#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: #Humor is like a #SwissArmyKnife . It can cut audience tension or gently carve out a serious point. Or it can produce an embarrassing self-inflicted wound. Humor is #SeriousBusiness . cfmadvocates.com/using-humor-li…

#cfmadvocates Oregon Insider Blog: Oregon's #workforce participation is up, #unemployment is higher because of new workers looking for jobs and the state's school #ChronicAbsenteeism remains high. There could be a link. cfmadvocates.com/three-articles…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: #SpeakerJohnson earned praise and opprobrium for masterminding passage of aid to #Ukraine , #Israel and #Taiwan along with a #TikTok ban and extension of #FISA . cfmadvocates.com/house-passes-9…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: Classified document reveals #Russian #disinformation campaign aimed at undermining U.S. global leadership. It reads like a real-life version of #SpyVersusSpy from #Mad magazine. cfmadvocates.com/?p=21270&previ…

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: Becoming a #ConfidentSpeaker is no accident; #PresidentBiden may need to take on #government to win; #NCAAWBB scores big while #Ducks and #Beavers lose key players; #FactChecking in Spanish informs ranks of #Latino voters. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: Speaker #confidently is no accident. It requires #SelfAwareness , #SelfDiscipline and relentless #practice . It also requires listening to yourself and willingness to #improve . cfmadvocates.com/becoming-a-con…

Oregon passed legislation to get #DrugUse rs off our streets. But issuing #misdemeanors won't stop #DrugUse . That will require an all-hands-on-deck approach, including using #PeerCounselors who can speak from experience about how to escape #addiction . wp.me/p3vuOO-3al

#cfmadvocates Oregon Insider Blog: #CaitlinClark and her long-distance three-point shots helped NCAA March Madness score big with audiences. Local star #CameronBrink is drafted by WNBA next after Clark. #Duck , #Beaver teams face major rebuilding. cfmadvocates.com/propelled-by-c…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog; Analysis: To win re-election this year, #PresidentBiden must confront deep voter #discontent . Touting his legislative #achivements isn't scoring enough #PoliticalPoints . cfmadvocates.com/to-win-biden-m…

Monday will be a banner day in U.S. history as Donald Trump becomes the first president to stand trial on a felony charge. He spent millions on lawyers to delay his criminal reckoning. Now there may only be one way out: Embracing the lunacy. wp.me/p3vuOO-39W

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: As #Latino voter eligibility grows, Latinos become targets of #disinformation campaigns. Now there is a Spanish-language #FactChecker to spot and debunk those false claims. cfmadvocates.com/factchecking-i…

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: #SupplyChains and their link to #inflation ; big investment needed for #ElectionSecurity to deal with physical and #cyber threats; knowing the tools for #StrategicAnalysis ; Wash. lawmakers unveil federal #DataPrivacy legislation. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…

To break fentanyl’s grip on downtown Portland, Oregon leaders expand peer-support program oregonlive.com/portland/2024/… This is perhaps the most consequential move to deal with the crisis.

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome blog: #SupplyChains play an influential role in #inflation rates, says economist #PaulKrugman . With #ShippingLanes under pressure and a Baltimore bridge in rubble, Krugman says he's getting #nervous again. cfmadvocates.com/supply-chains-…

Arizona Reinstates 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/… How can you justify relying on an 1864 territorial act on abortion when SCOTUS said the 14th Amendment ratified at the same time doesn't apply to Donald Trump's 2020 bid to overthrow an election?

Arizona Supreme Court issues near-total ban on abortion wapo.st/3xDWB3h Could someone explain to me how an 1864 territorial law is valid today but the 14th Amendment ratified in 1868 doesn't apply to a former president who tried to overthrow an election.

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: Two ranking Washington lawmakers unveiled #DataPrivacy legislation to give internet users control over their #PersonalData . The #bipartisan compromise could be combined with #ChildSafety and #TikTok ban bills. cfmadvocates.com/washington-law…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: #SWOT analysis and #IssueAudits are tools that examine #opportunities and #risks . They can inform #StrategicPlans and #CrisisPreparation . Both involve #AnticipatoryThinking . cfmadvocates.com/know-the-tools…

Caitlin Clark is a college basketball star known for her 'logo' 3-point shots. She will finish her college career in the NCAA Women's Final Four. She's expected to be drafted by the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. The Portland Trail Blazers may draft her, too. wp.me/p3vuOO-39O

#cfmadvocates Oregon Insider Blog: Maintaining #ElectionSecurity in Oregon will require sizable investment in #ElectionInfrastructure and #ElectionWorkers , says Secretary of State LaVonne #GriffinValade , as physical and cyber threats continue to increase. cfmadvocates.com/big-investment…