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This naked attempt by wealthy special interests to steal these funds from low income Portlanders under the guise of “public safety” is ugly and frankly, offensive. #orpol
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police
A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.
www.wweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This naked attempt by wealthy special interests to steal these funds from low income Portlanders under the guise of “public safety” is ugly and frankly, offensive. #orpol
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.
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“We’ve been kinda fighting then we got tired and scared and stopped fighting, so you’re on your own. Sucks for you.”
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“We’ve been kinda fighting then we got tired and scared and stopped fighting, so you’re on your own. Sucks for you.”
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Portland's FX2 dares to ask the question: what if a bus rapid transit line came infrequently, had very little dedicated right-of-way, and had to stop for at-grade train crossings.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Portland's FX2 dares to ask the question: what if a bus rapid transit line came infrequently, had very little dedicated right-of-way, and had to stop for at-grade train crossings.
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Is he admitting he has no control of his own caucus?
And if so, when is he resigning?
And if so, when is he resigning?
Schumer: "I must vote no. I can not, in good faith, support this CR. ... Make no mistake about it, the American people know who is inflicting this pain on them."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
He stops short of urging his colleagues to vote "no."
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Is he admitting he has no control of his own caucus?
And if so, when is he resigning?
And if so, when is he resigning?
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Every Democratic senator who votes for this should be primaried.
Deal has been reached, I’m told by multiple sources, and Kaine has announced his support
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Every Democratic senator who votes for this should be primaried.
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
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“It is easy to forget, when watching the out-of-control money train on fire that is college athletics, that there are human beings at the center of it all.”
Keeping the humanity in the center of sports is the best way to be a fan. Keeping humanity in the center of sports is challenging in this era.
Keeping the humanity in the center of sports is the best way to be a fan. Keeping humanity in the center of sports is challenging in this era.
Robb Akey had a lot to say about Oregon State fans keeping the faith after Saturday’s loss to Sam Houston, and with the football program in flux.
It had me thinking: Without faith that things can get better, what’s left?
Story from a foggy, empty Reser: www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025...
It had me thinking: Without faith that things can get better, what’s left?
Story from a foggy, empty Reser: www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“It is easy to forget, when watching the out-of-control money train on fire that is college athletics, that there are human beings at the center of it all.”
Keeping the humanity in the center of sports is the best way to be a fan. Keeping humanity in the center of sports is challenging in this era.
Keeping the humanity in the center of sports is the best way to be a fan. Keeping humanity in the center of sports is challenging in this era.
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This is absolutely the case. I’ve seen a huge uptick in Buckman/Belmont. Fewer tents or “prepared” shelters but the very improvised beds of people who have had their previous shelter possessions taken or destroyed. You can’t end homelessness without homes.
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 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is absolutely the case. I’ve seen a huge uptick in Buckman/Belmont. Fewer tents or “prepared” shelters but the very improvised beds of people who have had their previous shelter possessions taken or destroyed. You can’t end homelessness without homes.
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anyways here's the platform for 2026
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
anyways here's the platform for 2026
The 2020's will be the first decade since MAX opened without a new line opening
We used to build MAX lines and now we’re debating whether we can afford paint for bus lanes bikeportland.org/2025/11/07/t...
TriMet says full bus lanes on 82nd are up to project partners
Here's why our transit agency is opting for less transit.
bikeportland.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The 2020's will be the first decade since MAX opened without a new line opening
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We used to build MAX lines and now we’re debating whether we can afford paint for bus lanes bikeportland.org/2025/11/07/t...
TriMet says full bus lanes on 82nd are up to project partners
Here's why our transit agency is opting for less transit.
bikeportland.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We used to build MAX lines and now we’re debating whether we can afford paint for bus lanes bikeportland.org/2025/11/07/t...
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If this happens, I will tell other people’s children and grandchildren about how when things seemed bleak, Portlanders defeated the advance of fascism with frog play.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If this happens, I will tell other people’s children and grandchildren about how when things seemed bleak, Portlanders defeated the advance of fascism with frog play.
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Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
NEW Seattle Numbers---
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.