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Iran soccer story reveals fragility of liberty

By Jason Williams, By Oregon 250 Resolution celebrating USA’s 250th Birthday Iran’s women’s soccer team was in Australia when war broke out. The team was deeply divided on what to do. Eventually, they...

2026-03-17

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Lars Larson: The hole in the TSA airport, DHS shutdown

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense The politically appointed apparatchiks who run Portland International Airport have ordered passengers kept in the dark about why secur...

2026-03-17

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Caucus mourns passing of former Senate President Gene Derfler

Senate Republican Caucus Mourn the Passing of Former Oregon Senate President Gene Derfler By Oregon State Senate Republican Caucus, SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Senate Republican Caucus is mourning the pa...

2026-03-16

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Sen. Brock Smith: My Legislation

By Oregon State Senator David Brock Smith: Newsletter excerpt of sponsored and chief-sponsored bills, CHIEF SPONSORED LEGISLATION   HB4075 – Digest: This Act makes the State Treasurer use unclaimed mo...

2026-03-16

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Unions chase the new billionaires tax

By Friends in the news, This month the Freedom Foundation’s Aaron Withe wrote an insightful piece in the popular Hill news site, on the new trend of billionaires taxes in America. Here is an excerpt: ...

2026-03-16

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Oregon award winners: Worst politician, Worst waste, more …

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Just in time during the Academy Awards we offer our results of the Oregon Taxpayers Awards as voted upon by 400+ responses. Here are the results:   WORST...

2026-03-16

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Amazon to buy Oregon’s largest solar/storage project

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Amazon has offered $83 million to buy solar energy and storage in Eastern Oregon to power its data centers, but a state council needs to sign off on the ...

2026-03-16

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6 memes to help you out

By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below:The post6 memes to help you outfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-03-16

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60 arrests for human trafficking in past few months

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit, working with local, state, and federal partners, conducted focused patrols along Northeast 82nd Aven...

2026-03-15

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Homeless tent with solar panels, TV, fridge

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a homeless tent with solar panels.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren an...

2026-03-15

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Lars Larson: Starbucks founder flees NW tax nightmare

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense: One of the most familiar billionaire names here in the Pacific Northwest is packing up and moving thousands of miles away. Howard Sch...

2026-03-14

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Rioter threatens Oregon reporter over Iran

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Oregon independent journalist and best selling author Andy Ngo has stated that known rioter Philip Haskins-Delici, has been making threats against...

2026-03-13

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Court defends CA first-grader’s innocent free expression

By Pacific Legal Foundation, Press Release, Pasadena, California; March 10, 2026: A California first-grader who was punished for drawing an innocent picture for a classmate scored a major victory toda...

2026-03-13

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Kotek hell week: Court rebuke, 3 staff exit …

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com This has been hell week for Oregon Governor Tina Kotek: • A Marion County judge struck down Governor Kotek’s executive order implementing Project ...

2026-03-13

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Examples of tax $$ spent on massive partying

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, •Ÿ $75,000 zoo party: Oregon’s regional transit agency, Tri-Met, spent an astonishing $75,029 for an employee appreciation event at the zoo.  This is at ...

2026-03-13

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Would TriMet Customers be Willing to Pay More?

At the beginning of this month, TriMet cut service. Buses arrive less often on four of its Frequent Service lines during lower ridership hours, rather than pass by every 15 minutes for most of the day...

2026-03-13

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ODOT bridge went from $250M to $800M!!!

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com ODOT’s Abernethy Bridge project along I-205 in Clackamas County just saw costs explode from the original estimate of $250 million to around $800 m...

2026-03-13

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(8 memes) Iran, Kamala, socialism …

By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below:The post(8 memes) Iran, Kamala, socialism …first appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-03-13

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PDX President goes hard on 95-yr. old lady

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Unusual story in The Oregonian today. A 95-year old lady sent a letter to the Portland City Council President Jamie Dunphy.  She urged him to wear...

2026-03-13