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@intersections.bsky.social
Here for a good time, not a long time.
Portland policy + politics, (inter)national urban affairs.
Blazers, beer + spirits, support the arts, abolish ice.
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Portland policy + politics, (inter)national urban affairs.
Blazers, beer + spirits, support the arts, abolish ice.
[he/they]
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ACTION ALERT:
As Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development, I need your help to restore $10 million in eviction prevention funding.
Learn more and email your legislators here:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/restore-10-million-for-eviction-prevention/
As Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development, I need your help to restore $10 million in eviction prevention funding.
Learn more and email your legislators here:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/restore-10-million-for-eviction-prevention/
February 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
ACTION ALERT:
As Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development, I need your help to restore $10 million in eviction prevention funding.
Learn more and email your legislators here:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/restore-10-million-for-eviction-prevention/
As Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development, I need your help to restore $10 million in eviction prevention funding.
Learn more and email your legislators here:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/restore-10-million-for-eviction-prevention/
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
Police oversight is a priority and when we get through this phase, please let us extrapolate the same lens to all public committees because the status quo is bonkers.
Portland City Council's discussion about removing members & alts from the new Community Board for Police Accountability gives tremendous insight into a lingering question about who gets a say in police oversight/discipline and what counts as "bias." (1/2)
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Police oversight is a priority and when we get through this phase, please let us extrapolate the same lens to all public committees because the status quo is bonkers.
Hell yeah. This brings up unfond memories of Amanda Fritz being afraid of gender-neutral bathrooms at city hall.
We've come a long way :)
We've come a long way :)
We did it! Today, our ordinance providing greater access to single-use restrooms through gender-neutral signage across the city passed unanimously at Council. @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Hell yeah. This brings up unfond memories of Amanda Fritz being afraid of gender-neutral bathrooms at city hall.
We've come a long way :)
We've come a long way :)
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Dave Miller shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"We want all of the content creators of OPB to be compensated with livable wages and treated with respect. If this is what you want too, please make your voices heard."
-Dave Miller OPB host of Think Out Loud
"We want all of the content creators of OPB to be compensated with livable wages and treated with respect. If this is what you want too, please make your voices heard."
-Dave Miller OPB host of Think Out Loud
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Our New Moda Center
Support revitalizing Moda Center and the Rose Quarter
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February 10, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it.
Portland nurses say ICE agents interfere with patient care
Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it
www.streetroots.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Legacy Emanuel nurses say ICE agents violate hospital policy while administrators prevent them from doing anything about it.
> After the hearing, I asked Tumlin in a video press conference what it was like trying to work with Waymo. He said the City of San Francisco receives no data from Waymo and that the company, “has been mostly unwilling to partner with the city on critical issues.”
“They are not a collaborator.”
“They are not a collaborator.”
City Council cold on robotaxi bill as lawmakers set vote for next week
Portland worries about lack of regulation.
bikeportland.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
> After the hearing, I asked Tumlin in a video press conference what it was like trying to work with Waymo. He said the City of San Francisco receives no data from Waymo and that the company, “has been mostly unwilling to partner with the city on critical issues.”
“They are not a collaborator.”
“They are not a collaborator.”
> When someone’s homelessness does end, they blend right back into the much larger population of housed people, rendering the success largely invisible to the general public. That’s even more true because 86% to 92% of people who receive housing assistance stay housed, depending on the type of help.
Invisible wins: How $1.4 billion has transformed Portland area homeless services
One family’s story shows how the 2020 tax can work as promised, even as the overall homeless count continues climbing across the metro area.
www.oregonlive.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
> When someone’s homelessness does end, they blend right back into the much larger population of housed people, rendering the success largely invisible to the general public. That’s even more true because 86% to 92% of people who receive housing assistance stay housed, depending on the type of help.
This piece confirms and adds to the mounting concerns about the Portland region's largest public media org. Yikes.
> [OPB] isn’t a place I understand anymore, though many excellent journalists still work there. It is led by people in glass offices who make offensively large salaries while reporters barely make a livable wage. Some journalists work an extra job to make up for what OPB doesn’t pay them.
I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit.
The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This piece confirms and adds to the mounting concerns about the Portland region's largest public media org. Yikes.
> [OPB] isn’t a place I understand anymore, though many excellent journalists still work there. It is led by people in glass offices who make offensively large salaries while reporters barely make a livable wage. Some journalists work an extra job to make up for what OPB doesn’t pay them.
I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit.
