A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> is offering its pro-LGBT students cotton candy, coloring pages, and temporary tattoos to soothe their anxiety.
Portland State University <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-state-creates-cotton-candy-filled-safe-space-to-protect-students-from-gender-critical-activists?utm_campaign=64470">will offer</a> students the freebies to celebrate trans-identifying students amid mounting “anti-trans bills in legislatures across the country,” <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-offers-pro-lgbtq-students-cotton-candy-coloring-to-ease-their-anxieties/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a memo from President Stephen Percy.
At least 10 states <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-states-with-restrictions-on-medical-child-sex-changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now have</a> laws limiting gender surgeries for children, and most of those states also limit cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for children.
&#8220;Many loud voices have made no secret of their desire to target trans, non-binary and gender diverse people,&#8221; Percy wrote.
The university pledges to provide a “safe space for all members of the LGBTQAI+ community,” the memo said.
&#8220;We recognize the toll this campaign, and the media that surrounds it, has on the queer and trans members of our community along with their family and friends,&#8221; the university president wrote.
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Portland State University President Stephen Percy indicates there will be no criticism of trans ideology allowed on campus.
Instead, &quot;cotton candy, temporary tattoos, and coloring will be available&quot; and expanded &quot;Trans Days of Resistance&quot; scheduled. <a href="https://t.co/EmTGIWWbF3">pic.twitter.com/EmTGIWWbF3</a>
&mdash; Michael Weingrad (@weingradmichael) <a href="https://twitter.com/weingradmichael/status/1652366666645356554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The treats will be available at the school&#8217;s Queer Resource Center when it hosts a &#8220;Trans and Gender Expansive Celebration and Community Hour&#8221; every weekday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. for a week.
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The Queer Resource Center also hosts a &#8220;trans social space&#8221; called &#8220;T-time&#8221; every Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The university&#8217;s efforts to comfort pro-LGBT students came just as Peter Boghossian, a former Portland State University philosophy professor, was visiting campus to discuss with students whether children can consent to puberty blockers.
Back in 2021, Boghossian <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/my-university-sacrificed-ideas-for">resigned</a> from the university after teaching there for a decade, saying the school has made &#8220;intellectual exploration impossible.&#8221;
When he resigned, Boghossian said Portland State University has “transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a Social Justice factory whose only inputs were race, gender, and victimhood and whose only outputs were grievance and division.”
On Thursday, Boghossian tweeted that student activists attempted to disrupt his conversations with other students, adding that he is &#8220;embarrassed&#8221; for them.
He also tweeted a meme mocking the university offering cotton candy, temporary tattoos, and coloring pages to students.
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Student activists at <a href="https://twitter.com/Portland_State?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Portland_State</a> attempted to disrupt our public conversations today. I am genuinely embarrassed for the activists and disappointed that they prevented students with sincere objections from engaging us. <a href="https://t.co/QZHxIMiudj">https://t.co/QZHxIMiudj</a>
&mdash; Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/status/1653989099349622786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The school&#8217;s Queer Resource Center also sent out a memo warning about the &#8220;provocateurs&#8221; coming to campus and advising students to &#8220;ignore and disengage.&#8221;
&#8220;The intention of provocateurs is not to invite productive dialogue,&#8221; the Queer Resource Center&#8217;s memo warned. &#8220;Their tactic is to provoke students, faculty and staff &#8211; record it and turn our community into clickbait material to be consumed by other folks with anti-Trans stances.&#8221;
&#8220;Legally, we cannot stop them,&#8221; the memo added.
The memo encouraged people to come to the Queer Resource Center to enjoy the treats and make crafts. The message also encouraged people to &#8220;wear masks as an act of community care when not eating or drinking.&#8221;
In one clip from Boghossian&#8217;s visit, a man yells at him and tells him to go &#8220;play in the freeway.&#8221;
&#8220;The world is better off with you pieces of s*** out of it,&#8221; the man says.
Asked to give an argument in favor of gender surgeries for children, the man responds, &#8220;No, shut the f*** up. I don&#8217;t want to argue with you.&#8221;
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Unhinged trans activist at Portland State completely LOSES it on <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillboardChris</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/peterboghossian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peterboghossian</a>, and me.
He doesn’t want to explain why mutilating kids genitals is okay, he just wants his way, okay? <a href="https://t.co/ZZJOuF1CBA">pic.twitter.com/ZZJOuF1CBA</a>
&mdash; James Klüg (@realJamesKlug) <a href="https://twitter.com/realJamesKlug/status/1654150425224916993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Last year, about 300,000 American teens 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Pop-Update-Jun-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender, a sharp increase over the previous few years.
From 2017 to 2021, gender dysphoria diagnoses in children nearly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tripled</a>. Over the same period, gender hormone treatments and surgeries have become trendy despite alarm from parents and medical professionals. Young people who previously identified as transgender have also spoken out about regretting getting medical intervention.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned from her post Tuesday after consulting for a cannabis company that state officials were auditing.
