Dacia Grayber
@djgrayber.bsky.social
Oregon State Representative. Union Firefighter. Mom. Likes lifting heavy things, running far, nerdy policy. Personal account.
Resolute sin of empathy practitioner.
Resolute sin of empathy practitioner.
“Aspirational rurality.” “Cowboy mythology.” Once again Leah Sottile hits it out of the park, and I feel like some of the insomniac thoughts I have found words.
If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
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The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Aspirational rurality.” “Cowboy mythology.” Once again Leah Sottile hits it out of the park, and I feel like some of the insomniac thoughts I have found words.
Holy. Shit. NWS Seattle issued a flash-flood alert due to possibility of Skagit River levee and dike failure. This is the map.
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Holy. Shit. NWS Seattle issued a flash-flood alert due to possibility of Skagit River levee and dike failure. This is the map.
(And yes, I am still committed to setting up an invite transportation gathering. My necessary paying job has demanded my time and attention and I am maxed. I am one of the rare working stiffs in the leg that fills out a time card. But I will get there.)
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
(And yes, I am still committed to setting up an invite transportation gathering. My necessary paying job has demanded my time and attention and I am maxed. I am one of the rare working stiffs in the leg that fills out a time card. But I will get there.)
What is happening up north in the Skagit Valley should be a terrifying reminder for us all. Historic flooding. Evacuating 78,000 people. As an emergency manager, this is a nightmare. And don’t get me started on the role of ODOT if we have a situation like this evolve here. I’m real fun at parties.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What is happening up north in the Skagit Valley should be a terrifying reminder for us all. Historic flooding. Evacuating 78,000 people. As an emergency manager, this is a nightmare. And don’t get me started on the role of ODOT if we have a situation like this evolve here. I’m real fun at parties.
I have been dreading the holidays, the dull ache of Addison’s death acute and sharp this week. She loved making pies. I am not a pie person (I know, I know), but you better believe we have pies. I still can’t believe she’s not going to be standing in my kitchen, mocking my Gen X music tastes today.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have been dreading the holidays, the dull ache of Addison’s death acute and sharp this week. She loved making pies. I am not a pie person (I know, I know), but you better believe we have pies. I still can’t believe she’s not going to be standing in my kitchen, mocking my Gen X music tastes today.
Transportation peeps in the PDX metro— who would be into a small in-person focus group around messaging? I’d host in late December/ early January, our office in Multnomah Village. Respond/ DM if interested and I’ll send a calendar poll out after this weekend. I want to learn and do better.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Transportation peeps in the PDX metro— who would be into a small in-person focus group around messaging? I’d host in late December/ early January, our office in Multnomah Village. Respond/ DM if interested and I’ll send a calendar poll out after this weekend. I want to learn and do better.
I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
These women should not have to wear their trauma for movement on this. Every survivor knows the profound pain these women bear— please please please do not let it be in vain. Release the goddamn files, I don’t care who they are. There must be accountability. (Also: TW. This is intense).
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
These women should not have to wear their trauma for movement on this. Every survivor knows the profound pain these women bear— please please please do not let it be in vain. Release the goddamn files, I don’t care who they are. There must be accountability. (Also: TW. This is intense).
“Pretty substantial?” I’d argue complete betrayal. How dare they. You just got handed the golden gloves, extra rounds and the keys to a killer left hook and you’re… just saying “meh”? Unfuckingbelievable.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Pretty substantial?” I’d argue complete betrayal. How dare they. You just got handed the golden gloves, extra rounds and the keys to a killer left hook and you’re… just saying “meh”? Unfuckingbelievable.
Fight back. Join staff from Neighborhood House and I at 2pm today at the Multnomah Arts Center to build connection and support and uplift the incredible work being done in our community.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fight back. Join staff from Neighborhood House and I at 2pm today at the Multnomah Arts Center to build connection and support and uplift the incredible work being done in our community.
Protecting our neighbors is for EVERYONE. Find a “migrawatch” and “know your rights” training with @oregonforall.bsky.social
As ICE activity surges in Oregon, volunteers help with court appearances, school carpools and documentation of immigration arrests.
How ordinary Oregonians are creating networks to shield immigrant neighbors from ICE
As ICE activity surges in Oregon, volunteers help with court appearances, school carpools and documentation of immigration arrests.
www.oregonlive.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Protecting our neighbors is for EVERYONE. Find a “migrawatch” and “know your rights” training with @oregonforall.bsky.social
This swelling in my chest… is this hope? To be moved to tears by an election for good reasons is really something. This. This is the dream of America.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This swelling in my chest… is this hope? To be moved to tears by an election for good reasons is really something. This. This is the dream of America.
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SHARE: Today, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, is the last day to vote in the Special Election. Multnomah County Elections recommends voters return their ballot to an Official Ballot Drop Site by 8 p.m. today, to ensure it’s received by an election office in time to count: multco.us/dropsites
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
SHARE: Today, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, is the last day to vote in the Special Election. Multnomah County Elections recommends voters return their ballot to an Official Ballot Drop Site by 8 p.m. today, to ensure it’s received by an election office in time to count: multco.us/dropsites
Let’s build community together with Neighborhood House and keep our neighbors fed. Sunday 11/9, 2-4pm, Multnomah Arts Center. The following Sunday (same time and place) we’ll be learning how to protect our immigrant neighbors. Strategize. Organize. Mobilize.
