It appears that being unrelentingly woke means that you need fewer dormitories. The University of Oregon is facing a major budget crisis and will cut $65 million from its budget and close dorms due to low enrollment. That growing crisis, however, did not stop Oregon from burning almost a million dollars fighting against free speech. It also did not induce its faculty to offer greater intellectual diversity and tolerance to prospective students. Oregon is a cautionary tale for a generation of academic social warriors, but also an opportunity for those who want to restore balance in higher education.
Oregon has long been an example of academic orthodoxy. While most state schools begrudgingly yield to First Amendment demands and offer better free speech alternatives to private universities, Oregon is known as a hardened silo for the far left in teaching.
We previously discussed how Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was blocked from the Twitter account of the University of Oregon’s Division of Equity and Inclusion after tweeting “All men are created equal.” Oregon spent almost a million dollars fighting to bar such speech.
Such controversies have plagued the university for years, with no sign of self-examination by administrators or academics. The university was criticized for its monitoring of social media to punish errant thoughts or microaggressions. The law school’s law review was accused of anti-Israel discrimination.
The school previously gave special recognition to University of California (Santa Barbara) Professor Mireille Miller-Young, who criminally assaulted pro-life advocates on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. At the University of Oregon, she was honored as a featured speaker at the University of Oregon’s Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Part of its “black feminist speaker series,” Miller-Young’s work was highlighted by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English to show “the radical potential of black feminism in the work that we do on campus and in our everyday lives.”
Now, the school is facing declining revenues and enrollments.
President Karl Scholz recently announced that this was due to lower out-of-state first-year enrollment, which means lower tuition revenue, increased costs, and a loss of grant funding.
Strangely, while closing dorms, the school is still building two new dorms.
Putting aside the school’s past budget judgment and discipline, the university’s reputation for intellectual orthodoxy deters many who do not want to pay tuition for their children to be indoctrinated or silenced. Even with plunging trust in higher education, administrators and faculty cannot resist the temptation to exclude opposing voices.
Oregon is not the only school facing such shortfalls. Some woke institutions have closed entirely. The irony is that faculty would seem to prefer to see their institutions die than restore balance to their departments. However, this may offer a real opportunity for legislators and donors to force real changes in the culture of these schools.
As I have previously written, parents and students who value free speech must increasingly look to public universities where faculty are subject to constitutional guarantees. Public universities may be the final line of defense for free-speech advocates.
We now largely have two systems of higher education for those seeking education with a diversity of opinions and viewpoints. Except for outliers like the University of Chicago and other private universities holding the line on free speech, the orthodoxy found at private universities remains a barrier to many conservative and independent thinkers.
If we are to protect these bastions of free speech, legislatures will need to play a more active role in addressing the exclusion of both faculty candidates and speakers on public campuses. Too many faculty members continue to take the view that citizens are a captive audience expected to continue funding their departments, while excluding conservative or dissenting views held by many, if not most, citizens in a given state.
If faculty members want to continue maintaining echo chambers for their own viewpoints, they should have to seek private donors to sustain such intolerance and orthodoxy.
Legislatures can demand evidence that schools are maintaining intellectually diverse faculties in determining the level of continued support from citizens.
When some of us have argued for such campaigns, academics hypocritically claim that we are calling for political litmus tests or hiring based on political parties. It is an absurd argument that I have previously addressed, including in my book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
The call is for donors and legislators to withhold funding until they see real reforms, including greater diversity on faculties. They are not directing the hiring but looking at the results. The faculty members objecting to such calls have watched passively (or actively supported) the purging of conservative or libertarian faculty from universities and colleges.
When confronted by their own obvious ideological litmus tests, they shrug. Some acknowledge that their departments are overwhelmingly liberal, but insist that they just cannot find “competent” or “intellectually promising” conservatives. A few will admit that they do not believe that conservative views have a place in their departments.
It is impossible to deny the purging of faculties to create an academic echo chamber. If a large corporation effectively eliminated women or minorities while claiming no conscious discrimination, they would be trounced in court.
For years, I have raised concerns about the intolerance in higher education and surveys showing that many departments no longer have a single Republican as faculty members replicate their own views and values. There is no evidence that any faculty members (including those acknowledging the loss of virtually all faculty from the right of center) are honestly willing to reform their schools.
That ideological echo chamber is hardly an enticement for many facing rising tuition costs and relatively little hope of being taught by faculty with opposing views.
A Georgetown study recently found that only nine percent of law school professors identify as conservative at the top 50 law schools — almost identical to the percentage of Trump voters found in the new poll.
There is little evidence that faculty members are interested in changing this culture or creating greater diversity at schools. In places like North Carolina State University a study found that Democrats outnumbered Republicans 20 to 1.
As college and university presidents face these shortfalls, it is time for legislators and donors to demand real proof of diversity in hiring and a change in the culture of these institutions. Otherwise, schools like Oregon will continue to close dorms as they push wokeness over wisdom.
I saw one study that forecasted a 13% decline, on average, in college enrollment in the US from 2023 to 2041. Universities in the south are generally predicted to either slightly grow or slightly decline. For years, university administration costs have grown faster than inflation. Difficult decisions were not necessary. Now the enrollment is declining, difficult decisions are necessary. This should be an opportunity for universities to reexamine and focus on their core mission. I expect the process to involve much gnashing of teeth.
Turley Writes:
“The orthodoxy found at private universities remains a barrier to many conservative and independent thinkers.”
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog.
The removed content was all published before Trump’s second term, and includes press releases, consumer advisories, congressional testimonies, speeches and blog posts. Some of the material dates back to as early as 2010, when the agency was formed.
The removed content spans a wide range of formats and topics, from consumer advisories about what to do when your home insurance costs surge and know-your-rights pages for veterans, to CFPB directors’ testimonies before the House financial services and Senate banking committees, which directors are required to give twice a year.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng
interactive/2026/jun/04/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau
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It appears that the rigid ideology of the Trump administration mandates the suppression of consumer advisories. Like we don’t want veterans to know their rights? Like informed consumers are a threat to business!
Turley should look further than ‘woke colleges’ to find examples of free speech suppression. Many examples can be found right there in Washington.
The Demographic Cliff
In 2007, the United States recorded 4.3 million births. In 2022, that number had fallen to approximately 3.3 million — a 23% decline in a single generation’s birth cohort. Those children born in 2007 are now turning 19. They were always going to be the leading edge of the demographic wave that higher education forecasters have been calling the “enrollment cliff” — and that cliff is no longer approaching. It has arrived.
https://degreecalc.com/blog/college-enrollment-decline/
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Commenter Lin was thoughtful enough to post this link Thursday morning. It warrants a second post. The truth is the United States wouldn’t be growing if it weren’t for immigration.
