Political Coffee 6-5-26: 800 acre solar park on prime valley farmland will replace lost hydro electric power from dams, WA income tax repeal effort way behind, Trump boom continues with 172k new jobs

Political Coffee 7-9-26: Cops don't respect offensive, protected speech sometimes, Fed law change can fix birthright citizenship, 75% admin costs for food stamps? fake mail in ballot issue, war begins again.

Why don’t police officers understand the principle of protected speech, even if it’s offensive? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/female-cop-texas-threatens-ticket-veteran-christian-street/ [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/female-cop-texas-threatens-ticket-veteran-christian-street/]  Congressional law is all that’s needed to stop birthright citizenship: https://x.com/BreannaMorello/status/2074979944141103575 [https://x.com/BreannaMorello/status/2074979944141103575]  75% of each foot stamp dollar is used for administrative costs in some states: https://oregoncatalyst.com/97935-fed-hit-oregon-hard-welfare-error-rates.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/97935-fed-hit-oregon-hard-welfare-error-rates.html]  Much ado about nothing: postal worker union fake issue on mail in ballots: https://katu.com/news/local/election-integrity-oregon-vote-by-mail-us-postal-service-corvallis-benton-county-secretary-of-states-office-national-association-of-letter-carriers [https://katu.com/news/local/election-integrity-oregon-vote-by-mail-us-postal-service-corvallis-benton-county-secretary-of-states-office-national-association-of-letter-carriers]  Hormuz shipping stalls as war begins again? https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/hormuz-shipping-stalls-after-us-and-iran-fighting-resumes-6059491?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 [https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/hormuz-shipping-stalls-after-us-and-iran-fighting-resumes-6059491?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1]

Political Coffee 7-8-26: Should OR election officials be arrested/prosecuted for allowing illegals to vote? Kotax wants R's to help raise gas taxes, Trump says Iran negotiations a waste of time, OR safest cities, 8 reasons why Blazers move to Nashville

Should OR election leaders be arrested and criminally prosecuted for allowing non citizens to vote? How about other illegal voting under Fed law by the 800,000 OR registered voters that the OR SOS agreed he needs to remove from voter rolls? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/trump-administration-threatens-oregon-elections-leaders-with-criminal-prosecution-over-noncitizens-voting.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/trump-administration-threatens-oregon-elections-leaders-with-criminal-prosecution-over-noncitizens-voting.html] As predicted: Kotax wants to co opt Republicans to join in the unaffordable gas tax increase: https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/07/oregon-lawmakers-say-theyll-prioritize-bipartisanship-in-2027-transportation-funding-plan/ [https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/07/oregon-lawmakers-say-theyll-prioritize-bipartisanship-in-2027-transportation-funding-plan/]  Trump says Iran negotiations a waste of time: Then end it Mr. President. https://jdrucker.com/president-trump-signals-end-of-waste-of-time-ceasefire-with-iran/ [https://jdrucker.com/president-trump-signals-end-of-waste-of-time-ceasefire-with-iran/]  Iran cease fire over: https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-says-us-iran-ceasefire-is-over-after-hormuz-strikes-6058838?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 [https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-says-us-iran-ceasefire-is-over-after-hormuz-strikes-6058838?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1]  Most of safest cities in OR are rural: https://mytownview.com/oregon/safest-cities  [https://mytownview.com/oregon/safest-cities%20%0d8] 8 reasons why Blazers may move to Nashville: https://mytownview.com/oregon/safest-cities [https://mytownview.com/oregon/safest-cities]

Political Coffee 7-7-26: Fmr Sen Linthicum interview, Can Rayfield punish indpendent agencies? Kotax to blame for chip industry decline, PPB funding initiative will make ballot, Les Schwab leaving OR? Kotax co opting R's with gas tax increase road show

