Category: General Interest

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

We invite you to join our peaceful protest in Nehalem! This gathering is a chance to stand together for our community, raise our voices, and build connections with one another. Please note the updated time: the protest will be held on August 9th, Saturday, from noon to 1:30 PM. We adjusted the schedule because many of us wish to attend the Memorial Service for Chuck McLaughlin at 2 PM at White Clover Grange near Mohler.

About the Protest

This is a PEACEFUL PROTEST, and we welcome everyone—people of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences. Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new to our group, we look forward to seeing you—everyone is welcome! The weather looks promising, so we suggest dressing in layers and bringing a bottle of water. We have some protest signs available, and you’re encouraged to bring your own if you like. If you need a chair to stay comfortable during the event (as many of us do), please bring one along—whatever makes it easier for you to participate works for us.

Supporting Our Community

Along with raising awareness, we’re continuing our tradition of collecting food and monetary donations for our local food bank, North County Food Bank (NCFB) in Wheeler. Your donations make a real difference for families in our community—every can of food or dollar helps support neighbors in need during the summer months. Checks for the food bank can be sent to NCFB, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon, 97147. We’ll also have a collection bin at the protest for donated food. If you wish, please consider a check to Nehalem Bay Community Services (NBCS), PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon, 97131—the primary food source for many local kids during the summer. Both organizations are deeply grateful for the community’s ongoing support and generosity.

Staying Connected

We must not abandon our support for one another, even when it feels as if higher levels of government have stepped back. Each act of kindness and solidarity helps strengthen our community.

Thank you all,
Patty Rinehart

Submitted By: nicole2424r@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Kittens need rehoming. All 3 are males. They are potty trained handled daily. Asking a small rehoming fee $15. Thank you
Text 9717627958

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

My apologies for the length of this post. I hope it has some useful information.

In recent years power bills in Great Britain went through the roof and were a primary concern for citizens. It happened in other countries too as I remember. Here in the US those price increases have been relatively modest, though wildfires have caused some areas to suffer more. I think US energy independence pursued by all recent administrations has kept prices somewhat in check. (Not that I personally support fossil fuels use.)

What happened overseas may be encouraging power companies here to seek additional profits as new technology puts pressure on the grid.

From Wall Street Journal 7-29-25:

“Technology companies need an extraordinary amount of electricity to power data centers at the core of the artificial-intelligence race. They don’t want to foot the entire bill.”

From The Hill 8-2-25:

“Supply and demand are believed to be behind cost increases in the PJM territory, which has a reorganized market. They have a capacity auction in which power industries bid to supply enough electricity in the future. Right now, there is a greater demand because more supply will be needed for these data centers. At PJM’s recent auction, prices went up a record 22 percent, according to Reuters.”

From Government Technology 8-2-25:

“Residents in a significant number of states could see noticeable increases in their electricity bills next year, and data centers are the likely culprit. PJM Interconnection just closed its annual capacity auction, which determines what wholesale electricity will cost for the following year. Wholesale electricity capacity prices were up 22 percent over last year.

“PJM’s territory covers all or parts of Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. This includes the world’s largest concentration of data centers, Data Center Alley in Northern Virginia. PJM pointed to data center expansion as the main driver for the significant increase in prices.

“The energy industry considers PJM’s auction as a bellwether for prices in the entire U.S., so it wouldn’t be surprising if prices from other providers also see significant increases. Electricity demand in the U.S. has been fairly stagnant over the last decade, but the Bank of America Institute expects it to increase 2.5 percent annually over the next 10 years. The energy-hungry data centers powering artificial intelligence are considered the main culprit.”

However, it’s not just data centers that will put upward pressure on energy prices –

From ConsumerAffairs 8-1-25:

www.consumeraffairs.com/news/whos-paying-for-all-the-electricity-those-new-data-centers-are-using-080125.html

(Note: in trying to determine whether ConsumerAffairs has a bias I found many complaints about their business practices. The complaints all had to do with their consumer review moderation methods controlling product and service reviews on the website. While I would not trust reviews there, the linked article appears factual to me, and it highlights concerning details that could or will probably lead to higher power bills around the country.)

Oregon House Bill 3546, the POWER Act, was passed and signed in June of this year. I’m hoping it will protect Oregonians from increases related to data centers. My opinion is while there are some other beneficial uses as in research, (AI) data centers will be primarily used in a monopolistic fashion to increase corporate profits with tactics like marketing directed at us – why should we pay for that?

-Dave

Submitted By: info@evcnb.org – Click to email about this post

mailchi.mp/evcnb.org/evcnb-ebrief-07302025 Click the above link to read our eBrief
EVCNB eBrief – July 30, 2025 – Learn About Evacuation and Assembly Areas – Know Where To Go, Sign Up For Emergency Alerts
Also in this issue:
Manzanita Farmers Market in partnership with Nehalem Bay Fire Rescue Come see us Friday, August 15, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
GoBag Pop-Up Shop Do you need a GoBag or GoBag supplies? Saturday, August 9, 1:00 – 1:30 PM Pick up location Manzanita Police Station
Register for the Neighborhood Radio Class Via Zoom, August 30, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Disinformation is not new according to Julie Walsh, a Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College, in an article on The Conversation. Since I believe understanding a problem produces a kind of immunity, excerpts from the article follow.
-Dave

“The printing press, invented around 1440, revolutionized how information spread – helping to create the era’s equivalent of a viral conspiracy theory.

“Nicolas Malebranche, a 17th-century French philosopher, believed that our imaginations have enormous power to convince us of things that are not true – especially fear of invisible, malevolent forces… The more stories, and the more they were told, the greater the influence on the imagination. The repetition served as false confirmation.

“…Today’s researchers have identified similar patterns in how misinformation and disinformation – false information intended to confuse or manipulate people – spreads online. We’re more likely to believe stories that feel familiar, stories that connect to content we’ve previously seen. Likes, shares and retweets becomes proxies for truth. Emotional content designed to shock or outrage spreads far and fast.

“…Today, 54% of American adults get at least some news from social media platforms. These platforms, like the printing presses of old, don’t just distribute information. They shape what we believe through algorithms that prioritize engagement over accuracy: The more a story is repeated, the more priority it gets.”

