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This is not right. What happened to the “family values” party??Aggressive Oregon Republicans threatening and vandalising a state lawmaker. This is not Democracy. @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @multdems.bsky.social youroregonnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
Death threats, stalking and vandalism — Oregon legislator pays a price for crossing the aisle - Your Oregon News
Rep. Cyrus Javadi switched parties and raised the ire of some On Friday, Sept. 5, now over three months ago, Cyrus Javadi, the state representative elected to serve Oregon’s North […]
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January 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is not right. What happened to the “family values” party??Aggressive Oregon Republicans threatening and vandalising a state lawmaker. This is not Democracy. @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @multdems.bsky.social youroregonnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
Oregon Rep Mark Gamba showed up today for a town hall at the affordable Union Manor and agreed to provide oversight on ODOT spending. Hoping Senator Kathleen Taylor starts holding town halls. Lots to discuss. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @clackamasdems.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oregon Rep Mark Gamba showed up today for a town hall at the affordable Union Manor and agreed to provide oversight on ODOT spending. Hoping Senator Kathleen Taylor starts holding town halls. Lots to discuss. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @clackamasdems.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social
Grateful to @wweek.com for covering the (((ETHIC INVESTIGATION))) involving @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
State Ethics Commission Votes to Investigate Peacock Caucus Meeting
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday voted unanimously to investigate a private meeting held by the six members of Portland City Council’s progressive caucus, called Peacock, in August.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Grateful to @wweek.com for covering the (((ETHIC INVESTIGATION))) involving @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
Consumer privacy data is being stolen and we are being cheated by corporate AI through (( Surveillance Pricing )). Bernie said this would happen with oligarchs in charge of AI. @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @repdexteror.bsky.social @bynum.house.gov
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Consumer privacy data is being stolen and we are being cheated by corporate AI through (( Surveillance Pricing )). Bernie said this would happen with oligarchs in charge of AI. @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @repdexteror.bsky.social @bynum.house.gov
@tinakotek.bsky.social demonstrates the “Oregon Way”. Love not hate, makes us great. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisiblesisters.bsky.social @indivhillsboro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0a...
Hate and violence should never be tolerated or left unchallenged.
YouTube video by Gov Tina Kotek
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
@tinakotek.bsky.social demonstrates the “Oregon Way”. Love not hate, makes us great. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisiblesisters.bsky.social @indivhillsboro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0a...
I agree with Commissioner @juliabrim-edwards.bsky.social commented on the county deflection centers:
“We’re not serving many people, and those we are serving aren’t receiving treatment… We need to do better.” Washington Co has a successful program. Don’t put $25M into a failed program.
“We’re not serving many people, and those we are serving aren’t receiving treatment… We need to do better.” Washington Co has a successful program. Don’t put $25M into a failed program.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I agree with Commissioner @juliabrim-edwards.bsky.social commented on the county deflection centers:
“We’re not serving many people, and those we are serving aren’t receiving treatment… We need to do better.” Washington Co has a successful program. Don’t put $25M into a failed program.
“We’re not serving many people, and those we are serving aren’t receiving treatment… We need to do better.” Washington Co has a successful program. Don’t put $25M into a failed program.
Thank you to @tinakotek.bsky.social who leapt into a coordinated response when SNAP benefits were withheld while directing $5 million to Oregon’s statewide food bank
network. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
network. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
Newsroom - Governor's Office
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November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Thank you to @tinakotek.bsky.social who leapt into a coordinated response when SNAP benefits were withheld while directing $5 million to Oregon’s statewide food bank
network. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
network. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
"Instead of tackling real issues at home, city leaders ( @councilorgreen.bsky.social )are jetting across the Atlantic to study a model that Portland has neither the political will nor the financial ability to implement.” thatoregonlife.com/2025/09/port...
