Alex Baumhardt
@alexbaumhardt.bsky.social
Journalist covering environment and education @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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Chicken v. Trump: Lawsuit claims DHS used excessive force at Portland protests
Chicken v. Trump: Lawsuit claims DHS used excessive force at Portland protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man dressed as a chicken, two senior protesters and two freelance journalists are suing the Trump administration. In a class action lawsuit that was filed in federal court…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Chicken v. Trump: Lawsuit claims DHS used excessive force at Portland protests
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Press access to Oval Office argued in case involving Trump and The Associated Press. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pres...
Press access to Oval Office argued in case involving Trump and wire service
WASHINGTON — A three-judge federal appeals panel grilled lawyers for a former White House official and The Associated Press Monday in a case that could significantly overhaul press access to the Oval ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Press access to Oval Office argued in case involving Trump and The Associated Press. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pres...
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Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served 'unlawfully,' reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served 'unlawfully'
A senior federal judge dismissed charges Monday against two public officials with long-running public disputes with President Donald Trump, saying the controversial appointment of the president’s form...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served 'unlawfully,' reports @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
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The Guardian is tracking the Trump administration's campaign of mass deportation.
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Guardian is tracking the Trump administration's campaign of mass deportation.
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
Since Trump was inaugurated, ICE and CBP:
- arrested nearly 290,000 people
- deported more than 290,000 people
As of Nov 17, 65,000 people are in immigration detention, an all time high
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Makary is also pushing to change FDA regs affecting depressants, puberty blockers and psychedelics, seeking to cut career scientists out of decisions, our sources told us.
Pazdur has pushed back, saying career experts must have input.
He has also mused about abruptly retiring.
More in our story→
Pazdur has pushed back, saying career experts must have input.
He has also mused about abruptly retiring.
More in our story→
Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Makary is also pushing to change FDA regs affecting depressants, puberty blockers and psychedelics, seeking to cut career scientists out of decisions, our sources told us.
Pazdur has pushed back, saying career experts must have input.
He has also mused about abruptly retiring.
More in our story→
Pazdur has pushed back, saying career experts must have input.
He has also mused about abruptly retiring.
More in our story→
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A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates.
New federal student debt rule seen as tool to enforce Trump agenda • Oregon Capital Chronicle
WASHINGTON — A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates who argue…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates.
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The country’s largest landlord would stop using algorithmic software to artificially inflate rent prices under a $7 million settlement offer Oregon and eight other states proposed.
Oregon proposes settlement to stop major landlord from hiking rent prices • Oregon Capital Chronicle
If the court approves the settlement, Greystar would have to pay $7 million to the nine plaintiff states, which include Oregon.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The country’s largest landlord would stop using algorithmic software to artificially inflate rent prices under a $7 million settlement offer Oregon and eight other states proposed.
Democratic-led states ramp up protections in reproductive health shield laws oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/21/r...
Democratic-led states ramp up protections in reproductive health shield laws • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Shield laws that protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecutions have become a point of contention in the fight over access to abortion medication. These measures popped up in n...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Democratic-led states ramp up protections in reproductive health shield laws oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/21/r...
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David Ellison is asking Saudi Arabia for help buying Warner Bros. He’s looking for Trump’s approval, and promised Paramount will axe any CNN hosts the president doesn’t like. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/S0oAEzS
Ellisons Tap Saudis to Fund News Media Takeover - The American Prospect
If the Saudi crown prince owns a piece of CNN and CBS News, how will they cover No Kings Days?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
David Ellison is asking Saudi Arabia for help buying Warner Bros. He’s looking for Trump’s approval, and promised Paramount will axe any CNN hosts the president doesn’t like. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/S0oAEzS
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NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
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My 1st for @propublica.org
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As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Alaska didn’t use $5M set aside to fund SNAP during the shutdown, even though benefits were late, writes Claire Stremple for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
Alaska didn’t use $5M set aside to fund SNAP during the shutdown, even though benefits were late | Alaska Beacon
Alaskans' full food benefits were two weeks late, even though the state had emergency funds to prevent that.
alaskabeacon.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Alaska didn’t use $5M set aside to fund SNAP during the shutdown, even though benefits were late, writes Claire Stremple for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
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Gov. Tina Kotek wants state agencies to move faster to address climate change, ensure more longterm renewable energy power that is cheap and reliable for Oregonians and fill in gaps from federal disinvestment from clean energy projects. buff.ly/16Uwthk
Gov. Kotek orders state agencies to move faster on clean energy projects, electrification • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A new order from Gov. Tina Kotek directs agencies to create policies that will accelerate by 2027 clean energy projects, transmission.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Gov. Tina Kotek wants state agencies to move faster to address climate change, ensure more longterm renewable energy power that is cheap and reliable for Oregonians and fill in gaps from federal disinvestment from clean energy projects. buff.ly/16Uwthk
Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling a surprise $20 from the pocket, Oregon's $373 million budget deficit is shrinking, for now, due to what state economists call “found money." But lack of labor statistics means revenue forecast tenuous. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/19/f...
