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From www.salon.com/2025/12/04/w... What is with this religious devotion among Republicans to view government as a business?
“That’s the balance sheet of America,” Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said of federal lands at his confirmation hearing in January, “and, if we were a company, they would look at us and say, ‘Wow, you are really restricting your balance sheet.’”
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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From a Salon article www.salon.com/2025/10/31/m... Ben Shapiro and I have a similar reaction to his shared statistic, but for vastly different reasons.
The text reads: “It is insane that there are 42 million Americans on food stamps. That is a wild statistic,” the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro said on his podcast. “And the amount of government dependency in this country is just way to high, period.”
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Smith Rock Farm, Terrebonne, Oregon with parts of Smith Rock State Park visible.
In the bottom foreground is a pumpkin and pumpkins are visible behind it for some distance. Behind that are some vehicles waiting in line to visit the pumpkin patch. Trees line the road. Behind those trees some rock faces of Smith Rock State Park rise as well as some hills. The sky is a cloudless blue.
October 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The start of the protest in my small rural Central Oregon town today. Motorists driving by were vastly more supportive of the protesters than in dissent. As has been the case since I joined the protests here in June.
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Smith Rock Farm, Terrebonne, Oregon
Dried out corn (from a corn maze) in the lower third of the photo. The upper two thirds are mostly blue sky with the occasional high cloud or corn stalk poking up.
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Oh, my bad. Her face violently stopped a police baton. Apologies.
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon
In the lower right of the frame a chipmunk sits on a fallen tree trunk. Yes, it could be easily overlooked. The more striking part of the photo are the ted leaves largely in the top central half of the photograph. There is also some green foliage in the shot. The ground is covered in fallen branches and dead brown leaves.
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Mt Hood, Oregon
A slightly snow-capped mountain is in the middle of the frame with some small clouds rising to its left in an otherwise blue sky. A forested hill rises to the right and is comparatively taller than the mountain from this frame of reference. A rock and occasional plant covered ridge marks the bottom foreground.
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Mt Hood National Forest, Oregon
Some red and yellow colored deciduous leaves in the undergrowth amongst towering Douglas Firs and other alpine evergreens. The sun is shining.
October 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Letourell State Park, Oregon
The gravel trail ran along a rock face on the left for a brief bit before opening back up to green undergrowth. Deciduous trees and shrubs line the right. Sunlight makes it through in the distance.
October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Lower Letourell Falls, Letourell State Park, Oregon
A thin waterfall descends in the middle of the photo. To the right of this waterfall is a large patch of moss clinging to the rock face; to the left are much smaller moss patches. At the top of the cliff are some trees, including Douglas Firs. At the bottom are some green undergrowth.
October 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Letourell Falls State Park, Oregon
A trail leads through deciduous trees backlit by the sun. On the left of the trail is a rock cliff; on the right, the hillside descends steeply.
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Letourell Falls State Park, Oregon
Concrete stairs with railing to the left ascends a hill. Deciduous trees and undergrowth are backlit by the sun.
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Letourell Falls State Park, Oregon
Tree trunks and green foliage back lit by the sun.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The Columbia River Gorge
A slightly hazy view of the Columbia River Gorge as seen from Portland Women’s Forum. Vista House at Crown Point is the structure seen in the photo. Also visible is a sandy beach that is a part of Rooster Rock State Park. This side of the Columbia River is Oregon and the opposite side is Washington. The sky has some wispy high clouds.
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Protest signage against the Trump Administration deportation policy on a Native American Reservation
A sign wrapped around a car barrier along the side of road intersection. It reads: “NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND”. A bridge across the Deschutes River is in the background with various flags lining the bridge. Some are flags of various Native American movements. Some Palestinian flags. There was also a Mexican and Canadian flag.
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Ross Island in the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon
River in the foreground and tree-lined shore in the background. The sun’s light is being reflected on the river’s rippled water. Sky has high, wispy clouds and jet trails. The sun’s orb is visible.
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This just location is 4-5 blocks north and 3 blocks east of the ICE facility, along the Willamette River where life goes on as usual on a nice Sunday morning, belying the “warzone” narrative. As I was writing this, I overheard residents in the area talking about the tear gas from yesterday.
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The state of the “warzone” in Portland, Oregon this morning.
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Central Oregon
A ponderosa pine stands alone in the middle of the shot. It has a bend towards the top of its trunk. Branches from other pines emerge from the left and right edges of the photo. Behind the tree at the center of the shot are forested hills. The sun is shining with some clouds in the sky.
September 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Central Oregon
A Douglas Fir grows next to the side of a cliff. Its trunk rises from a steep slope. There is some brown grass on that slope. There are some other trees in the photo. The sun is shining and there are some clouds in the sky.
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Jefferson County, Oregon
A dirt road winds away from the photographer. On the left there are a few ponderosa pines by the road. There are also a scattering of the pines in the distance. Otherwise, the vegetation is overwhelmingly brown grass with a smattering of shrubbery. The sky is overcast.
September 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Jefferson County, Oregon
Burnt out juniper trees from a fire years ago. Brown grass. The sky is mostly filled with high clouds.
September 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon
A single lane bridge spans the Deschutes Arm of Lake Billy Chinook. The Deschutes River carved a canyon. The river was damned and the confluence of three rivers formed a lake. The less vertical edges of the canyon host grass and sage brush. The sky is mostly cloudy.
September 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Jefferson County, Oregon
Smoke from the nearby Flat Fire has made the setting sun red. There are some other clouds in the sky. A green field is being watered. A barbed wire fence stands in the foreground.
August 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM