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Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert fu...
www.portlandmercury.com
Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo proposes reallocating $4.3 million from sweeps to support rent assistance, food access, & immigrant and refugee services.✔️
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Rent keeps going up. ⬆️ Groceries keep going up. ⬆️
The only thing that hasn’t gone up? Wages.
Oregon needs a raise! Let’s talk about it.
Join the community conversation on wages Nov 19, 6–7:30 PM on Zoom.
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The only thing that hasn’t gone up? Wages.
Oregon needs a raise! Let’s talk about it.
Join the community conversation on wages Nov 19, 6–7:30 PM on Zoom.
secure.everyaction.com/nyTzftfn8E6M...
Oregon Needs a Raise: A Community Conversation on Wages
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November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Rent keeps going up. ⬆️ Groceries keep going up. ⬆️
The only thing that hasn’t gone up? Wages.
Oregon needs a raise! Let’s talk about it.
Join the community conversation on wages Nov 19, 6–7:30 PM on Zoom.
secure.everyaction.com/nyTzftfn8E6M...
The only thing that hasn’t gone up? Wages.
Oregon needs a raise! Let’s talk about it.
Join the community conversation on wages Nov 19, 6–7:30 PM on Zoom.
secure.everyaction.com/nyTzftfn8E6M...
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To every Kaiser doctor who has seen the impact of delayed care: we need your support.
Sign the open letter calling on Kaiser to invest in safe staffing and patient care: actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
Sign the open letter calling on Kaiser to invest in safe staffing and patient care: actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
To every Kaiser doctor who has seen the impact of delayed care: we need your support.
Sign the open letter calling on Kaiser to invest in safe staffing and patient care: actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
Sign the open letter calling on Kaiser to invest in safe staffing and patient care: actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
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Eight centrist Democratic senators just voted to reopen the government in exchange for a promise of a Senate vote on ACA subsidies.
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Eight centrist Democratic senators just voted to reopen the government in exchange for a promise of a Senate vote on ACA subsidies.
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
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“I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person," she says. "I just really, really implore my peers and everybody outside looking in, to just think about that. Really think about that, and think about what that means. And if there are questions, ask them. Keep talking."
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person," she says. "I just really, really implore my peers and everybody outside looking in, to just think about that. Really think about that, and think about what that means. And if there are questions, ask them. Keep talking."
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
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Congress is extending the Trump Administration’s confusion, chaos & cruelty by weaponizing healthcare & hunger. But federal workers say they will continue fighting against the dismantling of the programs they are sworn to protect. Read our statement: www.federalunionists.net/press/statem...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congress is extending the Trump Administration’s confusion, chaos & cruelty by weaponizing healthcare & hunger. But federal workers say they will continue fighting against the dismantling of the programs they are sworn to protect. Read our statement: www.federalunionists.net/press/statem...
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Sweeps aren't the answer and neither are mass shelters without a clear path to housing. Please sign this petition to demand a Housing First strategy in Portland:
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October 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sweeps aren't the answer and neither are mass shelters without a clear path to housing. Please sign this petition to demand a Housing First strategy in Portland:
actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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Yesterday, after ICE activity in St. Johns forced schools to go on lockdown, hundreds of our neighbors showed up in solidarity during school pick-up to send a message: not on our watch.
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Yesterday, after ICE activity in St. Johns forced schools to go on lockdown, hundreds of our neighbors showed up in solidarity during school pick-up to send a message: not on our watch.
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The housing bureau is supposed to focus on the long term solutions to provide stable affordable housing that the market isn't providing, not become a homeless navigation center. If the mayor wants to change that core mission, bring an ordinance to council.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The housing bureau is supposed to focus on the long term solutions to provide stable affordable housing that the market isn't providing, not become a homeless navigation center. If the mayor wants to change that core mission, bring an ordinance to council.
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Pair this with the recent firing of the Housing Bureau director, an international expert on social housing. It seems the mayor wants to abandon the mission of the housing bureau in favor of recreating the services that the County is supposed to be offering.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Pair this with the recent firing of the Housing Bureau director, an international expert on social housing. It seems the mayor wants to abandon the mission of the housing bureau in favor of recreating the services that the County is supposed to be offering.
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Are you surprised? I'm not. Ending unsheltered homelessness is very different than ending VISIBLE unsheltered homelessness downtown.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Are you surprised? I'm not. Ending unsheltered homelessness is very different than ending VISIBLE unsheltered homelessness downtown.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
The Mayor isn't solving a problem, he's forcing the problem into the neighborhoods that are already suffering the most.
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I wrote in my testimony on the proposed budget amendment that spending millions on sweeps is like spending millions to teach parents how to spank their kids. A lot of people will argue it’s a moral good or a necessity, but decades of research shows it is just violence.
In the week since Mayor Wilson began enforcing the public camping ban, we are seeing MORE tents in East Portland. Those folks are just being swept into my district.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.
I told the mayor that this is what would happen and asked him to bring extra resources to East PDX to meet the displaced. He did not.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I wrote in my testimony on the proposed budget amendment that spending millions on sweeps is like spending millions to teach parents how to spank their kids. A lot of people will argue it’s a moral good or a necessity, but decades of research shows it is just violence.