Fagan, a Democrat, announced in a <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=143940" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> that she would resign, effective May 8. The resignation comes after local news outlets reported that she was receiving $10,000 a month in consulting fees from one of the state&#8217;s largest marijuana dispensaries; at the same time, the Oregon Department of Revenue and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission were auditing the franchise and the cannabis industry.
“While I am confident that the ethics investigation will show that I followed the state’s legal and ethical guidelines in trying to make ends meet for my family, it is clear that my actions have become a distraction from the important and critical work of the Secretary of State’s office,&#8221; Fagan said in a statement. &#8220;Protecting our state’s democracy and ensuring faith in our elected leaders — these are the reasons I ran for this office. They are also the reasons I will be submitting my resignation today. I want to thank the incredible staff in the Secretary of State’s office for their hard work and Oregonians for the opportunity to serve them. It has been a true honor to serve the people of Oregon.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2023/04/27/secretary-of-state-shemia-fagan-is-working-as-private-consultant-to-troubled-cannabis-couple/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Willamette Week</a>, Fagan confirmed that she had accepted a consulting contract with La Mota, one of the largest marijuana dispensary chains in the state. La Mota is in significant legal trouble; the Oregon Department of Revenue and the IRS have filed more than $7 million in liens against the owners for unpaid taxes. The owners, and the companies they control, have been sued more than 30 times in state court for failing to pay bills and other claims. The owners of the chain were also significant donors to her campaign, and other Democrats statewide.
Besides the audit, the cannabis industry is regulated by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which is overseen by Fagan. Furthermore, the state&#8217;s Audits Division, also overseen by Fagan, was expected to release a report last week auditing the OLCC&#8217;s regulation of cannabis; Fagan had recused herself from that investigation.
A separate report from Willamette Week <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2023/05/01/fagans-contract-would-have-paid-her-more-than-state-salary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monday</a> revealed that Fagan was being paid a $10,000 monthly consulting fee, with $30,000 bonuses for each license she helped La Mota secure outside Oregon. That figure, which totals about $120,000, is much more than her state salary of $77,000 a year. The contract had no end date. In a separate announcement Monday, she announced that she had terminated the contract.
Deputy Secretary Cheryl Myers will fill the post until Governor Tina Kotek appoints a replacement.
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Fagan&#8217;s resignation comes just two months after several of her subordinates on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-alcohol-regulators-used-their-power-to-get-their-hands-on-rare-ultra-expensive-bourbon-investigation-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission</a> were also found to have used their power for personal gain. According to an internal investigation, at least six members of the OLCC, including the agency’s former executive director, used their authority to divert rare and expensive bourbon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/whiskey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whiskey</a> so they could buy it for their personal use. The officials allegedly used their connections to push the rare spirits to a particular store where they could be kept away from the public.

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<a href="https://adfmedia.org/case/bates-v-pakseresht" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jessica Bates</a> is a devout <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christianity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian</a>, and as such, felt compelled to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adoption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adopt</a> children in need out of the foster care system. But it was that same faith that the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> used against Bates, denying her the opportunity to take in the needy.
Bates, who lost her husband six years ago in a car collision, was months into the adoption process when she noticed the emphasis on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBT policies</a>, specifically that she must “respect, accept, and support” the sexual orientation or “gender identity” of any child that could be placed in her home. When she notified the state that she couldn&#8217;t comply with such a policy because of her religious beliefs, her application was put on hold, and then two months later she was completely denied from adopting. 
Now, with the representation of Christian legal advocacy group <a href="https://adfmedia.org/case/bates-v-pakseresht" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alliance Defending Freedom</a> (ADF), Bates is fighting back. The widow has filed a federal lawsuit against Oregon, hoping to eliminate the Department of Human Services (DHS) policy that she believes discriminates against people of faith.
&#8220;There is a Department of Human Services policy that says parents or prospective caregivers have to &#8216;respect, accept, and support&#8217; hypothetical child sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression,&#8221; ADF Legal Counsel Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse told The Daily Wire. &#8220;This means that caregivers have to agree to use preferred pronouns. They have to take children to affirming events like [LGBT] Pride parades. They even have to take children to receive cross-sex hormone shots as part of a gender transition.&#8221;
&#8220;So, just looking at preferred pronouns as an example: that carries a message, it forces clients to say something about gender identity and about biological sex that Bates doesn&#8217;t agree with,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That violates the First Amendment &#8212; it violates her freedom of speech, and it also violates her free exercise by putting her to a choice of abandoning her religious beliefs, or forgoing the chance of ever having even the opportunity to adopt a child.” 
