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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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Stephen Colbert was promoting the No Kings rally this Saturday!! Also, watch his Frog Resistance. 🤣https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5zxdSObso
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Stephen Colbert was promoting the No Kings rally this Saturday!! Also, watch his Frog Resistance. 🤣https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5zxdSObso
"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 $$$ and looking ahead at the terrible cuts to come from this administration. We need to think food, shelter, safety to get through this. @linncodemsoregon.bsky.social @multdems.bsky.social www.opb.org/article/2025...
Gov. Kotek tells Oregon state agencies to brace for budget cuts
The governor called on agencies to halt most travel and leave positions open longer.
www.opb.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank you @tinakotek.bsky.social for being PRUDENT with our tax $$$ 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 ...
www.oregonlive.com
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
Why is there no (ZERO) data on the effectiveness of Portland Street Response before the vote to increase their funding?? How many people have they taken to shelters?? I hear complaints about their ineffectiveness, but the council is not holding them to account. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland police union criticizes city leaders for ‘false binary’ between police and Portland Street Response
The Portland Police Association criticized city leaders and staff on Tuesday, accusing them of trying to pit police and behavioral health first responders against each other in the wake of a man’s rec...
www.opb.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Why is there no (ZERO) data on the effectiveness of Portland Street Response before the vote to increase their funding?? How many people have they taken to shelters?? I hear complaints about their ineffectiveness, but the council is not holding them to account. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Thank you @tobiasread.bsky.social for holding state officials accountable for wasting $1.4M in tax $$$ that could have provided preschool to an additional 100 children. oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/07/24/l...
Lack of grant oversight led to $1.4 million in wasteful Preschool Promise payments, report finds - Oregon Capital Insider
An investigation by the Secretary of State’s Office found grants were misappropriated due to lack of oversight at Oregon’s education and early learning departments A state grant program to provide fre...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank you @tobiasread.bsky.social for holding state officials accountable for wasting $1.4M in tax $$$ that could have provided preschool to an additional 100 children. oregoncapitalinsider.com/2025/07/24/l...
As a Liberal Democrat I ((do NOT)) support many of the views of @candaceavalos.bsky.social . Dems lost the last election because of a failure to listen to voters. We need accountability and transparency in a time of increasing taxes and expenses.
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Right-wing trolls flood local electeds’ replies, and when their harmful takes go unchallenged, it can look like they’re the majority. Social media matters — we need Portlanders with progressive values to show up so we can show we’re not just speaking for ourselves, but for our community. 💥💛
July 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As a Liberal Democrat I ((do NOT)) support many of the views of @candaceavalos.bsky.social . Dems lost the last election because of a failure to listen to voters. We need accountability and transparency in a time of increasing taxes and expenses.
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...and then they came for Colbert 😩https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoT3...
CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’, calling it 'a financial decision'
YouTube video by CNN
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July 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
...and then they came for Colbert 😩https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoT3...
Thank you @tinakotek.bsky.social for demanding that the legislature correct their failures this session. First the Dems did over-reach with regressive proposals & endless taxes, then they failed to pass a n y t h I n g for roads. Senate and House leadership FAILED. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon Gov. Kotek slams ‘disappointing’ legislative inaction on road funding
She says the state may begin layoffs next week.
www.opb.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thank you @tinakotek.bsky.social for demanding that the legislature correct their failures this session. First the Dems did over-reach with regressive proposals & endless taxes, then they failed to pass a n y t h I n g for roads. Senate and House leadership FAILED. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Sen Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen Susan Collins, Sen John Thune, Sen Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Joni Ernst will vote soon on whether to kill over 50k Americans per year by taking away their medicare. #WeWontGetOverLosingMeicaid
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🚨🚨🚨 Medicaid activists bound to wheelchairs have been arrested for staging a sit-in at the Russel Senate Office building.
These people’s lives literally depend on Medicaid, yet Republicans want to take it away from them.
#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
These people’s lives literally depend on Medicaid, yet Republicans want to take it away from them.
#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sen Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen Susan Collins, Sen John Thune, Sen Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Joni Ernst will vote soon on whether to kill over 50k Americans per year by taking away their medicare. #WeWontGetOverLosingMeicaid
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Thanks for the hard work in pulling this off @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibleoregon.bsky.social
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Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions of people marched on Saturday.
In Oregon, tens of thousands gathered in downtown Portland. https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/06/no-kings-organizers-say-millions-participated-in-nationwide-protests.html
📷 @datguy_eddy
In Oregon, tens of thousands gathered in downtown Portland. https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2025/06/no-kings-organizers-say-millions-participated-in-nationwide-protests.html
📷 @datguy_eddy
June 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thanks for the hard work in pulling this off @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibleoregon.bsky.social
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Sing it!!
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@indivisibleclack.bsky.social @eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social @coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivhillsboro.bsky.social @clackamasdems.bsky.social
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This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
June 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM