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Carla Axtman

Carla Axtman is a political animal and blogger who co-founded the Oregon-based blogs Preemptive Karma and Loaded Orygun. Most recently, she worked as the Netroots Outreach Director for Jeff Merkley for Oregon during the 2008 primary. Carla is in the process of readjusting to the real world and is now sleeping and eating on a regular schedule.


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Feb. 14, 2011The mess that is the Columbia River Crossing. 13 8
Feb. 11, 2011Fallout for Ferrioli: from the hometown paper 10 5
Feb. 10, 2011OR-Sen: Ferrioli embarrasses himself (and the rest of us by association) 28 8
Feb. 07, 2011GOP ramps up the culture wars, but not jobs 21 5
Feb. 03, 2011Republican Congress attacks women's health care (again) 4 4
Feb. 01, 2011Caitlin Baggott takes the wheel at The Bus Project 10 15
Jan. 29, 2011My abortion didn't make me crazy 26 20
Jan. 28, 2011The new math: courtesy of your Oregon Tea Party 40 7
Jan. 24, 2011WaCo: Another powderkeg about to spark for County Commission 3 2
Jan. 23, 2011Video: The Sandy River cuts down Lolo Pass 1 3
Jan. 19, 2011Leslie Lewis: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 5 5
Jan. 18, 2011OR-1: Wu sheds staffers; complaints about odd behavior surface 19 2
Jan. 12, 2011HD-24: Jim Weidner is the Rodney Dangerfield of the GOP caucus 5 7
Jan. 05, 2011Yamhill County takes land use to a whole new (lower) level 10 13
Jan. 04, 2011A cautionary tale on austerity budgeting 35 6
Jan. 03, 2011Metro: Robert Liberty announces resignation; Bob Stacey expresses interest 9 6
Jan. 03, 2011OR-GOP: Tiernan to step down as head of the Oregon Republican Party 13 7
Dec. 27, 2010WaCo: One conservative's earmark is another's key road project 6 5
Dec. 23, 2010Keep Portland Weird 2 1
Dec. 23, 2010Dave Lister, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other weird stuff 7 1
Dec. 20, 2010The workhorse of the US Senate 11 10
Dec. 18, 2010A more perfect Union: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repealed 50 11
Dec. 15, 2010More dysfunction in the Washington County Commission 4 2
Dec. 14, 2010Washington County continues to steamroll over citizens 8 5
Dec. 14, 2010Following up on gay bashing at the Smithsonian 0 3
Dec. 13, 2010Growing Pains 8 5
Dec. 09, 2010Wow. That was fast. 4 4
Dec. 07, 2010Washington County: More details on the backroom dealing 2 2
Dec. 06, 2010Breaking: Washington County government gives constituents the finger 10 7
Dec. 02, 2010I believe I'll be asking my Senators and Congressman to expand funding for the Smithsonian 5 2
Nov. 30, 2010The other terrorism-and pondering Portland 35 11
Nov. 30, 2010OR-Sen: GOP goes fishing for votes in Jackson County 19 1
Nov. 29, 2010Get your UGB on: Metro ready to hear from you 4 3
Nov. 27, 2010FBI thwarts terrorist bomb attempt: world is officially crazy 216 3
Nov. 24, 2010Mom like me 9 17
Nov. 21, 2010Dear MultCo: I'm just not that into you. Love, Elizabeth 88 9
Nov. 19, 2010Who decides "journalism" and "journalist"? 18 5
Nov. 17, 2010Merkley takes another strong, principled stand 41 8
Nov. 12, 2010A brief review of GOP navel gazing 75 7
Nov. 11, 2010We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields 15 4
Nov. 09, 2010Bob Tiernan feasts on sour grapes 42 7
Nov. 07, 2010The Island of Cornelius 47 4
Nov. 05, 2010The Roseburg Beacon goes all Dewey Defeats Truman on us 7 3
Nov. 04, 2010Oregon gets ready to take the lead again 9 12
Oct. 30, 2010Oregon LCDC smacks down Washington County urban reserves 6 6
Oct. 29, 2010Blue Oregon: How the editors rocked the vote 42 3
Oct. 26, 2010Mannix's signature gathering operation yields indictments 29 4
Oct. 25, 2010Beaverton School District's Mea Culpa, and other AWOL "leaders" 1 3
Oct. 22, 2010DeFazio investigating impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts 18 2
Oct. 21, 2010In Pictures: Obama stumps for Kitz 12 5

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