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DHS has released a general statement sticking by their policy, but won&#8217;t comment on specific cases. The child welfare division “stands in support of transgender, non-binary, gender-fluid and other LGBTQIA2S+ children,&#8221; DHS said. The department also claimed that “gender-diverse people” are “under attack” in the U.S. and they’re committed to “creating a safe and supportive environment for all children and young people, regardless of their gender identity.&#8221;
“Well, the problem is that Oregon isn&#8217;t helping children in need,&#8221; Widmalm-Delphonse responded to the statement. &#8220;They&#8217;re punishing religious homes and actually taking away homes that are open and needed to care for these children.&#8221;
The attorney noted that excluding Christians and entire faith groups from the adoption process &#8220;hurts the children in need the most.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe there&#8217;s a statistic that practicing U.S. Christians are twice as likely to adopt as the general U.S. population,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;In other words, these systems, they can&#8217;t function without Christians &#8212; much less devout Jews and Muslims, and people of other faiths who share Jessica&#8217;s values.” 
Bates doesn&#8217;t appear to be alone in her rejection based on her Christian faith. ADF says others in Oregon have reached out to them with similar stories. And it&#8217;s happened in other states, too. 
There was a <a href="https://casetext.com/case/blais-v-hunter">similar case</a> in Washington State back in 2020; the judge in that case, <a href="https://www.afj.org/document/salvador-mendoza-jr-fact-sheet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Salvador Mendoza, Jr.</a>, said the state wasn&#8217;t allowed to discriminate against a caregiver applicant based on their religious beliefs. He said applicants could be asked questions surrounding LGBT issues, and their responses could be used to help match a child, but their faith-informed answers couldn’t be the sole reason to deny them an opportunity to take in a child. 
Asked if this radical gender ideology could be used against parents raising their biological children, Widmalm-Delphonse said this has already started to happen, though the Constitution does protect against that. 
&#8220;We think that the Constitution absolutely protects, not just foster parents and adoptive parents, but natural families who want to raise their children consistent with their faith,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We absolutely are concerned that states might try to use its gender ideology, not to punish just caregivers who want to open the home for the children in need, but parents of biological children. And we&#8217;ve seen that in some disputes where parents are fighting over a child and a parent might try to use that as a wedge issue and bring the court in to try to adjudicate parents, or punish parents just because of their beliefs.&#8221;
&#8220;We absolutely want to indicate both the caregiver&#8217;s rights, but also the rights of natural parents everywhere,&#8221; Widmalm-Delphonse added. 
ADF on Tuesday officially filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction on behalf of Bates, asking the court to allow the mother to continue in the process of adoption while the lawsuit takes place.

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A &#8220;drag mom&#8221; who mentored an 11-year-old at a Satan-themed pub in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> has been sentenced to less than a year in prison for 11 felony child sex crimes.
Kelsey Meta Boren, 31, pled guilty on March 23 to 11 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree. Another charge of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct was dismissed.
She will <a href="https://www.kdrv.com/news/regional/former-elementary-school-staffer-sentenced-for-encouraging-child-sexual-abuse/article_f2405819-6d53-5766-ad3f-b73c7ab8167c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serve</a> 11 months in jail and five years probation. She will need her probation officer&#8217;s permission to have contact with minors, she will be banned from contact with the victim, and she will have to register as a sex offender.
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&#39;Drag mom&#39; who mentored 11-year-old child drag queen at Satan-themed Oregon pub is sentenced to less than one year in prison for 11 felony child sex crimes
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Boren was <a href="https://www.kdrv.com/news/regional/former-elementary-school-staffer-sentenced-for-encouraging-child-sexual-abuse/article_f2405819-6d53-5766-ad3f-b73c7ab8167c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> back in August after police received tips alleging she was uploading child pornography to the internet, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office in Eugene, Oregon, said.
A sexually explicit image of a girl estimated as 12 or younger was found to have been uploaded multiple times from email accounts that were traced back to Boren, a detective <a href="https://www.kezi.com/news/veneta-elementary-school-staff-member-arrested-accused-of-encouraging-child-sexual-abuse/article_2919dec2-1a77-11ed-9b97-b3aa4e217d9e.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a court document.
At the time, Boren was an instructional assistant in the Fern Ridge School District. After her arrest, she was suspended from her position and barred from school grounds and from having contact with students, the district said.
The sheriff&#8217;s office said no children Boren knew through her job were identified as victims.
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Before her arrest, Boren posted several photos of herself with an 11-year-old girl, a young drag queen called Vanellope MacPherson DuPont, on her Instagram and said she was the child&#8217;s &#8220;drag mom.&#8221;
Boren&#8217;s Instagram handle was &#8220;alwaizcraving.&#8221;
In October, the Satan-themed Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene, Oregon, said it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-bar-to-have-child-drag-queen-perform-this-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosting</a> Vanellope for a drag queen event.
&#8220;Vanellope is here to show you what an 11-year-old drag queen can do,&#8221; a Facebook post by the pub promoting the event read.