Therefore Trump’s insistence on pressing forth with mass deportations only makes sense from a racist perspective. The U.S. would be suffering from labor shortages if it weren’t for undocumented immigrants.
The deportation of so-called ‘Dreamers’ is especially stupid. They ARE Americans and we could use them in the workforce.
Maybe we should stop killing babies and continue deporting illegals. We don’t have a labor shortage if percentage of working adults increases to normal levels.
Maybe “killing babies”, which isn’t what has happened, is a termination of a pregnancy by a person who has determined they cannot raise a child. Most of this is the explosion in the cost of child care and the near total dependency on a two-person relationship with both working to afford a child. The alternative suggested by conservatives, is to not have sex and therefore to also not produce children.
The complaints of “killing babies” as having anything to do with population numbers is a dead-end argument. Either do what conservatives say to do or don’t – there won’t be babies being born to those who feel they cannot care for them.
And what of those who, in fact, cannot care for them? That cannot afford to raise children?
This is the heart of the conservative argument. Children raised in poverty are excellent targets for employment exploitation and have a subpopulation that will see violent crime as a source of income, and conservatives love crime, because it means more police, more spending on prisons and, of course, the sport of blaming race for the results of poverty.
The major reason for late term termination of pregnancy is that the fetus is dead and needs to be extracted to avoid rotting in the womb. There isn’t a functioning immune system in the womb if the fetus has died. Rotting doesn’t always happen but the exceptions are notable because they are rare.
Looks like 86 DACAs were deported, as you know, DACA grants no legal status, and while it allows Dreamers to work and study in the United States, they must continue to clear federal background checks when their status is up for renewal. So you think @86 DACAs out of more than a million illegal/non-legal status coming in each year is a problem, eh? I’m sure if the deportations were unconstitutional or illegaL, we would have heard about it.
Your comment does not take job loss from technology advances into account, but what makes it particularly repugnant and marks you as a person is your descent to the racism claim.
“The U.S. would be suffering from labor shortages if it weren’t for undocumented immigrants.”
But when it comes to AI, suddenly the argument turns to there will not be enough jobs.
You and your pinko friends on the left can’t seem to get things straight. You like talking out of both sides of your mouth and taking both sides of the argument because you are obstructionist and do not understand what is happening.
Wokeness is a cancer that kills the patient. There is nothing attractive about it. The true believers make fools of themselves with passion and fury. People leave and seek meaning where it can be found.
Wokeness has captured many institutions, including academia and mainline churches. They all shrink. They are all shriveling up and dying because wokeness is an agent of death, not life.
The true believers make fools of themselves with passion and fury. Like you, you fool.
I agree. Just remember watching the Los Angeles riots resulting in massive protests with most protesters waving the flag of Mexico. So, what’s up with that? You think they own Los Angeles? Not likely!
Today I read an article in a locavore supplement to town’s wekly newspaper written by a student at a highly regarded New England liberal arts college located in the town about the college’s community garden patch. It included a diatribe about imposing terms like “invasive species” on plants (ie tomatillas) as having racial and cultural implications…. Sigh.
I doubt seriously that the Oregon state legislature will do anything to reverse the decline of its state university. It will decline to community college status. On the bright side if that happens they may start turning out graduates with 2 year tech degrees and tradesmen who will contribute to the economy and society rather than trying to destroy them. That would be a lesson in creative destruction.
Heck, the whole state is headed for the dumpster.
The number of faithful Democrat voters has shrunk, their loyalty is circling the drain, and the DNC messaging appeals to less number of people than the number of Independent voters. No wonder they are advocating violence: they are desperate to regain power. The Legacy Media as well.
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An autopsy of the DNC campaign autopsy
Why did Democratic Senate candidates in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada win while Harris lost?
The questions here are straightforward. What were the key differences between Harris’ campaigns in those states and the Senate campaigns?
In the three closest states (Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania), the margin was under 2 percent with 44 electoral votes at stake, enough for Harris to have won. Biden won them in 2020. Why didn’t she?
Why did Harris lose ground with key major voter groups (independents, women, and Hispanics)?
Why did the margin for independents (who were 34 percent of the presidential electorate) go from +13 for Biden to +3 for Harris? Why did women (53 percent) go from +15 for Biden to +8 for Harris, particularly given the emphasis on abortion? Why did Hispanics (11 percent) go from +33 for Biden to +5 for Harris?
Why did the lowest percentage of the presidential electorate in the history of exit polling (1972 forward) identify as Democrats in the 2024 election?
The questions here are why did Democrats, as a percentage of the presidential electorate, go from 37 percent in 2020 to 31 percent in 2024, representing about 10 million fewer Democrats? Why did Democrats come in behind independents as a percentage of the presidential electorate? (The first time a major political party finished behind independents since the Watergate era.)
Why did Democrats fall behind independents to third place in party ID in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin?
https://rollcall.com/2026/06/03/an-autopsy-of-the-dnc-campaign-autopsy/
Because of the difficult recovery after Trump bungled the Covid pandemic which forced Biden to take extreme measures that, for a time, made independents uncomfortable.
I hope they all enjoy $5/gallon gasoline and $20/pound steak.
I only paid $5/gal under Biden.
Biden killed twice as many people as Trump.
Or more accurately – no country did well – though Sweden did nothing and did better than most.
Macrotrends says the price of Beefsteak is 13.02
Unless you are after Wagu
Trump started the pandemic spread in the US instead of stopping it cold. Other countries I don’t care about.
Trump told people it was no worse than the flu, a lie. That injecting something like bleach or using cell killing UV light in lungs were worth trying. He made masks a political statement instead of one that cuts the amount of infected material that can reach others. He promoted the use of Ivermectin, which did help with the virus, but only in those people who had massive parasitic infections and acted by allowing them to better deal with the Covid symptoms by killing the parasites; it had no direct effect on Covid and could and did do damage to anyone without an existing parasite infestation.
In doing so Trump let a basement fire get to blocking all the exits in an apartment building and rage up from the bottom because, when it first became clear it tough to control, it hit California and New York City, places where people voted against him. And that was fine for him. Trump was a biowarfare arsonist.
At the same time, Trump’s kid was exporting key medical supplies to other countries. So much for America First.
