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Republican 'Big Beautiful Bill' could mean selling off land on Marys Peak gazettetimes.com/news/local/g...
Republican 'Big Beautiful Bill' could mean selling off land on Marys Peak
Nearly 2,000 acres are identified as available for purchase for the development of housing. Here's why environmentalists say that's horrible for Corvallis' water quality.
gazettetimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Republican 'Big Beautiful Bill' could mean selling off land on Marys Peak gazettetimes.com/news/local/g...
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The Trump family’s cryptocurrency business just got a $2B investment from a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates government.
With this deal, they will be enriched beyond most people’s comprehension—and they have the UAE government to thank for it.
With this deal, they will be enriched beyond most people’s comprehension—and they have the UAE government to thank for it.
Trump’s Corruption Hits Next Level With Shady $2 Billion Crypto Deal
An investment firm backed by a foreign government just made a massive deal using the Trump family’s crypto firm. The conflicts of interest here are unprecedented.
newrepublic.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Trump family’s cryptocurrency business just got a $2B investment from a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates government.
With this deal, they will be enriched beyond most people’s comprehension—and they have the UAE government to thank for it.
With this deal, they will be enriched beyond most people’s comprehension—and they have the UAE government to thank for it.
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New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop over 6 and a half feet in elevation.
New study shows how massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake would completely remake the Pacific coastline
New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop over 6 and a half feet in elevation.
www.oregonlive.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop over 6 and a half feet in elevation.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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1. Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs
Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies
It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest
Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies
It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest
Truth Social launches scheme to profit from Trump's tariff policies
A jaw-dropping conflict of interest.
popular.info
April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
1. Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs
Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies
It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest
Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies
It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest
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Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.
April 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.
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The incompetence of this Administration never ceases to amaze. Waltz and other NSC members used Gmail to conduct official government business, with Waltz’s staff even sharing information about sensitive military positions and advanced weapon systems tied to an ongoing conflict.
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The incompetence of this Administration never ceases to amaze. Waltz and other NSC members used Gmail to conduct official government business, with Waltz’s staff even sharing information about sensitive military positions and advanced weapon systems tied to an ongoing conflict.
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A federal judge in Maryland ordered federal agencies in 19 states, including Oregon, and the District of Columbia to reinstate thousands of probationary workers who were fired as part of White House adviser Elon Musk’s government-slashing agenda.
Judge orders fired federal probationary workers reinstated in Oregon, 18 other states • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A federal judge in Maryland late Tuesday ordered federal agencies across 19 states to reinstate thousands of probationary workers.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A federal judge in Maryland ordered federal agencies in 19 states, including Oregon, and the District of Columbia to reinstate thousands of probationary workers who were fired as part of White House adviser Elon Musk’s government-slashing agenda.
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President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
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Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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“The zeal with which these guys are engaging in increasingly open, authoritarian behavior is unlike anything [we’ve] seen. Erdogan, Chavez, Orban — they hid it.” But it’s an illusion to think this all happened overnight. The judicial path was prepared for 50 years
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The zeal with which these guys are engaging in increasingly open, authoritarian behavior is unlike anything [we’ve] seen. Erdogan, Chavez, Orban — they hid it.” But it’s an illusion to think this all happened overnight. The judicial path was prepared for 50 years
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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Why is he buying votes to win this judge position? Simple: Tesla is in court with the state of Wisconsin.
March 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why is he buying votes to win this judge position? Simple: Tesla is in court with the state of Wisconsin.
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A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President JD Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.
What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down
A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President JD Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President JD Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.
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The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
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We can’t let a mega rich dude shut down the main foreign aid program created and funded by Congress just because he doesn’t like it and has our president by the balls
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov
February 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We can’t let a mega rich dude shut down the main foreign aid program created and funded by Congress just because he doesn’t like it and has our president by the balls
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Apparently naming the six unqualified college students currently taking a wrecking ball to USA is not just a "crime," per Elon, but a violation of Twitter's rules. [exhasutedly] Elon is a free speech absolutist/who knows what his politics are. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Apparently naming the six unqualified college students currently taking a wrecking ball to USA is not just a "crime," per Elon, but a violation of Twitter's rules. [exhasutedly] Elon is a free speech absolutist/who knows what his politics are. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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1,100 EPA employees have been notified of imminent termination.
February 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
1,100 EPA employees have been notified of imminent termination.
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There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
January 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
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John Ratcliffe has a record of ignoring the law, misrepresenting basic facts, and has shown he's willing to do or say whatever will please Donald Trump. Pretty much the opposite of what you want in a CIA director. I'll be voting no on his nomination.
WATCH: @wyden.senate.gov is about to speak on the Senate floor against John Ratcliffe's nomination to serve as CIA director. Tune in.
U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings
Floor Activity
www.senate.gov
January 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
John Ratcliffe has a record of ignoring the law, misrepresenting basic facts, and has shown he's willing to do or say whatever will please Donald Trump. Pretty much the opposite of what you want in a CIA director. I'll be voting no on his nomination.
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"'He is now a communications director covering the same area that he scammed. It's almost laughable.... It's an eyebrow raiser. It's a head shaker. It's like, what the hell is he [Congressman Rulli] thinking?'"
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01...
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01...
The Ohio AG says he ran a ‘scam’ East Palestine charity. A congressman just hired him
U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli hires operative who the AG accused of running a "scam" charity.
www.cleveland.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"'He is now a communications director covering the same area that he scammed. It's almost laughable.... It's an eyebrow raiser. It's a head shaker. It's like, what the hell is he [Congressman Rulli] thinking?'"
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01...
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01...
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Oregon on Tuesday joined a growing list of Democratic-led states suing the Trump administration over its efforts to roll back birthright citizenship in the country.
Oregon joins growing list of states challenging Trump administration over birthright citizenship
Washington is leading the effort to challenge the Trump administration over birthright citizenship.
www.oregonlive.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oregon on Tuesday joined a growing list of Democratic-led states suing the Trump administration over its efforts to roll back birthright citizenship in the country.
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This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
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PEN is offering emergency assistance to writers in crisis at this horrible moment, including trans and nonbinary authors.
Here’s the app page.
@penamerica.bsky.social
pen.org/us-writers-a...
Here’s the app page.
@penamerica.bsky.social
pen.org/us-writers-a...
pen.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
PEN is offering emergency assistance to writers in crisis at this horrible moment, including trans and nonbinary authors.
Here’s the app page.
@penamerica.bsky.social
pen.org/us-writers-a...
Here’s the app page.
@penamerica.bsky.social
pen.org/us-writers-a...
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A nurse or a firefighter in Philomath, Oregon doesn't get to pick and choose if they pay their Medicare taxes.
On day one Trump will have a billionaire Treasury Secretary that plays by a different set of tax rules than the rest of us.
On day one Trump will have a billionaire Treasury Secretary that plays by a different set of tax rules than the rest of us.
Shocker- Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary is an alleged tax dodger. @wyden.senate.gov passing around a memo with details. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
January 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A nurse or a firefighter in Philomath, Oregon doesn't get to pick and choose if they pay their Medicare taxes.
On day one Trump will have a billionaire Treasury Secretary that plays by a different set of tax rules than the rest of us.
On day one Trump will have a billionaire Treasury Secretary that plays by a different set of tax rules than the rest of us.