Rachel Monahan
rachelmonahan.bsky.social
Rachel Monahan
@rachelmonahan.bsky.social
Reporter/editor, but here as a reader at least for now
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The Custom Oregon Plate MOSSES was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #MOSSES
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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TIL that the collective noun (like pod of whales or murder of crows) for frogs is... "army"
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Immergut almost immediately interjects: How is that not violation of my order...you are officer of court, how is that not circumventing? My order was based on conditions in Portland...
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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We don’t talk enough about b-roll honestly
According to Oregon, Trump got the idea that Portland is on fire because Fox News illustrated a September 5 story on protests of ICE with video from the George Floyd riots in 2020.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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% in various states who say "most people can be trusted"

47% in Utah (highest)
46% in New Hampshire
46% in Oregon

24% in Alabama
24% in Arkansas
23% in Mississippi (lowest)

www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/a...
May 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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📊 Introducing #Portland's first crowdsourced EGG PRICE TRACKER! 🥚

Help Stumptown Savings track egg prices. Together, we'll build a database showing egg price trends across the city.

Submit prices: stumptownsavings.com/p/portland-e...

#Portland #GrocerySavings #EggPrices #ShopLocal
Help Us Track Egg Prices Across Portland: Introducing the Egg Price Tracker
Portland's first crowdsourced egg price tracker: Cracking the code on rising grocery costs.
stumptownsavings.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M.
theonion.com/nadir-o...
Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M.
WASHINGTON—An international panel of leading anthropologists, cultural critics, biologists, and social theorists announced this week that Western civilization will reach its lowest conceivable point at 3:32 p.m. Friday.
theonion.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Hey guess what I have some good news! This is from data I got this afternoon.

year 1 after Portland's fourplex legalization: 1% of new housing citywide
year 2: 7%
year 3: ***26%***

Some things take some time to pay off.

These delightful 20-somethings bought one of them; told me they love it.
February 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Reading blog. On a fiction jag starting in mid-Oct. From that NYT list:

My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
November 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM