Just, wow. In the face of good sense, and powered by anti-establishment, anti-immigrant sentiment, Britain has formally voted to exit the European Union. The Brexit actually happened. It's a dramatic enough vote on its own, but the after-effects have already been big. Prime Minister David Cameron plans to resign in October, Scotland (which wanted to stay in the EU) is now talking about leaving the United Kingdom, and financial markets are all sorts of screwed up.

That includes stocks of publicly traded Oregon companies, which are faring poorly this morning in the wake of the vote.

The Guardian has a good rundown of reaction among leaders in Europe—lots of them saying "GTFO, then."

And of course Donald Trump loves it—thinks it bodes well for his chances in November, and that it'll be good for his golf business. Wonder if he'll start marketing the swastika golf balls a comedian tossed on the grass during Trump's presser.


(There are, of course, plenty of similarities between Trump's political rise and the Brexit.)

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ICYMI, the Federal Railroad Administration released a preliminary report yesterday that blames Union Pacific's poor track maintenance for the June 3 oil train derailment near Mosier. Now, as UP says it plans to resume oil train travel, Gov. Kate Brown is calling for a halt until safety concerns are addressed.

Trail Blazers picked up forward Jake Layman as part of the draft chaos yesterday. He was great in college is all I know.

Hey, Bernie Sanders supporters who refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton: Your candidate's going to vote for Hillary Clinton. Because the other likely outcome of the presidential election is a president who celebrates political chaos' effect on his golf business.

A man who was apparently naked and allegedly trying to break into a West Hills home on Wednesday is a former Detroit Lions football player. He was shot by the 78-year-old homeowner.

A shorthanded Supreme Court has killed President Obama's 2014 immigration reform package, which might have allowed as many as 5 million people to remain in the country. The 4-4 deadlock means a lower court's ruling will stand, and is another reason to be very concerned about who gets to nominate the justice who breaks those ties in the future (even though Obama already did).

Anyway: It's going to be a fine weekend. Just fine.

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