Lauren Armony
@larmony.bsky.social
Idea Guy™️ | Former Baby | Aspiring Swoletariat AuDHD Baddie - opinions are my own-
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📍 Oregon
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2700 families were evicted in Oregon last month.
Last month set an all time record for the number of evictions in the state of Oregon. This is an emergency, and this legislative session I'm asking my colleagues to add back $10 million to the state's eviction prevention fund to help keep families in stable housing. #orleg https://loom.ly/4Fgb5vs
Record evictions in Oregon highlight urgent housing crisis
Oregon experienced a record high in court-ordered evictions in January, driven by reduced state funding for eviction prevention and rising living costs, prompting urgent calls for solutions to keep families
www.kezi.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
2700 families were evicted in Oregon last month.
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Southeast Division's cherished western watering hole (and Mercury staff favorite) the Landmark Saloon has announced they will be closing their doors for the final time Friday, February 13.
The Landmark Saloon has Announced That It’s Closing Friday the 13th
Bri Brey and Nolan Parker
www.portlandmercury.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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Petition to carve "This is not a venue for belligerent behavior" in the marble walls of council chambers.
Portland Council President Dunphy has released a draft plan for new council committees/leadership this year. For those who were closely following the council president’s vote, you may be interested to see this is part of the plan:
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Petition to carve "This is not a venue for belligerent behavior" in the marble walls of council chambers.
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isn't being "pro-growth" and anti-regulation just being a republican?
Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory policies with an eye toward 2028, according to plans first shared with Axios.
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group
It's the latest effort by moderate Democrats to shape national politics and expand their influence.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
isn't being "pro-growth" and anti-regulation just being a republican?
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📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
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We are co-hosting a virtual community workshop on the current energy utility disconnection moratorium and other recently strengthened disconnection protections. Join us on Thursday, February 19 to learn more about utility protections in Multnomah County!
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
We are co-hosting a virtual community workshop on the current energy utility disconnection moratorium and other recently strengthened disconnection protections. Join us on Thursday, February 19 to learn more about utility protections in Multnomah County!
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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Multnomah County would be inarguably better off in this moment were Mike Schmidt still the DA
I also talked to former MCDA Mike Schmidt, who had a different take.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Multnomah County would be inarguably better off in this moment were Mike Schmidt still the DA
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The oversight resolution from me, Councilor Green, and Councilor Avalos passes!
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
If City Council does not have an accurate an reliable accounting of funds to make decisions for what services we save and cut, we cannot do our jobs.
Council must exercise our oversight powers to prevent this from happening again, and I will strongly support Councilor Green’s oversight resolution.
Council must exercise our oversight powers to prevent this from happening again, and I will strongly support Councilor Green’s oversight resolution.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The oversight resolution from me, Councilor Green, and Councilor Avalos passes!
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
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We’re thankful that majority of our council colleagues voted for accountability and transparency today.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We’re thankful that majority of our council colleagues voted for accountability and transparency today.
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There is a meeting of the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PCCEP)'s Policy & Reform Subcommittee this evening, February 4, 2026, at 6 pm.
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
PCCEP Policy & Reform Subcommittee Meeting 2.4.26
www.portland.gov
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
There is a meeting of the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PCCEP)'s Policy & Reform Subcommittee this evening, February 4, 2026, at 6 pm.
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
Wild that accountability at the City of Portland is being posed as a punitive measure and a threat to job security when the biggest threat to job security is likely Mayor Wilson. How may department directors have been ousted by him again?
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Wild that accountability at the City of Portland is being posed as a punitive measure and a threat to job security when the biggest threat to job security is likely Mayor Wilson. How may department directors have been ousted by him again?
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Nathan Vasquez could’ve said this, and he didn’t, and that was a choice
Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Nathan Vasquez could’ve said this, and he didn’t, and that was a choice
Lauren Armony… wrote that “our local [governments] have broadly reflected the priorities of Trump’s administration in housing and homeless services funding simply by adopting a shelter-first strategy to homelessness, as opposed to [a] Housing First [strategy].”
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
Portland's Mayor Went All in on Overnight-Only Shelters. Homelessness Is Still Rising
Ending homelessness was a big campaign promise for Portland's mayor. Homelessness service providers say he chose methods that don't work.
shelterforce.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Lauren Armony… wrote that “our local [governments] have broadly reflected the priorities of Trump’s administration in housing and homeless services funding simply by adopting a shelter-first strategy to homelessness, as opposed to [a] Housing First [strategy].”
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
Questions are:
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
The Portland Housing Bureau has found additional unspent dollars in its coffers, adding to the previous $21 million it found through an audit last year. The uncovered funds could impact two pieces of Council business this week.
