Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Off topic: Didn't realize the convention center had so many solar panels. Apparently they cover 25% of the building's electrical use. Pretty neat. On topic: there is no way Oregon can pay for two highway widening boondoggles at the same time. We've been saying this. Time to stop the bleed.

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · yesterday

The Portland project’s funding gap raises questions about whether it will proceed as planned. https://mrf.lu/2ZXPL

Why can't we fund the things that actually work and not the pipe dreams that can't read the room and the current state of public transit funding?🤦‍♂️

Mickolas@mickjpg.bsky.social · yesterday

Oregon 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

The rumors are true. Stand by for more.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

Oh my gd. This is so dumb. Why not simply use that money to hire more bus drivers and the like in funding operations, rather then to make transit fare free. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/m...

Pointing to Massachusetts’s fare-free experiment, Markey, Pressley press for a $25 billion federal free transit plan - The Boston Globe

The proposed legislation points to the success of free bus pilots that federal lawmakers say made Massachusetts a “national leader in fare-free transit policy."

bostonglobe.com

Maybe the funniest part of the arena shakedown is seeing investment groups claim loss of "foot traffic" for "small businesses" in the area. Like, what in the fuck are you even talking about? The place is bound by a freeway on one side, an abandoned river silo on the other, and jack shit between.

He dumped water we needed in LA to fight the Palisades wildfires into the Central Valley just to fuck us over and it wasted water they needed for the grow season. No one remembers this either. It's insane.

Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that

if this is going to be the line then fuck these guys

Routle - TriMet 07/31/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

The fact that this guy is shit-talking taxes while demanding taxpayer money for the renovation shows how bad faith this all is. I’m mostly disappointed in the Portlanders who have egged Dundon’s awful behavior on, especially the journalists.

“Divisive political climate” means “they won’t immediately give me 600 million dollars with no questions asked”

Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 6d ago

if this is going to be the line then fuck these guys

Routle - TriMet 07/29/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

CANZONE AGAIN

Your strategy for dealing with the housing shortage (actually building homes where people want to live) pales in comparison with mine (doing nothing until the revolution comes)

Jordan Grimes@cafedujord.bsky.social · last wk.

YIMBYs vs our (leftist, somehow?) opponents

Routle - TriMet 07/28/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

The promised BAT lines on 82nd Avenue are just one of forty six projects currently waiting in indefinite limbo for Trump's DOT to fork over the permits and funding covered in this stellar NYT reporting

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · last wk.

Congress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Trying to ban Mamdani from the 9/11 ceremony for being too close to supporters of terrorism when Trump is trying to do a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia...perhaps a bit of Islamophobia here?

It *could* be a total coincidence that city council president Dunphy is sharing this story about his work with Oregon constituents who had sub-prime loans while Tom Dundon--who made much of his fortune on sub-prime loans--is trying to wrest dollars from the public coffers. Or *not*. You decide.

Portland City Councilor Jamie Dunphy@councilordunphy.bsky.social · last wk.

In 2011, right after graduating college, I was hired by US Senator Merkley to assist his constituent services team. Specifically, I was hired to process all the privacy release statements from the thousands of homeowners facing a foreclosure on their subprime mortgages. 1/🧵

must be nice

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · last wk.

A South Korean court handed jailed ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol an 18-month suspended sentence for spreading disinformation in his 2022 election campaign before his martial law bid.

Routle - TriMet 07/27/2026 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

Nope. He shouldn’t even be allowed on the ballot. Ineligible means ineligible. Don’t entertain any of this absolutely criminal, unconstitutional nonsense. Full stop. 🛑

In 2011, right after graduating college, I was hired by US Senator Merkley to assist his constituent services team. Specifically, I was hired to process all the privacy release statements from the thousands of homeowners facing a foreclosure on their subprime mortgages. 1/🧵

Portland is special not because of the mountains or the rivers, the restaurants and venues, or the bookstores or terrarium shops. It's the people who choose to call this home that make it special. I know exactly who I'm fighting for. I've been fighting for them for my entire career. End/🧵

We have to do something about the fucking guns.

Routle - TriMet 07/26/2026 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

Well, it's not as if Republicans have a history of standing with women.