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News, interviews, and opinion from Portland, OR - FKA "Max's Substack"
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Mitch Green Acknowledges Wrongdoing (opens the original)
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First, an acknowledgment of my own: I may have slightly broken the city. To be fair to me, the crack was already there. Straws, backs of camels, etc. I will react to the enormous response to my last piece later this week, but on the eve of Yom Kippur (the holiest day of the Jewish Year) I want to discuss something specific.A reader said to me, in response to that Mitch Green story, “Seems like his life is one big lie.” I disagree. Green seems to have been a ver
Mitch Green: Between the Tweets (opens the original)
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When Portland City Councilor Mitch Green took office he was unknown outside the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He won a seat when most Portland voters had never heard of the DSA and the image he broadcast was more flannel shirt union guy, less Cosplay Lenin. I’ve spent considerable time correcting this misrepresentation.In The DS
Subject to Public Destruction (opens the original)
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Correction:While a previous iteration of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) may have been involved in delaying this process, the current council is very different and was only involved in the careful restoration of this statue. I regret missing this crucial staffing and culture change and have removed the sentence assigning them partial responsibility for this mess.“The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.”Frank Herbert
Platform, Promise, Proof (opens the original)
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Last month Bill Maher returned from Summer Break with Commie By Your Name. It’s funny and I recommend it, but many writers (including myself) were making similar jokes last year. The mainstream media and commentariat are finally catching up to the problem the DSA’s socialist wave has become. There’s no “Red Scare” as local DSA Comms Officer Nick Caleb likes to cla
Mitch Green's Bummer Summer (opens the original)
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Continuing our series on the disappointing “Hot Commie Summer” from last time, we turn our attention to the series of unfortunate events and revelations which have spotlighted Portland City Councilor Mitch Green’s shortcomings.From my previous installment:The best thing Green had going for him was a reputation as the normal DSA guy — the relatable one, less radical than the rest of the party. He brought a legitimate blue
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