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November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A very readable, deeply-informed piece by Naomi Klein that combines genocide, the Surrealists, fascism then and now -- and Mamdani.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A very readable, deeply-informed piece by Naomi Klein that combines genocide, the Surrealists, fascism then and now -- and Mamdani.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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We formed in 2020 after our non-profit workplaces union busted and immediately got stuck in to defeat fossil fuel projects from Portland to Memphis.
We don’t have bosses. We have community partners who we work tirelessly for and in direct collaboration with.
We don’t have bosses. We have community partners who we work tirelessly for and in direct collaboration with.
When we formed Breach in 2020, we had a vision many called too idealistic. Thankfully we didn't listen. Our scheming, dreaming + hard work paid off.
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We formed in 2020 after our non-profit workplaces union busted and immediately got stuck in to defeat fossil fuel projects from Portland to Memphis.
We don’t have bosses. We have community partners who we work tirelessly for and in direct collaboration with.
We don’t have bosses. We have community partners who we work tirelessly for and in direct collaboration with.
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Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Opponents of Oregon gas tax increase say they’ve cleared key hurdle to let voters weigh in
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Seems like astonishingly poor instincts that Kotek attacked local taxes, so as to appease Knight & other plutocrats, when (1) those local taxes are popular; (2) H.R. 1 is creating a massive fiscal crisis in OR; and (4) those same plutocrats massively back Republicans anyway.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
Tina Kotek has been trying to kill preschool for all for the super rich just to watch them keep making historically large contributions to the Republican Party.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Seems like astonishingly poor instincts that Kotek attacked local taxes, so as to appease Knight & other plutocrats, when (1) those local taxes are popular; (2) H.R. 1 is creating a massive fiscal crisis in OR; and (4) those same plutocrats massively back Republicans anyway.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
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When we formed Breach in 2020, we had a vision many called too idealistic. Thankfully we didn't listen. Our scheming, dreaming + hard work paid off.
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When we formed Breach in 2020, we had a vision many called too idealistic. Thankfully we didn't listen. Our scheming, dreaming + hard work paid off.
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you.
Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨
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Making devastating cuts to our own budget simply implements Trump's plan to make rich people richer. Our supermajority should decouple Oregon from this new federal tax regime. It doesn't work for us. 4/4
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Making devastating cuts to our own budget simply implements Trump's plan to make rich people richer. Our supermajority should decouple Oregon from this new federal tax regime. It doesn't work for us. 4/4
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i am not going to be posting "oh please won't everybody vote for this crappy dinky little tax increase so we can run the snowplows in madras but not have any money for anything i care about" get rid of mark meek and then we'll talk
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
i am not going to be posting "oh please won't everybody vote for this crappy dinky little tax increase so we can run the snowplows in madras but not have any money for anything i care about" get rid of mark meek and then we'll talk
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Welp, it looks like the Portland Metro Chamber’s solidarity with the community against ICE and a federal invasion ends at charging an impact fee to property owners who would rent their properties to detention facilities that harm neighbors & drain public resources.
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Welp, it looks like the Portland Metro Chamber’s solidarity with the community against ICE and a federal invasion ends at charging an impact fee to property owners who would rent their properties to detention facilities that harm neighbors & drain public resources.
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
Can’t say that we’re surprised!
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It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
Portland City Council to Vote on AI Rental Price-Fixing Software Ban
After months of uncertainty, a policy to ban the sale or use of algorithmic rental price-fixing software in Portland is back on the table. The proposed ordinance, brought to Portland City Council by C...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
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What amazing timing for this news story, leading into tonight's vote on banning algorithmic price fixing tools for Portland rentals.
BREAKING NEWS: We’ve secured a $7 million settlement holding the largest U.S. landlord accountable for a price fixing scheme – and putting a check on the rising cost of rentals.
#consumerprotection #orpol
#consumerprotection #orpol
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What amazing timing for this news story, leading into tonight's vote on banning algorithmic price fixing tools for Portland rentals.
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At a time when Portlanders are suffering from an affordability crisis, when thousands face threat of eviction, we have an obligation to act to protect the half of our population who rent. Bad faith slandering from right wing colleagues won’t deter me from fighting for tenants.
