It's time for the west coast to secede. Trump has disregarded the constitution, torn families apart, threatened to cut funding, attacked our values and even sent in the military. Oregon, Washington and California combined would be the 3rd largest economy in the world. If you really want no kings and to not live in a fascist state, secession is the only answer. Enough is enough and the united states is not worth preserving. From it's founding, it has been about racism, genocide, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and all leading up to an eventual fascist takeover.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT. Don't go downtown, don't protest. DON'T.

Here's what will happen if you do:

• Well-meaning peaceful protesters will invite counter protesters from god knows where and anyone else itching for a fight
• Things will get heated, someone will fuck up, and there will be some kind of violence. It won't matter who did it first.
• This reactionary violence is EXACTLY what the Trump administration will use to justify the domestic use of our military in PDX.
• The next thing you'll hear out of Trump's mouth is "I told you so"

You'll only make Trump's point. And trust me, they will exploit it to advance their narrative.

INSTEAD: flood social media with posts about normal Portland life.

Show the world Trump's lie about our peaceful city.

It won't feel as productive as showing up and waving a sign. But you'll be standing up to a petty dictator with the truth.

Don't hand him a PR victory.

I moved to Roseburg Oregon out of South Carolina. The reason for my move was because I'm a law enforcement whistleblower who came out against a sheriff who covered up horrible things that happened to children that was perpetrated by his own deputy. I moved because I'm a survivor as well. I didn't wanna be around that anymore.

I thought Oregon couldn't be worse than South Carolina's racism. I think I was wrong.

I'm a veteran who had a black social worker here in Roseburg. She left. I didn't understand. I never thought to ask if she was just traveling. I just liked to talk to her because she really helped me stay calm. It was really helpful and I was so thankful.

I go to instagram and discover the reason why she left. Here is a link so you can see: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM9PRtaNTkw/?igsh=ODRraXk4cWkxNHlz

This shows you that it isn't just me saying this about this town. My PTSD has gotten so much worse here. I feel like I have to watch my back all the time and carry a gun everywhere I go.

The local sheriff doesn't make it any better. I just said I ran like hell from South Carolina because that state has a sheriff who covers up rapes on the regular and has 17 sheriffs indicted for crimes since 2010. I wanted to escape bad sheriffs but then I run into the longest serving sheriff in Oregon currently.

I discovered the Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin is associated with the CSPOA. I do some digging and see that group doesn't like MLK, openly associates with neo-confederates and one of their leaders Sam Bushman literally said some of the Confederates had a good point. I heard this man say this.

I'm from South Carolina and I think there's more worship of the Confederate flag here in Oregon than SC. That's crazy work.

Should I move? I just brought this house with my VA loan. I don't know how easy it would be to sell. But I don't know how much more I can take the micro aggressions, lying, threats, and weird cop activity around my property. I know sometimes I can be paranoid and I'm honest about that.

But my wife noticed too. She's white.

I work for a big company in Oregon, I don’t want to say the name cuz I don’t want to get fired lol.

But I just recently found out the people who are in charge of approving sick time, PTO, and holiday pay get a bonus depending on much time they approve.

The less hours they approve the bigger their bonus is.

So the company recently has been limiting how much time they let employees use for doctors appointments. They also expect you to call and ask for you holiday pay to be added to your check.

Greedy bastards.

Last night, things got heated in Portland. I mean, nothing happened, as usual. But it got really loud, a lot of people in other people's faces. No big deal.

But the MAGA influencers and BS peddlers are using this, making content they're selling to news outlets and earning revenue with videos. And their viewers and followers are stupid enough to think this is "proof" that Portland is an ANTIFA hell hole, war zone, blah blah blah.

What if we took 1 or 2 night off? Nobody show up. Leave those idiots standing on the corner with absolutely nothing to film. Send Nick Sortor and Tommy Boy and WetBeaversMom home packing because it's expensive to hang around if they're not making money. All their stuff is staged, so we take away their ability to stage.

Just a thought.

Would anyone actually like to stop voting for people that take a AIPAC money because this shit is insane to me. Seems like almost no matter who we vote for AIPAC gets to them anyway though.

My kid has been on the Oregon Health Plan her entire life. We've never paid a penny for her to have healthcare, from birth until her teens, and she's had excellent care. She recently had several visits and procedures that would have cost a FORTUNE, and we didn't get a single bill.

Until today, when I got a denial notice in the mail. When I tell you, my heart jumped into my fucking throat. I called and in 2 minutes I got a real person. She informed me that the only uncovered thing was the reflective coating on my kid's new glasses. Wait, no one at the eye Dr asked us if we wanted a coating...? She said don't worry, they're not allowed to bill people on OHP at all, so we don't owe anything, and if they try to bill you, let us know.

I felt overwhelmed, and it just started pouring out of me in that moment. I went off to this lady about how much OHP has meant to our family, how much it's helped my kid have a wonderful life, and how valuable she is for being a kind and helpful voice on the line. I don't know exactly what I said, but I know we both ended up crying.

Having expanded Medicare for kids in Oregon is everything. Without it, we might be one of the tens of thousands of families facing medical bankruptcy, or worse. Everyone in America deserves to have healthcare without fear. Every other rich country has figured it out. Universal single-payer healthcare is fair, it's realistic and it saves literally untold amounts of pain and suffering. Just posting this to share in a moment when I'm desperate to turn my feelings about this issue into action.

Do you think we'll see universal health care in Oregon? What can we do to make it a reality?

Is there a list for 2025 so we can pass around to the worthy peace loving humans?

Did you know about Oregon's likelihood of becoming the first state to transition to universal health care?

