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Hundreds of young people, led by students at Hillsboro High School, walked out of their classes Friday morning in protest of ICE activity in their communities.

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December 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is how cops and courts treat *literal public defenders* for being Black. And yes, I completely believe this happened because of how courts and cops react to me lawyering whilst trans.

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Jury awards $800,000 to public defenders who sued Washington County alleging discrimination - oregonlive.com
Jurors deliberated for about five hours to reach their verdict Wednesday.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I fucking love my state
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April 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“This is not immigration enforcement. This is racial terror. This is state-sanctioned violence. This is the face of fascism. Not in some far off land but in our backyard.”

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Latino community describes terror as ICE intensifies Oregon operations
And Washington County declared a state of emergency over the “fear and anxiety” residents feel amid the nationwide immigration crackdown.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In Oregon, “student-led walkout against ICE draws 1,600 protesters from eight Hillsboro schools.”

“‘We never expected this many people,’ said Diego, a Hillsboro High School junior who helped organize the protest …”

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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hundreds of people packed the Hillsboro City Council auditorium to decry the escalation in immigration enforcement in the community, following weeks of reports of federal agents in unmarked vehicles detaining residents and dragging people out of cars.

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November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One of his relatives was on the Washington Co Commission. Don't know if its his brother, but this is a family with deep roots in the County

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Andy Duyck enters final year as Washington County's maverick commissioner
Being the commission's only farmer, small manufacturer and self-described conservative, Duyck has plenty of opportunities to take lone, politically unpopular "nay" positions.
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April 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Instead of focusing on Fai's experience & professionalism — including that NONE of her colleagues stood up for her in the moment —The Oregonian chose to spend its word count excoriating Harrington and praising Treece's public statement after the fact. (2/3) www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
Washington County chair flips off fellow board member in public meeting
Kathryn Harrington apologized for her “unprofessional response” to Commissioner Nafisa Fai after the exchange was caught on video.
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September 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Washington County chair flips off fellow board member in public meeting

via @dediosreports.bsky.social

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Washington County chair flips off fellow board member in public meeting
Kathryn Harrington apologized for her “unprofessional response” to Commissioner Nafisa Fai after the exchange was caught on video.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
We’re just gonna let prosecutors gamergate public defense in this state, aren’t we? “It’s about mismanagement in PD offices!” Puh-lease, Nathan. Why’d you have to dismiss those cases because of your office’s (intentional?) poor management of discovery?

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Judge orders public defenders to prove caseloads amid Oregon courts emergency
Judge Rebecca Guptill told the publicly funded Metropolitan Public Defender, which operates offices in Washington and Multnomah counties, to produce detailed caseload information for its Hillsboro-bas...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I have an idea: let's stop electing abusive leaders.

If you bully and abuse your staff, you should be permanently disqualified from public office. There is no room for that. Ever.

Anyways, Chair Harrington needs to resign, today.

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Elected officials call for Washington County chair to resign after vulgar gesture
Tigard officials are calling for Chair Kathryn Harrington to resign after she raised her middle finger to Commissioner Nafisa Fai in a public meeting.
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September 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Got to watch the opening statements first couple of witnesses in this case. First, I adore these plaintiffs attorneys and their work here was astounding. In addition to standing up for racial justice, the case felt like a love letter to public defenders.

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Jury awards $800,000 to public defenders who sued Washington County alleging discrimination
Jurors deliberated for about five hours to reach their verdict Wednesday.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The National Democratic County Officials are proud to endorse Teri Pailen for County Commissioner in Washington County, MD. Pailen is running to provide accountability in Washington County government. #washingtoncountymd #Maryland www.facebook.com/WashingtonCo...
September 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM