Portland police union president: “We need to be honest and not gaslight Portlanders about what happened in 2020.” Full episode from @azcfilm’s show NW Fresh here: https://t.co/MDpUBNyWs6

I am on an email list for @MayorKWilson, who sent this: "On Thursday, January 19th... two of our Portland Police officers responding to a call for help were shot and wounded... Please take a look at these photos. The person we’re looking for was described as a white male in his

15-year-old handed 100 needles, no questions asked, no intervention whatsoever . . . this is how Seattle does “public health”????

A Mom with toddler awaits her drug dealer to let her in to a Plymouth Housing project. Tax Payer funded Plymouth on Stewart houses four major known drug dealers in Seattle. The rest of the residents “are drug addicted thieves” according to my trusted sources. Housing doesn’t end

@SusanGriffin530 @rationalinpdx That is so sweet. Wow, your timing is perfect. Thank you so very much! @rationalinpdx is someone I greatly admire. She allowed me to voice the hell we went through trying to get Portland to help my son. He’s free now. And the amazing memories I was left with ease the pain of all

"They're such liars": Leaders like @TinaKotek have gone to great lengths to paint Portland as safe and calm during the ongoing unrest. But local business owners tell me they're being ignored, neglected, and gaslit.

When I entered Portland politics, I didn’t expect to become an expert in campaign finance law. I thought hiring experts would be enough. It wasn’t—at least not for a political moderate in a region where activists dominate elite positions that shape elections—positions

@GoodLuckUNeedIt @SMeieran Here is a piece I wrote a while back on Oregon that might be helpful. I will also add that the federal government will soon be rolling out "treatment-focused" guidelines that will be required to receive federal funding. System leaders in your state will likely try and skirt

New Episode with Martin Lockett Director of Cultural Engagement at @Lines_for_Life, we talk about addiction treatment, prison, alcoholism and more.

NEW: After years of failure and neglect under Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell(@MayorofSeattle) and certain city councilmembers, an insurgent group of Lake City neighbors are now turning to We Heart Seattle(@weheartseattle) for help. They're taking matters into their own hands and

Oregon DMV sells your data and brings in millions of dollars from the data sold, there's no way to opt-out. In the past few years Oregon DMV has had major scandals including mistakenly enrolling thousands of non-citizens to vote and a data breach of 3.5 million Oregonians.

"A new study finds that Oregon’s and Washington state’s experiments with decriminalizing drug possession caused a surge in serious violent and property crime...America’s experiments with drug decriminalization have proved disastrous."

My top 5 cities for worst homeless crisis: 1. Seattle 2. Portland 3. Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 5. Denver This is based not on the overall homeless population in those cities but on levels of suffering in those cities. There's a pattern here.

68 year old woman just walking to her condo randomly assaulted by Portland Man. Random act across from LoveJoy Bakery. 6pm on Wednesday. He was arrested and later released due to lack of public defenders. He obviously didn’t make it to his court date and now can’t be found.

New Episode with @Contrarian_AO

As long as you allow this 24/7 (photo just taken), not much is gonna change at the library. What are you going TO DO?

Mult. Co.'s Central Library remains closed following a deadly shooting across the street on Tuesday. Library officials today say they are providing "trauma-related services and support to Central Library staff who witnessed or are affected by this event and its aftermath."

Had a great convo with Alisha @Contrarian_AO on 2A in Oregon, Oregon's education system, Oregon legislature, race in Oregon, problems with the VA and more.

"The silence from those in power is deafening. Our family demands answers." ~ Carolyn Stueve-Martin ~mother of Jonathan 💔 This family is devastated. Their son was turned away from @HealthRIGHT360. He died from an overdose the same night. https://t.co/c4Zzhf8jnu

To my mentors, and boss man @shellenberger I / Seattle wouldn’t be here without our North America Recovers movement who have all worked so hard to put long lost recovery back on the map, restore public safety, the environment, and dignity for our addicted and mentally ill loved

The downtown Portland library block has been known for violence and fentanyl for many years now, it's also where Kristin @rationalinpdx was attacked and used to record podcasts.