Trump forced gasoline prices to go up; Biden didn’t. Trump is the President NOW, Biden isn’t.
Whatabout arguments is a stupid man’s response and I would think you would know better, but clearly not.
Trump bungled the pandemic?
Trump’s Operation Warp Speed qualified three vaccines in record time, bringing Moderna from a lab experiment to production quantities.
OWS’s COO was executing his plan to roll vaccines out to every clinic, public health dept, and pharmacy in the country
The US Cumulative COVID death rate was less than the UK’s until Sept, 2021, despite our lack of an NHS. Biden was not prepared to handle the death surge of the Delta variant even though it had emerged in India back in Dec 20.
And sadly, more than twice as many Americans died from COVID on Biden’s watch (822K vs 390K for Trump).
Warp Speed did nothing to qualify the vaccines. The makers were already doing that, including ramping up. Trump dumped gasoline on the pandemic fire and you want to credit him for work he did not do?
Like “I started a forest fire and when it got really big I started a bucket brigade with a few people.” is Trump’s claim as the fire claimed town after town. Stopping the fire was more important than trying to chase after it all while telling people the fire was a hoax made up by the Democrats.
Trump’s watch was 1/4th as long with Covid as Biden had and was with a smaller population exposed to it, so Trump was about 8X more deadly than Biden.
And Joe’s “extreme measures” included handing out $2 trillion of unneeded stimulus, just az America
America went back to work, even though he KNEW of the supply chain issues limiting the amount of goods available. Result: Demand-pull inflation, the highest in 40 years. To fix it, the Fed tripled interesf rates — the highest in 22 years.
By 2024, Bidenflation cost the average family of four $17K a year, per the House Budget Committee.
This is what comes from electing a President who graduated from his undistinguished state school at the 25th percentile.
The alternative was massive job loss, housing loss, collapse of businesses.
Yeah, there was inflation, but unemployed homeless people aren’t a better alternative.
Notably, several Republicans in Congress took the money and did not use it to pay workers. They fraudulently kept it. That’s the conservative ideal in the USA today.
There are only 4 slaughter houses for beef supply. Yup, only 4 for a country of 345 million inhabiants. And they are likely having to pay to transport cut and packaged beef, etc, across the country. Bet ya didn’t know that. BTW, Trump has requested to investigate why only 4 slaughter houses in a nation of 345 milllion people. BTW, 2 of the slaughter houses are foreigned owned. YOU DON’T think there is collusion to drive prices up? Oh, there just three (3) companies in the U. S. that build / repair / etc who control the vast majority of the fire truck market. And here they are:
REV Group, Pierce Manufacturing (owned by
Oshkosh Corporation),
and Rosenbauer, according to Senate testimony. Dec 8, 2025 Boy, talk about criminal behaviour!
97 J6ers Charged With New, Unrelated Crimes
At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released on Thursday from Lawfare, the nonprofit legal issues publication.
The figure, which is larger than previously known, includes 19 cases that happened after Mr. Trump granted clemency to Jan. 6 defendants on the first day of his second term, according to the study’s author. The rest of the cases happened in the years after the riot.
At least 16 have been charged with sex crimes or crimes related to child sexual abuse material and at least six have faced domestic violence charges. Others have faced charges for physical assaults, illegal firearms possession, or other violent crimes. At least 20 have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or public intoxication.
The Trump administration has been eager to promote crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, often promoting posters and images with their names and offenses listed. But Mr. Trump and his allies have portrayed the Jan. 6 offenders as victims.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/jan-6-new-crimes.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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These are the deplorables Trump portrays as ‘victims’. And just today a vast majority of Senate Republicans defeated an attempt by Democrats to block any payments to the J 6ers.
We are supposed to beleive a putportedly non-partisan non profit called “lawfare” ?
Regardless, your criteria is ACCUSED.
I Accuse you of some Crime – there – now you are part of some statistic.
There were also approximately another 1000 with pending charges at the time Trump ended this mess.
That for an event that was TAME compared to any day at Delany hall.
Was there a single Capital Police Officer that got Bitten ?
Regardless, J6ers sought to excercise their 1st amendment right to petition govenrment – at the correct place to do so – The capital.
Left Wing nuts are making the same stupid mistake that left wing vietnam war protestors make and protesting those tasked with fighting the war – not those who got us into the war.
If you are unhappy with ICE – go to the mall and protest at the Capital.
As to the DOJ Settlement – SO WHAT ?
If Congress tanks the settlement – then there will be a new settlement.
Congress MIGHT be able to constrain Trump from giving the money he receives for Damages from the misconduct of the IRS back to government with strings attached.
But they can not keep him from keeping it and doing with it whatever he wants.
If you did not want Trump to have a huge pile of Money to divy as he pleases – you should not have leaked his Tax Return.
John Say, you sound like a sociopath supporting sex offenders and trash. Jan 6 was a violent riot in which 150 cops were injured. And TRUMP WAS NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE!
if any sex offenders offered you sex it would be the best thing that happened in your incel sad life
There is video of one of those “injured cops” – one who is now on disability in The capital perfectly Fine AFTER the event.
Again – no officer was bitten.
No officer had lighter fluid poured over them and lit.
No officer had frozen water bottles thrown at them.
No officer had lasers pointed at their eyes.
None of the myriads of premeditated instruments of violence or the actual acts of violence that are typical of the left was at J6.
Nearly all the violence was at the west tunnel,
Where the CP accidentally tear gassed themselves, and then accidentlly or deliberately tear gassed a peaceful crowd
Capt. Sund – the head of the CP has claimed this was a deliberate setup from the start.
Recent evidence has confirmed that – Polisi wanted Sund gone and Trump framed – and got Sunds subordinates to create a violent event to accomplish that – and they got promoted.
I beleive there is 115K hourse of video of the Capital – that you can view if you want.
There is not even 0.1% that shows violence.
You are delusional.
But then you bought the collusion delusion
That the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.
That Covid came from a wet market.
That the arctic would melt down by 2013,
That Joe Biden was competent.
That Joe Biden was not corrupt.
And on and on and on.
Marquette has the generic ballot at D+1 – it needs to be D+4 to win the house – because left wing nuts have Gerrymandered themselves.
It probably needs to be even higher – as a result of the end of faux racial gerymandering to benefit Democrats.
Democrats will probably win the CA governor and LA Mayor – but in deep blue CA – you are facing an actual fight.
If you can not win in CA – your screwed.
Everyone is waiting for the other shoe to Drop on Platner.
