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Letter to the Editor; Mean spirited

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Sheriff Bob Songer’s “clever” poster, which compared Americans who support any type of gun control measures to strong-arm dictators, and which he displayed at a Nov. 12 meeting of the Klickitat County Republican Party, was shocking, offensive and mean-spirited.

Wyden: Barr sees Trump as ‘royalty’
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Wyden: Barr sees Trump as ‘royalty’

  • Neita Cecil
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden fielded wide-ranging questions from students and community members at Dufur School Tuesday, and in response to one, said attorney general nominee William Barr considers presidents “royalty” and above the law. “In his actual own words, he pretty much thinks the president is royalty,” Wyden said of Barr at the town hall meeting.

Sen. Wyden holds Hood River town hall
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Sen. Wyden holds Hood River town hall

  • Emily Fitzgerald
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Approximately 60 of Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Oregon) constituents gathered in Hood River Middle School’s auditorium Monday evening for Sen. Wyden’s 925th official town hall.

Legislature ends session after tackling guns
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Legislature ends session after tackling guns

  • TOM JAMES, ANDREW SELSKY
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Salem (AP) — Oregon’s Legislature ended its 2018 session on Saturday after nearly a month that saw additional gun controls, an attempt to curb opioid abuse and a remedy to prevent losses to state coffers from the federal tax overhaul.