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At least 500 Portland residents joined "emergency" nationwide protests on Saturday against the Trump administration’s ...

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Monday around 5pm. Way to double park and just leave your stupid ass Amazon vehicle there to block our bus from getting through, backing up traffic for God knows how far (and for like ten full minutes ...

Oregon stores can now swipe your driver’s license or ID every time you buy alcohol or cannabis, even if you’re 65 years old ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BRAINY BRITCHES! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP ...

Hey, noisy car guy, let me help you. I’ve had a wife, daughters, a mother, a sister, hundreds of female coworkers, a couple of girlfriends, a couple of hot neighbors. Not one of them has ever said, ...

In response to "Kroger Crime Family" and Oregon's new ID swipe law. Giving your ID to private companies to ab/used can be entirely avoided by carrying a Passport Card. Passport Cards display less ...

The Fred Meyer clerk who grabbed my ID in November and scanned it before I could say anything could see the white in my hair and said he knew I was well over 21, but it was Kroger store policy. I told ...

Sorry lady but nobody likes their landlord. In fact, several massive civil conflicts ("revolutions" one might say) have been waged around the world about this matter, regarding which tenants are ...

Crows are supposed to fall asleep after sundown. By tradition, they gather to squawk the daily news before roosting when daylight dips. Humans, pre-historically, have been similar. Of course, we have ...