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Very good read.
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
Copy this idea: Sixteen year olds in Amsterdam can vote in elections for District Committee.
It's also a massive transfer of power from states not just to the federal government, but to a single executive figure. Extremely dangerous.
This bill is another attack on all Americans' right to vote, but it is especially devastating to the 1.3 million Americans who vote while abroad. It effectively strips them of voting rights.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
Some guy named Chad is trying to get me deported but unfortunately for him (and the rest of this rain-infested nation) I am a Dutch citizen.
My article for @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social just came out. Thank you to the editors for not titling it, "Dum Dum Thinks Netherlands Needs More Dum Dums Just Like Him, But Like, More Famous."
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ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
I join my City Councilors in calling for prosecution of ICE for this flagrant violation of city and state law. This is illegal, and if ICE does this to families and children on a sunny peaceful daytime protest, I shudder to think what they do without that kind of daylight and public scrutiny.
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
Federal agents in Portland fired tear gas and flash bangs at children, elderly people, and elected leaders.
Would love to hear US housing folks' opinions about what can be learned from tax reform in the Dutch housing market. I think it's murky enough to be a kind or Rorschach test.
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<sips tea> I agree 100%.
"I think us masked executioners are the real victims here."
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
ICE kidnapped a 7 year old who was on her way to urgent care and sent her to a concentration camp in Texas.
This is the same camp where they imprisoned a five-year old from Minnesota who they had snatched and used as bait to lure out his relatives.
This must stop.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
It really is true that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Fellow Americans, I am scared, but we must be brave. We cannot assume someone else will do the resisting for us. It is our responsibility to stand up for our neighbors whose voices are being silenced. It starts at home. If you want to change the world, get involved in your community.
Thank you for this powerful sobering yet hopeful message. As “Americans” (what does that really mean anyway?) we are terrified and alarmed at the erosion of fundamental freedoms, free press, and respect for the rule of law. Deportations wreck due process of law and a president who traffic in hate speech. I pray for our country. This is a powerful symbol of why we need an educated citizenry.
As an American today, December 5, 2025, I see so many similarities of our administration and it’s followers to Hitler. My heat breaks for all who suffered the devastation of WWII and pray that American survives and one again becomes united.
In Denmark, civil servants were less cooperative. Without local help, Nazis were only able to kill 2% of Danish Jews. I wish the museum would have said more about this, and about how Dutch Colonialism prepared many for passivity, just as slavery & Jim Crow did in the US.
My mother’s family is Jewish. My father’s family is Muslim. My wife’s family is Catholic. Our daughter is black and we are not. We are all connected. Be strong enough to love. And brave enough to recognize Each person as family.
As an Asian-America, it remains heartbreaking to see history repeating itself in America. People of color and the oppressed are dying and being erased under the Trump regime. We are on the path to WWIII at this point. But resistance has always been in our history so I think we will persevere.
If you are American and reading this, please take notes from what you saw and learned today. We must continue to resist, as our local fight is only beginning. Stand Strong. Make Sacrifices. Resist.
As an American, I am ashamed of what my fellow Americans seem happy to tolerate with Trump, an ego-driven dictator only a breath away from being a new Hitler. The power-driven Republicans have been consumed by their egos and greed. We are in serious trouble in the USA–once a liberator, now captives ourselves.
Nazis murdered more than 75% of the Jews in the Netherlands. They wouldn’t have been so efficient w/o the cooperation of Dutch civil servants & police officers, who together created terrifying systems for registering & tracking people that were essentially the analog prototypes of Palantir and ICE.
Front of Verstsmuseum
Visiting the @verzetsmuseum.bsky.social (Resistance Museum) is a really powerful experience. The exhibits are well done and are clearly attempting to balance pride in their heroes with shame for their nation’s collective failure. 🧵
Everyone: Judges have ruled several times that the President has broken the law. Do you support impeachment?
House Leader: Yes...
Everyone: Oh, okay...
House Leader: ....of the judges.
Striking images of Dutch bike infrastructure taken by @ModaCityLife.com
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Made the mistake of tuning in to watch Trump's rambling nonsense at Davos and he said China only sells windmills and doesn't use them because they aren't cost effective.
In 2024 China produced more windpower than the US and Europe combined.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Flier for GroenLinks event on February 1 at 11am at Cafe R De Rosa.
Excited for this kickoff event! One of the best things about being abroad is seeing how local government works (or doesn't work) outside the US. Already learning things I hope to bring back to MultCo and PDX.
February 1 at 11:00am
Cafe R. De Rosa, Boomstraat 41A, 1015 LB
When Hitler invaded the Rhineland & broke the Treaty of Versailles, some thought he'd stop there & that negotiation was preferable to confrontation.
Trump and MAGA extremists will not stop at Venezuela. They will not stop at Greenland. This is the Fourth Reich.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
This is the hardest job in Oregon politics.
Many thanks to @jvegapederson.bsky.social for your service to MultCo.
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @thestreettrust.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @amb.fyi @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social @nomorefreewayspdx.com