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Why Kate's Exec Order enacting Cap and Tax concepts is likely unconstitutional: It's a big risk for her as WA Gov Inslee tried the same thing and most was rejected by his liberal Supreme Court https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2020/03/13/gov-kate-brown-executive-order-cap-and-trade-big-gamble-guest-opinion/5021485002/ Kate's Cap and Tax Exec Order gamble relies on an expansion of the clean fuels program: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/03/oregon-climate-change-governors-plan-leans-heavily-on-supersizing-the-clean-fuels-program.html Kate may issue Emergency Ban on all restaurants and bars today: It's not constitutional folks! Don't live […]

Kate reverses herself and bans public schools. https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/456097-372038-in-an-about-face-gov-kate-brown-closes-oregon-schools-pwoff Is Kate's ban on gatherings of 250 Constitutional? Not the way she has implemented it: https://oregoncatalyst.com/46643-is-governor-browns-four-week-ban-on-large-gatherings-constitutional.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OregonCatalyst+%28The+Oregon+Catalyst%29 Other constitutional considerations that make us different from the rest of the world in virus response: https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article241106636.html

Is Kate Brown's Coronovirus ban on public gatherings over 250 people constitutional? It's ok to ban churches but not schools or government offices? Where's the ACLU on this issue? https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/no-gatherings-of-250-or-more-people-in-oregon-for-4-weeks-gov-kate-brown-says.html Is it Constitutional to lock Americans down the way Italy and China have done to their citizens? No it isn't: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/10/21171464/coronavirus-us-lockdown-travel-restriction-italy Most people who get Coronovirus recover in two weeks or less. https://www.koin.com/news/national/most-coronavirus-patients-recover-still-anxiety-fear-loom/

How do you win a war? How can Republicans in OR win hearts and minds on cap and tax that Kate wants to impose now by executive order? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/03/oregon-cap-and-trade-lawmakers-approve-5-million-to-back-governors-executive-order-on-climate-change-policy.html There's no need for cap and tax because OR is already reducing GHG and energy: the facts https://oregoncatalyst.com/46606-46606.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OregonCatalyst+%28The+Oregon+Catalyst%29 Winning hearts and minds on Kate and the progressive Democrat leadership's protection of criminal illegal aliens: ICE issues subpoena's and federal law will […]

Gov Kate declares coronovirus emergency: should schools be shut down along with most large public gatherings? Turns out the Eboard is going to approve extra money to deal with it and other issues Dems said only legislation during short session could do. What hypocrites! https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-in-oregon-march-9-gov-kate-brown-declares-emergency-as-cases-surge.html OR Senator Brian Boquist interview about his newsletter assertion that cap and tax policy is the true national security threat. Timber Unity runs full page […]

Freedom Friday Republicans win the battle, but will they win the war? Depends on the next election and they need to improve their messaging if they are going to win. Dems shut down the session. https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/elections/state-legislative-session-implodes/article_cdc8668a-0dee-5635-815f-cea26a543267.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 Kate says she will implement carbon reduction by executive action: she can only do so with state agencies and cannot force her destructive agenda on the rest of us without legislative action as it […]

Why would a politician give into political pressure to approve a policy that seriously hurts a large number of people they serve? Knopp/Helt get their egos fed with Portland Trib story that says they aren't staying at the legislature because of being worried about the next election. It's a lie and they don't deserve to serve if they cannot defend themselves to part of their constituents. https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/454599-370929-last-republicans-standing-lawmakers-await-colleagues-return- Carbon Energy Sales […]

OR Democrats won't let the coronovirus crisis to go to waste: They are teeing up accusing Legislative R's who are in other states on strike of putting Oregonians in danger because they need to come back and pass emergency legislation to deal with Coronovirus. It's a lie as Gov Kate has broad powers to deal with it without the legislature's help. Dems will use this issue in the fall. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/03/with-coronavirus-spreading-in-oregon-will-republicans-rethink-their-capitol-boycott.html […]