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
At a time when Portlanders are suffering from an affordability crisis, when thousands face threat of eviction, we have an obligation to act to protect the half of our population who rent. Bad faith slandering from right wing colleagues won’t deter me from fighting for tenants.
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After all the dismissiveness and misleading presentation of growth rates, there's basically no escaping the fact that US data centre growth is a globally significant story that is directly incentivising new fossil fuel use and infrastructure growth
Feeling pretty vindicated, given last year's WEO
Feeling pretty vindicated, given last year's WEO
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
After all the dismissiveness and misleading presentation of growth rates, there's basically no escaping the fact that US data centre growth is a globally significant story that is directly incentivising new fossil fuel use and infrastructure growth
Feeling pretty vindicated, given last year's WEO
Feeling pretty vindicated, given last year's WEO
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New York was on the precipice of enacting an all-electric building standard. Then it backed down.
New York pauses its landmark gas ban in new buildings
The state will delay enforcement until a legal dispute is settled, the latest in a string of moves from Gov. Hochul to “govern in reality” around energy.
www.canarymedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
New York was on the precipice of enacting an all-electric building standard. Then it backed down.
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
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Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
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Some people are obvious in their hatred for their unsheltered neighbors but other people I’m like…do you genuinely actually believe sweeps are helping people and connecting them to services? It’s 3 guys in a bio rapid response truck…
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Some people are obvious in their hatred for their unsheltered neighbors but other people I’m like…do you genuinely actually believe sweeps are helping people and connecting them to services? It’s 3 guys in a bio rapid response truck…
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
Federal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but…
www.urban.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
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Here's another piece about how Portland's methods, ie sweeps without bountiful supportive housing and services for people to be "swept" into, do not work, and kill people www.propublica.org/article/port...
Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.
The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's another piece about how Portland's methods, ie sweeps without bountiful supportive housing and services for people to be "swept" into, do not work, and kill people www.propublica.org/article/port...
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The only reason S&P didn’t give PacifiCorp a lower rating is because they acknowledge Berkshire could help solve the company’s “liquidity crisis.” Meanwhile PacifiCorp execs continue to say they need state legislatures to protect them: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/03/31/p...
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The only reason S&P didn’t give PacifiCorp a lower rating is because they acknowledge Berkshire could help solve the company’s “liquidity crisis.” Meanwhile PacifiCorp execs continue to say they need state legislatures to protect them: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/03/31/p...
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It’s increasingly clear Berkshire’s strategy to keep PacifiCorp solvent in face of wildfire lawsuits is to have its lobbyists pressure state lawmakers into providing liability limits (at ratepayer expense) rather than dipping into Berkshire’s extraordinary profits
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
S&P downgrades PacifiCorp to lowest investment-grade rating - Portland Business Journal
PacifiCorp last week described a cascade of financial and operational challenges it could face if its credit were to fall below investment grade. It's now a step closer to that happening.
www.bizjournals.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s increasingly clear Berkshire’s strategy to keep PacifiCorp solvent in face of wildfire lawsuits is to have its lobbyists pressure state lawmakers into providing liability limits (at ratepayer expense) rather than dipping into Berkshire’s extraordinary profits
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
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The lesson that Schumer learned from the March debacle:
- do a better job timing the cave to Trump so it happens on Sunday night, not during the day when offices can be lobbied
- do a better job picking senators who are retiring or not up in '26 to vote aye
- make sure you don't have to vote aye
- do a better job timing the cave to Trump so it happens on Sunday night, not during the day when offices can be lobbied
- do a better job picking senators who are retiring or not up in '26 to vote aye
- make sure you don't have to vote aye
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The lesson that Schumer learned from the March debacle:
- do a better job timing the cave to Trump so it happens on Sunday night, not during the day when offices can be lobbied
- do a better job picking senators who are retiring or not up in '26 to vote aye
- make sure you don't have to vote aye
- do a better job timing the cave to Trump so it happens on Sunday night, not during the day when offices can be lobbied
- do a better job picking senators who are retiring or not up in '26 to vote aye
- make sure you don't have to vote aye
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This article contends that the Sierra Club's effort to integrate social justice into its mission was the cause of turmoil. My perspective suggests a simpler reason: Poor leadership.
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This article contends that the Sierra Club's effort to integrate social justice into its mission was the cause of turmoil. My perspective suggests a simpler reason: Poor leadership.