And TX is never going to elect a vegan that thinks there are 6 sexes.
And you MUST win both Maine and Texas to hope to retake the Senate.
You do not seem to grasp that people hate you. You lie too much.
Of course Trump was never held accountable – he is not the one that rigged the election.
Trump is far from perfect. I did not vote for him – ever.
But He is still the best president in the 21st century.
Regardless, you do not seem to grasp that people do not care all that much about him.
They properly hate YOU – you lie, cheat and steal.
You can not ever be trusted with Power again.
What damages did Trump sustain from releasing his taxes? There were about 100,000 others who also had their tax filings released at the same time by a non-government contractor. One of them got an official apology and may have been paid $1. He was also a billionaire.
That is a matter for the jury in the case to decide.
BTW the fact that he was a billionaire makes it worse. The information in a Tax return can create all kinds of oportunities for Fraud and Theft.
Regardless, this was a federal crime – who has gone to jail ?
The IRS is not supposed to share tax returns with Anyone – not Contractors, not other Government agencies – not Congress.
By law even Congress has to jump through all kinds of legal and procedural hoops to even get individual tax returns from the IRS.
So lets make this clear – the Crime was someone in the IRS giving tax returns to someone not in the IRS
You want Bonkers over DOGE getting Social Security information – without names and numbers
But you want people to beleive criminal handling of Tax returns is no big deal.
You have no morals.
It does not surprise anyone that ALL the leaks of Tax information from the IRS – whether under Obama or Biden
was of conservatives and libertarians.
The only left wing groups EVER leaked – were because they had a name that SOUNDED conservative.
All the leaks were of conservatives or libertarians? That’s a bold and unsubstantiated claim.
DOGE didn’t need access to any Social Security information and it’s clear what they actually exported.
The contractors were doing work for the IRS. The government rarely has staffing or facilities to do all the jobs Congress sets out for them.
Also, Trump’s damages are ones he has to prove he suffered. The jury decides if they are true or not, but Trump won’t ever release the financial information necessary to prove it because he’s up to his eyeballs in debt to the Russians.
Who is “you” in this and your other comments?
More foolishness garnered from a study from the left.
The study suffers from methodological errors including selection errors and dishonest statistical framing. The presidential pardon corrected federal overreach, and it turns out there was a low recidivism rate far below national averages
Thanks for bringing up the VERY lower recidivism rate–an important statistic to consider compared to the national recidivism rate.
The comment you responded to is not from a human, but a Chinese Communist Party bot that is programmed to post a comment here every night telling lies about President Trump. You can always tell from this:
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The CCP is not very creative in programming its bots to vary the format.
Low recidivism, so far. It’s only been 2 years.
And the national recidivism rate for felons after 2 years is 50%
We haven’t had another election cycle to redo the behavior.
John Say beat me to it. You morons think you are intelligent. Let me tell you the truth. You are not intelligent, but dumb, proving so with every response you make. Get that through your head while we laugh at each and every one of your responses, because it is so simple to respond to a birdbrain.
The poster also used “accused” – not charged, not convicted.
The actual recivism rate is near non-existance.
Nationally the 1 year recidivism rate for felons is 40%, CA’s two year recidivism rate is 68%
John, you have a lot of patience dealing with these idiots. I respond occasionally to the low-life idiots when I need to play in the sandbox and laugh at them peeing on themselves.
None of the crimes matter when they support the Emperor.
Any claimed criminal offense for entering the Capital while congress is in session would violate the 1st amendment.
Congress is certainly allowed to restrict and limit access to its buildings, chambers, hearing rooms, and member offices without violating the first amendment.
Has that so called (emperor) Put anyone to death? Put them away for ever?
NOPE… You fail!
Trump fiddled, golfed actually, while allowing a pandemic to start that killed 1 Million Americans.
Then too , forever is a long time, but he’s put a lot of people to death. Mainly he’s been working on his memorials to himself and to stealing anything not nailed down. Even Julius Caesar had a Senate to contend with, so not everything is going Trump’s way.
You win! The dumbest comment of the day, maybe even the week!
What Trump is doing now regarding Jan 6th criminals is what Stalin would have done.
No coincidence that Trump loves red and gold just like Stalin did.
The US Senate race in Texas got uglier on Thursday as Republican Ken Paxton accused Democrat James Talarico of lacking the requisite criminal record to represent the Lone Star State in Washington.
“With all due respect, my opponent doesn’t have the cojones to go on a crime spree,” he told a crowd of supporters in Houston. “James Talarico never saw a law he didn’t abide.”
Drawing a stark contrast between himself and Talarico, Paxton said, “My criminal record is as big as Texas itself.”
Paxton warned that, given the lawless environment that currently prevails in Washington DC, a non-crook like Talarico would be a “dangerous choice,” adding, “Texas deserves a criminal who doesn’t need on-the-job training.”
Estovir, that’s rich coming from Paxton.
AI Summary:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton currently has no active criminal charges. His high-profile legal battles have concluded through the following resolutions:
Securities Fraud Charges:
In 2015, Paxton was indicted on felony charges of securities fraud and failing to register as an investment adviser. After years of delays, the case was resolved in March 2024 through an 18-month pretrial agreement requiring him to complete 100 hours of community service, 15 hours of legal ethics education, and pay restitution. Having fulfilled these terms, the charges were officially dismissed.
Federal Corruption Probe:
In April 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice officially closed its long-running corruption investigation into Paxton—which stemmed from allegations by former aides that he abused his office to aid a political donor—without filing any criminal charges.
That would be the Trump DoJ that stopped the investigation in order to support Paxton’s political ambitions that Trump supports.
The actual rimes committed by Joe Biden make the allegations against Paxton look like an alter boy.
PHONY ANON!
I’ve seen enough. I know where the treason is and the hate.
Oregon will close and the dorms will become homeless shelters. They’ll hunt and gather and starve. Back to nature.
Remember the natives did best near rivers and those with a food source like salmon.
OT: Thanks to Trumps inept attempt at war with Iran. He’s managed to draw down the SPR to its lowest levels ever and other nations have gotten to the point where they cannot draw down their own stockpiles in the next few weeks.
Watch out for really high gas prices thanks to Trump and his incompetent “deal making”. Trump is begging for a deal and the Iranians have all the leverage. What an idiot.
