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The Skanner News - Northwest

Found: Sat Mar 23 18:24:13 2024 PDT
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The Skanner News - Northwest The Skanner News - Northwest

* News * Northwest

* USA

* albina

* Saundra Sorenson

* HPfeature

Details Written by Saundra Sorenson Published: 22 March 2024

$450 Million Awarded to Lower Albina Neighborhood

Portland receives the largest grant in competitive national program.READ MORE

* about-climate-change

* about-Pacific-Northwest

* about-memorial

* about-weather

* HPfeature

Details Written by AP News Published: 18 March 2024

(Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP)

Oregon County Plants Trees to Honor Victims of Killer 2021 Heat Wave

Family members of people killed by record-breaking heat in the Portland area three years ago gathered over the weekend to plant trees across Multnomah County in honor of its 72 victims. Authorities say more people died from the heat in the greater Portland area that June than in the entire state over the past 20 years.READ MORE

* about-Seattle

* about-washington-state

* about-Public-Defenders-Office

* law

Details Written by AP Published: 14 March 2024

Washington State Bar Association OKs Far Lower Caseloads for Public Defenders

The Washington State Bar Association has approved far lower case limits for public defenders in an effort to stop them from quitting, to help with recruiting and to fairly represent defendants. Skeptics agree the system is breaking down but are concerned about finding more attorneys to hire. Many counties, especially rural ones, already struggle to employ enough public defenders and get almost no state funding, which some say should change.READ MORE

* confederate-monuments

* Saundra Sorenson

* HPfeature

Details Written by Saundra Sorenson Published: 13 March 2024

(photo by Kymberly Jeka)

Portland Establishes Monument Review Process

City Council unanimously votes to create policy for questioning public monuments, now classified as separate from public art. READ MORE

* about-portland-police

* about-police-shootings

* HPfeature

Details Written by Associated Press Published: 11 March 2024

Lawsuit Accuses Portland Police Officer of Fatally Shooting Unarmed Black Man in the Back

According to the complaint, in 2022, the officer shot Immanueal Clark in the back as he ran away.READ MORE

* about-police-accountability

* about-washington-state

* opioid-epidemic

* HPfeature

Details Written by HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Published: 10 March 2024

Washington State has Bipartisan Support to Ban Police Hog-tying

Washington state's legislative session is ending with bipartisan support to address the opioid crisis and ban the police practice of hog-tying, but fell short in getting some of the most progressive bills across the finish line. Over 300 bills are heading to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee's desk.most with bipartisan support. At the samr time some initiatives would overturn Democrats' biggest recent wins, including the year-old Climate Commitment Act, which works to cap and reduce pollutionREAD MORE

* about-homelessness

* about-eviction

* about-affordable-housing

* Saundra Sorenson

* HPfeature

Details Written by Saundra Sorenson Published: 06 March 2024

Katrina Holland of the Urban League of Portland

Legislature Passes Affordable Housing Bills

More than $350 million will be dedicated to new housing, interest-free loans to cities, eviction prevention and stable housing programs.READ MORE

* about-police-accountability

* about-washington-state

* about-Police-Brutality

* about- income-tax

* HPfeature

Details Written by HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Published: 05 March 2024

Legislative Building at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Washington State Lawmakers Approve Police Pursuit and Income Tax Initiatives

These initiatives approved Monday are just three of six certified after the group Let's Go Washington, which is primarily bankrolled by hedge fund executive Brian Heywood, submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of them. Initiatives to overturn the state's landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds as well as one that could threaten a long-term care insurance program will likely head straight to voters.READ MORE

* about-oregon-legislature

* about-Tina-Kotek

* HPfeature

* drug-decriminalization

Details Written by CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press Published: 05 March 2024

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Oregon Lawmakers Voted to Recriminalize Drugs. The Bill's Future Is Now in the Governor's Hands

Kotek's office says the bill has yet to reach her desk. Once it does, state law says she will have 30 days to issue a veto, as the Legislature is set to adjourn Sunday. If she signs the bill -- or does nothing -- it will take effect.READ MORE

* about-washington-state

* About-pacific-northwest-tribes

* opioid-epidemic

Details Written by HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Published: 02 March 2024

Washington State Agrees $8 Million a Year for Tribes Hit By Opioid Deaths

With Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington dying of opioid overdoses at five times the state average Washington lawmakers have agreed to allocate $8 milliona year to 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington from a half-billion-dollar settlement between the state and major opioid distributors. The funds will help tribes address the opioid crisisREAD MORE

