A small Christian school in Oregon is suing Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and other Oregon officials after claiming the state is discriminating against private and religious schools by keeping them locked down while allowing public schools to reopen.
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) <a href="https://www.adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Hermiston%20Christian%20School%20v.%20Brown%20-%20Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">filed a lawsuit</a> Friday on behalf of Hermiston Christian School, a K-12 school in Hermiston, Oregon, which has a student body of 51. The lawsuit reads in part: &#8220;After 41 years of faithful service, Hermiston Christian School (&#8216;HCS&#8217;) could be forced to shut its doors for good unless the Court stops an obvious case of discrimination: Defendants’ COVID-19 orders and guidance generally prohibit in- person instruction but grant a &#8216;small school&#8217; exception to public schools while denying the same exception to private religious schools (&#8216;Religious School Closure&#8217;) in Umatilla County.&#8221;
The lawsuit goes on to claim that even though Brown at first led the school&#8217;s leaders to believe that they would be allowed to meet in-person if they met certain health guidelines, the governor ended up shuttering private schools both in Umatilla County and other parts of the state on July 29. Public schools, however, were granted an exemption if they maintained 75 students or fewer. Violators of the governor&#8217;s order face a potential 30 day imprisonment and a fine of $1,250.
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The lawsuit alleged that Brown reversed course because she feared declining public school enrollment. &#8220;The reason for Defendants’ discriminatory treatment is clear: on the very same day that Defendants continued their prohibition of in-person instruction for religious schools, a policy advisor and liaison for Governor Brown discussed the potential for a &#8216;mass exodus&#8217; of children from public schools and emphasized that public schools could suffer a reduction in funding if students disenrolled to obtain education elsewhere.&#8221;
&#8220;The Religious School Closure is unconstitutional and makes no sense,&#8221; the suit continued. &#8220;The virus does not discriminate between public and religious schools; neither should the government. There is no basis for Defendants to grant a special exception for public schools while denying the same treatment to religious schools.&#8221;
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“While responding to crises can be difficult, this case is not,&#8221; ADF senior counsel Ryan Tucker <a href="https://www.adflegal.org/press-release/oregon-governors-changing-covid-19-rules-prompts-lawsuit-religious-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;There is no legitimate reason for allowing public schools with 75 or fewer students to provide in-person instruction while denying the same opportunity to small private schools, including religious ones.&#8221;
He added:
<blockquote>Hermiston Christian School operates in the same county as a public school that is open, and it operates with the same number of students, who are performing the same type of activity, working in an even larger physical environment, and complying with the same health and safety protocols. Gov. Brown’s refusal to extend the same treatment to Hermiston Christian School as she does to small public schools violates the U.S. Constitution and discriminates against parents who choose to provide a religious education for their children.</blockquote>
The lawsuit continues, in part, &#8220;Crises do not suspend the Constitution and there is no legitimate, much less compelling, justification for suddenly prohibiting in-person religious instruction for religious schools—without financial support to carry the burden of such restrictions—while granting secular public schools exceptions and more lenient treatment.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-oregon-judge-invalidates-governors-virus-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Oregon Judge Invalidates Governor’s Virus Restrictions</a>
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A woman in Oregon claims that she stopped a man she suspected may have been an arsonist by using a firearm to hold him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived.
&#8220;Get on the floor, right now, face down! What are you doing on my property?&#8221; the woman yells at the man. &#8220;Did you light anything on fire?&#8221;
The man claims that he was just passing through and, when pressed about why he was holding matches, he responds, &#8220;I smoke.&#8221; When asked to show his cigarettes, he admits he has none.
The armed woman then keeps the suspect there until police arrive. They eventually handcuff him and take him away.
&#8220;The confrontation came as intense wildfires tear through the state and other parts of the West Coast — with smoke from the blazes reaching as far as Europe,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/09/16/oregon-woman-holds-suspected-arsonist-at-gunpoint-as-wildfires-rage/">reported</a>.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-wildfires-woman-seen-holding-suspected-arsonist-at-gunpoint">reported</a> that the woman responded to allegations that the incident was staged by writing on Facebook that it &#8220;truly did happen and there is nothing fake about it.&#8221;
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The woman posted the following statement on Facebook:
<blockquote>I read all your msgs to me, even the private ones, I can tell you that this truly did happen and there is nothing fake about it, I do not wish to keep private msgs between you and I, not with you or the dozens of people who are reaching out to me. Some with terrifying words, but mostly I am truly humbled by many kind words that have been said to me. I do not wish to speak to anyone, it doesn&#8217;t matter to me if it&#8217;s a journalist who wants to put out on the news, I will not put my family in danger by exposing myself any more than what I have already, besides the media will just twist my words. Feel free to use the pictures that you have obtained if you want but I will not interview with anyone. I will tell you something though if I need to do this again to protect my family and my neighbors, I will in a heartbeat do it again, except this time I will not be as nice as I was. &#8220;We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.&#8221; 
In all things, may the victory come to us while the glory goes to God. Blessings 🙏 -Kat.
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Some of you still think we&#8217;re not being under attack. I found this individual walking in my property as I was driving in, all he had were some matches in his hand. Walked him out of my property at gunpoint and then when we got to some asphalt ground on the main road made him lay down while the cops arrived. Had my husband been here he would have been dead. This criminal has got multiple warrants one of them being assaulting a police officer.</blockquote>
The woman later <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3360106860715242&amp;set=pcb.3360111827381412&amp;type=3&amp;theater">shared</a> a photograph that purported to show the man being taken in custody by law enforcement officials.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-starting-wildfire-with-molotov-cocktail-gets-released-from-jail-starts-6-more-fires-police">Man Arrested For Starting Wildfire With Molotov Cocktail, Gets Released From Jail, Starts 6 More Fires: Police</a>
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A man who was arrested in Oregon after allegedly using a Molotov cocktail to start a wildfire was later released from jail but rearrested less than 24 hours later for allegedly starting six more small fires. The incident comes amid a string of devastating wildfires as northern California, Oregon, and Washington suffer varying degrees of drought following an extremely dry summer.
