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It’s wild that the Portland Police Association suggests officers would be “met with swift and merciless condemnation and punishment” for comments akin to Councilor Green’s 2020 tweets.
At a protest this year, Officer Brandon Brunelle said he’d have shot Renee Good. Most officials said nothing.
At a protest this year, Officer Brandon Brunelle said he’d have shot Renee Good. Most officials said nothing.
The Portland Police Association is calling on elected leaders to condemn City Councilor Mitch Green and for Green to resign over tweets he made in 2020 and 2021.
September 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
It’s wild that the Portland Police Association suggests officers would be “met with swift and merciless condemnation and punishment” for comments akin to Councilor Green’s 2020 tweets.
At a protest this year, Officer Brandon Brunelle said he’d have shot Renee Good. Most officials said nothing.
At a protest this year, Officer Brandon Brunelle said he’d have shot Renee Good. Most officials said nothing.
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Here is my full statement on the tweets I made in 2020 regarding the police. The PPA, PPB, Mayor and several of my colleagues have all made statements following that Oregonian piece. The public deserves to know what I think about that and stand for - then and now.
Press Release: Councilor Green Police Tweets
www.portland.gov
September 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Here is my full statement on the tweets I made in 2020 regarding the police. The PPA, PPB, Mayor and several of my colleagues have all made statements following that Oregonian piece. The public deserves to know what I think about that and stand for - then and now.
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Hello person who can’t afford rent, food, and gas, the corporate media would like to tell you about tweets from 2020.
September 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Hello person who can’t afford rent, food, and gas, the corporate media would like to tell you about tweets from 2020.
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the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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In addition to dark money, the local news is going to work overtime to attack DSA this Fall.
You saw it with Mamdani. Same goes for Portland.
You saw it with Mamdani. Same goes for Portland.
This is insane conjecture for a newspaper. If Elana meant to say that, she needs to say that on the record. Otherwise it just comes off as Willamette Week making weird attacks on socialists and calling us all antisemites?
Some of the socialists who testified were Jewish with family in Israel btw.
Some of the socialists who testified were Jewish with family in Israel btw.
September 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
In addition to dark money, the local news is going to work overtime to attack DSA this Fall.
You saw it with Mamdani. Same goes for Portland.
You saw it with Mamdani. Same goes for Portland.
Will the real progressive journalists please stand up 😭
September 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Will the real progressive journalists please stand up 😭
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The Oregon for Human Rights coalition is calling for a broad human rights screen on the City's investments. I was one of those Jewish elders testifying in support, representing Coalition member Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social. Councilor Zimmerman is calling me antisemitic. Wild.
Wanted to add this video testimony breakdown because I don’t think people get to ignore the fact that Zimerman was calling everyone in that chamber, including Jewish elders, antisemitic for criticizing Israel or supporting the human rights screening.
This was a new low.
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This was a new low.
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The Portland City Council’s discussion last week about revising the city’s investment policy turned acrimonious with accusations of antisemitism.
September 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Oregon for Human Rights coalition is calling for a broad human rights screen on the City's investments. I was one of those Jewish elders testifying in support, representing Coalition member Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social. Councilor Zimmerman is calling me antisemitic. Wild.
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Controversial opinion: I think the litmus test for avoiding investing in genocide applies equally to all communities.
This is insane conjecture for a newspaper. If Elana meant to say that, she needs to say that on the record. Otherwise it just comes off as Willamette Week making weird attacks on socialists and calling us all antisemites?
Some of the socialists who testified were Jewish with family in Israel btw.
Some of the socialists who testified were Jewish with family in Israel btw.
September 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Controversial opinion: I think the litmus test for avoiding investing in genocide applies equally to all communities.
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Wanted to add this video testimony breakdown because I don’t think people get to ignore the fact that Zimerman was calling everyone in that chamber, including Jewish elders, antisemitic for criticizing Israel or supporting the human rights screening.
This was a new low.
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This was a new low.
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The Portland City Council’s discussion last week about revising the city’s investment policy turned acrimonious with accusations of antisemitism.
Discussion of City’s Investment Policy Devolves Into Accusations of Antisemitism
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Wanted to add this video testimony breakdown because I don’t think people get to ignore the fact that Zimerman was calling everyone in that chamber, including Jewish elders, antisemitic for criticizing Israel or supporting the human rights screening.
This was a new low.
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This was a new low.
