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Mom + wife + lawyer + criminal justice reform + gun violence prevention + BLM
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Briana
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Black man found hanging in Marietta ga. a couple of days ago. No news coverage again. Likely not a suicide as they are again trying to say. Statistically speaking Black people donât hang ourselves from trees. Any guess of who would do this?!
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21-Year-Old's Body Found In Wooded Area Of Georgia Park
The unidentified 21-year-old man was found Feb. 14 in Fair Oaks Park in Marietta, Georgia, northwest of the city of Atlanta.
https://newsone.com/6850568/body-found-fair-oaks-park-atlanta-marietta/
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Aaron Rupar
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Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."
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OPB
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The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision handed President Donald Trump a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. It also served as a victory for Oregon's Department of Justice leading the coalition of states suing over the administration's trade strategy.
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Supreme Court strikes down Trumpâs sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trumpâs far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/20/supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-sweeping-tariffs-upending-central-plank-of-economic-agenda/
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The Associated Press
2 days ago
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of Trump appointees, approved the president's White House ballroom proposal.
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An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal
A federal panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees has approved his plan to build a massive ballroom on the site of the former White House East Wing.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-commission-fine-arts-f2a15d0b1c9c95f24816fe60b6b1ee5f
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Phil Lewis
1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) â Supreme Court strikes down Trumpâs sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda.
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Phil Lewis
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In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his familyâs generational wealth Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
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Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years
Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgiaâs largest Blackâowned farms.
https://capitalbnews.org/georgia-railroad-eminent-domain-black-landowners/
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Keys for Liberty
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She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE. A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nationâs only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story
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George Conway âď¸đşđ¸
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Progressive News Service
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FBI refusing to share Alex Pretti shooting evidence with state investigators. "BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said Monday that the FBI formally notified the state on Friday that it wonât grant the access."
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FBI will not provide the BCA access to evidence gathered from Pretti shooting, BCA says
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/16/fbi-will-not-provide-bca-access-to-evidence-gathered-from-pretti-shooting-bca-says
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Rachel Maddow
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if youâre a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
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ACLU
3 days ago
BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website. The government doesn't get to censor science.
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Ben Phillips
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I donât know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Rachel Maddow
5 days ago
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. âGod answered our prayers,â the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
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Warehouse owner wonât sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2026/02/16/warehouse-owner-wont-sell-dallas-county-property-to-ice-for-migrant-detention-center/
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Mueller, She Wrote
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson.
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FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-188009135
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The Oregonian
6 days ago
A Washington judge ordered the man released from the Tacoma ICE facility after he developed a bone infection, ulcerative colitis and anemia.
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Judge: âUnreasonable failures of careâ at Washington ICE detention facility preceded manâs amputation
A Washington judge ordered the man released from the Tacoma ICE facility after he developed a bone infection, ulcerative colitis and anemia.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/02/judge-unreasonable-failures-of-care-at-washington-ice-detention-facility-preceded-mans-amputation.html
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Must listen! Both interviews are great, but the last 10 minutes are a primer on pushing back against this archipelago of concentration camps going up across the country. Thank you,
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Cheryl T. đşđ¸đ¨đŚđşđŚđ
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You didnât think all those concentration camps they want to build are only for immigrants, did you? (Gift article)
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1A.ni7G.YClJd8sIDW9P&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Itâs âMrs. Powersâ during my day job
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Most of these people are NOT criminals. Some of these people; entered legally, have committed zero crimes, & have gone through EVERY legal step towards citizenship. And this is how theyâre being treated. This is what the world sees us doing.
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Bill
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Trump's former attorney. "THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
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Glen Dunlap
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
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EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/epa-reverses-endangerment-climate-change-finding-rcna258452
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Aaron Rupar
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Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
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Ilhan Omar
9 days ago
Ending this operation is not enough. We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
âHeâs my first born,â Susan Pretti said. âHeâs the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.â âNo,â her husband said. I urge you to read this today.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/alex-pretti-parents-interview.html
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Mueller, She Wrote
10 days ago
NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
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Ben Mullin
10 days ago
NEW: âCBS Evening Newsâ producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are âevaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.â
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Aaron Rupar
10 days ago
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
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Aaron Rupar
10 days ago
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
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The New York Times
11 days ago
Breaking News: Ten people were killed and about 25 were hurt in a shooting at a high school and at a home in British Columbia, Canada, according to the police.
