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GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Look like it’s about to rain, what a shame (uh-huh). I got the Armor-All to shine up the stain. LET’S GO TO PRESS.
Looks like tax refunds could be in danger, thanks to Trump’s shutdown which has forced hundreds of IRS employees to skip doing unpaid work due to financial hardship.
Flight attendants union pres calling for “activists from across the Labor Movement to talk with their union leadership about conducting a General Strike to end the Government Shutdown.”https://t.co/sBiAVy9WEM
— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) January 23, 2019
The Senate will go head to head on two competing bills designed to end the Trump shutdown—both of which are expected to fail… but it’s something?
If there is any good news in the Trump shutdown, it’s that the president is so obsessive about his sure-to-fail wall, he’s not pursuing anything else in his, or the GOP’s, agenda.
Meanwhile House Democrats are launching an investigation into the corrupt Trump administration’s “fast and loose” playing with security clearances.
Not helping matters at all is America’s Worst Lawyer™ Rudy Giuliani’s near-constant gaffes, which are apparently wearing out their welcome at the White House.
While the national media is falling all over themselves to excuse the actions of the Convington Catholic High School kids, here are two good articles to read that refuses to let their racist antics off the hook: “Nothing justifies what the Covington students did,” by Jonathan Capeheart and the aptly named “Don’t Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes,” by Laura Wagner.
I attended a parochial catholic high school in the SW Ohio/northern Kentucky area for a year. only lasted a year bc it is still by far the worst environment I’ve ever been around. These schools are climate controlled areas for young dumb rich white kids to work on bullying
— Zak Toscani (@zaktoscani) January 23, 2019
According to the Associated Press, R&B singer Chris Brown has been taken into custody in Paris on charges of aggravated rape.
Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT humorist/columnist Russell Baker has died at the age of 93.
IN LOCAL NEWS: And the measles count keeps growing, with a 23rd victim being discovered thanks to thoughtless parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. (The measles outbreak has now made national news, and check out this anti-vaxxer slam eloquently penned by the New York Times editorial board.)
Oscar Meyer is hiring Weinermobile drivers, and… HOLD MY BEER.
Oregon State Rep. Karin Power is currently working on a bill that would “eliminate outdated, offensive references to sexual orientation and gender identity” from state law, and our Blair Stenvick has the report.
Now let’s look to the WEATHER: Another cloudy, rainy day with a high of 52.
And finally… waitasecond… this dog stole my hoodie! AND MY POPCORN!! Wait… are those my glasses?