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Augusta Savage (1892-1962), sculptor, educator and civil rights activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance #WomensArt
September 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Augusta Savage (1892-1962), sculptor, educator and civil rights activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance #WomensArt
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we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million
September 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million
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"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does
September 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does
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Hot tip: if you see an ad or mailer telling you not to rank a DSA candidate, it’s paid for by a combination of the same 12 guys in a trenchcoat coat who tried to elect Rene Gonzalez and Betsy Johnson.
Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
Deluge of anti-DSA dark money campaigning has begun
September 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Hot tip: if you see an ad or mailer telling you not to rank a DSA candidate, it’s paid for by a combination of the same 12 guys in a trenchcoat coat who tried to elect Rene Gonzalez and Betsy Johnson.
Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
Don’t rank anyone they ask you to!
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Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago…
Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
September 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago…
Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
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We want to express our thanks to the @ThornsFC.com staff and Providence Park security for swiftly handling the transphobic incident today. We won't tolerate hate in our house, and it's good to know that they are with us. It was handled quickly and professionally. #BAONPDX 1/2
September 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
We want to express our thanks to the @ThornsFC.com staff and Providence Park security for swiftly handling the transphobic incident today. We won't tolerate hate in our house, and it's good to know that they are with us. It was handled quickly and professionally. #BAONPDX 1/2
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Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border between Mexico & the United States, 1932
September 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border between Mexico & the United States, 1932
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Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be.
Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote:
September 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be.
Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
Advocating for an apartheid state ✅
Being against broad human rights and enviro policy ✅
Ignoring Jewish testifiers ✅
This isn’t ok.
Being against broad human rights and enviro policy ✅
Ignoring Jewish testifiers ✅
This isn’t ok.
ICYM here are some of Eric Zimmerman's insults to the dozens of people testifying in favor of a universal human & enviro rights screen on the city investment policy, which a) doesn't name countries b) the council already voted to develop. These are outright lies about our (public record) testimony.
September 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Advocating for an apartheid state ✅
Being against broad human rights and enviro policy ✅
Ignoring Jewish testifiers ✅
This isn’t ok.
Being against broad human rights and enviro policy ✅
Ignoring Jewish testifiers ✅
This isn’t ok.
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As I sit here waiting for the Yellow Line across from the Moda Center: Closing the Green Line in PDX really blows for a lot of us. We can’t fix potholes, we can’t fund public transit, but we have politicians wanting to give $600M+ of public money for a billionaire to renovate a sports stadium.
September 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
As I sit here waiting for the Yellow Line across from the Moda Center: Closing the Green Line in PDX really blows for a lot of us. We can’t fix potholes, we can’t fund public transit, but we have politicians wanting to give $600M+ of public money for a billionaire to renovate a sports stadium.
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Seattle is getting closer to free and universal electricity service. They're changing up their utility discount program to use Area Median Income (instead of State Median) and the discount is huge - 60%.
Just 40% more off the bill to go...
council.seattle.gov/2026/07/14/c...
Just 40% more off the bill to go...
council.seattle.gov/2026/07/14/c...
City Council passes Strauss proposal to dramatically reduce utility costs for 31,000 low-income households - Seattle City Council Blog
Today, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed the largest expansion of an affordability program in the City’s recent memory. Council Bill 121222, sponsored by Councilmember Dan Strauss (District ...
council.seattle.gov
July 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Seattle is getting closer to free and universal electricity service. They're changing up their utility discount program to use Area Median Income (instead of State Median) and the discount is huge - 60%.
Just 40% more off the bill to go...
council.seattle.gov/2026/07/14/c...
Just 40% more off the bill to go...
council.seattle.gov/2026/07/14/c...
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Portland Public Schools' desperate scheme to close up to 20 schools, effective next year, announced the first week of the school year, is really giving "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"
September 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Portland Public Schools' desperate scheme to close up to 20 schools, effective next year, announced the first week of the school year, is really giving "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"
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nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times
September 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times
we cannot afford to drop the ball on supporting Councilor Morillo’s re-election, please donate and sign up for doorknocking if you have not already
I’m running under the Small Donor Election program which means I don’t take donations over $350! We’re getting closer to the final fundraising tier. We anticipate attack ads from the right before November.
Can you share or donate if you haven’t yet to keep a progressive champion in office? 💙
Can you share or donate if you haven’t yet to keep a progressive champion in office? 💙
Reflecting on my first year as a city councilor, and I’m so proud of what my team and I have accomplished, and we’re just getting started.
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
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I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
September 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we cannot afford to drop the ball on supporting Councilor Morillo’s re-election, please donate and sign up for doorknocking if you have not already
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Who thinks data centers should be banned?
August 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Who thinks data centers should be banned?