Domingo Lopez Jr., 45, was arrested after using a Molotov cocktail &#8220;to start a small brush fire,&#8221; the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Monday.
&#8220;On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 4:35p.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched to assist Portland Fire and Rescue with a brush fire in the 9600 block of East Burnside Street,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;Officers saw that a section of grass along the I-205 freeway was burning. Firefighters extinguished the fire. No one was injured and no structures were damaged.&#8221;
&#8220;About an hour later, East officers were flagged down by a witness who pointed out the suspect in a nearby tent,&#8221; the statement continues. &#8220;Officers arrested the suspect, who confirmed he lit the fire with the device.&#8221;
Authorities booked Lopez Jr. into the Multnomah County Detention Center &#8220;on charges of Reckless Burning and Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree,&#8221; the statement adds. &#8220;Arson investigators are also doing follow-up to see if other charges are warranted.&#8221;
Investigators recovered alleged evidence (pictured below) during their initial investigation.
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As <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/oregon-man-freed-after-starting-brush-fire-set-six-more-cops/">reported</a> by the New York Post, Lopez Jr. was booked into jail Sunday evening on charges of &#8220;reckless burning and second-degree disorderly conduct&#8221; and released later that night.
&#8220;The alleged arson comes as Oregon is one of the worst hit by wildfires devastating the West Coast, with at least 10 dead in the Beaver State,&#8221; the Post notes.
The Portland Police Bureau later reported that the same suspect was arrested just hours later for allegedly starting more fires after being released from jail.
&#8220;On Monday, September 14, 2020, at 3:37a.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched with Portland Fire and Rescue to a report of multiple fires burning along the west side of the I-205 freeway,&#8221; the Portland Police Bureau said in a separate statement. &#8220;Portland Fire and Rescue extinguished three of them while passing community members put out the other three. All were caught early. No one was injured and no structures were burnt. Officers located Domingo Lopez, Junior walking along the shoulder and arrested him. They seized a lighter as evidence.&#8221;
The suspect was cited six additional times on counts of Reckless Burning and was transported to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
One of the major fires that recently hit the West Coast — near Palm Springs, California — was allegedly caused by a pyrotechnic device that was used during a gender reveal party.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection issued a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE0ddK-hHo1/?igshid=d1a7knxin4dc">press release</a> stating:
<blockquote>CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa. CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn’t take much to start a wildfire. Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially responsible and criminally responsible.</blockquote>
Much of the West Coast is experiencing <a href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu">moderate to extreme drought</a>, a product of a <a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/national/statewidepcpnrank/statewidepcpnrank-202008.png">particularly dry summer</a>. While some of the fires appear to be the result of accidental human ignitions, many <a href="https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/western-us-wildfires-are-not-the-result-of-widespread-arson/?fbclid=IwAR0nvMm1DXDHxJZY1VqoiclYh1Dsq4SUU9568LgNoGs854EQ6rExi3Eq-7w">unfounded claims</a> about arson have spread online. Lightning storms appear to have caused some fires in California, while one of the most destructive fires in Oregon, the Whitney Fire, appears to have been sparked by a fallen power line. One case of possible arson is the Dolan Fire in California for which a man was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountySheriffsOffice/posts/2716042841945078">arrested</a> on suspicion of arson on forest land.
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This report has been expanded to include more details about the causes of the West Coast wildfires. 
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Oregon forestry officials are warning that looters are targeting homes evacuated over the west coast wildfires and at least two men have already been arrested after clearing homes in Oregon&#8217;s Beachie Creek region, one of the areas suffering from major wildfire damage.
<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/oregon-wildfires-two-men-arrested-for-looting-in-marion-county.html">Oregon Live reports</a> that deputies arrested Anthony Travis Bodda, 21, and Alexander Justin Jones, 36, late last week, who looted homes in Marion County, Oregon, and then led deputies on a high-speed chase.
&#8220;Deputies spotted the [pair&#8217;s] van near Gates and began pursuing the vehicle west on Oregon 22, with an assist from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police. The van took the exit into the Stayton/Sublimity area and drove through a golf course in a failed attempt to evade their pursuers,&#8221; according to Oregon Live. &#8220;Authorities used spike strips to disable the van and two suspects, later identified as 21-year-old Anthony Travis Bodda and 36-year-old Alexander Justin Jones, got out and fled on foot.&#8221;
At the time, Oregon was being blasted by two separate fires, the Beachie Creek fire, and the Riverside fire, according to an earlier report from Oregon Live. Since then, the two fires have combined to create a mega-fire, which has so far &#8220;scorched more than 300,000 acres,&#8221; according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
“I am disappointed that while in a state of emergency these people would victimize members of our community,” Marion County Sheriff Joe Kast noted in a statement to media about the looters. &#8220;The women and men of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office are committed to holding people accountable if they chose to victimize residents from our evacuated areas.”
Looting amidst wildfires is not a new phenomenon. Just weeks ago, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-looters-invade-wildfire-zone-steal-firefighters-wallet-drain-bank-account-as-he-battles-blaze">The Daily Wire reported</a> on an incident in California where looters &#8220;flooded&#8221; a wildfire zone in California, even going so far as to steal a firefighter&#8217;s wallet that was left on the dashboard of his emergency response vehicle. Those looters drained the firefighter&#8217;s bank account as he was busy battling a major blaze near Santa Cruz.
Now, fires are burning across the west coast, affecting thousands of people in at least three states: Washington, Oregon, and California.
&#8220;The raging fires in Oregon have already consumed more than one million acres and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/wildfires-live-updates-in-oregon-firefighters-face-a-threat-of-resurging-winds.html">The New York Times reported Sunday</a>. &#8220;Combined with a record-setting 3.1 million acres burned in California and more than 600,000 acres burned in Washington State, the West Coast has been blanketed for days by thick smoke that has left cities bathed in an apocalyptic haze and the worst air quality on the planet.&#8221;
