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New details were released yesterday about the Portland Diamond Projects agreement with the Port of Portland.
New details were released yesterday about the Portland Diamond Project's agreement with the Port of Portland. PORTLAND DIAMOND PROJECT

Good morning, Portland! Today will see a high of 42 and no rain, with the sun peeking through clouds in the sky. Perfect weather for wearing that weird sweater your aunt gave you for Christmas, before it goes to the back of the closet forever.

Here are the headlines!

Too Little, Too Late: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a woman whose impossible-to-spell name is somehow less infuriating than her life choices, is heading on down to the border to assess the situation after a second immigrant child has died in US custody. This comes a week after Senator Jeff Merkley announced his intention to close two of the worst child detention centers through legislation.

Screwed All Over: The New York Times has a sobering report documenting the real-world impact of Trump's lax environmental rules. The EPA's reduced regulations are having a negative effect on a wide swath of American residents, from California farm workers to West Virginia coal miners.

Learn From History: Japanese-Americans who were held in internment camps during World War II are speaking out against the Trump Administration's plan to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, because 1940 Census information was used to locate and imprison them. "I remember asking my mother why we were here," one woman whose family was interned when she was a child told NPR. "She simply said, 'Because we're Japanese.' I remember thinking it was not good to be Japanese, and I carried that for a long time."

Play Ball: The Oregonian has the scoop on the tentative deal between the Port of Portland and the Portland Diamond Project, which plans to build a Major League Baseball stadium and bring a team to town. The 55-year lease includes a master development agreement, which would open the door for other developers to build new features—like housing, restaurants, and retain space—alongside the ballpark on the Terminal 2 space.

Oregon Man > Florida Man: An Oregon man, professional endurance athlete Colin O’Brady, has become the first person to cross Antartica without any help. Before reaching the finish line, he told OPB, “I haven’t taken a single day off in 50 days because if I do I’ll run out of food." Intense!

Lies, Damn Lies, and Trump: Donald Trump lied to US troops in Iraq, continuing a trend of lying to everyone he's ever met. This time, he falsely stated that the military is receiving its first pay raise in a decade—despite the fact that military pay has gone up every year for 30 years.

Remember This Asshole? The Massachusetts State Police has obtained Snapchat video of Kevin Spacey groping a then 18-year-old busboy in Nantucket, which could land the disgraced actor in legal trouble. In this one, very specific instance, I'll say it: thank goodness for Snapchat!

Blowin' (Hemp) Smoke: Our own roving cannabis reporter, Josh Jardine, reported on poor folks in Oklahoma who are paying money to smoke hemp flower, which has less than 0.3 percent THC. It's being sold by a CBD products store called Herban Mother—a name that is somehow even less infuriating than its predatory business practices!

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