Union Fan Pete
@unionpete.bsky.social
I like unions (except cop unions), gay shit, and socialism in Portland.
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“Mayor Wilson’s decision to unleash the police on our most vulnerable neighbors on the very day they lose their food assistance is an act of stunning inhumanity[.]”
“Portland DSA stands in solidarity with the unhoused. A first step would be passage of the Renters’ Bill of Rights — a landmark set of protections which would stem the deepening houselessness crisis.”
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Portland DSA Condemns Mayor Wilson's Cruel Camping Ban, Calls for Investigation into Misuse of Public Funds - Portland DSA
November 3, 2025 (PORTLAND, OR) – Portland Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) condemns in the strongest possible terms Mayor Keith Wilson’s decision to begin enforcement of the city’s “public camp...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Mayor Wilson’s decision to unleash the police on our most vulnerable neighbors on the very day they lose their food assistance is an act of stunning inhumanity[.]”
As far as I can tell, Curtis Sliwa's main position is that we should shut down kill shelters for animals and replace them with kill shelters for people.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As far as I can tell, Curtis Sliwa's main position is that we should shut down kill shelters for animals and replace them with kill shelters for people.
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Trump has escalated his attack on Portland by deploying more Feds to Portland for the purpose of intimidating and silencing our community, so that we comply in advance with his fascist regime. Don’t acquiesce. Join an org, talk to your neighbors and build solidarity networks to keep each other safe.
September 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Trump has escalated his attack on Portland by deploying more Feds to Portland for the purpose of intimidating and silencing our community, so that we comply in advance with his fascist regime. Don’t acquiesce. Join an org, talk to your neighbors and build solidarity networks to keep each other safe.
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Related: Today at the Community and Public Safety Committee Meeting, Councilor Kanal will introduce legislation to "codify the City’s commitment to
safeguarding and supporting immigrant and refugee communities through binding municipal law."
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safeguarding and supporting immigrant and refugee communities through binding municipal law."
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Any time they tell you it can't be done in Portland, remember that California already did it.
A preview of our draft of an ordinance to do this exact thing is coming to the Community and Public Safety Committee this Tuesday, 9/23 at 2:30 pm.
www.portland.gov/council/agen...
A preview of our draft of an ordinance to do this exact thing is coming to the Community and Public Safety Committee this Tuesday, 9/23 at 2:30 pm.
www.portland.gov/council/agen...
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Related: Today at the Community and Public Safety Committee Meeting, Councilor Kanal will introduce legislation to "codify the City’s commitment to
safeguarding and supporting immigrant and refugee communities through binding municipal law."
bsky.app/profile/coun...
safeguarding and supporting immigrant and refugee communities through binding municipal law."
bsky.app/profile/coun...
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In anticipation of the next few days I want to make it clear that the ICE Permit revocation issue is a land use question which means that city councilors will be operating in a quasi judicial manner when it gets to us after the investigation. We can be exempt from voting on it if we r deemed biased.
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In anticipation of the next few days I want to make it clear that the ICE Permit revocation issue is a land use question which means that city councilors will be operating in a quasi judicial manner when it gets to us after the investigation. We can be exempt from voting on it if we r deemed biased.
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“We already imprison people at world historic levels and concentrate people in conditions that undermine the promise of rehabilitation for many. The result — alongside other horrific social conditions we’ve engineered — is a completely fractured society. What if we kept doing that, but even harder?”
September 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“We already imprison people at world historic levels and concentrate people in conditions that undermine the promise of rehabilitation for many. The result — alongside other horrific social conditions we’ve engineered — is a completely fractured society. What if we kept doing that, but even harder?”
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Here's a video account of the altercation outside of the Central Library in Portland. And again, the police narrative is shit and skews the perception of events. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Multnomah County releases footage preceding library stabbing after back-and-forth with DA
The video, shared by Multnomah County, shows the events that occurred just before the stabbing outside the Central Library in downtown Portland on Aug. 25, 2025. The principal claim by county commissi...
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September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here's a video account of the altercation outside of the Central Library in Portland. And again, the police narrative is shit and skews the perception of events. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Anyone with progressive or leftist politics in Beaverton, we're having another discussion night at Loyal Legion. Let's organize. I'm excited to talk about Measure 34-346 and how to strangle it in its crib.
Here's the optional RSVP, Wed. 9/10, 6PM to 7:30 PM: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
Here's the optional RSVP, Wed. 9/10, 6PM to 7:30 PM: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
Beaverton Discussion Group
Meet your neighbors to discuss local issues. Help build community for action.
actionnetwork.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Anyone with progressive or leftist politics in Beaverton, we're having another discussion night at Loyal Legion. Let's organize. I'm excited to talk about Measure 34-346 and how to strangle it in its crib.