&#8220;With all the charm and sweetness of a bowl of sugary cereal, Vanellope is here to brighten up your morning with all her drag talent,&#8221; the post said.
Boren was part of the October event, which happened two months after she was arrested.
About 200 protesters and supporters showed up to the event, some armed with semi-automatic rifles, police said.
Protesters opposing the events carried a sign reading, &#8220;What kind of monster exposes kids to this?&#8221;
Supporters yelled &#8220;go home Nazis&#8221; and had a banner reading &#8220;protect trans youth.&#8221;
Vanellope <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11999861/Drag-mom-mentored-child-drag-queen-jailed-11-felony-child-sex-crimes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> did not end up performing in the event as planned.
However, the pub has also hosted Drag Queen Story Hour events featuring Vanellope, as well as drag burlesque events with adult drag queens that do not include the young performer.
The pub accused critics of sexualizing the child performer and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-bar-to-have-child-drag-queen-perform-this-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> in one Facebook comment, “it all boils down to fundamental misogyny.”
Vanellope&#8217;s family and friends have since released a statement saying the relationship between the child and Boren was &#8220;professional&#8221; only and they only met &#8220;maybe four or five time[s].&#8221;
&#8220;Meta-Boren was not a family friend, nor was she ever a mentor for V in the drag world,&#8221; their statement said. &#8220;They, also, have not had any contact since before covid, and all ties have been severed as of the time of Meta-Boren&#8217;s arrest in August.&#8221;

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-disney-star-embarks-on-spiritual-journey-discovering-witchcraft-in-new-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney star</a> Sabrina Carpenter said she was forced to cancel her concert on Monday in Portland, Oregon, after what the promoter called a &#8220;credible security threat.&#8221;
The 23-year-old pop singer and actress tweeted to her 1.7 million followers an update after concert attendees were told to leave Keller Auditorium just ahead of her performance.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you how much it breaks my heart, this is the last thing I wanted to do but due to unforeseen circumstances we will not be able to perform tonight,&#8221; Carpenter <a href="https://twitter.com/SabrinaAnnLynn/status/1645655758015709184?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;You will be refunded — refunds will come at point of purchase and we are doing our best to reschedule at a later date,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The venue is closing for the evening, please take care of yourselves and return home safely.&#8221;
&#8220;I am so sorry. I love you very much,&#8221; the singer concluded.
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Her post didn&#8217;t explain why the show wasn&#8217;t happening or what had occurred that led authorities to cancel before she went out on stage after another band had been able to perform their set.
&#8220;Employees with the Crystal Ballroom called 911 after receiving an anonymous phone call from an individual claiming they were going to blow up the venue,&#8221; Portland Police Bureau Lieutenant Nathan Sheppard told <a href="https://people.com/music/sabrina-carpenter-portland-concert-canceled-after-credible-security-threat/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=6436e8491e37ae00010c15c3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> magazine on Wednesday.
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&#8220;We contacted both venues and also conducted extra patrols around the Ballroom due to the threat,&#8221; he added, noting that the &#8220;Nonsense&#8221; hitmaker was originally scheduled to be at the Crystal Ballroom. She had been moved to Keller Auditorium due to a larger crowd.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sabrina-carpenter-cancels-portland-show-bomb-threat-1234713232/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RollingStone</a> magazine, promoter AEG Presents said before Carpenter was set to walk out on stage, there was a &#8220;credible security threat&#8221; and the show was called off &#8220;out of an abundance of caution.&#8221;
While the Oregon show didn&#8217;t happen, the singer did perform Tuesday in Seattle and is still scheduled to appear in San Francisco on Friday as part of her &#8220;Emails I Can&#8217;t Send&#8221; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Co73i_3tkEX/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tour</a>, which launched on March 16 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and runs through May.
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kid&#8217;s entertainment content.
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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/portland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Portland</a> rioter who was previously given probation for assaulting a federal contract worker was given 12.5 years in jail for killing his 3-month-old infant child.
Dakota Kurtis Means, 23, was given the sentence after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter and one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment, <a href="https://www.mcda.us/index.php/news/da-mike-schmidt-announces-12-5-year-sentence-for-dakota-means-on-manslaughter-criminal-mistreatment-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt.
Means, who had <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/01/portland-man-who-threatened-federal-contract-worker-with-paintball-gun-sentenced-to-time-served-year-of-supervision.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=theoregonian_sf&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3gpA46-QlwQl3BNDrblyS0E8MFp9GnzQjrHlOwGdo6DO8AmTw5cMuPYR8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously been sentenced</a> to time served and given probation after pleading guilty to threatening a federal officer, was found responsible for the death of Hunter Means, his young child, in April 2021, just months after he was released in January 2021 for his other crime.
