Marc Poris
@marcporis.bsky.social
He/him.
Working for police transparency and accountability in PDX.
PCC Paralegal student.
Member of Portland Copwatch. Opinions on here are my own.
Working for police transparency and accountability in PDX.
PCC Paralegal student.
Member of Portland Copwatch. Opinions on here are my own.
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The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
www.koin.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
The money for these shelters should have gone to housing, housing assistance, eviction assistance, and creating a more robust and sustainable service provider system that also pays staff well.
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Why POC collectively hold our breath when there’s a mass shooting or high profile crime before the suspect is even identified:
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
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• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Why POC collectively hold our breath when there’s a mass shooting or high profile crime before the suspect is even identified:
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
• Afghan man shoots a National Guard member:
With zero knowledge of the background or motive, the right screams that Muslims are terrorists and must be deported.
🧵
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A federal judge recently criticized an immigration agent who used ChatGPT to generate a use-of-force report. CCJ Task Force on AI members Ian Adams and Katie Kinsey spoke to @ap-news.bsky.social about the accuracy and privacy concerns at stake: apnews.com/article/ice-...
Judge's footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns
A federal judge has called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutt...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A federal judge recently criticized an immigration agent who used ChatGPT to generate a use-of-force report. CCJ Task Force on AI members Ian Adams and Katie Kinsey spoke to @ap-news.bsky.social about the accuracy and privacy concerns at stake: apnews.com/article/ice-...
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I admit I'm rusty on design best practices and standards, but it seems to defeat the purpose of a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) if you don't prohibit right turn on red. 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I admit I'm rusty on design best practices and standards, but it seems to defeat the purpose of a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) if you don't prohibit right turn on red. 🤔
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"Together, these sites comprise over seven acres that will anchor a generational effort to restore Albina as a center of creativity and learning. They are projected to generate hundreds of jobs and nearly $700 million in economic impact to the Portland metro area in the initial phases."
1803 Fund Announces Nearly $70 Million in Historic Real Estate Investments to Shape Albina’s Next Century
The latest investments include the purchase and future redevelopment of two significant districts in Albina designed to transform lives with...
theskanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Together, these sites comprise over seven acres that will anchor a generational effort to restore Albina as a center of creativity and learning. They are projected to generate hundreds of jobs and nearly $700 million in economic impact to the Portland metro area in the initial phases."
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Taking the Coast Guard rescue helicopter out of Newport is dangerous and senseless, especially as we go into crabbing season.
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
Coast Guard helicopter must remain in Newport, federal judge says in temporary order
"The danger presented by the lack of rescue helicopter coverage justifies” the granting of a temporary order “on an expedited basis,” the judge wrote.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Taking the Coast Guard rescue helicopter out of Newport is dangerous and senseless, especially as we go into crabbing season.
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
I’ve been fighting like hell to push back on Trump’s move and bring this critical helicopter back to Newport where it belongs. Lives are at stake!
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Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Opponents of Oregon gas tax increase say they’ve cleared key hurdle to let voters weigh in
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where's the progressive push back on this anti-tax campaign / gubernatorial gambit? Even Trump’s gov't closed DOGE, yet Oregon's anti-gov't extremists want to drag us backward by defunding our transportation system.
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness on this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Ernest Zacher, Esq., please join BlueSky.
The criminal defense lawyer was retried in Multnomah County after his first trial ended in a hung jury.
Airport police told attorney ‘we run the show’ before trespass arrest but jury acquitted him
The criminal defense lawyer was retried in Multnomah County after his first trial ended in a hung jury.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ernest Zacher, Esq., please join BlueSky.
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Reeva, the award-winning pizza cart in the Roseway neighborhood, will be closed longer than expected. Roberto, the owner of Reeva, has been denied re-entry into the US. #reeva #immigration #portland #bridgetownbites
Reeva's Extended Closure in Portland, Hope for Roberto's Return - Bridgetown Bites
Reeva's extended closure is related to the unfortunate and heartbreaking situation of owner Roberto, who was denied reentry to the US.
bridgetownbites.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reeva, the award-winning pizza cart in the Roseway neighborhood, will be closed longer than expected. Roberto, the owner of Reeva, has been denied re-entry into the US. #reeva #immigration #portland #bridgetownbites
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The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The goal in Portland should not be measured in number of shelter beds, but how many people are on the street. There are more people living on the street now than a year ago. An abject failure in spite of good intentions.
