A story:
No doubt you know where this is going.

I’m not describing something from a dystopian novel or a country halfway around the world.

I’m describing the United States of America in the year 2020 — specifically what has transpired in Portland, Oregon, in recent days.

To state it very plainly:

Donald Trump and his gang have sent unidentified paramilitary troops into an American city to kidnap activists as a craven political stunt designed to:


1. Soothe Trump’s pathetically frail ego and incite his increasingly unhinged base.

2. Feed Trump’s enablers at Fox News and One America News.

3. Deflect attention away from Trump’s absolutely catastrophic response to the coronavirus emergency, which has seen tens of thousands of preventable deaths of Americans as a direct result of his utter disregard and incompetence.

The mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, and the governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, have demanded that Donald Trump recall this mysterious militarized menace from their city and state.

Add your name:

I oppose Donald Trump’s deployment of secret paramilitary forces in Portland, Oregon. And I stand with the people there as they endure what may be Trump’s most fascistic maneuver yet.

Thanks for taking action.

Stay safe.

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen

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