Writer; urban migrant; part-time, fair weather hobby farmer, learning that apples-to-apples comparisons are challenging with 130 varieties on your trees.
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We should stop treating Trump's election bribe as a real thing. It's all pretend. He's pretending to be on the ballot. And if we pretend to vote for him, he'll pretend to pay us.
This is a great facility -- worth visiting for the impressive whale skeleton on display there!
Vertical evacuation structures save lives when there is a tsunami. Visiting one at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport made me even more committed to fight for FEMA to release the grant to Columbia Memorial Hospital so they can complete the vertical evacuation structure in Astoria.
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Trump's promise of $5,000 to every American if the Rs win the midterms is right from the playbook of anti-union bosses who promised raises to their workers for voting down a union. And if you think those promises are ever delivered? Not without a union!
AI is becoming a cyber version of Jurassic Park,
when our own creations escape our cages and wreak havoc on the world
ChatGPT owner says AI acted on its own to hack another tech firm wapo.st/4pNe7cH
Advocates for tolling on the OR-WA interstate bridge could have found a path forward in Trump's new playbook. OR declares war on WA, or vice versa, and then the two states negotiate a settlement that includes tolling.
From this post:
I was routinely betting against the Blazers late in the 2022-23 regular season because I suspected them of tanking both before and after they officially fell out of playoff contention.
natesilver.net/p/the-nba-gam…
Rep. Javadi caught my attention w/ his Substack posts. He's now #1 on my list of non-politician-like communicators in the Legislature - thoughtful, authentic, lucid, smart.
Some GOP constituents call him a RINO. Other Oregonians are starting to trust him. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Glad to see this question was answered today and that legislators are learning the art of honoring their own deals.
Will lawmakers renege on their deal for campaign finance reform? oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Hey, why not? He gave Iran an extra two weeks.
News: Person close to the White House tells @ShelbyTalcott that Trump may need to give the Senate – and himself – some wiggle room on reconciliation bill
“He has to shift the deadline, or it all falls apart,” the person said. “How would it get on his desk by July 4?"
This is worth reading for its cogent, big picture analysis of Trump and MAGA and for an example of how to write clearly with a wide-angle view of historical trends in the making.
MAGA doesn't build , by @Noahpinion open.substack.com/pub/noahpi…
This year’s Kentucky Day offers some timely symbolism. Journalism will confront Sovereignty & an outsider named American Promise. I'll be rooting for Journalism of course, & since I’m a sucker for long shots, I’ll also be betting on American Promise, hoping for better days ahead
Trump's M.O. with the markets as with so many things: First, he beats you up, then he buys you a beer.
Excellent, and depressing, analysis.
"Although there are cases where targeted tariffs can be effective...the overall pattern is that countries that raise tariffs become poorer."
Tariffs: Another American act of intentional self-harm, by @Noahpinion open.substack.com/pub/noahpi…
Reports of abductions by masked, non-uniformed ICE? agents are not getting the attention they deserve, esp. when any "we don't need no stinking badges" vigilantes with a black van can do the same with impunity.
History is shaped by legal battles and advanced in courtrooms and on the front steps of courthouses in a way that can rivet public attention and change public opinion more than the debates between entrenched political parties.
If, for now, the best defense vs. Trump/Musk is the courts, we need a fundraising effort, campaign-style, to defend those illegally targeted and support the most capable spokespersons to make the case for the defense and carry the fight to the regime.
Not the -2 amendment, which will be the subject of the hearing. That amendment, wisely, does not include ranked choice voting.
There are new reasons for both Ds and Rs to support an "all-candidates, all-voters" reform of our currently closed primary elections.
Can hyper-partisan national politics convince both parties to support open primaries in Oregon? oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
In this commentary, I dug into the sources of Oregon's huge surge in revenues predicted for its next budget period. Spoiler: It's not sustainable.
Oregon’s revenue surge can produce a false sense of abundance oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Who checks the fact checker? After reading the explanation, I'd disagree with the FALSE rating for the Mayor's statement abt the % of shelter beds unused on a given night.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has a lot to say about homelessness. It’s not all true oregonlive.com/politics/2025…
