Tim LeMaster

@Oregonian "As we're learning and kind of figuring out what works." @OHSUNews Dr. Peters on prepubescent experimentation of youth gender transition surgeries. How will OHSU handle it when the tens of millions they get in federal grants go away?

@GovTinaKotek Don't hold your breath. @DutchBros also started in Oregon.

Salt & Straw started in Portland in 2011 and grew from a neighborhood scoop shop into an internationally recognized brand rooted in creativity, local ingredients, and collaboration with Oregon makers and farmers. Another reason #WeLoveOregon365

@pdxmoderate Feckless @wweek leading that Schnitzer's push for aggressive tax cuts is "Self Serving" THEN next paragraph saying he is most qualified person to make that observation due to his massive business stake in Oregon. Local media is part of the problem always endorsing incumbents.

Dale and Camarillo—masters of contradiction—claim they want to lift per capita income and improve the lives of low-income Oregonians. Meanwhile, their vindictive tax policies are driving every viable business out of the state. Socialists with delusions of competence: how do you expect to do anything other than accelerate decay? (Rhetorical—of course you have no plan. Aspirations replace plans in your fantasy world.) With public schools tanking and businesses fleeing, the only “relief” left for struggling families is a larger tent or a one-way bus ticket out of this ideological wasteland. Here’s the playbook Oregon actually needs: fix education so kids can earn, not just exist. Attract businesses with sensible policies that encourage growth, hiring, and investment. Tax reasonably. Spend responsibly. Enforce accountability. End the DEI and nonprofit grift. Restore basic civic order: make streets clean, safe, and navigable instead of tent cities and zombie RVs. Fund police fully. Repeal RCV. Evict JVP. Slash parking fees. Kill SHS and PS4A. Return PCEF funds to the taxpayers. Elect moderates who actually govern instead of virtue-signaling. Rinse, repeat, restore sanity. Or Oregon can keep doubling down on the woke-a-dope socialist doom loop—blaming everyone else for your self-inflicted collapse while the state crumbles around you. wweek.com/news/state/202…

@ORHumanServices mandatory reporting training has conflicting information. DHS states the abuse rate happens proportionally equal across demographics. At the same DHS states Black/African American abuse has higher reporting AND substantiating rate. Which is it?

@oregonducksmama Sister cities such as Fresno and Milwaukie somehow are able to operate with budgets 1/4 Portland's budget. $2-2.3 billion compared to Portland's $8+ billion, with massive shortfalls. @MayorKWilson would be well served to download those city budgets as a template.

Democrat Utopia- Portland ranks second behind New York City for income taxes so not exactly shocking… 🫩😵‍💫 -Most of the respondents considering moving said they’re likely to leave Oregon, with 58% of respondents in the metro area and 49% in Portland saying they’d move to a different state. “Taxes are way above everything else,” said DHM Senior Vice President John Horvick. -In the metro area, 62% of those considering moving listed taxes as one of the top two reasons. In Portland, 55% listed taxes as one of the top two reasons.

@DSBeefin @pdxmoderate @momma_pdx @SageOfTheMtn The US Constitution limits Fed authority. The only real restriction on states in the US Constitution is specifying the type of state govt. It specifies all other authorities not specified are left to the states. Dept of Ag, edu, health etc should all be states, not fed.

@ORLeMaster1 @pdxmoderate @momma_pdx @SageOfTheMtn i always thought the constitution restricted govt and mandated certain responsibilities, such as the people abolishing tyrannical forms of govt systems.

Two Multnomah County commissioners have proposed limiting where to allow syringe service programs that distribute sterile needles, syringes and hypodermic devices, and dispose of used ones. The draft ordinance by Julia Brim-Edwards and Meghan Moyer asks to prohibit mobile SSPs from operating within 1,000 feet of K–12 schools. The issue has been an explosive one in Portland, where parents and neighbors of schools have long said SSPs pose risks to young students. It’s astonishing that banning needle distribution near schools is even treated as a complicated debate. We’ve normalized policies that prioritize accommodating addiction over protecting children. If someone wants clean needles, they should have to engage with treatment programs and organizations focused on recovery. That’s not cruelty — that’s accountability. Handing out needles with no expectation of rehabilitation only sustains addiction and the chaos that comes with it. And spare me the lectures about “compassion.” Real compassion is intervention. Real compassion is getting people into treatment before they overdose, destroy their lives, or victimize everyone around them. Enabling self-destruction indefinitely is not humane policy. Meanwhile, we continue placing low- or no-barrier shelters near schools and pretending families should just accept the consequences: needles on sidewalks, theft, public drug use, violence, and constant instability in the neighborhoods kids pass through every day. The standard we’ve forced children and families to tolerate is unbelievable. Society seems more concerned about protecting the comfort of addicts than protecting the safety and normalcy of kids trying to get to school. @jvegapederson @MayorKWilson @GovTinaKotek @ wweek.com/news/county/20…

@pdxmoderate @momma_pdx @SageOfTheMtn Disagree as long as we abolish fed level duplicate agencies. The Constitution doesn't give fed authority to oversee medicine, food, etc. States have academic resource and capability to do this work. Let states coordinate these functions outside the fed. More the merrier.

