News of the day: 8 October 2020

 Gleaned from news sources in Portland, Oregon

The Multnomah County DA declines to prosecute the majority of protest related charges: 

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/10/multnomah-county-da-declines-to-prosecute-70-of-portland-protest-cases.html

Demonstrations at an ICE building led to use of tear gas, crowd control munitions, and arrests:

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/10/federal-police-use-tear-gas-crowd-control-munitions-in-s-portland-protest-4-arrested.html

Gleaned from national news

DOJ alters notes by McCabe and Strzok, gives altered notes to Flynn legal team to submit as exculpatory evidence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/justice-dept-acknowledges-fbi-notes-given-to-flynn-defense-contain-altered-dates/2020/10/07/00b66060-04ec-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

The New England Journal of Medicine publishes its fourth editorial in 208 years, urging that voters oust Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/08/science-journal-endorsement-trump/