Dirk VanderHart
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Checking in from Revolution Hall, where for a fifth night Portland has shown up to protest police injustice and violence toward people of color. Also: the required llama.
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ICE has decided to temporarily shutter it's main Portland facility due to
#occupyICEPDX
. Story:
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Gov. Kate Brown: "The weather system fueling these fires over the past few days has finally broken down and our firefighting teams tell me they can feel it. We anticipate cooler air and moisture coming in the next few days. "
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Not only will the Oregon DOJ sue to stop federal officers from policing protesters, it's also launched a criminal investigation. Our story will be up momentarily.
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Another half-million from Phil Knight to
@ChristineDrazan
. He's put at least $1.5M into her campaign and at least $5.25M in the governor's race in total.
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A small contingent of demonstrators is outside of ICE headquarters in SW Portland, blocking cars that want to leave.
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Checking in from Lownsdale Square in downtown Portland, where hundreds are gathered yet again and these community minded folks have free helmets on offer for anyone who wants head protection.
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Pretty much nothing new emerged during tonight's OR governor debate.
--Christine Drazan (R) now plans to pause the state's Clean Fuels Program
--Tina Kotek (D) likes a long preamble before answering
--Betsy Johnson (i) swears she saw a dead body today. Maybe.
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The Oregon Supreme Court has granted an emergency motion allowing
@OregonGovBrown
's executive orders to remain in place, following a Baker County judge's ruling today.
#orpol
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Here's the governor's official response to the president calling on her to send the National Guard in to quash Portland protests.
#orpol
Oregon isn't interested in a role in your political theater,
@realDonaldTrump
. The
@OregonGuard
is focused on fighting wildfires, distributing PPE & helping with unemployment calls. I'd love to discuss what we actually need: financial resources, N-95 masks & testing supplies.
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New: New York Times columnist Nick Kristof has filed a campaign committee to run for Oregon governor.
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NEW: Oregon elections officials say Nick Kristof does not meet residency requirements to run for governor.
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NEW: House Speaker Tina Kotek told lawmakers this afternoon she will strip Rep. Mike Nearman of his committee assignments, after he let demonstrators into the Capitol last month. Nearman has apparently also agreed to limit his own Capitol access.
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The president and federal officials have said their goal is to crack down and end these protests. Legit dance party happening in front of the courthouse right now, is how that’s working.
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The Oregon Senate just did a rare "call of the Senate" to require all members be present. It's part of continuing frustration with Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, who is voting against every bill this session, but leaves the chamber on bills where a no would look bad.
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So... you know how
@tedwheeler
said cops wouldn’t help dismantle
#OccupyICEPDX
? Their blocking citizens and media from accessing.
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Important FYI: it’s not all tense over here at the counter demonstration.
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Some ~Personal~ News: I'm trading Portlandia for the Gold Man. Next month, I'll be joining the extremely talented folks at
@OPBnews
as a politics reporter/producer. It's amazing! But I'll still miss the
@portlandmercury
crew a great deal.
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BREAKING: Gov. Kate Brown has announced federal troop presence in Portland will be phased out beginning Thursday. State troopers will help protect the federal courthouse when they depart.
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Next,
@BillPostOregon
, R-Keizer, has been taken off the House Judiciary committee in reaction to tweets he sent out yesterday. One invited gun rights group
@OregonFirearms
to a rally by gun control group Moms Demand Action, saying "be ready, be there."
#orleg
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It also means this to the dictionary.
For these women, philanthropy means giving their own money to help others
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New protest group, Portland's Resistance, has already raised nearly $10K to pay for last night's damages.
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Police roll up on a clutch of demonstrators and scream, “Go home!” A man replies: “I’m homeless!”
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Oregonians have been able to pump their own gas for nearly three months.
One of the state's largest unions now says it will ask voters to re-ban the practice next year.
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People in Bend descended on the site of an ICE arrest earlier today, blocking detention buses from departing.
@emilycureton
reports.
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I have been Idaho stopping all morning and can confirm that it is now Oregon’s greatest and most majestic law.
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I showed up late (virtually) to the GOP-only (and one ind), unofficial committee on Oversight and Accountability held this evening. GOP lawmakers invited the public to complain about government corruption, but all I heard were people demanding they end the ongoing walkout
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New: Video footage appears to show state Rep. Mike Nearman — blatantly, purposefully — allowing an incursion into the state Capitol.
