Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today.
Mattis Out Early: Someone explained to Donald Trump that outgoing Defense Secretary JIm Mattis’ resignation letter criticized Trump, which made our noble leader throw his Legos across the floor, run to his room, and slam the door. Or, at least, do the adult equivalent by demanding Mattis leave the White House by January 1 instead of his planned February departure.
Syria Sign-Off: At the same time, Mattis was nudged to sign off on the deal that he’s pinned his resignation on: An order to withdrawn all US troops from Syria. Trump made this calls because he believes the US has “defeated ISIS.” According to the majority of his defense advisors, this is untrue.
RBG is the Reason for the Season: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very much alive after undergoing surgery that removed a malignant cancerous tumor. Rejoice!
Shutdown, Shumtdown: The government is still shut down. It might remain that way for weeks. Does anyone care anymore? Hello? Can you hear me?
At Stake: The shutdown has allowed the Violence Against Women Act to lapse, a program that funds agencies that help survivors of sexual violence, rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, legal-assistance programs, among other crucial tools. VAWA is also the only mechanism to protect Native American women abused on reservations by non-native men.
In closing today, a story about what one Democrat, @repblumenauer, is doing to bring some holiday cheer to his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. pic.twitter.com/cdA7vAoZiC
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 23, 2018
Ted Talk: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler calls his protest ordinance his “biggest disappointment” of 2018 in an interview with KATU. (He also explains the idea of homelessness to KATU’s Brian Wood).
Hit and Run: A Saudi national charged with a fatal hit-and-run in Portland has mysteriously escaped back to Saudi Arabia Now what?
Don’t worry, the Oregon Zoo made a memorial video for Eddie the sea otter:
Longread of the Day: The very white, very millennial Democratic Socialists of America have become warriors for class equality. But it seems they’ve forgotten to factor racial equity into the equation.
“Trump made this calls because he believes the US has “defeated ISIS.” According to the majority of his defense advisors, this is untrue.”
But Trumpf’s key NGAdvisors — that’d be Rush, the ever-delightful Ann Coulter and, his very Dearest of dear friends, FOX and Fiends — when our furor needs facts-free infotaintment, THAT’s where his miniscule mind goes a runnin’. We spend hundreds of Billions on our tip-top Secrecy programs/instututions, and look where “our” President goes for his daily Indoctrinations. Good ole Rupert ‘Uncle Snoopy’ Murdoch and Corps, etc.
Does he have a direct Line to his Russian best bud as well?
Who the fuck’s even Runnin’ this shitshow?
Congress has for the most part surely taken a Pass.
(If Mitchy Really wanted it, he could get a veto-proof majority on the very Compromise he and the Dems negotiated (!), previously. Till those Key American Influncers, above, changed his ‘mind.’)
WORST Flip / Flopper EVER.
Spineless Bully.
So, yeah, Mitchy could get the g’bmnt back up and running on Wednesday, if he wanted to.
All those people our Furor furloughed for gawd only knows how long (thanks MItch!); will they get paid for not working? I know how much Repubs claim to hate Handouts — will they be handing them out once the g’bmnt gets back on her feet?
380,000 (people furloughed)
times (what, a hundred dollars a day?) 100
equals: $38,000,000.00
Per DAY.
Why?
I sure hope Republicans have learned some fools just aren’t Worth it.
But, the Rich got their massive Tax Cuts
AND stocked the Supreme Court
so, was he worth it?
He’s far from finished…
Looks like there’s plenty enough room here in the wild (Oregonian) west, Logan.
In fact, I’d call it a veritable Ghost Town.
You enjoying the Vacancy?
(gosh, you think I’m a Neonazi?
your comprehension is misbehaving)
No, Loganberry, Nazis, olde and neo, alike
Love themselfs some Trumpfy.
Methinks you are Projecting.
Again.
Now, get out there, and start protestin’
again’ the Women, and the oft-Whites,
Unions!, and those Without
WHILST THERE’S (still) TIME.
Say, and btw, isn’t the Loganberry a Mix?
Of Rasps, and Blacks?
Condolences.
(say, this makin’-shit-up / projectin’ is kinda Fun)!
[ a n d r e a l l y f i l l s t h e p a g e . ]