Submitted By: website@unitedpaws.org – Click to email about this post

Meet Marley, United Paws’ Cat of the Week

Marley is an indoor kitty who is adorned with a tail that curls over his back. He has luscious tabby markings and a sparkling personality to match. He gets along well with other cats and is quite adept at traveling with his humans. He is shy at first, but quickly warms up to new friends and acclimates easily to new surroundings.
Marley wakes up full of energy and loves playing “fetch” first thing. Like a dog, he will chase after a thrown toy and bring it back! His foster describes Marley as “a labrador in a cat body”! He even knows his name and will come when he is called! A pat on his side will get him going again, chasing and retrieving more toys. When he is not playing fetch, Marley enjoys chasing and catching bugs. Marley is curious, playful, and will provide hours of entertainment. After a good round of playtime, Marley is happy to lounge in a sunny spot in the house.
At the end of the day, Marley will gladly snuggle with you. He is an affectionate boy, happy to be near you, and at bedtime, he will look for a warm spot near your neck, near your feet or on your chest. Marley is ready to bring love and joy to his forever home.
To learn more, please visit unitedpaws.org/marley/
You can also call 503-842-5663 or email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com to learn more about adopting or to schedule a Meet & Greet.

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Saturday a large crowd gathered to welcome the opening of the new Manzanita City Hall and Police Station. There was sunshine, excited chatter, great cookies and art-making courtesy of the Hoffman Center.
Introductory remarks were made, then the ceremonial ribbon was cut and the crowd got to wander the halls of the two new buildings–construction is simple, elegant and efficient. The walls of the front office are lined with old fir reclaimed from the former school, and the light fixtures in the front lobby are also from the school.
Our Police now have a state of the art station, evidence room, etc. The City Hall has a small conference room, offices and a spacious large meeting room where we can attend larger gatherings like City Council meetings.
Kudos to everyone who helped bring this 30+year dream into a gracious reality!

Submitted By: dixiesvino@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Once again I am posting to let people know that the Dixie that owns the wine shop in Manzanita is NOT the Dixie that posts political views and comments on this site.

Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

In you and me…

We the People
A Genesis

Broker of treason and transparent crimes,
your promise and word mean nothing to you.
A flag, a bible, a stream of endless lies,
the art of what you are offering is clearly deceit.
Soon all will see you have lost your way, losing
the dream of America. So broken, you bring only
an abundance of self-loathing. In the turning,
the great play of capital and quid pro quo,
let us remember the dignity of the ordinary
patriot honoring an oath, that sacred promise
to follow and uphold the law. Standing together,
we will not, “…let you do it.”
Our hope, the uplifting of America will return,
privilege weakened, faith affirmed.
When you are taken down and behind bars,
you can heal what is broken or go down failing
in your own mad bunker, as the light of America
returns, the enduring dream, out of many one.

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

In 2024 Oregon’s public schools compared favorably with other states. For example overall performance was better than California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, and Arizona (among many others). Academic performance was better than New York, Florida, Arizona, California, and Texas (among many others). This is according to World Population Review, which is a neutral source of information.

Submitted By: dixiegainer@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

I guess to the bottom in Oregon

(this article from OregonWatchdog.com)
What do schools do when your middle schools are among the worst in nation?
They hide the problem.
Oregon middle school (8th) scores ranked 38th in math and 31st in reading.

Now, Portland Middle Schools wish to throw away long-standing A-F grades to obscure the problem. In replace of grade they plan to implement “assessments”, so teachers will provide Yelp-like reviews to children. Like Yelp you get a review, but unlike Yelp you will not see any 5-star rating. This un-rated (all verbiage review) scheme takes the clarity out of grading. It promotes pushing failing students into the next level where they will just fail even more. It also is a bureaucratic burden to teachers.
This is coming from an Oregon school system that has one of the shortest school years in America.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

This school system is brought to you by a 14 year Democrat majority in the legislature, and the teachers union, with help from the most corrupt voting roles in the nation.
What a shame!

Submitted By: neahtech@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hi all,

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Windows 10 end of support notifications.
I’d thought I’d pass on my answer to the community.

If you can ignore the notifications, we should have at least 2 years until it’s a problem.
Windows 10 will function the same long after October. The key is having an updated browser. Chrome and Firefox are the two most common alternatives to MS Edge. It looks like Chrome will still function after October but will not release updates. So it may start to be compromised after a year or so. Firefox will most likely update on Windows 10 for at least 2 years. Last time this happened it was 4 years of updates. They have no definitive timeline.

Bottom line, no need to panic buy a new PC. Or, at least take your time and enjoy shopping for a new one? I personally will wait at least a year because I don’t see any threat or inconvenience currently. This is from my years of experience.

Hope this helps those that were wondering.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or if I can help with any tech issues.

Thanks again,

Abram Harris
NeahTech

“Your friendly neighborhood tech support person”

neahtech@gmail.com
neahtech.com

Submitted By: Optimalcoachingservices@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The typical day goes something like this: You get up, get dressed, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and scroll through Facebook or TikTok. Suddenly…”holy crap,” you’re late. You sprint upstairs, shower at lightning speed, jump in the car, and rush to work.

Now it’s emails (about 60,000 of them), needy coworkers tugging at your pant leg because you are super important, and clients or customers whose energy drains you faster than your phone when you accidentally leave the flashlight on. Before you know it, it’s 5:00 p.m. and you’ve realized two things: you never ate lunch, and your water bottle is still full.

Now you’re driving home. You’re stuck behind a tractor trailer going 15 miles under the speed limit staring at a construction worker holding a STOP sign who, at this distance, looks about the size of an orange vested Polly Pocket. You finally get home, open the fridge like it owes you money, grab the fastest, unhealthiest meal possible, inhale it like you’re training for Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, then collapse on the couch with an adult beverage and the remote.

And then… surprise!… you wake up the next morning feeling bloated, cranky, foggy, and about as rested as if you’d spent the night listening to AOL dial-up on repeat (with a side of VCR tracking static for ambiance)! Welcome to the “Crazy Cycle” that most Americans live on repeat.

Why Your Body is Revolting (Literally)

Here’s what’s happening behind the scenes: Your nervous system has two modes: the sympathetic (fight, flight, or freeze) and the parasympathetic (rest and digest).