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Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Threatening Federal Employee Amid George Floyd Protests Has Been Denied Bond in Infant Son’s Alleged Murder <a href="https://t.co/D8x7YFm2BB">https://t.co/D8x7YFm2BB</a>
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Means had <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/03/fit-of-rage-spurred-portland-man-to-fatally-shake-infant-son-prosecutor-says-judge-denies-bail.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously faced</a> second-degree murder charges, but was only convicted of manslaughter. Prosecutors said that Means violently shook his son, resulting in the young child hitting his skull on something causing brain trauma.
“The brain injuries were not reversible,” said Dr. Adebimpe Adewusi, who gave medical care to Hunter. “My concern is he subjected the child to acceleration, deceleration forces.” The injuries were likely not caused by Hunter accidentally falling, Adewusi said.
During the investigation, Hunter’s mother said that Means treated her “like an animal” and had been “really physically violent” to her. Hunter and his brother also appeared to be recovering from rib damage, though no connection with Means was definitively linked.
In a text presented during his trial, the mother texted Means before he was about to be arrested, telling him not to run away. 

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“You running away make it look like you did something,” she allegedly texted him. “Whatever feelings you have for law enforcement, put them aside for our children.” Means will be transferred to the Oregon Department of Corrections from Multnomah County.
Means intimidated a federal contractor with a paintball gun outside the Mark O. Hatfield United State Courthouse in Portland in August 2020 and spent 60 days behind bars before being sentenced and let out on probation.
During the incident he brandished a paintball gun, cursing at the contractor and saying that it was “going to be an AR&#8221; next time.
“I regret my decision that day,” Means said at the time. “I take full responsibility for what I have done. &#8230; I know it’s not going to happen again.”
Portland was one of the many cities across the U.S. that saw violent rioting in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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“What does the name James K. Polk mean to you?”
The 11th president of the United States is criminally underrated, according to Wilfred McClay, professor of history at Hillsdale College. Despite only serving a single term, Polk radically reshaped the future of the United States, turning the young nation into a cross-continental power.
Polk was elected president in 1844 as a dark horse candidate, coming to power after a string of previous electoral losses because of his outspoken support of American expansion into Texas and the Oregon territory. McClay notes that Polk’s main opponents, former Democratic president Martin Van Buren and Whig Henry Clay, both vocally opposed the voluntary annexation of Texas, which had recently declared independence from Mexico, on the grounds that it might trigger a war.
Polk, on the other hand, was unapologetically bellicose — Texas was annexed in 1845, soon after he became president, and the next year a war would break out between Mexico and the United States — a war the United States would decisively win. By 1848, American troops had occupied the Mexican capital, and half the country’s territory was handed over to the United States.
Polk was similarly aggressive in his negotiations over the Oregon Territory, which included modern-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho as well as portions of Wyoming and Montana and most of British Columbia. In the first half of the 19th century, the territory had been claimed by Britain, Russia, Spain, and the United States, although by Polk’s tenure, only the U.S. and Britain maintained their claims. The countries had agreed to jointly occupy the territory, although that situation was untenable in the long run — American colonists in the area outnumbered the British several times over, but unlike Mexico, Britain was a great power and could not be steamrolled. 
Nevertheless, Polk campaigned on securing almost all of the Oregon Territory for the United States, setting the northern border between American and British territories in the area at the 54 degrees and 40 minutes latitude <a href="https://www.ushistory.org/us/29b.asp">(“54° 40&#8242; or Fight!”)</a>. However, by 1846, American forces were bogged down in Mexico, so when Britain offered a compromise border at the 49th parallel he was willing to take it.
When he stepped down in 1849, American territory had expanded by roughly a third. The Pacific West and Southwest of the United States belong to the United States largely because of President Polk. “His term of office with the mid-nineteenth century idea of &#8216;Manifest Destiny,&#8217;” McClay explains, “the belief that American democracy should extend from coast to coast, enveloping the entire continent.” 
 
McClay speculates that part of the reason Polk is largely forgotten compared to other major American presidents is that such ideas have fallen out of vogue and are regarded as militant and imperialistic. But McClay paints a more favorable picture.
“[Polk] was confident that what he was doing was noble and good &#8211; bringing freedom and prosperity across the continent to ever more people. Looking back almost two centuries, isn’t that exactly what he did?”
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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> high school has parents livid after it was discovered that a health teacher assigned homework asking students to write sexual fantasy stories and mark the initials of a man or woman next to the sexual activities they would perform.
First reported by local television news station <a href="https://www.kezi.com/news/suggestive-high-school-assignment-has-parents-calling-for-change/article_b859ec0a-beda-11ed-b635-4ffc315760f3.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KEZI</a> in the city of Eugene, a parent exposed the assignment via a screenshot on Facebook, which asked students at Churchill High School to &#8220;write a short story of a paragraph or two […about] a sexual fantasy that will have NO penetration of any kind or oral sex (no way of passing an STI).&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/03/eugene-parents-decry-high-school-sexual-fantasy-health-assignment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Oregonian</a>, Kirk Miller, health teacher and football coach, gave the assignment to students taking Churchill&#8217;s Health 2 &#8211; Human Sexuality course, which directs the class to show that minors could &#8220;receive loving affection without having sex&#8221; while choosing three items for the story.
