Political Coffee 6-19-26: Bend passes big cost of living increase climate pollution fee, Kotax getting desperate, Eboard spends millions for emergencies? Iran cancels MOU signing, Trump's brilliant EO election challenges move forward,

Political Coffee 7-14-26: WH leaker should be fired over Trump's expected voting EO, SOS impact? OR biz closures more than openings, data shows DSA members support communism, biggest inflation decline, IP-28 cost understated, Portland flop

WH leaker needs to named and fired: Trump’s expected Emergency National Security EO: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/another-leak-someone-white-house-leaks-election-investigation/ [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/another-leak-someone-white-house-leaks-election-investigation/]  SOS trying to get ahead of expected changes: https://katu.com/news/your-voice-your-vote/oregon-secretary-of-state-tobias-read-speaks-about-election-changes-oregon-portland-salem-politics-elections-ballot-polls [https://katu.com/news/your-voice-your-vote/oregon-secretary-of-state-tobias-read-speaks-about-election-changes-oregon-portland-salem-politics-elections-ballot-polls] OR biz closures outnumber openings and gap getting bigger: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/07/oregon-business-closures-outnumber-openings-and-the-gap-is-growing.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/07/oregon-business-closures-outnumber-openings-and-the-gap-is-growing.html]  Most DSA members support communism: https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/13/data-most-dsa-members-support-communism/ [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/13/data-most-dsa-members-support-communism/]  Biggest inflation decline in 6 years: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/07/14/consumer-prices-fall-sharply-in-june-much-better-than-expected/ [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/07/14/consumer-prices-fall-sharply-in-june-much-better-than-expected/]  IP-28 economic impact vastly understated: https://naturalresourcereport.com/2026/07/ag-update-ip-28-petition/ [https://naturalresourcereport.com/2026/07/ag-update-ip-28-petition/]  Socialist flop in Portland: https://oregoncatalyst.com/97998-mayor-flop-paying-people-800-share-home-homeless.html [https://oregoncatalyst.com/97998-mayor-flop-paying-people-800-share-home-homeless.html]

Political Coffee 7-13-26 Trump's reaction to Lindsey Graham's death, Trump is destroying Iran's ability to attack ships, DSA hates Dem party, going to church too often is reason for Gov to take your kids, Ivy league students can't read

Lindsy Graham dies at 71 and Trump responds: Graham often undermined Trump/MAGA is my reaction: https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/12/trump-grahams-death-a-big-blow-to-the-save-america-act/ [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/12/trump-grahams-death-a-big-blow-to-the-save-america-act/]  Finish the job Mr. President then leave and turn your attention to America: https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/oil-prices-jump-as-us-iran-fighting-intensifies-irgc-says-strait-of-hormuz-closed-6060837?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 [https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/oil-prices-jump-as-us-iran-fighting-intensifies-irgc-says-strait-of-hormuz-closed-6060837?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1]  DSA hates the Dem party but needs them until they destroy America: https://rumble.com/v7cn2gu-dsa-members-hate-the-democrat-party-but-they-need-to-ride-them-as-long-as-n.html?mref=1wxk5&mc=ehuil [https://rumble.com/v7cn2gu-dsa-members-hate-the-democrat-party-but-they-need-to-ride-them-as-long-as-n.html?mref=1wxk5&mc=ehuil]  Going to church too often is a reason to remove your children? Coming to America if DSA gains control: https://discernreport.com/church-three-times-a-week-is-now-religious-extremism-in-sweden-and-worthy-of-removing-children/ [https://discernreport.com/church-three-times-a-week-is-now-religious-extremism-in-sweden-and-worthy-of-removing-children/]  DSA ideas of lowering education standards that Kotax signed into law leads to Ivy League students unable to read: https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/10/increasing-number-of-ivy-league-students-cant-even-read-so-lets-stop-calling-them-elite/ [https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/10/increasing-number-of-ivy-league-students-cant-even-read-so-lets-stop-calling-them-elite/]

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/]