Aaron Gray

Aaron Gray

@asquaredgray.bsky.social

Product builder. Progressive capitalist (market economy, regs to level playing field, taxes for robust social services). Dad to 2 amazing women. Believer in expansion of inclusion. DTW➡️PDX➡️FDT Throw the sandwich. Also @adventurequota.bsky.social

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What Americans call socialism isn’t socialism. It’s just good policy within a market economy. Mainstream American “socialists” are more akin to European social democrats. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

Ironically, the thing I miss from the COVID era is not getting sick. Seriously. I never had COVID. I also didn't get a cold for, like, two years, because no one went anywhere spreading their germs. Unrelated: I'm going into week three of a lung fungus that won't let go. 😑

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What Kamala Harris proposes in not impeaching Trump is this the same reason why letting Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate soldiers and leaders off the hook was a bad idea.. We've been paying for it ever since😡

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Me, realizing that Tobin Heath set the previous record for single-season assists (10) back when the NWSL season was only 20 games ... and she only played in 14 of those anyway because of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Chris Ingraham@cingraham.bsky.social

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

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A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

Portland’s lowest attendance this season was higher than their stadium capacity. Maybe they should have thought that through.

Daniel Sperry@danielsperrykc.bsky.social

Yes the Current announced attendance at 18,000. No. Nobody should allow that to be the actual match attendance number.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; we support you; we protect our own; this is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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Any politician who’s willing to throw away one group’s rights is willing to throw away everyone’s rights. It’s that simple. Every single consultant, pundit and candidate who’s shown a willingness to abandon trans rights needs to be shunned from the party forever

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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Y’all means all isn’t just a slogan for us. It means we are a welcoming, inclusive community to everyone.  We stand with the @rosecityriveters.org, the transgender and LGBTQ+ community — hate has no place in women’s soccer, or anywhere.  If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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PORTLAND: Looking for #Thorns fans who were at the 10/23 game and seated near the XX-XY folks for the Mercury — hit me up if you want to chat on or off the record.

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These people trying to rile up some sort of controversy by treating their hatred & bigotry as activism are pathetic losers. They infiltrate an inclusive & joyful space to push their unwelcome agenda, then play the victim card when they are rightfully confronted for their bigoted rhetoric. #BAONPDX

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social

Women’s sports face enough real problems. Don’t buy into this made up one villainizing the Trans community.

There’s something seriously wrong with people who are this focused on getting a look at children’s genitalia.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

conservatives in washington state want freedom and small government in the form of state-mandated genital exams for high school students: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Reminder that there a NWSL game with @reignfc.com Nov 1 days before the election where WA has a hateful measure attempting to not only harm trans girls but scare cis girls from participating in sports. Come to the match. Stand in the supporter section and drive out these bigots if they show up.

Jason Anderson@jasondcsoccer.bsky.social

Anti-trans bigots are coming to NWSL games looking to provoke violence or other incidents that could go viral. This is the back-up plan: harass and endanger anyone who stands up to them. NWSL is going to have to contend with this. Kicking the can down the road will put too many fans at risk.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Bigotry, hatred and anti-human "views" and "opinions" have no place in The North End, at Providence Park, in Portland and anywhere in our state, country and planet. Keep that shit to yourself in your own house! BECAUSE TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!! 💚💛❤️🖤 #TimbersFC #ThornsFC #RCTID #BAONPDX

Timbers Army@timbersarmy.org

First and most important: The Timbers Army stands with the Rose City Riveters and with our transgender and LGBTQ community. We see you; we support you. You come for one, you come for all of us! We have ZERO room for hate in our stands and in our spaces. #RCTID #BAONPDX

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Regarding the nimrod fucksticks in the Riveters section last night, I wish the park would adopt the same rules that they had at the punk shows I went to as a kid. You see a chud? You can punch them and then security will escort them out. #baonpdx

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All of these grifters have latched onto this idea that you can sue a private venue for removing you after you and your ilk showed up to antagonize supporters. The XX/XY folks are given too much grace as it is; I can't imagine how they thought that would go in Portland.

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@thornsfc.com You are allowing this to happen. Take a stand. Side with your supporters.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin.bsky.social

The XX/XY grift is easy to understand. They want to infiltrate LGBTQ+ safe spaces with their TERF bigotry while wielding the paradox of tolerance as their weapon of choice. Once they've wedged their way in, everything that makes the woso environment special is in danger.

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NWSL+ is the #NWSL, so let Jessica know this is unacceptable jberman@nwslsoccer.com “Jordan Angeli needs to be pulled from broadcasts immediately. not only is her bias of being a Summit owner problematic, but her following and endorsement of a hate group XX/XY is disqualifying. remove her now”

andré, but scarier@andre-carlisle.bsky.social

wild behavior to have jordan angeli in studio after what happened in portland last night

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity . If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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Anti-trans bigots are coming to NWSL games looking to provoke violence or other incidents that could go viral. This is the back-up plan: harass and endanger anyone who stands up to them. NWSL is going to have to contend with this. Kicking the can down the road will put too many fans at risk.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; we support you; we protect our own; this is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one of us, you can expect us all

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; we support you; we protect our own; this is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one of us, you can expect us all

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

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Replying to @jeremypeterman.bsky.social

And then you look at the donation records of those who hold financial stakes in such leagues only to find that they not only agree with the message but are willing to sacrifice their bottomline to ensure that the provocateurs have a seat at the table

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Failure definitely lies with the governing bodies of the various professional women's sports leagues who refuse to take proper action against outside agitators whose sole presence and purpose is to delegitimize and bully the athletes who are responsible for these leagues existing

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Where the fuck were these people when Merritt Paulson was protecting men who abused women? It's never been about protecting women.

andré, but scarier@andre-carlisle.bsky.social

so the xx/xy group plan to 'protect women's sports' by infiltrating supporters' sections, whining online about being called names, then posting photos and trying to dox teams' most passionate fans? at this point not treating them like a hate group akin to the proud boys or kkk is willful ignorance.

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so the xx/xy group plan to 'protect women's sports' by infiltrating supporters' sections, whining online about being called names, then posting photos and trying to dox teams' most passionate fans? at this point not treating them like a hate group akin to the proud boys or kkk is willful ignorance.

Taylor Vincent@tayvincent6.bsky.social

Some hateful folks in the North End have their messaging blocked by flags and lead to a “Trans Lives Matter” chant

How about we stop electing known rape enthusiasts.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

The deeper reason Trump, Vance, and Ramaswamy are backing the vile rape ad is they think MAGA politics—the cruelty, the depravity, the viciousness—is still ascendant. They think doing this esesentially puts Trump on the ballot. Me and @jimswift.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

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Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

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Musk’s wealth is a threat to democracy—not just in the U.S. but everywhere. He’s probably the greatest threat to the free world today.