Brief Response to OT:
(1) Biden withdrew mucho more from SPR than TRump. Even worse, he claimed it was replaced, but that was false, and he left Trump with a 40% reduction.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Fact-Checking-the-Biden-Administrations-SPR-Narrative.html
(2) Our close economic and strategic ties to Egypt may pay off. https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/egypt-hits-biggest-oil-and-gas-jackpot-in-15-years-with-massive-desert-discovery/e18m3ll
(-don’t have time to look it up now, but I believe Egypt abuts the Red Sea, and those who choose to effectively shut out the significance of the Hormuz strait and not worry about Iran at all, may have won the lottery indeed.)
Try to think it all the way through, Mr. X, instead of always trying out your “gotchas” on Messrs. Turley and Trump.
I think that’s called comprehension, n’est ce pas?
Thanks
Lin, you should really read what you cite.
The Article Does Not Say Biden “Left Trump with a 40% Reduction”: The cited OilPrice article was published in August 2024, during Joe Biden’s term. It states that the SPR was 40% below the levels of when Biden took office, not when he left office.
Following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Trump administration authorized a 172 million barrel release from the SPR. According to Energy News Beat, recent weekly draws under Trump have hit 1.41 million barrels per day, which actively outstrips the pace of Biden’s 2022 emergency release.
The Business Insider Africa article notes that Egypt’s “jackpot” holds an estimated 70 million barrels of oil equivalent total (combining gas and oil). For perspective, global oil supply fluctuates near 95 to 105 million barrels per day. Egypt’s entire landmark discovery wouldn’t satisfy even a single day of total global energy demand, meaning it cannot offset an Iranian supply shock.
Any “new” sources will still have to be refined, right? Who is going to refine it? U.S.? Nope. We are running at full capacity right now. With the refineries in the gulf still under threat it won’t be anytime soon where anyone will see any benefits from Egypt’s measly find. Nice try though.
Trump wanted to refill the SPR because oil was at a low. The Democrats prevented that.
Trump 45: ” These drawdowns were primarily driven by non-emergency, ***congressionally mandated sales*** passed under bipartisan budget acts to fund federal spending.
Biden’s Term (January 2021 – January 2025)”
Biden: ***”(a 35% reduction)”.*** The reason was political
Trump 47: Unlike permanent sales, this recent 2026 release is structured as ***an exchange loan*** rather than a straight sale, requiring commercial buyers to *** return the oil with a premium (an extra 18% to 22%) between late 2026 and 2028.***
Blame Biden and Congress. Nothing Svelaz X says is meaningful. He cannot be trusted.
From AI
Here is the precise inventory tracking for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) across both administrations based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The authorized storage capacity of the reserve is 714 million barrels.
Department of Energy (.gov)
Trump’s First Term (January 2017 – January 2021)
Starting Inventory: 695.1 million barrels (~97% full).
Ending Inventory: 638.1 million barrels (~89% full).
Net Change: Drained by 57 million barrels (an 8.2% reduction). These drawdowns were primarily driven by non-emergency, congressionally mandated sales passed under bipartisan budget acts to fund federal spending.
Biden’s Term (January 2021 – January 2025)
Starting Inventory: 638.1 million barrels (~89% full).
Ending Inventory: 415.2 million barrels (~58% full).
Net Change: Drained by 222.9 million barrels (a 35% reduction). The single largest historic drawdown occurred in 2022, when 180 million barrels were released to combat global supply disruptions and high domestic gasoline prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The administration cancelled some scheduled congressional sales and bought back roughly 43 million barrels toward the end of the term.
Trump’s Second Term (January 2025 – Present)
Starting Inventory: ~415 million barrels (~58% full).
Current Inventory (Mid-2026): ~357 million barrels (~50% full).
Net Change: Drained by 58 million barrels so far in 2026. Following major energy supply shocks related to global conflicts and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the administration authorized a massive 172-million-barrel emergency release coordinated with the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Marcy Kaptur – House.gov
Structural Note: Unlike permanent sales, this recent 2026 release is structured as an exchange loan rather than a straight sale, requiring commercial buyers to return the oil with a premium (an extra 18% to 22%) between late 2026 and 2028.
George/X, did you happen to read the last sentence in the article cited by Lin?, apparently not, so you even look worse than you did when you opened your little mouth. You should have just shut your mouth and accepted your error. READ THE LAST SENTENCE, CLOWN.
This is what it says, “Today, the SPR remains over 40% below the level it was when Joe Biden took office, and it will remain at approximately that level through the election.”
Do you GET it, george?
Hello George/X:
I regret that you do not seem to understand what you wrote.
First, it appears that you are confusing supply vs. need. See, e.g., inter alia, “Surging supply meets tepid demand,”
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/as-oil-market-surplus-keeps-rising-something-s-got-to-give
Second, please remember to understand hundreds of thousands, e..g., six figures, with millions, e.g. 7+digits.
Third, remember that the U.S. really has little if any interest in Iran’s oil, so it basically affects Japan, China, Indonesia, etc.
Fourth, no one said that Egypt could wholly replace Hormuz. Your attempted tactic fails. Nonetheless, Egypt has to potential to significantly mitigate/alleviate alternative choices. See, e.g., https://english.aawsat.com/business/5247697-could-egypt%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sumed%E2%80%99-pipeline-temporarily-replace-strait-hormuz
Fifth, looks like it has been pointed out to you that, at the 2024 election time, “the SPR remains over 40% below the level it was when Joe Biden took office, and it will remain at approximately that level through the [2024] election.”
Finally, since I’ve used up my two hyperlinks, please check out the attachments I will post below this. It may serve to better inform you of your, er, limited exposure to helpful facts.
Don’t bother trying again. You are sinking in black, viscous, oozing, facts.
George/X, cont’d”
Please be reminded that Iran/Hormuz only handles a little less than 20% of global flow.
“Gulf producers have already begun adjusting their logistics routes. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, has redirected part of its exports toward the Red Sea using domestic pipelines and has increased shipments from the port of Yanbu.
“If disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz persist, alternative routes through the Red Sea and the Mediterranean could gain increasing importance in global oil trade.”
Olivier de Souza
https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-industry/1003-53647-egypt-seeks-to-become-alternative-oil-hub-as-hormuz-crisis-disrupts-trade
https://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/strait-of-hormuz-crisis-egypt-emerges-as-an-alternative-oil-hub/
That’s all I was saying, George. No more. no less. This doesn’t even take into account a growing field of alternative energy technology, cutting oil needs to even lower expectancies. What will Iran do then?
Thanks anyway.
left out a word, should read, “Egypt has potential to significantly mitigate/alleviate [WITH] alternative choices.”
sorry.
Poor george, you lose again.