February 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Questions are:
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
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Asian elephant Tula-Tu, one of the star attractions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, is celebrating her first birthday on Sunday, with an all-day party thrown by her keepers.
Baby elephant Tula-Tu turns 1 at Oregon Zoo
Weighing about 210 pounds at birth on Feb. 1, 2025, the baby elephant now tips the scales at close to 1,000 pounds.
www.opb.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Asian elephant Tula-Tu, one of the star attractions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, is celebrating her first birthday on Sunday, with an all-day party thrown by her keepers.
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We are at a crossroads. The Police Union can choose to stand with Portlanders, to stand against fascism, or they can continue to obstruct policies that would reign the feds in because they see a kinship with corrupt law enforcement and not with the good people of our city.
There is a choice here.
There is a choice here.
The current Portland City Councilors who are endorsed by the police union are:
Smith (D1), Ryan (D2), Novick (D3), Zimmerman (D4), Clark (D4)
Listing them because the Portland Police Association is making it a fight to have a masking ban (for law enforcement) and a tear gas ban.
Smith (D1), Ryan (D2), Novick (D3), Zimmerman (D4), Clark (D4)
Listing them because the Portland Police Association is making it a fight to have a masking ban (for law enforcement) and a tear gas ban.
Please list the swing vote councillors specifically so people know who to contact. With everything going on in the country right now, it's hard to keep up with who is doing what, especially now that there are so many of you.
February 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
We are at a crossroads. The Police Union can choose to stand with Portlanders, to stand against fascism, or they can continue to obstruct policies that would reign the feds in because they see a kinship with corrupt law enforcement and not with the good people of our city.
There is a choice here.
There is a choice here.
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sure they’re tear-gassing toddlers but what do the polls say
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
sure they’re tear-gassing toddlers but what do the polls say
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If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov
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February 1, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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If you are pissed off at how the Feds tear gassed families - tell it to the DA - Nathan Vasquez. He has more options than city council. And get it on public legal record with the Attorney General @agdanrayfield.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 AM
If you are pissed off at how the Feds tear gassed families - tell it to the DA - Nathan Vasquez. He has more options than city council. And get it on public legal record with the Attorney General @agdanrayfield.bsky.social
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www.courthousenews.com/top-city-pro...
Look who isn’t on that list - Portland. And not shocked. Vasquez can’t just sit there in his ugly suit and sweat all day. Make him do his fucking job.
Look who isn’t on that list - Portland. And not shocked. Vasquez can’t just sit there in his ugly suit and sweat all day. Make him do his fucking job.
Top city prosecutors form 'FAFO' coalition to bring charges against federal agents
The group aims to combat what its members describe as unchecked federal overreach in immigration operations.
www.courthousenews.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 AM
www.courthousenews.com/top-city-pro...
Look who isn’t on that list - Portland. And not shocked. Vasquez can’t just sit there in his ugly suit and sweat all day. Make him do his fucking job.
Look who isn’t on that list - Portland. And not shocked. Vasquez can’t just sit there in his ugly suit and sweat all day. Make him do his fucking job.
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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In 2020 when I was chairing the CRC and the Use of Force/Crowd Control committee, we dedicated months to studying scientific research, community testimonials, and global best practices. Tear gas is toxic & an unacceptable use of force that has a disproportionate impact on vulnerable people. ENOUGH!
I wasn't able to attend the protest today, but from earlier photos and videos it looked community driven and family friendly. It's an absolute disgrace to see the federal government indiscriminately tear gassing elders, children, and people using their constitutionally protected rights. ABOLISH ICE.
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
In 2020 when I was chairing the CRC and the Use of Force/Crowd Control committee, we dedicated months to studying scientific research, community testimonials, and global best practices. Tear gas is toxic & an unacceptable use of force that has a disproportionate impact on vulnerable people. ENOUGH!
Councilor Avalos deserves so much more credit than she gets for her integrity, grace, and real advocacy for not just her district, but for Portland as a whole.
Housing costs are the biggest issues for Portlanders now, surpassing public safety, and her policy priorities reflect that. Stay informed!
Housing costs are the biggest issues for Portlanders now, surpassing public safety, and her policy priorities reflect that. Stay informed!
Your East Portland councilors see the consequences of our housing emergency every day in our part of town, but that urgency hasn’t always been reflected in our investments. 🧵
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Councilor Avalos deserves so much more credit than she gets for her integrity, grace, and real advocacy for not just her district, but for Portland as a whole.
Housing costs are the biggest issues for Portlanders now, surpassing public safety, and her policy priorities reflect that. Stay informed!
Housing costs are the biggest issues for Portlanders now, surpassing public safety, and her policy priorities reflect that. Stay informed!