Protesters at Portland rallies to show support for police and President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign engaged in physical combat repeatedly with counterprotesters Saturday without police intervention.
Members of the chaotic crowd used an array of weapons, including baseball bats and firearms to beat and threaten those they opposed.
Portland has once again become a focal point for activists of opposing ideologies, following Trump’s repeated characterizations of the city as dangerous because of nightly Black Lives Matter protests.
After Friday night protests that saw some people damaging police vehicles and police responding with arrests, Trump tweeted it was “another bad night of Rioting in Portland, Oregon.”
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Pro-Trump demonstrators, people carrying shields with references to the QAnon conspiracy theory and members of the Proud Boys — a self-described chauvinist group that regularly engages in violence — all gathered around noon, some carrying rifles.
The various rallies were held under banners such as the “No Marxism in America Rally” and the “Trump 2020 Cruise Rally.”
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In a press release distributed Saturday afternoon, Portland police said its officers did not intervene to stop the fighting because those involved “willingly” engaged, its forces were stretched too thin from policing 80+ nights of protests, and the bureau didn’t feel the clashes would last that long.
Omg. This has been going on forever, they’ve had an alternate reality since Appomattox. “The Lost Cause: A New Southern History…" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/books/review/lost-cause-meacham.html
The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
Barr’s meeting with Murdoch, at the media mogul’s New York home in October 2019, was widely reported at the time, with speculation surrounding its subject. According to Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth, by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter, subjects covered included media consolidation and criminal justice reform.
“But it was also about Judge Andrew Napolitano.”
Stelter’s in-depth look at Fox News, its fortunes under Trump and its links to his White House will be published on Tuesday. The Guardian obtained a copy.
In early 2019 it was reported that Napolitano, a New Jersey superior court judge who joined Fox News in 1998, told friends he had been on Trump’s shortlist for the supreme court.
But he broke ranks later in the year, labeling Trump’s approaches to Ukraine, seeking political dirt on rivals, “both criminal and impeachable behavior”.
“The criminal behavior to which Trump has admitted,” Napolitano wrote, in a column dated 3 October, “is much more grave than anything alleged or unearthed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and much of what Mueller revealed was impeachable.”
Citing an unnamed source, Stelter writes that Trump “was so incensed by the judge’s TV broadcasts that he had implored Barr to send Rupert a message in person … about ‘muzzling the judge’.
Cheapskate0 over 3 years ago
And I’m kind of sad this adventure is already over!
kaffekup over 3 years ago
This is starting to remind me of my comment yesterday…
braindead Premium Member over 3 years ago
A partial list:
Rick Gates: Convicted.
Paul Manafort: Convicted.
George Papadopoulos: Convicted.
Mike Flynn: Convicted.
Michael Cohen: Convicted.
Roger Stone: Convicted.
Steve Bannon: Arrested. Indicted.
Donald Trump: Impeached.
Alex van der Zwaan: Convicted
Richard Pinedo: Convicted
Konstantin Kilimnik: Indicted
12 Russian FSB agents: Indicted
13 Russian organizations: Indicted
Internet Research Agency: Indicted
Trump Foundation: Disbanded
Trump University: Shut down
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177,000 Coronavirus deaths.
Is America Great Again yet?
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#TraitorTrump
braindead Premium Member over 3 years ago
^ If given a cognitive test, would Trump or His Disciples be able to recognize any of the above criminals?
Silly Season over 3 years ago
Oh, dear….
Those violent protesters in Portland are back!
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Protesters at Portland rallies to show support for police and President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign engaged in physical combat repeatedly with counterprotesters Saturday without police intervention.
Members of the chaotic crowd used an array of weapons, including baseball bats and firearms to beat and threaten those they opposed.
Portland has once again become a focal point for activists of opposing ideologies, following Trump’s repeated characterizations of the city as dangerous because of nightly Black Lives Matter protests.
After Friday night protests that saw some people damaging police vehicles and police responding with arrests, Trump tweeted it was “another bad night of Rioting in Portland, Oregon.”
✁
Pro-Trump demonstrators, people carrying shields with references to the QAnon conspiracy theory and members of the Proud Boys — a self-described chauvinist group that regularly engages in violence — all gathered around noon, some carrying rifles.
The various rallies were held under banners such as the “No Marxism in America Rally” and the “Trump 2020 Cruise Rally.”
✁
In a press release distributed Saturday afternoon, Portland police said its officers did not intervene to stop the fighting because those involved “willingly” engaged, its forces were stretched too thin from policing 80+ nights of protests, and the bureau didn’t feel the clashes would last that long.
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https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/22/conservative-protesters-plan-rallies-in-downtown-portland/
William Robbins Premium Member over 3 years ago
Omg. This has been going on forever, they’ve had an alternate reality since Appomattox. “The Lost Cause: A New Southern History…" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/books/review/lost-cause-meacham.html
RobinHood over 3 years ago
32 Light Years in just 21 Days. That thing would have to make Warp 8.25. Nice.
Silly Season over 3 years ago
The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
Barr’s meeting with Murdoch, at the media mogul’s New York home in October 2019, was widely reported at the time, with speculation surrounding its subject. According to Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth, by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter, subjects covered included media consolidation and criminal justice reform.
“But it was also about Judge Andrew Napolitano.”
Stelter’s in-depth look at Fox News, its fortunes under Trump and its links to his White House will be published on Tuesday. The Guardian obtained a copy.
In early 2019 it was reported that Napolitano, a New Jersey superior court judge who joined Fox News in 1998, told friends he had been on Trump’s shortlist for the supreme court.
But he broke ranks later in the year, labeling Trump’s approaches to Ukraine, seeking political dirt on rivals, “both criminal and impeachable behavior”.
“The criminal behavior to which Trump has admitted,” Napolitano wrote, in a column dated 3 October, “is much more grave than anything alleged or unearthed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and much of what Mueller revealed was impeachable.”
Citing an unnamed source, Stelter writes that Trump “was so incensed by the judge’s TV broadcasts that he had implored Barr to send Rupert a message in person … about ‘muzzling the judge’.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/william-barr-rupert-murdoch-muzzle-andrew-napolitano-fox-news-trump-critic-book
rossevrymn over 3 years ago
Earth would be better, Carmen, if you’d handle up on your crappy party.
Greyhame over 3 years ago
Actually, it’s a pretty nice planet.
Some of the people on it…
Kip W over 3 years ago
Save some trouble next time and just write “TRANSPORTER MACHINE” on a packing crate.
Heh heh. Carmen and Hobbes.