"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election

The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.

Portland council member makes CNN anchor laugh with snarky response to Kristi Noem claims “There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

This week I went on CNN to dispel myths about Portland. We don’t need outside agitators telling us what we need, and we do not need military invasion.

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a man wearing a headset looks at a computer screen Alt: GIF of the trio of nerds from Buffy season 6

Can’t believe our country is being run by the villains from Buffy Season 6

Amy Goodman is going to get me through the next four years.

Lmao WHAT!?

dear cis & straight friends: if you're dismayed about increasing political & legislative attacks on trans & LGBTQ+ ppl, here's something tangible you can do: PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY and tell them #LGBTQNotGoingBack!

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trans Theorist: This is a overly simplistic binary that oppresses the cup. The cup can be whoever it wants

the brits terf export has firmly landed on our shores.

Imagine if we didn't have "Like" buttons, but instead, we had "There's a good boy" buttons. Would you rather have 110 Likes or one voice resonating so deeply in your Self that you feel, even if only momentarily, alive