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 contested Senate seat, taxes on the ballot have mixed results, small WI town getting special intimidation from DOJ cause they ditched the machines, FBI says deadly force authorization is standard and majority of likely 2024 voters want illegals deported

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/