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So that State of Oregon/ Wieden+Kennedy collabo has dropped.
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New: Gov. Kate Brown will declare an emergency and ready the National Guard as Portland braces for possible election-related unrest. The arrangement allows state police and the county sheriff to lead the response -- and paves the way for use of tear gas.
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NEW: The city of Portland says the fence ICE built around its building isn't up to code.
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Multnomah County is going to take up a lease for a new homeless shelter on SE Foster this morning. A hunch: We'll hear from LOTS of people who absolutely love shelters. Just not a shelter there.
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Nike co-founder Phil Knight is wading deep into Oregon legislative races this year. Late last month he donated another $1M to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC, which is out to elect Republicans to the House and Senate. That's $2M total, nearly half what the PAC has raised.
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Spent much of today at the evacuation center on the state fairgrounds in Salem. Lots of grateful, worried people. Some who knew their homes were gone. Others who were wondering. Also: livestock. Lots of livestock.
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Another example of
@senbetsyjohnson
donors now drifting to Republican
@ChristineDrazan
:
Knife River, the construction supplier that had given more than $100K to Johnson since last year, just cut its first check ($25K) to Drazan.
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Much snark about all the alerts going 'round about the new heatwave -- and the fact that they were not going 'round last heatwave -- from people who professionally demand government learn from mistakes and do better.
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Gov. Tina Kotek says downtown Portland needs more police, shelter and social workers. Less trash, plywood and taxes. Those are the top-line recommendations to emerge from a four-month task force focused on the center city. More below.
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Federal cops firmly in control of the building. But dozens and dozens of tents remain on adjacent property. Bulk of camp.
#OccupyICEPDX
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Wow. Nike co-founder Phil Knight spent another $2 million on Betsy Johnson's unaffiliated gubernatorial campaign in early Sept, bringing the total to $3.75 million. Recent polls have suggested Johnson is trailing Republican Christine Drazan and Dem Tina Kotek by a ways.
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During the last City Council meeting I ever covered, Nick Fish stopped the proceedings to ask that people give me a round of applause. I cowered in my chair, but it's something I'll always remember. He cared a lot — about the city, about the process, about people and outcomes 1/2
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America has learned so much about social distancing and curve flattening in the last week, and not a god damn thing about muting their phones during conference calls. Figure this out, people.
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Lots of early-to-bed types on the east coast just slumbering away peacefully/fitfully.
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Oregon lawmakers just passed a bill that will expand the state's automatic voter registration. Once approved by the federal government, people who sign up for the state's Medicaid plan would be registered.
#orleg
Background:
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In a press conference,
@GovTinaKotek
is noncommittal on signing the bill allowing people to pump their own gas. Wants citizen feedback.
"I grew up in a place where I pumped gas. I’ve lived here for a long time. What do people think?"
RIP to her inbox.
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Here's OPB's initial story on the impending state lawsuit and investigation against federal authorities
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Wednesday morning at
#OccupyICEPDX
: 27 tents (up from 6 yesterday). There’s a medical tent. ICE looking pretty occupied.
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If you're not registered to vote in Oregon, tomorrow is the deadline to do so for the November election. DO IT.
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Oregon Senators have reached a deal to end the longest walkout in state history.
It includes Dems agreeing to water down provisions on abortion and gun control. Here's what we know about the deal so far.
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I have been at OPB for one day. The biggest takeaways: Everyone sounds like the radio and people hang wet clothes on old Emmys.
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“We had not hit 108 degrees in Portland ever prior to 2021, and now we’ve done it four times."
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There’s a sign-making station and, just as important, provisions. These things tend to last a while. I came strapped with half a burrito because I am done fooling around with protest hunger.
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Largest by far is the anti-hate rally in front of City Hall.
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Wow. Mayor Ted Wheeler and Gov. Kate Brown are now trading barbs via press conference. Wheeler says he "was alarmed" by the gov's "mischaracterization" of his request for the National Guard. Says he never asked that the guard be on the front lines, as the governor said Monday.
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A bill introduced in the House today would prevent a person who's been expelled from the Legislature to be appointed to fill a legislative vacancy. It's directed at former Rep. Mike Nearman, who has put his name in to be appointed to the seat he just lost.
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