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A remarkable and nightmarish scene playing out in Portland should terrify anyone who cares about the US constitution

POSTED BY: reaverfan
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 18:21
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Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:10 PM

Black female Angela Stanton King apparently doesn't know that Islam does not allow statues of, or ANY human representation of Allah, Mohammed etc because it considers that to be idolatry.

She had to be corrected by a white male. Proving that ignorance and education know no racial or sexual bounds: you can find ignorant people among black females, and smart people among white males.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

#WEARAMASK

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Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:49 PM

Leaked documents reveal DHS spread a viral far-right Facebook conspiracy to local cops that claimed anti-fascists used a satirical “protest jobs” website to pay rioters and plan acts of violence at anti-police brutality protests
https://mainernews.com/satirical-protest-jobs-website-was-source-of-of
ficial-warnings-about-leftist-violence
/

Fascism 101: When the truth doesn't work for you, just lie...

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Friday, July 24, 2020 3:21 AM

The Republican silence on what's happening in Portland is jarring
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/republican-silence-wha
t-s-happening-portland-jarring-n1234684


If you’ve followed American politics over the last 10 years, you might be surprised that Republicans are more outraged at Liz Cheney than they are federal armed agents that just tear-gassed a city’s mayor.

What happened to “Don’t tread on me”?

What happened to states’ rights?

What happened to freedom of speech and assembly?

It’s easy to understand in our current politics why elected Republicans aren’t speaking out against the Department of Homeland Security forces in liberal, urban Portland. (Sen. Rand Paul is one exception.)

But if you lived through the Obama Era, this Republican silence is jarring.

And the next time they’re out of power from the White House, it will only undercut future efforts by them to decry federal overreach.

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Friday, July 24, 2020 3:44 AM

As to what's going on in Portland at the local level ... it's complicated.

And everybody's got their own spin on it.


Mayor of Portland jeered by crowd, tear-gassed by federal agents as protests rage
Los Angeles Times|12 hours ago
The mayor of Portland, Ore., was tear-gassed by the U.S. government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Trump to quell unrest in the city.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-23/portland-oregon-
mayor-jeered-tear-gassed-federal-agents-protest



Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal officers during chaotic protests
USA Today|7 hours ago
Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed along with a crowd of protesters after he tried for hours to calm activists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/23/portland-protest
s-mayor-warns-somebodys-going-die/5487981002
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Portland's Mayor Is Tear-Gassed By Federal Forces On Another Night Of Protests
NPR|3 hours ago
"It was not great," Mayor Ted Wheeler said. "It makes your eyes really burn." Protesters railed against federal agents' presence in the city — and repeated their call for Wheeler to resign.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/
2020/07/23/894591409/portlands-mayor-is-tear-gassed-by-federal-forces-on-another-night-of-protests



Mayor of Portland tear gassed by federal agents, riot declared
ABC News on MSN.com|6 hours ago
boiled over again Wednesday night as federal agents sprayed tear gas into a crowd that included Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Wheeler, according to ABC affiliate KATU in Portland, was likely hit with the chemical agent. "Oh, for sure, he got gassed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayor-of-portland-tear-gassed-by-fed
eral-agents-riot-declared/ar-BB175MNS

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Friday, July 24, 2020 3:58 AM

BTW, as far as I can tell, the mayor is getting criticized by businesses for letting the riots go on, by some groups for being the puppet of 'big money donors', and by rioters for letting the police 'over-police' and use teargas; while at the same time he's protesting the federal presence.

It's a good thing there's a mayoral election coming up so people can vote on whether or not he's overall representing their interests. The populace needs to have their say, instead of having outsiders driving the narrative.

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Friday, July 24, 2020 8:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
YOU'RE A CULT MEMEBER, REAVERBOT.

You say the stupidest and most treasonous things!

Instead of frothing over what other people say, why don't you pay attention to the lies and hyperbole running out of your own keyboard?

Yanno, add some sanity to the discussion instead of agitating for revolution.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

#WEARAMASK




Let him talk.

He's red pilling Ted.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, July 24, 2020 9:02 AM

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Friday, July 24, 2020 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1KIKI:
BTW, as far as I can tell, the mayor is getting criticized by businesses for letting the riots go on, by some groups for being the puppet of 'big money donors', and by rioters for letting the police 'over-police' and use teargas; while at the same time he's protesting the federal presence.

It's a good thing there's a mayoral election coming up so people can vote on whether or not he's overall representing their interests. The populace needs to have their say, instead of having outsiders driving the narrative.

I'd really like to see a quote from a "rioter."

Tell us all about these "rioters." I'm all ears.

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Friday, July 24, 2020 9:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reaverfan:
I'd really like to see a quote from a "rioter."

Tell us all about these "rioters." I'm all ears.


from my links:


Thousands are still in the area after the riot was declared
"You need to be doing more than you are doing. You say you are doing stuff. We haven't seen it," activist Teal Lindseth, 21, told him Wednesday night.


But a google search under her name with the word portland also comes up with this

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/federal-crackdown-in-portland-ree
nergizes-protesters/ar-BB172hrT



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Friday, July 24, 2020 3:49 PM

Speaking in a telephone interview on Fox News, Trump began by saying he was ready to dispatch "50,000, 60,000 people" into American cities. But eventually he upped the figure to 75,000 -- but said it would require local authorities asking for help.

"We have to be invited in. At some point we'll have to do something much stronger than being invited in," Trump said. "We'll go into all of the cities, any of the cities. We're ready," he added.

Deploying 75,000 officers would mark a significant portion of all federal officers in the country. According to a 2019 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were approximately 100,000 federal law enforcement officers in the entire United States in 2016, the last year for which data was available.

More at www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/trump-federal-agents-us-cities/index.h
tml


Sending 75,000 out of 100,000 officers is Trump promising the equivalent of pointing a gun at his own head. I certainly hope he goes all the way, before the election, and pulls that trigger. The mess he'll make will be spectacular!

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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