Former Sen Dennis Linthicum weekly interview:  Does OR AG Rayfield have authority to punish independent government agencies who violate OR sanctuary laws? https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregon-authorities-log-246-rise-in-immigration-enforcement-requests-over-past-year/ [https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregon-authorities-log-246-rise-in-immigration-enforcement-requests-over-past-year/]  OR’s chip industry in decline because of decisions by Kotax when Speaker/Governor? https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/oregons-chip-industry-risks-becoming-insignificant-globally-state-report-says.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/oregons-chip-industry-risks-becoming-insignificant-globally-state-report-says.html]  Portland Police Bureau funding initiative turns in enough signatures to make November ballot: https://elkhornmediagroup.com/or-legislators-will-attend-transportation-vision-meeting/ [https://elkhornmediagroup.com/or-legislators-will-attend-transportation-vision-meeting/]  Is Les Schwab signaling they are leaving OR? https://ktvz.com/news/2026/06/08/les-schwab-restructures-staffing-70-positions-impacted/ [https://ktvz.com/news/2026/06/08/les-schwab-restructures-staffing-70-positions-impacted/]  Is Kotax setting up the next gas tax increase with rural road show designed to get R’s to go along? https://elkhornmediagroup.com/or-legislators-will-attend-transportation-vision-meeting/ [https://elkhornmediagroup.com/or-legislators-will-attend-transportation-vision-meeting/]

Political Coffee 7-6-26: Coffee Klatch tonight, Fishwrap editorial hits Kotax hard, Trump's intervention on behalf of US redcard player, Belgium upset about it, leftists plead with red card player to not play tonight to spite Trump

Coffee Klatch tonight at Bo and Vine starting at 8!  Fish Wrap editorial hits Kotax hard with accusatory headline. https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/07/editorial-koteks-prosperity-council-delivered-a-roadmap-now-she-must-prove-it-wasnt-just-an-election-year-gimmick.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/07/editorial-koteks-prosperity-council-delivered-a-roadmap-now-she-must-prove-it-wasnt-just-an-election-year-gimmick.html] Trump intervened and the US soccer team got their scoring star back for tonight’s game:https://jdrucker.com/president-trump-intervened-and-us-soccer-got-their-star-back/ [https://jdrucker.com/president-trump-intervened-and-us-soccer-got-their-star-back/] Belgium’s coach and team upset at revocation of red card on US player: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/07/05/belgiums-soccer-federation-astonished-that-fifa-allowed-us-star-folarin-balogun-to-play-after-red-card/ [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/07/05/belgiums-soccer-federation-astonished-that-fifa-allowed-us-star-folarin-balogun-to-play-after-red-card/]    Leftists plead with US soccer star who got red card to refuse to play in tonight’s game so as to spite Trump: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/07/05/leftists-plead-with-us-soccer-star-to-reject-trumps-unfair-intervention-refuse-to-play-in-pivotal-world-cup-match/ [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/07/05/leftists-plead-with-us-soccer-star-to-reject-trumps-unfair-intervention-refuse-to-play-in-pivotal-world-cup-match/]

Political Coffee 7-3-26 Happy 250th birthday in America with the Declaration of Independence, what happened to 56 signers? Reagan civility handbook, poll: Portlanders don't want to pay for Moda remodel, Kotax turns down $1700 scholarships, IP-28 signature

The Declaration of Independence: 250 years later: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript]  What happened to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence: https://www.americanrevolution.org/signers/ [https://www.americanrevolution.org/signers/]  The Ronald Reagan Civility handbook is free:  https://www.reaganfoundation.org/store/products/the-civility-handbook [https://www.reaganfoundation.org/store/products/the-civility-handbook]  New poll shows majority of Portlanders don’t want to pay for Moda Center remodel: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/should-portland-spend-city-money-on-moda-center-makeover-new-poll-reveals-what-portlanders-think.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/should-portland-spend-city-money-on-moda-center-makeover-new-poll-reveals-what-portlanders-think.html] Kotax turns down $1,700 Trump tax credits even though OR is almost dead last in public education: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2026/07/kotek-opts-oregon-out-of-trump-program-offering-up-to-1700-in-education-tax-credits.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2026/07/kotek-opts-oregon-out-of-trump-program-offering-up-to-1700-in-education-tax-credits.html]  IP-28 turns in enough signatures to make the ballot: Constitutional Amendment filed for 2028 to protect hunting, fishing and ranching: https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/over-142000-signatures-gathered-to-ban-hunting-and-fishing-in-oregon/ [https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/over-142000-signatures-gathered-to-ban-hunting-and-fishing-in-oregon/]  Young Washington movie in theatres this weekend. Go, watch and buy someone else a ticket to watch: https://slate.com/culture/2026/07/minions-and-monsters-young-washington-george-movie-new.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us [https://slate.com/culture/2026/07/minions-and-monsters-young-washington-george-movie-new.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us]