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buff.ly/Empl8ay ACA hikes likely now, upending healthcare. Bills were forced to the floor as a "discharge petition" - it's that urgent.
Though this is not a good outcome, we extend our gratitude to Senators Wyden and Merkley. Democrats must remain in solidarity for effective, affordable healthcare.
Though this is not a good outcome, we extend our gratitude to Senators Wyden and Merkley. Democrats must remain in solidarity for effective, affordable healthcare.
Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
buff.ly/Empl8ay ACA hikes likely now, upending healthcare. Bills were forced to the floor as a "discharge petition" - it's that urgent.
Though this is not a good outcome, we extend our gratitude to Senators Wyden and Merkley. Democrats must remain in solidarity for effective, affordable healthcare.
Though this is not a good outcome, we extend our gratitude to Senators Wyden and Merkley. Democrats must remain in solidarity for effective, affordable healthcare.
buff.ly/Vn8YVfQ An impressive 99% decrease in juvenile cases from vaccinating newborns for Hep B. HHS is dismantling this 35 year policy -- over the wishes of medical orgs.
Thank you to Oregon and the rest of the West Coast alliance for recommending vaccinating newborns more than 4.5 pounds.
Thank you to Oregon and the rest of the West Coast alliance for recommending vaccinating newborns more than 4.5 pounds.
Washington, other West Coast states, go against CDC, recommend hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns
That goes against what the federal government has recommended for nearly 35 years and against the guidance of medical organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
buff.ly/Vn8YVfQ An impressive 99% decrease in juvenile cases from vaccinating newborns for Hep B. HHS is dismantling this 35 year policy -- over the wishes of medical orgs.
Thank you to Oregon and the rest of the West Coast alliance for recommending vaccinating newborns more than 4.5 pounds.
Thank you to Oregon and the rest of the West Coast alliance for recommending vaccinating newborns more than 4.5 pounds.
buff.ly/tmZHcYm Since October, federal agents have jailed Portland ICE protestors in Clark County Jail. These arrests are wrong on so many levels and anti-democratic.
A recent minor win: this practice will now be discontinued per jail director David Shook.
A recent minor win: this practice will now be discontinued per jail director David Shook.
Clark County jail will no longer hold people on federal charges from outside the county
The jail policy was changed in November after questions arose about three protesters who were arrested at the Portland ICE facility and then transported across state lines to the Vancouver jail by…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
buff.ly/tmZHcYm Since October, federal agents have jailed Portland ICE protestors in Clark County Jail. These arrests are wrong on so many levels and anti-democratic.
A recent minor win: this practice will now be discontinued per jail director David Shook.
A recent minor win: this practice will now be discontinued per jail director David Shook.
ICE injustice includes arrests for:
- Playing Ghostbusters theme
- Caring for a son with a severe muscle disorder
- Standing up for neighbors
A dark comedy indeed: "Many arrestees asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution. "
Portland moving to fine ICE is a just action.
- Playing Ghostbusters theme
- Caring for a son with a severe muscle disorder
- Standing up for neighbors
A dark comedy indeed: "Many arrestees asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution. "
Portland moving to fine ICE is a just action.
Those arrested at Portland ICE protests recount disparate, confusing treatment by federal officers
OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal…
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December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ICE injustice includes arrests for:
- Playing Ghostbusters theme
- Caring for a son with a severe muscle disorder
- Standing up for neighbors
A dark comedy indeed: "Many arrestees asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution. "
Portland moving to fine ICE is a just action.
- Playing Ghostbusters theme
- Caring for a son with a severe muscle disorder
- Standing up for neighbors
A dark comedy indeed: "Many arrestees asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution. "
Portland moving to fine ICE is a just action.
The Resistance Lab with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Sunday Dec 14th
11:00 AM–1:00 PM PST
Learn how nonviolent movements fight authoritarian leaders—and turn frustration into action at home.
