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We’re Democrats in Wilsonville Oregon repelling MAGA every day in every way. https://linktr.ee/wilsonvilledems
Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered flags to fly at half-staff for the next week to honor country superstar and noted philanthropist Dolly Parton. More on Parton's life and legacy from our colleagues at @tennesseelookout.com: buff.ly/T5YUZ05
Tennessee’s Dolly Parton dies at 80 after a life of music and giving • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Dolly Parton, the personification of Tennessee music, died Tuesday at age 80 after decades of entertaining the world.
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"Trump’s nominations for high-ranking posts were figures who had previously been considered on the fringes of national politics. Some of them have brought conspiracy theories into the highest echelons of government." #DeRemer ⬇️ theconversation.com/the-long-aft...
The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
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#8 — especially on public "community" pages during elections. ⬇️ youtu.be/a0uYU8zyY-M?... @reallyamerican.bsky.social
'How To Tell if Someone is MAGA' List Goes VIRAL And THEY"RE PISSED!
YouTube video by Really American
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It's well documented that Data Centers bring nothing to communities but nuisance and cost. A vast majority of Americans do NOT want Data Centers near them, but Lori DeRemer now gets PAID to do everything she can to bring them to Oregon and your backyard. ⬇️ www.kptv.com/2026/08/13/c... #MAGAchaos
A month after saying that Clackamas County SHOULD have data centers, commissioner Diana Helm running for re-election has reversed herself, 😉 that is, at least until after the election. ⬇️ www.opb.org/article/2026... @clackamasdems.bsky.social @indivisibleclack.bsky.social @clackamasdsa.bsky.social
Another day, another billion dollars burned on Trump’s unconstitutional and misguided war.
The cost of the Iran war is mounting. Here’s the latest tally.
The U.S. military is spending billions, and the typical U.S. household will pay $1,000 because of the conflict, an economist said.
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The highest gas prices for Americans — and now the LOWEST emergency oil reserve SINCE 1983 — all thanks to Trump's illegal, expensive and botched war in Iran. ⬇️ qz.com/us-strategic... #MAGAchaos #Iran
Grateful to Curve Magazine for this profile and why visibility matters more than ever. Check out the profile here: www.curvemag.com/articles/the...
Do you have $100,000/month to pay for early access to Trump’s market-moving “Truths”? Me neither. He should be focusing on lowering costs for the American people, not enriching himself and his corporate cronies. My new bill will put a stop to Trump’s latest corrupt scheme.
Rep. Salinas Introduces Legislation to Stop Trump from Selling Insider Access to His Presidential Posts
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Reps. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), introduced the Stop Corrupt ...
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He did his BUSINESS all over the place, and now taxpayers have to clean it up. DOGE can't back up its $110 billion in claimed savings. ⬇️ qz.com/gao-report-d... #doge #musk #GOPgrift
Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2w agoInternal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
With unchecked grifting, Trump may soon surpass Musk's TRILLIONAIRE status. And surprise, surprise — another assload of White House deception and corruption. ⬇️ theconversation.com/trump-admini... #GOPgrift
Soprano-style corruption: Billionaires pay Trump DIRECTLY for insider info while everyone else in America gets totally screwed. Stop Corrupt Trading Act introduced by @salinas.house.gov would shut down Trump's mob-style profiteering. #GOPgrift #Emoluments
Salinas aims to ban Trump from selling his social posts
Democratic Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) is leading a bill aiming to stop President Trump from selling access to his social media posts.
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Betting on how destructive a wildfire will be is just plain wrong—and opens the door to insider trading and even arson. I’m fighting to rein it in.
Merkley, Wyden call for guardrails on sites allowing wildfire betting
Several U.S. senators raised concerns about fast-growing trading markets that allow users to gamble on disasters, like Oregon's drought and wildfires.
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At nearly TWICE the city's height limit, the short-fingered vulgarian's monument to himself would obstruct and defile sightlines from all of DC's cherished memorials. Yet another pathetic attempt to obstruct sightlines to his Epstein files. ⬇️ www.archpaper.com/2026/08/nati... #MAGAchaos #epstein
Corruption on full, ugly display.
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Bombshell Report Shows Christine Drazan Funneling Money From Dark-Money Group She Founded to Consulting Firm She Owns. ⬇️ dpo.org/news/icymi-b... #drazan
Epstein’s crimes were “hiding in plain sight,” the U.S. senator from Oregon said. https://mrf.lu/2Z_sg
