Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Thoughts on this???? If there is a rational reason, I would love to be educated. Seems like a horrible waste. As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Assuring that families have the supports they need is good for our communities, economy and future prosperity. Going backwards is unacceptable. reader.theoregonian.com/states-expan...

Senator Merkley town hall thoughtful questions. “Where is our Project 2028?” “How do we protect social security, our parks, healthcare?” “How do we stop fascism?” “Tell the young people you know who are gay, trans…. That you love them…they won’t know if you don’t tell them…. We are scared….”

Holding on and continuing to monitor what our courts are doing in this very tumultuous time. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Commissioner Chang is the strong lone voice in the tumultuous sea. Despite the steps backwards, I believe MLK when he said, the moral arc of the universe spends towards justice“ We will find our way forward again.

@michaeloleary.bsky.social thank for welcoming me to bsky!!

Happy to join bsky and so many of my friends that have decided to focus here. Connection, community, change. Moving forward. We got this!