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In a purple Pacific Northwest pocket three Latina candidates face tough House races
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In a purple Pacific Northwest pocket three Latina candidates face tough House races

NPR  

In a purple Pacific Northwest pocket three Latina candidates face tough House races toggle caption Celeste Noche for NPR If you look a typical political map of the United States, Oregon and Washington look safely blue — neither state has voted for a Republican for president since 1984. "We are all feeling like we’re scraping tooth and nail to get …

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SBF, FTX, and effective altruists poured millions into a congressional race in Oregon.
1 year ago

SBF, FTX, and effective altruists poured millions into a congressional race in Oregon.

Slate  

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried was pitched by close observers as something of a reckoning: for the cryptocurrency industry, for the Silicon Valley move-fast-and-break-things ethos, for the freewheeling zero-interest-rate era, and more generally for the blind spots of American capitalism. Between Jan. 6 and 19, Flynn’s campaign received such donations from Zabel and Hopkins, who had just received “gifts” from …

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Florida school bans poem read at Biden inauguration after objection of just one parent
1 year, 7 months ago

Florida school bans poem read at Biden inauguration after objection of just one parent

Raw Story  

The poem that was read by poet Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden's inauguration has been banned from an elementary school in Miami-Dade County, Florida after the objections of just one parent. The Miami Herald reports that the poem, which is titled "The Hills We Climb," was removed from the K-5 curriculum after local parent Daily Salinas challenged it as …

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Amanda Gorman on her inauguration poem being banned at Miami school: ‘I am gutted’
1 year, 7 months ago

Amanda Gorman on her inauguration poem being banned at Miami school: ‘I am gutted’

LA Times  

Amanda Gorman responds to the restriction of her poem for President Biden’s inauguration, “The Hill We Climb,” at a Miami Lakes school library: “So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with Oprah...” Bob Graham Education Center, a K-8 school in Miami-Dade County, restricted access to Amanda Gorman’s acclaimed poem “The Hill We Climb,” which she read at …

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Oregon’s newest House district holds first general election
2 years, 2 months ago

Oregon’s newest House district holds first general election

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — On paper, Oregon’s newly created 6th Congressional District would appear to lean toward Democrats. “It’s a much closer race than would be expected, given the demographics and the partisan makeup of that district,” said Christopher Stout, associate professor of political science at Oregon State University. “I don’t think that Erickson has the same ties to those communities …

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Oregon's newest House district holds first general election
2 years, 2 months ago

Oregon's newest House district holds first general election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s a much closer race than would be expected, given the demographics and the …

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Trial begins in case of missing California college student
2 years, 5 months ago

Trial begins in case of missing California college student

Associated Press  

SALINAS, Calif. — The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body. “In 1995, Stan and Denise Smart sent their oldest daughter Kristin …

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Abortion issue changes landscape in new Oregon district
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion issue changes landscape in new Oregon district

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Booming population growth made Oregon one of just six states to gain an additional seat in the U.S. House following the 2020 census. But Republicans But issue of abortion could complicate GOP efforts to win in a district many observers saw tilting toward the Democrats even before the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. …

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Blurry ballot barcodes delay Oregon House primary results
2 years, 7 months ago

Blurry ballot barcodes delay Oregon House primary results

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The fate of seven-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader hung in the balance Wednesday as elections officials in Oregon’s third-largest county scrambled to tally tens of thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes that were being rejected by vote-counting machines. “Voters have done their jobs, now it’s time for Clackamas County Elections to do theirs,” Fagan said. …

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A Crypto Billionaire Shattered the Primary Spending Record to Back a Candidate Who Is Getting Clobbered
2 years, 7 months ago

A Crypto Billionaire Shattered the Primary Spending Record to Back a Candidate Who Is Getting Clobbered

Slate  

With a significant lead in the Democratic primary that will likely determine who represents Oregon’s newly created 6th District in the House, state Rep. Andrea Salinas appears headed for a comfortable victory over crypto-backed political newcomer Carrick Flynn, who has conceded to Salinas. As an investigation by Oregon Public Broadcasting last month laid out, Sam Bankman-Fried—who lives in the Bahamas—seems …

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Bitter feuds and crypto ties: Inside one of the most expensive Democratic primaries
2 years, 7 months ago

Bitter feuds and crypto ties: Inside one of the most expensive Democratic primaries

NPR  

Bitter feuds and crypto ties: Inside one of the most expensive Democratic primaries Enlarge this image toggle caption ADB.Photography/ADB.Photography ADB.Photography/ADB.Photography In a new congressional district in Oregon, House Democratic candidate Carrick Flynn is a virtual unknown and political novice drawing millions of dollars from curious sources. Bankman-Fried has said he's drawn to "impressive people" working on issues of artificial intelligence …

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One of these people could be Newsom’s pick for California attorney general
3 years, 9 months ago

One of these people could be Newsom’s pick for California attorney general

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom says he will soon announce a replacement for Xavier Becerra, who resigned to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Diana Becton has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017 and is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus. California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is supported for the attorney general’s post by …

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School sends California family a hotspot after students went to Taco Bell to use their free WiFi
4 years, 3 months ago

School sends California family a hotspot after students went to Taco Bell to use their free WiFi

CNN  

CNN — As millions of students are heading back to school virtually from the comfort of their own homes, two young girls in California relied on a Taco Bell’s free WiFi to access their coursework from the restaurant’s parking lot, according to a county official. “Salinas Valley is 45 minutes from Silicon Valley and here we have such a huge …

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