Opinion | Don’t blame companies with no tax liability for following the law They’re just using the tools Congress gave them.

The self serving #Bezos owned @washingtonpost.com complaining about public backlash for #tax legislation their corporations paid #Congress to pass

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Corporate America Aims to Preserve Profit Streak During War in Iran

Corporate America Aims to Preserve Profit Streak During War in Iran

“ #Corporate profits have reached a record share of the U.S. #economy…the difference between input costs for businesses and final selling price of goods and services is near a record high.”

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1/9 🧵 The Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) project is hiding its toll revenue study. Why? Because the data likely shows tolls will have to be much higher while providing less revenue for this now $15 billion project. #Portland #Transportation cityobservatory.org/high_cost_of...

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Yaquina Head lighthouse? #Oregon coast

No suffering on Hegseth's part
Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth's war mongering just inflicts pain on others

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#Elections matter. #SCOTUS

"..pushed to the right of any modern court on religious #rights and #voting issues. The court has also entered a new era of extreme partisanship. None over the past seven decades has been as starkly polarized."

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Appeals judges consider reinstating restrictions on officers at Portland ICE facility • Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal appeals judges will decide whether to uphold a lower court order barring federal agents' excess force, chemical use on protesters.

Judge De Alba told fed lawyers she found videos from the Portland ICE facility “quite disturbing,” as well as testimony describing officers shooting a protester in the eye with a non-lethal round. “I just don’t know how we’re justifying this,” she said: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/07/a...

As usual, this is a massive understatement. The project was supposed to be done last year (2025) and won't be done before 2028. The original cost estimate was $250 million, and now is over $815 million. ODOT always mis-represents delays and cost overruns. cityobservatory.org/abernethy-ac...

This isn't $177 million over budget: It's more than $500 million over budget. ODOT purposely left out the fact that their original "cost to complete" report said it would cost $250 million, and the total price tag is now over $815 million. cityobservatory.org/reign_of_err...

And somehow, we are supposed to believe #ODOT could competently manage the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project?
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@cityobservatory.bsky.social @bikeportland.org #transportation #cars

Bridge project won’t be done till 2030. What does that mean for Oregon City? ODOT says major construction on the earthquake-ready Abernethy Bridge will wrap up in 2027, but some work will continue for several more years.

"ODOT’s massive project to make the Abernethy Bridge the #Portland area’s first earthquake-ready interstate bridge across the Willamette River is a year and a half behind schedule and roughly $177 million over budget."

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@cityobservatory.bsky.social #PDX

we’re still in awe of this beauty from reilyn 🤭

#NBA legend Charles Barkley has more integrity, principles and fundamental humanity than the entirety of the #Trump #MAGA #GOP

#NoKings #PDX

Warminger #Trump and the ghoulish #Miller

Trump celebrates Robert Mueller's death Melania, you must be very proud.

The ever vile #Trump celebrates Robert Mueller's death open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Thanks to @anntelnaes.bsky.social for showing just want an awful person he is...there is no bottom.

Opinion | Moving the goalpost Michael Ramirez cartoon on the Iran war outcomes and timeline.

Our feckless #POTUS and #SoD #Hegseth
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No, America is Not Respected Thanks to Trump, we’re held in contempt even by our closest allies

No, America is Not Respected shorturl.at/oWQnS

"America used to be respected, not simply because we were a superpower, but because we were a different kind of superpower, a nation that stood by its allies, that mostly obeyed the rules of the system we created. . Now Trump has thrown all that away."

Trump sold young voters on his vision. Many are having buyer’s remorse. They were a key part of the coalition that powered the president’s comeback, and their frustrations signal vulnerability for Republicans ahead of the midterms.

“It does change how I feel about #Trump,” said Lilly , a 23-year-old teacher from Charlotte who voted for Trump in 2020 and 2024. “He said there would be no new wars, and he said that gas would be below $3 a gallon. … I am not happy with him right now.” #transactional #voter

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Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal Internal memos ignored Covid safety studies and pushed vaccine changes based on ideology, critics say

"overlooked hundreds of studies on the benefits and safety of #Covid #vaccination and set the precedent for making changes to vaccine recommendations based on ideology instead of evidence" #vaccine #health #MedSky

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Also, be sure not to spread this video of Justin Fox, the other DOGE bro who revealed that he's a malicious moron who caused incredible destruction.

Do not hurt Justin Fox's reputation just by linking Justin Fox's name to the sworn testimony Justin Fox gave about what Justin Fox did.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

NPR is doing a thing

The @thelancet.com does not mince words

"The destruction that #Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US #health and #science while he remains at the helm.

#RFKjr #MedSky

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Stopped at the Ronald Reagan museum at Eureka College while passing through Eureka, IL (pop. 5200).  These quotes on display pop off the walls.  Prescient.

Much bigger data center tax breaks on deck in Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s bill Data centers' Oregon tax breaks were worth nearly $500 million last year. They could be much bigger in the future.

Many states are considering reining in tax breaks for data centers, citing rising energy costs and environmental impacts.

Gov. Tina Kotek's economic development bill would take Oregon in the other direction, substantially boosting the state's data center giveaways.

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Here's Colbert's interview with Talarico, not on the Carr-controlled, Trump-tainted airwaves but in the free air of the internet. As I post this, 500k have watched. Let's make sure more people see it on YouTube than TV. Call that the Carr Effect.
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Meta’s AI glasses empower creeps Over the last year, Meta’s AI smart glasses have been used by deviant men to surreptitiously record videos of women and children.

#Zuckerberg #Meta’s AI glasses empower creeps oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/metas-ai-g... #privacy #harassment

#Evil “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,”

Consumptive Capitalism On MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara Silverstein

Fascinating take on #MAHA through the historical lens of #tuberculosis and the sanatorium. #MedSky

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