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Chainfire

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7. Portland and the President's reaction

Reply to Land Shark (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 05:29 PM

Jul 2020

is about election year politics. Trump wants to prove to his 40% that he is all powerful and that he is a "law and order" President. It is campaigning, misusing his immense power as President, nothing more or less.

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Is Portland Part of a Rightwing Militia Takeover? [View all] Land Shark Jul 2020 OP

Deafening silence from the NRA BadgerKid Jul 2020 #1

At some point, someone detained will be hurt, sexually molested, maybe even die. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #2

Wow thats a disturbing article Takebacktherepublic Jul 2020 #3

Yes it is pretty amazing and thorough and disturbing. Land Shark Jul 2020 #12

I believe Barr is crazy enough to deputize members of the extreme right wing militias. progressive nobody Jul 2020 #4

Can unbadged thugs in camo grab ballot boxes and throw them into unmarked cars? JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #5

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

Portland and the President's reaction Chainfire Jul 2020 #7

Border Patrol checkpoints within 100 miles of border shutdown Land Shark Jul 2020 #8

Buy guns. roamer65 Jul 2020 #9

Daddy? TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #10

Aww.... legos too. :) Land Shark Jul 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author marie999 Jul 2020 #11

These people will probably appear during election day too dustyscamp Jul 2020 #14

Oh yeah for sure. Land Shark Jul 2020 #15

Corporate sponsored thugs. The fossil fuel industry isn't interested in transitioning to a green jalan48 Jul 2020 #16

Hmm. Land Shark Jul 2020 #17