Nick
@ecosozialismus.bsky.social
Voted #1 Portland pizza hype guy account. Environmental lawyer, union thug, & wife guy.
Please ffs fix this stupid law so krank ass right wingers can’t file a bad faith ethics complaint every 5 minutes
A bill before the state House would clarify what constitutes a violation of the law and how to correct it.
Can Oregon officials text each other about city business? State lawmakers want to clarify
A bill before the state House would clarify what constitutes a violation of the law and how to correct it.
www.oregonlive.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Please ffs fix this stupid law so krank ass right wingers can’t file a bad faith ethics complaint every 5 minutes
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
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Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
People are being disappeared and tortured.
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
People are being disappeared and tortured.
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would like to shout out two portland dem candidates I’m really excited about this year:
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM
would like to shout out two portland dem candidates I’m really excited about this year:
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
- dr tammy carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social in HD27
- john “waz” wasielewski wazfororegon.com in HD38
both could actively use donations and volunteers! tammy is doing canvasses now and waz is starting soon
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A December media blitz over a police oversight board in Salem missed how the city’s police union leveraged political spending to control a controversial city decision.
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
Is Redemption Possible in Oregon's Capital City?
The Western Edge uncovered a manufactured crisis, backroom deals, political spending, AI slop and a city council bending to appease a police union.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A December media blitz over a police oversight board in Salem missed how the city’s police union leveraged political spending to control a controversial city decision.
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
The first investigation by The Western Edge is out now.
www.thewesternedge.media/p/is-redempt...
“It shows that there is in fact an Epstein class, which not only believes in their own personal impunity, but seeks to protect their fellow travelers as well. And that ultimately lines up with a political and economic vision that favors corporate domination over the public interest.”
Guys I found the best Epstein Files email. The one that illuminates an elite class that's cocooned themselves into an unaccountable shell of wealth and privilege, fighting to protect their secrets and offenses.
I could write a novel about this email.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
I could write a novel about this email.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“It shows that there is in fact an Epstein class, which not only believes in their own personal impunity, but seeks to protect their fellow travelers as well. And that ultimately lines up with a political and economic vision that favors corporate domination over the public interest.”
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new episode out today! we talk about Georges Sorel's concept of the proletarian general strike in Reflections on Violence. the full episode is only for patrons; teaser available everywhere, link below. don't be waylaid by parliamentary obfuscations! www.patreon.com/posts/129-ge...
129 | The General Strike and Socialism: Sorel's Reflections on Violence | What's Left of Philosophy
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February 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
new episode out today! we talk about Georges Sorel's concept of the proletarian general strike in Reflections on Violence. the full episode is only for patrons; teaser available everywhere, link below. don't be waylaid by parliamentary obfuscations! www.patreon.com/posts/129-ge...
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Sad to see my final story written during my time at The Oregonian running today. I had gotten to know her while reporting a project and remember nervously pitching her on the idea of writing her obituary. "It would be a blessing," she told me. RIP, Avel Gordly.
“I know that my presence made a difference,” she said of her time in office. “I know that my voice made a difference.”
Avel Gordly, Oregon’s first Black woman state senator, dies at 79
“I know that my presence made a difference,” she said of her time in office. “I know that my voice made a difference.”
www.oregonlive.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Sad to see my final story written during my time at The Oregonian running today. I had gotten to know her while reporting a project and remember nervously pitching her on the idea of writing her obituary. "It would be a blessing," she told me. RIP, Avel Gordly.
showing how above the political fray I am by fondly recalling the (relatively) dignified traits of a man who killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and destabilized an entire region, leading to untold amounts of suffering
February 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
showing how above the political fray I am by fondly recalling the (relatively) dignified traits of a man who killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and destabilized an entire region, leading to untold amounts of suffering
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Any union that primarily raids other union locals is not a part of the labor movement, it’s just a cartel of dues burglars who leech of real organizing. That’s also true of staff unions that push decerts of existing units, particularly when they do so by lying to and confusing people to get cards.