Slight changes in weather and wind direction helped firefighters make progress on Saturday, but most blazes are still less than 50% contained. Although authorities anticipate that most of the fires were started accidentally, at least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-people-arrested-for-suspected-arson-intentionally-setting-wildfires-in-california-oregon-washington">four people have been arrested</a> for starting fires, including one man charged with allegedly sparking off a major Oregon blaze that has so far claimed at least two lives.
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A 13-year-old Oregon boy named Wyatt Tofte reportedly died in the wildfires engulfing pockets along the West Coast after he initially fled for safety but returned to try and save his grandmother, according to the family.
According to <a href="https://apnews.com/df564b59125cceaf30234e956834fd5e">The Associated Press</a>, Chris Tofte, the boy’s father, drove to a nearby town on Monday night to pick up a trailer with the hopes of returning to take the rest of the family and their belongings to safety. (Susan Vaslev, Wyatt’s great aunt and spokesperson for the family, told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/09/12/boy-grandmother-fire-wyatt-tofte-peggy-mosso-vaslev-whitfield-nr-vpx.cnn">CNN</a> the father went searching for a generator in town after the power went out during the high winds, and left before the fire actually started.)
The wildfire, although 15 miles away, spread quickly. And while the rest of the family was asleep, it reached the home, forcing Angela Mosso, Tofte’s wife, to cram her son, mother, and pet dog — a 200 lb bullmastiff mix — in the family car, reports <a href="https://www.statesmanjournal.com/in-depth/news/2020/09/10/oregon-wildfires-santiam-fire-evacuations-leave-family-members-dead/5759101002/">The Statesman Journal.</a>
But then the car stopped.
Lonnie Bertallato, Angela’s brother, said Friday that he believes the wheels on the car melted, and his sister was forced to send her son and the dog out on foot. She then said goodbye to her mother, who was unable to walk far, and also set out on foot, reports AP.
“She knew the only way for her son to survive was to run,” Vaslev told CNN. “So she told Wyatt and the dog to run.”
Angela Mosso walked roughly three miles before she was saved by her husband, who was searching for his family, but he didn’t recognize Angela until he explained to her that he was looking for his wife and son, and Angela managed to reply: “I am your wife.”
Chris Tofte took his wife to safety, and then returned to look for his son and mother-in-law.
Several days later, authorities found Wyatt Tofte in the driver’s seat of the family car, with the dog in his lap, and the grandmother’s remains in the back of the car.
“I don’t need to go into too much detail, but obviously&#8230;he turned around to go try and save his grandma,” Angela’s brother told AP.
“Wyatt ended up going back to the car, and tried to drive his grandmother out,” said Vaslev. “So he attempted to drive that car, and he — the roads were so hot that it burned up the tires, and so he wasn’t able to drive it to safety. Did not make it out of the fire.”
“It’s devastating. Just the way it happened, and the whole story, and who was lost,” Vaslev told CNN. “Any time a young child dies in a fire like that, and the details, it&#8217;s just something that you can’t wrap your head around. And it just hurts.”
Angela Mosso suffered burns across her whole body but is expected to survive.
“She has a long road to go,” said Vaslev. “But to come out of that. We all know surviving full-body burns is a painful experience in itself—recovering from that—and then to come back [to] your son having died, and your mother having died.”
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At least four people have been arrested on suspicion of arson in incidents connected to the massive wildfires now blazing across the western United States, according to authorities in California, Oregon, and Washington.
A number of false reports surfaced this week, pinning several fires on &#8220;antifascist activists&#8221;—reports that, the FBI says, turned out to be untrue upon investigation by federal, state, and local authorities, despite a flood of reports.
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Those rumors are believed to have stemmed from a tweet from the Portland, Oregon, police department warning protesters, who have been holding protests in the city every night for the past three months. The Portland PD warned demonstrators earlier this week that setting fires could lead to much larger, more destructive blazes.
&#8220;To those attending the demonstration tonight: Keep in mind the immediate risk the use of fire poses to community members. Since fire danger is very high right now due to high winds and the current dry climate, fire will spread quickly and could affect many lives,&#8221; the department noted on Tuesday.
“We’re not seeing any indications of a mass politically influenced arson campaign,” the Oregon Department of Forestry <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/antifa-wildfires.html">confirmed to The New York Times</a>.
But several state authorities now say that at least four of the many fires that have destroyed millions of acres of forest in California, Oregon, and Washington, are suspicious, and they&#8217;ve arrested at least four people in connection to suspected incidents of arson.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, a transient living in the Oregon woods, was arrested late this week &#8220;on two counts of arson, 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment,” <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/09/man-arrested-charged-with-arson-in-connection-with-southern-oregon-fire.html">according to Oregon Live</a>. Bakkela is allegedly responsible for setting one of two major wildfires in Oregon; the fires have now merged, killing at least 24 people, leaving hundreds homeless, and torching at least 5,700 acres of precious forest land.
Bakkela&#8217;s alleged fire is likely responsible for the deaths of at least two people, according to Oregon authorities.
The California Highway Patrol arrested a 37-year-old woman, Anita Esquivel, for intentionally starting several blazes along Highway 101, <a href="https://kion546.com/news/2020/09/07/woman-accused-of-intentionally-starting-fires-on-highway-101-arrested/">according to KION Los Angeles</a>. Police do not yet have a motive for Esquivel&#8217;s alleged arson, but they do not believe she is connected to any Antifa-type organization.
The Washington State Patrol tweeted on Thursday that they nabbed two suspected firebugs setting small fires in dry grass at the intersection of two state highways.
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Although Puyallup, Washington, police and Washington State Troopers have yet to confirm that a third arrest in Washington state is connected to wildfires there, <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/troopers-man-arrested-setting-fire-along-sr-167-puyallup/2IN46K5QV5GILLJZEJGMIS3L5Q/">local news reports</a> that the two organizations arrested an individual with the same name as a man who posted a Facebook Live earlier this week claiming to have started a &#8220;large brush fire&#8221; that shut down another state highway.
Fires in Oregon, Washington, and California continue to rage Saturday, though authorities in all three states say that better, cooler weather expected this weekend will aid in getting some of the blazes under control. Around half a million people have been displaced in Oregon, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/us/us-west-wildfires-thursday/index.html">per CNN</a>, and tens of thousands are evacuating in Washington and California.
&#8220;As of Thursday, more than 100 wildfires across 12 Western states burned more than 4.3 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center,&#8221; per CNN. &#8220;That&#8217;s nearly 7,000 square miles, or roughly the size of New Jersey.&#8221;
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Four People Arrested For Suspected Arson, Intentionally Setting Wildfires In California, Oregon, Washington

