Another bad Kotax idea may get repealed by the people: https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2025/12/26/effort-to-erase-homeless-camping-protections-moves-closer-to-the-ballot/ 

State employees earned by 4.4B last year, more than 500M more than previous year: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/oregon-state-employees-earned-44-billion-last-year-search-pay-for-all-workers.html 

Bend Bulletin editorial parrots Dem ODOT talking points while not saying anything about R’s alternative plan to tax increases: https://bendbulletin.com/2025/12/27/editorial-where-odot-may-make-cuts-for-oregon-roads/ 

Somalia Minnesota exposed fraud is just the beginning: https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2005309795931185208 

Omar’s personal wealth went from 0 to 30M in one year: is she getting a cut of fraud: https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/ilhan-omars-hubbys-30m-firm-quietly-scrubs-names-from-website-as-squad-member-faces-mounting-questions-on-sudden-wealth-amid-minnesota-welfare-fraud/ 

Somali migrants without car insurance get no ticket after causing major hit and run car crash: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/alleged-somali-migrants-without-insurance-get-major-hit/ 

Kash/FBI release statement on Somali fraud: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-statement-minnesota-fraud/ 

Minneapolis Daycare scandal is unique to blue states? https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/29/minneapolis-daycare-scandal-reveals-the-trajectory-of-blue-zone-fraud-culture/ 

Trump’s economy defies experts: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/one-year-in-trumps-economy-defies-the-experts-and-outpaces-g7-5961086?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Trump economy booms! https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/23/trump-boom-u-s-economy-grows-4-3-smashing-expectations/ 

Newport sues DHS to stop non existent ICE detention center: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/oregon-coast-city-sues-feds-to-halt-ice-detention-center.html 

Portland homeless dude mocks free drug supply handouts: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93359-homeless-mock-free-drug-supply-handouts.html 

Elections matter: If GA election law was broken in 2020, then how about OR? https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/23/if-georgia-doesnt-fix-fulton-county-illegal-voting-it-will-spread/ 

Dems playing rope a dope with R’s by saying they are gonna repeal Kotax’s gas tax increase if R’s will work with them: https://www.sweethomenews.com/confronted-by-a-grassroots-backlash-democrats-consider-repealing-unpopular-gas-tax-hike/ 

Coast Guard only wants IBR comments from people who will use the bridge for maritime traffic and not the rest of us. Is the fix in? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/us-coast-guard-seeks-public-comment-on-new-interstate-5-bridge-but-not-from-everyone.html 

Small error rate on gas tax petition so far: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93263-error-rate-gas-tax-referendum.html 

Dems want to raise your taxes in February short session: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93250-2026-legislature-flirts-2-tax-hikes-6-weeks.html 

OPB hit piece on R’s who fought Dems not to raise taxes: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/18/with-new-road-funding-suspended-oregon-lawmakers-spar-over-winter-maintenence/ 

Romanian SNAP fraud indictments in OR: https://www.koin.com/news/crime/2-charged-in-oregon-snap-scheme-that-stole-from-struggling-american-families/ 

WI judge found guilty of obstructing ICE agents just like a judge did in OR: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/breaking-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-found-guilty-obstruction/ 

No one is above the law, especially judges: https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/19/court-finds-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-guilty-of-obstructing-ice/ 

Trump’s $1776 military bonus is tax free! https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/what-to-know-about-trumps-1776-warrior-dividend-for-service-members-5960149?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Governor wannabe SOS Read says ‘enough is enough’ about $7,000 drug hotline calls: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/enough-is-enough-oregons-secretary-of-state-demands-accountability-for-the-states-failed-addiction-response.html 

Kotax’s failures lead to 98% of food stamp fraud is out of state: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93224-98-food-stamp-fraud-occurs-state-kotek-care.html 

Should Republican Rep Greg Smith resign after Ethics Commission finds him guilty of breaking the law? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/republicans-bosses-silent-on-finding-greg-smith-broke-ethics-laws.html 

OR voting rolls are not compliant with Fed law: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2001109561399500874 

OR Dems gonna wipe out FFA funding unless you act now! https://x.com/BoshartDavisAg/status/2001372664473272439

FBI lied about citizens stopping 48% of all shooters last year: FBI said it was zero percent: https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2001366592387715352 

Inflation lower than forecast in spite of tariff caterwauling: https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-annual-inflation-rate-falls-sharply-to-2-7-percent-in-november-5959870?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1 

Able boded adults must now work 20 hrs per week to keep getting food stamps: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/able-bodied-adults-must-work-or-lose-food-stamps-under-new-federal-rules-that-affect-37000-oregonians.html 

US House votes today on healthcare bill that CBO says lowers ObamaCare premiums by 11%: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/16/cbo-house-republican-healthcare-bill-saves-35-billion-lowers-obamacare-premiums-by-11-percent/ 

98% of SNAP/cash fraud is out of state and could be easily stopped: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/majority-oregon-snap-cash-benefit-fraud-happens-out-of-state/283-4f788388-0f03-480d-b43c-9f8b21cf0ec1 

OR Ethics probe in fake union lobbying: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93152-ethics-probe-union-fake-grassroots-lobbying.html 

Hit piece on Danielle Bethell: who initiated the ethics complaint? https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/16/county-commissioner-and-gop-candidate-in-oregon-governors-race-faces-ethics-investigation/ 

Some DMV fees still going up: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ballot-challenge-halted-some-oregon-car-fee-hikes-but-not-all/283-75b4f6d1-ffe3-4bb3-8437-f20842b96709 

Coffee Klatch tonight with Rep Ed Diehl, Chris Cummings and Nick Hill from 6-8pm at Bo and Vine Restaurant Salem

Only massive political change can produce a K-12 “Mississippi Miracle” in OR: https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/education/2025/12/13/mississippis-reading-turnaround-may-hold-lessons-for-oregon-schools/ 

Dan Rayfield sues Trump with laughable  assertions about H1B visa costs https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/oregon-states-lawsuit-trump-administration-trump-100k-fee-h1b-visas/283-43bcaf80-ff36-485c-bb5c-309409c93052 

Is Political Rage what killed Rob Reiner and his wife? https://www.cypher-news.com/2025/12/im-gonna-say-the-thing-nobodys-saying-about-rob-reiners-murder/ 

Seizing rouge oil tankers is not unprecedented or shocking: https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/15/trumps-oil-tanker-seizure-another-shocking-and-unprecedented-act-that-isnt-shocking-or-unprecedented/