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Blazer ask goes from $500M to $880M

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A 2024 report showed that the Blazer arena, Moda Center, needed $500 million in upgrades.  Now that request has been boosted to $880 million.  All of the...

2026-06-09

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Chart: Trust in media hits record lows

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Gallup has revealed new data on the public’s trust of the media and it continues to get worse.   As of 2025, it has hit a record low for the lowest numbe...

2026-06-09

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In 1776, 7-Up soda did this ingenious celebration

By Jason Williams Oregon250.com Website dedicated to celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. In 1776, the popular 7-up soda pop ran a 50-state version of their pop cans.   Each can feature a differen...

2026-06-08

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Oregon forecast: Recession, Iran, population trends

By Economist Dr. Eric Fruits, See his Oregon Ledger podcast Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis puts out four economic forecasts a year. Usually, the changes from one quarter to the next are modest—u...

2026-06-08

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(6 memes) Surprise LA Mayor result

Kudo to Babylon Bee for the Biden-mayor election spoof. By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below:The post(6 memes) Surprise LA Mayor resultfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-06-07

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(sad video) Street teen mad at drugs shoved upon him

By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a video of a homeless teen who is tired of drugs being pushed upon him.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren an...

2026-06-07

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Ex-Oregon U.S. Senator Bob Packwood dies

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Former U.S Senator Bob Packwood died while in hospice in California this June 6, 2026.  Packwood is most positively known for his leading role in the 1986 Tax Reform Act whic...

2026-06-07

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WWII Vet reads his post D-Day letter to family

By Jason Williams Oregon250.com Website dedicated to celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. During a  D-Day ceremony in Normandy, France this week, honored World War II veteran Arthur Rose read a le...

2026-06-07

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Lars Larson: Supreme Ct. should strike down tardy ballots

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense If you think it’s bad that California won’t know its primary election results for weeks, Washington State is even worse. The Golden St...

2026-06-06

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(photo) Mass bullet holes after domestic shoot-out

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A domestic disturbance in Sandy turned into mass gunfire.  Several people were killed.  Police showed up and were fired upon. One officer was shot and li...

2026-06-06

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Portland voters, please sign the fully-fund police petition!

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com   Initiative petition (#1PDX2026) restores defunded Portland Police by adding 400 new officers.   It is funded by dedicating 25% of the existing s...

2026-06-06

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Top headlines for the week of 6/5

Top 5 headlines 1 Kotek gives IP-28 statement 2 Fox News: Hunting, fishing ban faces backlash 3 Unions slam Kotek’s economic council 4 Kotek bragged on grad rates. There’s a big problem 5 7,000 Lose O...

2026-06-06

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Black sharpshooter became 1775 war hero (USA 250)

By Jason Williams Oregon250.com Website dedicated to celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Peter Salem, who was born a slave, quickly became a Revolutionary War hero. At twenty-five, his owner sold...

2026-06-06

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Chart: Luxury cars owned by food stamp users

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The Foundation of Government Accountability had this chart showing in one state the luxury vehicles owned by food stamp recipients.The postChart: Luxury ...

2026-06-06

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Speed-cam nabs 5% of town in 1 week

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The City of Sherwood has just installed new speed cameras in this small town. Within its first week the speed cam captured 1,040 violators. Those 1,040 r...

2026-06-05

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Portland petition: Fully funds police! (Goodbye crime wave)

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com   The Problem: Portland has too few police officers for a city our size. The same number of officers as the early 1990s, with 175,000 more people....

2026-06-05

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Battlefield Prowess of Brussels from 1914 to Today

I recently finished reading Barbara Tuchman’s classic history of the First World War, The Guns of August. It contains a passage that reminds me of the state of European military readiness in our day. ...

2026-06-05

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(6 memes) Truth in signs

By Guest Submission meme, More memes below:The post(6 memes) Truth in signsfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-06-04