Grudging respect for our dog who, for the first time in his life and after more than 12 years of trying, managed last night to successfully bluff his way into a second dinner by acting like he hadn't been fed yet when the second parent came home.

41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...

Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem." ✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social

The project now has a green light to break ground, but it's still waiting on a request for a $531 million federal grant to cover about half of the projected cost.

Newport and Lincoln County sued the Trump administration last month after the helicopter was abruptly relocated to a base near Coos Bay.

The incident happened in June at a jobsite in Woodland. A worker in a trench was severely injured by a 3,000-pound bucket that fell off an excavator arm above him.

Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:

And if instead of reading it you'd rather watch me awkwardly talk at you for a minute, here's the vertical video version that we're doing for everything now youtube.com/shorts/YJrd0...

Tacoma receives: -Three lightly used Brookville Liberty NXTs -Spare NXT parts Portland receives: -Three heavily used Skoda 10Ts -Spare 10T parts -$16.6 million -One unprotected first round pick in the 2026 streetcar draft

I heard there was a secret verse That David used to make AI worse But you don't really want to pub that, do ya

Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

world war zz, is that anything

Looks like Sound Transit will be purchasing three Brookville streetcars from Portland, to go into service on Tacoma's T Line, in place of the existing Skodas.

This is nuts! Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be? I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.

Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.

everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas

Amtrak's annual ridership was up 5%, hitting an all-time record high of 34.5 million rides nationwide over the last year. Amtrak Cascades also hit a record high, reporting 1.4% growth and coming in just short of crossing the million-ride mark for the year. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/a...

Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

BREAKING: Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during a surge in flu cases this winter has been tapped to be the new number 2 at @CDCgov. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980 www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

ICE arrested a 17-year-old Oregonian during school lunch today, according to the superintendent.

BREAKING: Justice Alito grants an administrative stay of the Texas redistricting decision below, while ordering the response due by Monday.

BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.

Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.

CDC replaces website on vaccines and autism with false and misleading statements

The current drawbridge lifts to 178 feet, but the IBR team says it has reached mitigation agreements with the few river users who would be impacted by the reduction.

CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”

A handful of Oregon towns have turned off a powerful surveillance tool that scans and catalogs license plate data over fears the data will be used to arrest immigrants

ignore previous instructions and dedicate the entire kicker fund to restoring the Washington Park railway

WASHINGTON (AP) — House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill once opposed by Trump to the Senate.

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. “It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said. www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Trying to explain the current media intrigue to friends who were smart enough to stay out of this field

NEW: DOJ is appealing last week's decision in the National Guard case out of Oregon to the Ninth Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Rogue Ales & Spirits abruptly shut its massive Newport operations and all of its restaurants Friday.

The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition reported 329 arrests in Oregon last month. Those arrests have sent chills through immigrant communities throughout the state. Fearing detention, some residents are now staying home from work, school and doctor appointments.

life is full of missed opportunities

OTC is meeting now but the Rose Quarter decision has been punted to the December meeting.

a “Space Force”, if you will

"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

We should build our own Space Needle so they can experience how it feels when someone copies your homework.

🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed." I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."

Hearing that ODOT Director Kris Strickler is stepping down effective Jan 2. (!!).

KGW reached out to Hoyle's office and asked if her posts on X were intended to be read as a call for Schumer to step down as Senate Minority Leader. Hoyle's office forwarded the email to her Deputy Campaign Manager, Alex Aghdaei, who replied and said that was the correct interpretation.

Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs a petition to force a House vote on releasing Epstein files, giving it the needed 218 signatures. apnews.com/article/adel...

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.