Portland Councilors Jet Off to Vienna on Taxpayer Dime to Study Housing as Price Remains a Mystery
It seems Portland’s city leaders just can’t resist another taxpayer-funded trip abroad. This week, several Portland city councilors and housing staffers are jetting off to Vienna, Austria, sup
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November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Instead of tackling real issues at home, city leaders ( @councilorgreen.bsky.social )are jetting across the Atlantic to study a model that Portland has neither the political will nor the financial ability to implement.” thatoregonlife.com/2025/09/port...
If you are interested in positive… this is a short positive article about @tinakotek.bsky.social whose "narrative is one of compassion, identity, and abiding faith in justice, and inspiring a life of public service." uw.pressbooks.pub/badasswomxni...
Tina Kotek (She/Her) – Badass Womxn and Enbies in the Pacific Northwest Volume 4
The Hidden Histories of 26 Badass Womxn and Enbies!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If you are interested in positive… this is a short positive article about @tinakotek.bsky.social whose "narrative is one of compassion, identity, and abiding faith in justice, and inspiring a life of public service." uw.pressbooks.pub/badasswomxni...
Another pic of “War torn Portland” — OOPS, that’ the “People’s” White House.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Another pic of “War torn Portland” — OOPS, that’ the “People’s” White House.
Another indefensible shooting of clergy in the face from five feet away. Attacking the clergy is also a Putin tactic. Hoping Christians who voted for this are noticing. noticehttps://bsky.app/profile/revbennyd.bsky.social/post/3m3uzqenhes2w
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another indefensible shooting of clergy in the face from five feet away. Attacking the clergy is also a Putin tactic. Hoping Christians who voted for this are noticing. noticehttps://bsky.app/profile/revbennyd.bsky.social/post/3m3uzqenhes2w
American citizens are being kidnapped without cause or warrant by federal agents. Over 20 children have been taken, including 2 in cancer treatment programs. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
American citizens are being kidnapped without cause or warrant by federal agents. Over 20 children have been taken, including 2 in cancer treatment programs. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
((No Kings - No Way)). Peaceful Portland showed up with marching bands, costumes, strollers, and inflatables by thousands - all without incident. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivhillsboro.bsky.social @e-linn-indivisible.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
((No Kings - No Way)). Peaceful Portland showed up with marching bands, costumes, strollers, and inflatables by thousands - all without incident. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivhillsboro.bsky.social @e-linn-indivisible.bsky.social
In this moral moment Faith Leaders from the Portland metro area gathered with songs and prayers before leading the peaceful march at the No Kings Rally today. I’m proud of those who stepped forward. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisiblesisters.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In this moral moment Faith Leaders from the Portland metro area gathered with songs and prayers before leading the peaceful march at the No Kings Rally today. I’m proud of those who stepped forward. @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisiblesisters.bsky.social
@jvegapederson.bsky.social can start by ensuring that A-L-L the preschool seats are filled after taking tax $$$ for five years for the program!!! I support preschool programs, but her lack of fiscal responsibility puts the Preschool for All program at risk.
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While we have more to do to ensure the young families & children of Multnomah County have the support they need, it's encouraging we are one of only two counties statewide not considered a childcare desert.
Our steady expansion of Preschool for All will continue to help our families and economy.
Our steady expansion of Preschool for All will continue to help our families and economy.
Oregon’s Early Child Care Crisis Impacts All but Two of the State’s 36 Counties
Oregon parents of infants and toddlers still struggle to find child care, let alone affordable child care.
www.wweek.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
@jvegapederson.bsky.social can start by ensuring that A-L-L the preschool seats are filled after taking tax $$$ for five years for the program!!! I support preschool programs, but her lack of fiscal responsibility puts the Preschool for All program at risk.
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"Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that". This truth beckons each of us from the secret depths of our human heart. Forgetting others... are our actions in integrity with our best selves in this moral moment? Do we stand with love?
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that". This truth beckons each of us from the secret depths of our human heart. Forgetting others... are our actions in integrity with our best selves in this moral moment? Do we stand with love?
"My money"?? Portland @councilordunphy.bsky.social is insulted that after spending $$$ on a trip to Vienna, taxpayers now have the audacity to question his office expenditures!!! We hungry and homeless people and he talks of "My money"?