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Despite the efforts by leftists and rioters in Portland, Oregon, to bash police, a new poll released Thursday found that a near-majority of Oregon voters think police should use more force in confronting protesters.
DHM Research <a href="https://www.dhmresearch.com/oregon-voters-disapprove-of-the-ongoing-protests/">conducted a poll</a> between September 3 to 8, 2020. &#8220;Nearly half of the participants said they lived in either Multnomah, Clackamas or Washington counties. Another quarter of them live elsewhere in the Willamette Valley and the rest are from other parts of the state,” <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/09/oregon-voters-disapprove-of-portland-protests-feel-police-arent-using-enough-force-poll-finds.html">Oregon Live</a> noted.
42% of respondents felt the police should use more force; another 18% felt the force currently used was fine with them.
66% of Oregonians disapproved of the protests. “Voters ages 18-29 are the only group to approve of the protests, with 62% saying that they approve compared to 33% who disapprove,” DHM Research pointed out.
Only 10% of respondents approved of Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown’s response to the protests, and even that was better than the 8% of respondents who approved of leftist Democrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s response. 46% of Oregon voters approved of the Portland police response to the ongoing protests and 45% disapproved.
DHM Research stated, “At the end of the survey, we asked voters what word is a more accurate description of the events in Portland: 55% said riot and 37% said protest.”
“This survey comes <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/09/nearly-2-in-3-portland-voters-view-mayor-ted-wheeler-unfavorably-even-more-favor-new-police-oversight-system-poll-shows.html">after a separate survey of 435 Portland voters published Tuesday </a>showed Wheeler drew an unfavorable rating of 63%, around three-quarters of respondents said they supported the Black Lives Matter movement and close to 70% said they supported the Portland protests,” Oregon Live added.
In mid-July, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-mayor-says-dhs-officers-are-to-blame-for-violence-not-rioters">Wheeler said</a> DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf reached out to him about the unrest in Portland and asked how the federal agency could help.
“Today the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security asked to speak with me about demonstration activity in Portland. He expressed his concern about ongoing violence and asked how his agency can help,” Wheeler said.
The mayor then blamed the federal agency for the violence in Portland, tweeting, “I told the Acting Secretary that my biggest immediate concern is the violence federal officers brought to our streets in recent days, and the life-threatening tactics his agents use. We do not need or want their help.”
On Wednesday, the city of Portland — which has been decimated by rioters the last three months — banned the use of facial-recognition technology by local police.
“Its decision to prevent both local government and businesses from employing the technology appears to be the most sweeping ban yet by an individual city,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/0">CNN reported</a>, adding:
<blockquote>The <a href="https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/article/765749">new rule</a> prevents <a href="https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/article/765749">&#8220;private entities in places of public accommodation&#8221;</a> in Portland from using it, too, referring to businesses that serve the general public — a grocery store or a pizza place, for instance. It does not prevent individuals from setting up facial-recognition technology at home, such as a Google Nest camera that can spot familiar faces, or gadgets that use facial-recognition software for authenticating users, like Apple&#8217;s Face ID feature for unlocking an iPhone.</blockquote>
Wheeler stated, &#8220;Technology exists to make our lives easier, not for public and private entities to use as a weapon against the very citizens they serve and accommodate.”
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Anti-Police Protests Continue In Portland, Oregon

