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City Council Puts Financial Crackdown On Detention Facilities Amid increased police overtime costs and complaints about environmental contaminants related to a local immigration processing center, Portland City Council passed a new land use fee December 3, targe...

Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.

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In the face of infinite slings and arrows, the Greens chug along with the mundane business of party building.

YouTube video by Bad Faith Can DSA Leftists Defend Running for Congress? W/ Ritchie Torres Challenger Dalourny Nemorin

Includes "an extended debate on the value of running to become a Democratic congress member when so many progressives before her seem to have been more changed by the system than the other way around."

Gore doesn't think third parties made the difference.

But as I argue in the essay, scapegoating Nader and third parties writ large is easier than fixing what ails the Democratic Party.

Juan Gonzalez asks a question that goes unanswered: What happens if Trump undermines elections?

Spoiler or Scapegoat? How Democrats took the wrong lessons from 2000, never looked back, and are still paying the price.

That conventional wisdom has hindered Dems for a generation.

Larry Summers Banned from American Economic Association Over Close Ties to Epstein Former U.S. treasury secretary and former Harvard President Larry Summers has been banned from the American Economic Association over his close ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Recently revealed emails show Summers stayed in close contact with Epstein …

Former U.S. treasury secretary Larry Summers has been banned from the American Economic Association over his close ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Jan Haaken has a growing oeuvre of Oscar-worthy work.

Thank you. I'm so tired of people using my city as a political punching bag.

This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”

YouTube video by JHaaken Productions TRAILER for SUMUD: A Doctor's Report on Genocide and Survival in Gaza

"My name is Travis Meleen, and I'm an anesthesiologist here in Portland, Oregon. This summer is my second trip to Gaza."

Trailer for a new documentary from Jan Haaken, director of THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION and ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE.

YouTube video by Angrynomics Angrynomics: capitalism 4.0

"90% good" is a smokescreen for decades-old systemic rot.

Whatever capitalism's would-be reformers have in mind, they should probably get started.

"If you believe that Most Red State Voters Suck Forever and Deserve What They Get, you do not have any ideas interesting enough to listen to on these questions."

Precisely this. Too many on Team Blue have dismissed Team Red voters forever, and are fighting an eternal zero-sum game.

Lightning in a Bottle - The American Prospect Regulatory capture is at the root of the affordability crisis in electricity. Public power could offer a way out.

We've got 2 great stories today in our series about drivers of the affordability crisis.
First up by James Baratta: Electricity rates are set by public utility commissions. But that process has become captured, with corporate utilities pushing through rate hikes and extracting profits.

YouTube video by Grand Illusions Takara Pocket Critters

Faberge in plastic.

c: @bystandersnomore.bsky.social

YouTube video by JHaaken Productions TRAILER for SUMUD: A Doctor's Report on Genocide and Survival in Gaza

"The film follows an American anesthesiologist volunteering in Gaza, with commentary from an Egyptian-Canadian journalist and writer reporting on the genocide. The [Portland, Oregon-based] doctor calls out the medical profession in the US."

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When This City Caught Wind ICE Was Moving Into Town, Residents Fought Back Newport, Oregon is using public pressure and legal avenues to make the state’s sanctuary law a reality in practice.

After rumors that Trump could be planning Oregon’s first ICE detention facility in Newport, hundreds of Oregonians turned out to voice unanimous opposition to the facility.

Where Did 2025 Go? Stadium Deals, Water Crisis, and Year-End Maryland Politics YouTube video by Andy Ellis & Owen Silverman Andrews for Maryland

Tomorrow | Maryland

— Orioles and Ravens stadium financing
— Allegany County water bill crisis
— Campaign milestones, legislative developments, and what we're watching as we head into 2026

#Maryland

Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire: Analysts Analysts and a human rights group say Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire.

“It’s theatre because everyone was fed up with the genocide and keen for it to disappear and not solve it. And that’s exactly what we’ve seen.”

The buck stops elsewhere.

Conceptual art.

The concept is to design upsettingly unusable flatware.

The daily (often multiple times) power outages in NE Portland are horrible and there's really no excuse other than Pacific Power's craven greed and the resulting neglect of the power infrastructure.

Budget cuts to public housing authority could worsen Portland’s affordable housing crisis Multnomah County’s public housing authority, Home Forward, will be cutting staff and rolling back services next month as it faces a $35 million budget shortfall.

Multnomah County’s public housing authority, Home Forward, will be cutting staff and rolling back services next month as it faces a $35 million budget shortfall.

🎉 Our new report is live! "Parity in Portland" shows how public financing, PRCV, and community leadership helped Portland elect a city council that is 50% women, with a majority of women of color — the most representative in its history.

📖 Read → https://bit.ly/48YFIRA

#NewReport #PRCV #Portland

The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes Mayor Wilson came into office with a pledge to end street sleeping by Dec. 1. Today, thousands still live outside.

"Asked to describe his current housing situation, Gard doesn’t hesitate. 'Oh, homeless,' he said. 'A shelter is not a home.'”

Aerial view of Portland Oregon. Text: JOIN US THIS FRIDAY ONLINE OR IN PERSON With: Joe Broach Dec 5, 2025 11 AM (Pacific) PSU TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR How We Get Around: Oregon Travel Study Initial Findings

Household travel surveys are the gold standard for understanding our daily travel. Oregon hasn't had a new survey for over 10 years...until now!

This Friday at Portland State, Joe Broach of Metro will take us through the latest Oregon Travel Survey (OTS):
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