Political Coffee 4-21-25: Coffee Klatch tonight with Mayor Julie Hoy and Rep Ed Diehl 6pm at Bo and Vine restaurant, How to become a budget detective and find improper, wasteful, inappropriate spending in Salem’s past, present and future budgets:, Here’s the link to the city of Salem budget pages, Pope Francis dies at 88: will the next Pope take the church back to traditional Catholic teachings or continue with the leftist views of Francis? Your dog is an “environmental villain”, Kotek wants new law SB1198 that allows bureaucrats to ban products at will, Another Fake News controversy about SecDef Hegseth: non story by disgruntled fired Obama holdover, Congressional bills that limit district courts from nationwide injunctions and Bipartisan bills introduced to ban insider stock trading by congress

Coffee Klatch tonight with Salem Mayor Julie Hoy and Rep Ed Diehl: How to become a budget detective and find improper, wasteful, inappropriate spending in Salem’s past, present and future budgets: https://www.ocwf.org/_files/ugd/2be652_833fb5af12660a07451572cb4012c5c1.pdf 

Here’s the link to the city of Salem budget pages: https://www.cityofsalem.net/government/budget-finance/annual-budget 

Pope Francis dies at 88: will the next Pope take the church back to traditional Catholic teachings or continue with the leftist views of Francis? https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/pope-francis-dies-aged-88-after-suffering-long-illness-5844965?ea_src=frontpage&ea_cnt=a&ea_med=lead-story-0-title-0 

Your dog is an “environmental villain”: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/climate-nutjobs-target-pet-dogs-environmental-villains/ 

Kotek wants new law SB1198 that allows bureaucrats to ban products at will: https://oregoncatalyst.com/87000-bill-lets-kotek-ban-products-vote-needed.html 

Make comment against SB1198 today! https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Testimony/SRULES/SB/1198/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures 

Another Fake News controversy about SecDef Hegseth: non story by disgruntled fired Obama holdover: https://www.infowars.com/posts/new-signal-chat-controversy-hits-hegseth/ 

Ft. McCoy commander female, leftist is suspended for refusing to display Prez, VP and SecDef photos: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/fort-mccoy-garrison-commander-who-refused-display-photos/ 

Congressional bills that limit district courts from nationwide injunctions: https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/republicans-in-congress-look-to-stop-judicial-coup-detat/ 

Bipartisan bills introduced  to ban insider stock trading by congress: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/bipartisan-lawmakers-renew-effort-to-ban-stock-trading-by-members-of-congress-5844221?ea_src=frontpage&ea_cnt=a&ea_med=top-news-5-top-stories-0-title-1