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10 Dead in Shooting at School and Home in British Columbia
Police say the person believed to be the shooter was among the dead. A shelter-in-place order for the town of Tumbler Ridge has been dropped.
https://nyti.ms/4adjN9K
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Phil Lewis
11 days ago
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad â the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Indivisible âđ
10 days ago
The House could vote today on the GOPâs new voter suppression legislation modeled on the infamous SAVE Act. This series of bills would end registration by mail and add new ID requirements that could prevent millions of eligible voters from registering. Make sure your representative hears from you.
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Aaron Rupar
11 days ago
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Acyn
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are buildingâand have builtâa black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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jamelle
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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Rachel Maddow
12 days ago
Project Salt Box tonight:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data...
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Using Data for Good: A Crash Course
Our response to "What can I do?"
https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data-for-good-a-crash-course?triedRedirect=true
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Students Demand Action
12 days ago
BREAKING: A student has been shot inside Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland. Their condition is unknown. A person is in custody in connection to the shooting. More young lives forever devastated by our nationâs preventable gun violence epidemic. When will enough be enough?
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Student shot inside Maryland high school, suspect in custody: Police
One person has been confirmed shot from a shooting inside a high school in Rockville, Maryland, according to local police.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-inside-maryland-high-school-1-victim/story?id=130004552
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NBC4 Washington
12 days ago
Developing: One person was shot inside Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, police say.
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Shooting at Wootton High School injures one person
One person was shot Monday afternoon at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, police say. The school was put on lockdown after the shooting happened inside the school about 2:15 p.m., ...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/shooting-wootton-high-school/4057253/
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Marc Elias
14 days ago
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Departmentâs nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and statesâ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can âno longerâ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-rules-doj-can-no-longer-be-trusted-in-voter-roll-crusade/
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
14 days ago
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man âpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.â What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldnât remember he had a daughter.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
15 days ago
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
15 days ago
I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now. Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
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Marc Elias
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Departmentâs nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and statesâ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can âno longerâ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-rules-doj-can-no-longer-be-trusted-in-voter-roll-crusade/
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Kat Abughazaleh
16 days ago
A brand new Super PAC â Elect Chicago Women â just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why? Because itâs actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And theyâre doing everything they can to buy my race:
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Kyle Cheney
16 days ago
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS. Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights â combined with ICE use of administrative warrants â is a recipe for abuse.
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The Oregonian
16 days ago
A federal prosecutor walked back those claims in court on Jan. 21 when pressed by a judge at the wounded truck driver's detention hearing.
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Democratic lawmakers blast Homeland Securityâs gang claims about 2 wounded in Border Patrol shooting
A federal prosecutor walked back those claims in court on Jan. 21 when pressed by a judge at the wounded truck driver's detention hearing.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/02/democratic-lawmakers-blast-homeland-securitys-gang-claims-about-2-wounded-in-border-patrol-shooting.html
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Dave Levitan
16 days ago
Just like with Kilmer Abrego Garcia, the biggest sin any targeted immigrant can commit is winning battles â legal or PR battles â against the government, and they just wonât let those losses go
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Rachel Maddow
16 days ago
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After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/after-ice-release-st-paul-woman-she-says-agents-keep-returning-to-her-home/89-17f46bf2-9d68-4988-86c6-ba5109ef510f
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NPR
16 days ago
Under Trump administration deals to lower drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are offering some of their drugs at discounted prices through a new website called TrumpRx.gov.
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White House unveils TrumpRx website for medication discounts
Under Trump administration deals to lower drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are offering some of their drugs at discounted prices through a new website called TrumpRx.gov.
https://n.pr/4aAfANi
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The New York Times
16 days ago
The Trump administration removed signs from a historical site in Philadelphia that focused on George Washington and slavery â a microcosm of a much bigger fight over U.S. history that could escalate as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches.
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How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia
The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?
https://nyti.ms/3Mhclkt
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Jon Cryer
17 days ago
Of course. DHS lied again. Right after they murdered Renee Good, they shot a young couple in Portland. Then lied about it. They were *not* gang members. And she wasnât âinvolvedâ in a shooting, she was a victim of sexual assault.
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DHSâs account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: âa smear campaignâ â Guardian US
Immigration officials said agent shot two âvicious gang membersâ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
https://apple.news/AeMvL-19yS1ST-m_QjKNENQ
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Hey Oregon - Support HB 4138, even Republican Sen. Rand Paul sees that wearing a mask erodes trust in law enforcement.
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