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It’s pretty wild that the local police union president has been telling national outlets that we need the national guard in Portland & sympathizing with federal agents kidnapping our neighbors but no local outlets feel like that is newsworthy.
Portland Police Association President Aaron Schmautz must be pretty sad that Trump isn’t allowed to send troops into Portland.
Portland police union head welcomes fed support to help ‘horrifically understaffed’ cops end ‘burst’ in crime
President Donald Trump has signaled he wants to send National Guard units into Portland, Ore., in order to protect the city as well as ICE facilities, which he said have come under attack by Antifa…
nypost.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s pretty wild that the local police union president has been telling national outlets that we need the national guard in Portland & sympathizing with federal agents kidnapping our neighbors but no local outlets feel like that is newsworthy.
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Support Morillo’s amendment. Stop letting fear drive policy.
Portland deserves budgets that help humans, not headlines.
Portland deserves budgets that help humans, not headlines.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Support Morillo’s amendment. Stop letting fear drive policy.
Portland deserves budgets that help humans, not headlines.
Portland deserves budgets that help humans, not headlines.
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Mayor Wilson calling nonprofits to scare them with false information is really good insight into how he plays politics.
Over the weekend, the Mayor started calling nonprofits warning them their funding would disappear if this passed. 🙃 Except… most of them don’t even get money from that sweeps budget.
Nice try though.
Nice try though.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mayor Wilson calling nonprofits to scare them with false information is really good insight into how he plays politics.
Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo proposes reallocating $4.3 million from sweeps to support rent assistance, food access, & immigrant and refugee services.✔️
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Portland City Council will consider an amendment next week to redirect $4.3 million from the city program that sweeps homeless encampments. If passed, the budget adjustment will instead invest $2 million in rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees.
City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert fu...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo proposes reallocating $4.3 million from sweeps to support rent assistance, food access, & immigrant and refugee services.✔️
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
Testify in support of the Morillo 1 amendment here, to re-balance the budget toward proven solutions: www.portland.gov/council/docu...
🚨ACTION ALERT 🚨 Submit Testimony by NOON TODAY to get Portland's investments out of human rights abuses!
Urge the Portland City Council Finance Committee to adopt a human rights screen on city investments.
✍️Submit public testimony here: www.portland.gov/counci.../te...
Urge the Portland City Council Finance Committee to adopt a human rights screen on city investments.
✍️Submit public testimony here: www.portland.gov/counci.../te...
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🚨ACTION ALERT 🚨 Submit Testimony by NOON TODAY to get Portland's investments out of human rights abuses!
Urge the Portland City Council Finance Committee to adopt a human rights screen on city investments.
✍️Submit public testimony here: www.portland.gov/counci.../te...
Urge the Portland City Council Finance Committee to adopt a human rights screen on city investments.
✍️Submit public testimony here: www.portland.gov/counci.../te...
✍️Sign the petition for a fair pay standard for when the city hires musicians! bit.ly/99fairpay
Portland Musician Prevailing Wage Petition
Being a working musician can be incredibly difficult: we put countless time and money into education, training, instruments, and other professional expenses, and too often are expected to give away ou...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
✍️Sign the petition for a fair pay standard for when the city hires musicians! bit.ly/99fairpay
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We’re seeing increased and aggressive ICE activity across the Portland metro region — including around sensitive locations like schools.
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Cesar Chavez School and George Middle School have implemented the PPS's “secure the perimeter” protocol amid reports of ICE activity in the neighborhood.
PPS Secures North Portland Schools Amid Reports of ICE Activity
Joanna Hou
www.wweek.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We’re seeing increased and aggressive ICE activity across the Portland metro region — including around sensitive locations like schools.
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
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BREAKING: Trump administration must fully fund food aid benefits by Friday, US judge rules reut.rs/3LtkSQz
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration must fully fund food aid benefits by Friday, US judge rules reut.rs/3LtkSQz
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It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
🚫No Contract, 🚫☕No Coffee!
Pledge not to patronize any Starbucks store should baristas go on strike. starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...
Pledge not to patronize any Starbucks store should baristas go on strike. starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚫No Contract, 🚫☕No Coffee!
Pledge not to patronize any Starbucks store should baristas go on strike. starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...
Pledge not to patronize any Starbucks store should baristas go on strike. starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...
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In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Pritzker breaks ground on state-backed grocery in Venice, calling it a 'revival' for forgotten towns
The Illinois governor says the project proves government can help the free market work where private investors walked away.
www.ksdk.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Cough, cough. SICK OUT! Federal workers, who are being forced to volunteer-work, are on the precipice of losing another paycheck, and the shutdown is poised to be a tsunami as we near holiday travel.
Reporter: With the government shutdown now into day 37, the Trump administration is planning to slash flights at dozens of major airports. We're talking potentially thousands of flights per day. This is coming as staffing shortages among air traffic controllers have already caused problems
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Cough, cough. SICK OUT! Federal workers, who are being forced to volunteer-work, are on the precipice of losing another paycheck, and the shutdown is poised to be a tsunami as we near holiday travel.