Political Coffee 2-14-2020

Freedom Friday:

OR Senate Dems pass Cap and Tax out of committee to the check writing Ways and Means committee with no R votes. Another step towards the showdown when Senate R’s call Kate’s bluff and walk out: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/democrats-vote-oregons-controversial-climate-change-policy-out-of-committees.html

The bills that are still alive in the short legislative session are all trade bait to keep R’s in the building so D’s can pass cap and tax: https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/oregon-legislature-week-what-s-still-moving-what-s-been/article_1b4e12fe-4c70-52c6-ac91-fef938662ba0.html

Capitol Press agriculture weekly has editorial that says Cap and Tax needs to be put to a vote of the people: amen! https://www.capitalpress.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-oregon-s-climate-bill-should-be-on-the-ballot/article_5af47740-4c2f-11ea-9c7b-0b77702c5988.html

Liberal Oregon US Senator Wyden warns along with MIT that Oregon’s voting app is vulnerable to hacking and altering votes: Will Kate listen? https://www.koin.com/news/politics/mit-hackers-could-alter-ballots-from-oregon-voting-app/

Humor is sometimes needed in politics: The latest edition of the Babylon Bee: https://babylonbee.com/

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