Debates are supposed to be Ted Cruz’s strong suit. But the mincing slime ball had a disastrous debate last night. Ted’s worst moment: when one of the moderators invited Ted to explain what he meant by “New York values.” Clearly Ted felt there was something wrong with New Yorkers and their values. Could Ted pretty […]
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Should Drivers Who Use Studded Tires Be Taxed? Commissioner Novick Thinks So.
ON JANUARY 6, Commissioner Steve Novick had just heard a glowing recommendation for one new source of money for Portland streets when he let fly with another idea. The 10-cent gas tax Novick wants to put before voters in May, cheered on by the City Club of Portland at the meeting, would be a small […]
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Housing Advocate Chloe Eudaly “Seriously Considering” A Run for Portland City Council
Photo courtesy of Chloe Eudaly Attention displaced and cost-burdened Portlanders: One of your own just might run for City Council. Chloe Eudaly, longtime owner of independent bookstore Reading Frenzy, says she’s not yet ready to make it official, but that after being encouraged by dozens of people, she’s deciding whether to toss her hat in […]
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Hillary Clinton Wants To Repeal Ban On Public Funding For Abortion
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The Hyde Amendment is a garbage piece of legislation that systematically targets low-income women. Here’s Fusion: When asked if she would support congressional efforts to repeal the Hyde Amendment, Hillary Clinton wasted no time pondering her answer: “Yes.” “And actually I have for a very long time,” the Democratic frontrunner […]
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Guns Do Not Make Us Safer
Rightwing blogs are filled with praise for the gun-owning mom who confronted Obama last week during his town hall discussion of gun control: “As a survivor of rape, and now a mother to two small children — you know, it seems like being able to purchase a firearm of my choosing, and being able to […]
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Must Read of the Day: How the Bundy “Militia” Occupation of Malheur is an Attack on Science
Courtesy Malheur Wildlife Refuge While the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge by self-described “patriot militiamen” has been either a source of ridicule, or forcing a debate on federal land use, Travis Longcore—an urban ecologist and professor at USC—has written an illuminating (and infuriating) piece for Medium on how the Bundy’s attack on the federal […]
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Introducing: Dirty Bernie, the Phone Sex Hotline from Everybody’s Favorite Democratic-Socialist
Mike Force You don’t have to be a member of the billionaire class to get a piece of that presidential ass. In this inaugural episode, Dirty Bernie puts the dirty back in dirty talk—to telephonically satisfy Vanessa from Portland and Timothy from Seattle. Listen in and get off now. And remember, you can’t spell “socialism” […]
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Planned Parenthood and NARAL Endorse Hillary Clinton for President
United States Department of State via Wikimedia Commons This week, the nation’s two largest reproductive rights advocacy groups endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Planned Parenthood Action and NARAL Pro-Choice America came out with public endorsements, in what’s a bit of a shake-up for both organizations—though arguably most pointedly in the case of Planned Parenthood, which […]
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Majority of Americans Want Gun Control; Majority of Republicans Want Checks from the NRA
The Republican presidential candidates nervously tap their jacket pockets to make sure the wads of cash from the NRA are still there. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Ninety-two percent—that’s the percentage of Americans who favor background checks for all gun buyers. Just try finding that level of support on any other issue! It’s the kind of […]
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Watch President Obama’s Speech on Gun Control
NYT: With tears streaming down his face, President Obama on Tuesday condemned the repeated spasms of gun violence across America as he announced new executive actions intended to reduce the number of mass shootings, suicides and killings that have become routine in the nation’s communities. Speaking in the East Room of the White House surrounded […]
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About Those Armed Militia Members/Terrorists Who Seized a Federal Building in Rural Oregon
Sally Kohn blames the federal government and its passive non-response to the first Bundy Insurrection for the current shitshow in Oregon… There’s a really simple reason why armed men thought they could get beat the federal government in Oregon: They beat Uncle Sam the last time they showed up with guns. Leading the standoff in […]
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You Can’t Have an American Revolution Without Snacks
To defend American freedoms, you need lots of these… Igor Dutina/shutterstock.com If you care at all about the men who have decided to fight for America in the forests of Oregon, then you might send them some snacks. They have all the high-powered guns and military look they need, but you can’t eat those things. […]