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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Portland Officials CAUGHT LYING: 'Everything's Fine' As Businesses FLEE
Description: Portland officials are gaslighting everyone about downtown conditions while small business owners testify about daily machete attacks, armed robberies, and blood-splattered security cameras. Yet again, we're watching politicians look straight into the camera claiming everything's peachy while entrepreneurs flee the city in droves. The Mayor insists people are "riding bikes and buying produce" while business owners literally fear for their lives, and the Governor stands downtown pretending it's not a wasteland with a 35% vacancy rate. Here's the kicker: crime stats magically drop when police stop filing reports – who could have seen that coming? Is anyone surprised that Portland has th...