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Klarkashton

(5,350 posts) Fri Oct 17, 2025, 02:30 PM Oct 2025

So a fake riot in Portland? Of course.

kind of like how Putin staged Ukrainian provocations in order to justify the invasion in 2022
— Alexander Reid Ross (@areidross.bsky.social) 2025-10-17T17:28:56.242Z

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So a fake riot in Portland? Of course. (Original Post) Klarkashton Oct 2025 OP

Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened : LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #1

Paid protestors! Qutzupalotl Oct 2025 #3

It's an age-old authoritarian trick... Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,686 posts)

1. Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened :

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 03:04 PM

Oct 2025

Link to tweet

Qutzupalotl

(15,837 posts)

3. Paid protestors!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 03:17 PM

Oct 2025

Only Trump rather than Soros.

Wounded Bear

(64,442 posts)

2. It's an age-old authoritarian trick...

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 03:06 PM

Oct 2025

and people fall for it all too often.

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