PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald Trump’s forces have tear gassed a public school into submission. Or at least into fleeing its longtime campus. The local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) complex in Portland has become a near-nightly flashpoint this summer for local activists demonstrating against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign …
Read More »'This Is in Our DNA.' Western Senator Blasts Mike Lee's Crusade to Privatize Public Land
A land grab in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — which would put 250 million acres of public lands at risk of being auctioned to the highest bidder — has been judged out of bounds by the Senate’s in-house rulekeeper. Trump’s lard-the-rich legislation is being pushed through Congress as …
Read More »Treasured Public Lands on the Auction Block in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Every Summer, my wife and I pack up our three kids and the family dog and drive an hour-and-a-half from our home in Portland, Oregon, to the forested shores of Timothy Lake for a camping trip. The lake is technically a reservoir — with a small dam at the western …
Read More »This Democrat Is Pushing Big Tech's Interests. His Wife Owns Millions in Tech Stock
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has led a public crusade to demand that the Biden administration push Big Tech’s anti-regulation agenda worldwide — despite the fact his wife owns up to $3 million worth of stock in major tech companies that could benefit from the effort, according to financial disclosure records. …
Read More »Wyden to Biden: Damn the Judge, Protect the Abortion Pill
Someday very soon, a single district court judge in Texas could order the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of mifepristone, cutting off access — nationwide — to the most widely-used abortifacient in the United States. (The earliest a decision is expected is next Friday, February 24.) If …
Read More »Senators Say CIA Secretly Collected Data in 'Warrantless Backdoor Searches of Americans'
The CIA has a secret repository of information collected about Americans as part of the agency’s foreign surveillance programs, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee alleged on Thursday. The lawmakers said the agency hid from Congress and the public what amounts to “warrantless backdoor searches of Americans.” Sens. Ron …
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