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Who is the leader of the Democrats in Washington, D.C.? At a caucus meeting last week, it wasn’t President Barack Obama. All but one of the Democrats at the packed meeting voted for a resolution by local Rep. Peter DeFazio to oppose the President’s deal with Republicans to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to the super wealthy. Continue reading
Local Congressman Peter DeFazio today strongly opposed President Obama’s proposed deal with Republicans to extend the Bush tax breaks for the rich. DeFazio released this statement: Continue reading
A local movement for a city income tax on upper incomes to help local schools has run into opposition from The Register-Guard and conservatives who argue that it is unlikely to pass. Continue reading
Right-wing Lane County Commission candidates appear to be leading in very early returns, but thousands of ballots remain uncounted. Jay Bozievich leads Jerry Rust 55 to 45 percent in the west Lane County race . But about a third of the ballots appear to not yet have been counted, based on historic voting levels for commissioner races. Continue reading
So who’s behind all those mysterious attack ads against local Congressman Peter DeFazio? Continue reading
Here's a video from the Washington Post of local Congressman Peter DeFazio unsuccessfully trying to track down who's funding TV ads against him: Continue reading
Nathan Fillion, right, and Jon Huertas in the Arcimoto Pulse prototype Continue reading
We may have reached peak oil, but has the U.S. reached peak wingnut? Peak oil, if you don’t know already, is the idea that the … Continue reading
Illustration by Trask Bedortha Continue reading