NYT: “This is the country that elected Donald Trump,” said Garth Gardiner, driving a pickup across the 48,000-acre Angus beef ranch he runs with his two brothers. They lost about 500 cows in the fires. “I think he’d be doing himself a favor to come out and visit us.” Mr. Gardiner voted for Mr. Trump, […]
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Make Sure Your MAGA-Hat Wearing Relatives Watch This
ThinkProgress: On Monday, FBI director James Comey testified in front of the House Intelligence committee as part of Congress’ ongoing investigation in the matter. Before his testimony, the committee’s ranking Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) laid out of all of the circumstantial evidence that has built up so far connecting the Trump campaign to Russian […]
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The Portland Art Museum Responds to Proposed Cuts to National Arts Funding
Donald Trump’s proposed chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. (Jokes! He just wants to cut the whole thing!) Germanovich / Getty If you care about art, you know that the current president poses a threat to it that goes well beyond his horrendous taste in decor. Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote […]
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From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of March 15–21
Resistance events for the week of March 15–21.
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Fill Out the White House’s Dumb Form: “Share Your Obamacare Disaster Story”
I hate you. Tricia Romano The Trump White House really is run by a bunch of idiots. First, they put up a “media accountability poll.” Now, they’ve got this open call for sob stories. I know this because some time ago, I signed up for the White House email list and forgot to turn it […]
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Fight Trump with Saturday’s “People Power” Livestream Event from the ACLU
Courtesy ACLU To battle back against Trump and the GOP’s agenda, the more groups and organizations we have the better. That’s why the ACLU is starting a new citizen resistance group called “People Power” that’s designed to “fight the Trump administration lawfully and systematically” and “put pressure on elected officials and local law enforcement officials […]
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Washington Attorney General Will Take on Trump’s New Travel Ban, Too
President Trump can’t get away with a repackaged Muslim ban, Attorney General Bob Ferguson says. SB Go, Bobby Ferguson, go! Two days after President Trump issued a new, supposedly more legal version of an executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and Syrian refugees from entering the US, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson […]
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Love in the Time of Kool-Aid
Is Taking to the Streets Obsolete?
Is taking to the streets obsolete?
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Turmoil in the Women’s March, and Oregon’s Reproductive Resistance
Turmoil in the Women’s March! Oregon’s reproductive resistance!
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From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of March 8–14
Resistance events for the week of March 8–14.
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Every Story in Tomorrow’s Issue of the Mercury is By a Woman or Nonbinary Writer
MARLOWE DOBBE In solidarity with those striking on A Day Without a Woman, Wednesday’s issue of the Mercury will only include bylines belonging to women and non-binary authors. We’re among many outlets across the country who have chosen to structure coverage around the strike in some way. Some news organizations, like Gizmodo Media Group, will […]
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No Decision Yet on Whether to Sue Over New Travel Ban, Washington Attorney General Says
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson (center) and the team of lawyers that successfully halted the rollout of Trump’s original travel ban. SB As was expected, President Trump signed a new executive order this morning that tweaked his old travel ban into a new, supposedly less chaotic form. Where the old executive order banned citizens from […]