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To all anti-ICE protesters: Anybody remember Waco? In 1993, President Clinton’s ATF and FBI killed 80 Americans — including 22 children at a Waco, Texas, compound of Branch Davidians, an offshoot of Seventh-day Adventists. Where was the outrage?

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So When CAN We Slander Victims Of The Police? - Part 1
Better hope liberals like you before getting killed by the government
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January 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Another look at the pacifist nurse, Alex Pretti:
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Man who appears to be Alex Pretti filmed interacting with federal agents
YouTube video by The News Movement
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January 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
While Americans in Minnesota bring on their own misery, here’s what life is like when you have a real enemy. It’s “a human safari.”

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A City Where Every Step Outside Risks Death by Drone
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January 28, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The year is young, but this is a standout lede: “The phrase ‘reading for fun’ is increasingly an oxymoron in the United States. This may explain why the United States has an increasing number of morons.”

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Reading for pleasure continues to fall, but some defy the trend
Nonrequired reading has dropped about 3% a year for 20 years, a sign Americans may be getting dumber. Book lovers, like columnist David Allen, defy the trend.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Here’s the backstory you will not find in The Oregonian or Portland Mercury or OPB or even Willamette Week. Portland in the raw.

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Two Members of a Portland Antifa Cell, Armed with Rifles and Pistols, Charged in Attempted Murder Shooting
Inside a Portland Antifa cell: arrests, weapons and an attempted murder
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January 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Journalist Andy Ngo got inside the Signal chats being used by extremists in Minnesota to plan mobilizations against the U.S. government. A look at the paranoia that drives them:

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I Got Inside the Signal Chats Used by Far-Left Extremists in Minnesota—Here’s What I Saw
Inside the paranoia consuming the far-left encrypted chatrooms that are organizing the mass mobilization against the U.S. government
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January 27, 2026 at 7:46 AM
One thing about Portlanders, they’ll strap on their marching shoes, rain or shine — anything but deal with the city’s real problems.

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2020 Redux
When local pols feed raw meet to the bear, they shouldn't be surprised when the bear bites back.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:32 AM
And now some reassuring words for Portland’s white progressives from a black man who knows things that might disturb you:

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White People Didn't Invent Slavery. The West Ended It.
I almost couldn’t believe what I was hearing. “Yeah, she told me that they sorted the kids into two lines, by skin color..."
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January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Good news — Bernhard Goetz is still alive. Bad news — the media still can’t accept that four guys trying to shake down a man for money is a crime.

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The Subway Vigilante Who Never Left Is Back
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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
When an issue is politicized, emotions take over. It leads to the kind of stupidity in Oregon where electrical power is treated as something that can be wished into existence rather than engineered.

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Hydropower, Hard Science, and the High Cost of Oregon’s Energy Amnesia
How Oregon’s Power Advantage Is Being Squandered
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January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. make of Portland City Councilors Candace Avalos and Angelita Morillo?

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Two Weak Sisters
Angelita Morillo and Candace Avalos could learn from ‘One Tough Mother’
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January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
If Hillary Clinton were as smart as Scott Adams, she would’ve been elected president. Read and think, from black commentator Coleman Hughes:

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Coleman Hughes: Scott Adams Made Me a Better Thinker
The mainstream obituaries of the ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist have focused on his ‘controversial’ statements and support for the president. But that’s just one small part of his legacy, writes Coleman Hughes.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:16 AM
It isn’t social media that is making civil discourse impossible. It’s people like this.

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Memes for a Time Capsule
Save these for your grandchildren, who might be wondering about that inflatable frog costume in the attic.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Perhaps the newly realigned Portland City Council should start off by reading this editorial from The Oregonian. And then, get to work:

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Editorial: Portland City Council deadlocks as crises deepen
Portland City Council's inability to elect a new president reflects the entrenched divisiveness that has hampered its effectiveness all throughout its first year, the editorial board writes. Councilor...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Thankfully, the suspect got away uninjured. Otherwise, Portland’s sheep would have taken to the streets to protest.

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Two PPB Officers Injured in Crash; Suspect Vehicle Flees Scene
Two Portland Police officers suffered minor injuries in a hit-and-run crash.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Portland’s political leaders demonstrate the kind of hatred that inspires people to break the law.

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The Portland Sheep Stampede
Is this city of followers headed for a cliff?
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January 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
@counciloravalos.bsky.social should be brave and read this, even though it might disturb her. If she wants to claim this woman as her constituent, she should get to know her.

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Who Is the Suspected Tren de Aragua Sex Ring Operative in Alleged Border Patrol Portland Truck Attack?
Portland and Oregon officials, all Democrats, have condemned federal agents for the non-fatal shooting after the alleged attempted car ramming of Border Patrol agents.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
To all you sheep-like progressives who march on behalf of Venezuelan gangs, where were your protests when this 13-year-old American boy was killed? Your values are phony.

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Detectives reveal details in stray-bullet shooting that killed 13-year-old Oregon boy
Prosecutors want two suspects kept behind bars without bail in the Gresham killing of Liam Spahnle-Bailey.
www.oregonlive.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
So you think you’re a leader? Get elected to the Portland City Council and find out for sure.

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City Council Carnage
For seven hours, the City Council bloviated, snarled, whined, and self-pitied their way to an embarrassing deadlock.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Under no circumstances does Gov. Tina Kotek want her name on the same November 2026 ballot as the citizen initiative to overturn her big transportation package. She’s trying to improve her re-election chances. That’s all this is about.

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Gov. Tina Kotek calls for repeal of controversial transportation package she championed
Kotek said she will lead an effort to finalize a more comprehensive transportation package for the 2027 legislative session.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
An incredibly sad story.

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Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
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December 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Despite what The Oregonian says, 11-year-old Ryan Ambrose didn’t die in a pandemic-era “rare convergence” at Southeast 102nd Avenue and Stark Street. He died courtesy of a violent subculture.

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Black Swagger and a Little Boy
What really killed 11-year-old Ryan Ambrose?
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December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This man lived illegally in the U.S. for 21 years. Why didn’t he become a naturalized citizen? Does American citizenship mean so little? Shall we open our borders, and let anyone in?

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Oregon judge orders shackles removed in courtroom after learning ICE detained wrong man
Judge slams U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's "arrest first, ask questions later," approach.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
What Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield meant to say is: “I’ve been too busy suing Donald Trump to care about the personal safety of Oregonians. Oh, and by the way, I’m Oregon’s top cop.”

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State Supreme Court orders immediate release of 3 Oregon prisoners freed then rearrested
The ruling led to an unusual flurry of filings late on Christmas Eve when it appeared the state Department of Corrections intended to delay the trio’s release through the weekend.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM