Political Coffee 2-10-25: Watchdog asks DOJ to investigate OR for destroying election records, rumor that Kotek won't run again is wrong, Rayfield's comments on why he is suing Trump defy facts, OR leaders silent on latest data that OR is nearly dead last in education outcomes cause they want to throw more money at it, DHS's Noem says FBI leaking ICE raid info, DOGE discovers FEMA sent 59M to NYC for illegals last week violating Trump's EO

Watchdog group wants US DOJ to investigate OR for destroying records: https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/07/watchdog-to-doj-investigate-oregon-for-destroying-voter-records/ Don’t believe the rumor: Kotek will run again: https://oregoncatalyst.com/84387-kotek-run-capitol-rumor.html Rayfield’s comments on why he joined the lawsuit to stop Treasury’s granting of access to DOGE completely ignores Treasury Sec factual statements: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/07/oregon-joins-lawsuit-to-block-trump-gender-affirming-care-order-doge-access-to-data/78344302007/ OR nearly worst in nation for academic performance after record spending increases and all Kotek/Dems can do is throw more money at education while not saying a word about how bad the results are: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2025/02/oregons-near-worst-in-nation-education-outcomes-prompt-a-reckoning-on-school-spending.html DHS sec Noem say’s FBI leaking ICE raid info: https://www.independentsentinel.com/sec-noem-suggested-fbi-agents-leaked-information-of-raids/ Trump files emergency motion to vacate liberal judge’s restraining order on Treasury looking at expenses: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/trump-administration-files-emergency-motion-vacate-treasurys-restraining/ DOGE discovers FEMA sent 59M to NYC for illegals hotel stays just last week violating Trump’s EO https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-team-discovers-fema-spent-59/