When you’re in go-go-go mode, your body basically says, “Forget digestion! This woman’s clearly being chased by a bear!” So even if you manage to scarf down dinner, your gut is still in panic mode. Cue bloating, brain fog, and a metabolism slower than the WiFi on an airplane.

And, here’s the kicker: your mental wellness and physical health are tangled up like a telephone cord from the 80s. Stress impacts your body. Your body impacts your mind. And, you guessed it, your mind impacts your body. The cycle continues. This is why you keep waking up tired and cranky instead of rested and ready, and you can’t seem to lose the sexy belly bulge.

But it’s okay. Life might be stuck in fast-forward, but you don’t have to keep flailing like you’re trapped in one of those 80s quicksand scenes nobody actually survived, or ever actually saw in real life. With a couple of small, ridiculously doable tweaks, you can hit pause, reset your body, and stop feeling like you’ve been run over by Monday.

The Fix: Slow Down and Reset

1. The Alarm Hack (Morning Prep)
When you’re sipping coffee and scrolling TikTok, set alarms to remind you to drink and eat throughout the day. Give it a fun alarm sound and utilize the label with some bad-assery affirmations like, “My health is non‑negotiable,” or “I make time to invest in me!” Then, when you get to work, every time you open one of your 60,000 emails, take three to four sips of water. Do this, and by the time you get home, you’ll be hydrated (and peeing like it’s an Olympic sport).

2. The 60-Second Ocean Breath (Before Dinner)
Before you eat, sit down and breathe. Inhale for 4, hold for 2, exhale for 6. Picture the tide rolling in and out. Do this two to three times. And, if you have kids yelling “What’s for dinner?” consider this your moment of rebellion.

3. The 20-Minute Meal
Set a timer for 20 minutes (I know that doesn’t sound like a very long time, but it’s probably much longer than your five minute meal over the sink), sit at an actual table, and play some music (classical if you’re fancy, 80’s power ballads if you’re me). Use all your senses: smell the food, stare at it, notice the color palette, throw out some gratitude, and chew slowly tasting every bite. This will keep you fuller longer, less likely to snack, and you might even have enough energy for a walk rather than spending the evening on the couch, scrolling Netflix like it’s your job.

Bottom Line: You can jumpstart your health goals without hitting the gym. You just need to stop eating like a raccoon in a gas station parking lot. Slow down, reset, and watch how different your day feels tomorrow.

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Thank you to everyone who attended the Wheeler Peaceful Protest this past Saturday. Around 30–35 people gathered, and we were encouraged by the many supportive gestures from passing travelers. We focus on the positive support we receive and encourage everyone to keep our demonstration friendly and welcoming. It was wonderful to see so many new faces—your presence truly makes a difference.

Please make time to join us this coming Saturday, August 2, in Nehalem, from noon to two. Or show up when you can and leave when you need to.

There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face. It’s important to stand up when laws are broken, when free speech is threatened, or when any leader overreaches their authority. We encourage everyone to participate in peaceful protests across the country and to consider how you can contribute. In addition to joining us for demonstrations or making thoughtful consumer choices, you might also:

Volunteer with local organizations supporting our mission

Contact your elected representatives to voice your concerns

Share information and updates on social media to raise awareness

Educate friends and family about the issues at hand

Don’t support billionaire businesses

Every action counts, and your involvement strengthens our community. Please invite your friends to join our peaceful protest on Saturday, August 2, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Nehalem, and encourage them to support positive change in their everyday choices.

Take Action for Positive Change!

Join our peaceful protest this Saturday, August 2, from noon to two in Nehalem—bring your friends for greater impact.

Please remember to dress in layers, bring water, and, if you have one, a sign—just make sure all signs are positive and respectful. We have extra signs available, and the best messages are those that come from the heart. If you’ve misplaced a water bottle in Wheeler or Manzanita, check the lost and found box.

Our movement is rooted in unity and a shared commitment to justice and free speech. By showing up for peaceful demonstrations, supporting local causes, and making thoughtful choices, we can work together for a better future. Every action, big or small, strengthens our community and helps create positive change.

We are grateful for the generosity of those who continue to support the North County Food Bank. Flags are available for $2, $4, and $6 each, with proceeds going to the NCFB.

Please invite your friends and neighbors to stand with us this Saturday in Nehalem. Together, we can amplify our voices and build a more just, inclusive community.

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

I think proprietors at public fairs should be able to sell the shirts to anyone stupid and hateful enough to buy them.

That said, my questions to any Drumf supporters who have yet to figure out that he is a criminal Israel-first NYC ‘liberal’ anti-American fascist is this:

1. Are YOU ready to be confined at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ when the next fascist Dem is installed in the white house by Israel and the bankers and the American oligarch’s who run the divide and conquer operation called America?
2. Do you think the deep state tyrants that run the Drumf’s and Biden’s are EVER going to dismantle the gulag they are currently building?
3. Are you aware of the fascism the world experienced during ‘covid’ by the tech/farma/banker/war fascists, masquerading as Democrats AND Republicans?
4. Are you familiar with the Trucker Protests in Canada? In three years Dems will be in power. Do you really want Kamala or Gavin Newsom or Hillary to have this gulag as an option?

Drumf gave 45-billion dollars TO THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX! That’s about as much as Clinton gave his jailer buddies when he and his racist wife started throwing thousands of American blacks into prisons. The gulag-runners could care less about schools and bridges and peace: the criminal humans who have usurped America are evil.

CONSERVATIVES AND CHRISTIANS WILL BE THROWN INTO THESE GULAG’S IN JUST A FEW YEARS! MARK MY WORDS!

Biden corrupts the border, fully, as planned. Drumf brings in the fascist state to ’solve’ Biden’s ‘problem’. It’s all done on purpose folks, and Israel was very, very active in Mexico funneling folks over the border. Biden’s homeland Security goon Myorkas, is a Cuban-born Israel-first Jewish guy, and he went to Panama and personally oversaw this massive human smuggling operation which was/is designed to enslave or imprison all of us in the years to come. Well, the free-thinkers anyway. The sell-outs will always have the ‘freedom’ of servitude.

