Three new memorial portraits for those killed by ICE, all in September last year.
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Having looked at placer.ai for a previous job, it’s so creepy (they get data from phone apps that track and sell your location) and also very expensive. Who is paying for it?
No. They got the bandaid bill though after they failed to get a proper transportation bill passed.
folks, SB 1601 is bad news. from the @portlanddsa.bsky.social ecosocialist working group newsletter, it would result in the following cuts:
“They threw my dad out like an animal, and now I have no dad.”
Paulino Martin San Pedro was an Oregonian. He was a beloved community member. This administration murdered him.
His family has a gofundme here: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-pauli...
We have so many shitty centrist do nothings on council it makes no sense that amount of heat people have for her. Like go yell at Dan Ryan like an adult.
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
There have been hugely successful campaigns to fight prison and jail construction across the country, especially in rural areas. These bring together hunters, environmentalists, Indigenous people, prison abolitionists, and immigrant advocates as well as people concerned about land use.
We are moving towards the objective we want to achieve (making lack of support for trans right an untenable position for any democrat to take) by refusing to vote for anyone who can’t meet that threshold.
Yes it is. When there is a concerted effort to rollback rights and attack trans people, you need to fight back. I keep seeing people say dems won’t attack us but also won’t defend us. But we are under attack! Not fighting for trans people is collaboration with the GOPs harm.
Actually Gavin and the GOP listen to exactly the same far right freaks when it comes to trans people. That’s the whole problem.
Funding cuts are threatening an innovative music program at Portland Community College, but students and faculty are not letting it go away silently.
In the same statement he legitimized the lie that DHS was telling that the two people boarder patrol shot were gang affiliated. I swear libs just turn their brains off
Lmao what a bunch of bullshit. The police lying to make the people harmed by ice look like dangerous criminals is absolutely relevant. Police are not and will never be on our side.
What about him backing up the (now proven false) allegations that the people Boarder Patrol shot were gang members?
PPB is not against ICE, they are against ICE making them look bad.
Bootlicker
Portland Mayor Wilson agreeing to be interviewed by the guy convicted of stealing funds and resources from the poorest of the poor in our community, Kevin Dahlgren.
Don't do this, don't legitimize these thieving grifters who trying to build a platform by punching down on people.
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
Ryan is a clown
Not to mention the labor violations… seems bad to have a council president accused of retaliating against the staff union
Anyone going to bring up Smith’s being accused of union busting? I think retaliating against the city council staff union is disqualifying.
Smith isn’t part of the progressive caucus
God this is awful
I clocked Mayor Wilson waiting to weaponize this against Hisserich the second the story broke.
Ask: why would Wilson oust an international expert in social housing?
Because he never really cared about creating a sustainable and affordable housing landscape for everyday Portlanders.
I imagine if these people didn’t have weekly garbage pick up their dwellings would accumulate a lot of trash too…
We’re doing it again! If you missed the last Community Jail Support onboarding, join us at The Marie Equi Center on November 23rd to learn how to start doing jail support, and connect with others to collaborate with.
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We know this policy is cruel and ineffective BUT we’re going to do it anyway? What’s wrong with you?
Totally speculation but it might be the strained relationship with local police. PPB is heavily scrutinized/disliked in Portland, we have a new much more left and critical city council. Seems like PPB doesn’t want to get dragged into ICE’s mess and having less backup might make them less bold?
Yall are willing to abandon the interests of a demographic (LGBTQ+ people) where over 80% voted for Harris? That seems incredibly foolish.
