy that’s contributing to people with “severe persistent mental illness” falling into homelessness.

State policy contributes to mentally ill Oregonians falling into homelessness, Multnomah County says oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/14/s...

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital are stuck in limbo for months. Even after being told they no longer need to be there, only a few are discharged each month from the state’s most-regimented and costly mental health treatment setting. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

Q: Did you post that picture of you depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor. Only the fake news could come up with that one. It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better.

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office has released footage of agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arresting two people at the Marion County Courthouse on March 26. Agents had a judicial warrant for one man but only an administrative warrant for the other man. tinyurl.com/mr3bxhvy

"He’s also taken a hard line on Canada from day one, which POTUS appreciates." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Oregon State Hospital is under a federal contempt order because it doesn't have enough beds to admit patients. Yet about 40 patients who don't need treatment at the hospital are waiting to leave. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

I’ve had my phone on #grayscale for not even a week and I feel like it’s already making a big difference

It's too bad they kicked down dude's door on a bad warrant. But the sheriff revived his musical relevance. apnews.com/article/afro...

“this isn’t a place where visitors will see it,” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/18/r...

“The grand jury is entitled to free access at all reasonable times to such correctional facilities and juvenile facilities, and, without charge, to all public records in the county pertaining thereto.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Behold. The newspaper industry

New records reveal a top labor executive quietly pushed a Portland councilor to sue the city and let the mayor pick the next council president—raising fresh questions about power and transparency at City Hall.

A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found that Coffee Creek Correctional Facility still isn’t meeting standards.

Journalism people, what do you do with this situation? My reporter’s notebook just has a few more sheets of paper. If i keep using it, i will run out of paper while reporting. Filling it up and switching to another notebook in the middle of reporting means another thing to keep track of.

"A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found the women's correctional facility still isn't meeting standards." #Oregon #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #SexualViolence

Can anyone recommend a good alternative to Google Voice?

"[D]uplicate time." "McEwen was among the 22 people the Department of Corrections released, then reincarcerated." "This is the very type of abuse of executive power that the state of Oregon claims to be fighting at the federal level." #Oregon #USA #Drugs #Incarceration #Courts

Lawmakers will consider a change to Oregon law that could increase medical debt among low-income patients. Opponents say the change could weaken efforts to help low-income patients access care, as nearly a third of Oregonians have taken on medical debt. Hospitals say it’s an administrative burden.

Oregon's SB 1521, modernizing inclusionary zoning in the Portland metro area, unanimously passes Senate Housing. 🎉 Based on 10 years of lessons, it gives cities new policy options + a requirement that such programs be fully funded. Moves to senate floor! olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...

A new Oregon initiative petition just dropped. Petitioner Shakur Hussein (who is also suing TriMet for wrongful termination) wants to get something on the ballot in the Nov 2026 election that would require TriMet’s Board and CEO to be elected, rather than appointed by the governor.

🚨🚨🚨Video captures a DHS employee break the window at the Eugene Oregon Fed Building. They declared a riot and tear gassed everyone over it.

Oregon's 2023 hospital charity care law is starting to show results, state data shows. Hospitals are generally spending more on free care for low-income patients and have less bad debt. So why are #hospitals pushing to weaken the law? #orpol #healthcare www.streetroots.org/news/2026/02...

Important reporting about ICE's presence in Portland hospitals.

Oregon has a goal of professionalizing medical interpreting and eliminating health disparities by 2030. But the interpreters’ union says they’re the last to be paid.

oof

“We’re frustrated and good work is happening.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

The end to Stabbin' saga. Wow. What a mess. www.opb.org/article/2026...

“We are kind of like the last step in this waterfall of contracts." www.streetroots.org/news/2026/02...

RIP www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...

“Got a call that the higher ups (i.e., at Amazon) were upset with how our marquee marketed their movie (i.e., Melania), that, per them, Sunday would be its last day here,” lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...

Who is this person?

"[U]nconstitutional poisoning." Over 800 "times the federally-recognised maximum safe value." "[G]astrointestinal tract issues, as well as ongoing anxiety or other psychological problems. Some reported menstrual changes." #Portland #USA #Policing #Weapons #Deportation #EthnicCleansing