This below is from Infowars, which, sadly, has been totally corrupted. I had been a huge fan of Alex Jones. The following is being reported on Infowars as a good thing:

“With the passage of President Trump’s flagship “Big Beautiful Bill,” massive expansion of detention capacity and deportation operations is planned. The Trump administration has now awarded $1.26 billion to build the nation’s largest detention and deportation center, in Texas. The center will be constructed at Fort Bliss, a million-acre site close to El Paso, on the Mexican border, with its own airport. There will be room for 5,000 beds in heated and air-conditioned tents.

An ICE official told Bloomberg that the federal government “is indeed pursuing all available options to expand bedspace capacity. This process does include housing detainees at certain military bases.” A week ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the Department of Homeland Security will construct new detention facilities on other military bases, in Indiana and New Jersey.

According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is rushing to expand its detention capacity, after receiving $45 billion in extra funding after the passing of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The goal is to expand capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 before the end of the year. This will be done, in part, by building a large network of tent camps nationwide.”

FOLKS LIVING HERE ILLEGALLY CAN BE DEPORTED WITHOUT BUILDING A $45 BILLION DOLLAR GULAG

Yet it is being built, sold to us ‘American freedom’.

And right on cue:

An authoritarian’s dream, dystopian license plate readers are ALL OVER OREGON.

And the globalist’s favorite Dem Senator, ranking CIA-committee member Ron ‘lyin’ Wyden is happy about it!

NO MATTER YOUR POLITICS YOUR FREEDOMS ARE BEING TAKEN FROM YOU VERY, VERY RAPIDLY

Below, Wyden pretend to care about your freedom: he does not, at all!

Also, ADMINS CHANGE – reread as necessary. If you think throwing Drumf supporters or J6ers in jail is a good thing, just wait until YOUR on the list.

“First they came for the whomever and I did nothing…blah blah blah, then the Nazis came for me…etc etc.”

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW

AND THE DEMS ARE JUST AS BAD AS DRUMF IF NOT WORSE


https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/surveillance-company-to-protect-oregonians-data-from-immigration-abortion-inquiries-wyden/

Didn’t take the bird-flu vax? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag! Bird-flu outbreak in your neighborhood? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag! Actively woking against Israeli genocide? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag! Used up your carbon credits for the month? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag! Support trans surgeries for children? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag! DON’T support trans surgeries for children? No driving or you will be arrested and thrown into the gulag!

Of course, if you drive a Tesla, Elon will simply turn his cars off. Same for any internet-connected car, most of which are electric or hybrid.

I found this from Nissan in 2-seconds:
www.riverheadnissan.com/2025/03/04/can-police-remotely-turn-off-a-nissan

The globalist tech/farma/banker transhumanist types are evil and insane. We all need to figure out their divide and conquer operation and soon, as the globalists have it out for America, and all nation-states, actually. These tyrants live on jets and on islands and on yachts and to them nations are only a set of laws, a set of encumbrances, that they prefer not to have around, hence all of these totalitarian moves toward global-wide fascism, run by them and their A.I./tech.

So yeah Drumf supporters, buy your Alligator Alcatraz shirts at the fair because you might just end up living there yourselves.

1776 AGAIN!!!!!!

NOW!!!!!!!!!!

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United Paws’ Kittens of the Week: Meet Bobby and Peanut

Bobby and Peanut are siblings that were rescued from a life-threatening situation where they were in poor health with no one to care for them. Since coming to United Paws, these sweethearts have been nursed back to health in a loving foster home. Bobby is a handsome little heartbreaker with his tan & dark black stripes and an adorable bobbed tail. Peanut is a beautiful tabby kitten with soft tan & black stripes, white tips on her front toes, and a long tail.
Bobby loves to play with his sister, Peanut, who has two speeds: stop and go. They scramble up and down kitty towers and chase after felt balls or any other toy that tries to escape. A box will entertain them for hours! They both love to snuggle into quiet corners and are learning how to be lap kittens. Together, they will bring hours of fun, excitement, discovery, and much love to a forever family of their own.
To learn more please visit unitedpaws.org, email unitedpawsapps@gmail.com or call 503-842-5663.

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

City officials have demonstrated a troubling public process to address important community projects. The steps look something like this: identify the issue, hire consultants who come and convene citizens at one or more public meetings to view proposed design drawings and give feedback in order to establish their project priorities. The City forms its “team” of staff and consultants, develops a budget to achieve the expectations voiced by the public and then starts spending money. Basic to the methodology is a pattern of City officials saying whatever is expedient during the planning phase to move the project forward and counting on citizens to forget what they were told once the project begins.

Take the City Hall project. The City Manager claimed during the planning meetings that hiring Klosh as an “owner’s representative” was necessary and they would be a vital project team member, in essence a consultant to oversee the other project consultants to achieve cost savings. According to the City Manager “the owner’s representative needs to save as much money as you are spending on your owner’s representative through the process… and we will achieve that.”

The City Council hired Klosh for the project and approved a maximum budget of $133,354 for their services. I recently asked the City for some specific examples of where Klosh saved the project money over the past four years. The City could not identify any cost savings now claiming “Their (Klosh) contributions aren’t measured in specific dollar amounts “. I would imagine that four years ago, citizens understood that the reason, as described by the City Manager for hiring Klosh, would result in the City saving money on the project. We are now to understand that there is no way to evaluate the cost saving promise because no attempt was apparently made to document what if any cost savings were achieved. While City officials attempt to explain this, they should also explain why the total payments to Klosh far exceeded the approved maximum of $133,354 that the Council told us that they would pay for this service.

Remember during the public outreach process when the team presented a combined City Hall and Police station with a foundation that would withstand a major Cascadia event. The design featured dedicated space for an EVC emergency center, south sloping City Hall roof to maximize solar capture, extensive clerestory windows for natural light, cedar shake horizontal siding etc.. It was described as an architectural style with materials that would reflect the unique character of the City that citizens said they wanted, specifically mentioning a City Hall to complement the Library and First Security Bank. We didn’t get any of that. As an adjoining property owner to the project describes it, we ended up with a sheep barn and a loafing shed.

The Classic Street project now underway seems to be following the pattern.

A project Budget is adopted, a modified project bid process that we were told would ” likely result in substantial cost savings and other substantial benefits to the City” was adopted, consultants who we are told are uniquely qualified to do the project are assembled for the team, design drawings are presented to the public and construction timeliness announced. Unfortunately, the project starts unraveling in real time while memories are still fresh.

