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City and county gearing up for another fight to reform the Portland Police.
City and county gearing up for another fight to reform the Portland Police. Nathan Howard / Getty News

GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! You know I hopped into my car, didn't get very far. Before I had you on my mind, why be so unkind? LET'S GO TO PRESS.

• Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meiren is once again floating the idea of absorbing the Portland Police into the Multnomah County Sheriff's Department—the advantage being that the cops would be under the supervision of the sheriff, who is an elected official, and the system would be easier to restructure.

• In adjustments to the city budget for this fall, Commissioners Jo Ann Hardesty and Chloe Eudaly are expected to ask for $18 million in cuts to the Portland Police Department, which is on top of the $15 million cut that was made this past summer, but still far short of the $50 million total that many in Portland were asking for. Meanwhile, Mayor Ted Wheeler is steering clear of any further cuts to the Portland Police—despite previous promises of police reform. Our Alex Zielinski has that part of the story.

• Related: President Trump and the Portland Police have been driving the narrative that the nightly protesters who march for Black Lives Matter are "violent left-wing radicals." But according to research by the AP of thousands of court documents, the vast majority are young, suburban adults that were arrested on bullshit charges.

• Multiple local environmental organizations have banded together to sue the federal government for their indiscriminate use of tear gas and chemical weapons during protests this summer.

• According to the National NAACP, local chapter president E. D. Mondainé has resigned his post following a Mercury investigation of allegations that he had sexually and physically abused multiple people during his tenure as a pastor at Celebration Tabernacle. Our Alex Zielinski has more.

IN NATIONAL NEWS

• Make no mistake, the nation is experiencing a brand new wave of the coronavirus, and unlike previous here-and-there outbreaks, cases are growing at an alarming rate in every part of the country.

• After falsely claiming that Joe Biden is a "puppet" of China, it turns out that Trump, according to his own tax records, has a secret, shady bank account in that very same country.

• Here's your alarming/infuriating headline of the day: "Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration."

• Despite attempts by Trump's senior racist adviser Stephen Miller to paint sanctuary cities (like Portland!) as being breeding grounds for increased crime after refusing to cooperate with federal immigration agencies, a new study proves that there was no increase in crime following the decision by these cities.

• A four-four tie in the Supreme Court over whether Pennsylvania can accept absentee ballots after November 3 have Democrats increasingly worried that adding sketchy conservative Amy Coney Barrett to the mix could mean bad news for a close, contested presidential election.

• Trump's pre-election agitation continued yesterday when he abruptly ended and then stomped out of an interview with 60 Minutes' host Lesley Stahl, claiming he was the victim of "unfair" questions. BOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!

• Pope Francis has made a small step to reform the homophobic Catholic Church by saying they should adopt civil union laws for same-sex couples, adding "[LGBTQ people are] children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.”

• Oh... wait. Apparently there's a World Series going on? Huh. In any case, the Dodger beat the Rays, 8-3.

• Find out what it's like to be on the front lines of Portland's nightly protests against systemic racism and police brutality with our livestream event/forum, "Eyes on the Ground: A Conversation With Portland's Protest Journalists and Documentarians"—coming at you Tuesday, October 27 at 7 pm. GET THOSE TIX NOW!

• In these terrifying times, don't you need a good, wholesome scare? Get your tickets now for SLAY—the short, eight-minute-or-less HORROR film festival from the makers of HUMP! Streaming right now through the 31st! (Interested in getting out more? Then come to the SLAY Drive-In at Oaks Park! Details here!)

• Now let's crane our necks skyward for the WEATHER: Sun and maybe a shower today and a high of 57 with a very cold low of 37!

• And finally, today in mice crime...