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Thursday 07-17-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:30 Kevin Starrett from Oregon Firearms Federation – www.OregonFirearms.org with discussion of Rep. Cyrus Javadi’s Substack post going at lengths to provide excuses for why Republicans shouldn’t deny quorum in state legislature disputes. There are also stories of corruption involving a couple other legislators, some republicans. Bottom line is Kevin and I think to reform the state of Oregon will require cleaning house at the Oregon Republican Party in order to build a true opposition party to fight, not cooperate with, a radical Democrat Party agenda in Oregon.
7:10 Medford City Councilman Nick Card talks over Wednesday’s City Council vote which if approved by voters would let them increase the Hotel-Motel tax in order to provide seed money for a potential half billion dollar development including Eugene Emeralds ball stadium, Hotel/Conference center project on a good portion of Hawthorne Park.
7:35 Jeff Harrell is the owner of Cascadia Pharmacy Group, a network of pharmacies with multiple locations in Southern Oregon and across the NW including several locations in Medford along with locations in Grants Pass, Shady Cove, Roseburg and Myrtle Creek. We talked about a real threat to local, small town and independent pharmacies
The Oregon State Pharmacy system has put a video together that frames the issue we discussed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idL1OUuZgcA&t=209s
This is from the Oregon State Pharmacies Association Press Release:
Salem, OR – In a devastating one-two punch to Oregon’s pharmacies and the patients who rely on them, state lawmakers failed to pass any version of House Bill 3212 to reform abusive PBM contracting practices and also failed to extend the CAT tax exemption for critical access pharmacies during the 2025 Legislative Session. The result is a deepening pharmacy access crisis that will force pharmacies to drastically cut services just to survive, and for many, even that will not be enough to keep their doors open.
Over the past year, nearly 1,300 Oregonians contacted their elected officials, urging them to protect pharmacy access by advancing HB 3212. The bipartisan bill, developed through a nearly yearlong stakeholder process, would have tackled anti-competitive PBM business practices that are forcing pharmacies to operate at a loss and close at alarming rates. Since 2008, more than 200 pharmacies have closed across Oregon making the state the worst in the nation for pharmacy access. Despite broad public and legislative support for HB 3212, PBMs and their insurance partners succeeded once again in convincing Democratic leadership to prioritize corporate profits over community care.
At the same time, lawmakers allowed a key tax exemption to expire, re-imposing Oregon’s Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) on pharmacy gross sales, even though pharmacies already pay this tax through inflated wholesale costs. Unlike most businesses, pharmacies cannot set their own prices and are contractually barred from passing on additional costs to patients. This double taxation leaves pharmacies squeezed on both ends, exacerbating financial strain and making survival impossible for many, particularly in rural communities where pharmacies are already hanging by a thread. Predatory PBM practices coupled with double taxation under the CAT, are pushing pharmacies past the breaking point.
“While some legislators, like those that represent the communities we serve, had our backs, Democratic leadership and too many members of their supermajorities in both chambers turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the desperate state of pharmacies and the impassioned pleas of their constituents,” said Ann Murray, owner of Murray Drugs in Eastern Oregon. “Pharmacies will be forever grateful for the outpouring of support from the community we saw during the legislative session and we will need that support going forward as we continue to fight for basic fairness and the bare necessities that can keep pharmacies open and ensure that patients can have access to pharmacy care in their communities.”
“The legislature made a choice not to act on critical pharmacy matters this session and, in doing so, made a choice to accelerate pharmacy closures and exacerbate Oregon’s pharmacy crisis,” said Brian Mayo, Executive Director of OSPA. “Lawmakers talk a big game about improving health access and equity, but when it comes time to choose between patients and powerful corporate lobbies, they repeatedly choose the latter. The result is higher costs, fewearmacy choices, and longer delays for patients across the state.”
Despite the legislature’s failure to act, pharmacy advocates vow to continue the fight, for fairness, for financial viability, and for the communities that depend on local pharmacy care.
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6:30 Eric Peters, automotive journalist at www.EPautos.com with today’s Wheels Up Wednesday.
Some of our topics: https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/07/16/pedal-misuse-alert/ https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/07/15/2025-mazda-cx50/ https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/07/15/talk-to-the-ai-hand/
7:10 Luis Valdes, Florida State Director, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands Director of Outreach, National Spokesman for Gun Owners of America
Luis.Valdes@gunowners.org
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), together with Pennsylvania resident Bonita Shreve have filed a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service, seeking to overturn the Prohibition-era federal ban on the mailing of handguns. The Complaint alleges that this ban is “inconsistent with Founding-era historical tradition” of firearm regulation.
Since 1927, federal law has denied ordinary Americans the right to utilize the mails to ship the “quintessential self-defense weapon”: handguns. Yet all the while, the USPS handles handgun shipments on behalf of businesses and government officials every single day. This ban is as arbitrary and discriminatory as it is violative of the Second Amendment – and its criminal penalties are steep.
Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America, issued the following statement:
“This complaint demonstrates that the federal government’s Prohibition-era ban on mailing handguns violates the Second Amendment. GOA is proud to stand with its members and supporters to ensure that their constitutional rights are protected, and we are committed to ending all anti-gun ‘rules for me, but not for thee,’ in any form they may take.”
Sam Paredes, on behalf of the board for Gun Owners Foundation, issued the following statement:
“This law was passed in a different time. Our complaint makes clear that every day this ban remains in effect, it infringes on the rights of law-abiding Americans who are fully entitled to exercise all of their Second Amendment freedoms. In America, using the Postal Service to mail handguns to other law-abiding individuals should not be a felony.”
7:35 Economist Christian Briggs, CEO of Hard Assets Management more at https://bmcham.com/
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Has the “Cashless” Society Already Begun?
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8:30 “Mr. X”, community researcher and VERY knowledgeable on fire laws and issues responds to the Tuesday talk of George Sexton, KS Wild’s Conservation Director.
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Tuesday 07-15-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:30 Shawn Levy, author of the first major biography of Clint Eastwood in over twenty years, CLINT: THE MAN AND THE MOVIES
CLINT is the first major biography of Eastwood in over twenty years. Two of the most prominent earlier biographies were both comprehensive in covering the work and the life, but approached Eastwood with wildly different perspectives. One was fawning and overly respectful, ignoring any of Eastwood’s faults, while the other one came at Eastwood harshly and didn’t reckon with Eastwood as an actor and director as much as it focused on his personal missteps and failings. These books were also, obviously, unable to cover the substantial and award-winning work that Eastwood has produced in the 21st century. In covering the life and work of Eastwood, Levy’s CLINT takes the middle ground, “where Clint and his work could be described and evaluated from a position of neither acquiescence nor denigration. It was possible for a book to celebrate the man and his work and deeds while acknowledging the flaws-and worse-in him, his choices, and, yes, his films.”
7:10 John Deaton www.x.com@JohneDeaton1
Former federal prosecutor, former US Marine, and 2024 GOP Massachusetts US Senate nominee John Deaton discusses the intense drama that has been occurring in the administration between Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
IMPORTANCE:
- No “client list” existed: The Justice Department acknowledged in a two-page memo that Jeffrey Epstein never maintained a “client list,” directly contradicting earlier claims by Attorney General Pam Bondi that such a document existed.
- Bondi and Bongino clash at the White House: A tense exchange erupted between AG Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, highlighting internal divisions over the decision to withhold further Epstein records.
- Trump defends Bondi amid backlash: President Trump publicly supported Bondi, praising her efforts and dismissing criticism from his base, even as many of his supporters are insisting on more transparency.
After retiring from the Marines in 2002, Deaton founded his own law firm, focusing on representing mesothelioma and cancer victims against major corporations. His advocacy extended to exposing asbestos contamination in children’s products sold by Claire’s, leading to international product recalls and changes in testing standards. In 2024, Deaton ran as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, challenging incumbent Elizabeth Warren.
7:35 State representative Dwayne Yunker joins the show to discuss the end of the session and his announced bid for re-election – www.ElectDwayneYunker.com
8:10 George Sexton, KS Wild’s Conservation Director, joins the show for a discussion on wildfire policy, timber, what the Big Beautiful Bill holds in store for the federal land agencies.
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6:30 Paul Steidler is a Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, a public policy think tank based in Arlington, VA.
MAGA country is experiencing an economic boom as Big Tech pours tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure across red states, but a dangerous rift has emerged within President Trump’s coalition that could kill this golden goose.
Expert policy analyst Paul Steidler reveals in a new article published by American Greatness how some Trump supporters are successfully courting the massive job creation and investment flowing into their communities from large tech companies. Others on the “populist right” are supporting policies that would drastically harm these companies and curb investments.
https://x.com/lexnextdc/status/1943288647224094998
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7:10 Tom Zeller Jr. is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Undark, a nonprofit digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. Previously, he was a reporter and columnist at the New York Times, an editor at large for National Geographic and a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He lives in Lolo, Montana. The Headache is his first book. In THE HEADACHE: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction-and a Search for Relief (Mariner Books; on sale 7/15/2025), veteran science journalist Tom Zeller Jr. delivers a deeply reported journey into the world of headaches-equal parts gripping memoir, cutting-edge science, and insightful exploration of what it means to live with severe, unexplained, and recurrent head pain.
