Mayor Melanie Kebler
@melaniekebler.bsky.social
Oh my god how many social media apps can I have
Mom, attorney, nerd, she/her. Mayor of Bend.
📨 mkebler@bendoregon.
https://linktr.ee/melaniekebler
Mom, attorney, nerd, she/her. Mayor of Bend.
📨 mkebler@bendoregon.
https://linktr.ee/melaniekebler
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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Last night, Republicans passed a bill that did nothing to lower costs for Americans.
The shutdown might be over, but the fight for healthcare is not. I’ll continue working in Congress to make healthcare affordable and accessible to everyone.
The shutdown might be over, but the fight for healthcare is not. I’ll continue working in Congress to make healthcare affordable and accessible to everyone.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Last night, Republicans passed a bill that did nothing to lower costs for Americans.
The shutdown might be over, but the fight for healthcare is not. I’ll continue working in Congress to make healthcare affordable and accessible to everyone.
The shutdown might be over, but the fight for healthcare is not. I’ll continue working in Congress to make healthcare affordable and accessible to everyone.
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A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house,” “knew about the girls,” and “that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
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The budget we voted on tonight did nothing to protect healthcare for Oregonians. Instead, it’s going to raise costs, putting care out of reach for millions of Americans. I voted no.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The budget we voted on tonight did nothing to protect healthcare for Oregonians. Instead, it’s going to raise costs, putting care out of reach for millions of Americans. I voted no.
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
This was an amazing event last Friday. Huge kudos to the organizers and sponsors. Loved the energy of the crowd as we watched dancers, moved to music, ate great food, and celebrated Latino culture in Central Oregon.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This was an amazing event last Friday. Huge kudos to the organizers and sponsors. Loved the energy of the crowd as we watched dancers, moved to music, ate great food, and celebrated Latino culture in Central Oregon.
Beautiful morning today to get out and support our veterans in Bend's Veterans Day Parade. Thank you to all who have served our country, and thank you to Central Oregon Veterans Outreach (covo-us.org) for your continued service to our veterans.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Beautiful morning today to get out and support our veterans in Bend's Veterans Day Parade. Thank you to all who have served our country, and thank you to Central Oregon Veterans Outreach (covo-us.org) for your continued service to our veterans.
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I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
publiccomment.blog
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin
When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...
bendbulletin.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
Here are the maps that the District Mapping Advisory Committee is considering sending to the County Commissioners under guidelines they set. This will result in elections where no Commissioner is elected at large in our county of 200k people. Please weigh in with your thoughts to dmac@deschutes.org.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here are the maps that the District Mapping Advisory Committee is considering sending to the County Commissioners under guidelines they set. This will result in elections where no Commissioner is elected at large in our county of 200k people. Please weigh in with your thoughts to dmac@deschutes.org.
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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It is a handicap in politics to be the party that genuinely believes in governance and is broadly opposed to continued suffering of constituents, and yet there is no future for anything but degradation and misery if the Republican Party under Trump cannot be made to suffer consequences for its acts.
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It is a handicap in politics to be the party that genuinely believes in governance and is broadly opposed to continued suffering of constituents, and yet there is no future for anything but degradation and misery if the Republican Party under Trump cannot be made to suffer consequences for its acts.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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More than 750,000 Oregonians can continue to use their full SNAP benefits distributed late last week despite the Trump administration ordering states to "undo" payments, Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday. buff.ly/3hDlxuP
Trump administration tells states to 'undo' full SNAP benefits paid for November, Oregon won't • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Trump administration has instructed states that authorized full November nutrition assistance benefits to return a portion.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
More than 750,000 Oregonians can continue to use their full SNAP benefits distributed late last week despite the Trump administration ordering states to "undo" payments, Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday. buff.ly/3hDlxuP
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I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out.
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out.
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
I want to be really clear that fixing this means not only outlawing nepotism but paying legislators a wage that does not tempt them to pay their family members as staff. Underpaying our legislators is asking for corruption.
We should probably fix this.
One Oregon lawmaker’s wife made $6,000 a month working in his office at taxpayer expense, but she was not a frequent sight at the Capitol — probably because also working as a full-time fifth grade teacher at a private school
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I want to be really clear that fixing this means not only outlawing nepotism but paying legislators a wage that does not tempt them to pay their family members as staff. Underpaying our legislators is asking for corruption.
STOP TRYING TO STARVE AMERICANS JFC
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
STOP TRYING TO STARVE AMERICANS JFC
We should probably fix this.
One Oregon lawmaker’s wife made $6,000 a month working in his office at taxpayer expense, but she was not a frequent sight at the Capitol — probably because also working as a full-time fifth grade teacher at a private school
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
Oregon lawmakers quietly hire their family members with taxpayer money — and little oversight
More than two dozen states ban lawmakers from hiring their own relatives. Oregon does not.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We should probably fix this.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
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I’m proud that Oregon has taken action to make sure everyone can put food on the table this month.
Feeding our families shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
The President is playing political games with people’s lives, and we won’t stand for it.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Feeding our families shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
The President is playing political games with people’s lives, and we won’t stand for it.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Oregon restores full SNAP benefits after judge orders Trump admin to fund program
Gov. Kotek said 750,000 Oregonians received full November food benefits after a federal judge ordered the Trump admin to restore funding during the shutdown.
www.kgw.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m proud that Oregon has taken action to make sure everyone can put food on the table this month.
Feeding our families shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
The President is playing political games with people’s lives, and we won’t stand for it.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Feeding our families shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
The President is playing political games with people’s lives, and we won’t stand for it.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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We just got a huge win for Oregonians - and a check on the president's power: we received a ruling preventing the president from deploying the National Guard on the streets of our cities.
No one - not even the president - is above the law.
No one - not even the president - is above the law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We just got a huge win for Oregonians - and a check on the president's power: we received a ruling preventing the president from deploying the National Guard on the streets of our cities.
No one - not even the president - is above the law.
No one - not even the president - is above the law.