The data is readily available – and contradicts your claims.
I am not going to argue over this news report or that – the Actual data for the SPR are available.
The Actual data for gas prices by month even week are available.
We are STILL below the average price for Biden’s 4yrs.
You are correct that new discoveries are not going to change anything before midterms.
But you are an idiot if you do not grasp that MUCH LOWER gas prices are baked in in the long run.
It is probable that Venezuelas reserves are exagerated.
But there will be more oil from Venezeula in the future than the past.
The US and north atlantic producers have boosted production.
While Gulf nations have maxed out the pipeline bypassing the strait.
Probably that will NOT continue after the conflict ends – But Gulf nations Will absolutely boost production to pay for their war costs.
It will take a long time for the Full effects of an end to this to hit the market – but it will likely take about 45 days for gas prices to return to January levels – and then slowly go lower.
US refineries are actually Reducing production – because TX is Shipping Crude to the world
and US demand has dropped considerably. Us Refineries in TX are doing maintanence in the lull in production. They are NOT maxed out.
Further even before this stated – more refineries were under construction .
The End of Newsome in CA – no matter who wins will mean new refineries in CA and old ones reopening.
Infrastructure changes take years to have an effect – but US energy infrastructure started building on Jan 21, 2025.
“Any “new” sources will still have to be refined, right? Who is going to refine it?”
The same people who did in January. While the Gulf nations have refineries for their own consumption – and increasingly they are selling LNG which requires no refining.
The ship CRUDE to the rest of the world.
Absolutely NOTHING has impacted the global Refining capacity.
As noted TX refineries while making record profits are also producing less – because US Demand is down. Conversely TX is shipping CRUDE elswehere in the world – where the nation receiving is it refining it.
With small exceptions CRUDE is shipped world wide. Refining is mostly regional.
You really do not think about what you post – or bother to check facts.
While Egypt is not going to fix the Gulf problem anytime soon – Global oil supplies are guaranteed to rise faster than consumption as soon as this is over and for a long time to come.
There will be no problem refilling the SPR – at discount prices.
This is precisely what it is there for.
p.s. If YOU had read it all, X, you would see that Egypt notes that its new oil finds are located near EXISTING refining infrastructure.
No matter what the outcome of this – you can absolutely guarantee that the Gulf States are going to eliminate the chokepoint at Hormuz.
There are two major pipelines that bypass Hormuz – these are currently pumping by themselves 50% of the oil that went through Hormuz in January.
With certainty – these will be expanded dramatically – but that takes time.
Saudi Arabia is discussing a Pipeline through Israel to the Mediterain – again bypassing politically unstable regions. Israel may have periodic clashes with palestinians – but it is politically stable – the the Suadis and Israeli’s come to an agreement coups or civil wars or … will not disrupt it.
There are many other ways to route pipelines – including all the way to Europe or to other places in the Mediterainian, but none are through politically stable regions. Even the current pipelines bypassing Hormuz are through or close to Oman and there are issues between Oman and other gulf states.
Oman has considered a mega canal bypassing Hormuz – but previously that was considered unnecessary and too expensive. But that may well happen in the next several years.
None of these happen fast. But even if a deal is struck with Iran – even if Regime change is accomplished – the Gulf states are going to find a way to bypass Hormuz in the Future.
It is actually likely that prices are stable now – regardless of the conflict as a Massive number of Super Tankers that were headed for the Gulf change Course about 30 days ago and headed for Texas. Even if there is a deal tomorow – aside from the tankers currently trapped in the Gulf is will likely take 6 weeks before additional Oil production in the Gulf reaches the US or Europe.
At the same time – The empty tankers that headed for TX have been arriving and are loading up and will be headed for Europe – which has been reducing Gas prices everywhere.
No matter what happens – it likely will take a few months before everything shifts back to a new norm.
But the long term prospects are for MUCH cheaper Gas. Why ?
While those filling the void will likely reduce production as things return to a new normal.
The Gulf States are likely to boost production radically – Whether it is Iran or the rest of the Gulf – they have a war and war damages to pay for.
When this tsunami of cheap gas hits – depends on When the issue with Hormuz gets resolved.
Trump does NOT need a total Deal with Iran to bring Gas Prices to historic lows.
He needs the straights opened.
And opening the Straights is where the conflict is centered right now.
It is no accident that Iran keeps targeting ships in the Straight – even though they agreed not.
And it is not an accident that We retaliate against Iranian forces near the straight.
The war and negotiations can go on forever – if the straights are opened.
One of Trump’s problems is that there is ZERO doubt we have the firepower to open the straights. But doing so brings LOTS of US forces within range of SHORT RANGE Iranian Drones and other weaponry.
There is absolutely nothing Iran can do about US Carriers – and that is a lesson for China.
Those carriers while Not out of range of Iranian weapons are far enough away that only a few long range weapons can reach them – US defenses can not be overwhelmed at those distances,
and Iran can not launch enough long range weapons to do so.
Conversely – the US has lots of weapons that can cross those distances – as well as Aircraft.
Irans air defenses are GONE – again a lesson for China and Russia – Iran in 2025, Venezuella and Iran in 2026 make it absolutely clear that the US airforce can gain total control of Airspace anywhere within the range of Carrier aircraft with in air refueling.
That is a significant distance.
Russian and Chinese state of the art air defense systems have been repeatedly obliterated – with no losses.
But gaining control of the Straights of Hormuz means bringing US Forces much closer to Iran.
There is ZERO doubt we would prevail – but it is likely the US causalities would be significantly higher than they have been
We have significant Airborne and Marine forces in the region now.
But a ground attack is dangerous.
Currently the Iranian Military has MOSTLY stayed out of this – this is a fight between the US and the IRGC.
But as we saw in Iraq – when you put forces on the ground – people who do not support the regime, will defend their country.
We do not want a fight with the Iranian military or the iranian people.
And they are either staying out of this – or actually aiding the US.
There have been a number of assassinations of IRGC leaders by the Iranian people.
Trumps current problem is that without putting more US forces at risk – the IRGC can produce enough short range anti-ship weapons – even with significantly diminished capacity to keep Hormuz closed.
Though I would note there is a SIDE benefit to this conflict.
The balance appears to have shifted in the Ukraine war – and a significant part of that is because Iran was supplying Russia with 40% of its munitions.
The Urkaine war has been a strange war of attrition – and for most of it the balance was tipped Slightly in Russia’s favor – now it is tipped slightly in Ukraines.