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Sunday Dec 14th
11:00 AM–1:00 PM PST
Learn how nonviolent movements fight authoritarian leaders—and turn frustration into action at home.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Resistance Lab with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Sunday Dec 14th
11:00 AM–1:00 PM PST
Learn how nonviolent movements fight authoritarian leaders—and turn frustration into action at home.
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Sunday Dec 14th
11:00 AM–1:00 PM PST
Learn how nonviolent movements fight authoritarian leaders—and turn frustration into action at home.
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buff.ly/NgzsQzx This inhumane approach to unsheltered people is wrong. Unless your sole goal is cruelty, a poor solution.
Clackamas County must keep developing affordable units. The county is taking a right first step for unsheltered residents. But we must aim higher with an eye for compassion.
Clackamas County must keep developing affordable units. The county is taking a right first step for unsheltered residents. But we must aim higher with an eye for compassion.
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches • Oregon Capital Chronicle
As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration says that too much effort has gone to prioritizing housing needs and not enough to mental…
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December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
buff.ly/NgzsQzx This inhumane approach to unsheltered people is wrong. Unless your sole goal is cruelty, a poor solution.
Clackamas County must keep developing affordable units. The county is taking a right first step for unsheltered residents. But we must aim higher with an eye for compassion.
Clackamas County must keep developing affordable units. The county is taking a right first step for unsheltered residents. But we must aim higher with an eye for compassion.
buff.ly/gFsvVuO Newport is getting its rescue helicopter back from DHS. Thank you for toeing the line and supporting us Oregonians, Senators!
Rescue helicopter will return, remain in Newport, Oregon’s US senators say • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A representative of the homeland security department gave “full backup” to the Coast Guard’s assurances, said U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
buff.ly/gFsvVuO Newport is getting its rescue helicopter back from DHS. Thank you for toeing the line and supporting us Oregonians, Senators!
buff.ly/3zmPP5R 890 shelter beds of 1500 have opened. Still, this is not a strong fix. From the article, "A shelter is not a home." This housing crisis impacts the whole Portland metro.
Portland and other cities should focus on expanding housing not shelters. Especially as winter arrives.
Portland and other cities should focus on expanding housing not shelters. Especially as winter arrives.
The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes
Mayor Wilson came into office with a pledge to end street sleeping by Dec. 1. Today, thousands still live outside.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
buff.ly/3zmPP5R 890 shelter beds of 1500 have opened. Still, this is not a strong fix. From the article, "A shelter is not a home." This housing crisis impacts the whole Portland metro.
Portland and other cities should focus on expanding housing not shelters. Especially as winter arrives.
Portland and other cities should focus on expanding housing not shelters. Especially as winter arrives.
Our 2021 heatwave soared past 110+ degrees.
A massive heat dome over the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly 100 heat-caused deaths in Oregon.
A Rhode Island-sized area of scorched trees!
We must protect our trees and our environment, a home with which we must coexist. buff.ly/6vSXct7
A massive heat dome over the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly 100 heat-caused deaths in Oregon.
A Rhode Island-sized area of scorched trees!
We must protect our trees and our environment, a home with which we must coexist. buff.ly/6vSXct7
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon’s, Washington’s western forests
A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our 2021 heatwave soared past 110+ degrees.
A massive heat dome over the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly 100 heat-caused deaths in Oregon.
A Rhode Island-sized area of scorched trees!
We must protect our trees and our environment, a home with which we must coexist. buff.ly/6vSXct7
A massive heat dome over the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly 100 heat-caused deaths in Oregon.
A Rhode Island-sized area of scorched trees!
We must protect our trees and our environment, a home with which we must coexist. buff.ly/6vSXct7
HHS plans to force hospitals to pay full price for key drugs, upending the drug-discount 340B program. Drug companies want this.
Hospital profiteering is a problem, but this would harm patients. Hospitals closing would not help us.
Protect patients by improving availability of life-saving drugs.
Hospital profiteering is a problem, but this would harm patients. Hospitals closing would not help us.
Protect patients by improving availability of life-saving drugs.
