Eric

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

Aside from the tone-deafness of these priorities, the "business taxes have increased by an astonishing 81%" is a textbook case of lying with statistics. Let's look at the likely source for this claim: an EY report commisioned by Oregon Business & Industry: oregonbusinessindustry.com/wp-content/u...

We live in one of the least-taxed, most unequal countries on Earth. It's unsurprising, but utterly shameless, for the Portland Metro Chamber to continue to pedal the fiction that Portland's businesses are especially tax burdened.

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

Reminder: the GOP DIDN'T HAVE the votes to fund DHS yesterday.

The only reason they got the funding was because these seven Democrats handed it to them on a silver platter.

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

Recent Events Could Shift the Debate Over Who Should Run City Council The result is that when the council resumes deliberations this week, Peacock will have a much stronger case that it can mount an uncompromised response to the right-wing agenda Portlanders most fear.

“I also believe in the power of a people’s movement to effectively push back against authoritarian power, and I believe it’s important to put that belief into action. That is where I choose to put my energy when fascism is at our doorstep.”

- @councilormorillo.bsky.social

These people need to be opposed unequivocally. The era of these PBA-aligned “power players” is over

Four candidates holding a"socialism in our time" scarf

Congratulations to our endorsees: Mitch Green, Angelita Morillo and Tiffany Koyama-Lane for City Council, and Farrah Chaichi for the Oregon Statehouse!

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ICE out of our cities!

I feel like i should be praying for the other people

Waking up to the news that the US has bombed Venezuela, kidnapped its president, and will now seek to decide its fate (i.e. “liberate” its natural resources). We don’t have money for basic infrastructure in our local communities, but we can always start new wars? Absolutely sickening.

vayanse al carajo yanquis de mierda

Solidarity with the people of Venezuela

No war! 🇻🇪

Very weird feeling waiting for the president to announce an illegal war based on total bullshit that they made up right in front of our faces on TV, almost like I've lived through this moment before

ICYMI: Preschool for All might end up creating universal preschool ahead of schedule despite ongoing attacks from local business interests and politicians who argue every which way that the big struggle families face in President Trump's America is wealthy people paying too many income taxes✨

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

pay close attention to WHO produces this kind of bullshit, WHERE they get their money, and WHICH OUTLETS launder it

Adopt a Day Labor Corner Portland 12/2 · National Day Laborer Organizing Network The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), Portland Voz and IMA are calling on the public to Adopt a Day Labor Corner. Please join us Tuesday, December 2nd for a workshop and conversation...

VOZ worker's center is offering another Adopt a Corner day laborer support training on December 2! This is a great way to get out there and support migrants in the face of ICE attacks. Join your DSA comrades and tell your friends! Sign up: www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...

Is Dan Ryan stupid? Previously I just thought he sucked but is he also stupid?

how innnnteresting

On October 15, Portland City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance proposed by Portland DSA member @councilorkanal.bsky.social that puts our 2017 sanctuary status officially in the city code!

Less visible homelessness in downtown Portland doesn’t mean there’s less homelessness in Portland.

Councilor Mitch Green Portland City Council, District 4 1221 SW 4th Ave. # 240, Portland, OR, 97204 Media Contact: Maria Sipin, Chief of Staff maria.sipin2@portlandoregon.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Councilor Mitch Green’s Statement on November 1st Camping Ban Enforcement Policy October 30, 2025 “We have seen ICE and the National Guard perform homeless sweeps in other cities where they've been deployed, and we’ve heard Trump calling for increased sweeps and even disappearance of unhoused people. It is a bad, cruel, and failed policy when the Trump administration does it, and it is a bad, cruel, and failed policy when the city of Portland does it. As we face the very real possibility of federal troops being deployed to our streets to target one group of vulnerable people, we absolutely cannot start using our own police to do their work for them by targeting another. Some will argue that sweeps are about safety and compassion, but the evidence is clear and overwhelming. Sweeps kill people. For far too long, Portland has pursued a failed policy of criminalizing poverty. As a result, we’ve spent hundreds of millions of dollars only to see the problem grow, and deaths among our homeless neighbors quadruple between 2019 and 2023. It’s time to change direction. We need to protect ALL Portlanders.

We need to focus on programs that move people closer to housing and stability, not policies that punish and further destabilize. Programs like low-barrier jobs programs, direct rental assistance, food aid, and day shelters that provide hygiene, clothing, and case management. Programs like these are humane, cost-effective, and they work. They address the issue of visible poverty that neighbors and businesses are concerned about, but they do so by offering dignity, not displacement. They break the cycle of disappointment and depression—where people spend all day waiting in lines, worrying about their belongings, with no meaningful work. They are a hand up, not a sweep away. But at the end of the day, the only real, lasting solution to homelessness is to provide deeply affordable housing for all. Unless we stop the flow of folks onto the streets, we’re never going to make real progress. That is why we need to move aggressively towards a Social Housing model— high quality, permanently affordable housing that will serve the vast majority of Portlanders, from the unhoused to the middle class. The choice before us is clear. We can either align ourselves with the politics of division, of sweeps, of cages, and of death, or we can choose the politics of solidarity, of housing, of healthcare, and of life.”

I oppose the resumption of sweeps beginning tomorrow. They are costly, ineffective and cruel. At a time when our Federal government is literally starving our most vulnerable neighbors, we add to that by violently taking from them what little they have? My statement attached.

I think what would help folks feel safe is the following:

1) Turn off KATU
2) Log Off NextDoor
3) Go Outside

didn’t realize precisely how soft mike johnson is but lol

Know your rights training. What to do in encounters with ICE or law enforcement. Tuesday, October 21 at 4 PM. The address is 4511 Southeast Main St. in Portland. Another training will be held Saturday, November 22 at 11 AM at the Clinton Street theater in Portland. Free admission. All are welcome RSVP recommended

✊KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS✊
For more information and to RSVP, click the link: www.ojrc.info/kyr

Portlanders will not be cowed by this administration. When undignitaries like Kristi Noem visit for their photo ops and get mocked by people in animal costumes it’s because that’s the level of respect they deserve. Doing the work of mass deportation is the least honorable thing a person can do.