While Maui is burning, all people care about are their vacations. When Puerto Rico had no electricity after being decimated by a Hurricane, all people cared about were their vacations. This is how tourism & the framing of occupied land as “paradise” dehumanizes native populations

No one is above the law. For two decades, Justice Thomas failed to report millions in gifts. Today, we asked DOJ to investigate Thomas for violating the Ethics of Government Act of 1978. We are joined by Ranking Members Nadler & Raskin, and Judiciary Members Lieu & Hank Johnson.

The Pacific NW will move to Preparedness Level Four at 1200 today, August 12. With projected thunderstorms coming to the Region, please let us all work together and prevent human caused fires. Every new preentable fire start will take critical resources away from existing fires.

Kellen Browning The hands of someone who “searched desperately through the wreckage.”

Thanks to Automatic Voter Registration and Vote By Mail, Oregon had one of the highest turnout rates for youth voters in the nation in the 2022 midterms. Oregon keeps proving that when we make voting accessible, people will vote!

Earth's ocean temperatures have just reached new all-time highs, breaking the record set -- earlier this year. We are in a climate emergency.

Enough is enough. It’s time for Clarence Thomas to step down.

Big Oil got $196 billion in profits last year and we got a summer of wildfires, smoke, floods, and extreme heat. We must hold the fossil fuel industry accountable & pass a windfall profits tax.

Fire officials are prepositioning initial attack resources throughout the NW in preparation for extreme heat and fire weather watches and warnings across most of the geographic area. Please know and follow local fire restrictions to stop any new human caused fires.

Wow, this is HUGE. In the first-ever trial of its kind in the US, a group of Montana youths argued their constitutional rights were being violated. Judge finds plaintiffs have “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate…”

Japan has begun releasing their toxic life-killing water into the Pacific Ocean from fukushima. Now we know why Rahm Emmanuel is the ambassador to japan. What a screwed up horrific nightmare. Thanks Joe. Why are you in favor of this horrific Earth killing program ?

It was 59°F (15°C) this week in northern Greenland just 1000km south of the North Pole — kicking off the largest late-August melting event ever observed on the Greenland ice sheet. We are in a climate emergency.

Poll shows 70% of voters support unions trib.al/tP5q9wr

Police Chief Danielle Outlaw will be out in Philly soon. She faced accusations of allowing excessive police force there, as she had in Portland. opb.org/article/2023/0…

Oregon’s vote by mail system is a tried and true way for folks to make their voices heard on their own time. Let’s expand this simple and secure system nationwide!

.ARCHIVED: Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made a huge blunder by granting waivers for environmental review to fast-track a border wall. It contradicts President Biden's central promise not to continue the construction of the wall. I’m calling on Homeland Security to reverse this decision by the end of the week.

The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. How will this deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.

Despite Portland's reputation as of late, an FBI data compilation shows that all reported violent crime has actually decreased. However, the same can't be said for the rest of the state. katu.com/news/local/new…

Is she speaking at an expensive lectern?