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* Washington State House Overwhelmingly Passes Ban on Hog-tying by Police

* In 'Uptown One Saturday Night,' Black Historian Details Often-Forgotten MLK Assassination Attempt

* Amid Fentanyl Crisis, Oregon Lawmakers Propose More Funding for Opioid Addiction Medication in Jails

* KGW Apologizes After Airing Racist Image

* Rep. Blumenauer Talks Retirement from Congress and His Plans to Help Put Portland Back Together

* Former Audubon Group Changes Name to 'Bird Alliance of Oregon'

* Childcare, Rural Investment, Wealth Creation, 'Actually' Affordable Housing: State BIPOC Caucus Talks Priorities at Start of Legislative Session

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An accomplished Air Force pilot, Dwight was groomed by John F. Kennedy's White House to be the first Black astronaut. But in training, he faced discrimination that detoured his path. Read More

Rep. Blumenauer Talks Retirement from Congress and His Plans to Help Put Portland Back Together

U.S. Representative for Oregon has held his seat for nearly 30 years. Read More

Historic White House Gathering Celebrates Descendants of Civil Rights Icons

Descendants of such prominent figures as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, Thomas Jefferson, and Sally Hemings were scheduled to attend. Read More

100 Years of Radio in Africa: From Propaganda to People's Power

Radio is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience research differs across countries. But studies estimate radio listenership to be between 60% and 80% of the continent's 1.4 billion population. Read More

A Black Author Looks at Failed Attempt by Founder of Georgia to Ban Slavery

Black author Michael Thurmond says Georgia's white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery. His new book - "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia" --focuses on Oglethorpe's failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britain's 13th American colony in 1733. Georgia's early prohibition on slavery ended and Oglethorpe returned to England where he inspired activists who would become Britain's first abolitionists Read More

KGW Apologizes After Airing Racist Image

Television station KGW says it deeply regrets inadvertently showing a racist image during a segment called "The Good Stuff," which invited viewers to share "cheesy, silly, or memorable" photos from the past. The 1950s image showed children throwing balls towards a sign prominently displaying a racial slur. KGW apologised for "the profound hurt this image inflicted upon our viewers and staff, particularly members of our Black community." Leaders of the Portland NAACP chapter said they were appalled Read More

States Aim to Protect Health Data Used in Abortion Battle

State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health facilities. Medical records are protected by a federal privacy law, but information collected by a lot of apps is not and state legislation is trying to close that gap. Data privacy ihas been a growing concern since the.Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and state abortion bans started kicking in. The Federal Trade Commission has also been using a ban on deceptive practices to sue data brokers Read More

Separate Water Fountains for Black People Still Stand in the South -- Thinly Veiled Monuments to the Long, Strange, Dehumanizing History of Segregation

In Ellisville, Mississippi, two water fountains remain standing in front of the Jones County Courthouse. When they were first built in the late 1930s, the words "white" and "colored" designated which fountain was to be used by which race. Those words are now covered up by ceremonial plaques, but for some Black residents, the fountains still stir up painful memories Read More

The Skanner Foundation's 38th Annual MLK Breakfast

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prohibitionist hits:0 government drug warrior (prohibition_agency) hits:0 propaganda (drugwar_propaganda) hits:25 legalization hits:2 drug_reformer hits:0 reform_referenda hits:0 cannabis hits:0 stimulant hits:0 narcotic hits:8 hallucinogen hits:0
    prohibitionist     prohibition_agency     drugwar_propaganda     legalization     drug_reformer
    reform_referenda     cannabis     stimulant     narcotic     hallucinogen
                        
                        


incarceration/prison mentioned? yes .