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"My money"?? Portland @councilordunphy.bsky.social is insulted that after spending $$$ on a trip to Vienna, taxpayers now have the audacity to question his office expenditures!!! We hungry and homeless people and he talks of "My money"?
I donate $$ to @nrdc.org because as many as 105 million Americans drink contaminated drinking water and I don't want that for my kids...or yours. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump EPA moves to weaken drinking water limits on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
The administration said it wants to rescind and reconsider whether limits are needed for four PFAS that chemical companies are still producing and using in the U.S. — despite known health risks.
www.politico.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I donate $$ to @nrdc.org because as many as 105 million Americans drink contaminated drinking water and I don't want that for my kids...or yours. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Rep Cliff Benz (R) voted to cut medicare for constituents. He does not care about Oregonians. Will you vote for him again?? @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisibleclack.bsky.social
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Citing potential cuts to Medicaid, Grant County’s only hospital announced it was laying off nine staff members this week.
Grant County hospital announces layoffs
Blue Mountain Hospital District says federal budget cuts played a role in its decision to lay off staff.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Rep Cliff Benz (R) voted to cut medicare for constituents. He does not care about Oregonians. Will you vote for him again?? @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisibleclack.bsky.social
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Thank you to @tinakotek.bsky.social for seeing the hard choices that are coming and acting with fiscal prudence. (Something our legislators would do well to heed). oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/09/17/o...
Oregon Gov. Kotek tells state agencies to stop travel, prepare for budget cuts - Oregon Capital Insider
Kotek’s letter to agency directors comes after a budget surplus turned into a $373 million shortfall in a matter of weeks Gov. Tina Kotek ordered an immediate halt to state employees’ non-essential ou...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thank you to @tinakotek.bsky.social for seeing the hard choices that are coming and acting with fiscal prudence. (Something our legislators would do well to heed). oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/09/17/o...
Thank you @tinakotek.bsky.social for being PRUDENT with our tax $$$ and looking ahead at the terrible cuts to come from this administration. We need to think food, shelter, safety to get through this. @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @multdems.bsky.social www.opb.org/article/2025...
Gov. Kotek tells Oregon state agencies to brace for budget cuts
The governor called on agencies to halt most travel and leave positions open longer.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank you @tinakotek.bsky.social for being PRUDENT with our tax $$$ and looking ahead at the terrible cuts to come from this administration. We need to think food, shelter, safety to get through this. @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @multdems.bsky.social www.opb.org/article/2025...
2/2. Everyone using the phrase "land swap" should please specify which Russian territory Ukraine would be getting. So far it’s a euphemism for forcing Ukraine to give things up to Russia.
August 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
...and the county and the state are simultaneously burying us with taxes and fees. @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social @jvegapederson.bsky.social
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Thank you to Bob Weinstein for his op ed about the explosion of new taxes and fees in Portland. Affordability is an issue that voters bring forward repeatedly only to be ignored. @https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/07/opinion-affordability-in-portland-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html
Opinion: Affordability in Portland is facing death by a thousand cuts
Higher levy measures, increased water rates and extended parking hours are among the many ways that city leaders are making life in Portland painfully less affordable, writes Bob Weinstein, a retired ...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
...and the county and the state are simultaneously burying us with taxes and fees. @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social @jvegapederson.bsky.social
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Thank you to Bob Weinstein for his op ed about the explosion of new taxes and fees in Portland. Affordability is an issue that voters bring forward repeatedly only to be ignored. @https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/07/opinion-affordability-in-portland-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html
Opinion: Affordability in Portland is facing death by a thousand cuts
Higher levy measures, increased water rates and extended parking hours are among the many ways that city leaders are making life in Portland painfully less affordable, writes Bob Weinstein, a retired ...
www.oregonlive.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Thank you to Bob Weinstein for his op ed about the explosion of new taxes and fees in Portland. Affordability is an issue that voters bring forward repeatedly only to be ignored. @https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/07/opinion-affordability-in-portland-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html