As a heat wave grips the west --
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 09/02/2022 - 1:08pmThis diary was prompted by a Grist piece: As heat wave grips Western states, officials warn of blackouts.
So okay let's dig in:
Oregon
Corporate Democrats lost in Oregon yesterday
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 3:36pmThat tidal wave of Big Money donors swept away any potential progressive gains in North Carolina yesterday, but Oregon wasn't buying what they were selling.
Interview with Jamie McLeod Skinner, candidate for Oregon's Secretary of State position
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 3:24pmI remember that two years ago Jamie McLeod Skinner ran for Congress in Oregon's 2nd Congressional District (that's the one encompassing eastern and southern Oregon). For this election she's running for Secretary of State. Here is her webpage, where you can find pictures and bio.
My questions are in boldface; McLeod Skinner's are not.
Interview with Nick Heuertz, candidate for Congress
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 04/27/2020 - 7:27pmNick Heuertz is running for Congress in District 2, which encompasses eastern and southern Oregon. He was raised on a small farm in the district and owned and operated his own small business in the district for over twenty years. He recently wound down his small business in order to get involved in the process of making needed systemic changes in government. His webpage is at https://nikforcongress.com/.
X
Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 06/26/2017 - 2:02pmTomorrow the District of Columbia will become the first jurisdiction in the United States to issue driver's licenses with a non-binary gender option of X.
Oregon Senate votes to make transgender life easier
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 05/14/2017 - 2:00pmOn Wednesday the Oregon Senate voted 23-6 to pass HB 2673, which removes barriers to transgender people obtaining state official document in keeping with our gender identity.
The bill now moves on to Gov. Kate Brown's desk.
Six Simple Ideas to Strengthen Democracy in America
Submitted by hungeski on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:26pm
Fair and reliable elections, an informed citizenry, wide participation in governance -- these are cornerstones of democracy. But the recent election in the U.S.A. has pointed out serious cracks in those stones. Gerrymandered districts weakened voters of one party, and made races non-competitive. Recently-erected hurdles stopped many from voting. Big media focused on the horse race, and ignored policy issues. Persons trafficked in misleading and fake news on social media. And, in the end, demagogy and crackpottery carried the day. What follows are six simple ideas that can, I think, be easily implemented, and that might well go a long way toward fixing those cracks and strengthening our democracy.
Slip slidin' Away
Submitted by jamess on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 2:18pmYesterday I was out celebrating the third day of my vacation,
Catching the "New Moon Low Tide," conveniently happening around dawn, all this week ...
(convenient from the perspective of great light for photography, and the unusual lack of crowds)
Oregon Judge allows "non-binary" sex option
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 06/12/2016 - 2:17pm
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy Holmes Hehn ruled Friday that Jamie Shupe's legal sex would be changed from female to non-binary.
It's really exciting for the courts to actually recognize what we know to be true: gender is a spectrum. Some people don't identify as male or female.
--Nancy Hacque, Basic Rights Oregon
Hellraisers Journal: Haywood, Moyer, & Pettibone Held on Murderers' Row at Idaho Penitentiary
Submitted by JayRaye on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:54pmThrough the window that faced the rear wall I could see
what I afterward learned was the death-house,
where the condemned were hanged.
-Big Bill Haywood
what I afterward learned was the death-house,
where the condemned were hanged.
-Big Bill Haywood
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Saturday February 24, 1906
Boise, Idaho - More Arrest Made in Steunenberg Case, Men Held in Idaho State Pen
From the Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times of February 21, 1906:
MORE ARRESTS IN BOISE CASE
-----OREGON GOVERNOR GRANTS REQUISITION PAPERS FOR
TWO MORE ALLEGED ACCOMPLICTS
IN STEUNENBERG CASE.
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SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 20.-Gov. Chamberlain has granted requisition papers for the arrest and return to Idaho of J. L. Simpkins and Steve Adams, wanted as accomplices in the murder of Former Gov. Frank Steunenberg of Idaho. Simpkins is believed to be in this state. Adams is under arrest at Baker City.
-----BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 20.-It has been arranged that Moyer, Haywood, Pettibone and Steve Adams, held here on a charge of murdering Former Gov. Frank Steunenberg, shall be taken to Caldwell tomorrow morning and given a preliminary hearing. A special grand jury is to be called to be in readiness to meet any emergency, such as habeas corpus proceedings, etc.
Steve Adams was arrested at Haines, Oregon, yesterday. He was in Caldwell just before the murder and was seen with Orchard walking along the railway track in the vicinity of the Steunenberg home. Vincent St. John, who was arrested at Wallace, it is thought will arrive in Caldwell tomorrow morning, making five to be given a preliminary hearing. Adjutant General Bulackley [Bulkeley] Wells of Colorado has remained over to testify at the preliminary hearing....