Even with a peace deal – Iran is unlikely to supply Russia with 40% of its munitions for a very very long time. Iran will have to rebuild. It is not going to sell weapons to Russia until it has rebuilt its own defenses and stockpiles.
Thanks, John, for the added info. You can see that we missed each other’s posts by one minute.
p.s. John, I’m looking at a map of the Suez, thinking about expansion from Red Sea up through Suez and Port Said, into the Mediterranean, then westward until through the gap between southern Spain/gibraltar and Tangier, directly into the Atlantic??? who knows what the future holds! It helps that Saudi Arabia (I think with the largest oil reserves/production?–) also borders the Red Sea. And then there’s Venezuela….
Venezuela is complex. On one hand – though they have allowed it to rot through decades of Chavez and Maduro – Venezuella has Wells already in place that are massively under producing – with US help those can likely be brought to production very quickly.
We hear very little of what is happening there.
On the other – it is likely the Claim of recoverble reserves from VZ are greatly exagerated.
In recent decades the Western Hemisphere has found Massive amounts of oil – and we are working towards being able to extract it.
There is more oil in the Western Hemisphere than the people of the western hemisphere can use.
This is a radical shift from 1970’s
This has been progressing for a while. Ultimately it is the source of Trump’s deep state problems.
Trump properly grasped – not before anyone – but before anyone looking to lead this country that US interests were moving away from Russia and the Mideast.
This fight right now – should be Europe vs Iran – not the US.
The oil is for Europe – not the US.
Iranian Nukes will threaten Europe years before the US.
Trump has to a great extent ignored Russia – they are a regional power – not a supper power – and Europe increasingly is NOT in our national interests.
China is in our interest – we are Frenemies. Regardless, the most significant positions in the US government are those related to China.
The mideast too – despite the current mess, is not in US interests anymore – it is Europes problem not ours.
But our relationship with China is the most important interest for the US for decades to come.
The “Deep State” that tried to take out Trump is an unholy alliance of people in government whose power and future is tied to Russia and the Mideast.
Their days were always numbered – but Trump accelerated their demise.
And they went after him
Regardless the US future is the western Hemisphere, the pacific Rim and the Anglosphere.
Increasingly we do not care about Russia, Europe, the Mideast, Africa – those are Europes problems – not ours.
What X said is mainly true. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is being rapidly drained to a level lower than before 1985, about 40 years span. One might argue the SPR started with 0 and being lower than that is not possible, but then Trump has claimed a 600% reduction in some drug prices, so quibbling about “ever” would be a distraction.
Unlike Biden’s draw-down, this is entirely due to Trump’s mishandling of the attack on Iran. The red herring of Biden’s actions, who is no longer President, is useless. If one blames Biden, consider that Trump had almost 2 years to recover the level prior to starting the war. This apart from that Trump started the war to satisfy Netanyahu.
“May pay off” is the entirety of the Trump administration where “never pays off” is what has happened.
“[T]his is entirely due to” tyrants in Iran using pirate tactics to harm civilians.
There. Fixed it for you.
SPR 8/20/1982 270,455 Thousand Barrels
7/14/2023 346,729
Today 357,119
Once again WRONG.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCSSTUS1&f=W
Trump has rejected numerous offers from Iran – he is clearly NOT begging for a deal.
“Global observed oil inventories grew by 129 mb in March and by a further 117 mb in April, according to preliminary data.”
According to IEA
i.e. Global Reserves are GROWING.
We might see higher gas prices shortly – but that is because refiners are taking a pause to slow production and make infrastructure repairs.
They are doing so because demand has dropped by 420mb
It is called the laws of supply and demand.
BTW US Oil production is UP.
North Atlantic Oil Production is UP.
The Gulf states are currently exporting about 50% of what they did in January – through pipelines Bypassing Hormouz.
Gas prices have Dropped recently
The AVERAGE price of gas from 2021-2024 – under Biden was $3.60.
I paid $3.71 to fill up yesterday.
The highest national weekly average under Biden was $5.00
The Highest national weekly average under Trump is $4.00
Spot prices were often higher – There were places in CA where Gas went over $8 under Biden.
Trump is the direct cause of the high gasoline prices. Biden was not. However, it sounds like you favor high gasoline prices as long as Trump causes it.
US production increasing means that it will run out just that much sooner and eventually leave America dependents once again on the Arabs, rather than the economically conservative approach of keeping as much of a non-renewable resource as possible. Make the Arabs run out first.
The war between Ukraine and Russia was avoidable.
EVERY SINGLE time the US has talked about NATO expanding to a country that borders Russia – Russia has invaded.
The US promised that NATO would never come within 1000km of Russia as the cold war ended.
Absolutely the Ukraine was and the fallout from it was TOTALLY the Biden admins fault – while the war was not intentional – it was predictable – and Biden’s people were moron’s for not grasping that Putin was not bluffing.
As to Iran – Iran signed the nuclear non-proliferation agreement in 1979. Every US president since Carter has promised that Iran will never get a Nuke. It is an official formal part of US policy for almost 50 years.
There should be ZERO doubt today about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. They have enough 60% enriched Uranium that with a bit more refinement they can make 11 Hiroshima bombs. While that is not weeks away, and delivering it is probably a few years away
They are still an absolute threat.
WE invaded Iraq – with the support of all democrats and republicans to prevent Iraq from becoming a nuclear power – even though there was no consequential nuclear program in Iraq.
The failure in IRaq was not going to war to prevent Iraq from getting a Nuke. It as the intelligence failure that Iraq was nowhere near a nuke.
Iran absolutely is – and The ayatolahs and IRGC make Iraq and Sadam look like boy scouts.
worse still – the fact that Iran got close to a Nuke was a failure of the Obama and Biden administration.
The same people who did not grasp that Putin was not bluffing also though that Iranian leaders were trustworthy and could be negotiated with.
We have killed the top 3 layers of Iran’s leadership.
We have Killed lots of IRGC and destroyed lots of their toys.
If we stop right now – it is unclear they can survive a revolution.
And STILL they are desparately holding on to Nukes.
Further Everyone knows that if Iran get a nuke the whole region will go nuclear.
The Saudis will buy nukes in weeks. The rest of the Gulf will follow.
And the danger of Iran and Nukes – dwarfs that of India and Pakistan
This conflict was not optional or avoidable.
You nailed it John.
If Iran gets the bomb, so will everyone else. Let one missile fly is the wrong direction and it’s all over. You think the price of gas is high now. If a nuke goes off anywhere in the middle east. $100 per gal will happen.
