This will likely do real and lasting harm. GETTY / ITAKDALEE The New York Times reported yesterday that the Trump administration is doing exactly what you’d expect: reversing the protections for birth control coverage that made it available to patients without a copay. With new rules written by a lawyer with ties to anti-abortion groups […]
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Congressional Republicans Are Pushing a Disingenuous 20-Week Abortion Ban, Still Doing Nothing About Guns
Why legislate women’s health when you could legislate this? Martin Barraud / Getty If you were still reeling from this week’s news out of Las Vegas, you may have missed the House’s passage of a 20-week abortion ban on Tuesday. Now it heads to the Senate with 45 fucking co-sponsors, because I guess the GOP […]
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Country Singer Rosanne Cash: “The NRA Funds Domestic Terrorism” (She’s Partially Right)
David Becker / Getty In this opinion piece for the New York Times following this past weekend’s Las Vegas massacre, country singer Rosanne Cash gets right to the point of why massacres keep occurring, and who’s behind it: There is no other way to say this: The N.R.A. funds domestic terrorism. A shadow government exists […]
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What’s She Mad About Now?: Why We Should Send Congress Jacked-Up Doritos
Allison Kerek Some people see an older homeless person, and think, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” That’s not what I think. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and an on-again, off-again relationship with OCD. I worked at a non-profit for 14 years and therefore don’t have a 401(k) or savings. When I […]
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The Senate Won’t Vote on the GOP Health Care Bill After All
Bye, Graham-Cassidy! No one will miss you! Getty Images / OLJensa NPR and the New York Times have both confirmed the death of Graham-Cassidy, GOP’s latest health care bill that would’ve seriously screwed over states like Oregon, due to opposition within the GOP on the part of Sens. Susan Collins, Rand Paul, and John McCain. […]
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Surprise! The GOP’s New Health Care Bill Would Be Terrible For Oregon
FUCK. Getty Images / mphillips007 Maybe you’ve heard: The GOP is donning wax wings yet again with its latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Though marginally more policy-focused than earlier iterations, the latest proposal, from Senators Lindsey Graham (who should know better) and Bill Cassidy, leaves health care oversight to the states, and […]
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There’s a Protest Planned for Jeff Sessions’ Portland Visit Tomorrow
From Facebook event page Attorney General Jeff Sessions—who’s looking to repeal protections for immigrants, crack down on legal weed, and give business owners the ability to discriminate against LGBT customers—might have thought he could sneak into our fair city unaccosted. Not the case. After news broke last week that Sessions will be traveling to Portland […]
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Under Armour Reveals New Portland Office—But Not Why They Won’t Denounce Trump
Careful not to spill any kombucha on that! Justin Sullivan / Getty The Portland Business Journal is providing a virtual sneak peek tour of the new Under Armour “PDX campus” located at the former YMCA building on Barbur Boulevard. But if you’ve got better things to do than look at architecture porn, there’s this quick […]
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Your Hillary Hate Is a Distraction. Please Do Better
“Nut up and get over it, my dudes!” ginosphotos / Getty You don’t like Hillary Clinton. You don’t like that she’s re-litigating the election. You don’t like that she’s being interviewed on NPR. You don’t like the book she wrote. You don’t like that she’s coming to your city. You don’t like that she’s making […]
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How to Tell if You Accidentally Elected a Toddler to Run Your Federal Republic
How to tell if you accidentally elected a toddler to run your federal republic.
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What’s She Mad About Now?: Does Your Neighborhood Have a Nazi Problem?
ALLISON KEREK They say if you see one cockroach, that’s a sign there are hundreds nearby. So if the Shitshow in Charlottesville and the continuing non-response from our president is any indication, we have a nasty national Nazi infestation brewing that’s only going to get worse. So where are the best places to look for […]
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Christian Pastor: Jesus Christ Is Basically Hitler
RightWingWatch: Extremist anti-LGBTQ pastor Kevin Swanson is joining other radical Religious Right activists in declaring that Hurricane Harvey is God’s judgment on Houston and other cities that refuse to repent for their embrace of “sexual perversion.” “Jesus sends the message home, unless Americans repent, unless Houston repents, unless New Orleans repents, they will all likewise […]