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Hey goth kidz! Enjoy your last day of partly cloudy weather (with a high of 78), because the sun comes rrrrrraging back tomorrow and through the foreseeable future, with highs ranging from 90 to 94. And now? Prepare to rrrrrrrage about today's NEWS.
IN LOCAL NEWS:
⢠I'm afraid we need to start with some very troubling news: According to City Administrator Michael Jordan, Portland stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants used for such basic services as providing low-income housing, transportation improvements, and gun violence reduction, unless we follow Trump's racist plan to practically eliminate the city's DEI policies and programs. According to Jordan, "the City currently manages 126 active federal grants totaling $387 millionâmore than 90% of it invested in housing and transportation. Last year alone, Portland was awarded $98 million in federal grants." This currently puts our city in a very troubling situation, and according to this report from our Courtney Vaughn, the mayor and city council are currently considering all avenues of response, including legal challenges and more. (Question: If an utterly corrupt federal government continues to divest from us, at what point do moral people divest from the federal government?)
Portland City Administrator Michael Jordan said the city is poised to accept several new federal grants, but it wonât actually receive the funds unless it certifies compliance with Trump's recent anti-DEI executive orders. Portland is currently utilizing 126 federal grants totaling $387 million.
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â Portland Mercury (@portlandmercury.com) July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
⢠Very much related: OPB has a deep dive into how Trump's recently passed "Big, Beautiful Bill" could decimate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (AKA SNAP, or food stamps) which feeds one-in-six Oregonians, almost half of whom are seniors, people with disabilities, and children. âThe idea that we are going to send hundreds of thousands of people into hunger is a very, very worrying, sad moment for me,â says the executive director of NeighborImpact, Scott Cooper. âWeâre trying to do something about it, but thereâs only so much you can do.â (Again, if the federal government continues to divest from us, at what point do moral people divest from the federal government?)
⢠And while we're on the topic of the possible necessity of (at least temporary) federal divestment: "'Big Beautiful Bill' may have killed key funding source for Rose Quarter freeway project." (Who's starting to feel like a frog in a pot of boiling water? đââď¸)
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