Mark Sexton 🥥 🌴

Retired tax lawyer. Progressive. Liberal. Voter. Queer. Radical left maniac. He/him/they/them.

[Mark Sexton 🥥 🌴 @markmccsexton]

@bussybackribs Woof

[Mark Sexton 🥥 🌴 @markmccsexton]

@nxd1979 Chelsea Gym in 1995

[Mark Sexton 🥥 🌴 @markmccsexton]

https://t.co/R7YwOQrywF

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

Visualize an I-5 Immersed Tunnel!

British Columbia is building a new Fraser River immersed tunnel under a 38-foot-deep channel, Columbia River only 27-foot deep.
Gothenburg immersed tunnel portal under construction.

Less cost, faster to build, environmental benefits.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

The Trump campaign and surrogates will try to intimidate Biden supporters from going after the former President politically.

Do not let up. Trump is a threat to democracy and he must be stopped. Every rational person knows that means politically. DO NOT let them twist your words and intimidate you.

Trump must be beaten at the ballot box

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I know some Dems are in knots over what to say right now, but I do think it's pretty straightforward:

We should oppose political violence in all its forms, whoever it comes from, whoever it targets.

We should oppose leaders who condone political violence.

We should oppose leaders who encourage political violence.

We should oppose leaders who amplify their supporters’ calls for political violence.

We should oppose leaders who say that our military and law enforcement should be able to shoot political protesters, or people who may have illegally crossed our border, or people who are merely suspected of breaking the law.

We should oppose leaders who’ve sent their armed supporters to scare our political representatives into throwing away our votes.

We should oppose leaders who’ve refused to stop political violence even when begged to do so by their own supporters.

We should oppose leaders who say that their supporters who've been convicted of committing political violence should be pardoned.

We should oppose these leaders because democracy can't survive if political violence becomes acceptable, and the only acceptable way to oppose these leaders is by persuading people to vote against them.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Two choices for the anti-Trump coalition:

If we resign ourselves to a second Trump presidency four months before Election Day, we'll definitely get a second Trump presidency.

If everyone from the Democratic nominee on down works hard to persuade undecided Americans that they're better off with us, we might not get a second Trump presidency.

I think we should try.

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

More public support for an Immersed Tunnel than IBR's monstrous and dangerous bridge.

[Multnomah County Democrats @multdems]

Today we begin a content series called “25 Days of Project 2025”. If you weren’t already concerned about a second Trump presidency then brace yourself because this sh*t is scary. #25DaysofProject2025

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

City of Vancouver wants to tear down the two current I-5 bridges.
Rotterdam’s historic lift bridge is preserved as a city monument.

IBR should repurpose I-5 lift bridges for light rail and bikes/pedestrians.
Build an Immersed Tunnel for car and trucks.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Trump says battery powered planes can’t fly in cloudy weather, inflation is 30%. Revelations about shocking Trump rapes and sexual assaults with Jeffrey Epstein. Washington Post leads with two front page stories on Biden’s debate meltdown, pressure to withdraw. One on Trump—on his strategy to lie low because of firestorm over Biden. NOTHING on these Trump scandals. Nothing. Journalistic malpractice to the max. Sleepwalking to autocracy. New slogan for the Post: Democracy dies in negligence.

[Mark Sexton 🥥 🌴 @markmccsexton]

@chrisgeidner Congratulations!

[Suzanne Bonamici @RepBonamici]

Under the updated Title IX rule, schools will be explicitly prohibited from discriminating against students and staff based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

It is harmful and unnecessary for my GOP colleagues to attempt to block the rule from going into effect.

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

$600M federal funding and a billion each from WA & OR, more than an enough for an Immersed Tunnel.
Riverfront Parks & No tolls?

Columbia River crossing is 2,800 feet.
Antwerp at 4,200 feet, 50% longer, is building a 6-lane & bike path Immersed Tunnel for only $680 million.

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

IBR's bike ramp will have to climb 80 feet and be over a half-mile long.
IBR has no design, maybe because it will be so ridiculous.

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

A slide to be presented to the Bi-State Legislative Committee June 10 asks if the pedestrians/cyclists bridge ramp will be too steep.

Answer is YES

[Drew Millegan @Drew_Millegan]

Is anyone seriously talking about removing the blighted section of I-5 on the Portland eastside waterfront? Or is that still fantasy?

Seems it would fix traffic better than the Rose Quarter project by shifting through-traffic to I-405 or I-205, and eliminates local bottlenecks

[Jonathan Maus @Jonathan_Maus]

You get what you build for.

This iconic, beloved bridge should be safe for bike riders and more pleasant for walkers. Instead it's a loud, scary, stressful mess for anyone outside of a car.

Thanks for nothing, @OregonDOT!

[Bob Ortblad @BOrtblad]

An Immersed Tunnel and “Reused Bridges” would enable a history field trip to Fort Vancouver on a “Bike Bus” or by TriMet.
@trimet @FTA_DOT @BikePortland

[ACLU of Ohio @acluohio]

A reminder for #TransDayOfVisibility -- Trans people have always existed and deserve to live as their authentic selves and be treated with dignity and respect. 🏳️‍⚧️