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23. The Portland Marathon is today.

When I saw this discussion, it was about 4:45 a.m., and my grandson was waiting to be picked up to head into Portland. My grandson's girlfriend is a cheerleader at his high school, and they have a fundraiser working at the Marathon, so he is accompanying her to help out. I believe the route runs near the ICE facility at some point. I jokingly said to him not to get arrested by ICE. His comment back was that he had nothing to worry about because he is "white". I told him that does not make any difference now with ICE. I watched the local news where the young white woman was getting pepper-sprayed in the face the other day. Members of my family go into Portland all the time. My grandson plays soccer games at schools in Portland lots of time. It is safe and peaceful overall and is a beautiful city. It angers me to see Trump and his minions so blatantly lie about what is happening here. Maybe Trump will exploit the marathon and say that there are hundreds and hundreds of people descending upon the city today.