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GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! He's smart like a doctor with a real good rep, and when he comes home he's relaxed with Pep. LET'S GO TO PRESS.

A sad day for Portland hip-hop: Local producer and organizer Idris ā€œStarChileā€ Oā€™Ferrall has died at the far too young age of 42.


Walking bag of garbage/House Speaker Paul Ryan has fired the House Chaplain (who's from Oregon) and people are PISSED. Rumor has it that Ryan canned the priest because he offered a prayer that warned the GOP about punishing poor people.

After decades of tension the leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to denuclearization, and ending the Korean War by the end of this year.

After years of accusations from 60 women, Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of aggravated sexual assault in a Pennsylvania court. "After all is said and done, women were finally believed,ā€ said attorney Gloria Allred.

Speaking of sexual abusers, President Trump continued his Twitter attacks today on James Comey doubling down on his manic, unhinged live phone interview yesterday on state run media Fox and Friends.

Meanwhile the federal judge presiding over the Michael Cohen case has appointed the sexily named "Special Master" to review documents seized by the FBI to make sure none of the information violates attorney-client privilege. Thank you, Special Master!

A Senate committee is pushing forward legislation that would pump the brakes on any attempt by Trump to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

For those who receive joy from Trump's many failures, please read this article recapping the president's embarrassing week.

More trouble for NBC following the Matt Lauer debacle: Retired news anchor Tom Brokaw has been accused of sexual harassment by a former NBC correspondent.

Speaking of debacles, have you been following (or perhaps "unfollowing") this Kanye West/Donald Trump love fest? It's DISGUSTING, and it just got a little worse this morning because the president has now dragged Chance the Rapper into the mess. (Don't worry, Chance is not having any of it.)

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Man... San Francisco really does not like electric scooters.

Cue the angry bro nerds: For the first time in franchise history, a woman has been picked to direct a Star Trek movie.

Now let's consider the WEATHER: Cloudy with showers in the afternoon, and a high of 58.

And finally, if I know you, you're going to get TOO HIGH this weekend. If so, watch this calming video about what to do when you get TOO HIGH.