Roy Zilko

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It’s cold enough to break out the heat lamp to thaw out the hummingbird feeder outside our kitchen window.

Analysis | Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything that’s actually fraudulent.

DOGE is the fraud : wapo.st/40ZCgAw

The view from our front yard. February 2025

Town hall meeting with our great US Senator Jeff Merkley and new US House Representative Dr. Maxine Dexter at McDaniel High School in Portland. January 2025.

Frankie and I take a walk on the trail system behind our house. These shots are taken on Gabbert Butte and on the street where we live in the Gresham Butte neighborhood. January 2025

English Cocker Spaniels in the show ring. Portland Rose City Classic Dog Show. January 2025.

A visit to the Portland Japanese Garden in January 2025.

Courts Are the Last Guardrail From Marc | If democracy is to survive the next four years, the courts will need to perform each of these functions.

If you are looking for the guardrails on MAGA extremism, it does not reside in government institutions or norms. Nor will you find any courage in the boardrooms of large corporations as they bow and scrape before Trump.

That leaves only the courts.
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The AI War Is Coming China. It was always about China.

"China is probing the strength of America’s belief in itself because Xi Jinping already has a pretty clear sense of the answer. Weakness is a provocation. That’s the most important rule. Never forget it."

Oh, the stupidity!

Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.

Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.

And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner Trump thinks he can change the Constitution by Signing an Executive Order? HE CAN'T!

Trump thinks he can change the Constitution by Signing an Executive Order? HE CAN'T!
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Contorted Japanese Maple, Carlynn poses next to the Japanese Maple, Carlynn poses on a bridge at the Japanese Garden.

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Bernie Sanders on Biden: "He has been on domestic issues the most progressive president since FDR."

California’s economy is one of the largest in the world, larger than Japan for example. And yet the conservatives call it Marxist as if they have no idea what they’re talking about.

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The Hegseth hearing is doing one thing incredibly well: it’s establishing that when his leadership at DoD fails, it’ll be clear that GOP Senators knew, excused it, and they own it. Serious concerns about experience & judgment are literally being laughed off.

Trump did not ‘win by a mandate’ the dumb guys & gals you went to HS with failed to pick up a newspaper and let Fox News air in their homes. MAGA is a political movement for racist mediocrity. It’s ‘Miracle Whip’ for morons. Enjoy what’s left of USA.

Bowers Fly Baby at the Hood River Fly-in, Hood River, OR. September 2018

Carlynn posing outside the Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. September 2017

Mt Washington, Three Finger Jack and Mt Jefferson as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail near Obsidian Falls in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon. August 2021

Frankie and I walk to the Japanese Garden at Main City Park. Gresham, OR December 31, 2024

Sunrise view from the back deck on the last day of the year. Gresham Butte, OR December 2024

Our three year old grandson searches for cones under a Giant Sequoia tree in a neighborhood park. Gresham, OR December 2024

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