Oregon, Washington and California will be forming a Health Alliance. This is going to be dangerous for everyone living here. You should be alarmed. 👇👇👇👇👇 This is communism indeed. Shame on our Oregon legislators such as Lisa Reynolds or Maxine Dexter for ever suggesting that people needed to be force vaccinated. I do not want anything to do with this so called health alliance.

@TheFP Portland's @MayorKWilson could get some pointers from Pratt.

Spencer Pratt is surging in the LA mayor’s race by saying the things voters feel but politicians won’t. “It is not symptomatic of a red wave. It is about tens or even hundreds of thousands of voters waking up from their stupor and demanding to know what the hell happened to their city. It is about the massive homeless encampments, the pockmarked freeways and crumbling sidewalks, the broken schools, the unbelievably expensive houses and, of course, the fires. It is about the breakdown in civilization and Angelenos’ desire to return to some semblance of normalcy,” writes @PeterSavodnik.

@SteveGuest Oregonian here. The Dems gerrymandered the hell out of the state 6 years ago after the 2020 census. Well before Texas or others did what they are doing on the gerrymander front.

After Maine’s Communist Senate Candidate Graham Platner says that Virginia Dems should ignore the VA Supreme Court decision that ruled the Democrats’ gerrymander was unconstitutional, Leigh McGowan on NewsNight with Abby Phillip endorses breaking the law… “I am also a big believer in is fighting fire with fire…. If one side is cheating and we're not cheating….”

@VigilantFox Texas didn't start anything. I live in Oregon where @ORDems gerrymandered the hell out of the state shutting out rural Republican voters 6 years ago after the last census.

Bill Maher looks visibly taken aback after he realizes Democrats’ gerrymandering efforts have backfired badly. “Republicans are winning the gerrymandering war.” “Texas, Florida, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina: They’re all now more Republican.” “Show the map of Tennessee. This is really what’s going on here. They’ve taken Memphis, a majority black city, and they moved it into three different districts to dilute the vote.” “Virginia gerrymandered on the Democratic side, and the Supreme Court in the state said they can’t. So that’s a big loss for the Democrats. They’re not going to get that to even the score.”

@Emilio2763 This is exactly the kind of message Oregon candidates @Real_EdDiehl and @ChristineDrazan need to be hammering away on here. Oregon last in education, mental health, energy taxes, homelessness, drug abuse etc. started way before Trump entered the scene and wholly @ordems doing.

Steve Hilton Just Verbally Murdered the Entire California Democrat Party on the Debate Stage …

@pdxmoderate This list doesn't tell the story of the many iconic small businesses that have disappeared from Portland. Record stores, old bars and clubs, coffee shops, generational businesses, small manufacturers, and much more thanks to hostile business environment and public safety.

THE COLLAPSE OF PORTLAND, OR 1. Nike Community Factory Store (operated ~40 years since 1984): Closed permanently after 276 shoplifting reports in one year. Nike cited deteriorating public safety and sent a letter to the mayor.  2. Walmart (both Portland locations): Closed, with 580 employees laid off.  3. Target (three stores): Explicitly cited organized retail crime and shoplifting.  4. REI (Pearl District): Closed citing high break-ins/theft (highest rate in two decades); spent over $800k on extra security in 2022, including incidents like a vehicle rammed through doors.  5. U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp Tower): Not renewing long-term lease. Building sold in July 2025 for $45M (down from $372M in 2015, ~88% value drop).  6. Wells Fargo: Announced plans to exit Portland.  7. Starbucks: Closed at least 5–6 locations in September 2025 alone.  8. Nordstrom Rack (Downtown) and CVS Pharmacy (SW Broadway): Closed, with shoplifting cited as a factor at CVS.  Malls and major centers: 9. Pioneer Place Mall: Down from ~100 stores to about 20 (called a “dead mall”). 10. Lloyd Center Mall: 90% vacant, confirmed for full demolition. 11. PacWest Center: Sold Oct 2025 for $55.7M (down from $170M in 2016, ~67% drop). 12. Montgomery Park: Sold Aug 2024 for $33M (down from $255M in 2019, ~87% drop).  The DSA’s goal is to eliminate capitalism, private property ownership and the democrat party. DO NOT VOTE FOR A SINGLE DSA CANIDATE UNLESS YOU WANT COMMUNISM IN OREGON!

@TinaKotek Fear mongering reality check. If a GOP governor somehow managed to force serious abortion restrictions or an actual ban there would be a new record setting petition referendum beating the gas tax you forced on the citizens. The people don't need @ORDems for protection.

Oregon fought to protect access to mifepristone and we won a temporary restoration nationwide. But the fight isn't over. Republicans are coming for reproductive care, and we won't stop until every Oregonian can reliably access the healthcare they need oregonlive.com/nation/2026/05…

Rapid 15ish shots heard inner Northeast Portland. Maybe near MLK and Killingsworth?

