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Will Trump Invade Rose City?

Trump won big at the Ninth Circuit this week which ruled he could send troops to Portland, Oregon. What happens next?

10-22
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How Should Portlanders Respond to Trump’s Provocations? Can We Save Our Democracy?

Yesterday, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem arrived in Portland and told the National Guard to “get ready.” This despite Gov. Kotek callign for troops to be sent home and the state and the city of Portland filing a lawsuit asserting the deployment violates the Posse Comita...

10-08
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Mugging of “Big Balls” leads to Trump Military Occupation of DC

Despite a steep drop in crime in Washington, DC, a car jacking and beating of a former DOGE employee known as “Big Balls,” President Trump, a convicted felon, has taken over the DC police and sent in the National Guard. The highest crime rates are in “God’s Country” yet ...

08-13
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Affordable Housing in Portland - Is the Dream Still Possible?

Last week, Portland City Council voted 10-0 to approve an ordinance temporarily exempting new residential projects from system development charges from August 15, 2024 to September 30, 2028. Will this work to offset Trump’s cuts in federal housing funds?  In this episod...

07-23
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SCOTUS Ruling Will Impact Birthright Citizenship

Is Trump threatening your US citizenship? Birthright citizenship is in the Constitution. What do you think the Supreme Court will do?

05-28
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Trumpism and White South Africa: Refusal to See White Privilege and Terrorism

“Despite a wider freeze on refugees, Trump called on the U.S. to prioritize resettling Afrikaners, descendants of mostly Dutch early settlers, saying they were "victims of unjust racial discrimination." The granting of refugee status to white South Africans - who have rem...

05-14
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