I grew up in rural Oregon, but matured intellectually and politically in Portland during the George W. Bush era when Portland was a bastion of resistance to the War on Terror and destructive ...

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You look like an idiot in your pictures holding your stupid ass guitar like you think being in a rock band is still cool in 2025. You look even dumber when you're walking down the street with one ...

I’m just as tired as ever, but my ego is currently up. I only hope that I get to build a connection with my kids while I’m waiting for the big payoff. That I get to support them through their harder ...

In a November 2024 decision, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) dismissed Badon’s case against Freeman. The ...

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I’m a lesbian in a big city. My partner of five years is the most wonderful woman I’ve ever met, and we are deeply in love, ...

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report, coming in one day late this week because I was off work yesterday for MLK ...

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He's a carpenter and he's on the apps and he's got a kid and he must think he's really something great! But a 40-something year old man ghosting people for dates in PDX? He's not hot enough for this ...