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Farms like this are making climate change worse.
Farms like this are making climate change worse. valio84sl / Getty images

Good morning, Portland! Like a country song that doesn't exist but should, it was raining in August this morning, and the trend is going to continue over the next couple days. Get those umbrellas ready! (LOL, just kidding.)

Here are the headlines.

Consequences: Portland police have arrested a right-wing protestor for assault, in connection with the May Day brawl at leftie hangout Cider Riot. "Criminal violence is not tolerated in the City of Portland," Police Chief Danielle Outlaw said in a press release.

NICE TRY, SWEETIE: The federal government can not withhold public safety grant money from Oregon because of our sanctuary state status, a US district judge ruled yesterday. "Bitch, you thought!" the judge wrote in his decision, probably?

No Room for Growth: The world's farming practices need to change to better combat climate change, according to a new United Nations report. In a nutshell: We need smaller farms that produce less methane, and bigger forests.

Like Cancer: Police shootings are a leading cause of death for young American men between the ages of 25 and 29, according to new research.

Would You Like Fair Wages With That Tip? After nearly two years of pressure from its unionized employees, Burgerville will now give customers the option to tip during a purchase. But employees still haven't gotten any meaningful pay increases: "Tips are great, but tips are not a reliable income," one union member told the Mercury.

Dark: Dark outside money is fueling an anti-lightrail campaign in Phoenix, and that money comes from, you guessed it, the oil billionaire Koch brothers. The Latina business owner who served as the face of the campaign recently broke ties, saying that “They just used the businesses. They don’t care about us.”

Justice for Monica! The next season of American Crime Story is going to cover the impeachment of President Bill Clinton (harkening back to a time when Congress was capable of impeachment!)—and Monica Lewinsky is co-producing it. Anyone who's been following Lewinsky's highly satisfying public comeback over the last few years—or watching Ryan Murphy's addictively good anthology series, which has so far tackled OJ Simpson and the Versace assassination—knows this is going to be good.

The Face of America: