This Week in the Media by Lars Jefferson
This Week in the Media
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Multnomah County
Gresham MAX station attack: Source says victim’s face ‘half chewed off’ | KATU
Focused Intervention Team Arrests One Man, 2 Boys with Guns in Car
Washington County
Dr. Lynn Asked to Resign From Tigard Tualatin School Board
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Benton County
Benton County’s final number for May bond measure: $110 million
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THREE DAY SAFEGUARD PROTECTED – Oregon Firearms Federation
Oregon judge extends ban on new gun law’s background checks
State
Oregon doles out $10M in unclaimed funds … could be you?
Oregon lawsuit spotlights destruction of Black neighborhoods – OPB
Oregon Releases Guidance for supporting ‘gender expansive’ students
ODE- Supporting Gender Expansive Students FILE
Kotek taps fired GAPS superintendent Melissa Goff as education advisor
DESANTIS: 20% COP RAISES, $5K BONUS HIRE (IT’S ILLEGAL IN OREGON)
KOTEK $500K DONATION TIED TO STOLEN TEACHER FUND
Boshart Davis hatches plan to help farmers with new OT law
New Oregon Wastewater Rules Threaten Portland’s Food Cart Culture
These 20 new Oregon laws are going into effect in 2023
Pat Allen leaving Oregon Health Authority for top health role in New Mexico
Court voids 300 felon convictions over jury issue | The Oregon Catalyst
New Oregon DUII law takes effect this weekend for commercial driving privileges | News | kdrv.com
Insurance rate skyrocket in Oregon | Economics | nrtoday.com
Wallowa becomes 12th Oregon county to seek secession to Idaho
Lebanon Goose
Watch: Goose cut loose after Lebanon denies permit
Lebanon goose cut loose after companion killed in foster home
Epstein/Maxwell
US Virgin Islands AG is fired just days after she sued JPMorgan Chase | Daily Mail Online
Speaker of the House
Chaos in the House: McCarthy’s Plea and Begging for Votes
McCarthy concessions to win Speakership raise eyebrows | The Hill
National
US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’ | AP News
House Speaker vote: McCarthy builds momentum in Speaker fight | The Hill
CDC Finally Released Its VAERS Safety Monitoring Analyses for COVID Vaccines via FOIA
In a world first, AI lawyer will help defend a real case in the US
Colorado migrants are being sent to New York City
TikTok Doc’s Trans Patients Post More Gruesome Stories Of Post-Op Complications | The Daily Wire
Alex Stein Addresses Baltimore City council
Court backs St. Johns County School District in transgender bathroom fight
Sen. Dahm files resolution to amend constitution and declare Oklahoma a sovereign state
Mother sues school district after 8th-grade daughter allegedly strip searched – ABC News
Judge: People can sell candy, cakes, cookies without license
New smoking ban starts at Miami Beach parks and beaches
Evergreen teacher can sue principal over MAGA hat incident, Ninth Circuit rules | KATU
L.A. County to pay $20M for Black family’s seized land
Idaho court tosses lawsuit that aimed to block abortion bans – Local News 8
VIDEO: El Paso cleans up migrant camps before Joe Biden border visit
International
Veteran and former Paralympian Christian Gaultier talks being offered MAID
EU backs Covid-19 tests for inbound passengers from China – The Irish Times
Expert Advisory Group on Ending Conversion Practices: report and recommendations – gov.scot
Iran executes two men over alleged killing during protests – The Irish Times
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s Congress and Supre…
China reopens, ends quarantine rules for overseas travelers – Taipei Times
Culture/Editorials
Understanding DEADNAMING | James Lindsay
False Assumptions Behind Youth Gender Transitions | SEGM
You’ve Got to Be Kidding: Professor Demands Animals Stop Eating Each Other | Mises Wire
New York Times guest essay argues ‘short people’ better for the planet | Fox News
END OF THE WORLD?
No, Humans Are NOT Causing A “Sixth Mass Extinction” | MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER
Twitter/Social Media
THREAD: The Twitter Files Twitter and the FBI “Belly Button”
The Twitter Files: The Lost Chapters | Dr Rollergator
Surveillance State: What the #TwitterFiles mean for America, Ukraine and libertarianism | LP of MA
Facebook whistleblower says company isn’t ‘committed’ to civic integrity | The Hill
Humor
38 POLITICAL COMEDY PICS OF 2022
60 Minutes Interviews Population Control Expert Thanos | Babylon Bee
FBI To Host Annual Jan 6 Reunion | Babylon Bee
Podcasts
Father’s Son May Be Castrated By California After Texas REFUSES Court Petition | TIMCAST
Organised Anarchy | Lotus Eaters
GOP CUTS DEAL To End House Vote GRIDLOCK, But McCarthy May STILL Lose in Historic 7th Vote | TIMCAST
#389 “We Need to Talk About Kevin (w/ former Rep. Justin Amash)
What Are the Feds HIDING in Jan. 6 ‘Investigation’? | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 169
Wokist Incomprehensible Gibberish | Lotus Eaters
Marxists use linguistic tricks. “Communists share your vocabulary but they don’t share your dictionary” is a common way of putting it. One of the dirtiest of those tricks is on the word “people.” Whether it’s in establishing “Democratic People’s Republics” or championing “the people’s movement,” Communists are always subtly telling us that the only people they count as people are Communists. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains this history and usage and ties it to a present-day example that, on the surface, looks funny but turns out to show an ugly hand. Join him to learn more!