propaganda analysis


explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda) hits:0 hated group (propaganda_theme1) hits:5 madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2) hits:8 survival of society (propaganda_theme3) hits:4 gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4) hits:0 children (propaganda_theme5) hits:1 demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6) hits:5 total prohibition (propaganda_theme7) hits:3 dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8) hits:0
EXP - explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda) GRP - hated group (propaganda_theme1) MAD - madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2)
SOC - survival of society (propaganda_theme3) USE - gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4) KID - children (propaganda_theme5)
WAR - demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6) TOT - total prohibition (propaganda_theme7) DIS - dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8)



conceptevidencehitslinks
 drug of abuse implied / mentioned

drug related
[news] [concept]

legalization illegal drugs  
drugwar_propaganda : a drug war propaganda event, campaign release, slogan, or themepropaganda

drugwar propaganda
[news] [concept]

propaganda theme1 propaganda theme2 propaganda theme3 propaganda theme5 propaganda theme6 propaganda theme7 Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate? (Bruce E Levine, 2012)
Classic Modern Drug Propaganda
Themes in Chemical Prohibition
Drug War Propaganda (kindle edition)
propaganda_theme1 : drug war propaganda theme: hated groupshated group

propaganda theme1
[news] [concept]

"racial" "Black community" "Black People" "Strippers" dehumanization4Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1)
drugwarfacts.org/druguse.htm
drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm
America's Racist Drug laws
narcoterror.org/
Labeling theory
Transfer (propaganda)
 addiction 60%
[news] [concept]
"Addiction"1Twelve-Step Snake Oil (2012)
Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers (Thomas Szasz)
Rat Park
substance.com/stop-nora-volkow-l...
iboga-experience.nl/
lewrockwell.com/2013/08/stephen-...
wakingtimes.com/2014/03/12/canna...
Most People With Addiction Simply Grow Out of It: Why Is This Widely Denied? (2014)
propaganda_theme2 : drug war propaganda theme: madness, violence, illness caused by drugsmadness, violence, illness

propaganda theme2 90%
[news] [concept]

"overdoses" "Killer" "hurt" "Assassination" "Fatally" "threaten" "Deaths" addiction7Madness Crime Violence Illness (propaganda theme 2)
drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm
drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness
No, marijuana use doesn't lower your IQ (10/2014)
propaganda_theme3 : drug war propaganda theme: survival of societysurvival of society

propaganda theme3 50%
[news] [concept]

"Americans" "American" "community" "Neighborhood"4Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3)
The "Nation" as a Device To Create a Psychological Crowd
propaganda_theme5 : drug war propaganda theme: children corrupted by drugschildren

propaganda theme5 60%
[news] [concept]

"children"1Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5)
drugwarfacts.org/adolesce.htm
Think of the children
propaganda_theme6 : drug war propaganda theme: demonize; use of drugs is epidemic; wardemonize, war, epidemic

propaganda theme6
[news] [concept]

"epidemic" "Battle" "struggle" dehumanization4Demonize, War (propaganda theme 6)
List of Wars on Concepts
Perpetual war
The Failed War on Drugs (2012)
propaganda_theme7 : drug war propaganda theme: total prohibiton or accesstotal prohibition

propaganda theme7 80%
[news] [concept]

"decriminalization" legalization1Total Prohibition or Access (propaganda theme 7)
dehumanization : dehumanization - prohibitionists assert drug users are not fully humandehumanization
[news] [concept]
"Dehumanizing"1Dehumanization
Dehumanized Drug Offenders (2014)
richardwebster.net/print/xofrats...
 drug of abuse

illegal drugs
[news] [concept]

addiction narcotic  
 drugs 95%
[news] [concept]
various drugs  
 legalization 80%
[news] [concept]
"drug-decriminalization" "decriminalization"2mapinc.org/decrim.htm
 psychoactive pharmaceutical

pharms
[news] [concept]

fentanyl erowid.org/pharms/pharms.shtml
 analgesic
[news] [concept]
fentanyl  
 anesthetic
[news] [concept]
fentanyl  
opioid : opiate-like but synthetic drugsopioid

opioid
[news] [concept]

"opioid-epidemic" "opioid"8Managing Pain
 narcotic
[news] [concept]
opioid Managing Pain
 Fentanyl

fentanyl
[news] [concept]

"Fentanyl"1erowid.org/pharms/fentanyl/
 various drugs 95%
[news] [concept]
"drug-decriminalization" "Drugs"5 
 incarceration
[news] [concept]
"Jails"1Prison Hell in America (Stephen Lendman, Oct. 2011)
Understanding the U.S. Torture State
this is what a police state looks like
Torture and the United States
drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons and...
aclu.org/combating-mass-incarcer...
november.org
mapinc.org/prison.htm
hermes-press.com/prisons drugs.htm
US Official Prison Policy: Encourage Men's Rape (2014)
Profit Driven Prison Industrial Complex (2012)
The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal
Sing a Little Louder
Prison Rape Widely Ignored by Authorities
thedailysheeple.com/prisons-are-...
Push Back Against Drug War Profiteering with Jury Nullification
 youth 60%
[news] [concept]
propaganda theme5 ssdp.org/
mapinc.org/youth.htm
 school
[news] [concept]
"College"1ssdp.org/
 aggrandizing government

aggrandizement 85%
[news] [concept]

"Authorities"1Statism: the Most Dangerous Religion (2014 video)
What is Statism?
Conservapedia: Statism
Wikipedia: Statolatry
lewrockwell.com/2014/07/thomas-d...
Bought Priesthood
Worship of the U. S. Government (2011)
Bureaucratic Thrust
Tyranny of Experts
The Threat of Authority (2012)
The Media As Enablers of Government Lies
The Statist Mindset (Jacob Hornberger, 2011)
Thinking Critically about Experts and Authority
'Scientific' evidence for FDA-approved drugs isn't so scientific, it turns out (2014)
The Intellectual Gravy Train (2015)
 mainstream (controlled) media

msm
[news] [concept]

mockingbird Mainstream Media
whowhatwhy.org/2014/04/09/media-...
archive.lewrockwell.com/orig14/a...
Michael Levine, Mainstream Media: The Drug War Shills
beforeitsnews.com/alternative/20...
Mainstream Media: The Most Significant Threat To Freedom
msm.rt.com/
sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/...
 Mockingbird / Wurlitzer; US intel-controlled media

mockingbird
[news] [concept]

assoc press Operation Mockingbird - Mighty Wurlitzer
carlbernstein.com/magazine cia a...
US Media Conceals News (2013)
Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana (2012)
reuters.com/article/2014/07/27/u...
https://web.archive.org/web/2013...
Propaganda 101: Operation Mockingbird Continues (2015)
 assoc press
[news] [concept]
"Associated Press" "AP"10carlbernstein.com/magazine cia a...
Associated Press (AP) - Mockingbird / Wurlitzer

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    assoc_press concept - AP - Associated Press - long linked with "Mighty Wurlitzer" intel ops like, "Operation Mockingbird"
    mockingbird concept - documented US intel controlled media: newspapers, tv, radio - various press associated with known intel ops such as, "Operation Mockingbird", "Mighty Wurlitzer", etc.
    msm concept - mainstream media - corporate, government controlled press: newspaper, tv, radio, websites; press associated with known intel ops such as, "Operation Mockingbird", "Mighty Wurlitzer", Tavistock Institute, etc.
    aggrandizement concept - terms of aggrandizement (of government)
    school concept
    youth concept
    incarceration concept - Prisons, Jails and Probation
    various_drugs concept - general terms for drugs
    fentanyl concept - Fentanyl is a short-acting synthetic opiate analgesic which is active at very low doses. Its effects are compared to heroin and it has been sold on the street as heroin, causing some deaths. (N-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide)
    narcotic concept - a drug that dulls senses, relieves pain, induces sleep
    opioid concept - opiate-like but synthetic drugs
    opioid
    anesthetic concept
    analgesic concept
    pharms concept - Psychoactive Pharmaceuticals are over-the-counter or prescription chemicals approved for human medicinal use, with mind- or emotion-altering properties
    legalization concept - drug decrim. or legalisaton
    drugs concept
    illegal_drugs concept - drugs of abuse, so-called
    dehumanization concept - dehumanization - prohibitionists assert drug users are not fully human
    dehumanization
    propaganda_theme7 concept - drug war propaganda theme: total prohibiton or access
    propaganda_theme7
    propaganda_theme6 concept - drug war propaganda theme: demonize; use of drugs is epidemic; war
    propaganda_theme6
    propaganda_theme5 concept - drug war propaganda theme: children corrupted by drugs
    propaganda_theme5
    propaganda_theme3 concept - drug war propaganda theme: survival of society
    propaganda_theme3
    propaganda_theme2 concept - drug war propaganda theme: madness, violence, illness caused by drugs
    propaganda_theme2
    addiction concept - addition or drug dependency
    propaganda_theme1 concept - drug war propaganda theme: hated groups
    propaganda_theme1
    drugwar_propaganda concept - a drug war propaganda event, campaign release, slogan, or theme
    drugwar_propaganda
    drug_related concept - related to illegal drugs and prohibition