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Good morning, Portland! I hope you had a restful weekend, and took a moment to celebrate the mothers in your life. Now, for the news:
– A petition advancing through the Israeli Supreme Court to evict six Palestinian families from their homes has ignited violent clashes between far-right Jewish Israelis and Palestinians. That violence escalated today as Israeli celebrated a national holiday, Jerusalem Day, and event usually accompanied by an anti-Arab parade.
– According to Anthony Fauci, mask-wearing may become a “seasonal” event to stop spread disease in the future. (Or maybe it should have always been?)
-RIP to a real one:
Former president Barack Obama on Saturday announced the death of his dog, Bo, whom his family brought to the White House in 2009 shortly after he took office https://t.co/9IVB9BbVzB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 8, 2021
– US job growth in April was unexpectedly low—like, 800,000 jobs below predicted—signaling that the economy is not rebounding as quickly to 2020’s chaos as hoped.
– A man fatally shot six adults and them himself during a birthday party in Colorado Springs this weekend. The person celebrating a birthday was one of those killed in the incident. According to the Washington Post, the shooting is at least the seventh public mass shooting since March.
– The news you need: Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be accepting dogecoin as payment for trips to the moon in 2022.
– The news you need, part 2: You can now download all of the publicly available CIA documentation on UFOs.
– The Blazers put on a show for their first two home games in 2021 with fans in the audience this weekend, smoking the Lakers and the Spurs in the lead-up to the playoffs.
– Mike Nearman, the Oregon state lawmaker who faces criminal charges for allowing violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December, has a “really bad case of COVID.” This news comes a couple weeks after the Oregon Legislature halted all floor sessions due to a COVID outbreak. In short, Nearman might have opened the door to both violent protesters and a deadly virus within the course of a few months.
– The US Forest Service has released plans to reduce the wild horse population east of Prineville by more than half—”a level that horse advocates say could lead to the herd’s elimination.” The plan, approved Friday, will decrease the herd of around 150 horses to at least 57 horses over the next five years, with the help of contraception and sterilization.
– In response to concerns from the Department of Justice about Portland police officer’s use of force against protesters in 2020, Portland leaders argue that the federal police were just as bad. So, take that!
– An Oregon City car chase ended in a driver shooting a Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy—and the officer returning fire—Saturday night. Neither shooters had life-threatening injuries.
– I leave you with this Monday lol:
justifying a Taco Bell order at 11:42pm pic.twitter.com/Qh9Zef8l3b
— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) May 10, 2021
