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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

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Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Trump and Vance ATTACK Zelenskyy in Oval Office and Align U.S. with PUTIN YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

Today's Oval Office spectacle wasn't about showing strength, it was about surrendering to Putin. Trump and JD Vance have completely sold out America.

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I just initiated an ethics complaint against the City of Salem Pressing "send" on an email rarely feels as satisfying to me as it did a few minutes ago when, after laboring on a message to officials at the City of Salem that is required by the Oregon Government E...

Tonight's blog post: "I just initiated an ethics complaint against the City of Salem"
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DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets Foreign service workers are flying blind now.

The Trump administration has cut news access to some American foreign service employees, even as they clamor that the up-to-date information is essential for their work.

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.

Immigration attorneys sue after Trump administration blocks work at Tacoma detention facility Officials with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project told OPB they are no longer getting daily rosters of detainees from the facility operated on behalf of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a...

Officials with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project told OPB they are no longer getting daily rosters of detainees from a Tacoma detention facility that was critical during the first Trump administration.

Should Oregon cities be allowed to raise gas taxes without asking voters? As lawmakers search for billions of dollars to maintain deteriorating roads, it's one of many options under consideration.

Should Oregon cities be able to raise gas taxes without voter approval? Two progressive lawmakers think it's one way to address a major budget shortfall in state transportation funds.

Given the rapidity at which the "rapid, semi-planned disassembly" of the federal government is taking place, I give it maybe 18 months before we start seeing calls to abolish the federal reserve (a dream goal of the US far right for many decades).

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

What Trump tariffs could mean for Oregonians’ heating and lighting bills The Pacific Northwest is heavily reliant on natural gas from Canada

President Donald Trump said this week that his 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports to the United States will be imposed starting Saturday, raising the specter that Oregonians reliant on natural gas from the north could be hit hard.

What you can do Ten ways to resist Trump II

Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.

Another reminder that the people who claim to love America more than anyone else know absolutely nothing about the history of their beloved country.

Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts

The six biggest banks in the U.S. have quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance just before Trump's inauguration.

The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.

Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.

Opinion | How much abuse can a local newspaper reporter take? Republicans claim Tom Lisi’s reporting is lies to promote a liberal agenda. How should he respond?

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Russian general is killed in Moscow.

- Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian)
- Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets

Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.

This is the worst Terminator sequel yet.

Residential PGE customers subsidizing industrial customer growth, CEO letter to Wyden indicates • Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s largest investor-owned electric utility has enjoyed a 34% rise in power demand from industrial customers such as semiconductor manufacturers and data centers in the last five years, requiring...

Portland General Electric seeing massive demand from chip manufacturers, data centers since 2020, requiring company to buy more, and more expensive, energy, and spend on infrastructure. But those costs are coming down to all customers, CEO letter indicates.
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

The European Federation of Journalists, which represents 295,000 journalists in 44 countries, says they will all stop posting content on X after January 20, 2025. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

“There is a #tsunami warning in effect for parts of the California and Oregon coastline, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.”

This would be a valid sentiment if you didn't turn around and start laying off even more local journalists a few days later.

Astorian, Blue Mountain Eagle newspapers will sell headquarters The newspapers said in stories that they would continue to report the news and offer advertising services.

This real estate report from @jonathanmbach.bsky.social comes as the new owners of a chain of Oregon papers lay off staff. Carpenter Media barely made it through a month before it started cutting costs in communities in Oregon that deserve better.

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