How would a chess tournament know I'm trans. Would the arbiter grope me? Would they grope every woman? Maybe just the ones taller than 5'10"?

Lina Khan helped Joe Biden set this up, but he never pushed it hard to take credit for it. Now, with Khan working for Mamdani, he's doing it for NYC residents. And actually telling them he's doing it. Good policies aren't good politics unless you take credit constantly for them.

Just stopped by the Multnomah Building and picked up a PFA sign!! So cool to see the county gov giving these out. It is crucial we are vocal about our support for this amazing program!

Mass Defense Hotline has been a gateway to support for anyone dealing with the carceral system in Multnomah County since 2017. Wear this design as a reminder to memorize it when risking arrest. All proceeds to Defense Fund PDX, Portland's longstanding bail fund. 🔗 cottonbureau.com/p/E44M9H/shi...

These are the kind of images that are on the website to advertise. How many images like this have we seen out of Gaza, just before unarmed human beings are killed or maimed, their rescuers double-tapped too? What kind of world do we want to live in? What kind of business does PDX want to nurture?

Now available on YouTube and our podcast feed. This was a fun conversation! If you want help wading through the D3 candidates, this is a must watch/listen.

Visit multco.us/info/constit... for resources and support related to ICE. #MultCoD1

Are there any good D4 candidates to replace Olivia and Eric. I mean . Yeah those guys

Unionizing and burning down a warehouse are actually highly connected. If anything, when you unionize you can threaten to burn down the warehouse a lot more efficiently.

'All you had to do was pay us enough to live. There goes your inventory': video shows employee setting fire to Kimberly Clark warehouse in Southern California, destroying it completely

As local governments face grueling budget cycles, they're left to decide how to spend resources to address homelessness. Over 9 months, a PSU research team asked homeless residents what they need, and the report offers nuance to what studies find are effective ways to address homelessness.

I bet the bluesky automod doesn't know what propaganda of the deed is.

Americans don’t know how to organize as workers (on purpose of oc) & living conditions are getting worse. The & rage has to go somewhere. 𝗧𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲. Video captures the moment toilet paper was set ablaze at the Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario CA

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...

We're pretty sure the Women's and Gender Studies program at my university is imminently getting cut. Like today maybe. Man.

We already have a comedy capital of the US - it's Washington DC!! The clowns in Congress am I right

Portland *can* build affordable, beautiful housing that puts you in proximity to your friends, grocery stores, schools,work, etc. My resolution will empower us to do just that! Come to evening Council next week and show my fellow Councilors that we’re ready to take transformative steps in housing✨

I am a simple girl. I just want universal healthcare, universal basic income, free and easy access to HRT for all, and the funding to make MAGICA RIOT: THE ANIMATION and MAGICA RIOT: THE GAME

This is a good issue to put yourself at the center of right now!!

happy confederate surrender day! let us remember the sacrifice of those who suffered and died to end one of the most wretched institutions ever created, and also remember that next time we need to hang the fuckin’ traitors

We are EXTREMELY HYPED that Inner Eastside for All Resolution sponsor @councilormorillo.bsky.social will be speaking at our pre-hearing rally on April 15th. Rally at 5PM, head into chambers for the hearing from 6-8PM, wear green if ya can <3

how did I do on this one?

The way it works is that the city applies for a loan from the state and assumes the liability, and then immediately grants the funds to a project recipient. To recoup the funds from the grantee the city may establish a repayment structure. This introduces counterparty risk.

We're nearing massive monthly actions - if you can make something like this weekly, say, that is real power.

Five months after Portland officials first discovered millions in unspent money in its housing bureau, city councilors have agreed on how to use those funds. The vote puts roughly $56 million toward eviction defense, rent assistance, affordable housing projects, and several novel programs.

If there's anything more aggravating than the double plural "pierogies", it's using it to refer to Ukrainian dumplings, which are called vareniki

“Wasielewski believes that Oregon needs to take a hard look at how its funding education, specifically Measure 5 and 50 — which were passed in the 1990s and utilize property taxes primarily for funding the State School Fund — and take on the state’s revenue challenges.”

The Portland DSA and Mitch Green's official account both followed me today so I'm feeling like a serious poster

Zeva Rosenbaum is running against Janelle Bynum this May. Say what you will, she is a real progressive and isn't bought and paid for by AIPAC.

I feel similarly about cis people criticizing trans people and people with no interest in the working class criticizing unions

And here, from r/Seattle, we have the distillation of the perverted morality of the Seattle NIMBY. Houseless people "don't have any compassion for the *people who live in the neighborhood.*" Let that sink in. To be perfectly clear, this attitude is *ethical depravity,* actual mental illness.

Smith is basically the PBA/PPA Junta Rubber Stamp from my district, and the fact she's had the gall to send a financial beg already should tell you she isn't looking for "grassroots support." But without Noah Ernst to Nazi it up, she's the best hope the junta has in D1.

Thinking back... www.oregonlive.com/portland/201...

The conservative Yes votes were Novick and Clark, I think.

The Avalos/Dunphy/Green/Morillo 1 amendment, which includes $21.8 M for a housing revolving loan fund, passes 8-4.

Listening to these EPG amendments makes me want to harm myself.

@trryjhrrs.bsky.social fuming about the council session rn I'm sure

This amendment by Smith seems meant to kill housing policy/construction by piling 500 requirements and limits on it.

Avalos introduces Revolving Loan Fund amendment. Smith: "I have some amendments to that" Everyone sighs

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I don't think these are contradictory

Happy Dead Thatcher Day, cuties!

Woah! They're getting in the shed!

my local gov halted new data center development and is pouring the net revenue from existing sites into affordable housing. this has been a far more productive use of the revenue than other localities, which have largely used to it cut property taxes (in a state with fairly lower property taxes)

Just spoke to someone who tried to open a business in the central city unsuccessfully and I remain convinced that it’s just the rent being way too high

Literally my dream. They made Capitol pretty nice on the PCC Sylvania - Hillsdale stretch and I would love to see Barbur get that treatment