The City’s proposed project Budget proved to be inadequate, then after spending approximately $450,000 for a design, legal fees, public presentations and bids the City quietly terminated the services of the project engineers. The new bid process then comes into question with potential litigation against the City on the part of one bidder. The City’s mishandling of the project has resulted in funds wasted, a more costly boring of the water line under the existing failing pavement and months of delay ensuring greater total project costs. Expect a scaled down design from what was presented in March with the City having to pay the additional project expenses.

Perhaps the citizen who offered his take on the look of City Hall was on to something. Residents who bear the consequences and foot the bills resulting from our City official’s decisions on these community projects should be even more wary about future projects now that the City has occupied the sheep barn and the fleecing can continue in a new City Hall that as of now, we still have no idea how much more the final total cost will be from what we were originally told.
Randy Kugler

Submitted By: diwax54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Please boycott ‘ANY’ county fair that is selling these T-shirts!

Lane County Fair merchandise raises eyebrows and concerns
Jul 25, 2025 Updated 16 hrs ago 34
Alligator Alcatraz T-shirts

EUGENE, Ore. – The Lane County Fair is drawing crowds with its thrilling rides, lively music, and delicious food. However, some fair merchandise is causing controversy among attendees.

Social media is buzzing with disapproval and anger over T-shirts being sold that depict Alligator Alcatraz. This makeshift immigration detention facility was established by the Trump administration in the Florida Everglades and has been criticized by human rights groups as cruel and inhumane.

“Honestly it’s kind of sad,” said Jasper Burchard, a concerned fairgoer. “It’s really sad to see something so messed up just being paraded around like it’s something fun. It’s sad to see something in general but to see someone wearing merch of it.”

Fair officials acknowledged that they are aware of the shirts being sold but did not provide any further comment.

As the Lane County Fair continues, the controversy over these T-shirts remains a topic of discussion among attendees and the wider community.

FYI I have inquired if the Tillamook County Fair will have a booth selling these T-shirts and have not recieved a response. Is anyone aware if they are, please reply here and to me.

Submitted By: laura@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Posted on Tillamook County Pioneer July 23, 2025
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On July 18, the Republican controlled Congress passed a bill that eliminates two years of previously approved federal-funding for Public Broadcasting. Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) lost $5 million – nine percent of its budget. Meanwhile, President Trump has spent an estimated $56 million tax-payer dollars to play golf during the past six months.

This bill wasn’t a money saving measure. It wasn’t passed to root out fraud or stop wasteful spending. It was passed by the sycophants of a tyrant because he doesn’t approve of the content – his lies cannot stand in the light of truth. This bill was a blatant attack on freedom of the press – a First Amendment Right.

OPB provides news, information, entertainment, and community connection through radio, television, and the internet. It provides warnings in rural areas about natural disasters. Big Bird and friends have taught children how to read, count and get along for fifty years. Federal funding allowed OPB programming to reach remote rural areas. OPB is brought to Tillamook through KTMK FM.

Without a strong independent source of news and information, one-source news that flatters the present administration will allow it to continue its abuse of power. Misinformation will be accepted as truth. Democracy as we have known it, and for which so many over these past 250 years fought and died, will decline.

Oregon Public Broadcasting needs the public’s support now more than ever (opb.org). The public needs Oregon Public Broadcasting more than ever before.

Sincerely,
Ruth LaFrance

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PROTEST REMINDER-We’ll be in Wheeler on Saturday, July 26, from noon to 2 PM. The location is the bay side of Hwy. 101 and Rorvik Street. There is lots of parking in Wheeler. Please remember we want to stay out of the areas where businesses are located. Common courtesy. Wheeler is working on the restrooms near this area so please do not expect these restrooms to be open. The focus of this PROTEST is “FAMILIES FIRST”.

Protecting our healthcare and feeding people doesn’t seem to be at the top of the list for our National Government. Nor is it important in Gaza. What a tragic situation they are going through. How can we change this? Well, first we need to let our Senators and Representatives know they are not serving the people who are keeping this country going. Our Senators and Representatives are serving the elite. If we let them keep going in this direction, we can only blame ourselves for the damage we are doing to our Country and the World. Please stand up for Democracy! Put our families first and protect our health care!

Bring a chair if you need one (I do), consider layers of clothing as the wind may pick up, if you have signs, please bring them, otherwise we have extra signs. Water would be good to bring. Bring a good attitude as we are PEACEFUL PROTEST. Please leave your off-color signs at home as we want to promote “FAMILIES FIRST” and negative signs will only defeat the cause.

Thank you all so much for being PROTESTERS. We do have the freedom to PROTEST. We will never give up. You are one of so many here in the USA who are protesting what is going on in the government today. Hope to see you in Wheeler on Saturday.

Best,
Patty

Submitted By: tevisdiii@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Kudos to bigbeach
The comprehensive response by ‘bigbeach’ and the links that were provided are all worth everyone’s attention.

A point was made that red team/blue team has little to do with policy and it’s true. That artificial divide is designed to train our focus on a political circus every two to four years, like sheep in a chute. Americans need to look over the walls of that chute to know who they should choose to lead, and for that, some historical perspective is sorely needed.
David Talbot’s, The Devils Chessboard, elucidates machinations which formed the pre WWII deep state, and overlaps Whitney Webb’s two part, exhaustive work, One Nation Under Blackmail. It cannot be stated too often that our whole world is progressing at warp speed in every area of research and by any metric we use to compare, even twenty years ago. Under the curve applies better than behind it since the graphs all seem to be going vertical.

That long list of threats and concerns this nation and all the other people on this shrinking planet share can seem overwhelming, until you remove war. Food, shelter, healing, artistic and spiritual expression; power, transportation, communication, in sync with natural law; tell me this garden planet cannot provide all of that if the raging bulls are driven out. They trample, tear up and disrupt everything.

America needs to rise to it’s potential and boldly step away from conflict, towards cooperation. The vast majority of the world would bow their heads in prayer and gratitude. That’s how much influence we wield. The American people must ask themselves if the Russians, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Iranians, Indians, Africans, Mexicans, Cubans, Venezuelans, the South Americans; are these and others, all our adversaries, our enemies? Find a globe, especially one without boundaries, (rare), and contemplate it for as long as it takes to really see the totality of its interconnectedness. What are the paths forward for humanity? Really only two; trust and cooperation, or denial and decent into the unthinkable.