OHSU Prez Rings “Alarm Bell” Over Changes to Federal Drug-Discount Program
“Our ability to sustain ourselves in the future could be really compromised if this becomes the law of the land.”
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November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
HHS plans to force hospitals to pay full price for key drugs, upending the drug-discount 340B program. Drug companies want this.
Hospital profiteering is a problem, but this would harm patients. Hospitals closing would not help us.
Protect patients by improving availability of life-saving drugs.
Hospital profiteering is a problem, but this would harm patients. Hospitals closing would not help us.
Protect patients by improving availability of life-saving drugs.
buff.ly/kPLJNjB Bravo to Clackamas County and Milwaukie for opening up the Clackamas County Stabilization Center. It's a 24/7 safe, therapeutic alternative to jails and emergency rooms.
A great step towards humanity -- offering transitional housing and crisis response -- is precisely what we need.
A great step towards humanity -- offering transitional housing and crisis response -- is precisely what we need.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
buff.ly/kPLJNjB Bravo to Clackamas County and Milwaukie for opening up the Clackamas County Stabilization Center. It's a 24/7 safe, therapeutic alternative to jails and emergency rooms.
A great step towards humanity -- offering transitional housing and crisis response -- is precisely what we need.
A great step towards humanity -- offering transitional housing and crisis response -- is precisely what we need.
Trans Day of Remembrance is for the courageous, wonderful trans people violently vanished by hatred. Without them, our world loses vibrancy. We must honor their memory by building a county and world where very trans person can live safely, expressively, and completely.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance is for the courageous, wonderful trans people violently vanished by hatred. Without them, our world loses vibrancy. We must honor their memory by building a county and world where very trans person can live safely, expressively, and completely.
Progressive councilors (Portland) again called out atrocities in Gaza. As this reader reinforces, "this pledge [...] shows their dedication to universal justice".
The councilors are resisting moral cowardice. This is about money away from wars and violence towards local, peaceful, principled ends.
The councilors are resisting moral cowardice. This is about money away from wars and violence towards local, peaceful, principled ends.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Progressive councilors (Portland) again called out atrocities in Gaza. As this reader reinforces, "this pledge [...] shows their dedication to universal justice".
The councilors are resisting moral cowardice. This is about money away from wars and violence towards local, peaceful, principled ends.
The councilors are resisting moral cowardice. This is about money away from wars and violence towards local, peaceful, principled ends.
Alice Wong's life is honorable because she fought to include people in the connective tissue of society. Alice was "a fierce luminary in disability justice [...] and community organizer." She even served on Obama's National Council on Disability, 2013-2015.
Thank you for the tremendous advocacy!
Thank you for the tremendous advocacy!
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Alice Wong's life is honorable because she fought to include people in the connective tissue of society. Alice was "a fierce luminary in disability justice [...] and community organizer." She even served on Obama's National Council on Disability, 2013-2015.
Thank you for the tremendous advocacy!
Thank you for the tremendous advocacy!
buff.ly/DobDjtU THIS VA is denying care. It's a trend where veterans are treated as an afterthought. Buried in here too is a horrible premise that trans people are infiltrators (from the president's order).
Democratic lawmakers are right to fix this. Let's stand by socially responsible healthcare.
Democratic lawmakers are right to fix this. Let's stand by socially responsible healthcare.
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
buff.ly/DobDjtU THIS VA is denying care. It's a trend where veterans are treated as an afterthought. Buried in here too is a horrible premise that trans people are infiltrators (from the president's order).
Democratic lawmakers are right to fix this. Let's stand by socially responsible healthcare.
Democratic lawmakers are right to fix this. Let's stand by socially responsible healthcare.
Camp sweeps should scale back. They upend lives of unsheltered people (DPCC: buff.ly/QSAEJuF).
Councilor Morillo's push against sweeps was just.
Councilor Mitch Green added, “I reject the idea that violent human displacement is necessary [...]" (OBP: buff.ly/0zFgY45).
Housing is a human right.
Councilor Morillo's push against sweeps was just.
