Michelle Brence
@michellebrence.bsky.social
Editor and writer who loves travel, photography, coffee and the Northwest. Former politics/investigative journalist, now the content strategy director at Oregon Health & Science University. Believer in democracy and decency.
If you’re not in #Portland, it’s important to know there are no fires and certainly no hellscape here. If you’ve seen footage of downtown riots on a news network, it probably came from the 2020 demonstrations after George Floyd was killed. Nothing is happening downtown now. (Thread)
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If you’re not in #Portland, it’s important to know there are no fires and certainly no hellscape here. If you’ve seen footage of downtown riots on a news network, it probably came from the 2020 demonstrations after George Floyd was killed. Nothing is happening downtown now. (Thread)
Curious to see what
#Portland is like now? This video captures it, starting at the ICE building. I drive this same route to offices a few blocks from the building once a week, and this is just what it’s like. www.youtube.com/live/TFs7Ii8...
#Portland is like now? This video captures it, starting at the ICE building. I drive this same route to offices a few blocks from the building once a week, and this is just what it’s like. www.youtube.com/live/TFs7Ii8...
What is going on in Portland? Live look at Oregon's largest city, starting from ICE facility
YouTube video by KATU News
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October 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Curious to see what
#Portland is like now? This video captures it, starting at the ICE building. I drive this same route to offices a few blocks from the building once a week, and this is just what it’s like. www.youtube.com/live/TFs7Ii8...
#Portland is like now? This video captures it, starting at the ICE building. I drive this same route to offices a few blocks from the building once a week, and this is just what it’s like. www.youtube.com/live/TFs7Ii8...
Horrifying
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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July 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Horrifying
Reposted by Michelle Brence
“…how democracies fall: not through a single cataclysm but through a slow erosion, aided by polite excuses and reluctant nods.”
If you’re not already following
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@therickwilson.bsky.social please do. Sharp as a knife, as always:
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Forever Never Trump
My Response To Bret Stephens
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December 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
“…how democracies fall: not through a single cataclysm but through a slow erosion, aided by polite excuses and reluctant nods.”
If you’re not already following
@therickwilson.bsky.social please do. Sharp as a knife, as always:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
If you’re not already following
@therickwilson.bsky.social please do. Sharp as a knife, as always:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Our son is home from Japan. Now I’m ready to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah 🕎!
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Our son is home from Japan. Now I’m ready to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah 🕎!
Does this happen where you live? In Portland, it’s common to call out “Thank you!” when stepping off a bus or leaving a neighborhood shop. Proprietors often call out “Thanks for coming in!” It’s nice. Portlanders, by and large, are otherwise reserved.
December 1, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Does this happen where you live? In Portland, it’s common to call out “Thank you!” when stepping off a bus or leaving a neighborhood shop. Proprietors often call out “Thanks for coming in!” It’s nice. Portlanders, by and large, are otherwise reserved.
Strolled through Portland’s Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden today for a bracing dose of beauty.
December 1, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Strolled through Portland’s Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden today for a bracing dose of beauty.