@WallStreetApes @tupacabra Small Parts Manufacturing was a 3rd generation machine shop operating at Skidmore and MLK. Shut down and left Portland about 2 years ago. Many iconic local retailers and restaurants/be ars have shut down the last few years over public safety.

The fall of Portland, Oregon Here are major retailers that left Portland over declining conditions due to Democrat policies from 2022–2026 - Nike Community Factory Store (Operated since 1984, 40 years) Closed permanently because of 276 shoplifting reports in one year. They cited deteriorating public safety. Nike sent a letter to the mayor citing conditions - Walmart (Both Portland Locations)
580 employees laid off - Target (Three Stores)
Reason: Explicitly cited organized retail crime and shoplifting - REI
Reason: Highest break-in rate in two decades; over $800,000 spent on extra security in 2022 (including multiple incidents, one with a vehicle through the doors on Black Friday) - U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp Tower) Announced it would not renew its long-term lease
Building Sale: Sold in July 2025 for $45 million (down from $372 million in 2015 — ~88% value decline). - Wells Fargo
Announced plans to exit Portland - Starbucks
Closed at least 5–6 Portland locations in September 2025 alone. - Nordstrom Rack (Downtown)
 - CVS Pharmacy (SW Broadway) Reason: Employee cited shoplifting as a factor Malls Major Retail Centers also closed Pioneer Place Mall: Once had roughly 100 stores. It’s now down to 20. Described as a “dead mall.” • Lloyd Center Mall: Confirmed for full demolition. Now 90% vacant PacWest Center: Sold October 2025 for $55.7 million (down from $170 million in 2016. That’s a 67% drop) - Montgomery Park: Sold August 2024 for $33 million (down from $255 million in 2019, that’s a 87% drop)

@TinaKotek Tina Kotek and the @ORDems jamming tax after tax through legislature whining about cost of living under Trump! Reducing government spending is nowhere in their politispeak dictionary. Her and her peers have full control to cut taxes tomorrow putting money back in our pockets.

Oregonians feel the pressure of higher prices, and the federal government should be focused on lowering costs, not raising them. The more products that are slapped with tariffs, the more prices go up, and the less Oregonians can afford. statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…

@RonWyden This workers day literally sponsored by Communist Party of America.

Battling this International Workers Day & every day for workers to get fair wages and benefits, afford the costs of a home, and have the opportunity to exercise their labor bargaining rights.

@ggreenwald Rogan is a regular guy who occasionally talks politics. Not a politics guy who occasionally talks regular stuff. That is why Joe Rogan is so influential and successful.

What made Joe Rogan uniquely influential and important in politics was that he built a huge audience based on apolitical topics like culture and comedy and MMA, so his politics talk reached a massive number of people not already captive to a party or ideology. George Soros' son can finance a huge platform of hardcore partisans and make a lot of money, but it's not changing or affecting anything. Meidas Touch watchers are, by definition, already fanatically partisan Democrats and so it doesn't matter how big the audience grows.

@CascadePolicy I would love to see a property tax restriction to California. Strong limit in how much it can increase based on tax at time of sale. This would make it way more attractive to stay in your same community long term.

Oregon's tax system has been a topic of debate for years. 💬 We want to hear from you: What’s your take on Oregon’s tax policies? Drop your thoughts in the comments below, and let’s have a meaningful conversation.

@LarsLarsonShow If you thought Ed Diehl gathered a record setting number of signatures to fight Salem legislation, wait til you see what happens if any would be governor push restrictions on abortion. The best approach is a governor pushing voter initiative and let the voters fight it out.

If Governor candidate Chris Dudley wants to offer Oregon voters a choice different from the incumbent, he should make up his mind on "choice". oregonjournalismproject.org/trailing-in-th… The Oregon Journalism Project has a videotape interview of candidate Dudley declaring, “I’m pro-choice. I’m not going to change who I am.” Being pro-abortion puts Dudley in the same camp as every Democrat, including incumbent Tina Kotek. It also puts him in Oregon’s cult of death that includes taxpayer-funded abortion on demand. Governor Kotek goes so far as to offer taxpayer dollars to bring young ladies in from non-abortion states to kill their babies here. But it apparently occurred to Dudley that asking for the votes of conservative republicans might require something else. Willamette week reports Dudley sent out a text message this week announcing a contradictory position: “Personally, I’m pro life”. For voters, "personal" doesn’t matter. What you would DO as the Governor does. The two other Republican front-runners for Oregon Governor, Ed Diehl and Christine Drazan, are unapologetically pro-life. Straddling that fence informs voters on both sides of the issue that they can’t trust your position. I think it’s time for Chris Dudley to choose whether he’s pro-life or pro-abortion, so I’ll invite him on the radio to tell all of us exactly where he stands.

@Oregonian Not even 48 hours at one of Portland mayor's "Budget Townhalls" with city council members they passed the utility "Fee" on every household. He isn't serious about getting this budget under control. He isn't serious about stopping the rampant taxes.

‘I refuse to put the brakes on our recovery,’ Portland mayor says amid looming budget cuts oregonlive.com/politics/2026/…