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24. From Andy Borowitz
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:07 PM
Sep 2025
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/federal-troops-arrive-in-portland

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands

PORTLAND (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump’s latest use of the military against US citizens backfired spectacularly on Saturday after Federal troops arrived in Portland, Oregon and immediately formed indie bands.

Across the city, personnel who were until recently members of the military were seen at pawn shops, trading in their automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

Within minutes, Portland’s bulletin boards became plastered with flyers for such newly-minted bands as The Kristi Nomads and Hegadeth.

As the city’s sidewalks transformed into an obstacle course of harmonica-blowing buskers, one longtime Portland resident commented, “We didn’t need Federal troops, but we really didn’t need more bands.”

(There are a couple of good pictures also)

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? Portland sounds great! txwhitedove Sep 2025 #1
it must be Conjuay Sep 2025 #19
Lived in Portland (Oregon) for a year. Job working. chouchou Sep 2025 #2
There's a trip down memory lane.. Permanut Sep 2025 #9
Ahh Thanks..brought it back to me. chouchou Sep 2025 #10
We saw her open for Don Rickles Unwind Your Mind Sep 2025 #26
This is brilliant! More please! Hekate Sep 2025 #3
Love it!!! PatSeg Sep 2025 #4
from behind the lines to the west of Portland OldSWODog Sep 2025 #5
Camp Granada (Allen Sherman) without the rain stopping. rubbersole Sep 2025 #6
Hello Muddah, hello Faddah... GiqueCee Sep 2025 #8
Good parody of Ken Burns' The Civil War. sop Sep 2025 #7
Maybe Jimmy Kimmel can read it in the manner of Ken Burns Hekate Sep 2025 #13
Stephen Colbert's show does it on a regular basis. Wednesdays Sep 2025 #15
Wonderful. I'd forgotten -- Kimmel's name only came up because he just got back. Hekate Sep 2025 #16
These Ken Burns' Civil War letters to mother have become a meme in the NFL. sop Sep 2025 #18
Yes! The Sullivan Ballou letter! FailureToCommunicate Sep 2025 #17
Just sent this on to a select few friends -- thank you so much Hekate Sep 2025 #11
A friend from Portland wrote to me: No "war" going on here. Just a handful of peaceful protesters. he is trying to cause appleannie1 Sep 2025 #12
Exactly. Mockery and satire first -- banana slug catapults next Hekate Sep 2025 #14
They can defeat tRump's goons with simple weirdness Blue Owl Sep 2025 #20
Well done! liberalla Sep 2025 #21
I could just hear this in the background as I read it: Tanuki Sep 2025 #22
Although written in 1982, this piece so perfectly fit the Ken Burns' series. 3catwoman3 Sep 2025 #25
Love this. llmart Sep 2025 #23
From Andy Borowitz soldierant Sep 2025 #24
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