Such items could include &#8220;romantic music, candles, massage oil, feather, feather boa, flavored syrup, etc.&#8221;
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Students at Churchill High School in Eugene, OR, were required to describe, in detailed writing, a sexual fantasy and turn it into the teacher. The assignment is part of a statewide curriculum called “Our Whole Lives.” I think there’s a word for this…? <a href="https://t.co/CZ4DZItOHG">https://t.co/CZ4DZItOHG</a> <a href="https://t.co/BSdsRCcJE8">pic.twitter.com/BSdsRCcJE8</a>
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Hundreds of comments flooded the post within an hour of the screenshot being made public on social media.
&#8220;This is so inappropriate,&#8221; one post read. &#8220;Does he still have a job?&#8221;
Another parent expressed outrage over the idea of an adult male teacher asking their daughter to share sexual fantasies with him.
&#8220;I would be livid and be going to the police,&#8221; the comment said. &#8220;No teacher has any business asking this of a child.&#8221;
Katherine Rogers, whose 16-year-old daughter attends the high school but was not in the class, told The Oregonian that Miller previously gave the students another assignment that encouraged bisexuality, called &#8220;With Whom Would You Do It?&#8221;
The classwork required students to initial males and females that the student &#8220;would do each activity with,&#8221; which were sexual in nature, such as kissing and oral sex.
&#8220;You may use the same person for multiple activities,&#8221; the assignment added.
Rogers said students in the class felt &#8220;mortified, awkward, and creeped out&#8221; by the assignments.
Out of feeling uncomfortable with the assignment, Rogers said some students used &#8220;Kung Fu Panda&#8221; characters in their response to avoid being too personal.
&#8220;So while we are teaching our daughter to abstain from sex, her high school health teacher is asking her to pick out sexual partners and swing both ways,&#8221; one mother told The Epoch Times.
Churchill High School Principal Missy Cole said in an email sent to parents last week that school officials and Eugene school district officials were reviewing its high school health curriculum, which is called Our Whole Lives, developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
&#8220;At this time, the assignment has been removed from the class syllabus and will not be a part of students&#8217; grades,&#8221; Cole wrote, according to The Epoch Times. &#8220;The Our Whole Lives curriculum is utilized by many districts across the state and is endorsed by the Oregon Department of Education.&#8221;
Peter Rudy, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Education, told The Oregonian last week that the state&#8217;s list of recommended instructional material for high school health courses does not include the curriculum in question.
Rudy told the outlet that Oregon school districts could choose curriculums not listed with the state-recommended materials and do not have to notify the Oregon Department of Education. State officials, he said, are not required to track what curriculum districts choose.
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/parent-outrage-as-oregon-teacher-asks-students-to-share-sexual-fantasies-for-school-health-assignment_5120604.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Epoch Times</a> reported that Oregon schools have lost 34,000 students and rank 41st in the nation for education, with one of the worst graduation rates in America.
Mackensey Pulliam of Oregon Moms Union told The Epoch Times in an email that such learning material does not belong in schools.
&#8220;The Oregon education system is failing our kids with less than 45 percent reading at grade level and less than 32 percent able to do math at grade level,&#8221; Pulliam said. &#8220;We need to be focusing on academics and catching our kids up on years of pandemic-related learning loss. The purpose of our schools is to set students up for success as they enter the workforce or higher education, not to teach them about sexual fantasies.&#8221;

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A 28-year-old Oregon man charged with murdering his mother’s partner and an unrelated man escaped from court late last month, and footage of the escape has just been released.
Ed Villalobos was in court on February 27 to stand trial for allegedly stabbing his mother’s partner in April 2021 and then allegedly stabbing another man two hours later before leading police on an hours-long pursuit, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11843243/Shocking-moment-murder-suspect-escapes-Oregon-courthouse-security-officers-unshackled-him.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Courthouse cameras show Villalobos being walked into the courtroom before a sheriff’s deputy pats him down and removes his wrist and ankle restraints, per Oregon law, as the suspect waits patiently.
“When it comes to removing the restraints, that’s what Oregon law requires us to do,” a Washington County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson <a href="https://katu.com/news/local/suspect-in-multiple-oregon-stabbings-escapes-courthouse-and-goes-on-the-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> KATU.
Once the shackles were removed, Villalobos briefly acts as if he’s going to take his seat, but instead he makes a mad dash for the courtroom door, which was left unguarded. Cameras then show Villalobos rushing out of the Washington County Courthouse, past a frightened onlooker, as deputies pursue.
