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Aug 28, 2023Liked by David Rovics

it was actually Tualatin, where i witnessed at least 27 cop cars race to the scene as i exited I-5. you knew instantly that it was a response to one of their own because a show of justice isn’t what the force is anything about. and you don’t see tents allowed in tony Tualatin, though if you pay attention you can see that some people live in their cars… surrounded by the hordes of herds of bmws mercedes and teslas lined around the blocking traffic into dutchbros, go figure.

the homeless in tualatin get a bus ticket to portland.

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thanks for the correction! and everything else you say here is so true.

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by David Rovics

sadly so. tualatin was once a beautiful tiny berg, no more! now just exporting their displaced by the rich people into already struggling other communities. too sad to see. i recently had to move out of the portland area just to afford housing and i feel guilty and lucky at once.

thanks for your witness to the truth of plight all around with your awesome voice! have enjoyed your songs for years and happy to have found you here (mentioned in a paul cudenac article) and your rewrite of the viral song i hadn’t actually heard until i heard yours.

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