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Oregon did not build its immigration enforcement resistance network by accident. Behind the legislation, activism and protests, and sympathetic press coverage, is a coordinated network of legal non-profit organizations—some Oregon-grown, some parachuted in from out of state—working systematically to dismantle federal immigration enforcement using tax dollars, foundation money, and their own brazen confidence that nobody is watching. They are not satisfied with just the deep-blue sanctuary state of Oregon—-they are just getting started on the rest of the country. What follows is not speculation, but what they have broadcast themselves. Start with Innovation Law Lab. Founded in Portland in 2014...

A disabled woman is suing the homeless services department in Multnomah County, Oregon, after she was denied rent relief due to her low score on the county's race-based prioritization rubric, which awards more points for requesting "culturally specific services"—including "BIPOC"-focused housing—than for having a disability. Michele Mei, a white woman with cerebrovascular disease, filed the lawsuit after she was told that she did not meet the cutoff for housing assistance, Fox 12 Oregon reported last month. The complaint came in the wake of an investigation by Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, which found "substantial evidence of an unlawful housing...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Since the city began contracting with Urban Alchemy — a large San Francisco-based nonprofit homeless service provider — in 2023, Portland's Ombudsman has received more than 80 complaints about the organization, mostly from guests. The most egregious complaints allege sexual harassment, drug use, drug dealing, theft and retaliation by staff. Documents obtained from the ombudsman’s office through a records request detail each of those allegations made by guests staying at a range of Urban Alchemy-run shelter sites across Portland. Some complaints also came from individuals claiming to be Urban Alchemy employees or former employees. Through information...

A vehicle carrying explosives crashed through the front entrance of an athletic club in downtown Portland, Oregon, early Saturday morning, authorities said, causing significant damage to the building. The driver was found dead inside the vehicle. Portland Fire and Rescue said firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle driving into the front entrance of the Multnomah Athletic Club a little before 3 a.m. local time. The vehicle caught fire after the crash, the fire department said. Once the blaze was brought under control, law enforcement found the deceased driver inside, the Portland Police Bureau reported. A club spokesperson told...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Police are investigating after they say a car with an explosive device crashed into the front entrance of the Multnomah Athletic Club early Saturday morning, killing the driver. According to the Portland Police Bureau, officers were called to the scene of the club, located at 1849 Southwest Salmon Street, shortly before 3 a.m. in response to the crash. Police say the car caught fire, and found evidence of an explosive device inside. The driver was killed in the crash. In a notice sent out to members Saturday, the club management announced that the club would be...

Investigative journalist Katie Daviscourt was violently mobbed and had a rock thrown at her face by masked Antifa militants while attempting to report on their May Day riot outside the federal ICE facility on Friday night. Despite having security present, Daviscourt, a reporter for The Post Millennial and Human Events, was forced to abandon her work as black-bloc extremists swarmed her in what she described as a coordinated “direct action” organized by the domestic terrorist group Antifa. Daviscourt livestreamed the attack and posted a clip to X shortly after it happened. In the post with the video, Daviscourt wrote, “It’s...

Do you ever wonder why so many Blue states refuse to hand over their voter rolls to the federal government? After all, there is a federal law that requires certain measures to ensure ballot integrity, passed in the wake of the 2000 Florida debacle. It requires, among other things, that states clean their voter rolls of ineligible voters. But these states refuse to do that, and they refuse to show that they aren't breaking federal law. Of course, every sentient person knows exactly why they do both of those things: they cheat, and want to make it as hard as...

A lawsuit over ineligible names on a state list of voter registrations is resulting in the removal of up to 800,000 of those individuals. In just one state. It’s part of a campaign by Judicial Watch to clean up voter rolls across the nation in light of suspicions of fraud and documented outside influences in recent elections. Judicial Watch sued Oregon in 2024 charging that state officials, mostly leftists, refused to remove ineligible voters even though Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 required that. There already had been confirmed widespread voter roll maintenance failures across dozens...

Chris Harper-Mercer, the man accused of opening fire at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, formerly lived in the South Bay and attended a school for teens with emotional disabilities. Records show Harper-Mercer, 20, lived in a ground-floor apartment on Arlington Avenue at 230th Street in Torrance with his mother, Laurel Harper, from 2011 to 2013. The owner of the building said he did not know them and neighbors did not recall them. But current residents, greeted by reporters knocking at their doors late Thursday, were shocked to learn that the man suspected of committing the nation’s latest mass shooting...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned from her position on Monday amid a watchdog misconduct probe, making her the third cabinet official to depart the Trump administration this year, sources told The Post. Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling is expected to replace her as acting secretary of the Department of Labor, sources noted. Chavez-DeRemer, 58, will follow four other staffers out of department who were all investigated and resigned amid the Office of Inspector General’s sprawling investigation. NOTUS first reported on the secretary’s exit. White House spokesman Steven Cheung announced minutes after the report that Chavez-DeRemer “will be leaving the Administration...

