Jessie Burke concedes: “My hope is the remaining candidates understand the dysfunction within the county and that the time for ideological policies is over,” she said. “The role of the government is to do work and serve the public — it is not performative identity politics.”

I drove to Alabama last December to look into the story of a pastor and mayor who'd committed suicide after being exposed by a conservative news site as a cross-dresser and writer of erotic fiction. But who was the site trying to save?
realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/…

Rugby Star Nick Cummins saving a Sheep stuck in a wired fence

The sheep thanks him at the end 😂

Native peeps in my fam say, 'hella yeah'

'To overcome Vasquez’s strong support in [east county / Portland's west side], Schmidt needed to capture 60% to 65% of the vote in inner east side precincts —but he failed to deliver consistently strong results across the precincts he ended up carrying.'

oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

There’s been a shortage of these suckers. Pies ahead David Burge

Card my daughter made me in 1st grade: “Happy Mother’s Day! I love Daddy. When am I going to see Daddy?”

Zero surprise, and congratulations to Nathan Vasquez. Portland voted in Mike Schmidt during the fever of May 2020, when wish-casting made citizens see him as a herald for a fairer justice system. But things were bungled, and badly. The city needs a reboot; let's hope for better

Oh just sitting at home hitting 'refresh' on the Oregon primaries. You?

Thread of childhood artworks by famous artists 🧵

1. Edward Hopper, 9 years old

No surprise: Every major Portland newspaper except the Mercury has endorsed Nathan Vasquez for MultCo DA, incl. Willamette Week, who referred to Mike Schmidt as 'almost from the minute he took office became a dead man walking.' Poll numbers roll out at 8pm PT

Awesome community notes. h/t Nick Gillespie

Tell the people whose work is meaningful to you.

Jessie Burke told me this in 2021 ('The Dream of the '90s Died in Portland' in reason) and decided to be the adult in the room. Voting is today, for Multnomah County Commissioner jessieburke.com

From latest Smoke 'Em, where we discuss 'door-slamming' feminists being steamed over a pro-sex Bumble campaign and a pro-procreation graduation speaker. But is it about anger or fear?

At the end of today's @Reason Roundtable podcast w/ Nick Gillespie, Suderman & Katherine Mangu-Ward, I give a hearty thumbs-up to the music doc 'Roberta,' about Ms. Flack. Many surprising-to-me facts! A fine excuse to plumb her underrated discography. reason.com/podcast/2024/0…

'Successful entrepreneurs always advise 'follow your passion.' And so I did. My secret passion? I've always wanted to helm historical walking tours.

'(Yes, shockingly, I'm also super single.)'

That's our boy Bill Schulz! entm.ag/SFrKI9

Plus: Creative solutions for accidental boners, the Studio 54 of Dallas, and will Nancy and Sarah ever find a yacht rock song they both love? open.spotify.com/episode/3QG55H…