He said no, climate change isn't real 🤦‍♀️

For sure. But also, empty storefronts aren't just a Portland thing. I could go into pretty much any city or town and make a similar video, depending on where I point my camera. It's ridiculous what counts as 'evidence' anymore.

Oh lord. I had acquaintances who LIVE in Portland and should be smarter than this talk about this video and how true it was 🤦‍♀️

I'm seeing a lot of the quasi-intellectual "the left has just moved too far left!" folkkks in Portland 'just asking questions' about systemic racism, Israel, Muslims, etc, who hang on every word of the livestreamers who confirm their perspectives that Portland is hell because they can't find a date

Oof. I'll keep an ear out for this guy's name, but yeah, this is in line with stuff I'm suddenly hearing the past couple weeks.

Coincidentally saw in my email just now @tanglenews.bsky.social covered the issue today. They also cite the $1B figure but only account for what looks like $300 million in their list of activities.

Yes, I meant to look into this--I keep hearing that number with no source or attribution from people I don't trust.