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Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.

The most immediately notable part of the verdict is that people were convicted material support for terrorism for believing in antifascism and going to a noise demo where people lit off consumer grade fireworks.

Everything about this trial from beginning to end has proven what we have said all along: this is a sham trial, built on political persecution and ideological attacks coming from the top.

404 Media's @josephcox.bsky.social watched all of DOGE bro Justin Fox’s deposition from start to finish. All six hours of Fox trying to explain "DEI", how he used ChatGPT to find keywords in grants like "Black" or "homosexual," and more.

Read his full story here: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

To their credit, this administration has not even tried to hide its support for war crimes.

Bring to Portland

Are folks seeing the videos of oil infrastructure being attacked and the aftermath of fires, smoke, & toxics decimating nearby populations?

That's what Portland is going to look like (& maybe worse) if there's an earthquake of sufficient size that spills / ignites the fuels stored at the CEI Hub.

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

There is so much evidence of bad faith behavior it feels like the really egregious acts get lost in the noise, but see: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It sounds like there are some members of staff you need to haul in for some sworn testimony

The government can legally scoop up and read Americans' emails and texts, track everywhere they go, and feed huge amounts of data into AI without court oversight. Next month, Congress will have a chance to rein it all in. I'm leading a bipartisan bill to restore real privacy.

Y’all realize that for all the proxy reasons the moderates & conservatives were advancing during city council President election, the real reason they wouldn’t budge for Kanal is that the PBA/PMC’s #1 goal is preventing the DSA from governing.

It’s an ideological red line.

But they’ll endorse MAGA

I’m pretty frustrated that I’ve learned about the details of this process by reading the news. Gotta say that I am concerned that a junket hosted by our counterparty in the deal is shaping our approach to the deal.

Sure would be nice if we had a progressive candidate instead of an GOP-reactionary and a Dem-reactionary.

"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."

I stopped a black proud boy in Portland a few years ago and asked him, "You know who Ernst Röhm was? Yeah, the nazis were okay with him being gay — until they weren't. Then the pink triangles came out."

No, Rambo went back to Vietnam and *spiritually* won the war for us. I saw it on the TV.

new frontiers in Jim Cramer: we're all used to all his predictions being wrong, but who knew he could be equally as wrong about historical events from 50 years ago

So Deputy City Administrator, Donnie Oliveira got to take an all-expenses-paid trip on the taxpayers dime, to be wooed by Blazers lobbyists?

Same Donnie Oliveira who told former Portland housing director, Helmi Hisserich not to disclose the $21 Million in available housing funds to city council.

"That such remoteness from reality and such thoughtlessness can wreak more havoc than all the evil instincts taken together..." - Arendt

Officer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

nearly halfway there

the journalist does not know what a tomatillo is.

Epstein class corruption

Oregon Micromobility Network

Congrats to Oregon, which just this past week passed HB 4007 to define (and protect access to) e-bikes and micromobility, while tackling the "e-moto" problem.

@thestreettrust.org and Oregon Micromobility Network led the charge. www.oregonmicromobility.org

lol remember when the governor of oregon, who is a lesbian, who allegedly will protect trans oregonians and the right to choose, and possessed of a dem supermajority, in no danger of a republican ever winning her seat, made us all put our flags at half staff because charlie fucking kirk got shot

Could we count on the Dems in the Oregon Legislature to fight these same policies if they were pursued by a Republican governor? I'm wondering if four years of a GOP governor would be better than four more of Kotek.

Here’s the cowardly, right-of-center Governor signaling that she doesn’t support raising taxes on the rich or corporations to fund education and that she wants preschool access to be means tested.

But it’s in a cutesy graphic ☺️

Evictions in Oregon hit record high - Street Roots Nearly 3,000 families faced eviction in court in January, a record high for the state. Roughly one-third of whom are Multnomah County residents

“It has become more difficult than ever for low-income tenants to find — and keep — affordable housing.”
www.streetroots.org/housing/2026...

Via @streetroots.bsky.social

Grammarian - Mac Grammar Check Like an English teacher looking over your shoulder

Server-side tools like Grammarly are privacy violations waiting to happen. Their much older competitor Grammarian does not upload your writing to their servers to be analyzed. It does all the work locally on your device. Now it's clear Grammarian is run by nogoodniks, clear choice.

Grammarian - Mac Grammar Check Like an English teacher looking over your shoulder

In the past, I used their much older competitor Grammarian. Unlike Grammarly, Grammarian does not upload your writing to their servers (ahem "cloud") to be analyzed. It does all the work locally on your device. Worked well.