Councilor Mitch Green added, “I reject the idea that violent human displacement is necessary [...]" (OBP: buff.ly/0zFgY45).
Housing is a human right.
Portland city councilors reject plan to cut millions from homeless camp removal program
Portland city councilors rejected a plan Wednesday to cut millions from the city program that removes homeless camps, after a lengthy and contentious council meeting.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Camp sweeps should scale back. They upend lives of unsheltered people (DPCC: buff.ly/QSAEJuF).
Councilor Morillo's push against sweeps was just.
Councilor Mitch Green added, “I reject the idea that violent human displacement is necessary [...]" (OBP: buff.ly/0zFgY45).
Housing is a human right.
Councilor Morillo's push against sweeps was just.
Councilor Mitch Green added, “I reject the idea that violent human displacement is necessary [...]" (OBP: buff.ly/0zFgY45).
Housing is a human right.
buff.ly/LapXhMJ A lot of bad, with some good. Healthcare premium credits set to expire end of 2025, bringing cost despair. Food safety rules are being cut too (buff.ly/nPfQ8EG). But also, SNAP is funded to 2026, and backpay for gov workers.
Oregonians deserve a better deal than what's been given.
Oregonians deserve a better deal than what's been given.
The government shutdown is over, but not everything is back to normal
President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
buff.ly/LapXhMJ A lot of bad, with some good. Healthcare premium credits set to expire end of 2025, bringing cost despair. Food safety rules are being cut too (buff.ly/nPfQ8EG). But also, SNAP is funded to 2026, and backpay for gov workers.
Oregonians deserve a better deal than what's been given.
Oregonians deserve a better deal than what's been given.
Welcome news in the face of ICE onslaught. The contractor backed out precisely because of community pushback -- see: (buff.ly/olWzjZO). Perhaps they thought Newport an easy target.
Oregon is a sanctuary state. We must remain firm and agitate for a multicultural, diverse, loving Oregon and nation.
Oregon is a sanctuary state. We must remain firm and agitate for a multicultural, diverse, loving Oregon and nation.
Federal defense contractor backs out of potential Oregon Coast ICE facility • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Texas-based Team Housing Solutions had asked the city about leasing land at the airport last week in support of “federal operations.”
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November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Welcome news in the face of ICE onslaught. The contractor backed out precisely because of community pushback -- see: (buff.ly/olWzjZO). Perhaps they thought Newport an easy target.
Oregon is a sanctuary state. We must remain firm and agitate for a multicultural, diverse, loving Oregon and nation.
Oregon is a sanctuary state. We must remain firm and agitate for a multicultural, diverse, loving Oregon and nation.
DHS is activating “enhanced charging authority" now to supercharge fines and rests. Around the time National Guard got blocked from Portland.
Adjacent "off-property misconduct" apparently includes wearing costumes and protesting.
These new rules violate democratic protest against an unjust entity.
Adjacent "off-property misconduct" apparently includes wearing costumes and protesting.
These new rules violate democratic protest against an unjust entity.
DHS speeds rule that could permit more fines and arrests of protesters at federal buildings • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The rule, originally proposed in the final Biden administration, was set to take effect at the start of 2026 but has been activated now.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
DHS is activating “enhanced charging authority" now to supercharge fines and rests. Around the time National Guard got blocked from Portland.
Adjacent "off-property misconduct" apparently includes wearing costumes and protesting.
These new rules violate democratic protest against an unjust entity.
Adjacent "off-property misconduct" apparently includes wearing costumes and protesting.
These new rules violate democratic protest against an unjust entity.
buff.ly/NYFnUKy Sunday night, critical ACA credits were left in the DUST.
Sure, the deal might reopen the gov. It won't bring down healthcare costs, though. Nor will it drop drug prices.
A dreadful weight on our frail healthcare system. Sen. Merkley and Sen. Wyden are right to vote 'NO'.
Sure, the deal might reopen the gov. It won't bring down healthcare costs, though. Nor will it drop drug prices.
A dreadful weight on our frail healthcare system. Sen. Merkley and Sen. Wyden are right to vote 'NO'.
