Thanks to the candidates, volunteers, and audience that came to our Congressional Candidate forum in Madras on Sunday and thanks to Jamie McLeod-Skinner for co-moderating!

Microsoft apps and infrastructure are worse than beta software built by a class of 12 year olds.

Prediction: Europe's efforts to free themselves from US software will create great OS and Apps that America then uses while Microsoft and Google bankrupt themselves chasing the AI rainbow.

Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election

Hungarians resoundingly embraced democracy. A real win for the democratic process!

Doors at 12:30 today at the Performing Arts Center in Madras!

Pound Cake and its Compotes On the value of working within limits.

Today's Old Truck Good Coffee:
"I wasn’t sure which compote I wanted on my pound cake. Huckleberry is the Montana classic. Strawberry, though, takes me back to Sunday after-church breakfasts when I was a kid, which were often the best meal of the week."

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Trump’s SAVE America Act isn’t about keeping noncitizens from voting—it’s about keeping citizens from voting.

It’s a desperate attempt to rig the November election, and I’ll keep fighting like hell against it.

Congressional Candidate Forum April 12 Co-hosted by Jamie McLeod-Skinner For those wanting to be heard by candidates running to represent them, Sunday is their chance; five of the candidates running in the Democratic Primary for United …

Candidates running to replace Cliff Bentz are holding forums across the District. Join us in Madras April 12 to get to know them! jeffcodemsoregon.org/2026/04/04/c...

U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz hides out. Trump signs an executive order banning voting by mail.

I kind of feel bad for the aides to Bentz, but at this point they know who they are working for and could show some integrity and resign. That said, I will always be nice and respectful to them when I call. open.substack.com/pub/petersag...

Join Senator Merkley for a town hall at the Madras Performing Arts Center (412 Buff Street Madras) at 5pm!

Thanks to our drum corps for #nokings Madras!

What are you going to do with the energy we built up yesterday? Reach out to an organization you feel aligned with and find out how to have even more impact.

Everyone Wants What Is Best For Their Kids. Right? School segregation still exists

Mr. Stevens—who was a ringer for the movie and television character Grizzly Adams—finally snapped. …He grabbed, wrestled, hog-tied, and then roped P.J. into his student desk. Private school teachers can get away with such stunts. Or, they could in 1979.

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What Next? After No Kings, we see our power. We see our momentum. We see the truth in our efforts. Now What? How do we turn this energy into change? Jefferson County Democrats stand for our communities at all…

Thanks for joining us for #nokings. What next? jeffcodemsoregon.org/whatnext/

#nokings in Madras Oregon with 139 souls.

If I don't see you at No Kings, perhaps you believe that "protesting doesn't matter."

Tomorrow! See you at the North Y, across from the Sonic, at 2pm Saturday to make them hear us: No Kings in America.

share this post with your friends and family so they can be a part of this historic moment, too!

Saturday, we join together and make it clear: No Kings in America. Your effort to show up, combined with millions of other Americans, tilts history. Join us…

…and share this message with your friends to have an even greater impact.

2pm Saturday, the North Y in Madras (by Sonic)

A two panel graphic featuring President Donald Trump at an event in Memphis, TN on March 23, 2026. First panel, Trump: "Mail-in voting... I call it mail-in cheating." Second panel, headline from The New York Times: "Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting 'Cheating,' Just Voted by Mail." 'Just Voted by Mail' is highlighted in yellow.

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The SAVE act will add cost and complication to rural county elections. It's so poorly written no one knows how it will work. And there is no problem to solve.

Your action today to have an impact: call your senator and thank them for opposing the SAVE act. Take you 30 seconds.

Wyden (202) 224-5244
Merkley (202) 224-3753

Countdown starts now: No Kings at the North Y in Madras. 2pm Saturday the 28th. See you there!

Double or triple your impact: Share this message with your friends and followers.

OPINION: Voter should reject Initiative Petition 28, its disastrous effects on state - Madras Pioneer If you enjoy hunting, fishing or make your living from the commercial harvest of everything from alpaca fiber to Dungeness crabs, take note: A movement is afoot to stop those […]

Opposition to IP 28. Jefferson County Democrats are united with sportsman, ranchers, and tribes in rejecting this measure. May it never return to our sight. madraspioneer.com/2026/03/19/o...

Those five votes are the hard work of Democrats on the ground. This is how we win. We work hard.

You can't unseat a president by rage posting. You can throw a potluck and protect your community.

Great spread at our Crooked River Ranch social today, meeting County Commissioner candidate Greg Mead.

Oregon senator calls for probe into ICE, CBP funding Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is calling for an independent investigation into how federal immigration agencies are spending funds.

Trump’s lawless federal agents are terrorizing our communities. I’m working to hold them accountable using every tool in the toolbox.

Donald Trump and Christine Drazan want to end Oregon’s vote-by-mail system A 2020 analysis found that states with universal vote-by-mail systems have “essentially zero fraud.”

What’s one thing Trump and Drazan have in common? They want to make it harder to vote.

Ending vote-by-mail disenfranchises eligible voters without increasing election security. Oregon needs leaders who stand up to protect voters - not another Trump wannabe.
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In Oregon, you have until March 10th to sign up to be a PCP. We need you. Doug White's position in rural Washington is just as true here. Share with your neighbors!
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Expected to be the largest protest in history. Join us. No Kings dot org

DPO Chair Nathan Soltz on KOIN TV explaining what he does in the role and what we stand for.

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