Protected bike lane, coming soon to SW 4th Ave

More silly costumes. Fewer black masks.

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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A group of elementary aged kids riding to school

Roving gangs of delinquents patrolling the streets. #WarTornPortland

My office is reaching out to the White House and Homeland Security for more information. We have been provided no information on the reason or purpose of any military mission. There is no national security threat in Portland. Our communities are safe and calm.

This is so smart.

Screenshot from Portland Maps with aerial view of site and text "New 2-story bldg. with mezzanine for single occupant music venue including supportive spaces of food services, artist locker rooms, loading dock, offices and artist lounge. **w/25-013904-MT**"

Rendering of the venue

A building permit was issued last week for the Live Nation venue on SE Water Ave: www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...

That's now two music venues under construction, with capacities for 3,500 (Live Nation) and 4,250 (AEG) people.

Why both? I’m so confused.

Same, I was wondering why is he so excited over pillows.

The death of Estela Ramos Baten Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.

NEW: Recently we reported on L.A. honor student and track star Nory Sontay Ramos and her mom Estela, deported after a routine immigration check-in. Weeks after we met them in Guatemala, where they were in hiding, Estela died suddenly. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

Contributor: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That's now probable cause. The Constitution is a living promise, meant to protect the people when power overreached. On Monday, the justices decided it doesn't apply to everyone.

You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That’s now probable cause.

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At a complete loss as to why Trump would attack these specific mayors.

Bonus for getting a shot of the car parked in the wrong direction.

Kind of the platonic ideal of what 5 over 1s can be.

Over 120 years ago, some of the original inhabitants of #Vancouver were put on a barge by settlers + set adrift in English Bay.

Their village, which was called Sen̓áḵw, was then burned down.

Today, 3 towers are rising at the site of that village.

The development, called Sen̓áḵw, is being built...
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How every blue state can counter new GOP gerrymanders For many, fighting fire with fire won't be easy, but it's always possible

There's been a lot of misinformation and wishful thinking out there about how Dems might counter new GOP gerrymanders, so we just published a special report explaining how *every* single blue state (and a few purple ones) could respond.

We've left no stone unturned. Read our piece below.

If we are going to talk about legendary wrestlers of the 1980s who are no longer with us, I’d much rather talk about Roddy Piper.

An iconic character and larger than life presence, Roddy was a good man, too.

He also courageously went public about Pat Patterson being a sexual predator. (1/3) 🧵🤼

Was in Greece recently in an absolutely tiny elevator and made me think of you and this topic.

Ireland NIMBYism is so funny because they’ll talk about the four horsemen of the apocalypse bringing a thousand year winter of hell caused by a building that would be like the 9th-tallest in Cincinnati

A lot of people don’t have just one 12oz can of soda. There some people who’ll go through 2-3 cans a day.

Guns kill more US children than other causes, but state policies can help, study finds • Minnesota Reformer More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial disparities — in states with more permissive gun policies, according to a new stud...

Guns kill more US children than other causes, but state policies can help, study finds.

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

The news isn’t being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. She’s probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.

Because Sellwood.

‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.

State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.

Article title: Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting Article Abstract How do stigmatized minorities advance agendas when confronted with hostile majorities? Elite theories of influence posit marginal groups exert little power. I propose the concept of agenda seeding to describe how activists use methods like disruption to capture the attention of media and overcome political asymmetries. Further, I hypothesize protest tactics influence how news organizations frame demands. Evaluating black-led protests between 1960 and 1972, I find nonviolent activism, particularly when met with state or vigilante repression, drove media coverage, framing, congressional speech, and public opinion on civil rights. Counties proximate to nonviolent protests saw presidential Democratic vote share increase 1.6–2.5%. Protester-initiated violence, by contrast, helped move news agendas, frames, elite discourse, and public concern toward “social control.” In 1968, using rainfall as an instrument, I find violent protests likely caused a 1.5–7.9% shift among whites toward Republicans and tipped the election. Elites may dominate political communication but hold no monopoly.

I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On Belmont?

What a well written piece.

Are you talking about Lucier? I remember the chef had a place in the Pearl before the Great Recession that was pretty solid. Didn’t realize who was behind both places.

What! Do you remember the location?