Portland-area taxes need major overhaul, advisory group says A group of Portland-area business lobbyists, financial managers and company heads want to overhaul several local taxes — and change how local taxes are adopted in the first place.

A group of Portland-area business lobbyists, advisors and leaders want to overhaul several recently-adopted — and regularly criticized — taxes, including Preschool for All, the Supportive Housing Services tax & Portland Clean Energy Fund.

Israeli opposition leader Lapid rallies behind Iran operation, after months of criticizing Netanyahu Israel's opposition leader pushed just days ago to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Absolutely unhinged that people are defending Israel's aggression against Iran. Like yeah the Iranian dictatorship is awful and we all remember them brutalizing the feminist movement a few years ago. But Israel is a democracy that CHOOSES to commit genocide. The average Israeli VOTES for this.

BREAKING: LA solidarity protesters in Austin are occupying JJ Pickle Federal Building, which houses local ICE processing center

portlanders: it’s time to boycott society hotel. society hotel owners call the cops on people trying to give resources to people experiencing homelessness. don’t bring out of towners there and do not support any of their businesses. portland stands with community free store

old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.

Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”

Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”

Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

Wish I were one of Elon's kids so I'd never see him again

BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

"Hitler been dead, y'all livin' in the 40s" is an incredible quote, thank you Lincoln Heights

You can extinguish tear gas canisters!

Wearing gloves, submerge the canister in a wide-mouthed water jug containing baking soda, dish soap, and/or vegetable oil—3 tablespoons of each per liter of water.

Cover the top with one hand, just enough to keep the gas from getting out, and shake the jug.

The murders of Indigenous activists mark the death of the planet Amid capitalism’s war on the environment and its defenders, we need Indigenous communities more than ever.

Indigenous activists are being assisinated in the 100's every year in the Americas yet the media ignores the Indigenous activists killed in the USA or dying young under suspicious circumstances.
Like Tortuguita of #stopcopcity
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Love a city with a strong mural arts program

21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City - A Series - UNICORN RIOT These reports reveal that Minneapolis, Hennepin County and retail giant Target Corp. have engaged in a decades-long sweeping surveillance operation.

How Target Corp., the City of Minneapolis, and Hennepin County Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population

A 12-Part Investigative Series by UR Contributor Marjaan Sirdar

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A big misconception about Greenland is that since it’s labeled a Danish colony, its residents are just a bunch of white dudes named Kristian—which is extremely harmful and inaccurate.

The population is 85% Indigenous! It belongs to the Kalaallit people, not to Denmark and CERTAINLY not to the U.S.

Portland homeless accounted for majority of police arrests in 2017, analysis finds Most often, Portland officers arrested homeless people on property, drug or low-level crimes. The vast majority of the arrests, 84 percent, were for non-violent offenses, the analysis found.

The History of Portland Street Response

June 2018 - @oregonian.com: "Portland homeless accounted for majority of police arrests in 2017, analysis finds"

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baked potatoes can save lives! bake ten pounds of potatoes in the coldest hours of the night, and give them to unhoused people.

"Guillotine the Rich"
Seen in Minneapolis, MN

I have nothing to add, but rooting for this

Have u guys heard of archive dot org? No reason

Fuck the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.

Riot cops covered in pink paint during a riotous demonstration against the NATO conference in Montreal last night.