Blake PDX
@pdxblake.bsky.social
I am a loudmouth from Portsmouth. I love public education, getting around on a bike & e-cargo bike with 2 kids and creating a better future for everyone. #YIMBY #ClimateAction #Urbanism
Seems good. Thanks @jeff-merkley.bsky.social. I hope @wyden.senate.gov joins too.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Seems good. Thanks @jeff-merkley.bsky.social. I hope @wyden.senate.gov joins too.
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But look at this chart, from a CBO letter linked to in the article. People at top end of the income scale is getting a massive windfall, on the backs of people on the lower end. Oregon could and should plug the budget gap by taxing that windfall. Call it the Big Beautiful Surcharge. 3/
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
But look at this chart, from a CBO letter linked to in the article. People at top end of the income scale is getting a massive windfall, on the backs of people on the lower end. Oregon could and should plug the budget gap by taxing that windfall. Call it the Big Beautiful Surcharge. 3/
If accurate, this sounds like "participation" in money laundering, not just "awareness".
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If accurate, this sounds like "participation" in money laundering, not just "awareness".
All of the people doing this work need to be prosecuted after Trump leaves office.
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
All of the people doing this work need to be prosecuted after Trump leaves office.
Trump and Bessent are looting Argentina for Wall St, and they are pursuing similar plans here too, using the dollar being the global reserve currency, effectively built into the core of the global banking regulations for the role Trump/Bessent play for Milei: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
The Chainsaw and the Miracle | Mercedes D’Alessandro
Argentina's midterm elections have given Milei a renewed mandate to slash the state, working in concert with the IMF and US Treasury.
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trump and Bessent are looting Argentina for Wall St, and they are pursuing similar plans here too, using the dollar being the global reserve currency, effectively built into the core of the global banking regulations for the role Trump/Bessent play for Milei: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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A judge barred the IRS from sharing data on millions of American taxpayers with the Department of Homeland Security after determining that taxpayer and labor groups can challenge the practice. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
DHS, ICE Access to IRS Taxpayer Records Blocked in Federal Court
A judge barred the IRS from sharing data on millions of American taxpayers with the Department of Homeland Security after determining that taxpayer and labor groups can challenge the practice.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A judge barred the IRS from sharing data on millions of American taxpayers with the Department of Homeland Security after determining that taxpayer and labor groups can challenge the practice. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Perversion of language like "gave away...to entities he controls" is why no one trusts many large media organizations and supports ones that are honest with their use of the English language.
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Perversion of language like "gave away...to entities he controls" is why no one trusts many large media organizations and supports ones that are honest with their use of the English language.
I have been preparing for some new (hopefully daily) #walkingbus routes, and walking to the test routes (between 1-2 miles routes) the last week. It have a feeling I will end up being more exciting for this than leading a monthly walk+roll #bikebus
Before the walk: "I don't know you"
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have been preparing for some new (hopefully daily) #walkingbus routes, and walking to the test routes (between 1-2 miles routes) the last week. It have a feeling I will end up being more exciting for this than leading a monthly walk+roll #bikebus
Don't come back unless we invite you!
The California National Guard is leaving Oregon
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
California National Guard troops will leave Oregon, officials say
Some Oregon National Guard troops also will stand down.
www.oregonlive.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Don't come back unless we invite you!
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This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
SW 4th isn't just about bikes (it's a dream for buses too)
It's the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city.
bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Small but important victory in the lawsuit challenging the city’s approval of a land use compatibility statement for Zenith in February.
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit. Environmental advocates celebrated the procedural win, saying the Land Use Board of Appeals has a better grasp on comp...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Small but important victory in the lawsuit challenging the city’s approval of a land use compatibility statement for Zenith in February.
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
The ICE officers’ stop of the car based on their scouring of license plates to access state vehicle registration data is just the kind of enforcement that Oregon’s two U.S. senators and other lawmakers this week announced that they were trying to curb.
ICE’s random license plate checks in Oregon lead to unlawful detention, judge says
State police asked to restrict DMV data sharing
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's fine, you can call me smug. That's just because I'm having more fun on my e-bike than you are in your car, and I spend way less money on mine!
E-bike dads is my tribe.
All this: “Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom … What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround.”
@dlknowles.bsky.social @americanfietser.bsky.social
All this: “Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom … What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround.”
@dlknowles.bsky.social @americanfietser.bsky.social
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's fine, you can call me smug. That's just because I'm having more fun on my e-bike than you are in your car, and I spend way less money on mine!
This will undoubtedly increase wildfire risk in the future. Hiding from the wildfire risk maps as #orleg seems to want to constantly do is only going to make the insurance availability and affordability crisis in Oregon worse.
Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome.
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon's, Washington’s western forests • Oregon Capital Chronicle
OSU and U.S. Forest Service researchers found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This will undoubtedly increase wildfire risk in the future. Hiding from the wildfire risk maps as #orleg seems to want to constantly do is only going to make the insurance availability and affordability crisis in Oregon worse.
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urgent need for PIRC volunteers on the ground in medford, gresham, aloha, eugene, clackamas, hillsboro
If you want to be helpful and defend Portland immigrants, start by taking one of PIRC's trainings. they are listed on their linktree, not their website
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
linktr.ee/pirc_pdx
PIRC | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
linktr.ee
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
urgent need for PIRC volunteers on the ground in medford, gresham, aloha, eugene, clackamas, hillsboro
A 🧵 with all my hopes, big and small, for the future ODOT director.
- Focus on safety over speed in all projects. Invest in returning orphan highways to local agencies and support upgrades that make them unable and safe by all users.
- Give me back the button to stop traffic on a bike going SB on Delaware crossing Lombard that was removed (niche)
- Give me back the button to stop traffic on a bike going SB on Delaware crossing Lombard that was removed (niche)
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A 🧵 with all my hopes, big and small, for the future ODOT director.
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Good fucking riddance.
ODOT director Kris Strickler announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of this year, as the agency continues to grapple with cost overruns on major projects and seeks permanent funding for the state’s highways, bridges and maintenance workers.
Leadership exodus continues at Oregon’s transportation agency
Agency director Kris Strickler is the latest high-ranking official to leave the state transportation department in the past year.
www.oregonlive.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Good fucking riddance.
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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