Terry J. Harris
@trryjhrrs.bsky.social
Portland, Baltimore, Oregon, Idaho, green, blue, law, government, cats, kittens.
Pinned
Fiona listens to me explain that although we live in a fairly large city, there’s abundant wildlife to enjoy, often in our own backyard.
#explainingthingstocats
#explainingthingstocats
More than a lawsuit per week.
It's sad that it means egregious lawbreaking by the Trump Administration at an even higher rate, but the Dem AGs are an impressive machine.
It's sad that it means egregious lawbreaking by the Trump Administration at an even higher rate, but the Dem AGs are an impressive machine.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 20 other Democratic attorneys general in the lawsuit. It marks the 48th lawsuit Rayfield has filed against the Trump administration.
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield sues Trump over latest changes to SNAP benefits
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield argued the Trump administration is permanently cutting off legal immigrants, such as people who came to the U.S. seeking asylum, from receiving their food assistance benefits.
www.opb.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
More than a lawsuit per week.
It's sad that it means egregious lawbreaking by the Trump Administration at an even higher rate, but the Dem AGs are an impressive machine.
It's sad that it means egregious lawbreaking by the Trump Administration at an even higher rate, but the Dem AGs are an impressive machine.
Speaking of freezing things, if it were up to me, R districts will be plowing their own snow for the foreseeable future.
Assuming those signatures are legit, Gov. Tina Kotek will want to start getting ready to lay off hundreds of ODOT workers -- or finding another option.
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Speaking of freezing things, if it were up to me, R districts will be plowing their own snow for the foreseeable future.
Okay, now imagine that it's not only a pipeline spill, but it's an earthquake destroying the pipeline, AND the storage facilities, AND the transfer capabilities for 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel. That's the concentrated risk at the CEI hub.
With a pipeline that provides 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel shut down with a leak, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a fuel supply emergency.
Fuel leak in BP pipeline drives Oregon to state of emergency over fuel supply • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency through Dec. 24 in light of potential disruptions and higher-than-expected gas prices.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Okay, now imagine that it's not only a pipeline spill, but it's an earthquake destroying the pipeline, AND the storage facilities, AND the transfer capabilities for 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel. That's the concentrated risk at the CEI hub.
Huge round of applause for Dan Rayfield and the State of Oregon. (FYI for the sickos, there's a complete litigation tracker embedded in the article, which is impressive in its own right.)
Oregon has filed 46 lawsuits against the Trump administration, keeping $4.5 billion and counting in the state's hands. buff.ly/T4CVs5L
Oregon’s lawsuits against Trump cost a fraction of what state has saved • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon's a part of at least 45 lawsuits against the Trump administration, often teaming up with other states to prevent federal funding cuts.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Huge round of applause for Dan Rayfield and the State of Oregon. (FYI for the sickos, there's a complete litigation tracker embedded in the article, which is impressive in its own right.)
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I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am hearing my constituents loud and clear, and while this is just my opinion as one legislator— I’m not willing to cut budgets without also disconnecting (at least parts) from the federal tax code.
The Democrats’ supermajority is going to cut the state budget to the bone … to help this guy get richer?
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Democrats’ supermajority is going to cut the state budget to the bone … to help this guy get richer?
ATM vestibules at the bank only open during bank hours why
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ATM vestibules at the bank only open during bank hours why
This (gift) op-ed from Sen. Lieber and Rep. Sanchez, as a response to the Trump tax cut catastrophe, is a bit of a disappointment. If our response in Oregon is to simply cut our budget because rich people got a federal tax cut, we've lost the plot. 1/
Opinion: Trump cuts leave Oregon with a billion-dollar problem and no easy solutions
The Trump tax cuts bill is in effect a budgetary hand grenade dropped on Oregon, write Sen. Kate Lieber and Rep. Tawna Sanchez, who co-chair the Joint Committee of Ways and Means. We must do everythin...
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This (gift) op-ed from Sen. Lieber and Rep. Sanchez, as a response to the Trump tax cut catastrophe, is a bit of a disappointment. If our response in Oregon is to simply cut our budget because rich people got a federal tax cut, we've lost the plot. 1/
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.
So who am I rooting for in this NWSL final? Please advise.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So who am I rooting for in this NWSL final? Please advise.
Seriously. Deport DOJ attorney Drew Ensign to Liberia.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Seriously. Deport DOJ attorney Drew Ensign to Liberia.
