Glonzo Barnett III
@husseman.bsky.social
Business person and freelance journalist | Sports and Oregon politics, somehow | Formerly The Only Liberal on the City Council | Subscribe to your local news outlet | Culture is defined by what we tolerate
My personal portfolio is among the top 5 performers in both July and YTD performance. Hire me, and I’ll charge much less than 2&20
Librarian Capital@librariancapital.bsky.social · 12h ago"Whale Rock Sank 22% as AI Selloff Crippled Hedge Fund Returns" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I'm really glad that ESPN got rid of a talented and knowledgeable dude like Ryan Clark so they could pay a sleeveless punter more money so Aaron Rodgers could be on TV complaining about Dr. Fauci. What the absolute fuck is wrong with everyone
Republicans love pushing vocational-only education instead of comprehensive-education because they want a healthy supply of low-cost servants and less competition for the professional and boss jobs they want their own kids to have.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · yesterdayIn a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out.
Utter insubordination from the Portland Police Bureau. Heads ought to start rolling here
Kori 🌹@koriander.bsky.social · 20h agoLooks like it’s happening, not sure what they could possibly gain from the suit after missing the filing deadline
And to think, we could have taken some millions of $’s from the police and put it towards funding social services. Instead we have a police department that defunds itself by spending all of its money on flying in weird paid signature gatherers for petitions that fail.
Kaliko Castille@wizkaliko.bsky.social · 21h agoLooks like Portland Police aren't going to be able to raid PCEF to hire more cops when they can't even hire for the positions they already have open.....sorry about your luck!
if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it
wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d agoThe DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
Hey Portland folks: A good friend of mine, a Black woman who works in the tech industry, created this initiative rewarding volunteer efforts with credits to be spent at local businesses. She did an awesome job! Check it out; please repost for the signal boost. www.rosecityrewards.io
Rose City Rewards — Volunteer in Portland, Earn Local Rewards
Earn credits for volunteering with Portland nonprofits and redeem them at local businesses. Show up for your community — we'll make sure it counts.
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Rob Nosse’s Oregon House district is the smallest by land area in the entire state. Nobody who supports the Frog Ferry lives below the seventh floor of a downtown Portland apartment building.
Mickolas@mickjpg.bsky.social · yesterdayOregon Rep. Rob Nosse is committed to supporting a fantasy ferry service in Portland during the legislative session while leaving @trimet.org and our existing public transit service to crumble and fail
Pretty sure city officials can’t delete posts made from their official accounts. Sounds like a state ethics violation to me. Someone should report that…
Brandon Mullen@brandonmullen.com · yesterdayCouncilor Olivia Clark has since deleted this statement where she claims an "urgent need" for "stronger public safety protections to crack down on squatters" are needed in response to the Centennial Mills building fire. We do not yet know the cause of the fire.
Preview of coming attractions: if Drazan is elected governor in November, she’ll implement a serious austerity budget that will take funds from Oregon cities…and place them into organizations she controls, like Rep. Greg Smith has done for decades. Shaanth is such a good reporter.
Shaanth Nanguneri@shaanthx.bsky.social · yesterdayThe situation offers insight into how one of Oregon’s most successful recent statewide Republican politicians handled her finances in the run-up to a campaign. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...
Banger report from @shaanthx.bsky.social on self-dealing from Oregon's Republican gov. hopeful. Sen. Christine Drazan registered a new consulting business in 2023, then a new nonprofit 3 weeks later, then paid her consulting biz $100k from the nonprofit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...
How Drazan’s consulting firm pocketed nearly $100k from her nonprofit with little oversight • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The situation offers insight into how one of Oregon’s most successful recent Republican politicians handled her finances ahead of a campaign.
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One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterdayBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
For anyone who cares, my Oregon congressional rankings: 1. Wyden/Merkley, the GOATs 2. Salinas, taking care of OR-6 on the low 3. Bonamici, her resolution to impeach Linda McMahon is a power move 4. Dexter, needs to sustain the righteous fury IMO 5. Bynum, right for OR-5 but not the moment
Just shows the fear is about information being easily accessible to the public People don’t actually want public engagement they want the appearance of engagement
Portland’s finest canners, boosters, layabouts and wasteoids are hard at work cracking the case of whether every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d agochat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
Researchers who surveyed women inside Coffee Creek starting in 2017 found that 65% were in an abusive relationship at the time of their crime, with nearly 45% saying the relationship contributed to their conviction. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/01/w...
Why sentencing reform for domestic violence survivors keeps falling short in Oregon • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Advocates and lawmakers in Oregon have introduced bills to allow judges to reduce a sentence based on how coercion and abuse played a role in the crime these laws in three legislative sessions, but…
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This news story, and not the typo, is nuts
Sickos Committee@sickoscommittee.org · 2d agoWHOA that’s wild. For folks who don’t know, Webster has won 7 national titles in chess and was a perineal contender for the title. THEY WERE CO CHAMPS IN 2025. Looks like the school was spending $1 million a year on the program. Also visa issues. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Is she going to make it through this season before one or more players rearranges her face and knee ligaments?
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d agoWho could have seen this coming other than everyone?
municipals and states have got to start thinking about creating their own 18Fs, man
Just had a thought: Hermiston (OR) HS competes in the WIAA now, a move made to get away from a travel-heavy HS league in Oregon (and, presumably, to win more games). Are the Hermiston High girls now subject to genital exams from Republican men in southern WA now? Isn’t that a civil rights violation?
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
You’d think Portland leaders would want this, but instead they’re basically working with the Portland Metro Chamber to figure out how many billions of dollars they can pay to have Tom Dundon move the Trail Blazers out of town (Progressive Caucus obviously the exception here)
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 3d agoCincinnati has developed a Climate Migration Readiness Plan to absorb as many as 525,000 newcomers by 2050. It calls for building much denser housing, expanding public transit and decreasing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels.
yeah he sees himself as being in a negotiation with Iran but at war with Minnesota
Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 3d agoStill can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol
Centennial Mills is owned by the same person who owns the ICE facility in South Waterfront, so get ready for some discourse
Goth Capo@tinalope.bsky.social · 3d agoGoddamn. (Photo stolen from r/Portland)
NASTY header goal for Cabo Verde!! They got one more in them??
