Political Coffee with Jeff Kropf

Common sense? Willamette Valley 800 acre solar park must be opposed because it is meant to replace hydroelectric power from dams when they get shut down someday. https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/04/proposed-willamette-valley-solar-park-neighbors/   WA state income tax repeal effort is way behind signature effort : https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/04/washington-income-tax-initiative-signature...

Affordable housing isn’t affordable in OR because of federal/state subsidies : https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/03/oregon-housing-rent-apartments-affordable-portland/   Jeff Eager’s post about Wyden wanting more unaffordable federal housing: https://x.com/jeff_eager/status/2062276107387437076?s=43   What if the Covid shot administered around the world was a different formulation than originally...

Change your world by posting on social media your thoughts on who is raising the cost of living in Oregon using stories like Tone deaf, Tyrant Tina’s ODOT funding workgroup thinks that you are too stupid to understand the need for increased fees/taxes: https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/02/after-oregonians-reject-gas-tax-governors-transportation-workgroup-fixates-on-messaging-not-math/   U...

Coffee Klatch tonight with Rep Ed Diehl! 6-8pm at Bo and Vine restaurant in Salem What do Kotax and Ted Nugent have in common? https://oregoncatalyst.com/97109-kotek-rejects-antihuntfish-petition-ip-28-ted-nugent.html   Criminalizes killing or injuring any animal : https://www.oregonfb.org/ip28   Ballotpedia explanation of IP28 : https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,_and_Int...

Signature alert! We have only a few days left to get more signatures to stop Kotax’s job destroying/cost of living increasing 300M small biz tax. Get signature sheets at https://notaxor.com/collect/   Smoke and Mirrors: As predicted, far left groups and govt worker unions want Kotax to not adopt any recommendations of her Prosperity Council’s leaked draft recommendation but instead double down on...

Are tax increases the Achilles heel of the Dems in OR? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/oregons-may-voter-turnout-shattered-previous-records-and-1-wildly-unpopular-tax-gets-the-credit.html   Portland city council illegally increases arts tax paid by every person in the city : https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/first-ever-increase-to-the-portland-arts-tax-passes.html   Is the ba...

Texas primary lessons from last night can apply to Oregon in Nov if conservatives will adopt 80-20 issue messaging . https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-takeaways-from-tuesdays-primary-runoff-elections-in-texas-6039117?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1   Don’t go against Trump as Chip Roy found out the hard way : https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/mayes-middleton-crushes-chip-roy-gop-atto...

Former Sen Linthicum interview Is race tension our most serious threat? The late Robert Woodson implies it is : https://oregoncatalyst.com/97008-civil-rights-pioneer-dies-racial-unity-plea-250th.html   Revenue forecast undermines tax increase arguments : https://oregonbusinessreport.com/2026/05/revenue-forecast-undermines-case-for-tax-hikes/                       

What will you do today to honor the men, women and children who have paid the ultimate price of liberty for America? https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/05/25/soldiers-lost-stories-untold-remembering-the-forgotten-on-memorial-day-n4953213 President Trump’s proclamation on Memorial Day : https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/1567454/    

Fight for your economic liberty! We have two weeks to get enough signatures to vote in November on Kotax’s latest job killing/cost of living increasing 300 million dollar small business tax increase. Get active today by going to https://notaxor.com/   No state has ever done what we just did by defeating Kotax’s gas tax petition : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96959-gas-tax-defeat-death-tax-petition.h...

Ed Diehl interview: his candidacy changed Oregon for the better : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96928-distinctively-ed-diehl-oregon-place-running.html   Help Ed get signatures to repeal Kotax’s 300 million small business tax increase . https://notaxor.com/   Could Diehl have won by getting Trump’s endorsement? Trump is 37-0 https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/trump-backed-challengers-in-election-ju...

Drazan wins but will you vote for her against Kotax? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/05/sen-christine-drazan-leading-in-republican-primary-for-oregon-governor.html   Kotax’s unnecessary gas tax increase is defeated by 82%: Will that help Drazan? https://oregoncatalyst.com/96869-measure-120-gas-tax-flames.html   7 big wins on election night for conservatism : https://oregoncatalyst.com/968...

Election day primaries in 6 states including Oregon: Turn your ballot in today and make sure everyone around has voted. https://thelibertydaily.com/primaries-held-6-states-what-watch/   Politicians lie: No on MZ120 : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96832-2-referendums-prove-politicians-lie-120.html   Oregon history of recent gas tax increases: Doesn’t include hidden ‘clean fuels’ mandate that costs us...

