Kotax cancels land sale for Salem data center: Demonstrates how toxic they are and trying to bait Drazan https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/oregon-gov-kotek-cancels-sale-of-state-land-for-salem-data-center.html 

Is Kotax afraid to debate Drazan in front of OR’s largest newspaper and most watched TV station? https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/drazan-accept-debate-kgw-oregonian-kotek-decline-oregon-governor-gubernatorial/283-cd02924d-0766-4bfb-bf83-3fee32b8599a 

Blazers want out of Portland because they want out of the first class provision of their Moda center lease: https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026/07/blazers-president-says-threat-of-litigation-was-wielded-as-a-weapon.html 

Whistleblower says Portland homeless shelter told homeless where to get ‘high’ nearby: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-homeless-shelter-northrup-nw-lawsuit-salvation-army-staff/283-bed70919-bbb1-482c-86e0-e4b1f2544097

 Senate schedules contempt vote against Fauci: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/senate-schedules-contempt-vote-for-fauci-6069733?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Are Oregonians worried about ineligible voters casting ballots also? https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/30/poll-majority-of-americans-worried-about-ineligible-voters-casting-ballots-as-dems-fight-voter-id/ 

Did Fauci convict himself yesterday in the court of public opinion? Will he ever be held accountable in a meaningful way? https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/29/fireworks-sen-rand-paul-promises-repercussions-faucis-refusal-testify-ejects-faucis-unruly-lawyer/

Freightliner will stop truck production at end of year because of bad decisions made by Kotax over the last 14 years: https://katu.com/news/local/daimler-truck-to-end-production-in-portland-eliminate-375-jobs-oregon-pacific-northwest-pnw-oregon-freight-madras-keith-wilson-business-finance-budget-operator-union-labor-teamsters 

Blazers could be sued by Portland for Moda renovations if they leave: https://katu.com/news/local/daimler-truck-to-end-production-in-portland-eliminate-375-jobs-oregon-pacific-northwest-pnw-oregon-freight-madras-keith-wilson-business-finance-budget-operator-union-labor-teamsters  

 Hypocrisy? SOS  is concerned about Portland auditors transparency when he does the same thing with OR: https://www.koin.com/news/portland/it-concerns-me-oregon-sec-of-state-says-portlands-ballot-verification-process-lacks-transparency/

Bureaucracy run amok: affordable housing in Portland still not filled after months: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/07/months-after-promises-to-fill-1900-empty-affordable-apartments-numbers-havent-budged.html 

The importance of remembering Pfc. Kenny Leisten on the 22nd anniversary of his death in Iraq yesterday, July 28th,2004. https://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/leistenkenw.html

It begins: once again, the false narrative that ODOT will cut jobs if you don’t pay more: https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/regional/odot-budget-hole-could-mean-cuts-to-548-jobs-without-intervention/article_d05941aa-45bf-586c-bd35-c327f33c23ae.html 

Blazers failing exposes how taxpayers subsidize everything: https://oregoncatalyst.com/98245-blazer-fail-uncovers-subsidize.html 

Never Trumpers and RINOs want Trump’s MAGA agenda to fail and are willing to sacrifice America and our futures to stay in power. https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/29/nevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction/ 

Time for regulation? OpenAI attacked many more companies and competitors than first revealed. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/28/openai-rogue-models-hugging-face-breach-01014572 

Former Sen Linthicum weighs in on data centers: 

If you attended the Salem data center city counil meeting last night, what were your impressions? https://www.statesmanjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2026/07/28/photos-salem-city-council-meeting-about-data-center-draws-big-crowd-protest/91072982007/

Hillsboro city council puts 4 month pause on new data centers: https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/hillsboro-bans-new-data-centers-in-surprise-city-council-meeting.html 

AI data centers. Freakout or fiction? https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/28/the-a-i-data-center-freakout-whats-true-whats-fiction/ 

Idaho company producing small nuclear power systems to provide data center power: https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/idahos-high-desert-becomes-hot-spot-for-nuclear-power-revolution-6062417?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Portland Antifa militant convicted of assaulting Fed officer. Going to jail: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-portland-antifa-militant-ginovanni-brumbelow-convicted-for-striking-bortac-officer-in-head-with-wooden-stake-during-anti-ice-attack 

Stunning chart on the growth of OR’s govt in last 10 years: https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/oregon-journalism-project-medicaid-shortfall-follows-decade-long-growth-in-state-spending/article_208807e6-aae4-4b7f-9504-48c902d9fe2c.html 

Is the failure of IP-28 to make the ballot a missed opportunity to wake up non voters? https://oregoncatalyst.com/98296-ip-28-fails-return.html 