New Poll: Near-Majority Of Oregonians Favor Portland Police Using More Force Confronting Protesters

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Despite the efforts by leftists and rioters in Portland, Oregon, to bash police, a new poll released Thursday found that a near-majority of Oregon voters

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The Oregon secretary of state has rejected the state Republican Party’s effort to include on official voter pamphlets a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/oregon-republican-party/oregon-gop-state-party-chairman-files-complaint-over-blocking-of-voter-pamphlet-/3446122622077345/">statement</a> challenging the state’s Democratic leadership because it was allegedly submitted 29 seconds after the Aug. 25 deadline. 
The statement was titled “Had Enough? Vote Republican,” and contained recent examples of Democratic management in the state, drawing attention to the “unrestrained rioting, destruction, and violence in Portland,” the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on small businesses, and the unemployment level.
Laura Fosmire, a spokesperson for Republican Secretary of State Bev Clarno, told The <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/09/oregon-republican-party-statement-wont-be-in-voters-pamphlet-elections-officials-say-it-was-filed-29-seconds-late.html">Associated Press</a> in a statement this week: “Anyone wishing to submit information to the Voters’ Pamphlet has several weeks to do so and we recommend avoiding waiting until the last minute for this reason.” (According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, Clarno is the only Republican in statewide office, and was appointed to fill a vacancy that, by law, the Democratic governor had to fill with a Republican.)
The Oregon Republican Party has denied that the voter pamphlet statement was submitted late, and has filed a complaint against the Secretary of State’s office. 
“We can prove that it was submitted correctly and are taking legal action to challenge and obtain a reversal of this horrible decision by the Elections Division,” said Oregon GOP Chairman Bill Currier. “The voters of Oregon are entitled to fair and impartial administration of our election system. Excluding the Republican voters pamphlet statement reeks of partisan discrimination.”
“We question the inexplicable delay in informing us of this rejection and are deeply concerned about the motivation and intent of depriving voters of this information for such a momentous election,” said Currier in a statement Thursday. “If a bureaucrat in some decision-making role simply didn’t like what our statement said, this doesn’t give them the right to silence us.”
Kevin Hoar, communications director for the Oregon Republican Party, told <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/04/oregon-republican-party-voters-guide-deadline/">OPB</a> that the online system to submit the voter statement was glitching the day of the deadline, which impeded the state party’s ability to file. Fosmire, the secretary of state’s spokesperson, has denied that glitches contributed to the delay, saying there weren’t any and that the office simply received the statement after the filing deadline.”
Currier said on Thursday that Oregon was simply full of bureaucratic systems that don’t work, such as the unemployment system, and accused the state of trying to blame citizens for its own failures yet again. 
“If this decision is not reversed, the exclusion of the Oregon Republican Party statement would amount to unequal, arbitrary, and capricious treatment of Oregon Republicans by a state agency. This treatment directly harms the public interest and violates their civil rights. It is the selective silencing of certain voices,” said Currier. 
“Had enough of being silenced?” he said. “Your voice, the voice of the people, must be heard now.”
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Oregon GOP Submits ‘Had Enough? Vote Republican!’ Statement For Official Voter Pamphlets. It Won’t Be Included.

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough concluded Sunday morning that conditions in Portland have become unacceptable and that city and state leaders should call in the National Guard.
&#8220;Portland’s mayor and Oregon’s governor have been deplorable in the ongoing crisis gripping the city. The chaos continues nightly. If they can’t control their streets and keep their citizens safe from agitators and anarchists, then call in the National Guard. This has to stop now,&#8221; Scarborough wrote on Twitter.
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Portland’s mayor and Oregon’s governor have been deplorable in the ongoing crisis gripping the city. The chaos continues nightly. If they can’t control their streets and keep their citizens safe from agitators and anarchists, then call in the National Guard. This has to stop now.
&mdash; Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1300057160173400066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The tweet was met with pushback from some of his followers, who accused him of deflecting blame for the chaos in Portland from President Donald Trump and his supporters. To which he responded, &#8220;I’ve been condemning the chaos in Portland for some time now. I’m still worried about the safety of citizens and the destruction of family businesses and property. And yes. I’m also deeply offended that rioters think they can set fire to federal buildings. I’m sure you are, too.
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I’ve been condemning the chaos in Portland for some time now. I’m still worried about the safety of citizens and the destruction of family businesses and property. And yes. I’m also deeply offended that rioters think they can set fire to federal buildings. I’m sure you are, too.
&mdash; Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1300073961313705988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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One user said, &#8220;Eventually you always show your stripes,&#8221; but Scarborough maintained that he has &#8220;always been against rioting and looting.&#8221;
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Actually, I’ve always been against rioting and looting. So has the <a href="https://twitter.com/NAACP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@naacp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/WhipClyburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhipClyburn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRevAl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRevAl</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@repjohnlewis</a>, and civil rights leaders. Aren’t you?
&mdash; Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1300074376138821632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In July, Scarborough accused Trump and Attorney General William Barr of deliberately escalating the violence by sending in forces to protect a federal courthouse from being destroyed.
&#8220;Much of what is happening in Seattle, Portland, and other West Coast cities is not &#8216;peaceful&#8217;,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Trump’s dangerous application of federal force has illicited [sic] the response he and Barr were hoping for.&#8221; He added that &#8220;Further escalation of violence from protesters is what Donald Trump wants.&#8221;
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Further escalation of violence from protesters is what Donald Trump wants.
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Scarborough&#8217;s tweet comes the morning after an apparently right-wing protester was shot and killed during the unrest that has roiled Portland for nearly 100 days. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/right-wing-protester-killed-in-portland-after-democrat-mayor-refused-federal-help-antifa-celebrates" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>:
<blockquote>The shooting happened after right-wing protesters drove trucks around the city with American flags and Trump flags and were met by far-left antifa activists who blocked traffic and threw things at the vehicles, which often elicited a response from the vehicles.</blockquote>
In a <a href="https://www.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/8.28.20-letter-to-president-trump.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">letter</a> he sent to the president Friday, Democratic Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler refused help from the National Guard, writing:
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<blockquote>Yet again, you said you offered to aid Portland by sending in federal law enforcement to our city. On behalf of the City of Portland: No thanks.
We don’t need your politics of division and demagoguery. Portlanders are onto you. We have already seen your reckless disregard for human life in your bumbling response to the COVID pandemic. And we know you’ve reached the conclusion that images of violence or vandalism are your only ticket to reelection.
There is no place for looting, arson, or vandalism in our city. There is no room here for racist violence or those who wish to bring their ideology of hate into our community. Those who commit criminal acts will be apprehended and prosecuted under the law.
Tens of thousands of Portlanders have peacefully protested and marched for the noble cause of fixing our broken criminal justice system. They are part of the proud progressive tradition of Portlanders fighting for justice &#8211; from racial justice to economic justice to environmental justice.
When you sent the Feds to Portland last month, you made the situation far worse. Your offer to repeat that disaster is a cynical attempt to stoke fear and distract us from the real work of our city.
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Trump quote-tweeted a profane denunciation of Wheeler on Sunday morning, which said, &#8220;Ted Wheeler is the useless f**king idiot and comic relief that gets everyone killed in every disaster movie.&#8221;
&#8220;Tone down the language, but TRUE!&#8221; said Trump.
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‘Deplorable’: Joe Scarborough Blasts Portland Mayor And Oregon Governor, Urges Them To Call In National Guard

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough concluded Sunday morning that conditions in Portland have become unacceptable and that city and state leaders should call in

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown claimed that rioters and looters would be held accountable for the destruction in Portland after nearly three months straight of social unrest and violence.
Brown’s claim came along with a plea for people in Portland to come together and “deescalate” the situation. The statement is a marked departure from Brown’s previous efforts to quell unrest by <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/06/oregon-gov-kate-brown-says-protests-are-the-result-of-years-of-deferred-police-accountability.html">calling</a> for police reform or <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/19/892855753/oregon-gov-kate-brown-federal-officers-are-adding-gasoline-to-a-fire">accusing</a> federal law enforcement officials assigned to Portland of “adding gasoline to the fire.”
“Let me be clear: It’s time for the violence and vandalism to end so Portland can focus on the important work to be done to achieve real change for racial justice. Those who have committed acts of violence will be held accountable,” Brown tweeted on Tuesday. “We must work together to deescalate the potential for confrontation, by continuing to foster community conversations and utilizing trained law enforcement officers to keep the peace and protect free speech, not soldiers.”
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We must work together to deescalate the potential for confrontation, by continuing to foster community conversations and utilizing trained law enforcement officers to keep the peace and protect free speech, not soldiers.
&mdash; Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/OregonGovBrown/status/1298355207588294656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Her comments were meant to clarify an earlier Twitter interaction with President Donald Trump in which he again called on Brown and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, both Democrats, to allow National Guardsmen to work with local police to quell the violence.
“Oregon isn&#8217;t interested in a role in your political theater, @realDonaldTrump. The @OregonGuard is focused on fighting wildfires, distributing PPE &amp; helping with unemployment calls. I&#8217;d love to discuss what we actually need: financial resources, N-95 masks &amp; testing supplies,” Brown said.
Brown’s shifting position comes as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-mocking-violence-in-cities-cnns-lemon-admits-bad-for-democrats-biden-maybe-afraid-to-say-anything">CNN hosts Andrew Cuomo and Don Lemon</a> observed that the ongoing riots and civil unrest that has ravaged largely Democratic-controlled areas in the country may not play well for the Democratic Party in November.
“The rioting has to stop. It’s showing up in the polling. It’s showing up in focus groups. It is the only thing, it is the only thing right now that is sticking,” Lemon said while Cuomo nodded in agreement during a Tuesday night segment.
It’s unclear what polling specifically Lemon was referring to. The polling company Rasmussen <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1298550273921691653">posited</a> that Cuomo and Lemon may be viewing internal media polling numbers that have not been released to the public. A Gallup poll released in early August showed that black Americans overwhelmingly support <a href="http://dailywire.com/news/poll-4-out-of-5-black-americans-against-cutting-policing-of-their-communities">maintaining or increasing the police presence</a> in their communities. Many of the riots have proceeded protests of people calling to defund and abolish police departments.
As The Daily Wire reports:
<blockquote>A majority of black Americans prefer police spending the same amount of time or more watching over their communities despite claims from a growing movement that police are a threat to minority communities.
Gallup released a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx">poll</a> on Wednesday that found that 81% of black people want police spending the same amount of time or more in their communities. That number compares to 88% for white Americans, 83% for Hispanic Americans, and 72% for Asian Americans. The whole U.S. population measures at 86%.
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The survey also noted that black Americans, more than any other racial group, are more likely to see police in their communities. 73% of black respondents said they see police in their communities sometimes or very often, which is eight points higher than the national average of 65%.</blockquote>
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Oregon Gov Says Rioters, Looters Should Be ‘Held Accountable’ For Violence As November Nears

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown claimed that rioters and looters would be held accountable for the destruction in Portland after nearly three months straight of

