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autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

It’s like the blazers knew i was about to turn it off

November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

I increasingly believe Jordan Lewis is the best public testimony giver in the city, and it may not even be close. The absolute goat of saying whatever needs to be said to whatever feral morons are in the crowd or behind the dais

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 46m

November 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

pretty sure @indinmkng.bsky.social just dropped a subtle "Lisa Needs Braces" reference in her senate transportation committee testimony today about the need for greater reform of odot's bonding authority

November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

Post-leg days late night chinese takeout window looked at my order and gave me three pairs of chopsticks

November 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM

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Il Pomodoro

@dabenner.bsky.social

I think the level of sexual abuse that is going to be coming out of ICE would put the Boston archdiocese and Penn State to shame

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like he thought he had a get out of jail free card on the underage sex charge since he was ICE www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

Dan Ryan’s social media is so bad and somehow only getting worse to the point he might have a humiliation fetish. Didn’t even know you could get ratio’d like this on instagram

November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome

@pnwelcome.bsky.social

Councilor Avalos' live-tweeting thread about the state of Portland's Inclusionary Housing is worth reading.

IH is now working in Portland because the program is fully funded - ensuring that we build mixed-income neighborhoods while also encouraging more housing production across the city.

Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 1d

Next on the agenda is an update on the City's Inclusionary Housing program and recent efforts to make the program work better for developers. Staff from the Portland Housing Bureau are here to explain the background of IH and how the program got adjusted after a 2024 study.

November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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William B. Fuckley

@opinionhaver.bsky.social

it will be insanely funny if the end result of this is California getting a blue gerrymander while Texas's is struck down. RIP Kevin Kiley, deleted by Gavin Newsom for nothing at all.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a
role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows
that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map. Here’s why.
Earlier this year, President Trump began urging Texas to redraw its U.S. House map to
create five additional Republican seats. Lawmakers reportedly met that request to redistrict on
purely partisan grounds with apprehension. When the Governor announced his intent to call a
special legislative session, he didn’t even place redistricting on the legislative agenda.
But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict
congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board.
On July 7, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice
(“DOJ”), sent a letter (“the DOJ Letter”) to the Governor and Attorney General of Texas making
the legally incorrect assertion that four congressional districts in Texas were “unconstitutional”
because they were “coalition districts”—majority-non-White districts in which no single racial
group constituted a 50% majority. In the letter, DOJ threatened legal action if Texas didn’t
immediately dismantle and redraw these districts—a threat based entirely on their racial makeup.
Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majorityWhite Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were
partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent.

November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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Alissa Walker

@awalkerinla.bsky.social

There's so much going on here:

- Trump plans to launch strikes on World Cup co-host Mexico due to drug trafficking (???)

- And invade Seattle and LA if they don't "behave" (???)

- FIFA's Gianni Infantino then agrees Trump can take matches away from cities (???)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

In an extraordinary conference alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office, in which the World Cup trophy took pride of place, Trump also said he would be prepared to launch "strikes" in 2026 World
Cup co-hosts Mexico due to concerns about drug trafficking. Trump and Infantino were joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The event was principally called to announce the new FIFA Priority Appointment Scheduling System (FIFA Pass) but Trump press conferences inevitably end up in different places and this one also
encompassed the Epstein files and U.S.-Venezuela relations.

Trump was asked about the new mayor-elect of Seattle, Katie Wilson, who is a democratic socialist. He was asked how closely he will be watching
crime in the city. Trump said: "If we think - and I will have to speak to Gianni about this - the Mayor of L.A. is incompetent, everyone knows it...If we didn't go in early on, not only would you have had the fires but you would have had total insurrection in Los Angeles. If we didn't go in, (the police) said we
could not have done it without the federal government.