Proposed Salem AI data center meeting tonight at City Council, 6pm at Salem library: 

Data center being built on land donated for park: https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/a-texas-family-donated-land-for-a-park-it-just-sold-for-10-million-to-build-a-data-center-6062443?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Flock cameras everywhere that violate your constitutional rights use data centers: https://www.ammoland.com/2026/07/burchett-bill-flock-cameras-gun-owners/ 

Happening in OR? NJ jury duty summons show over 75,000 citizens called to jury duty: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/shocking-75000-noncitizens-summoned-jury-duty-new-jersey/

Ross Swartzendruber interview on why he opposes proposed Salem AI data center: https://nosalemdatacenter.org/ 

Months of review process for Salem AI data center ahead: https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/07/23/salems-proposed-data-center-faces-months-of-review-heres-how-you-can-weigh-in/ 

More states have non citizen voting problems: They are all blue states, run by leftists who use the ERIC system and not the SAVE system and they all have motor voter automatic registration: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/its-not-just-new-jersey-scandal-six-states/ 

PA admitted they may have over 100,000 non citizens registered in their state alone. https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/analysis-the-many-times-noncitizens-popped-up-on-voter-rolls/ 

The shadow government that sabotages Trump’s evidence of foreign election interference  https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/officials-sought-to-downplay-chinas-link-to-2020-election-6063683?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Kotax’s recommends much higher fees for 16 undersea fiber optic cables so she can millions more to teachers union: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/22/oregon-coast-data-center-boom-undersea-cables-use-fees/ 

Portland city council demands Blazers answer their questions before they write a 400M blank check: https://katu.com/news/local/portland-city-council-president-jamie-dunphy-moda-center-renovation-future-nba-trail-blazers-multnomah-county-commissioners-tom-dundon 

Dr. Frank interview on the success his local teams are having in cleaning up OR’s dirty voter rolls: He’s back in OR this weekend and here’s his schedule; https://secureourelectionsnow.org/ 

How Congress can fix SCOTUS’s wrong birthplace citizenship ruling: https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/22/how-congress-can-fix-scotuss-disastrous-birthplace-citizenship-error/ 

Could AI hack into vote counting machines and change results? https://apnews.com/article/openai-gpt56-sol-hugging-face-63ab84fed5612af04d8a160d60f6def3?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us 

Lars on SOS’s selective memory: https://oregoncatalyst.com/98183-lars-larson-secstate-selective-memory.html 

Poll: do you think Oregon’s vote by mail system is secure? 72% say no! https://www.thenewsguard.com/do-you-believe-oregon-s-vote-by-mail-system-is-secure/poll_dc73c144-16a2-4c9b-b26e-08bfb1e4617f.html 

USDOJ had election monitors yesterday in AZ primary elections where DSA candidates lost: did they stop voter fraud? https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2079583164586999905 

Salem data center controversy: Are data centers good for humanity, especially AI? https://katu.com/news/local/massive-51b-data-center-proposed-for-salem-draws-praise-and-pushback-oregon-environment-local-money-water-energy-local-portland-hillsboro-companies-business-jobs 

Intel lays off more in OR in it’s data center group: https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/intel-plans-fresh-layoffs-this-time-in-its-data-center-group.html 

Drazan gets it right on electricity: https://oregoncatalyst.com/98178-highlights-drazans-energy-speech.html 

Is Oregon in economic crisis? Our biz ranking falls again down to #42: https://salembusinessjournal.org/2026/07/20/oregon-business-ranking-no-42/ 

Alaska wants to seize a bush pilot’s plane over a 6 pack of beer to be decided by SCOTUS: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-seize-pilots-plane-6-pack-beer-supreme-court-jouppi-rcna588498?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us  

Coffee Klatch tonight! It’s all about data centers and reviving the Brooks trash incinerator. 6-8pm at Bo and Vine restaurant 3969 Commercial St Se, Salem

Are data center construction an election game changer? https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/142-anti-data-center-protests-sweep-42-states-in-one-day-led-by-former-tea-party-leader-6064430?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

OR House Dems in disarray because of opposition to data centers https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/behind-closed-doors-oregon-house-democrats-regroup.html 

Brooks trash incinerator revival? It’s history: https://www.salemreporter.com/2020/01/10/lawmakers-to-give-marion-county-trash-burner-another-chance-to-be-renewable/ 

Can Oregon tribes manage the forests better than Fed govt? https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2026/07/a-historic-wrong-meets-a-modern-dilemma-in-oregons-forests.html 

Blue states require less voter ID than Olive Garden’s unlimited pasta pass: https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/blue-state-elections-require-less-voter-id-than-olive-gardens-unlimited-pasta-pass/