Merkley: Voting No with Every Fiber of My Being - Merkley
Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act’s…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
buff.ly/NYFnUKy Sunday night, critical ACA credits were left in the DUST.
Sure, the deal might reopen the gov. It won't bring down healthcare costs, though. Nor will it drop drug prices.
A dreadful weight on our frail healthcare system. Sen. Merkley and Sen. Wyden are right to vote 'NO'.
Sure, the deal might reopen the gov. It won't bring down healthcare costs, though. Nor will it drop drug prices.
A dreadful weight on our frail healthcare system. Sen. Merkley and Sen. Wyden are right to vote 'NO'.
buff.ly/FNeUc17 Extra, extra, read all about it! Oregonians -- including kids, older adults, and people with disabilities -- can use their full SNAP benefits for November. (Even if the admin is demanding states "undo" payments.)
SNAP is not a trick of the light; it ensures folks eat enough.
SNAP is not a trick of the light; it ensures folks eat enough.
Oregon Capital Chronicle (@oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
More than 750,000 Oregonians can continue to use their full SNAP benefits distributed late last week despite the Trump administration ordering states to "undo" payments, Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday.…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
buff.ly/FNeUc17 Extra, extra, read all about it! Oregonians -- including kids, older adults, and people with disabilities -- can use their full SNAP benefits for November. (Even if the admin is demanding states "undo" payments.)
SNAP is not a trick of the light; it ensures folks eat enough.
SNAP is not a trick of the light; it ensures folks eat enough.
buff.ly/dj3LTGo Thank you to Nancy Pelosi for decades of service to the U.S. House and to the American people. We honor her remarkable contributions. With this footing, we can keep building a Democratic Party of human rights, of principles, of democracy. Our vision must look forward, past obstacles.
Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress • Oregon Capital Chronicle
U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first woman to hold the speaker's gavel, announced Thursday she will retire.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
buff.ly/dj3LTGo Thank you to Nancy Pelosi for decades of service to the U.S. House and to the American people. We honor her remarkable contributions. With this footing, we can keep building a Democratic Party of human rights, of principles, of democracy. Our vision must look forward, past obstacles.
ICE facility owner talks big about respecting the Constitution.
ICE agents in Portland have:
Detained a clarinet player
Thrown a blind man to the ground
Teargassed people in frog costumes
Illegally whisked people away to jails of other counties
People should live free from ICE brutality.
ICE agents in Portland have:
Detained a clarinet player
Thrown a blind man to the ground
Teargassed people in frog costumes
Illegally whisked people away to jails of other counties
People should live free from ICE brutality.
Owner of Portland ICE building accuses city of ‘retaliatory’ land use ruling
The owner of the South Portland building that houses the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office says city leaders are unconstitutionally penalizing him for his choice in tenants.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ICE facility owner talks big about respecting the Constitution.
ICE agents in Portland have:
Detained a clarinet player
Thrown a blind man to the ground
Teargassed people in frog costumes
Illegally whisked people away to jails of other counties
People should live free from ICE brutality.
ICE agents in Portland have:
Detained a clarinet player
Thrown a blind man to the ground
Teargassed people in frog costumes
Illegally whisked people away to jails of other counties
People should live free from ICE brutality.
buff.ly/HqTdtlf We celebrate and welcome this order to fully fund SNAP for November. Struggling Americans rely on the program to fill their dinner table.
Admin has been caught lying. They must immediately reverse course. No Great Gatsby Party. Instead, there should be a Great Giving of support.
Admin has been caught lying. They must immediately reverse course. No Great Gatsby Party. Instead, there should be a Great Giving of support.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
buff.ly/HqTdtlf We celebrate and welcome this order to fully fund SNAP for November. Struggling Americans rely on the program to fill their dinner table.
Admin has been caught lying. They must immediately reverse course. No Great Gatsby Party. Instead, there should be a Great Giving of support.
Admin has been caught lying. They must immediately reverse course. No Great Gatsby Party. Instead, there should be a Great Giving of support.