Here's the optional RSVP, Wed. 9/10, 6PM to 7:30 PM: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
Here's the optional RSVP, Wed. 9/10, 6PM to 7:30 PM: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
Cops are not trustworthy is a lesson that everyone must learn. Media needs to stop being credulous about police lies, and anytime you hear a cop's account of events, your first instinct should be do disbelieve it.
The public deserves transparency. I’m calling on District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to release security footage from the Central Library regarding the August 25 incident so everyone can have a better understanding of this incident.
September 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Cops are not trustworthy is a lesson that everyone must learn. Media needs to stop being credulous about police lies, and anytime you hear a cop's account of events, your first instinct should be do disbelieve it.
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They’re picking jurors for Luigi this week
Repost so everyone remembers this:
Jury Nullification is when
Jurors vote to acquit,
not just based on the law.
But on wether the application
of that law
Truly serves justice.
Repost so everyone remembers this:
Jury Nullification is when
Jurors vote to acquit,
not just based on the law.
But on wether the application
of that law
Truly serves justice.
September 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They’re picking jurors for Luigi this week
Repost so everyone remembers this:
Jury Nullification is when
Jurors vote to acquit,
not just based on the law.
But on wether the application
of that law
Truly serves justice.
Repost so everyone remembers this:
Jury Nullification is when
Jurors vote to acquit,
not just based on the law.
But on wether the application
of that law
Truly serves justice.
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Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Tenant advocates rally over near eviction of veteran from low income housing
Tenant advocates rallied over the near eviction of a veteran from low-income housing.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.
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Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today!
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
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August 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today!
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
actionnetwork.org/events/east-...
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If police and prisons stopped crime, the United States, which has the largest, most militarized, and most expensive police force and prison system in the history of the world (seriously, our police forces are larger than most militaries), would have no crime.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
September 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If police and prisons stopped crime, the United States, which has the largest, most militarized, and most expensive police force and prison system in the history of the world (seriously, our police forces are larger than most militaries), would have no crime.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
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We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity.
Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.
RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events
#housingforall #rentersbillofrights
Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.
RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events
#housingforall #rentersbillofrights
September 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity.
Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.
RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events
#housingforall #rentersbillofrights
Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.
RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events
#housingforall #rentersbillofrights
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Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.
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Reality: crime is at historic lows and on the downward trend for decades.
Republicans: I *feel* like I’m witnessing crime when poor people exist in public.
Republicans: I *feel* like I’m witnessing crime when poor people exist in public.
August 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reality: crime is at historic lows and on the downward trend for decades.
Republicans: I *feel* like I’m witnessing crime when poor people exist in public.
Republicans: I *feel* like I’m witnessing crime when poor people exist in public.
Anyone in Beaverton interested in left politics might enjoy this new fortnightly discussion group: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
Beaverton Discussion Group
Meet your neighbors to discuss local issues. Help build community for action.
actionnetwork.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Anyone in Beaverton interested in left politics might enjoy this new fortnightly discussion group: actionnetwork.org/events/beave....
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I think this is a fantastic article to show people as a soft intro to "maybe cops aren't all they're cracked up to be"
August 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I think this is a fantastic article to show people as a soft intro to "maybe cops aren't all they're cracked up to be"
I don't really like "dunking on the libs" leftism, but the constant stream of AI-generated images or videos making the same 3 jokes about Trump are making me feel like a Chapo Trap House listener of whatever.
August 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I don't really like "dunking on the libs" leftism, but the constant stream of AI-generated images or videos making the same 3 jokes about Trump are making me feel like a Chapo Trap House listener of whatever.
I wish ill upon transphobes and bigots, JK Rowling included.
August 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I wish ill upon transphobes and bigots, JK Rowling included.
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Sometimes I wonder if people realize that if Dems are willing to sell out trans rights to "grow the tent" then they're also going to be willing to sell out women's rights, environmental rights, immigrant rights, etc.
August 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes I wonder if people realize that if Dems are willing to sell out trans rights to "grow the tent" then they're also going to be willing to sell out women's rights, environmental rights, immigrant rights, etc.
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OR constitution does still ban it. if obergefell is overturned, new same-sex marriages would be illegal in OR. this ballot measure would fix that (& more) & is something people can get involved with now! equalrightsoregon.com
Equal Rights for All
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August 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
OR constitution does still ban it. if obergefell is overturned, new same-sex marriages would be illegal in OR. this ballot measure would fix that (& more) & is something people can get involved with now! equalrightsoregon.com
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Kinda wild how this is indistinguishable to the language and policies many “moderate” Democrats have been pushing as well.
Trump EO aligns with yearslong bipartisan efforts to reject permanent supportive housing & harm reduction in favor of punishing homeless residents. In covering the Grants Pass v. Johnson homelessness case last year, this reporter rarely heard officials take strong positions to support the homeless.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
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July 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Kinda wild how this is indistinguishable to the language and policies many “moderate” Democrats have been pushing as well.