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      • Attorney General: Ellen Rosenblum
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June 24th, 2022

6/24/2022

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Hearings on January 6 attack

JUNE 23: DAY 5
• Five takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings (June 24, CNN)
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Analysis: The damning quote that exposes Trump's pressure campaign on the DOJ (June 24, CNN)
• America was lucky Trump didn't seize control of DOJ (June 24, CNN)
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Trump talks about January 6 attack in never-before-seen footage (CNN)
JUNE 21: DAY 4
• Public Hearing 4: Tuesday, June 21 (PBS NewsHour)
• Analysis: The 14 most important lines from today's January 6 committee hearing  (June 21, CNN)
• 'There is nowhere I feel safe': Jan. 6 panel hears from election officials Trump targeted (June 21, Time)
• Analysis: The single most compelling witness of the January 6 committee hearings so far (June 21, CNN)
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 Opinion: The gobsmacking audacity of the alleged scheme to keep Trump in office (June 21, CNN)
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​JUNE 16: DAY 3
• Public Hearing 3: Thursday, June 16 (PBS NewsHour)

• How Trump pressured Pence with taunts, lies and an angry mob (June 16, Time)
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Analysis: The 16 most compelling lines from the June 16 hearing. (June 16, CNN)
• The January 6 committee's most damning revelation yet (June 16, The Atlantic)
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Opinion: Eastman bet on the Supreme Court to intervene in the 2020 election. It was a lie (June 16, MSNBC)
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JUNE 13: DAY 2
• Public Hearing 2: Monday, June 13 (PBS NewsHour)
• Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing ​ (June 14, CNN)
​• Analysis: The 14 most compelling lines from Monday's hearing. (June 13, CNN)
• Analysis: How Trump chose an 'apparently inebriated' Giuliani over his campaign team. (June 13, CNN)

​JUNE 9: DAY 1
​• Public Hearing 1: Thursday, June 9 (PBS NewsHour)
• Cheney said Trump had a 'seven-part plan' to overturn election (June 10, CNN)
• The 11 most consequestional lines from Hearing 1 (June 10, CNN)
​• Analysis; Violent images wipe away 17 months of denial (June 10, CNN)
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• Website: House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
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June 24th, 2022

6/24/2022

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Juneteenth at LBCC

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June 24th, 2022

6/24/2022

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Family Pride Day in Lebanon

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June 10th, 2022

6/10/2022

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McLeod-Skinner defeats Schrader,
advances to Nov. 8 general election

PictureJamie McLeod-Skinner
Updated June 7
Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeated seven-term U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader in the 5th Congressional District Democratic primary, and will face Republican Loree Chavez DeRemer, former Happy Valley mayor, in the Nov. 8 general election.
On May 27, McLeod-Skinner declared victory, and Schrader conceded defeat.
"We won because Oregonians are frustrated with the divisiveness and obstruction," McLeod-Skinner said in a statement. "We are frustrated with politicians who are beholden to their corporate donors, and not us."
Schrader also issued a statement May 27.
"The majority of Democrats have chosen a different direction for now," he said. "I congratulate my opponent on her tireless efforts and successful primary campaign."
Because of a printing error, the hand counting of ballots in Clackamas County continued into early June. McLeod Skinner had districtwide total of 46,523 votes (54.57 percent) to Schrader's 38,195 (44.80 percent).
McLeod-Skinner was  endorsed by the Linn County Democrats and three other county Democratic parties, She garnered 46.83 percent of the vote, to Schrader's 51.97 percent in Linn County. Projections for Linn County leading up to the election, however, had Schrader with up to 80 percent of the vote (and up to 90 percent after President Biden's endorsement)  to 10-20 percent for McLeod-Skinner.  The Linn-Benton Democratic Organization Team praised the work of the Linn-County Neighborhood Leader Team in helping to shatter those projections.  "Your calls, canvasing, postcards, text messages, emails, donations, and volunteering closed the gap and secured significantly more votes than expected," the Organization Team stated in a May 18 email. 
For a look at other primary results, including Tina Kotek's victory over Tobias Read and 13 other candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, see The Capital Insider story by Gary A. Warner.

In a video interview with the Linn County Dems, Jamie McLeod-Skinner discusses issues facing residents of the 5th Congressional District. The Linn County Democrats endorsed McLeod-Skinner in the May 17 Primary Election.

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June 07th, 2022

6/7/2022

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Calls to action on guns

Bipartisan group of senators announces
agreement on gun-safety legislation

​• The agreement announced Sunday has the support of 10 Republican senators (June 12, CNN)
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 What's in the bipartisan gun deal and what's not (June 12, CNN)
• House passes sweeping gun reform package, though it's unlikely to move in the Senate;
 Rep. Kurt Schrader was one of two Democrats voting against it
  (June 8, CNN)

During his testimony June 8
before a House committee,
​Dr. Roy Guerrero described the carnage he witnessed in the Uvalde emergency room the day of the shootings at nearby Robb Elementary School. 'Innocent children all over the country today are dead because laws and policy allow people to buy weapons before they’re legally old enough to even buy a pack of beer,' he said. 'They’re dead because restrictions have been allowed to lapse.'

Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grader who survived the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and Felix and Kimberly Rubio, whose daughter was killed in the shooting, delivered emotional testimony June 8 before a House committee hearing on gun violence. Kimberly Rubio wants Congress to strengthen background checks, enact
red-flag laws, raise the mininum age to 21 for purchasing AR 15s and repeal gun manufacturers' liability immunity.

​​Garnell Whitfield Jr., son of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, who was killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York, challenged Congress on June 7 to act against the 'cancer of white supremacy' and the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. 

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivers impassioned remarks June 7 at the White House press briefing, telling the stories of those who died in the elementary school shooting in his native Uvalde, Texas, and urging more action on gun control.


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In an address to the nation
​June 2, President Biden urged Republicans to join Democrats on gun-related legislation.


​Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., asks his Republican colleagues to find a common denominator to do something about mass shootings after massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.


​In the aftermath of the Uvalde school shootings, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr puts basketball aside and calls out Senate Republicans, asking, 'When are we going to do something?'

• Wyden says GOP faces 'question of our time' on gun bills (May 31, Oregon Capital Insider)
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May 13th, 2022

5/13/2022

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Supreme Court draft opinion
​would overturn Roe v. Wade

Rallies for women's rights
​held in Albany and around the country

Thirty-five people turned out May 3 at Ellsworth Street and Fourth Avenue in downtown Albany in support of women's rights and in opposition to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade.  Many passing motorists honked their horns and gave thumbs up to the waving demonstrators. The rally, at which Linn County Democrats were well represented, was one of hundreds held around the country May 3.
Majority of Americans say Supreme Court should uphold Roe, Post-ABC poll finds (May 3, Washington Post)
Schumer, Pelosi: Draft Roe would go down as an 'abomination' (May 3, The Hill)
Analysis: An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink (May 3, CNN)
Analysis: Supreme Court may have just fundamentally altered the 2022 election (May 3, CNN)

'If the Court does overturn Roe, it will be on our nation's officials at all levels of government to protect a women's right to choose. At the federal level, we will need more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe. which I will work on and pass into law.'
– President Joe Biden

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April 19th, 2022

4/19/2022

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'We've made it. All of us'

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson marks her historic Supreme Court confirmation with a moving speech on the White House lawn.

• Jackson notes the progress she represents in her journey (April 8, NPR)
• Biden marks historic confirmation (April 8, NBC News)
• Analysis: Jackson's confirmation confronts a partisanship that threatens to tear America apart. (April 8, CNN)
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April 19th, 2022

4/19/2022

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Linn Dems elect Heath as 3rd vice chair,
give Stamp of Approval to six candidates

PictureOur new Owl all-in-one, 360 camera, mic and speaker made for a smooth hybrid meeting April 7, when we met via Zoom and in person at Albany Public Library.
​Susan Health is the new 3rd Vice Chair of the Linn County Democratic Central Committee. Heath, a longtime party volunteer, was elected by acclimation April 7 during the LCDCC’s monthly general meeting.
Nancy Greenman said Heath “always seems to be willing to do the work and knows what’s going on.”
Heath said she’s impressed that the Linn Dems have made meetings more inclusive, and she praised the Neighborhood Leader Program and the “great candidates” who have stepped forward.
“I would like to be a little more involved and be the 3rd Vice Chair,” she said.
Heath succeeds Mark Leonard, who was appointed acting 3rd Vice Chair last month to temporarily fill a vacancy. Miriam Cummins served as 3rd Vice Chair until resigning earlier this year.
In other action April 7, the Linn Dems gave Stamps of Approval to the following Democratic candidates: Nina Brenner, Mary Cooke and Renee Windsor-White, all running collaboratively for the House District 11 nomination in the May 17 Primary Election; Ben Watts, House District 15; Scott Bruslind, Linn County Commissioner; and Deidre DeJear, Iowa governor.
April 7 also marked the first hybrid meeting for the Linn Dems Twenty-six people attended via Zoom, while eight others attended in person at Albany Public Library for the first time since March 2020. The newly purchased Owl 360 degree camera, mic and speaker made it easy for everyone.


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April 13th, 2022

4/13/2022

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A heads up about the 5th Congressional District

Heads up: most of Linn County is no longer in the 4th Congressional District, and Peter DeFazio is retiring after his exemplary service to Oregon. Most of Linn County will now be in the 5th Congressional District.
Another heads up: the Linn County Democrats have proudly endorsed Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Oregon's 5th Congressional District (as have the Marion Dems - Democratic Party of Marion County, Oregon, Clackamas County Democratic Party, and Deschutes Democrats).
And finally another heads up: the deadline to update your voter registration to Democrat to be able to vote for Jamie in the May primary is 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 and can be done online by visiting https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/showVoterSearch.do
Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Oregon #teamjamie
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April 07th, 2022

4/7/2022

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Fred Meyer issues apology, works with NAACP to address
racial discrimination claims from Black shoppers

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