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Matthew Klug
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That's just like,... your opinion, man.
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It's giving ... Talladega Nights
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I'd just ignore this and laugh at it if it didn't come from top Oregon Republicans and a vice-chair of the committee that will decide the final transportation bill.
Oregon Republicans want to repeal the 'Bicycle Bill,' gut spending on rail and transit
Yes, they're serious.
bikeportland.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I always like to have evidence before I criticize someone's views and policies online. So I guess that's one silver lining of this bill: Any Republican who supports this should not be taken seriously in transportation policy decision ever. IMO.
I'd just ignore this and laugh at it if it didn't come from top Oregon Republicans and a vice-chair of the committee that will decide the final transportation bill.
Oregon Republicans want to repeal the 'Bicycle Bill,' gut spending on rail and transit
Yes, they're serious.
bikeportland.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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lol the #ORleg House and Senate republicans just released a bill that would repeal the Oregon Bike Bill (ORS 366.514), a law in place since 1971 that requires all major road reconstruction projects to include a minimum of 1% of the project budget on bike/walk stuff.
June 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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At least we have this to look forward to…
May 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Mars and the Beehive from last night. 2 May 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The UK government apparently wants access to everyone's encrypted iCloud backups — not just Brits. In case you weren't sure, this sucks!
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Trump and Apple better tell the UK to go to hell with its demand to access Americans’ private, encrypted texts and files. Trump and American tech companies letting foreign governments secretly spy on Americans would be an unmitigated privacy and national security disaster.
February 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
If implemented, the secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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NEW from office of @wyden.senate.gov re: UK backdoor demands
February 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Portland has joined at least four other cities and counties in a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s threat to pull federal funding from jurisdictions with sanctuary laws that limit cooperation with immigration officials.
Portland joins lawsuit against Trump administration’s sanctuary city crackdown
Portland has joined at least four other cities and counties in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's threat to pull federal funding from jurisdictions with sanctuary laws that limit cooperation...
www.opb.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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City councilors and staff have learned that Portland’s projected $100M budget deficit – a number meant to express the amount of money the city needs to maintain *current* operations – includes Mayor Wilson’s *new* $28M shelter plan.

“It's administrative overreach," said Councilor Loretta Smith.
Portland councilors, staff raise transparency concerns around Mayor Wilson’s shelter budget
Mayor Keith Wilson's foggy funding plan for his shelter proposal, landing alongside news of a vast budget shortfall, has given city councilors and city staff pause.
www.opb.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Ian Karmel - "Homeless/Unhoused" from Comfort Beyond God's Foresight
YouTube video by Ian Karmel
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I just met with Community Health Centers from Oregon that told me providers across our state are starting layoffs because of Trump's funding freeze. Donald Trump is already forcing kids and families to go without the health care they need.
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.

🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would resume the war in Gaza after a temporary pause in hostilities comes to an end.
Netanyahu vows to restart Gaza war
The fragile ceasefire agreement has been thrown into turmoil by US President Donald Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza.
www.semafor.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The new cover of TIME.
February 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I have to say that the fact that the people destroying the country are such fucking morons kind of stings.
February 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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“It’s one giant conflict of interest. The conflict of interest is actually beyond anything we’ve ever seen in the modern history of American government…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Inside the Trump-Musk Relationship
The alliance between President Trump and the billionaire Elon Musk might be the most consequential in American government.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"The president’s attempt to dictate actions by the states — particularly the blue states — is the latest instance in which Mr. Trump has scrambled what remains of Republican orthodoxy."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control
New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. Few local policies are outside the reach of Donald J. Trump’s federal government.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM