By Butch Freedman Kakistocracy: A system where leaders lack the skill, ethics, or knowledge to govern well, leading to widespread failure and corruption. It’s been nothing but ugly since trump and…
Category: Government
OREGON DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES (ODHS) AFFIRMS STATE COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD DISABILITY RIGHTS
On Wednesday, Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Director Liesl Wendt spoke before the Oregon Legislature about recent federal actions affecting how the U.S. Department of Justice interprets and enforces disability rights. Governor Tina…
A Vote for Cyrus Javadi Is A Vote To Have Your Voice Heard
Most of us on the North Coast believe in the democratic process. We try to be well informed (no easy task these days!) and communicate with our elected officials about issues…
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY HOSTS “America in Jeopardy” to Spotlight Trump’s Corruption, Chaos, and Costs to American Families (VIDEO)
(Washington, D.C.) – In a new video, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley hosts his colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Tina Smith (D-MN) in presenting the ‘America…
Choose Candidate with Integrity & Principles – Support Cyrus Javadi for State Representative
To The Editor: Politics has changed drastically for me in the past decade. The decision on who to vote for used to be the result of research – candidate positions, voting records, speeches. Party affiliation never mattered much…
Trump’s Ranking of U.S. Presidents?
By Vic Affolter Trump’s August 27th ranking of U.S. presidents provides a revealing contrast with the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey of 154 presidential historians and political science scholars. Trump’s…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE (ODFW) ACTION NOTICE: Recreational Ocean Salmon South of Cape Falcon Closes to Coho Fishing Sept. 12
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the State of Oregon, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and fishery representatives met today via conference call and have taken the following in-season management…
Let’s Talk Tillamook: Voting Rights and the SAVE Act – Interview with Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read
A conversation with Oregon Secretary of State, Tobias Read on Voting Rights & the SAVE Act This Q&A is based on an interview by Shaena Peterson with Oregon Secretary of…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: America at the Reckoning Point
“No death is so sad and final as the death of an illusion.” – Arthur Koestler By Marc C. Johnson Labor Day, the unofficial start of the political campaign season,…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Things That Matter
Doorsteps, democracy, and the things politics tends to forget. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and…
