Political Coffee with Jeff Kropf

Political Coffee 5-26-26: Former Sen Lithicum interview, is race tension our most serious threat? State revene forecast undermines tax increase arguments

Former Sen Linthicum interview Is race tension our most serious threat? The late Robert Woodson implies it is: https://oregoncatalyst.com/97008-civil-rights-pioneer-dies-racial-unity-plea-250th.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/97008-civil-rights-pioneer-dies-racial-unity-plea-250th.html]  Revenue forecast undermines tax increase arguments: https://oregonbusinessreport.com/2026/05/revenue-forecast-undermines-case-for-tax-hikes/ [https://oregonbusinessreport.com/2026/05/revenue-forecast-undermines-case-for-tax-hikes/]

Political Coffee 5-25-26: Memorial Day: what will you do to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice? Untold stories of Memorial Day, Trump's proclamation

What will you do today to honor the men, women and children who have paid the ultimate price of liberty for America? https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/05/25/soldiers-lost-stories-untold-remembering-the-forgotten-on-memorial-day-n4953213 [https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/05/25/soldiers-lost-stories-untold-remembering-the-forgotten-on-memorial-day-n4953213] President Trump’s proclamation on Memorial Day: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/1567454/ [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/1567454/]

Political Coffee 5-22-26: Fight Kotax's latest tax increase, no state has ever did what we did with MZ120, communists defeated two Dems in WA Co, can Drazan beat Kotax by touting Kotax failures?

Fight for your economic liberty! We have two weeks to get enough signatures to vote in November on Kotax’s latest job killing/cost of living increasing 300 million dollar small business tax increase. Get active today by going to https://notaxor.com/ [https://notaxor.com/]  No state has ever done what we just did by defeating Kotax’s gas tax petition: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96959-gas-tax-defeat-death-tax-petition.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96959-gas-tax-defeat-death-tax-petition.html]   More communists just beat incumbent Dems for the legislature and we can go around them with citizen referendums: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/political-upsets-in-2-washington-county-races-for-legislature-shows-grassroots-organizing-defeated-establishment-democrats.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/political-upsets-in-2-washington-county-races-for-legislature-shows-grassroots-organizing-defeated-establishment-democrats.html]  Can Drazan beat Kotax by reminding voters of Kotax failures? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/gov-kotek-goes-on-offensive-blasting-drazans-stance-on-trump-in-1st-ad-after-primary.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/gov-kotek-goes-on-offensive-blasting-drazans-stance-on-trump-in-1st-ad-after-primary.html]

Political Coffee 5-21-26: Ed Diehl interview and how his run changed Oregon for the better, Help Ed get signatures to repeal Kotax's 300M small biz tax increase, Could Diehl have won with Trump endorsement? Drazan tied to Trump by Dems

Ed Diehl interview: his candidacy changed Oregon for the better: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96928-distinctively-ed-diehl-oregon-place-running.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96928-distinctively-ed-diehl-oregon-place-running.html]  Help Ed get signatures to repeal Kotax’s 300 million small business tax increase. https://notaxor.com/ [https://notaxor.com/]  Could Diehl have won by getting Trump’s endorsement? Trump is 37-0 https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/trump-backed-challengers-in-election-just-changed-republican-party-6032399?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 [https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/trump-backed-challengers-in-election-just-changed-republican-party-6032399?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1]  Drazan is tied to Trump by Dems even though she’s anti Trump: https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/05/20/after-coasting-to-gop-primary-win-drazan-says-governors-race-will-be-different-this-time/ [https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/05/20/after-coasting-to-gop-primary-win-drazan-says-governors-race-will-be-different-this-time/]

Political Coffee 5-20-26: Will you vote for Drazan against Kotax? MZ120 goes down by 83%, 7 wins last night, Labor unions lost, county commission races, Salem city council progressives winning including Mayor, state and local measures

Drazan wins but will you vote for her against Kotax? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/sen-christine-drazan-leading-in-republican-primary-for-oregon-governor.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/sen-christine-drazan-leading-in-republican-primary-for-oregon-governor.html]  Kotax’s unnecessary gas tax increase is defeated by 82%: Will that help Drazan? https://oregoncatalyst.com/96869-measure-120-gas-tax-flames.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96869-measure-120-gas-tax-flames.html]  7 big wins on election night for conservatism: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96893-7-big-wins-election-night.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96893-7-big-wins-election-night.html]  Labor unions sided with far left candidates and mostly lost: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/labor-unions-sided-with-far-left-candidates-in-oregon-and-seem-to-have-lost.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/labor-unions-sided-with-far-left-candidates-in-oregon-and-seem-to-have-lost.html]  Key county commission races: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96884-key-county-commissioner-results.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96884-key-county-commissioner-results.html]  Far left candidates are ahead in Salem city council races except Betsy Vega and Chris Cummings: https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/05/19/progressives-take-early-lead-in-most-salem-city-council-races-initial-counts-show/ [https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/05/19/progressives-take-early-lead-in-most-salem-city-council-races-initial-counts-show/]  Leftist local media hit Julie Hoy hard. https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/05/19/nordyke-takes-lead-in-mayoral-race-initial-election-night-results-show/ [https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/05/19/nordyke-takes-lead-in-mayoral-race-initial-election-night-results-show/]  State and local results: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96860-96860.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/96860-96860.html]