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Any union that primarily raids other union locals is not a part of the labor movement, it’s just a cartel of dues burglars who leech of real organizing. That’s also true of staff unions that push decerts of existing units, particularly when they do so by lying to and confusing people to get cards.
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we are, at all times, cursed with two political parties: the Republicans and the Republicans of twenty years ago
February 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
we are, at all times, cursed with two political parties: the Republicans and the Republicans of twenty years ago
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Michigan argues in a new lawsuit that big oil companies and their chief trade association operated as a cartel, the latest in a string of climate-accountability cases.
Michigan Tries a New Legal Tactic Against Big Oil, Alleging Antitrust Violations Aimed at Hobbling EVs and Renewable Energy - Inside Climate News
The suit comes as the industry and its political allies escalate efforts to shut down liability laws and lawsuits. Republicans in Congress are currently crafting legislation to shield fossil fuel comp...
insideclimatenews.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Michigan argues in a new lawsuit that big oil companies and their chief trade association operated as a cartel, the latest in a string of climate-accountability cases.
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definitely seems like you're safer from any kind of punishment for being in the Epstein Files than for, say, just to pick two examples totally at random, attending a college protest for Gaza or tweeting that you weren't very sad Charlie Kirk died
Has anyone in the Epstein Files who didn’t do anything wrong been punished? Maybe someone who was at a meeting Epstein was at. Never went to the island, didn’t get money from him, nor had a bunch of friendly emails.
Anyone get arrested, fired, etc.? Because moral panics feature that sort of thing.
Anyone get arrested, fired, etc.? Because moral panics feature that sort of thing.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
definitely seems like you're safer from any kind of punishment for being in the Epstein Files than for, say, just to pick two examples totally at random, attending a college protest for Gaza or tweeting that you weren't very sad Charlie Kirk died
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February 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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February 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Prosecute the offenders
BREAKING NEWS: We just submitted a court filing challenging excessive use of force by federal agents at Portland ICE facility. #orpol
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Prosecute the offenders
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
I hope she does it just so the ruling class has convulsions and continues to clarify who they are
AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I hope she does it just so the ruling class has convulsions and continues to clarify who they are
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AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
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Guess who’s back.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Guess who’s back.
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"From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
"From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
Another day where IT hasn’t happened yet, but on the bright side I’m cuddling on the couch with my 12 year old pitties who are soooooooooooooo cute and wonderful
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Another day where IT hasn’t happened yet, but on the bright side I’m cuddling on the couch with my 12 year old pitties who are soooooooooooooo cute and wonderful
It’s so wild that there was an attempted coup and the Democrats are so “incompetent” that they couldn’t jail the guy responsible even though they were in possession of troves of documents showing he’s a pedo.
The main outcome of this was a wave of WE LOVE COPS propaganda & Dems abandoning BLM.
The main outcome of this was a wave of WE LOVE COPS propaganda & Dems abandoning BLM.
Things will have to get much worse but these people literally were in the Capitol during an attempted coup and then went back to normal behavior not long after.
They have to think the system is trying to kill them too and they somehow don’t yet.
Insanity bubble of DC politics.
They have to think the system is trying to kill them too and they somehow don’t yet.
Insanity bubble of DC politics.
February 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It’s so wild that there was an attempted coup and the Democrats are so “incompetent” that they couldn’t jail the guy responsible even though they were in possession of troves of documents showing he’s a pedo.
The main outcome of this was a wave of WE LOVE COPS propaganda & Dems abandoning BLM.
The main outcome of this was a wave of WE LOVE COPS propaganda & Dems abandoning BLM.
This is all true but when I have doomerism, it’s from the knowledge that this party — aside from a small minority — is corrupt, ideologically compromised, and will resist with all its will to do what is actually necessary
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This is all true but when I have doomerism, it’s from the knowledge that this party — aside from a small minority — is corrupt, ideologically compromised, and will resist with all its will to do what is actually necessary