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Former EU ambassador Gordon Sondland, the Portland hotelier and contributor to the Mayor Wheeler and Trump campaigns, has announced through his lawyers that he will testify before Congress despite the president's insistence that he stay silent. (Boycott his hotels anyway.)
Trump blocked US ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying before Congress about his role in the Ukraine negotiations.
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) October 11, 2019
Sondland’s influence in Portland isn’t as easy to obfuscate.https://t.co/EJmnU269vt
Congress is also questioning former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch today, who was fired months ago because she didn't show Trump enough loyalty. She was on the scene when Giuliani allegedly tried to kickstart Ukraine's sham investigation into the Bidens. UH-OH!
Democrats are now pushing Pelosi to expand the Trump inquiry beyond Ukraine, since his corruption obviously runs deep (so deep it'll put your butt to sleep).
After Trump informed Congress that he and his administration are refusing to cooperate in the impeachment inquiry, House Democrats have issued subpoenas to two people integral to the Ukraine investigation: known corrupt creeps Rudy Giuliani and Rick Perry.
More bad news for Trump: An appeals court has rejected the president's plea to stop a House subpoena that calls for Trump to release eight years of tax documents.
Trump's mounting desperation is also resulting in more disgusting behavior at his campaign rallies such at the one yesterday in Minnesota, where he crapped all over Somali refugees.
However! At the same time Trump was spreading hate....
I could kiss you Minneapolis! Thousands of protestors outside Trump rally. #TrumpMinneapolis pic.twitter.com/fxYc0FvVlE
— ERIC BALFOUR (@ERICBALFOUR) October 11, 2019
Facebook—which is a garbage platform that's sowing lies and destruction—has given the okay to political ads that spread blatant lies... you know, like the ones Trump says on the regular. (Tell me again why you're keeping your account?)
CNN held an Equality Town Hall last night where candidates answered questions, and the spotlight often fell on protesters who correctly insisted that not enough attention is being paid to murders of 19 Black transgender women.
ALSO at the CNN Equality Town Hall:
How would I respond to someone who says marriage is between one man and one woman? #EqualityTownHall pic.twitter.com/8uNXqXI5n7
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 11, 2019
A week after suffering a heart attack and then saying he was going to tap the brakes on his hectic campaigning schedule, Bernie Sanders is now saying he "misspoke" and will be hitting the campaign trail as vigorously as before.
Remember these? A fast moving wildfire is prompting evacuations in California's San Fernando Valley.
Congrats go to new WNBA champions the Washington Mystics who defeated the Connecticut Sun, 89-78.
And this is how I'm going into MY weekend (like Simone Biles winning her fifth world championships individual all‑around gold medal). How about you?
Simone Biles with the mic drop! 🐐🐐🐐
pic.twitter.com/htYUVKkYbE
— Poor Lawyer (@poorlawyer) October 10, 2019
IN LOCAL NEWS: The Parkrose High student who brought a gun into school has been sentenced to 36 months probation and mental health treatment, and our Alex Zielinski has more on the story.
Speaking of guns, the PSU armed guards will stay armed following the release of a new school safety plan that our Blair Stenvick notes looks suspiciously familiar to the old plan.
Wife of Jason Washington, a man killed by campus police officers in 2018, told PSU board:“These students told you years ago that this would happen and you didn’t listen... I feel like nothing’s going to change, and this is going to happen to someone else." https://t.co/p0g743KqFu
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) October 10, 2019
Neal Keny-Guyer, the longtime CEO of Mercy Corps, has stepped down after accusations of serial sexual abuse were leveled at co-founder Ellsworth Culver who was allowed to stay in his position for more than a decade.
Come for the story about a suspect who entered an apartment building, pepper-sprayed workers, and made off with a cell phone, and stay for... pictures of an owl? That's Portland, folks, and our Alex Zee reports.
ARE YOU HUNGRY? Then may I interest you in the Portland Mercury's upcoming Nacho Week? OH! AND YES, YOU DO LOOK SEXY! Tickets for HUMP! 2019 are right here. (Oh, and psst! Check out the new, very sexy, and decidedly NSFW HUMP! trailer here.)
Now let's look skyward to the WEATHER: Another sunny, breezy day with a high of 65 (and Saturday is looking pretty good, too)!
And finally... please heed this IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Some of y'all need this lesson pic.twitter.com/Pm4gljKskG
— 🎃🦇Jack-o'-lisha🦇🎃 🧀✌🌊🤘🌊 (@Cptnrwrpnts) October 10, 2019