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Hello #GovernorKotek #OregonLegislature could we get something rolling? Its literally the least you all can do.
#FuckICE
#BanICEFromGovernmentJobs
#Oregon again...

#PhilKnight pours $2 million into Oregon politics – again
Nike co-founder Phil Knight recently pumped $2 million into a political action committee aimed at electing #Republicans to the #OregonLegislature.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/03/phil-knight-pours-2-million-into-oregon-politics-again.html
Phil Knight pours $2 million into Oregon politics – again

His donation, made to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC, brings the committee’s cash on hand to nearly $5.1 million.

oregonlive

In Oregon, Republicans in the state legislature like to stop laws that they don't like by walking out, sometimes for as long as 6 weeks. Republicans say their walkouts are protected free speech. No courts have agreed, however. Just days ago, a panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a voter-passed constitutional amendment that bars any legislator who misses more than 10 days of a session from seeking reelection.

#OregonLegislature #walkouts #USRepublicans

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/02/29/ninth-circuit-first-amendment-doesnt-protect-senators-who-walked-out-from-consequences/

Ninth Circuit: First Amendment doesn't protect senators who walked out from consequences • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The First Amendment doesn't let state senators who walked out in protest for six weeks run for reelection, a federal appeals court ruled.

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Almost half of #Republicans in the #OregonLegislature have put their names on two bills seeking to ban #genderaffirming healthcare for the state’s youth and prison populations.

That sound you hear is a million and counting trans people begging you to pay attention and help them out.

Our own Nadya Markowska is just one of them.

https://doublesidedmedia.com/2023/03/05/no-seriously-theyre-coming-for-us-here-too-and-we-cant-let-them/

No, Seriously, They’re Coming For Us Here, Too (And We Can’t Let Them)

Two Prospective Bills in the Oregon Senate Seek to Ban Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Youth and Prisoners

Double Sided Media