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The Oregon State Legislature approved a coronavirus relief fund for which only black people and black-owned businesses are eligible.
The <a href="https://thecontingent.org/oregon-cares/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Oregon Cares Fund for Black Relief and Resiliency</a> was approved last month by the Oregon Legislature&#8217;s Emergency Board as part of $200 million it allocated to specific communities and parts of the economy, according to local Portland NBC affiliate <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/money/business/covid-19-relief-fund-for-black-community/283-b0ab7432-53e6-4d0c-a07a-25621db91704" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KGW</a>.
&#8220;The Oregon Cares Fund has been organized by the leaders of Oregon’s Black community,&#8221; the fund&#8217;s website <a href="https://thecontingent.org/oregon-cares/faqs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">says</a>. &#8220;Now, more than ever, it is critical that the Federal dollars from the CARES Act serve to honor and protect those individuals, families, business owners, and non-profit leaders who are what make Oregon great. We will be serving tens of thousands of Oregonians in a short period of time.&#8221;
The money, according to the fund&#8217;s website, comes from &#8220;the U.S. Treasury’s disbursement of Coronavirus Relief Funds received by the State of Oregon under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.&#8221;
The website further explains:
<blockquote>Grants will vary in size for individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits, depending on the information submitted in the application. Individuals and families may be eligible to receive grants of $1,000, $2,000, or $3,000, depending on financial impacts of COVID-19 and family size. Businesses or nonprofits with employees will receive grants based off of the amount of lost revenue due to COVID-19 and additional COVID-19-related expenses.</blockquote>
Applications for the money are reportedly flooding in, with &#8220;4,300 applications from individuals and 120 applications from businesses on Monday,&#8221; KGW reported. Those who want to participate have to prove that they are from Oregon and have been financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and &#8220;may be required to submit reports or other documentation on how the funds were spent,&#8221; the fund says.
Disbursement of the grants will be determined by an all-black Council of Trust. &#8220;Made up of 11 trusted Black leaders from across Oregon, the Council of Trust works with The Contingent to assure equitable administration of the Fund,&#8221; according to the website.
Sharon Gary-Smith, who is one of the Council of Trust members, told KGW, “This is a wonderful, deserved, and appropriate step to address the harm caused by COVID-19 on the Black community. Black Oregonians have had monumental losses in spirit, hope, community, and resources due to centuries of racial injustice and discrimination.” 
State Rep. Akasha Lawrence Spence (D-Portland) said, “This is a historic first step to address the disparities facing Black Oregonians in the face of COVID-19. Oregon has underinvested in its Black citizens for far too long. From this moment forward, our state must commit to continued investment in the health and economic well-being of our communities throughout this pandemic, in the recovery efforts, and for as long as it takes to finally close the inequities that have crippled Black Oregonians for generations.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-considered-telling-police-to-stand-down-as-riots-ravaged-downtown" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">REPORT: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Considered Telling Police To Stand Down As Riots Ravaged Downtown</a>
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‘Historic First Step’: Oregon Offers Race-Based Coronavirus Relief Fund

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The Oregon State Legislature approved a coronavirus relief fund for which only black people and black-owned businesses are eligible. The Oregon Cares Fund

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On Saturday, fed-up with the ineffectiveness of law enforcement dealing with the riots that had reached 86 consecutive days in Portland, President Trump reiterated his call for sending in the National Guard, but this time forcefully urged Oregon state officials and Portland city officials to request Trump to do so, tweeting:
<blockquote>Another bad night of Rioting in Portland, Oregon. A small number of Federal troops there to protect courthouse and other Federal property only (great job!). Wanting to be asked by City &amp; State to STOP THE RIOTS. Would bring in National Guard, end problem immediately. ASK!</blockquote>
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Another bad night of Rioting in Portland, Oregon. A small number of Federal troops there to protect courthouse and other Federal property only (great job!). Wanting to be asked by City &amp; State to STOP THE RIOTS. Would bring in National Guard, end problem immediately. ASK!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1297130026857627649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“Tensions between cops and protesters reached a boiling point early Saturday, with police declaring a riot after crowds gathered outside the Portland Police Bureau&#8217;s north precinct and began throwing projectiles at officers. Earlier in the evening, about 200 demonstrators had gathered at Irving Park before marching a mile down to the police station in protective gear including helmets, gas masks, body armor and homemade wooden shields,” the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8653729/Trump-offers-stop-riots-Portland-protesters-clash-ICE-agents.html">reported</a>.
At the end of July, Trump <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-coronavirus-press-conference-transcript-july-30-talks-election-plasma-stimulus">threatened to send the National Guard</a> into Portland. He was asked at a July 30 press conference, “Are you confident, sir, that the State of Oregon will be able to quell the protests in Portland and if the violence does continue, would you consider re-deploying federal troops?”
Trump responded:
<blockquote>The Governor and the Mayor, we’ve been dealing with them and we think they don’t know what they’re doing because this should not have been going on for 60 days. It’s not our job unless in case of emergency, which I consider now to be an emergency. It’s not our job to go in and clean out the cities. That’s supposed to be done by local law enforcement.
Yesterday, the Governor worked a deal where they’ll do it. We’ll stand by, they’ll do it. And that’s good. That was very good, but she didn’t report it that way. What she reported was totally different. She said, “I think Trump wants to take over the country.” It’s crazy. So what happened is our people are staying there to see whether or not they could do it today and tomorrow. And if they don’t do it, we will send in the National Guard and we’ll take care of it.
And we’re telling them right now, these protesters, and many should be arrested because these are professional agitators. These are professional anarchists. These are people that hate our country. We’re telling them right now that we’re coming in very soon. The National Guard, a lot of people, a lot of very tough people, and these are not people that just have to guard the courthouse and save it, these are people that are allowed to go forward and do what they have to do.
And I think that makes the Governor’s job and the Mayor’s job a lot easier. So they’re working today and probably tomorrow to clean out this beehive of terrorists. And if they do it, I’m going to be very happy. And then slowly we can start to leave the city. If they don’t do it, we’ll be sending in the National Guard.</blockquote>
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Trump To Oregon, Portland Officials: ‘Would Bring In National Guard, End Problem Immediately. ASK!’