For decades, Zeller has battled excruciating cluster headaches, a disorder so painful it is sometimes described as “suicide headache” in the scientific literature. But instead of succumbing to despair, he used his unique skills as a journalist to dig deeper. THE HEADACHE chronicles his personal quest for answers-from experimental drug trials to groundbreaking research on brain function, and even the unexpected possibilities of psychedelic therapy. Zeller’s captivating narrative explores the history of headache treatment, the science behind the nervous system, and how modern medicine is finally starting to take these conditions seriously
. 7:20 Joseph Rice, chair of the Josephine County Republican Party – Rock through the office window, now what??
7:3 Dr. Bonnor Cohen, PhD from the Committee for A Constructive Tomorrow
His bio-https://www.cfact.org/bonner-cohen/
topic-below statement on cloud seeding.
Cloud-Seeding Had No Role in Texas Floods, But
Beware of Geoengineering to Combat “Climate Change”
Cloud-seeding, a technology developed in the United States in the 1940s, involves sprinkling clouds with particles to induce rainfall on farmland during severe droughts. It is a common practice in crop-growing regions of the aired West, including West Texas, and is regulated by the states. The devastating flash floods in the Texas Hill Country were triggered by Tropical Storm Barry, not by cloud-seeding. Cloud-seeding should not be confused with geoengineering, which aims at altering the Earth’s climate by reflecting sunlight away from the planet or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Geoengineering has the potential to do great harm, including reducing life-sustaining levels of CO2 needed for agriculture.
8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, retired professor of business law at SOU with today’s Where Past Meets Present – www.DennisPowersBooks.com
Cave Junction
By Dennis Powers
Although gold mining was an important factor at first in the Illinois Valley, this did not lead to permanent towns or cities: It was the Oregon Caves, its development, and building road access. Elijah Davidson discovered the Oregon Caves in 1874 while bear hunting deep in the Siskiyou Mountains. After shooting a deer, he followed his dog to a large hole in a mountain (now renamed Mount Elijah after him). Making his way carefully into the black darkness, Davidson lit match after match to find the silhouettes of caverns, stalactites (hanging down like icicles) and stalagmites (from below, sticking up). Telling others about his discovery, the labyrinth of caves and passageways became fairly known, but its remote location kept exploration to only the adventurous.
Experts determined that acidic rainwater from the ancient forest above had dissolved the underlying marble to create one of the world’s rare marble caves. In 1907, Joaquin Miller–the fabled “Poet of the Sierras”–visited the caves and was so impressed that he wrote an article about its unique beauty. Published by Sunset Magazine and entitled “The Marble Halls of Oregon,” this publicity gave the caves nationwide exposure. As a result of the continued advocacy, President Taft designated the 480-acre Oregon Caves in 1909 as a national monument.
Commercial cave tours didn’t become viable until 1922 when a road (Oregon Hwy. 46) was funded and completed by the Oregon State Highway Commission and U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”) to the monument from the Redwood Highway (Hwy. 199). One year later, the USFS agreed with a group of Grants Pass businessmen to finance the lodging and staff to run the resort (a concessionaire now does this), while it (later the National Park Service—or “NPS”) provided oversight and infrastructure, including cave lighting, trails, and a water system.
The increased traffic led to a community developing at the junction of the Redwood Highway and Highway 46. Originally known as Caves City, it was established in 1926 on land donated by Elwood Hussey. In 1935, its post office was named as Cave Junction (since it wasn’t an incorporated city, this new name was agreeable). The locality became incorporated as Cave Junction in 1948, and it is the only incorporated area in the Illinois Valley. Not surprisingly, the city’s motto is the “Gateway to the Oregon Caves.”
Over time, the chalet, cottages, dormitory, and six-story Chateau were built, rebuilt, and renovated. In 2014, Congress expanded the monument nearly 10-fold, from 480 acres to approximately 4,550. An extensive modification of the Chateau began in late 2018, whereby this structure is still closed as of 2025. The Oregon Caves is still open to tours and overnight camping at campsites, but there is no food available at the park. Cave Junction continues on as its “gateway” along with tourism, wineries, and the legalization of cannabis as economic supports. Its population is approximately 2000 hardy folks.
Sources: Dennis Powers, “Where Past Meets present,” Ashland, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2017, pp. 140-142 (Oregon Caves); Wikipedia: Cave Junction, Oregon at History; National Park Service: Oregon Caves at Latest Park News.