"The governors and mayors are going to have to behave," he replied. "In California, you have a problem. You have high crime and a place that just suffered great fires...so here is the story, I love Los Angeles. If they want help during this, I would love to send in the National Guard or whoever is
necessary. I want it to be great. I love Los Angeles. I love the place. "If we think there is going to be crime, if we are obstructed by the Governor (Gavin Newsom) - maybe he won't obstruct us - I would love for him to call and say we would like help. If there is even a hint of a problem, we want to get in there before a problem occurs. We want it totally safe for Gianni and FIFA. I would be honored to help California. We can be there in
24 hours and do a great job."

"We did a great job. If we think there is going to be a sign of any trouble, I would ask Gianni to move that to a different city. We have a lot of cities who would love to have it and would do it very safely. If we think there is a problem in Seattle, where there is a liberal, communist mayor... I watched
her over the weekend, wow that is another 'beauty' we have got there. Gianni, can I say we will move the event to some place it will be
appreciated and safe?" Infantino answered: "Safety and security is the number one security for a succesful World Cup. We can see people have trust in the United States because we have record-breaking ticket sales. Tickets are almost two million sold already. People know they will be coming here to experience a safe and secure World Cup. This of course is the responsibility of the government and obviously we will discuss, we are working together, we must ensure all fans coming from abroad can experience a celebration of
coming together of the sport and with 100 percent safety."

November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM

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The Spirit of the Dingbat

@dingbattitude.bsky.social

You heard it here first- the only legal highway improvement in Idaho is congestion pricing (reduces congestion, reduces travel delays, reduces engine idle time, reduces unproductive fuel consumption).

November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

the absurdity of having my quotidian daily routine occasionally interrupted by a local neighborhood anti ICE signal chat, sending out an alert to ask all nearby folks to show up at the bus stop to make sure kids or their parents aren’t abducted by the federal government on their way home from school

November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM

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@amb.fyi

This feels like a bit i’d have expected from Waystar Royco’s ATN

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:

"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."

November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM

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Sam Cole

@samleecole.bsky.social

license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country

Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.

www.404media.co

November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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Evelyn 💗

@evieevolving.bsky.social

Also see: why Mayor Wilson deserves more time and money to get things done but also City Council is a mess entirely because of Angelita and Candace.

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 2d

Same thing has been the media's two-sided pivot in Portland.

Centrist-to-conservative government has been in charge since the very beginning, but the city was falling apart due to one POC progressive on Council, so here is why we need to re-elect Ted & Rene, get more cops & repeal Measure 110

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.

November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

oh goodness yes

Axios @axios.com · 2d

NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.

Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left

The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."

www.axios.com

November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE

@golikehellmachine.com

bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.

November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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Valarie Smith

@valarie.bsky.social

“Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative.
Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation.”

Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

November 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

blazers are goddamn fun this year

November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

gobsmacked by how broken America is but how stubbornly resilient and determined and inspiring some Americans are

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:

Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.

So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans

Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

veritenews.org

November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

nicely timed for World Day of Remembrance #wdor

Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 4d

The dam is breaking. The world's leading public health news organization is now reporting US driver violence as a public health crisis.

"American roads have become more dangerous than violent crimes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and other major cities." t.co/BEcu5JJ457

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/traffic-deaths-pedestrian-safety-vision-zero-los-angeles-dot-nhtsa/

t.co

November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM

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Fischer 🛠️🚇

@fischer.bsky.social

new seasons strike authorized for next month. can donate to the strike fund here: www.nslu.org/donate

Community supporters,
We have news: We are much closer to a first contract, an end to the boycott, and substantially better working conditions. We have overwhelmingly voted to authorize an open-ended strike ahead of Christmas if our Employer chooses not to meet our demands. We've given the company until December 4th for an acceptable offer and have let them know we plan to strike starting December 17th if we do not have an agreement. To support our potential strike, build worker power, and help ensure that no worker has to return to work due to lack of funds, please donate at nslu.org/donate.

November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM

autumnal amb 🍂

@amb.fyi

save the date

Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 5d

Join us on December 13th to celebrate our hard work and wins in 2025! We’ll also preview opportunities ahead in 2026, and maybe even plug you into a small team. In P:NW, we know working together- and having fun together- is the only way to achieve our big goals. Let’s party at White Owl! <3