“US production increasing means that it will run out just that much sooner and eventually leave America dependents once again on the Arabs, rather than the economically conservative approach of keeping as much of a non-renewable resource as possible. Make the Arabs run out first.”
ROFL
US Oil Reserves are the largest they have ever been.
The US has the worlds 8th largest proven oil reserves.
And that does not include the Oil Shale in the Dakota’s which Dwarfs the proven reserves of any other nation.
That oil is not counted – because we can not economically recover it yet.
ALL Energy is “renewable”
I am not pi$$ing on Green energy – someday it will be consequential.
But despite the fact that we have been subsidizing the Crap out of it and pushing it out despite the fact that is it not close to ready
someday it will be important. Not likely in my lifetime. Unless you are a toddler – not likely in yours.
There is no form of renewable energy that is reliable, and can provide Baseline power.
Nuclear is a viable option – if we can redeveop the will to build power plants – France has some of the best nuclear plants in the world – an order of magnitude more efficient than US plants that are 50 years old or more
And most of Frances energy comes from Nuclear.
In terms of viability – Thorium is probably next – We have 3+ times as much Thorium as we have Uranium and we have enough uranium for centuries. Thorium was demonstrated in the 50’s But it does not produce Plutonium for Bombs and that was important in the 50’s Today it has engineering problems – the basis science was worked out and demonstrated 75 years ago
Thorium is one of the safest forms of energy – but we have not tested a new Thorium design in 70 years.
Fusion might be after that – again the basic science has been resolved and we are just left with difficult engineering problems.
We will solve those
Next is actually Coal – the US has massive coal reserves – and Coal can be converted to something like Natural Gas and it can be converted to something like gasoline – the Germans did that at scale during WWII.
Without even considering Solar or Wind the US has more than enough energy for 1000 years.
But we will eventually make Solar and wind work – greater efficiency would be good.
But the big deal is storage. Solar and wind generate electricity slightly cheaper than fossil fuels today.
But not when the sun does not shine or the wind does not blow. These need energy STORAGE – Oil and Coal and Uranium and …. ARE the controlled release of STORED energy – we can release it when we need it. That is not true of Solar or wind and never will be.
The fact that you are ignorant of this – means you have been poorly educated.
Perfect example of the Left’s inverted moral code.
A *dictatorship* (Iran) uses pirate tactics against *civilian* targets (fuel tankers and international shipping lanes).
Rather than blaming the dictatorship and the pirates, the Left condemns the country (America) trying to eradicate the dictatorship and piracy.
“Miller-Young’s work was highlighted by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English to show “the radical potential of black feminism in the work that we do on campus and in our everyday lives.”
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“radical” is not a synonym for “violent” which the emojis you used suggest.
Radical means a significant change.
And yet the radical left is violent – or do you think that what is going on at Delany hall is non-violent ?
ROFL
“Strangely, while closing dorms, the school is still building two new dorms.”
Not strange at all. Since they are not going to cut the ever-increasing number of administrators and their staffs, I am sure they will reutilize those dorms to house the new administrators and staffs and whatever new or expanded offices and institutes that are crafted to provide a justification for those people. The buildings will not go to waste, even if everything that happens inside them is a waste.
In 1990 my son was graduating from the University of Washington. He was seriously considering a PhD program at U of Oregon. His advisor at UW said that he deserved to go to a better school than Oregon. He did with an amazing fellowship that basically paid him to get a PhD in three years after his BS. He’s a professor now.
Allensic sounds like that suspicious commenter here who always has a personal link to the topic at hand.
Whatever Turley writes about, there’s always that odd name we’ve never seen before chiming in to say, “Yes, I was there– Or, “For 30 years I worked at– Or, “I can personally attest this is true–
The USSR grappled with, nay, succumbed to a Big Zero after 75 years of communism.
What would the case be if the other 49 states stopped funding Oregon’s communist party’s party?
Russia has been a totalitarian dictatorship since its beginning. It has never been communist, though its leaders like to wear that disguise, much like using orange face paint that Trump does.
$20 billion federal – $28 billion state?
Does this sound about right for what appears to be, quite literally, a welfare state?
For FY2023, the commonly reported totals are about $19.3 billion in federal transfers to Oregon and about $27.6 billion in state and local tax revenue. Oregon receives almost as much
from American taxpayers nationally as taxpayers locally?
No problem just raise taxes on the people left in the state to fund the wokeness. I’m sure every good citizen of Oregon is willing to pay more taxes so Oregon University can churn out more woke baristas. Even the Oregon Ducks are willing to contribute their NIL money to finance mediocrity.
We are all diverse together!
Okay, which Ducks said they are willing to contribute any of their NIL money? They won’t want to finance mediocrity by proving their own.
Universities have morphed into churches of cultural Marxism. They’re not going to change their dogma based on fewer worshippers in the pews. That the dogma is both false and rotten, has no effect on these institutions. They actually believe it’s true.
They have morphed into human cesspools of wasting money.
Oregon has one of the highest public benefits utilization rates in America, specifically driven by its exceptionally high food assistance enrollment. It consistently ranks near the top for key public benefits programs due to progressive eligibility policies and proactive outreach.
That has nothing to do with the comment you responded to.
Don’t dogma, central planning, control of the means of production (regulation), redistribution of wealth, and social engineering sort of all go hand in hand?
Not everyone salivates at the chance to see people starving in the streets or freezing to death under a sheet of cardboard. If the conservative anti-Christians would step up the majority of the suffering could be avoided.
That made literally no sense at all.
Much of what oldman rails against is simple Christian philosophy. However conservatives would have nailed Christ to a piece of wood themselves if given the chance. They like telling people that God is on their side; the opposite of what Christ called for people to do. This enables them to sleep soundly after doing heinous things to others, dreaming that God favors them.
Nothing you say has any basis in reality. You are totally and completely delusional, mentally and emotionally lost in your echo-chamber bubble of hatred.
Did you say, “All men are created equal?”
It asserts a moral and political principle: every person has the same fundamental worth and equal natural rights (not that everyone is identical in abilities or status). Historically, it declares that political authority derives from consent and that no one is born with an inherent right to rule over others—so laws and government should treat individuals as equals before the law and protect their basic rights.
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Large piece of fishing net found in Timmy the Whale’s intestines, which are all twisted.
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Republican Reps.
– Warren Davidson of Ohio,
– Thomas Massie of Kentucky,
– Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
– Tom Barrett of Michigan
joined Democrats in passing the resolution to end the Iran war.