mitch (he/him)

i have not!

i think it’s marx

oof

like i think my most cancellable take is that marx was kind of 19th century abundance bro lol

it’s probably a sraffian case but it’s rooted in Vol 2 of capital imo

good thread and hearty congratulations to everyone who got this done. this specific post reminds me that i am prepared (conditional on time) to make the case that marx (or at least the surplus approach to value and distribution following him) sets up a case for a supply side approach to housing.

Routle - TriMet
03/05/2026
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www.routle.city/trimet

no lies detected

*touches earbud*

hearing reports that there may have been some bamboozlers, hustlers and idiots involved in our beautiful block 216

Lender to Walt Bowen’s Ritz-Carlton Tower Knew Project Was in Trouble Early On, Lawsuit Says The failure of Walt Bowen’s Block 216 office, hotel and condo building in Portland’s West End is reverberating through the real estate industry, court records show.

“we can derive from first principles that there is no greater force of efficiency in the known world than the sheer clairvoyance manifest in private capital, unleashed”

(except this one time)

ah yes, let’s continue to
do more random tariffs while also launching random hot wars that close the straight of hormuz. masterful gambit sir

Having a leftist with a PhD in economics in politics is so nice 😭😂 if y’all in D4 don’t do everything you can to get Mitch re-elected in November what are we even doing?

the only AI i respect is 2001 MVP and philadelphia pacer Alan Iverson

that’s ok, we don’t need need to worry about setting records like this when we continue to dominate in the field of *checks notes* launching hot wars.

anywhere in portland counts towards my small donor counts!

business press: we can’t have any economy deniers in government

me: it’s good actually that properties in default are changing hands with new investors with rosy expectations

business press: not like that

what can i say i know this part of the region particularly well

Routle - TriMet
03/03/2026
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www.routle.city/trimet

^ ugh typo in the congrats post 😩

thanks for service, Sarah! excited for you but we’ll be sad to see you go.

It's a start! Thanks to the over 200 Oregonians who took action last week to testify or write to the governor's data center advisory council last week to make your voices heard! Because of your actions, we were able to win this 1.5 yr moratorium on data center tax breaks. https://loom.ly/6GqJ-Ko

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

impeachment, removal, conviction.

or we will will war overseas and war in our streets.

sit at the bar next time and ask steven the bartender to tell you about the story involving a certain frank sinatra panting.

truly a man of the people. tribune of the district

spotted @kanalforportland.bsky.social in the wild tonight at sunday sauce 🤌🏼

incredible work

there’s a type of antisocial behavior associated with seeing a person in a car in front of you signal their attempt to change lens to get around stalled traffic and be like na i’m gonna go first.

the article and my post was in reference to the state of oregon, which absolutely does not have the highest marginal income tax rate. that’s california.