‘Found money,’ economic resilience dramatically shrink Oregon’s budget deficit • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Adjusted corporate income tax receipts, mild revenue increases have modestly improved state’s budget outlook, economists said.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling a surprise $20 from the pocket, Oregon's $373 million budget deficit is shrinking, for now, due to what state economists call “found money." But lack of labor statistics means revenue forecast tenuous. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/19/f...
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'In general, drug cartels are better classified as criminal organizations rather than terrorist groups, a retired senior military U.S. commander told Task & Purpose.'
The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined trib.al/xw98j7m
The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined
The move may indicate that the U.S. government increasingly views narcotics traffickers as a problem that requires a military solution.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
'In general, drug cartels are better classified as criminal organizations rather than terrorist groups, a retired senior military U.S. commander told Task & Purpose.'
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Trump administration unveils plan to try to dismantle Department of Education rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/18/r...
Trump administration unveils plan to try to dismantle Department of Education • Rhode Island Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Tuesday in trying to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, announcing six total inter-agency agreements signed with other de...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump administration unveils plan to try to dismantle Department of Education rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/18/r...
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Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the compensation process for wrongfully convicted individuals.
License plate recognition, wrongful conviction among 2026 priorities for Oregon lawmakers • Oregon Capital Chronicle
During a Monday hearing, the six-member Senate Interim Judiciary Committee weighed concerns about controversial license reading technology.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the compensation process for wrongfully convicted individuals.
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The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed this summer that will reduce state revenue. buff.ly/kIxKhTd
Lawmakers might tap two reserve funds to fill Oregon’s budget deficit. What are they? • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon has two reserve funds meant to ensure state agencies and services remain whole and public school budgets aren’t throttled.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed this summer that will reduce state revenue. buff.ly/kIxKhTd
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The total cost in salaries, benefits for up to 1,000 Tennessee National Guard personnel in Memphis could reach $26M annually, according to a federal memo filed in court, reports @awadwhani.bsky.gmail.
Feds ink millions of dollars in contracts to feed, house National Guard in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
The federal government has entered millions of dollars of contracts to purchase food and lodging for the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The total cost in salaries, benefits for up to 1,000 Tennessee National Guard personnel in Memphis could reach $26M annually, according to a federal memo filed in court, reports @awadwhani.bsky.gmail.
Oregon Democrats have agreed to backfill $7.5 million in funding to Planned Parenthood after Congressional Republicans this summer approved a measure blocking PP access to federal Medicaid dollars until at least July 2026 @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/17/o...
Oregon agrees to backfill lost Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon agrees to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars after Congress approved a bill blocking access to Medicaid funds.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oregon Democrats have agreed to backfill $7.5 million in funding to Planned Parenthood after Congressional Republicans this summer approved a measure blocking PP access to federal Medicaid dollars until at least July 2026 @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/17/o...
This American Life is doing some of the best, most important reporting on the down to the human, down to the family, impacts of Trump admin policies in the U.S. and abroad. Gonna be thinking about this episode for a long time and hope they continue following the Riveras.
In every house, behind every closed door, a private drama is unfolding. In the Rivera house, the drama comes in the form of a question: should they stay or should they go?
Under One Roof
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families. Visit…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This American Life is doing some of the best, most important reporting on the down to the human, down to the family, impacts of Trump admin policies in the U.S. and abroad. Gonna be thinking about this episode for a long time and hope they continue following the Riveras.
Oregon National Guard troops set to return home before Thanksgiving, after waiting nearly two months at a coastal training camp for legal battles to play out over a potential deployment to Portland, might instead remain at camp @oregoncapitalchronicle.com oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/17/t...
Trump lawyers ask appeals court to keep Oregon Guard under federal control • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal lawyers want an appeals court to overrule a lower court’s order that control of 200 Oregon Guard troops be returned to the state.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Oregon National Guard troops set to return home before Thanksgiving, after waiting nearly two months at a coastal training camp for legal battles to play out over a potential deployment to Portland, might instead remain at camp @oregoncapitalchronicle.com oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The two Oregon nonprofits that sued federal immigration agencies last month have added another plaintiff to their suit and are asking the court to stop federal agencies from blocking all people detained in Oregon from access to their lawyers. buff.ly/9qi2wGo
Oregon immigrant advocates ask court for class action status in suit against feds • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The groups argue that all detained people regardless of their immigration status have the right to speak with a lawyer before their transfer.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The two Oregon nonprofits that sued federal immigration agencies last month have added another plaintiff to their suit and are asking the court to stop federal agencies from blocking all people detained in Oregon from access to their lawyers. buff.ly/9qi2wGo
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As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall — they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets. buff.ly/VageCKI
Lawmakers to discuss ‘painful’ cuts for Oregon agencies under $373 million deficit • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon lawmakers asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall — they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets. buff.ly/VageCKI