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Coordinated Action Upends Sale of Giddings Boatworks to White Supremacist

A coalition of local and regional organizations has successfully prevented the sale of Giddings Boatworks, a critical port infrastructure asset located at the Charleston Marina, to Whit Industries, a company owned by Michael Whitworth Gantenbein. The proposed sale raised alarm due to evidence linking Gantenbein to neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups,

Whit Gantenbein, with ties to White Lives Matter wants to buy Giddings Boatworks

In response to federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirements, the City of North Bend and the Port of Coos Bay have adopted resolutions to ensure that public entities do not engage contractors who fail to comply with these laws. This move aims to prevent public funds from supporting businesses associated with discriminatory practices.

A Biden Effort to Protect Old Forests Hasn’t Curbed BLM Logging

Earth Day Promise: In 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new effort to protect old forests, which are key to the fight against climate change. But it hasn’t made much of a difference.
Logging Continues: The Bureau of Land Management has allowed timber companies to cut these forests at a faster pace since Biden’s executive order than in the decade that preceded it.

Democracy vs The Big Lie – Post debate interview

For those interested in an exposé of the misrepresentations Frank made at the debate see this enlightening interview with Dr Grimmer.

Defending Democracy From Anti-Democracy Charlatans

Taylor has drunk so much Kool-Aid that even God couldn’t convince him Trump lost the 2020 election. He remains as defiant as convicted felon and election conspiracist Tina Peters at her sentencing.

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Grimmer argued that Frank’s methodology is flawed and his “conclusions are based on profound statistical errors” It would be impossible for me to do justice to Grimmer’s presentation but I will share two slides that demonstrate Frank’s turnout rate prediction is off by 8.54% in Coos County.

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Since he was elected county judge — a position similar to that of mayor in a city — O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. He has led efforts to cut funding to nonprofits that work with at-risk children, citing their views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights. And he has pushed election law changes that local Republican leaders said would favor them.

Judge Cannon Fails to Disclose Junket

Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

Epic Democracy vs The Big Lie Battle Right Here in Coos County

if you’re not someone who, like me, spends all day working on statistics and data, six order polynomials and nearly perfect correlations — it sounds like he’s uncovered something really impressive.”

Main turns down $50K grant for county

Main also implies a nefarious connection between democracy and socialism. Considering he has worked decades for socialist organizations like Coos County Government I’m not sure what point he is trying to make other than to betray his own prejudice and ignorance.

GLOBAL

The Militia and the Mole

The Militia and the Mole

A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Grimmer argued that Frank’s methodology is flawed and his “conclusions are based on profound statistical errors” It would be impossible for me to do justice to Grimmer’s presentation but I will share two slides that demonstrate Frank’s turnout rate prediction is off by 8.54% in Coos County.

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Since he was elected county judge — a position similar to that of mayor in a city — O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. He has led efforts to cut funding to nonprofits that work with at-risk children, citing their views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights. And he has pushed election law changes that local Republican leaders said would favor them.

Judge Cannon Fails to Disclose Junket

Judge Cannon Fails to Disclose Junket

Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

LOCAL

Coordinated Action Upends Sale of Giddings Boatworks to White Supremacist

Coordinated Action Upends Sale of Giddings Boatworks to White Supremacist

A coalition of local and regional organizations has successfully prevented the sale of Giddings Boatworks, a critical port infrastructure asset located at the Charleston Marina, to Whit Industries, a company owned by Michael Whitworth Gantenbein. The proposed sale raised alarm due to evidence linking Gantenbein to neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups,

Climate

Politics

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Grimmer argued that Frank’s methodology is flawed and his “conclusions are based on profound statistical errors” It would be impossible for me to do justice to Grimmer’s presentation but I will share two slides that demonstrate Frank’s turnout rate prediction is off by 8.54% in Coos County.

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Since he was elected county judge — a position similar to that of mayor in a city — O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. He has led efforts to cut funding to nonprofits that work with at-risk children, citing their views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights. And he has pushed election law changes that local Republican leaders said would favor them.

Energy

Coos County

Coordinated Action Upends Sale of Giddings Boatworks to White Supremacist

Coordinated Action Upends Sale of Giddings Boatworks to White Supremacist

A coalition of local and regional organizations has successfully prevented the sale of Giddings Boatworks, a critical port infrastructure asset located at the Charleston Marina, to Whit Industries, a company owned by Michael Whitworth Gantenbein. The proposed sale raised alarm due to evidence linking Gantenbein to neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups,