Political Coffee 5-23-2024: Crime, law and order elected Vasquez, More money didn't help Schmidt, how many ballots don't have postmarks? Has Portland turned a corner? Another OR county votes to join Idaho, Noah Robinson defeats establishment Goodwin in co

Political Coffee with Jeff Kropf

Crime, law and order elected Vasquez over woke MC DA Schmidt: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/05/multnomah-county-voters-elect-nathan-vasquez-as-da-ousting-one-term-incument-mike-schmidt.html

More money didn’t help Schmidt: https://oregoncatalyst.com/77638-winning-race-eve-election.html

How many ballots without postmarks? Many MC races still too close to call as thousands of ballots still arriving? https://www.koin.com/news/elections/thousands-of-ballots-still-uncounted-amid-tight-multco-commissioner-races/

Has Portland turned a corner? https://oregoncatalyst.com/77743-lars-larson-portland-turned-corner.html

Another OR county votes to join Idaho: 13 now want out: https://oregoncatalyst.com/77753-county-votes-join-idaho.html

Noah Robinson prevails over establishment choice Goodwin: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/05/son-of-oregon-senator-barred-from-reelection-wins-republican-bid-for-fathers-seat.html

Taxes on the ballot: mixed bag but most new taxes defeated: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/22/bend-portland-eugene-oregon-districts-mixed-results-school-levies-ballot-election-2024/

Small WI town getting special attention from Biden’s DOJ cause they stopped using machines: Intimidation? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/small-wisconsin-town-under-review-feds-after-eliminating/

Lie of the day: FBI says deadly force authorization is standard procedure: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/dirty-fbi-defends-authorized-use-deadly-force-mar/

Majority of likely 2024 voters want illegals deported: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/majority-likely-2024-voters-prefer-deporting-illegal-aliens/