This interview with Eric Weinstein, one of the leading visionary figures in today’s physics offers some different ways to see the pickle we humans have gotten ourselves into.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-iyGGPabpI&t=2291s

This piece by Naomi Wolf provides a broader insight into WHY the elites resist divulging the Epstien files, but if you read Webb’s books, you will know what’s in the files.

www.sott.net/article/500732-The-Network-in-the-Worlds-of-the-Elites

And for those Howard Kunstler fans, his recent re-cap.

www.sott.net/article/500786-Merry-pranksters-on-parade

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has called the Legislature back into a Special Session this August 29th.
The goal is to pass a gas tax increase and wage tax increase.
When it comes to a Special Session, there will not be much of a public debate nor public hearing, just a ram rod job.
Governor Kotek’s announcement warns that this is just the FIRST STEP, “This is just the first step of many that must be taken to meet our state’s long-term transportation needs.”
That means there are more taxes, fees and budget gimmicks to come after these two taxes are passed.
The above from – Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.org
Watch Oregon !!! why?
because we live here……

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Today was second time using them for yard debris hauling. Staff are reliable, hard working, timely, and provide fair pricing. Their business example is GREATLY needed and appreciated.

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That was quite a list of achievements by our current potus. (sarcasm)

One of today’s headlines: Trump floats eliminating capital gains tax on home sales.

It took me a few minutes to realize the implications (what can I say, I’m slow). This would only benefit the wealthy (of course), and it probably would supercharge the housing market at a time when many of us already cannot afford to buy or even rent. It could send inflation numbers through the roof, so I think it’s unlikely to happen. Yet we all know that “unlikely” ain’t what it used to be.

But I don’t want to focus on Trump. That’s what he wants and what fuels him. I want to see Congress change hands in 2026. Polls show Republicans are handing Democrats the opportunity and we shouldn’t pass it up. Immigration “reform” has disgusted or disappointed most voters. Gaza is far worse. Cost of living is going up faster it seems. And the Epstein scandal is not going away. There’s clearly something there they desperately want to hide.

It’s a good time to support good candidates around the country.

-Dave

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

Personally, I believe this entire cabal of Trumpian Biden-esque billionaire tech/banker pharma/fraudsters are public enemy #1, not just Drumf.

I enjoyed listing to then Portland-based Tom Hartman back when Dubya was bombing Iraq for Israel. (Even a broken clock is right twice a day.)

But now I do not find Tom Hartman a useful source for factual info as he is all Team Blue and makes himself blind to Dem failures, and as such, in my view, he is a purveyor of misinformation. And that is a problem that I see with Dems in general: that Team Blue does no wrong -ever. It’s often cult-like and scary in my view.

Most of MAGA, however, as we see playing out in real-time, is more than willing to point out the failures of Team Red and make much noise about it. As such, my hope for America (the little to be found) lies with the anti-Israel anti-war anti-Drumf MAGA crowd that has emerged post Iran-bombing, post Gaza-genocide, post Epstein cover-up.

I believe Drumf is an anti-American tyrant; just as bad if not worse were the ‘covid’ tyrants in my view, and most were Dems, although Drumf declared himself the ‘Father of the vaccine’’.

Tom wrote:

“Trump also regularly lashed out at Democratic governors like Gretchen Whitmer and Andrew Cuomo while ignoring their pleas for ventilators and PPE. As the death toll mounted, Trump publicly minimized the virus, holding rallies and rejecting masks, while privately admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that Covid was “deadly stuff.”

First of all, mask’s do not stop covid, Tom. I think we all know that now that everyone has had ‘covid’ despite the widespread use of masks. I am actually shocked that Tom tried to use this old and tired scare tactic.

Second, Woodward is a deep state CIA-asset and a fraud, not the bad-ass independent journalist played by Robert Redford in ‘All The President’s Men’. Remember that Deep Throat was in reality the Deputy Director of the FBI.

Third, Cuomo got his ventilators AND never used them. He also got that BIG Navy medical ship to anchor in NY harbor and never used it, save a few dozen for show.

You see, the ventilators didn’t work because the virus was engineered to corrupt the oxygen receptors. No amount of ventilating will work when one’s body can’t uptake the oxygen. Nice guys Bill Gates and Fauci and company.

Like the ‘covid’ tyrants in Oregon, Whitmer DEMONIZED everyday folks who were trying to stay healthy by going OUTSIDE AND GETTING FRESH AIR. She restricted boats to 2 people, because Whitmer’s ’science’ (‘fascism’ really) said if there was more than two people on a boat they will all get ‘covid’!

(Contrast this with a woman I just met who spent the ‘pandemic’ in Oklahoma, except she said it was as if there was NO pandemic in Oklahoma as their leaders did NOT bow down to Fauci and Gates. Maybe Oklahoma is OK after all!)

Do you know where the 6-feet apart thing came from? A high school science project during the reign of Bush the First.

Here in Tillamook County the TCSO and our own Nehalem Bay Fire Dept played the role of fascist, closing our boat launches WHEN WE NEEDED TO BE OUTSIDE THE MOST!!!! I was glared at from ashore by a NBFD fireman because I was in the water in my kayak. I simply walked my kayak in from the shore, and this fireman did not like that one bit! (Stay home and inside! No fresh air for you!!! Get vaccinated!!! Obey your masters!!!)

OUR HIKING TRAILS WERE CLOSED WHEN WE NEEDED FRESH AIR THE MOST. OUR BEACHES WERE CLOSED!!!!! WHAT!?????? OUR CHILDREN WERE MASKED AT SCHOOL FOR MONTHS BCAUSE ELDERLY TEACHERS WERE SCARED!!!!

AND EVERYONE STILL GOT COVID!!!!

AND THE KIDS GOT A GOOD CASE OF DEPRESSION AND EXISTENTIAL ANGST RIGHT ALONG WITH IT

OUR STATE PARKS WERE CLOSED!!!!! (I snuck into Nehalem Bay SP every day, and encourage everyone to do the same in the future. Do not obey tyrants, wether they are Feds or the TCSO!)