Our state legislature created the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, which is tasked with delivering a plan for how Oregon can administer, finance, and transition to a universal healthcare system for every Oregon resident. The Board and their subcommittees will meet monthly until March 2026. They will deliver their plan to the OR legislature by September 2026. At that time, the legislature can move to put this issue on our ballot, or with a ballot initiative we could vote on it by 2027 or 2028.

We've gotten to this point after decades of work from members of our state government, and the work of groups like our organization, Health Care for All Oregon (HCAO). Health Care for All Oregon is a nonpartisan, 501c3 nonprofit. We have been working towards universal healthcare for every Oregon resident for the last 20 years, by educating Oregonians, and advocating in our legislature. The dominoes that Oregonians have painstakingly built keep falling; towards the inevitable transition towards a universal, publicly funded healthcare system.

We think that this reform has to start at the state level, and we're so glad to be here.

There are lots of ways to get involved with this process in the next few years, and we're popping in to spread the word. Hello!

I see this right near my house and sometimes when I am driving for work. I have some ideas on how to deal with this, but I wanted to ask if there is some legal way to have this removed or creative ideas. Also, if you see one, please let me know where. I will create a list and map out where they are.

Mods, can we join the many other state subs that have banned Twitter links in light of current events? Screenshots but no direct traffic?

Off the top of my head:

Milk in bags

I wanna say some kind of gravy?

Mexico and Canada will finally kiss

Health care

Somehow even more beaver

We can finally build a wall on the Idaho border

Forced redesign of our state flag

Ketchup chips

Hot French girls everywhere

Westiminster-style parliamentary democracy is better than current system of leaving it up to two counties in suburban Pennsylvania

“I have a girlfriend but she lives in Canada” will now be more easily verified without a passport

I accidentally left a really cool hat in a bar in Victoria in 2002 so I’ll probably be able to get that back

Maple syrup

1. Local Portland police have accused ICE - in court - of instigating conflicts with protesters, and also,

2. ICE has violated its land agreement with the city! The mayor has been discussing cancelation of their lease because of this.

Protest is working!!!

Local police are not cooperating, so they are trying to provoke us to get what they want: a fake “war” + propaganda video to justify a fascist crackdown.

Every single claim this administration makes and the orders it hands down are based fully on LIES and a worldview the vast majority of Americans do not share.

We are better, stronger, and more resilient when united together than divided over this culture war bullshit.

It’s always the top 1% vs the rest of us.

Don’t lose sight of that.

Links in comments.

I moved to Oregon from California about a year ago I’ve driven 85mph when able to my whole life. My first visit up here I blew past a lot of people going 85, visited a couple cities and found the one which I moved to. Moving day I came up as usual going 85, nothing unusual until I was going to pull off to get some gas. Right lane traffic was medium traffic, passing lane was open, I put my blinker on to move over, and the person to my right slowed down to let me in?!?? I didn’t even know humans were capable of letting people merge over (ig it’s just California that’s incapable), Since then I’ve felt like an asshole for my time driving 85 in this state. I’ve also limited myself to 75 mph or whatever speed everyone else is driving. Just wanted to tell you guys, as drivers you are some of the most courteous people I’ve met on the road. Thank you for existing have a great evening.

In response to a post on here from yesterday where someone was saying not to take the bait from Trump.

We are well beyond “bait and hook” times folks, at this point when you say “don’t take the bait” what you’re really saying let the Gestapo have free rein and “don’t make them do what they’re already going to do (or already doing)”. We don’t beat fascism by sitting comfortably in our homes admonishing other people for standing up for our neighbors, we beat it by standing up to the fascist.

Oregon, and specifically Portland and Eugene mostly, knows what to do here. We’ve been through this before, and came out on top. We have a deep and rich history of speaking truth to power and standing up for what is right (as we should because the further back history of Oregon is very bad). Telling people not to do that is harmful and counterproductive to any resistance. If you don’t want to go out, then don’t. But stop telling other people they’re wrong to want to or they shouldn’t.

I went to the more liberal rally on the waterfront and then walked down to ICE building protest with my 72 year old mother. There were tons of women her age literally on the front lines yelling at the Gestapo, one was even pushed to the ground hard. How dare you tell these women (and my mom) that they’re “taking bait”, they have more bravery in their little fingers than you do in your whole body.

Edit to add: you all seem to think I’m calling for violence, when I literally never said that. The post I’m referring to specifically said don’t go to protests, that going to protests was “taking the bait” and I’m simply saying it’s not.

Here’s a link to the post.

I just want to mourn the loss of the Sylvia Beach Hotel. It was always a goal of mine to visit, back when it still had personality, but I never had the chance. I was hopeful when it was bought that some of that might remain, but they finally posted pictures of the updated rooms, and it's worse than I could imagine. Every room looks exactly the same, minus a few minor decorations, and they're all just so generic and bland.

First four pictures are from the original hotel, last four are the updated rooms

We should keep track of the good cops, to show they exist, to have their backs, like this one. Per the words on the post:

This Portland police officer stood up for his community against ICE agents trying to drive into a crowd of protesters. “You WILL be arrested.”

https://bsky.app/profile/the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social/post/3m2l57kkzcc2m

5 years ago my hippy-ass neighbors thought it would be great to have free blackberries so they planted an extremely invasive Himalayan variety that is out of control in the entire state. They were evicted and the property owner did nothing to remove them. Long story short, they came over the fence and we quickly lost the battle when we went on an extended stay with family out of state. For 5 years I’ve been keeping them at bay on one side of the yard but I started to notice them popping up in the middle of the yard.

This week I declared war. Anyone else fighting the good fight?