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Good morning Portland! Hellooooooooo, SUMMER! ☀️😎💪👙🌴 It’s the first day of the most beautiful season of the year (fight with me) and the clouds will be gathering soon, the sun will be shining and you can expect a mild high of 78 degrees today (and 85 tomorrow) ! Now get ready for something ☀️😎💪👙🌴 NEWS.
IN LOCAL NEWS:
• In a story that shouldn’t surprise you—but if it does, please read the Mercury more often—the company Rapid Response Bio Clean, which the city uses to conduct homeless evacuation, was instructed to pay a homeless person for their personal belongings who do this company carelessly discarded during a 2020 search. Don’t be shocked if this is just the first of many lawsuits of this nature that have been sparked by these cruel and patently inhumane raids. Our Courtney Vaughn has the story.
• After most of Oregon’s Republicans decided to go back to doing what taxpayers paid them to do, lawmakers are rapidly passing new bills — including one that would tighten annual increases in rent and bills by landlords The would add a ton of money to the coffers for various needs such as disaster preparedness and response, food and child welfare, pay increases for government employees and special education teachers, funding for gun inspections, community violence prevention programs, and MUCH more. (Oh, and let’s not forget the $1 billion I-5 bridge replacement that critics are raving about.)
A last-minute proposal to allocate $1 billion in Oregon bonds for a new — and larger — I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver has project critics alarmed. https://t.co/IsocwUyQlY
— Portland Mercury 🗞 (@portlandmercury) June 20, 2023
• In other MONEY🤑 NEWS: The Portland City Council is considering a significant pay rise for… the councilman — but that wouldn’t begin until 2025, when a new 12-member council takes office. The intention is to pay city leaders a living wage so we have a more diverse group of people at the helm and not just wealthy folks just catering to the needs of their wealthy fellows. (And good morning, Commissioner Gonzalez!)
• If you’re a fan of the very entertaining farming simulation video game Stardew Valley, don’t miss this interview with the creator, which among other things proves that the game is set right here in the Pacific Northwest.
• Oh… and did I mention it’s official now SUMMERTo the right?
Time to look SEXY (and represent your city)! Get your new Say Nice Things About Portland tank top or t-shirt NOW! 😎https://t.co/q6ZSTIK7wo
— Portland Mercury 🗞 (@portlandmercury) June 16, 2023
IN NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS:
• As the search continues for the five people missing from a submersible traveling on the sunken Titanic, a Canadian military plane detected underwater noise that may have come from the lost ship – although authorities are right to advise everyone to be prepared for their expectations , as there less than a day of oxygen remains on the submersible, which may be too deep to reach.
• And oh… then there’s this…
My God – Oceangate, the operator of the missing submarine that explored the Titanic wreck, had a viewing port (window) certified only to 1300 meters, the whistleblower complained in a lawsuit, but was fired. How deep is the wreck of the Titanic? ➡️4000 meters. 🔥 https://t.co/PcW2YfgM8u pic.twitter.com/hIisIjRQwV
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 20, 2023
• GREAT NEWS: A federal judge has finally shelved Arkansas’ cruel statute that bans gender-based childcare in that state. The judge rightly says it violates several sections of the US Constitution, which will make it very difficult for assholes in other states to attempt the same nonsense.
• For the first time for the company, the Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for alleged efforts to enroll customers in its Prime program without consent and then making it nearly impossible for them to cancel.
• Does this video remind you of a certain Betsy Johnson you may know?
The homicide rate in Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville is TWICE that in San Francisco. Miami’s homicide rate is THREE times that of San Francisco. https://t.co/0BE1SryrdI
— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) June 21, 2023
• In the corrupt Supreme Court news: Judge Samuel Alito was caught accepting a luxury trip from a hedge fund billionaire and failed to report it. Oh, and Alito also refused to back down from a case when that same hedge fund billionaire appeared before him in court.
• Headline of the day: “Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers; a Fox News reporter notes that it also applies to the woman he is campaigning for.”
• And finally, for those in the back… DID I MENTION? IT IS SUMMER??
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— Dogs Out of Context (@contextdogs) June 20, 2023
