Just FYI, when elected officials are using “code names” in their emails and calendar entries, it’s not a cutesy quirk, it’s an effort to hide information from the public because it’s harder to search in public records requests. This is straightforwardly undemocratic behavior & back room dealing.

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Local bad ass @nickcunningham.bsky.social contributed to this extremely important investigate reporting

Here’s a good list of the members of the shadow government who keep key information away from city council while they make their own plans behind closed doors: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

This is good coverage of the CEI Hub press conference earlier today where over 80 (!) neighborhood associations & community organizations called on city council to enact strong safety protections at the fuel hub. @senkhanhpham.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social gave strong words of support!

Today was Trans Visibility Day and I want to reaffirm my commitment to those who struggle for liberation and for rights over their own bodies, healthcare and the freedom to exist as they are free from violence and discrimination. My office will always be in the fight with you for liberation 🏳️‍⚧️

make sure to abolish the senate, set age limits on every office, and make it korean-levels of easy to put the president in jail. statehood for dc and puerto rico, and revert wyoming to a territory.

It makes me emotional when people share things like this. Even a $5 donation is make or break for many people in this economy, it’s an honor I don’t take for granted. I will do my best to always fight for working class people, to make your contribution mean something. Thank you for believing in me.

BREAKING: At tonight’s NYC-DSA electoral forum, @aoc.bsky.social committed to voting against “any spending on arms for Israel, including so-called defensive capabilities.”

It’s good

Step 1: Join DSA. Step 2: Learn from seasoned organizers. Step 3: Win big victories for the working class!

This world cup is going to be such a farce on so many levels. Look at the awful quality of the field for this US v. Portugal friendly.

look at these fucking crooks just flailing all over the place out here trying to rig elections in plain sight

I found a social media post by the owner of an auto mechanic shop in Portland claiming they're leaving town because the progressive government is so bad and the cops won't make them feel safe. Turns out, the shop is owned by raging MAGA white supremacists and homophobic bigots. bye Hookset Auto

It’s very funny to include the “far left” here when the DSA mayor of New York City just ran an entire campaign on affordability and making cities work while his main opponent ran on Israel, a country almost 6,000 miles away

Help a girl reach Tier 2? secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...

It’s so funny that chambers of commerce like sent out a memo telling everyone to say doom loop every time they want tax cuts

David Labby: Current proposal is to wait 10 years to begin drawdown. Mitch Green: We are entering the biggest energy crisis since the 1970s. Why would we miss the moment to help facilitate transition away from fossil fuels toward a clean energy economy?

I know it's ancient history because it happened pre-Covid under Mayor Wheeler, but there was sustained, powerful community pressure to rein in the CEI Hub dangers that was only short-circuited by the pandemic. I think the current admin is playing with fire trying to sweep this under the rug again

At the CEI Task Force press conference at Augustana Lutheran Church. Overwhelming turnout of Portland neighborhood associations demanding the City Council take bold action to make sure we set ourselves on a path to remove the risks of disaster at the hub, not entrench those risks.

Fun things happening at this CEI Hub press conference at Augustan’s Lutheran. Main takeaway: neighborhood associations demand that the city take strong action to protect Portlanders from the dangers of liquid fuel storage in NW Portland.

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

Pizza arms race gains happening in Corvallis

Excited for all of the over the top red scares from center-to-right liberals as socialists continue to win formal power

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

Had to listen to every commentator, journalist and media outlet frame a history of occupation around returning hostages but now as Israel legalizes executing Palestinian prisoners—who they kidnap for any reason, and can keep for however long, from child to elder— there’s nothing.

I did not make this flyer so don't yell at me, but there is a press conference tomorrow about all of the neighborhood associations and community organizations that are demanding strong action from on the CEI Hub. Tomorrow at 11 AM at Augustana Lutheran Church (2710 NE 14th Ave)

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Propaganda works

Generally, Americans are bad at estimating how much other Americans support climate action - under-estimating by 50% or more. Consumers of a lot of liberal news can be among the worst at correctly estimating support - almost on par with Fox News watchers. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The tax that funds Preschool For All is a powerful way for those who are already in a good position to pay it forward. This creates a virtuous cycle: more people are given the kinds of opportunities that put them in a better financial position, and able to help even more families get there!💫

We live in exceptionally evil times, but it’s important to look back with what we know and understand the continuum that brought us to this moment + the evil that has been done constantly in our names since any of us were born but with a more serious marketing effort to present it as necessary

“Give us the oil or we’ll do more war crimes”

Does the Oregonian editorial board ever miss an opportunity to be reactionary and anti-worker? Nearly every editorial has the same formula & cadence: a faux reasonableness that wastes a lot of text on a poorly reasoned & boorish line of argument only to end up at the conservative conclusion.

The SHUT Up Act would address the biggest vehicle nuisances in Washington cities, like: – modified exhaust – rolling coal – license plate covers – excessive window tint – illegal LED headlights What other provisions would you like to see this omnibus vehicle safety bill include?

Correction: please contact Gov. Kotek and ask her to support Preschool for All. The way the voters enacted it: no shortcuts, no caving to conservative special interest groups.

AOC: Companies like Palantir are mining endlessly the data and privacy of the American people, keeping track of everything that they say and do. And sending it to a militarized government.

Looks like Naomi’s husband - Avi Lewis - won the NDP leadership role. I’m glad to see it, it gives me some hope for Canada, it also means that he needs to find a seat and the NDP need to build a left politik and actually get towards achieving some material gains in a miserable austere Canada.

This article came across my feed and I think it kinda misses the mark... Maybe they exist, but I don't think people are saying let's literally become Luddites. Instead, they are analogizing to a historical period where people attacked machines out of a goal of self-preservation.

What the fuck are we doing here

“What we’re seeing in Corpus Christi is really not an isolated crisis,” said Shannon Marquez, a professor at Columbia Water Center, a research institute at Columbia University. “It’s very consistent with how things are going to unfold if we don’t start to plan.”

even a sea lion showed up for the protest here in Portland. #nokings

WATCH: “MEMPHIS PD showed what we were protesting— violently harming people peacefully protesting.” Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social and activists say Memphis PD escalated for no reason with tear gas at the end of the #NoKings protest today. (and the headlines aren’t telling the story)

No Kings can’t compete with Caturday

It’s so fun having a genius fiancée

I love it when I remember that I live in the best pizza city in the world

Related, not to do anecdata but the shifts over time to our local DSA Palestine Solidarity & BDS Working Group attendance & composition of people who joined DSA specifically to get involved in divestment work should have the DNC establishment screaming crying throwing up. Will they fucking listen???

Strong agree It’s good that a bunch of normies (not just self-identified activists) are angry & mobilizing in the streets against fascism. Any organizer with any skill will dive headfirst into that situation and try to win people to their position & put folks to work for the cause.

lol of course