The Bald Eagle Party

A New Original Song Hard as Dolomite A song about faith, recovery, inner peace, political accountability and refusing to surrender when the fight is worth fighting. Lyrics by Killian Yates Listen to the Full Song Watch the YouTube Short I wrote “Hard as Dolomite” while listening to @ChrisWebby . The lyrics move between faith in Jesus, the discipline required to protect your peace, the reality of addiction and overdose, and the need to confront government officials when public institutions stop listening to the people they serve. The song also connects directly to my continuing advocacy over prisoner communication, the cost of staying connected with incarcerated family members, and the Merriam-Webster Rhyming Dictionary that remained undelivered after arriving at Snake River Correctional Institutio...

Twenty Thousand Names: A Song for Ukraine’s Children I wrote these lyrics for the children taken from Ukraine and for the families still waiting for them to come home. The words are mine. I used artificial intelligence to produce the song from my lyrics. This is a demand for documentation, repatriation, and accountability. A child’s identity, language, and family are not bargaining chips. I want the Russian Foreign Ministry, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, and everyone who hears this to confront what has happened to these children. Previous Attempts at Peace Before the release of truth hits harder , these earlier posts documented my public attempts to appeal for peace, accountability, and the return of Ukrainian children. Letter to Dmitry Peskov: Release the Ukrainian Children A Time for Choosing: Open Letter History Overshadowed, Not Forgotten ...

When a Documented Claim Is Met With a Closed File I submitted a tort notice concerning the delayed delivery of a Merriam-Webster Rhyming Dictionary to Snake River Correctional Institution, supported by an exhibit index, purchase and delivery records, agency emails, call records, and a public-records request. The State of Oregon’s September 9 response says it views the matter as a claim on behalf of an adult in custody, directs that person to file under ORS 30.275, and states that it is closing its file. Compare the documented request and evidence with the response below. This is an example of injustice I will not stand for, and why we must not forget the power we hold with our vote. Read the earlier posts: Letter to Governor Tina Kotek – State of Oregon and Still Undelivered: One Dictionary, Two Political Parties and No Accountability . State of Oregon Tort Re...

Still With Us: A Song About Recovery, Faith, and the People We Carry By Killian Yates | The Bald Eagle Party I wrote this song for Tristan, for my other friends and family lost to addiction, and for the people I love who are still in it. Their lives, their struggles, and the love I carry for them are the inspiration behind these words. I wrote the lyrics in pieces while listening to different songs on YouTube Music, leaving those pieces as comments as the words came to me. Eventually, those thoughts about grief, determination, faith, and recovery came together. I used Google Gemini to create the song from the lyrics I had written. Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Drive “enough dead homies to make a family tree” That line carries the weight of people I knew and loved. When I talk about addiction, I think about Tristan. I think about the oth...

Still Undelivered: One Dictionary, Two Political Parties and No Accountability Oregon’s Democratic administration passed responsibility down to prison housing officers while Republican representatives became unreachable. By Killian Yates | September 1, 2026 As of September 1, 2026, the book still has not been delivered. On Friday, August 28, Christina Towers of the Oregon Department of Corrections Office of the Inspector General assured me that Javier Manuel Morales would receive the book that night or, at the very latest, the following day. That deadline passed. Mr. Morales still does not have the book. Twenty-seven days have now passed since USPS delivered it to Snake River Correctional Institution. The item is a Merriam-Webster Rhyming Dictionary. I purchased it through Amazon for my friend, Javier Manuel Morales, so that we could write music together through letters. Amazon and USPS tracking ...

An Open Letter to Governor Tina Kotek Oregon Must Match or Beat California’s Three-Cent Prison Messaging Rate Oregon does not need to invent a new standard. California has already demonstrated that secure statewide correctional messaging can be offered for three cents per message while including free monthly messages. By Killian Yates | August 18, 2026 Governor Tina Kotek Attn: Constituent Services 900 Court Street NE, Suite 254 Salem, OR 97301-4047 Dear Governor Kotek: I am writing to urge you to intervene in the Oregon Department of Corrections’ current tablet and electronic-messaging negotiations before another long-term communications agreement is finalized. This is no longer a request for Oregon to experiment with an untested pricing model. California has already established a clear and directly comparable precedent. ...

The Bald Eagle Party | Open Letter Once Delivery Is Paid For, Viewing Must Be Free An open letter urging Governor Tina Kotek to end per-minute charges for viewing family messages and photographs in Oregon prisons—and to build a bipartisan national standard protecting prisoners and their children. By Killian Yates | August 10, 2026 Governor Tina Kotek Attn: Constituent Services 900 Court Street, Suite 254 Salem, OR 97301-4047 Subject: Protecting the Communication Rights of Oregon Prisoners and Their Families Dear Governor Kotek: I am writing to request immediate action concerning the Oregon Department of Corrections’ use of per-minute charges for electronic messaging and family communications through the GettingOut/Telmate platform. I recently raised this matter in an open letter to President Donald J. Trump. That letter described the problem plainly: “Four cents a minute to see your children.” It also propos...