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https://www.levernews.com/how-the-blob-won-the-military-a-1-trillion-budget/

How The Blob Won The Military A $1 Trillion Budget A network of arms industry-funded think tanks and media operatives helped manufacture consent before a record-breaking $1 trillion defense budget.

https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-income-tax-letter-congress/
Billionaire Income Tax Act was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) bill number S2845 with 21 co-sponsors including OR Sen. Merkley; and into the House (HR5427) by Rep. Seve Cohen with 27 co-sponsors. No co-sponsors from Oregon.

Billionaires Income Tax Sign-On Letter to Congress - Americans For Tax Fairness September 17, 2025 Dear Members of Congress:   On behalf of the undersigned organizations collectively representing millions of Americans, we write to urge you to support the Billionaires Income Tax proposed by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Donald Beyer (D-VA)....

https://www.commondreams.org/news/afl-cio-ceo-pay-report

"the average S&P 500 executive made an eye-popping 285 times more than their median worker did, up from a 268-to-1 ratio in 2023." American cities, counties and states need to look at and enact a CEO surcharge, to raise revenue and act to reduce the gap between the richest among us and the rest of us.

Details of the plan as adopted by Portland OR city council in this The Hill article: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/309430-portland-ore-will-levy-first-of-its-kind-ceo-tax/

Portland, Ore. will levy first-of-its-kind CEO tax Portland, Ore. will be come the first jurisdiction in the United States to levy a new tax on companies if their chief executives make much more than their average workers following a city council v…

Sen Sanders forced a vote in the Senate yesterday on two Resolutions of Disapproval SJR34 and SJR41. Those, if approved would have prevented the sale of weapons to Israel. Both bills were defeated sadly. The votes were
SJR34 Y 24 (all Dems) v N 73 including 20 Dems
SJR41 Y 27 (all Dems) v N 70 including 17 Dems.
Sen. Merkley voted Yes on both while Sen. Wyden voted No on both.
While this is a disappointing result, there were more Yes votes than on past votes on similar bills to deny weapons to Israel.

The labor movement has been under attack for decades, but at one time, the labor movement was strong enough to get national legislation passed which helped establish the rights of labor in law. That legislation was the Wagner which created the Nat. Labor Relations Board. What happened to the NLRB and how do we re-empower it?

Requiem for the Wagner Act Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.

https://freepress.org/article/iran-everywhere-we-live-terror-%E2%80%9Cpeaceful-atom-apocalypse%E2%80%9D

From Iran to Everywhere, We Live in Terror of the “Peaceful Atom Apocalypse” Iran or any other nation or terror group, with or without a nuclear warhead, can blow apart any commercial reactor with a single drone.

Latest edition on Inequality.org email alert talks about how Portland OR is addressing the problem of the gap between CEO compensation and average worker pay. Any city, county, state could do the same, both to address the growing wealth and income inequality and the need to raise more revenue to address human needs. https://inequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/inequality-newsletter-may-14-2025.html?emci=170f7490-2d30-f011-8b3d-6045bded8cca&emdi=a9632d49-ed30-f011-8b3d-6045bded8cca&ceid=4045044

Preview - Inequality.org: A trillion for the 1%, cuts for everyone else May 14, 2025                                                         Home   Subscribe  Open in Browser

Stop paying for war! Learn how April 5 in Portland. See details below.

Vote Chris Henry for City Council! Let's build a greener Portland together!

Vote Chris Henry for PDX City Council (District 4): The Progressive Leadership Portland Needs Email from the organization named above View as Webpage Vote Chris Henry for PDX City Council (District 4): Progressive Leadership Portland Needs As we enter the final week before election day, we are

Our Colleague Moses Ross Needs 4 More $5 Donations from Portland Residents That opens for him another increment of public funding from the City.

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Oregon Progressive Party Endorses Marnie Glickman for PDX City Council Preheader Oregon Progressive Party Endorses Marnie Glickman for PDX City Council My name is Marnie Glickman, and I’m running for Portland City Council in District 2. I’m honored to be endorsed by the