It’s wild that no other media outlet besides the Mercury is covering the Dan Ryan text saga…like, these lobbyists were calling councilors of color racial epithets. They called me a burrito. Meanwhile there were ten million stories about daddy gate, but crickets on this? Disparity in standards

“He will be subject to contempt if he violates the order,” Judge Rees said.

Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 6h ago

A Multnomah County judge ordered Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone until an ongoing public records lawsuit is resolved. “This is not a game of cat and mouse," Judge David Rees said. "There are some indications that those games are being played, and it has to stop today."

lol

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 8h ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to supply diesel fuel to the global marketplace, President Trump said, a move that could ease prices but effectively aligns Washington with Moscow and against Ukraine and its bombing of Russian energy infrastructure.

Last night, this PAC reported a $90k contribution from United for Portland Action Fund. Their first transaction was reported 9/25, while the PAC itself filed for formation on 9/28 (all info on ORESTAR) More trouble for Jon Isaacs and his wealthy handlers!

Willamette Week@wweek.com · yesterday

Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.

PBA/Metro Chamber PACs. You get digging on it and it’s just a handful of real estate developers/investors and a few assorted regular complainers. 147 entities, 570 transactions, $8,320,892.51. Trans Date 5 Oct 2020 through 25 Sept. Data current as of post date.

Seems I’m not the only one seeing this pattern

Kevin Foster@kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 13h ago

OR Secretary of State Tobias Read has now refused to investigate nine election complaints in cases that are damaging to DSA candidates. Noemi Legaspi lied in the voter pamphlet about her opponent Lesly Muñoz hiring a convicted felon. Insane. Then there’s Chief Day’s statements about Mitch Green:

During the city club debate Torres was the only candidate to say she’d vote to use PCEF for police. The climate debate yesterday she said she wouldn’t. Novick said no both times.

Yo, a second PCEF debate flip flopper has hit the building

Jamey Evenstar@jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 14h ago

This!! Olivia Clark and I were in the Climate Justice forum one night where she said she wanted PCEF dollars to go to transit, and the next night at City Club she said she wanted PCEF dollars to go to police. She’s just lying right to people’s faces!

Tobias Read is in full dereliction of duty now. Lesly Muñoz’s opponent lied in the voter guide, admitted it, and Read won’t investigate. He just allows right wingers to walk all over our election rules.

Tonight at the 350 PDX forum, Kellie Torres said she won’t use PCEF for police. Now that folks are catching on that she’s the most conservative (viable) candidate in 3 she’s just going to say anything & hope we all ignore who her backers are.

Nick@ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Question about would have supported safer Portland initiative Everyone says no except Kellie Torres 4/4 answers most conservative on panel so far

Hey Portland, here’s a “don’t rank” guide from “a group of Portlanders who spend our free time organizing in the community. For years we have worked on grassroots, pro-people campaigns: things like universal preschool, tenant protections, labor union campaigns, funding our schools, and more.”

If you’re tired of old guard grifters spending outrageous amounts of money to unseat people who are fighting for you, you need to get out and canvass. We don’t get nice things unless we do the work.

"Business and Labor." To state the obvious, Labor isn't a monolith. And you should know that there is significant daylight between the social justice unionism of Jobs with Justice (and many of our members, frankly) with the politics of the Portland Metro Chamber.

Willamette Week@wweek.com · yesterday

Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.

Who we got here? * The Portland Metro Council (aka Portland Business Alliance) * Laurie Wimmer (lobbyist and total reactionary who managed to get herself a sinecure in the Northwest Oregon Labor Council) * The building trades union who want that sweet, sweet Moda Center renovation cash.

Willamette Week@wweek.com · yesterday

Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.

So just conservative

Willamette Week@wweek.com · yesterday

Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.

From accountants, to musicians, coffee and bagel shops, artists, business alliances, unions, faith leaders, and experts, we heard overwhelmingly supportive testimony for the Fair Share Tax today. It was loud and clear that Portlanders are ready for City Council to pass this, now let's get it done.

Councilor Angelita Morillo@councilormorillo.bsky.social · yesterday

Today’s Fair Share Tax testimonies were inspiring and reminded us that we can make progress when we unite to address economic inequality. We deserve an economy that empowers working families and small businesses and strengthens our neighborhoods, not one that benefits only those at the top.

They can’t disclose specifics as it was info provided in confidence, but this looks telling: “We will not ask transgender Oregonians to accept less dignity, less safety, or less belonging in exchange for political convenience.”

opposition to the fair share tax proposal like

These people are cowards and completely sold on the dumbest threats from corporate America

Garden Dad@portlandpride.bsky.social · yesterday

Conservatives on Portland City Council pretending that giant corporations will pull out of Portland if we tax them a tiny bit is RIDICULOUS. Coco-Cola is not pulling out of Portland. Amazon is not going to stop delivering to Portland. Starbucks might, but fuck Starbucks.

There is no way in fuckass hell I am ranking a Portland cop.

well, well, well

Mary Rarick@maryrarick.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good they’ve finally seen the light.

Reposting my own post—Is Go Portland Go going to convince commercial real estate owners to admit the market has changed and to lower rents to entice small businesses downtown? Or nah? #

Perfect comment. No notes.

lol

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

Every progressive in Portland rn

Here’s the clip!

pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 2d ago

They asked me about my decorum and I reminded them women are being raped at Cornell, a woman running for Congress was raped in the middle of the night, so they should worry less about me being a bitch (a very gendered critique considering other behavior on council) and deliver for the working class

The amount of times that Kellie Torres positively talked about “public-private” partnerships as a solution to the budget crisis means she is primed to sell off our public assets. She was beaming about this in the debate. My face when she said this must have registered 99% disgust.

Nick@ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Torres gesturing at public-private partnerships for parks 🚩🚩🚩 Also wants to use PCEF for parks

This would be a continuation of the same machine that sold off the Portland Tennis Center to private enterprise.

Nick@ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Torres gesturing at public-private partnerships for parks 🚩🚩🚩 Also wants to use PCEF for parks

Kellie Torres needs to condemn and repudiate her former boss Dan Ryan for destroying evidence in the middle of a lawsuit about him withholding text messages about public business from public records requests

Dan Ryan is rallying people to vote against the Fair Share tax proposal lol Great reason to testify in support!