I hope Portlanders realize how lucky we are that @candaceavalos.bsky.social is not physically hurt. It's hard to overstate how much she's contributed to making this city more just, democratic, and fair. Sending my best wishes to Candace and all those close to her 🌹.

It's a deal, not a donation. The US military now owes a favor to an anonymous billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

People, it's just the White House. Save your outrage for important things like the Cracker Barrel logo and your local confederate monuments.

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We can't stop Trump from building this, but Trump can't stop the next president from turning it into a free museum that documents all the cruel and stupid things Trump has ever done. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

#NoKings #NoKingsPDX

Trimet: The ability of a driver to conveniently wash their car is more important than the ability of a bus rider to arrive at work safe and on time.

Congratulations to bicycle for another 🏆 World Championship 🏆, defeating not just every auto engineer but also the entire animal kingdom.

Hot Dog Wine Varietals: - Cab Frank - Gewürztrawiener - Petite Syrdog

Trump’s police force is terrorizing school pick-up lines and throwing tear gas at local police. He is not making the country safer. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

what a time to be alive

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces. This is truly terrifying.

This is a wicked hard problem & even the best proposals coming from the city & county are simply trying to mitigate the worst effects of a major disaster. To really fix the problem the state needs to move the hub.

Viva la Ribbitlution! 🐸

Portland's leaders have been incredible the last couple of weeks. They are balancing leading with their own voices while also amplifying voices from the community. Disciplined, smart, and strong. Portland will outlast this president.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

antifa in portland just announced they will be hosting a counter halftime show to counter turning point's counter halftime show

Like I said: Kristi Noem is a liar, has no honor, and we are lucky that we have a proud protest tradition that shows this administration we are not backing down. 🫡🐸🐔

LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

I don't think these are empty threats. I think Trump's plan in Illinois, and the rest of America, is to create a single-party military dictatorship. He's openly threatening to arrest governors & mayors and promising to crush any opposition with the US military. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Everything is stupid and dangerous right now, *but* we have an opportunity to make a least one thing less stupid and dangerous. Please submit a comment to the PDX city planners asking them to prevent any further expansion of liquid fuel storage at the CEI Hub and mandate a fuel drawdown. 👇

84YO woman who was peacefully protesting on 10/4 when, in her words, "Feds rushed out in a phalanx and pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile....4 Portland police officers came to her and were very caring." (She wants this shared).

Oregon Republican Party posts fake images in attempt to provoke military invasion of Portland.

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes" We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

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Monday morning inspiration. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon. The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

If Portland's hour of greatest need, a PAC founded by perennial candidate Vadim Mozyrsky is feeding the Trump disinformation machine by running AI-generated slop on local media. Want to know who the biggest funders are? 👇 secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/goto...

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Second of two reposts today on traffic cameras: They generate revenue. While you can't totally fix by enforcement what you bungle by design, you can at least use the mistakes of prior engineers to fund future improvements. Unless that money goes to your police department.

The fact that SF cameras have already caught thousands of people going more than 15 miles over the speed limit is a perfect illustration of why these cameras were needed in the first place. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

First of two reposts today on traffic cameras. They keep kids safe!

"But their texts" is the new "but her emails." www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

This is such a good article on how the undermining of universities is part of an anti-democratic movement: “Anti-university rhetoric is the language of an international pro-authoritarian movement opposed to centers of learning that model liberal-democratic values”

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

Stay strong, Ray. It looks like food supplies are running short as people appear to be bargaining for heirloom vegetables.

Took my pup to the vet yesterday just a few blocks from the ICE facility in #WarRavagedPortland.

Secret photo shows that Portland has already established an autonomous free zone! They're going to call it the Portland Saturday Market! #WarRavagedPortland #Portland

From the Battle of the Japanese Garden. Unspeakable carnage. #WarRavagedPortland

Oh my goodness, giant puppets and happy music in the park downtown in Portland. Save us from all of this enjoyment… #warravagedportland

I condemn the President’s illegal and dangerous deployment of military forces against the people of Portland. I affirm our constitutional rights to protest and to live free from the terror of military occupation. 1/

Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.

Incredible organizing by @pnwelcome.bsky.social in support of the Inner Eastside for All campaign. It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.