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The suspect disappeared into the surrounding town and wasn’t captured until two hours later when someone called the sheriff’s office to say a man was trying to break into an apartment nearby. The owner of the apartment told deputies that it was supposed to be vacant, and when sheriff’s deputies entered, they found Villalobos hiding in a closet underneath a blanket.
Now, in addition to the murder charges, he faces charges related to his escape, KATU reported.
Villalobos’ trial has been rescheduled for a later date.
He stands trial for the alleged stabbing of Artemio Guzman-Olvera, 33, who was dating Villalobos’ mother, The Oregonian <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/04/cornelius-man-arrested-after-allegedly-stabbing-family-member-to-death.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Guzman-Olvera died at the scene. After allegedly stabbing Guzman-Olvera, Villalobos fled the scene in a car and allegedly stabbed another man, Saul Antonio Ramirez Aguierre, 26, two hours later. Ramirez Aguierre was flown to a hospital but reportedly survived his injuries.
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About half an hour after Ramirez Aguierre was stabbed, a Tualatin, Oregon, police officer saw Villalobos’ car and began following him along with other officers. The suspect stopped the car and fled on foot, but was quickly arrested.

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It pays to be poor.
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have <a href="https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1511413" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill that would shell out $1,000 each month to homeless individuals and other people making below a certain amount of income.
The bill would create the &#8220;People&#8217;s Housing Assistance Fund Demonstration Program, administered by the Department of Human Services&#8221; and would &#8220;provide 12 monthly payments of $1,000 to individuals who are experiencing homelessness, are at risk of homelessness, are severely rent burdened or earn at or below 60 percent of area median income.&#8221;
There are no other stipulations, and the money could be spent as the payee sees fit. In turn, Portland State University Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative would conduct a study to monitor how the basic income program affected poverty in Oregon. The bill would sunset in January 2026, and the Human Services department would be tasked with submitting a  &#8220;legislative concept for long-term cash assistance program to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 1, 2024.&#8221;
Of course, you don&#8217;t have to graduate from Portland State University to understand that this will attract more homeless. Up and down the West Coast, and in other liberal areas of the country, it is easy to realize that free handouts only add to the problem.
Don&#8217;t take my word for it, take the word of one Portland homeless lady named Wendy.
Wendy recently <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/portland-woman-says-homelessness-is-piece-of-cake-thanks-to-3-meals-lax-drug-policies-no-cops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told an activist</a> named Kevin Dahlgren that being a vagrant in The City of Roses is a &#8220;piece of cake, really.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, that’s why you probably got so many out here because they feed you three meals a day,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They’re loving us to death. You don’t have to do sh** but stay in your tent or party or if you smoke of a lot of dope, you can do that.&#8221;
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When Dahlgren observed that Portland&#8217;s plan to help the homeless does not seem to be working, she concurred, &#8220;It’s not &#8230; That’s why you see all the tents.&#8221;
Indeed, the data show that Multnomah County shelters — where Portland is located — housed 20% of people who were considered chronically homeless in 2015. In 2022, that figure was 65% as the homeless population <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portlands-increase-in-shelters-not-helping-homeless-get-off-streets/283-caa9a20a-e31f-4cd0-bbda-11251816bac1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swelled</a> to 5,000.
Soon, those homeless people could &#8220;earn&#8221; a thousand smackeroos a month to spend on whatever they want.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A number of top officials in charge of regulating alcohol in the state of Oregon may have drunk themselves under the table — and out the door.
According to an internal investigation, at least six members of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC), including the agency&#8217;s former executive director, used their authority to divert rare and expensive bourbon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/whiskey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whiskey</a> so they could buy it for their personal use. The officials allegedly used their connections to push the rare spirits to a particular store where they could be kept away from the public.
“After requesting the head of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission’s resignation, my administration became aware that leaders within this agency, including the director himself, abused their position for personal gain per their own admission in an internal investigation,” Oregon Governor Tina Kotek wrote in a letter to the commission. “This behavior is wholly unacceptable. I will not tolerate wrongful violations of our government ethics laws. I urge the commission to install new leadership and remove the managers and executive leadership who have taken advantage of their access and authority to benefit themselves.”
The investigation found that OLCC Executive Director Steve Marks and at least five other officials used their knowledge and connections at the commission to obtain the expensive whiskey. Local news outlet <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/08/kotek-demands-house-cleaning-at-olcc-citing-alleged-ethical-violations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Willamette Week</a> notes that when manufacturers set aside rare bottles of their products for customers, the OLCC has the authority to determine where those bottles go. Some are distributed to retail stores, some to bars and restaurants, and others given away by lottery.
According to <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/08/tina-kotek-oregon-olcc-liquor-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon Public Broadcasting</a>, Marks told an investigator that he requested agency staff to divert some liquor to a specific store where he could buy it away from the public. Other bottles were also set aside by the agency so that managers could buy them. The officials paid for the spirits, but using their connections to obtain them may violate Oregon laws prohibiting officials from using confidential information for personal gain.
