The November 2018 elections can't be cancelled
I keep seeing this statement in the comments to many of the diaries I read: someone believes that person — or one of the people around him — will cancel the midterm elections. Sorry, but that will not...
View ArticleLast seen in Montana
A spontaneously written chain story by several strangers can be an entertaining thing to watch unfold. With thanks to the ever-brilliant journalist David Corn for his tweet that alerted me to this, I...
View ArticleAny other local protests at ICE offices?
I’m home after a couple of days at the hospital with my youngest daughter — FWIW, she’s doing much better now — & saw this story on the local news for the first time. For those of us (like me) who...
View ArticleBREAKING: Federal cops end ICE protest in Portland
Federal officers in riot gear moved into the protest siege of ICE offices in Southwest Portland at 5:30 a.m. PST, KGW reports. They are evicting people. This ends 11 days of blocking the ICE offices....
View ArticlePortland City Commish wants to encourage people to vote; local Republican...
Yes, Portland has a reputation for being … weird. Believe it or not, some of its elected officials actually want more people to vote.Last election a local activist for renter’s rights, Chloe Eudaly,...
View ArticleOne possible item redacted from the Mueller report
My apologies for writing a diary on one, single item. However, having skimmed over a good chunk of this document, I feel it’s worth pointing out one subject missing in the unredacted text.Where is any...
View ArticleHow to fight a supermajority: legislative news from Oregon
You’d expect that with a trifecta in Oregon — control of both houses of the legislature and the governorship — the Democratic party here could run things as they saw fit. Especially since there is no...
View ArticleNational Review endorses impeachment
Just saw this on Twitter: National Review headline Trump Meets the Four Tests for Impeachment. Considering that the National Review is probably the most high-profile publication on the Right, this is...
View ArticleHow might the Republican Senators vote?
In a perfect world, when the US Senate tries the president for impeachment all of the members would vote in a non-political, objective manner. However, in a perfect world, What’s-his-Face would never...
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Donald Trump in the Underworld
As with all living things, the day came when Donald Trump died.I won’t dwell on the details of his death, since his family officially suppressed them and provided only boilerplate bromides about his...
View ArticleMy Dad was a Soldier
My Dad, who died this August, was a veteran of the second World War. He lived over 99 years, while his time as a soldier occupied maybe 3 years of his life, a sliver of his time alive. He accomplished...
View Article"We want a president that we can be proud of"
Two months ago here in Portland, Oregon demonstrators calling themselves “Occupy ICE” — I’m unclear if they have any connection with the better known “Occupy Wall Street” movement — closed down the...
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