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Mayor Wilson seems to be doing more to further destabilize unhoused people than he is to actually address housing.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
Portland's now reinstated fees for ppl to pick up a towed RV.
I wrote about this coming policy change a few months ago:
I wrote about this coming policy change a few months ago:
Portland mayor makes it harder for houseless people to retrieve towed RVs
Keith Wilson changed a policy that previously allowed people to get their RVs back for free if they were towed.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mayor Wilson seems to be doing more to further destabilize unhoused people than he is to actually address housing.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
How does it help to monetarily punish people who can’t afford rent?
@mayorkwilson.bsky.social you are deafeningly quiet about answering this. Portland wants solutions - not cruelty.
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Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
From page 8 of this 2020 Retirement Workshop for FPDR Two Members presentation.
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
www.portlandoregon.gov/fpdr/article...
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Your lifetime of FPDR retirement pay is set by looking back at the last "year" of employment pay. But some 12-month "years" have an extra payday. If you retire at the end of a (rare) 27-payday "year" you will automatically make more in retirement than retiring at the end of a (normal) 26-payday year
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It's Monday again, so our volunteers made & shared 100+ servings of chicken & rice casserole, fruit bags, water, blankets, & harm reduction supplies w/our unhoused neighbors!
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It's Monday again, so our volunteers made & shared 100+ servings of chicken & rice casserole, fruit bags, water, blankets, & harm reduction supplies w/our unhoused neighbors!
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
We rely on donations to feed people
Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland
#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPdx
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Journalists should never be arrested for doing their jobs.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Journalists should never be arrested for doing their jobs.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
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McMinnville High School students walk out in response to recent ICE activity, including one student who was detained late last week
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Oregon teenager’s ICE detention sparks high school walkout
Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
McMinnville High School students walk out in response to recent ICE activity, including one student who was detained late last week
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story. We hear about t...
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
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Saw the mobile ppb command center truck and about 6 police cars on NE 82nd Ave, a few blocks north of Prescott at a low-income housing building.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Saw the mobile ppb command center truck and about 6 police cars on NE 82nd Ave, a few blocks north of Prescott at a low-income housing building.
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Nearly 20 women just filed a claim against the city saying that SF Sheriff’s deputies recorded their strip searches on video while laughing, with some deputies even threatening to post the video online. sfist.com/2025/11/21/s...
SF Sheriff’s Office Hit With New Scandal of Officers Allegedly Taking Video of Women's Strip Searches
Nearly 20 women just filed a claim against the city saying that SF Sheriff’s deputies recorded their strip searches on video while laughing, with some deputies even threatening to post the video onlin...
sfist.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Nearly 20 women just filed a claim against the city saying that SF Sheriff’s deputies recorded their strip searches on video while laughing, with some deputies even threatening to post the video online. sfist.com/2025/11/21/s...
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Some time ago, Marc cursed me with knowing about this, so now you need to know about this. There's gonna be a big springtime retirement party this year.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Some time ago, Marc cursed me with knowing about this, so now you need to know about this. There's gonna be a big springtime retirement party this year.
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People keep acting like shutting down an ICE facility or yanking some permit is some huge step toward justice, but it’s really not. Losing a building doesn’t abolish ICE any more than moving a priest to a different parish stopped abuse, or a cop quitting and getting rehired somewhere else.
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
People keep acting like shutting down an ICE facility or yanking some permit is some huge step toward justice, but it’s really not. Losing a building doesn’t abolish ICE any more than moving a priest to a different parish stopped abuse, or a cop quitting and getting rehired somewhere else.
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This will allow the total levy (FPDR 1 & 2 plus Oregon PERS for police & fire) to stabilize over 20 years, but not decrease.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This will allow the total levy (FPDR 1 & 2 plus Oregon PERS for police & fire) to stabilize over 20 years, but not decrease.
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12-15-25 9am Multnomah County Courthouse 1st Ave. I go on trial for drawing with chalk on Earth Day 2023. They have been prosecuting me for almost 3 years.
I have zero stress about the trial because Officer Katrina Ensley knowing lied in her police report and broke federal laws.
I have zero stress about the trial because Officer Katrina Ensley knowing lied in her police report and broke federal laws.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
12-15-25 9am Multnomah County Courthouse 1st Ave. I go on trial for drawing with chalk on Earth Day 2023. They have been prosecuting me for almost 3 years.
I have zero stress about the trial because Officer Katrina Ensley knowing lied in her police report and broke federal laws.
I have zero stress about the trial because Officer Katrina Ensley knowing lied in her police report and broke federal laws.