Lars Jefferson’s This week in media
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Apocalypse Rising?
Citing Ukraine War and Specter of Nuclear Weapons, ‘Doomsday Clock’ Moves 90 Seconds to Midnight
Big Pharma
Pfizer Denies Conducting COVID Gain-Of-Function Research In Delayed Response To Veritas Video
Rubio Sends Letter to Pfizer CEO on Alleged Gain-of-Function Research
SARS-CoV-2, long COVID, prion disease and neurodegeneration – PMC
Multnomah County
What Is the Deal With the Northeast Portland Apartment Signs Saying “Steal Gas, Get Shot”?
Antifa bicycle brigade blocks traffic
Antifa shuts down Burnside Bridge
PDX Real interview with Damian about homelessness
Former City Council Candidate Vadim Mozyrsky Mulls a Run for Multnomah County District Attorney
Portland begins ’90-day reset’ of Central Eastside neighborhood
‘I was actually humiliated’: Jury awards $1M to Portland woman discriminated against
TriMet permanently bans man accused of biting off victim’s ear
Frustration is mounting for restaurants and bar owners in Portland, Oregon
FAMED NIKE STORE CLOSES. (NEAR 300 THEFTS)
Portlanders will soon get a chance to pay $150 for a cup of coffee – oregonlive.com
Group pushing for the revitalization of downtown Portland discusses solutions | KATU
Portland Charter reforms make way for new district maps
Vacasa axes 1300 employees as focus shifts to profitability
City Hall defunds police, hires $200,000/person security | The Oregon Catalyst
114 and MORE
Biden renews call for assault weapons ban, citing Half Moon Bay shootings | The Hill
Local gun shop closes doors, saying Measure 114 is to blame | News | kezi.com
‘Only in America’: California governor calls for gun control after mass shootings
State
Politics & Law
BILL ERECTS BIG UNION MONUMENT AT STATE CAPITOL
LET’S TALK ABOUT HB2616 (Raw milk) OREGON
Oregon wants to delay controversial wildfire risk mapping – again – oregonlive.com
HB 2505 BUSTS POT TAX CAP (TIDE TURNING?)
Oregon Secretary of State didn’t investigate residency complaint against new Rep. Hai Pham
SJR 26: BILL TAKES YOUR KICKER TAX REFUND
Coming to the Oregon Senate: Bills to be read in full before final vote
Business
Illinois-based company pleads guilty to exposing The Dalles to hazardous pollutants in the air
Oregon fines Halsey pulp plant more than $50k
Education
Schools lose 32,000 kids – yet want $1B more | The Oregon Catalyst
Graduation rates increase after grad rules removed | The Oregon Catalyst
School Choice Week: House GOP highlights 3 reform bills | The Oregon Catalyst
Housing
Albany supermarket site may soon become apartments
Clatsop county residents criticize free land giveaway.
Gov. Kotek breaks down how she wants $130M used to get homeless off the streets | KATU
KOTEK: FIX HOMELESS BY PAYING EVERYONE’S RENT ($87M)
Crime
$25,000 reward to help find this arsonist | The Oregon Catalyst
Electric Vehicles
OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY NOW CONTROLLED BY CALIFORNIA
F/V Dawn Treader crossing the Yaquina Bay Bar loaded with fresh Dungeness
National
Politics & Law
U.S. states challenge Biden rule on socially conscious (ESG) investing | Reuters
Ticketmaster takes heat from senators, witnesses over its power | The Hill
Manchin takes aim at Treasury delay for EV tax credit restrictions | The Hill
U.S. files second antitrust suit against Google’s ad empire, seeks to break it up
Classified documents found at Pence’s Indiana home
San Francisco Reparations Panel Proposes $5M To Each Black Resident – Breaking911
Immigration
DHS Stops Sending Air Marshals on Migrant Welfare Missions along Mexican Border | Judicial Watch
January 6
Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Economy
Regal Cinemas closing dozens of theaters, industry struggles with post-pandemic shifts | KATU
Debt Ceiling
‘Ignore SCOTUS’ and ‘Send Troops to the Fed’: Mint the Coin Activists Get Unhinged
Would minting a magical trillion-dollar coin really solve the debt ceiling crisis?
Police
5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols
Memphis Police releases video in Tyre Nichols’ death | KATU
Street camera captures beating of Tyre Nichols with synced audio
Education
WHISTLEBLOWER: South Carolina schools teaching CRT
NAACP, ACLU condemn Florida ban of AP African American history course
Environment
Experiment Proves Bacteria Really Eat Plastic – Broken Down Into Harmless Substances
Bill Gates backs start-up tackling cow burps and farts
An Iceberg The Size of London Has Broken Free From Antarctica Ice Shelf : ScienceAlert
Technology
ChatGPT passes Wharton Business School test: research paper | The Hill
Antifa Communists
Burning Atlanta: Antifa funded by Democratic Party Apparatus
Pelosi Hammer Attack
Footage Of Attack On Paul Pelosi Released | The Daily Wire
Postage
STAMPS RAISED TO .63 … AFTER $107B BAILOUT LAST YEAR
International
Dr Jordan B Peterson Tells Joe Rogan Of Plan For Alternative To World Economic Forum
Climate activists block main road into The Hague
See how Amsterdam built a massive underwater bike-parking facility
Russia defense ministry says frigate tests strike capabilities in Atlantic | Reuters
Despite concerns, US to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Germany and US announce plans to send tanks to Ukraine in major sign of support for Kyiv – KTVZ
Church of England apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ people | NewsNation
Sunak blocks Scotland’s gender bill, stoking nationalis…
Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi
DAVOS 2023 with Jack Posobiec
EPISODE 371: DAVOS DAY TWO & THE DECLARATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Culture/Editorials
Indoctrinating 4 & 5-Year-Olds Into Gender Pseudoscience
Why Street Prostitution Is Skyrocketing in California
Norwegian government funds research to find out if white paint is racist | Fox News
Is this the new face of the stove police? | The Oregon Catalyst
SCR 3: POTATO AS OFFICIAL STATE VEGETABLE (SUBVERT GREATER IDAHO?)
A Modern History of ‘Groomer’ Politics
Readers respond: Bottle deposits funding drugs not environmentalism
Drug Decriminalization Behind Terrifying Cartel-Style Killings In California
The Ideological Intensification of DEI in STEM
Behind Push To Legalize Government Drug Dens, $300+ Million Soros Investment
Twitter/Social Media
Twitter Files #15 | Matt Taibbi
‘Twitter Files’ part 7 unveils the FBI’s involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal
Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit for FBI Documents on Big Tech Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story
News of Weird
Japan whaling firm pins hopes on vending machines to revive sales | Reuters
Pizza Hut may have set a new world record for the largest pizza
Satellite Images Reveal Hidden Penguin Colony in Antarctica | Weather.com
McDonald’s customer mistakenly given to-go bag full of cash with order: ‘What is this?’
Humor/Memes
Introducing The Babylon Bee AOC Article Generator
9 Black People Who Are Really White Supremacists | Babylon Bee
Protect your catalytic converter
Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on Spotify | Jordan Peterson
Rebels of the Right | Oregon Libertarian Podcast
A Homily to young men | New Discourses
The Differences Between Communism & Libertarianism w/Spike Cohen, Dave Smith & Caleb Maupin
Ayn Rand with Mike Wallace 1959
A Teacher’s Life Destroyed by BLM | with Theo Olson
History of Antifa with Jack Posobiec
EPISODE 360: THE TRUE HISTORY OF ANTIFA – PT. 1
