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• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has issued a final warning to Trump: Either resign now or face an impeachment vote next week. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the first Republican to call for the president to resign, saying, I want him out. (SAME!) Meanwhile Trump hasn t said anything other than he won t be attending Biden s inauguration which I guess means he won t get a gift bag!
• To the surprise of no one, Trump extremists are planning on attending Biden s inauguration but unlike the Capitol, this event will be guarded by the FBI, Secret Service, and more who will not be putting up with an ounce of traitorous bullshit.
by Alex Zielinski • Dec 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm Jade Schulz
[This year s news cycle was a vicious one, and left little time for reflection. As 2020 nears its end, we re taking the opportunity to look back on the most important Mercury stories written during the past year. This article was originally published on to help continue our work into next year and beyond. eds.]
At 11 am Tuesday morning, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown approached a podium in a Portland government building to deliver an update to the public on the state’s response to COVD-19. In a crowded room just six miles north of Brown’s press conference, at least a hundred men incarcerated at Columbia River Correctional Institute (CRCI) sat quietly around communal TV sets watching her speak.
I ll take that to-go, please! KATHLEEN MARIE
Good morning, Portland! This is going to be my last Good Morning, News Post of 2020 we re all taking a bit of time off to
celebrate the holidays recover from the year when the news didn t stop so I ll leave you with one last entry of Holiday Music That Doesn t Suck:
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here are the headlines.
• Some good news to start with: In a special legislative session held yesterday, Oregon lawmakers voted to extend the statewide eviction moratorium until June, meaning Oregonians can t be evicted for failing to make rent during the pandemic. How renters can be expected to make up more than a year s rent deficit after the moratorium ends is still TBD.
by Alex Zielinski • Dec 21, 2020 at 4:32 pm GETTY IMAGES / IMAGESOURCE
Chris Baumgardner s headaches began a day after being released from prison. Then it was the numbness in his fingertips. Then, shortness of breath. Two days after leaving Columbia River Correction Institute (CRCI), Baumgardner, 53, got a call from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) informing him that he had tested positive for COVID-19 before his release. I lost it, Baumgardner recalled in an interview with the
Mercury. I had just spent the past two days with my family, friends. which means I had exposed the people closest to me to a deadly disease.