Tagged: OR

• CONVERSION THERAPY-LINKED PASTOR FIRED FROM SOUTHERN OREGON HOMELESS SHELTER ORG

  September 2, 2022 | LCRW STAFF

  Pastor Chad McComas is officially an unemployed bigot. McComas was the founder of Rogue Retreat, the largest provider of publicly funded homeless shelters in Southern Oregon, and served as the organization’s executive director for 24 years. McComas was terminated by his own board of directors on August 16, 2022, after local activists exposed his ties… Continue reading CONVERSION THERAPY-LINKED PASTOR FIRED FROM SOUTHERN OREGON HOMELESS SHELTER ORG

• KEIZER, OR PRIDE FAIR CANCELED AFTER DOXXING, HARASSMENT, CITY’S SUPPORT OF FAR-RIGHT

  May 16, 2022 | JAMES CROXTON

  The far-right’s free speech-killing stranglehold on much of Oregon claimed another victim this month: Keizer Pride Fair. On May 6, organizers of Keizer’s Pride Fair announced on their website that this year’s celebration would be canceled. They cited both last year’s event—the city’s first—being disrupted by a far-right group and the community’s overall approval of… Continue reading KEIZER, OR PRIDE FAIR CANCELED AFTER DOXXING, HARASSMENT, CITY’S SUPPORT OF FAR-RIGHT

• “I HAD SNIPERS ON ROOFS”—FLYNN, TRUMP SPAWN & ANTIVAXXERS CONVERGE IN KEIZER, OR

  April 6, 2022 | ABNER HÄUGE | JAMES CROXTON

  It was, as one local activist accurately described it, “Warped Tour for QAnon.” All-stars from Q-world and the antivaxx/COVID conspiracy theory scene took their big-tent revival, “ReAwaken America,” to Keizer, Oregon (just outside of Salem, the state’s capitol) this past weekend, selling out about 4,000 tickets for $250 a pop (half-off if you’re a pastor.)… Continue reading “I HAD SNIPERS ON ROOFS”—FLYNN, TRUMP SPAWN & ANTIVAXXERS CONVERGE IN KEIZER, OR

• PDX PROUD BOYS SURROUND, INTIMIDATE PRESS OUTSIDE OF EUGENE TPUSA EVENT

  October 29, 2021 | JAMES CROXTON

  On Oct. 27, Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA’s long-planned stop in Eugene for his college campus Critical Racism Tour took place at the Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell. With Proud Boys—seeming to act like security—present, Kirk’s 100-plus-minute speaking and Q&A event happened after several locations canceled their hosting. Previous locations had cited safety… Continue reading PDX PROUD BOYS SURROUND, INTIMIDATE PRESS OUTSIDE OF EUGENE TPUSA EVENT