Coffee Klatch tonight at Bo and Vine: sign waving at 5pm and Klatch from 6-8.  Vote no on MZ120:Kotax found 248M under the couch cushions for ODOT : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96787-kotek-248-million-odot-couch-120.html   MC dead last in voter turnout so far : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96800-19-turnout-multwash-bottom-4-counties.html   Insanity: Portland power players want Kotax’s fake “Prosperit...

Sign waving with Marion/Polk first today from 4:30-6pm on the Marion St. bridge :  Republican Gov candidate Ed Diehl interview : https://eddiehl.com/   HD20 Republican candidate Andrew Fudge interview : https://fudge4oregon.org/   Republican primary poll: Diehl/Drazan in a dead heat: https://oregoncatalyst.com/96740-poll-puts-drazan-diehl-3.html  Fake poll? Dudley commissioned general election pol...

Polk County commission candidate Mark Adams interview : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583605751125   Stunning Predict Oregon Republican Governor’s race poll: Drazan/Diehl are tied and undecided voters will produce the winner: Results published later today and you can request them at info@predictoregon.com   https://predictoregon.com/   OR legislative score card on the freedom index : h...

Dr. Barbara Kahl, CD-1 candidate interview : https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/#platform   CNN says Dems barely leading in generic Congressional ballot, despite Trump : https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnns-harry-enten-serves-big-time-reality-check-for-democrats-even-amid-trumps-falling-poll-numbers/   Angela Plowhead, OR SD-10 candidate interview : https://angela4oregon.com/   The hidden issue f...

Freddy’s report on Kotek’s “Prosperity Czar” Tim Knopp’s Salem Chamber speech : Kabuki theatre?  Former Sen Linthicum’s weekly interview :  Did OR Dems make a mistake by moving gas tax repeal to May primary not knowing gas prices would spike? https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/oregon-democrats-have-genius-political-strategy-raising-the-gas-tax-heading-into-the-midterm-elections/  Inflation rises at sl...

Jo Rae Perkins Republican Candidate for US Senate interview : https://joraeperkins.com/   Campaign sleaze: Who benefits from anonymous hit piece on Ed Diehl : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96618-defending-diehl-anonymous-fraud-hit-ads-kotek.html   Words matter: MAC bomber was liberal union organizer : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96642-mac-bomber-liberal-union-organizer-sea-violence.html   How Trump is...

Ukrainian prosthetics foundation: Protez Foundation ; https://www.protezfoundation.org/   Taxes matter: 2 trillion of income left high tax states for low tax states : https://x.com/StephenMoore/status/2052475325003559242/photo/1   Kotax’s priority is to raise your cost of living while claiming to care about the people : https://oregoncatalyst.com/96580-kotek-cartoon-sums-priorities-measure-120.htm...

Sheriff Richard Mack interview on how the local sheriff is key to preserving your rights : https://cspoa.org/   More voter fraud found in MI from 2020 : https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/bombshell-detroit-2020-election-document-investigation-reveals-whopping/   New lawsuit says OSP is violating Oregon’s sanctuary laws : https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/06/oregon-state-police-violated-san...

SD 6 Republican Senate candidate Jack Tibbetts interview : https://www.tibbettsfororegon.com/   Why are Oregon gas prices so high? No mention of 20cent gallon hidden gas tax : https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/consumer/why-oregon-gas-prices-higher-than-other-states/article_80c8e045-0002-464c-9faf-9fcf640de5d7.html   Can an Indiana style RINO bloodbath happen here in Oregon? https://www.thega...

Former Sen Linthicum interview Did you watch the Republican Gov debate last night and what were your impressions: https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/republican-candidates-koin-6-governors-race-debate-how-to-watch/ Judicial Watch lawsuit cleaning in OR: More names are being added in after subtracting the bad ones: https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/judicial-watch-lawsuit-cleaning-800k-names-from-or...

Coffee Klatch tonight at Geppetto’s with sign  waving on Lancaster starting at 5pm and meeting at 6pm.  Dr. Frank interview about his meeting tomorrow night at Bo and Vine beginning at 6pm: follow him on Telegram at “Follow the data with Dr. Frank”  Will the high cost of electricity largely from heavy data center use change outcome of primary elections? https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/05/...