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500 wild horses to be gathered, rescued from drought

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The Bureau of Land Management plans to gather nearly 500 wild horses that are stranded in areas without adequate water. They will be rescued and transpor...

2026-09-04

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Drazan TV ad hots Kotek hard on data centers

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Below is a new TV ad that Oregon State Senator Christine Drazan on Governor Kotek. Tina Kotek gave data centers over $1 billion in tax breaks while raising the taxes of hardw...

2026-09-04

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

The Reluctant Pioneer

I recently finished reading Julie McDonald Zander’s The Reluctant Pioneer. This novel of an early crossing of the Oregon Trail, like all good historical fiction, voyeuristically brings the reader to s...

2026-09-04

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

3 child abuse headlines. 1 front page (2 involve schools)

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The ever vigilant KPTV-12 News featured on their homepage news, three different headlines involving minors being the victim of sex abuse. One involves a ...

2026-09-04

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Lars Larson: Raise for education “Titanic”

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense For a school system facing multi-million-dollar shortfalls and dropping enrollment, the Portland Public Schools sent out some strange ...

2026-09-03

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Chart: Mail ballot states show pattern

By Oregon Campaign Watch, WSJ article on mail-in voting states shows where it exists among the three different categories.The postChart: Mail ballot states show patternfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst...

2026-09-03

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

DeSpain (CD#4) exposes 15-year broken Veteran promise

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Oregon Congressional candidate (CD#4) Monique DeSpain highlights a broken promises to Oregon veterans over a veterans center. Our veterans were promised the Roseburg Veterans...

2026-09-03

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Kotek’s luxury prompts her cost-free decisions

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Earlier this year, Governor Kotek and the Legislature spoke as if the government was out of money, which is why she raised taxes ($320 million business t...

2026-09-02

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Map shows 91% Oregon drought

(map by Drought.gov) By Taxpayers Association of Oregon, OregonWatchdog.com The government drought tracker site has produced this important map at how much Oregon is covered in drought conditions.   A...

2026-09-02

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

(6 memes) Trump re-naming memes …

By Guest Submission meme, More memes below:The post(6 memes) Trump re-naming memes …first appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Sen. Brock Smith applauds State-Fed Fentanyl crackdown

Senator David Brock Smith Applauds Coordinated Federal–Local Crackdown on Fentanyl Trafficking, By Senator David Brock Smith, 8/31/26– SALEM, OR – Senator David Brock Smith issued the following statem...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

3 years paid leave. Agency won’t let him back.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon, OregonWatchdog.com Derek Wehr, Oregon State Hospital’s former deputy superintendent, has been on paid leave for three years, costing taxpayers about half a million ...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Lars Larson: Big fancy buildings or kids who can read?

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense Can anyone make sense of the antics of Portland Public Schools? Let me start with a few data points. PPS student population has alread...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Giant fireball in sky wows Oregonians

By NW Spotlight, A big fireball was seen across the NW. KATU-2 Has video. Residents across the Pacific Northwest report seeing a fireball Sunday evening KOIN-6 has video. VIDEO: Fireball caught on cam...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Chart: Voters 18-point rise on this issue

By Oregon Campaign Watch, CNN highlights a recent Fox News poll showing a 18% jump in voters belief that government spending is mostly wasteful and inefficient.The postChart: Voters 18-point rise on t...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Monique DeSpain (CD#4) gets NFIB endorsement

NFIB Endorses Monique DeSpain for Congress, Citing Her Record as a Champion for Small Business By Monique DeSpain for Congress campaign, National Federation of Independent Business backs DeSpain for t...

2026-09-01

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Dolly Parton co-opted by Socialists, Communists

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon, OregonWatchdog.com We state upfront that everyone’s embrace of Dolly Parton is welcome and invited. Yet, the recent praise by Socialists, DSA and Communists organiz...

2026-08-31

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

(6 memes) Bad advice from a shark

By Guest Submission Meme, More memes below,The post(6 memes) Bad advice from a sharkfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

2026-08-31