Brazilians say “no way!” to Bolsonaro pardon, take to the streets in massive protests

The TRiiBE is collaborating with indie investigative newsroom @unraveledpress.com and alt-weekly @chicagoreader.com to publish reports about the increased enforcement and presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents. thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder... Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed. Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.

Chilling

One of Hitler’s first actions was to declare the socialist party domestic terrorists and outlaw them. He then proceeded to “dismantle“ his opposition. This is what happens when Reagan cuts funding for education and kills civics and history classes in public schools.

More than 200,000 people in Gaza — 10 percent of population — have been killed, says former Israeli Defense Force general

This week I filed an ordinance that would enshrine Portland’s Sanctuary City status in City Code. Our City is committed to inclusion and being a place where everyone is welcome no matter where they were born—and our laws should reflect that. #SanctuaryCity

Here’s a column I wrote recounting some of the racist, sexist attacks on Jo Ann Hardesty —- that @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social & others working there witnessed. I am angry reading comments on @candaceavalos.bsky.social’s thread. Portlanders, we’ve got to do better. Stop the righteous fragility.

Boosting this so we keep listening. 🩷

How differently Brazil handled this than the U.S.! They aren’t going back to authoritarianism.

there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.

Thanks for lifting this up, @councilorkanal.bsky.social

THREAD. I don't know what there is left to say about the New York Times and Democrats, but documenting their support for authoritarianism still feels important. If there's any chance to walk back from the fascist cliff, we must see why things like today's article are so dangerous.

Massive Free DC demo in Malcolm X park. Holy shit. Go find photos. Too busy shouting and interviewing to post. Will the mainstream media cover this???? No media presence beyond the grassroots that I see.

Unmet social needs escalate into emergencies. When I shadowed the Dayton Mediation Response team, I witnessed a roommate caregiving to keep a woman who was recovering from brain surgery from ending up homeless. What she needs is supportive housing. unwantedpersons.substack.com/p/unmet-need...

Trump is dangerously expanding police, a consolidation of might through paramilitary force. Yet, the local alternatives to police have never been stronger. I write with a sense of whiplash, hopeless and hopeful at once.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Jesus holy fuck

Absolutely unbelievable, but totally believable

The pro-cancer administration is also pro-wildfire

Monsters

They were fighting fires burning through the Pacific Northwest. Federal agents arrested firefighters, more reign of terror on immigrants as Trump rapidly expands policing and paramilitary forces

Update: over 300 people signed in at the picnic, WOW!!! 🥹🥰

I understand that times are hard and our leaders are uninspiring so we’re desperate for a glimmer of hope but are we really making fanart of Gavin Newsome? The man literally hates homeless people he is not our hero lol

There’s something particularly haunting about Ohio Governor Mike DeWine committing to send out the National Guard. Fifty-five years ago, another Ohio governor deployed the National Guard on Kent State College students.

Our government now is refusing Gaza’s injured children visas for medical care in the U.S.

Wrote about how both dangerous and ineffably stupid everything is right now in these DC streets. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

If you are like "well people sure seem upset about the tax," have a look at what people are paying & ask yourself if we can take a break from centering the budgetary concerns of people who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year yet want to crush a program that is an economic boon to *everyone*

i was just saying!! bsky.app/profile/emil...

Reports in @motherjones.com that the administration is planning nighttime sweeps

URGENT: DC to clear many homeless encampments tonight (Thur, Aug 7th). Please spread widely and share with media. My hunch is that this is @MayorBowser working with @realDonaldTrump , but I cannot confirm that yet.

But they're coming for everybody who isn't a rich, straight, white, Christian man. The antidote is solidarity and collective action. They want to divide us; we must stand united, together.

I’m seeing a lot of “Trump is taking over DC to distract from his failed presidency/ Epstein files/ etc. Maybe. But I think he’s actually just a racist who also hates homeless people who has the power to further his authoritarian agenda. We must take away his power.

Trump announced he is going to "move out" "the homeless" from DC. This will be done by force As a former street outreach worker and homeless advocate in DC, and a national expert on laws that make it a crime to be homeless, I have some thoughts:

THERE ARE NO SHELTERS IN DC FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. 900 ppl sleep outside each night. There are 40 open shelter beds. Ppl will be arrested for being unable to afford rent. Every reporter needs to ask Trump and his cronies where he wants people to go. Maybe his new ballroom?

Threatening people with internment in *checks notes* Little Tokyo near the Japanese American Museum is *really* dirty work.

If you are thinking about trump's attack on #unhoused folks in #dc right now, these tactics have a long history. @mkaiasand.bsky.social is someone who has been documenting alternatives to copy-paste-incarcerate legislation for years. proud @deceleration.bsky.social can help amplify.

collab with my comrade/comadre michelle yates on the work of @mkaiasand.bsky.social.

“It’s both a ruthless power grab and yet another distraction by a man who badly needs the populace to be dizzied into inaction in order to realize his despotic ambitions. unwantedpersons.substack.com/p/trump-expa... @mkaiasand.bsky.social

Trump focuses his wrath on unhoused people who’ve been targeted in his police occupation of DC, knowing he can scapegoat them while he widens his power grabs

As attacks ramp up @mkaiasand.bsky.social details the many ways we construct homeless people as “unwanted persons,” but also the creativity embodied in alternative first responder systems that enact “care work without violence.” @asle-us.bsky.social deceleration.news/asle-2025-ka...

More like a prelude to a "putsch."

Tonight!

Last week my office got numerous emails from ppl who suddenly won’t get rent assistance because the federal & state government didn’t prioritize them. One of them was a mother of 3. We exhausted all options before only being able to offer her a shelter space, because she was going to be evicted.

Happening now! You can watch live at the link below.

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

I’ve been visiting communities across the country who’ve built alternatives to police. Albuquerque. Durham. Atlanta. Dayton. I am eager to share this growing movement, writing “dispatches” based on what I learn. Please consider supporting this reporting by subscribing. unwantedpersons.substack.com

When City leadership is finally catching up to public demand for an expanded Portland Street Response — it’s unfortunate the Portland Police Association is attacking some of PSR’s biggest champions on Council. Every 911 call does not require a police response, and PSR is part of the solution.

President Lula said that if Jan. 6 happened in Brazil, Trump would face prosecution. “The democratic state of law for us is a sacred thing,” he said. “Because we have already lived through dictatorships, and we don’t want any more.” @jacknicas.bsky.social

A short history of crisis stabilization efforts here in Portland as we prepared in 2009 to prepare to open what is now the Legacy Unity Center. www.streetroots.org/news/2009/08...