Whitmer and Cuomo pushed shots on the populace THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT, save what corrupt Fauci told them. They ‘trusted the science’. AND THEN EVEONE GOT COVID! Cuomo’s CNN brother was famous for shaming his audience into shooting Pfizer’s junk, saying that the ONLY way to avoid getting ‘covid’ (lab-engineered SARS) was by shooting the junk. Then he famously GOT COVID, like all of the others making money off the scam. I think it was 20-million dollars out of CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s 50-million dollar show that came from PFIZER. No ‘covid’ truth on that show.

Here is a short collection of ‘covid’ videos from folks that lied like, Whitmer and Cuomo. And they are both in this video.

rumble.com/v2xvxak-the-best-get-vaccinated-media-liars-compilation-ever..html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o

Here is some comedy from Woody Harrelson about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Enm23K0mM

More comedy, kind of serious though:

rumble.com/v1bonsj-jim-breuer-stand-up-comedy-covid-vax-regret-6343.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o

If Tom was to admit that the above happened, I might listen to him about other stuff. But until then…

Tom also wrote:

“Most infamously, on January 6th, 2021, he incited an insurrection designed to halt the peaceful transition of power in a stunning betrayal without precedent in American history. He encouraged extremist and white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers, effectively endorsing domestic terrorism.”

In my view, January 6th was a riot staged by Democrats and the FBI in an attempt to frame Drumf and disqualify him from running for president again. Nancy Pelosi has said as much. And the FBI has admitted that they had dozens of agents in the crowd that day. I say most were provocateurs.

(The downtown Portland BLM riots that summer were definitely domestic terrorism in my view.)

There are lots of videos of FBI provocateurs on J6. Also, Pelosi refused Drumf’s request for more capital police, and the few that were there opened the security gates for the ‘insurrectionists’, which was the Dems’ objective. Ray Epps is also a sympathetic character in Nancy Pelosi’s daughter’s documentary that she was mysteriously shooting that day:


rumble.com/vo8ekr-corrupt-pelosi-jan-6-commission-wheres-ray-epps-from-az-nancy-wheres-his-su.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o

Also, Tom, J6 was not ‘unprecedented’ in American history, as the California state capitol was stormed by BLACKS WITH GUNS!!!!! Black Panthers baby!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ11yMBnZNk

I think Tom is very wrong on these two points, and with the threat of Gates’ pandemic #2, I think the former subject matter is still in need of critical, factual understanding by many.

In closing, here is some Public Enemy, the band:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCrkY5WNA0&list=RDLXCrkY5WNA0&start_radio=1

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I want to say the biggest THANK YOU to the first responders that helped me on Sunday after my fall through a step on stairs at my home! You were quick and kind and so efficient. Even though I was bleeding from a head wound you didn’t flinch and just got in there to stand me up, etc. Also a special thanks to “Mike the Cop” for coming right away to comfort us until medical could get here.

The good news is I was able to come home from ER same day. Nothing broken, but pretty bruised and no sitches! Resting still but so grateful for all of your help!

