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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.

Inside Project 2025 Training Videos

The Project 2025 videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts and bolts of governing to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing Freedom of Information Act disclosures and ensuring that conservative policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine advice that any incoming political appointee might be told. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the federal government works and what it does.

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Hillary Clinton’s Top Five Clashes Over Secrecy

Hillary Clinton’s Top Five Clashes Over Secrecy

by Jeff Gerth ProPublica, March 13, 2015, 8 a.m. Back in April of 2007, when she was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination for the first time, then-Senator Hillary Clinton lashed out at the secrecy of the George W. Bush administration. She told a New...

A Stress Test For The New York Fed

A Stress Test For The New York Fed

by Jake Bernstein ProPublica, March 10, 2015, 3:03 p.m. Lately, a debate has erupted among Congress, bankers and the media about whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has accumulated too much power since the financial crisis and needs to be reined in. Outgoing...

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State Senator exposes Rob Taylor lies

State Senator exposes Rob Taylor lies

it is great news to decent people everywhere that the show has been canceled but there are no heroes in this story because all those named above enabled or participated in the crass, cruel, and unprofessional conduct exercised on that show by that host and his guests every Monday afternoon for way too long. Taylor promises to start a podcast by January 1 assuring his followers that he will not be silenced.

Victims not a priority with Coos County DA

Victims not a priority with Coos County DA

Despite having ample evidence and in a move that is expedient for them and an obvious gift to the perpetrator but clear statement that the victim is not important reduced the charge to a violation. Yes, I can get restitution but am unable to obtain a no-contact order

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Justice denied by law enforcement policies

Justice denied by law enforcement policies

How has Fabrizio handled this? By ignoring it. He has refused to return calls or answer emails. Both he and his captain have been overheard discussing these stories saying “people just don’t understand how things work.” They have made zero effort to educate us or provide information about their internal policies that allow such serious crimes as rape and possibly murder go uninvestigated.

Unforced errors regarding the safety levy

Unforced errors regarding the safety levy

It remains to be seen how Measure 6-213 seeking to levy county property owners up to $6 million a year to increase the number of deputy district attorneys and jail beds will make victims of law enforcement bias and investigatory inadequacy safer.