As herds of elk have overtaken a beach in a small Oregon coastal town, tourists have tried to put their children on them to ride and others attempt to feed them carrots. “We have visitors who don't know elk are wild animals,” said the local chamber. It’s a sight most in Wyoming would consider extremely odd: herds of elk lounging around the beach. That’s what’s happening in the small Oregon coastal town of Cannon Beach, where elk are taking over the beaches, looking completely out of context in the sand and surf. And as in Yellowstone National Park, Estes Park,...

Detectives finally discovered the fate of the family who vanished in their car almost 70 years ago on their way to find Christmas decorations in Oregon. The group of five went missing in December 1958 in a case that gripped America. Two of the children were found dead months after the disappearance, but the other members had not turned up. But now, parents Kenneth and Barbara, and daughter, Barbie Martin, have been identified from human remains found in the Columbia River, officials said.

An entitled Oregon shoplifter has sued a grocery store after a clerk beat him up for stealing a cart full of corn dogs and cookies. Joshua Merkel is asking for $10,000 to cover the medical expenses and mental anguish he claims was inflicted during the foiled heist in southwest Portland. Merkel has sued Albertson's grocery store and cashier Matthew Cooper for allegedly attacking him outside the store, leaving him with a black eye and a shattered jaw. The incident happened two years ago, but Merkel filed a civil lawsuit, seen by The Oregonian, last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court....

Oregon is rolling out tablets to all state prisoners, a strategy officials say could help stem the influx of illicit substances into its prisons.Any mail an inmate receives will be digitally scanned and then sent directly to their tablet, eliminating any opportunities for hidden drugs to be unknowingly ferried to their cell, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.Corrections officials have said these changes will happen gradually, adding that they are aiming to get the tablets in the hands of prisoners by September.There are roughly 12,000 people in state custody who may soon be able to watch movies, play games...

UPDATE: Jennifer Lincoln, the Portland doctor whose contract was terminated for harassing ICE at an airport, uploaded a new video filled with useless leftist slogans and disabled the comments. She claims that she sees what “racism and fear” do to patients, that she can’t stay silent, and that she will continue to fight for “democracy.”

A Portland jury on Wednesday acquitted Angella Lynn Davis of Vernonia, Ore., of charges of second-degree disorderly conduct and offensive physical contact stemming from an October confrontation with independent journalist Nick Sortor. Prosecutors said Davis, 47, chased and helped surround Sortor while brandishing a stick near an Antifa-affiliated encampment adjacent to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, which has seen repeated protests and arrests, The Post Millennial reported. Sortor traveled from Washington, D.C. to document unrest tied to federal immigration enforcement policies. Senior Deputy District Attorney Kevin Demer told jurors during opening statements that Davis “aggressively pursued” Sortor after...

A former high school principal with ties to Oregon has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after being convicted of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, a case that has left many people shaking their heads in anger and disbelief. Jeremy P. Williams, 50, of Longview, Washington, previously served as the principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School in Rainier, Oregon. According to court records and reporting out of southwest Washington, Williams was sentenced on February 23 to five years and one month in prison. In addition to prison time, he has been ordered to register as...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland homeowners can now earn extra cash by renting a room out through the city’s new home share pilot program.The Portland Housing Bureau announced last week that it is offering one-time grants to homeowners who rent out their spare rooms using a qualified home share provider.In a press release, Mayor Keith Wilson said the city is exploring ways to utilize existing housing as part of its ongoing effort to address the housing crisis.“For many Portlanders, home sharing is a win-win solution, helping homeowners to supplement their incomes while providing low-income tenants with affordable housing options,” he...

The United States Department of Education announced on February 17 that it was opening an investigation into Portland Public Schools (PPS) over a complaint that the district’s Center for Black Student Excellence (CBSE) violates the federal Civil Rights Act. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint filed in December, alleging the CBSE violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. According to Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey: “Civil rights law—and basic fairness—demand that...

A Portland City Council anti-discrimination proposal would redefine families as any consensual relationship, even those with multiple partners, non-monogamous lovers, multigenerational households and stepfamilies. The measure would prohibit discrimination of such families by landlords, employers, city government and businesses. Portland is set to join Somerville, Mass., Berkeley, and Oakland as cities recognizing polyamorous relationships. This comes at the same time as Oregon couples were featured on a polygamy TV reality show called PolyFamily. It was also featured nationally as a way to save on daycare expenses. This is not helpful for Portland’s decline. • Making Portland an icon for polygamy...