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* A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities: The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution G. Elliott Morris, Oct 10, 2025
* "Portland," Nadin Brzezinski, Medium, Oct 9, 2025 (5 min read)
"Today the White House tried harder than ever to push the idea that the country is consumed by violence from the “Radical Left.” This afternoon a press release from the White House claimed that “[f]or years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property—yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left’s reign of terror.” In fact, before Trump ordered troops into the city, federal agents described the small protests at the ICE facility as “low energy,” consisting of people standing in front of vehicles, raising a middle finger, and playing loud music.
To push the administration’s narrative, Trump held an “Antifa Roundtable” at the White House this afternoon. There, far-right influencers tried to make the case that “antifa” is real and has harassed them, although as The Guardian noted, many of those influencers feed their media channels by confronting protesters and filming the responses they’ve provoked. The press release claimed that “terrorists” have “laid siege” to the ICE office in Portland, Oregon, and at the meeting, Trump claimed that “paid anarchists” want to “destroy our country.” Bizarrely, he claimed that “I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. You don’t even have stores anymore. They don’t even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows.”"
— Heather Cox Richardson, October 8, 2025.
How do you respond to allegations that make no sense?
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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— Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot (@claypotter.bsky.social) October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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