Dez
@dezpdx.bsky.social
they/them 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈
Your neighbor in Portland District 3. Pastor-organizer in Clackamas County. Executive Director at storylinecommunitypdx.org
Your neighbor in Portland District 3. Pastor-organizer in Clackamas County. Executive Director at storylinecommunitypdx.org
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Governing with people who refuse to accept the real data & lived experiences that point clearly to rent assistance & eviction prevention being the quickest, humane & fiscally responsible way to keep people from falling into homelessness is so frustrating. I'm sorry, community. You deserve better. ❤️🩹
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Governing with people who refuse to accept the real data & lived experiences that point clearly to rent assistance & eviction prevention being the quickest, humane & fiscally responsible way to keep people from falling into homelessness is so frustrating. I'm sorry, community. You deserve better. ❤️🩹
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Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
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It was inevitable.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It was inevitable.
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Andor was cooking so unbelievably hard good grief
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Andor was cooking so unbelievably hard good grief
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I’ve been thinking more about this. I think a failure to recognize that to truly follow Christ means willingness to die for others is the failure that underlies every other petty common uncharity and ordinary, defensible selfishness
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I’ve been thinking more about this. I think a failure to recognize that to truly follow Christ means willingness to die for others is the failure that underlies every other petty common uncharity and ordinary, defensible selfishness
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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One thing I would like to NOT hear from Oregon legislators in 2026 is that the "short session" is too short to do big things. #orleg
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
One thing I would like to NOT hear from Oregon legislators in 2026 is that the "short session" is too short to do big things. #orleg
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👀 Virginia senate president pro tempore calls for turning the 6D-5R House delegation into 10D-1R in redistricting. With some colorful language regarding the commonwealth’s two Democratic senators.
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
👀 Virginia senate president pro tempore calls for turning the 6D-5R House delegation into 10D-1R in redistricting. With some colorful language regarding the commonwealth’s two Democratic senators.
Could end the week at war with Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, and Minneapolis all at once... seems sustainable.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Could end the week at war with Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, and Minneapolis all at once... seems sustainable.
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get this guy out of here, i'm sick to death of him
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
get this guy out of here, i'm sick to death of him
Entire feed is alternating posts between the Portland City Council mess and Minneapolis under siege. The dissonance is a lot.
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Entire feed is alternating posts between the Portland City Council mess and Minneapolis under siege. The dissonance is a lot.
Smith suddenly being the moderate front-runner is bizarre
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Smith suddenly being the moderate front-runner is bizarre
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Yet another example of people taking single studies a bit too seriously. And phew! slate.trib.al/s7XMSut
Good News: You Probably Don’t Have a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Your Brain After All
You don’t have to throw away that plastic spatula, either.
slate.trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Yet another example of people taking single studies a bit too seriously. And phew! slate.trib.al/s7XMSut
Everywhere I go today the vibes are It Could Happen Today which is fascinating... something in the air
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Everywhere I go today the vibes are It Could Happen Today which is fascinating... something in the air
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costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country
clackco republicans staying classy
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
clackco republicans staying classy
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if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
The elephant in the room is that mayors and governors across the country have very good reason to question the loyalty and allegiances of the state and local police forces and that’s one of the impediments to doing anything about the current occupations
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
Can we recall Vasquez? It feels so dangerous to have a conservative DA in the middle of all of this.
Nathan Vasquez is telling Portland residents he’s cooperating with the feds. Philly DA Larry Krasner told them to get the eff out of Philly. They are not the same.
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Can we recall Vasquez? It feels so dangerous to have a conservative DA in the middle of all of this.
They want different rules for different people and they always have.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
Why was it tyranny when people were “forced” to wear masks during the early days of Covid, but it’s not tyranny when masked men with guns are demanding people comply with unlawful orders?
Why are those on the right who screamed about freedom for years so eager to give it up?
Why are those on the right who screamed about freedom for years so eager to give it up?
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
They want different rules for different people and they always have.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
They demand the right to their own personal comfort. Anyone who disrupts that - by existing as a marginalized person or allying with marginalized people - is undeserving of freedom and should be disappeared from public life.
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hey how does governor rayfield sound to you man? the junior senator from oregon rayfield? because i have an idea how you could get some press
Read our statement on reports that two people were shot and injured in Portland today during an incident involving federal agents. #orpol
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
hey how does governor rayfield sound to you man? the junior senator from oregon rayfield? because i have an idea how you could get some press
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i LOVE our progressive caucus on Portland city council. first time in my life I’ve felt fully represented by my govt
👏👏👏
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
i LOVE our progressive caucus on Portland city council. first time in my life I’ve felt fully represented by my govt
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ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
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The next training for MIGRA Watch in Portland is next Wednesday night, virtual.
Sign up for PIRC's 2026 Migra Watch Trainings here!
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January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The next training for MIGRA Watch in Portland is next Wednesday night, virtual.
Are the feds just going to shoot people every day now?
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Are the feds just going to shoot people every day now?