Calendar & News
Events Calendar
March-April 2026
NO KINGS 3.0 - Nationwide Rally to Save Our Democracy
Sat., March 28, 11:00 am-1:30 pm
March & Rally in Hood River (details below)
MARCH: Meet at 11:00 am at gravel parking lot east of Ferment Brewing (Event Site area, on Portway Ave.), and march to the Salmon Fountain.
RALLY: Salmon Fountain (2nd & State Streets in HR) 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
HRC Dems Monthly Meeting
Thurs., April 9, 6:30-7:30 pm
Hood River Library (502 State St.)
Meet in the downstairs meeting room. Arrive early for social time (6-6:30pm).
Bring your favorite snack to share.
Hybrid access: Sign up here to get the zoom link.
Neighborhood GOTV (Get Out the Vote) Kickoff Event
Sun., April 26, 4:00-5:30 pm
Hood River County Library Meeting Room (502 State St. in HR)
Pick up your NGOTV materials.
Receive a brief training, and meet fellow NGOTV volunteers.
News
In a rule finalized in the federal register on Christmas Eve 2025, the Trump administration changed the way rural postmarks are counted for VOTING and tax-paying. Oregon’s primary election is May 19. Because of these changes, election officials will urge voters to mail their ballots back at least a week prior or use drop boxes instead of relying on timely mail delivery. The shift to regional processing centers and ending evening mail collection means envelopes won’t receive postmarks until they’re processed at the Portland center — so someone mailing a ballot, filing a tax return by mail or who otherwise counts on a postmark as proof a letter was sent by a deadline will have to send their mail earlier or ask for a manual postmark at a post office.
Chop Wood, Carry Water: a political activism newsletter that comes out 5 days a week. Subscribe to receive a short, encouraging email in your inbox each weekday (except Wed.) telling you how you can make a difference by taking 5-7 minutes worth of EASY actions. The almost weekly Sunday "Extra! Extra!" editions contain a long list of hopeful news, Democratic accomplishments, and all the “blue wins”. March 1 “Extra! Extra!” edition:
Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, revealed that in 2025 it lost $712 million and brought in just $3.7 million in revenue.
Brandi Carlile raised $600K for immigrant legal aid in Minnesota with a livestream concert fundraiser. The singer’s “Be Human: A Concert for Minnesota” event benefited The Advocates For Human Rights, a nonprofit in Minneapolis that provides legal aid to people detained by ICE.
Officials in Denver announced a moratorium on the construction of new data centers.
The Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team declined the President’s invitation to attend his State of the Union address.
London police arrested former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the country’s second recent arrest for ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A planned protest outside National Development headquarters in Newton, MA was canceled after a meeting with the CEO resulted in banning ICE agents from parking their vehicles in National Development lots. [Submitted by subscriber Denise Y.]
After a failed grand jury indictment, Jeanine Pirro's office has decided to stop pursuing the case against six Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military and intelligence communities in a social media video not to comply with unlawful orders.
A proposal to rename a portion of a highway in Texas after Charlie Kirk was dropped after local residents pushed back.
Thanks to a crackdown on illegal land clearing, Brazil has seen a record drop in deforestation this year in the Amazon.
CA Attorney General Rob Bonta promised to conduct a “vigorous” review of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and warned the companies not to get ahead of the regulatory process in their celebrations.
A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconstitutional.
House Democrats, who hope to regain the majority in the November midterms, are already charting an aggressive strategy of investigating the Trump administration next year.
UNC-Chapel Hill will “scrap” a policy that would have allowed administrators to secretly record professors, Chancellor Lee Roberts said Friday. The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted. Roberts said at a Faculty Council meeting that he decided to reconsider the policy after it “created a lot of disquiet.” I’ll say!
Ukrainian forces have regained control of eight settlements and liberated 154 square miles of territory from Russian occupation since the end of January 2026.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared publicly for the first time that there’s no way for Senate Republicans to maintain the procedural unity required in order to pass the SAVE America Act via a “talking filibuster.”
A new Reuters-Ipsos poll finds 61% of Americans agreed that President Trump has “become erratic with age.” Just 45% say Trump is “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges.”
TED is giving $1B to 10 nonprofits working to solve “humanity's biggest problems.”
North Carolina’s water infrastructure authority approved more than $472 million in funding for 145 water infrastructure projects across the state.
In a “hugely significant milestone,” 158 captive-bred juvenile giant tortoises were released on the Galápagos island of Floreana, making their return after over 180 years of absence.
St. Pete, FL lit up its sky with rainbow lasers for Winter Pride.
And much more….