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GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you. But when we are apart, I feel it too. LET'S GO TO PRESS.
Hat tips to the Guardian for refreshing our memory with this video: During a June 2018 protest, Portland Police are caught on tape saying that Lt. Jeff Niya—who had a cuddly text relationship with Joey Gibson—authorized the officers to let law-breaking Patriot Prayer members go home without being arrested, even though they had arrested protesters on the other side. Watch the video for yourself, and spoiler alert: In light of what we now know about the PPB's chumminess with Gibson, it's not a good look.
Overruling concerns from intelligence officials and his own lawyer, Trump gave son-in-law Jared "JARED!" Kushner top security clearance last year, and then—here's the not-at-all surprising part—flat-out LIED about it.
Trump is trying to discredit Cohen by claiming the fixer shopped around a biography that praised the president... the contents of which Cohen already confessed to have lied about. Ummm... so what exactly is Trump trying to prove here? HIS LOGIC IS SO CONFUSING!
House Dems vow to dig deeper into Trump's businesses and charities after Cohen spilled the beans in his Wednesday testimony. The first people they'll be interviewing? Longtime Trump enablers Allen Weisselberg and Felix Sater.
The family of Otto Warmbier—who eventually died from the torture he received in North Korea—is lambasting Trump for his praise of dictator Kim Jong-un.
After criticism from the LGBT community, Joe Biden walked back his praise of Mike Pence https://t.co/yhGp7kCViC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 1, 2019
Moderate Democrats who choose to vote along with Republicans are facing both wrath and vengeance from Nancy Pelosi and AOC—who gives less than a single fuck about playing along with old-timey Washington protocol.
Actor Luke Perry—of Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale fame—has been hospitalized after reportedly suffering a stroke.
IN LOCAL NEWS: As expected, Gov. Kate Brown has signed a statewide rent control bill into law—the first in the country! Woop woop!
Yesterday Portland Rep. Diego Hernandez introduced House Bill 3338—which would bar police at public universities from carrying firearms. Also woop woop!
Oregon's first woman Secretary of State Norma Paulus has died at the age of 85.
Washington state's Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee —a staunch environmentalist known as the "climate warrior"—has thrown his hat into the crowded ring to run for president.
Golden Retriever Update - ODOT reporting that "the pooch on I84 is now taking the Lloyd off ramp"
— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) March 1, 2019
Now about this WEATHER situation: Mostly dry today with a high of 46, and a very sunny weekend lies ahead!
And finally, oh no! A small dog is trapped in 80 inches of snow! Looks like this is a job for... ANOTHER VERY GOOD DOGGY.