Marks reportedly denied breaking Oregon laws, but he did admit to receiving preferential treatment &#8220;to some extent&#8221; because of his position. “I don’t know, a few times for my personal use,&#8221; he reportedly told investigators. &#8220;Pappy’s 23 is remembered in the last few years.” Pappy Van Winkle&#8217;s Family Reserve 23 Year is an extremely rare and expensive bourbon. A <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=pappy+van+winkle+23&amp;sxsrf=AJOqlzWrjGyfT97MqdcoWNuQCV8UBbvdSQ:1675982578956&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=shop&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjiv5LSwYn9AhXUFlkFHc6NDn4Q_AUoAXoECAIQAw&amp;biw=1452&amp;bih=679&amp;dpr=1.32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google search</a> reveals that the whiskey costs $5000 a bottle or more. One bottle of the 2008 release sold at a December auction for <a href="https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2022/12/pappy-van-winkle-23yo-sells-for-52000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$52,000</a>.
Other officials said during the investigation that the practice of setting aside rare bottles was widespread and had been going on for years. OLCC Director of Distilled Spirits Chris Mayton said he served as a &#8220;facilitator&#8221; for customers, employees, and even state lawmakers, hundreds of times, and considered it part of his work duties, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
Nikki Leslie, an employee in charge of distributing the liquor, said that the practice had been going on since she took her position some eight years ago. She told investigators that often she was asked to direct the bottles to a specific store in the city of Milwaukie, near the agency headquarters, and tell employees when the spirits would arrive, so they could buy the bottles ahead of the general public.
“This incident underlines the importance of having public accountability,” agency spokesman Mark Pettinger told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/oregon-039dcfabbd07682ee2b0597c4518e9e8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. “The OLCC will need to work on rebuilding and restoring our public trust &#8230; and adhere to Oregon’s ethics laws.”

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The man who allegedly left a dead fish at “The Goonies” house then had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a yacht he stole capsized has been arrested, according to authorities. 
Law enforcement had reportedly been searching for the suspect since Wednesday when they were alerted to a video apparently <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jericho144000/videos/736561707774307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to social media showing 35-year-old Jericho Labonte, a <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/dead-fish-goonies-house-steals-boat-rescued-coast-guard/283-413e4394-2740-4b29-aedb-8dd76e2129d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian</a>, leaving a fish and dancing at the property in Astoria, Oregon, from the classic 1985 movie. An acquaintance reported the video to police, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-man-arrested-left-dead-fish-at-goonies-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. On Friday, the Coast Guard received a mayday call and posted a video of a yacht capsizing in rough waters during the successful rescue of Labonte from the mouth of the Columbia River. 
&#8220;I kind of got thrown around a little bit by the wave and then when I came up I noticed that the boat was pretty much in shambles,&#8221; said Petty Officer 1st Class Branch Walton, the rescue swimmer. &#8220;I was actually here for training as a student for the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School. I kind of got called on the case, kind of luck of the draw,&#8221; he added. 
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Two Coast Guard air crews received a mayday call Friday morning during a training mission, according to tweets from the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest. They launched ships and found the boat “floundering in the surf,” making a boat rescue too dangerous. Instead, the Coast Guard lowered Walton into the water. 
“As he entered the water the vessel capsized but the rescue swimmer was able to safely recover the individual,” the Coast Guard tweeted. “He was flown back to Coast Guard Base Astoria where EMS was waiting to evaluate and treat the man.”
The suspect was then taken to a hospital and treated for mild hypothermia. The Astoria Police Department said in a Facebook post that it had “received calls from several citizens identifying the rescued victim as Labonte,” but he was discharged from the hospital “before his true identity was discovered.” 
Labonte allegedly covered the security cameras at the home and left the dead fish on the porch, then returned later to remove the fish. Police believe it was caught locally, as someone reported taking Labonte fishing on the same day the fish was left on the porch.
The owner of the 35-foot yacht reported it stolen Friday, according to Astoria Police Chief Stacy Kelly, who admitted it had “been a really odd 48 hours.” Labonte was arrested at a warming center in Seaside, Oregon, on charges of <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/yacht-captain-rescued-amid-choppy-seas-is-allegedly-canadian-fugitive-wanted-for-leaving-a-dead-fish-at-the-goonies-house-but-canada-doesnt-want-him-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first-degree theft</a>, unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal mischief, and endangering another person, according to Fox 12. He is <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/dead-fish-goonies-house-steals-boat-rescued-coast-guard/283-413e4394-2740-4b29-aedb-8dd76e2129d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> in ICE custody at the Northwest Detention Center in Washington.

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Man Who Left Dead Fish At ‘Goonies’ House Rescued After Stolen Yacht Capsized, Arrested, Police Say

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