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Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
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Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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Gift link, by the way...
Nobody asked but (and for entertainment purposes only!) I'm going to post my completely uneducated hypothesis on this: I think the rental registration money was simply deposited in the wrong account.
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Portland sitting on $21M that could have paid for rent aid, other services, review reveals
The tranche of dollars could have gone to emergency rent assistance, eviction defense or other housing aid, according to documents reviewed by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gift link, by the way...
Nobody asked but (and for entertainment purposes only!) I'm going to post my completely uneducated hypothesis on this: I think the rental registration money was simply deposited in the wrong account.
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Portland sitting on $21M that could have paid for rent aid, other services, review reveals
The tranche of dollars could have gone to emergency rent assistance, eviction defense or other housing aid, according to documents reviewed by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Nobody asked but (and for entertainment purposes only!) I'm going to post my completely uneducated hypothesis on this: I think the rental registration money was simply deposited in the wrong account.
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
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"It feels like basically everyone at the Police Bureau now gets some form of variable pay."
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November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"It feels like basically everyone at the Police Bureau now gets some form of variable pay."
www.youtube.com/live/xOJ7tmp...
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Between this and the Comey indictment, the broader bottom line is the government can't be trusted to handle important paperwork
Weird bottom line from today's hearing in Abrego's civil case: There's no "order of removal" in Abrego's file. Govt says the order barring him from removal to El Salvador acts, "by operation of law," as a removal order. Judge Xinis wasn't buying it; may eventually grant release on that basis.
A hearing is about to start in Abrego Garcia's civil case. I'll try to cover for @lawfaremedia.org . Colleague @annabower.bsky.social might be joining. Among other things, govt is seeking to dissolve Judge Xinis's preliminary injunction preventing Abrego from being removed immediately.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Between this and the Comey indictment, the broader bottom line is the government can't be trusted to handle important paperwork
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From the Trump administration's filing at the Supreme Court:
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
From the Trump administration's filing at the Supreme Court:
Reposting this. No reason.
The so-called Departments of Justice and Homeland Security of these United States of America are operating in such open and obvious bad faith in this case that Judge Xinis should just go full-Boasberg contempt inquiry on their asses.
In Abrego's civil case, govt suddenly claimed on 11/7 that Costa Rica, where Abrego was willing to go, will no longer take him. Only Liberia. It cited a sealed affidavit by an ICE official. Just now, Judge Xinis strikes that affidavit unless the official will testify Thursday.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposting this. No reason.
Guys, the Portland Art Museum Rothko addition is amazing. The new exhibits are amazing. Members day today was packed. Go when you get the chance.
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Guys, the Portland Art Museum Rothko addition is amazing. The new exhibits are amazing. Members day today was packed. Go when you get the chance.
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If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
Then, God is __
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
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James Comey, home for Christmas.
"If it lies within the province of a court to change the charging part of an indictment to suit its own notions of what it ought to have been ... the great importance [of] an indictment by a grand jury ... may be frittered away until its value is almost destroyed." —Ex parte Bain (1887)
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
James Comey, home for Christmas.
Okay, I haven't been following it closely, but this slide in the Arts & Economy meeting today caught me off-guard: Apparently Metro is voting THIS WEEK to terminate the IGA with City of Portland to get out of the business of operating the Portland'5 performance venues. 1/x
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Okay, I haven't been following it closely, but this slide in the Arts & Economy meeting today caught me off-guard: Apparently Metro is voting THIS WEEK to terminate the IGA with City of Portland to get out of the business of operating the Portland'5 performance venues. 1/x
This is an insane two-paragraph description of 2025 National Guard bureaucracy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is an insane two-paragraph description of 2025 National Guard bureaucracy.
Shipwreck law is weird.
Deal between Dali and U.S. has left crew ‘marooned’ for 19 months
The NTSB will discuss probable cause of the Key Bridge collapse during a meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, nine crew members of the Dali ship that struck the bridge are stuck in Baltimore...
www.thebanner.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Shipwreck law is weird.
I we had a functioning Oregon Democratic Party this would be pretty bad news for Christine Drazan-Trump
This split-sample test confirms what a poll from The Downballot/YouGov Blue found last week: The Dems' best path forward is to make 2026 a referendum on the GOP.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I we had a functioning Oregon Democratic Party this would be pretty bad news for Christine Drazan-Trump