The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
> [OPB] isn’t a place I understand anymore, though many excellent journalists still work there. It is led by people in glass offices who make offensively large salaries while reporters barely make a livable wage. Some journalists work an extra job to make up for what OPB doesn’t pay them.
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I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
Ecstatic to see a multi-venue festival return to Portland, but have to say the pricing to lineup ratio math is looking rough, especially for an inaugural operation.
Soundscape Northwests's Inaugural Lineup is Stacked Skyhigh for 2026
Nolan Parker
www.portlandmercury.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Ecstatic to see a multi-venue festival return to Portland, but have to say the pricing to lineup ratio math is looking rough, especially for an inaugural operation.
there it is:
> potential improvements to “outdated and complex lighting systems and controls” and HVAC systems along with building automation and energy upgrades.
> potential improvements to “outdated and complex lighting systems and controls” and HVAC systems along with building automation and energy upgrades.
"The city’s contribution, which multiple sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive has the support of Mayor Keith Wilson and City Council President Jamie Dunphy, would primarily be through the city’s Clean Energy Fund."
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
Trail Blazers’ future in Portland less clear than ever as arena efforts meet resistance | Bill Oram
The team is trying to secure $600 million in funding from the city, state and Multnomah County before the end of the legislature's 35-day session.
www.oregonlive.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
there it is:
> potential improvements to “outdated and complex lighting systems and controls” and HVAC systems along with building automation and energy upgrades.
> potential improvements to “outdated and complex lighting systems and controls” and HVAC systems along with building automation and energy upgrades.
hell yes, thank you for persisting in the face of absolute depravity @repdexteror.bsky.social
Oregon family released, on their way home from Texas detention center
The Gresham family will return from Texas with U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter early on Saturday.
www.oregonlive.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
hell yes, thank you for persisting in the face of absolute depravity @repdexteror.bsky.social
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In case you're curious what your DA is doing instead of standing with the community who got viciously tear gassed by ICE this weekend:
1. Covered trial call for a photo op;
2. Prosecuting a misdo resist claim against an
ICE protester to run cover for the PPB cop who broke that protester's arm.
1. Covered trial call for a photo op;
2. Prosecuting a misdo resist claim against an
ICE protester to run cover for the PPB cop who broke that protester's arm.
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
In case you're curious what your DA is doing instead of standing with the community who got viciously tear gassed by ICE this weekend:
1. Covered trial call for a photo op;
2. Prosecuting a misdo resist claim against an
ICE protester to run cover for the PPB cop who broke that protester's arm.
1. Covered trial call for a photo op;
2. Prosecuting a misdo resist claim against an
ICE protester to run cover for the PPB cop who broke that protester's arm.
"The city’s contribution, which multiple sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive has the support of Mayor Keith Wilson and City Council President Jamie Dunphy, would primarily be through the city’s Clean Energy Fund."
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
Trail Blazers’ future in Portland less clear than ever as arena efforts meet resistance | Bill Oram
The team is trying to secure $600 million in funding from the city, state and Multnomah County before the end of the legislature's 35-day session.
www.oregonlive.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
"The city’s contribution, which multiple sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive has the support of Mayor Keith Wilson and City Council President Jamie Dunphy, would primarily be through the city’s Clean Energy Fund."
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
🤨 We're going to have the best heat pump in the league ig.
Light rail to Vancouver is cool, my personal dream is an FX-6 BRT from Downtown Vancouver to Downtown Portland that follows an MLK alignment. #trimet
Light rail for the Interstate Bridge got a $100 million boost in the spending package Congress passed today
Federal spending package includes $100 million for light rail on Portland-to-Vancouver Interstate Bridge replacement
Critics say the money should instead go to the overall ballooning price of the megaproject.
www.opb.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Light rail to Vancouver is cool, my personal dream is an FX-6 BRT from Downtown Vancouver to Downtown Portland that follows an MLK alignment. #trimet
> Agents smashed her window and pulled her out of the car, according to the union and Hernández. They threw her to the ground and then emptied her purse, the union statement said. When they saw her passport, they just left, leaving her in need of medical attention, according to the union officials.
The Oregon woman was on her way to pay rent and to buy a cake for her grandson’s birthday when federal agents started following her.
U.S. citizen was running errands. After ICE stop, she ended up at the hospital instead
The Oregon woman was on her way to pay rent and to buy a cake for her grandson’s birthday when federal agents started following her.
www.oregonlive.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
> Agents smashed her window and pulled her out of the car, according to the union and Hernández. They threw her to the ground and then emptied her purse, the union statement said. When they saw her passport, they just left, leaving her in need of medical attention, according to the union officials.