And yes, there will be snacks.
And yes, there will be snacks.
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Let’s build community together with Neighborhood House and keep our neighbors fed. Sunday 11/9, 2-4pm, Multnomah Arts Center. The following Sunday (same time and place) we’ll be learning how to protect our immigrant neighbors. Strategize. Organize. Mobilize.
And yes, there will be snacks.
And yes, there will be snacks.
Reposted by Dacia Grayber
Republicans will not stop stealing your food unless you let them steal your medicine.
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SNAP benefits dry up Saturday. What does it mean for grocery prices, food workers?
The loss of SNAP benefits could have long-term economic impacts — affecting grocery prices, jobs and store longevity.
www.oregonlive.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Republicans will not stop stealing your food unless you let them steal your medicine.
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My heart is breaking for Jamaica. This is unbelievably powerful and will be catastrophic. In the past, the US would have been a powerhouse to provide aid. We’ll see how isolationist this federal government really is in a few days…
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My heart is breaking for Jamaica. This is unbelievably powerful and will be catastrophic. In the past, the US would have been a powerhouse to provide aid. We’ll see how isolationist this federal government really is in a few days…
Fascinating map of the impending SNAP cliff. The darker green counties (2 shades) are 20%+ SNAP- dependent households.
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fascinating map of the impending SNAP cliff. The darker green counties (2 shades) are 20%+ SNAP- dependent households.
The very foundation of emergency management— of emergency response! (hate conflating the two because they are very different, but bear with me)— is that no matter who/ what/ where is in need, a core function of government, when
people are in distress, is to respond. REGARDLESS of politics.
people are in distress, is to respond. REGARDLESS of politics.
"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."
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Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without
“President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”
www.msnbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The very foundation of emergency management— of emergency response! (hate conflating the two because they are very different, but bear with me)— is that no matter who/ what/ where is in need, a core function of government, when
people are in distress, is to respond. REGARDLESS of politics.
people are in distress, is to respond. REGARDLESS of politics.
We’ve officially entered the time of year in my house known as “is my husband watching premier league (soccer) or is he having a medical event?”
October 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We’ve officially entered the time of year in my house known as “is my husband watching premier league (soccer) or is he having a medical event?”
Brought to you by the same group that did everything in their power to try and stop UI for striking workers (they are still trying).
This legislator will absolutely not be voting to repeal 3115, because I believe in humanity and dignity and actual problem solving.
This legislator will absolutely not be voting to repeal 3115, because I believe in humanity and dignity and actual problem solving.
Oregon Business & Industry is behind a prospective ballot measure filed last week that seeks to give cities more authority to enforce anti-camping laws.
Proposed Oregon ballot measure would make it easier for cities to sweep homeless camps
The effort is backed by the mayor of Salem and Oregon’s largest business lobby.
www.opb.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Brought to you by the same group that did everything in their power to try and stop UI for striking workers (they are still trying).
This legislator will absolutely not be voting to repeal 3115, because I believe in humanity and dignity and actual problem solving.
This legislator will absolutely not be voting to repeal 3115, because I believe in humanity and dignity and actual problem solving.
The party claiming to be “pro life” giving a fast pass to the very pathogens and diseases that can (and will) devastate and kill their children and families.
A new Idaho law makes it illegal for state and local governments, private businesses, employers, schools and daycares to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any other “medical intervention.”
➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The party claiming to be “pro life” giving a fast pass to the very pathogens and diseases that can (and will) devastate and kill their children and families.
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We will urge the *full* Ninth Circuit to vacate today’s decision by a three-judge panel, before illegal Guard deployments can occur. A Ninth Circuit judge has already called for a vote on whether the case should be heard by the full court. Our team will file a brief encouraging the court to do so.
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We will urge the *full* Ninth Circuit to vacate today’s decision by a three-judge panel, before illegal Guard deployments can occur. A Ninth Circuit judge has already called for a vote on whether the case should be heard by the full court. Our team will file a brief encouraging the court to do so.
I am not related to this judge, as awesome as that would be (I use a “y” in my last name), but her dissent is righteous.
Dissenting Judge Graber, on 9th Cir, calls on public to "retain faith in judicial system" while she begs full court to overturn the panel ruling permitting federalization of National Guard in Portland. Full court asks for briefs on whether to rehear case en banc by Wed midnight
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am not related to this judge, as awesome as that would be (I use a “y” in my last name), but her dissent is righteous.
I said what I said.
Love, the pansies.
Love, the pansies.
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I said what I said.
Love, the pansies.
Love, the pansies.
This puts the Qatari deal in better context, but I can’t get this (admittedly conspiracy theorist) thought out of my head: if he can’t find a way to order US troops against our cities… could he leverage these airmen?
Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base
When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This puts the Qatari deal in better context, but I can’t get this (admittedly conspiracy theorist) thought out of my head: if he can’t find a way to order US troops against our cities… could he leverage these airmen?