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Is Donald Trump America’s Public Enemy #1? The explosive case for why Donald Trump Is the most dangerous criminal in U.S. history… THOM HARTMANN JUL 22
When historians look back on this era, they’ll inevitably ask how a nation built on principles of democracy, justice, and equality allowed one man to commit such a broad range of crimes and abuses, and whether Donald Trump is indeed the most dangerous criminal in American history.
To fully grasp the gravity of Trump’s actions, consider the extensive categories of his criminal and potentially criminal conduct, each more disturbing than the last.
First, there’s the relentless financial corruption. Trump has long played fast and loose with the law when it came to his finances. In New York, his company was convicted of tax fraud and financial manipulation designed to deceive lenders and inflate his wealth. Trump University was shuttered after a $25 million fraud settlement, its “students” left feeling defrauded.
His charitable organization, the Trump Foundation, was dissolved following revelations that funds intended for charity were instead used to benefit Trump personally and politically, and to pay off Pam Bondi in Florida where he and Epstein were living (she was Attorney General for almost a decade and never went after Epstein).
But Trump’s shady financial dealings didn’t begin or end with these public scandals. For decades, he was closely associated with New York’s organized crime families. Trump Tower itself was built using concrete provided by mob-linked companies.
Roy Cohn, Trump’s mentor and attorney as I detail in The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink, was a notorious fixer and lawyer for mob figures such as Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno and Paul Castellano.
Trump’s casinos also regularly skirted the law, drawing scrutiny from federal investigators for potential money laundering linked to organized crime, and his former casino manager recently revealed to CNN that Trump and Jeffrey Epstein once even showed up together with underage girls in tow (the White House denies the story).
Trump’s long relationship with Epstein further exposes his moral bankruptcy and possible criminality. The two were close associates and owned residences near each other in New York and Palm Beach, socializing together frequently.
Trump famously described Epstein as a “terrific guy” who enjoyed the company of beautiful women, some “on the younger side.” Multiple reports suggest Trump knew about Epstein’s exploitation of minors, yet Trump continued their association until public scandal made it inconvenient.
Then there are Trump’s questionable international relationships, with none more alarming than his mysterious affinity for Vladimir Putin. Trump’s first administration consistently favored Russian interests, dismissing election interference findings from American intelligence agencies, undermining NATO, and, in his second administration even withholding military aid from Ukraine, thus benefiting Putin’s geopolitical ambitions.
While the full nature of Trump’s entanglement with Putin remains hidden, Trump’s obsequious behavior toward the Russian dictator raises serious questions about financial leverage or compromised loyalties. For example, the only major country in the world Trump chose not to impose tariffs on this year was Russia.
Trump’s disturbing Russian connections also include his 2016 campaign manager and close confidant, Paul Manafort, whose career was dedicated to installing pro-Putin autocrats and corrupt oligarchs across Eastern Europe, including Ukraine and Albania. Heidi Seigmund Cuda writes about his recent Albania connection in her great Bette Dangerous Substack newsletter.
Manafort was convicted of multiple felonies, including tax and bank fraud, stemming from his shady dealings overseas, actions intimately connected with Putin’s broader geopolitical ambitions, for which Trump pardoned him.
Trump’s choice of Manafort to lead his 2016 campaign wasn’t coincidental; it signaled to Moscow an openness to influence, further raising troubling questions about Trump’s susceptibility to foreign manipulation and complicity in Manafort’s criminal schemes.
Trump’s election interference is equally alarming. It began with hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal to manipulate public perception during the 2016 campaign, for which he was convicted of felony election manipulation charges in Manhattan last year.
More brazenly, Trump attempted to subvert democracy in Georgia when he lost the 2020 election by demanding of Georgia’s Secretary of State, “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.”
His attempts to cling to power by any means necessary reached a terrifying crescendo with the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, ultimately joined by over 100 Republican members of Congress. This led to a federal indictment, making him the first former president charged with seeking to destroy the very democratic system that put him into power.
Trump’s abuse of presidential authority is chillingly unprecedented. Robert Mueller’s investigation laid out multiple instances where Trump criminally obstructed justice, brazenly interfering with federal investigations. He solicited foreign interference from Ukraine in the 2020 election, a move that led to his first impeachment.
Trump’s presidency was also marred by repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause as he profited directly from foreign governments funneling money through his hotels and golf clubs. He pitched Teslas from the White House in flagrant violation of the Hatch Act (penalty: 5 years in prison). Even after leaving office in 2021, Trump illegally retained classified documents and obstructed federal efforts to retrieve them, leading to further federal charges.
One of the most grotesque and morally bankrupt chapters of the Trump presidency unfolded in the early months of the Covid pandemic, when Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly made the political calculation that the virus was “only hitting Blue states” and disproportionately killing Black Americans so it could be weaponized.
According to reporting at the time, Kushner convened a secretive White House task force of mostly male, white, preppy private-sector advisors who concluded that a robust federal response to minimize deaths would be politically disadvantageous. Their analysis was clear: since it was primarily Democratic governors and Black communities suffering the early brunt of the pandemic (NY, NJ, WA), Trump could politically benefit by blaming local leadership and withholding meaningful federal aid.
It was a cynical — and deadly — strategy to let the virus burn through the opposition’s voter base that ultimately led to an estimated 500,000 unnecessary American deaths and gave us as the second-most Covid deaths per person in the world.
This approach not only explains the administration’s chaotic and insufficient response to testing, supplies, and coordination, it exposes a level of callous — morally, if not legally criminal — political calculus rarely seen in modern American history since the days of the Trail of Tears.
Leaked documents and internal communications at the time confirmed that federal resources were distributed unevenly, often favoring Republican-led states.
Trump also regularly lashed out at Democratic governors like Gretchen Whitmer and Andrew Cuomo while ignoring their pleas for ventilators and PPE. As the death toll mounted, Trump publicly minimized the virus, holding rallies and rejecting masks, while privately admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that Covid was “deadly stuff.”
This wasn’t just negligence: it was targeted neglect driven by racism and partisanship, carried out in the middle of a once-in-a-century public health emergency.
Beyond these abuses of power, Trump openly incited political violence. His rhetoric fueled vigilantism and violent confrontations at rallies.
Most infamously, on January 6th, 2021, he incited an insurrection designed to halt the peaceful transition of power in a stunning betrayal without precedent in American history. He encouraged extremist and white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers, effectively endorsing domestic terrorism.
Right up until he took office and corruptly shut them down, investigations continued into potential wire fraud and misuse of funds from Trump’s “Save America” PAC, alongside scrutiny into financial irregularities involving his Truth Social platform.
Investigations into obstruction, witness intimidation, and potential bribery — now blocked as the Supreme Court has put him above the law, or shut down by his toadies — further compound his record of potential crimes.
Yet Trump’s ultimate crime goes beyond mere lawbreaking. He has methodically eroded democratic institutions, weaponized disinformation to undermine public trust, and attacked the traditionally nonpartisan independence of the judiciary, intelligence agencies, military, and law enforcement. His assaults on the press are right out of Putin’s playbook. Trump’s relentless assault on truth and democracy normalizes authoritarianism and political violence.
Thus, his most dangerous crime is not simply corruption or obstruction, nor even incitement of insurrection: it’s the deliberate attempted destruction of American democracy itself. This crime, far more profound than any individual act, threatens the survival of the republic itself.
If America is to survive as a free nation, we must confront the reality of Trump’s actions. He isn’t merely a criminal; he’s become the most dangerous criminal in American history precisely because his actions imperil the very foundations of our democracy.
Allowing such crimes to go unpunished risks setting a precedent that future would-be autocrats may follow, forever tarnishing the promise of American democracy. Once he’s out of power, our nation’s new mantra must become, “Never forget, never forgive, never again.”
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Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Join us on July 26 in Wheeler from noon to 2 PM as we stand together against proposed cuts to essential community programs. Your presence will show our leaders that our community stands united in support of those who need these programs most. This PROTEST revolves around the theme of “Families First”, Protect our Healthcare. Please help us protest the proposed cuts to essential programs that many in our community rely on every day.

We will be located near Rorvik Street on the bay side of Highway 101. There appears to be plenty of parking in Wheeler, but we kindly ask that you respect parking reserved for local businesses. Please note that Wheeler is currently rebuilding its restrooms, so public facilities will not be available.

The weather is expected to bring clouds and sunshine, so for your comfort, we recommend wearing layered clothing and bringing water or juice to stay hydrated. Bring a chair if you like and don’t forget sun protection such as hats or sunscreen. Feel free to bring signs expressing your support. And we also have extra signs if you forget yours. If you need assistance with accessibility or have questions about the event, please contact Patty between 9 AM and 5 PM at 503-368-6081 (message phone).

We are still collecting food for the North County Food Bank located here in Wheeler. If you would rather send a check, the address is NCFB, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon, 97147. We continue to sell American Flags, giving the money to the North County Food Bank.

Thank you to so many of you who have been coming every week. Your support is noted.

In solidarity,

Patty

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

…they stole your freedom, made sure the odds weren’t even…

– Blackfire “Exile”

Here is the end of America, as Drumf promised:

www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-signs-genius-act-into-law/

NO CASH = NO FREEDOM

If humanity’s latest experiment in democracy, America, is going to survive, we need another 1776, NOW.

We are quickly running out of time.

All Oregon politicians are useless in the face of this, from Lyin’ Wyden to ‘Israel First’ Drazan.

Don’t look for ‘leaders’ to save you.

‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’.

WE ARE ALL 1776

The new revolution starts when WE say it does!