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On Saturday, fed-up with the ineffectiveness of law enforcement dealing with the riots that had reached 86 consecutive days in Portland, President Trump

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On Tuesday, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, buying into the conspiracy theory that President Trump is trying to rig the 2020 election by manipulating the U.S. Postal Service, posted pictures of himself chained to a mailbox in order to protect it from Trump’s supposed nefarious plan.
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who serves as Chair of the House Transportation &amp; Infrastructure Committee, posted a video on his Twitter account with a picture of himself chained to the mailbox, calling out, “They’re not gettin’ this one.&#8221;
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They’re trying to tear apart our Postal Service piece by piece. But Peter DeFazio is defending our right to vote (and every mailbox in America). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USPSisEssential?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USPSisEssential</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveThePostOffice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveThePostOffice</a> <a href="https://t.co/f9s6syjuA9">pic.twitter.com/f9s6syjuA9</a>
&mdash; Peter DeFazio (@DeFazio4Oregon) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeFazio4Oregon/status/1295855569408991232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“He’s posted a number of videos over the last several days alleging, without evidence, the conspiracy theory about Trump and the postal service. He also <a href="https://twitter.com/DeFazio4Oregon/status/1294434248582021120">managed</a> to allege Trump was also responsible for supposed delays in mail-order prescription drugs reaching senior citizens and military veterans because why not?” <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/08/tinfoil-hat-oregon-dem-congressman-chains-self-to-usps-drop-box-to-save-it-from-donald-trump/">Legal Insurrection</a> noted.
One tweet from DeFazio stated, “The United States Postal Service is a SERVICE  a lifeline for Americans. Seniors, and veterans — and Trump’s sabotaging it, cutting back on operations and services to steal the election, This has to stop NOW! #Save Our USPS #USPS.”
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The United States Postal Service is a SERVICE–– a lifeline for Americans, seniors, and veterans– and Trump&#39;s sabotaging it, cutting back on operations and services to steal the election. This has to stop NOW! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurUSPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveOurUSPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USPS</a> <a href="https://t.co/WwNaJE96tD">pic.twitter.com/WwNaJE96tD</a>
&mdash; Peter DeFazio (@DeFazio4Oregon) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeFazio4Oregon/status/1294051781060657152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another tweet read, “Donald Trump is intentionally trying to destroy the United states Postal Service (USPS) to steal the election — and we can’t let it stand! Millions of Americans rely in the USPS to get their prescription medication, and other essential items. #SaveThe PostOffice.”
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Donald Trump is intentionally trying to destroy the United States Postal Service (USPS) to steal the election–– and we can&#39;t let it stand!  Millions of Americans rely on the USPS to get their prescription medication, and other essential items. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveThePostOffice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveThePostOffice</a> <a href="https://t.co/sP0OLFUOhf">pic.twitter.com/sP0OLFUOhf</a>
&mdash; Peter DeFazio (@DeFazio4Oregon) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeFazio4Oregon/status/1294434248582021120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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After Hollywood intellectuals such as Jamie Lee Curtis and Mia Farrow stoked #MailboxGate, former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice gave a much-needed boost by retweeting Farrow, writing &#8220;WTH??&#8221;
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Ok it’s one thing for the actress from Halloween to spread conspiracy theories — she’s seen some things. 
But the former White House National Security Advisor following suit is pretty nuts. <a href="https://t.co/v4LjURqL5k">pic.twitter.com/v4LjURqL5k</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1294372466803048455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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But as <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/08/usps-removes-mailboxes-in-portland-and-eugene-cites-declining-mail-volume.html">Oregon Live</a> reported:
<blockquote>A Postal Service spokesperson said declining mail volume means the Postal Service is removing “duplicate” boxes from areas that have multiple collection boxes. The USPS confirmed that four mailboxes were removed in Portland this week.</blockquote>
Ernie Swanson, a spokesman for the USPS, told OregonLive, “First-class mail volume has declined significantly in the U.S., especially since the pandemic. That translates to less mail in collection boxes.” He added to <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/08/13/united-states-postal-service-confirmed-it-has-removed-mailboxes-in-portland-and-eugene/">Willamette Week</a>, &#8220;The reason we&#8217;re doing it is because of declining mail volume. Ever since the pandemic came along, people are mailing less for some reason.&#8221;
Postal Service spokesperson David Rupert echoed that some mailboxes were replaced with higher-security boxes.
Snopes.com <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usps-mailboxes-removed-oregon/">answered</a> the rhetorical question, “Were USPS Mailboxes Removed in Oregon?” by stating:
<blockquote>A <a href="https://facts.usps.com/table-facts/">fact sheet</a> from the Postal Service does show that the volume of mail has decreased over the last decade. In 2009, 77.6 billion pieces of first class mail were sent through post office. In 2019, that number sat just below 55 billion. Conversely, the number of delivery points has increased by about 9 million over the last decade. It should also be noted that removing collection boxes has been a cost saving measure used by Postal Service for years. In 2011, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer <a href="https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Mailboxes-disappearing-as-usage-drops-off-2161340.php">reported</a> that number of collection boxes had declined by 60% between 1985 and 2011.</blockquote>
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WATCH: Oregon Dem Chains Himself To Mailbox To Protect It From Trump

#MailboxGate

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Rioters set a pig head on fire on Thursday night outside the federal courthouse in Portland, an action which comes after the city has been rocked by violent rioting for over 60 consecutive nights.
&#8220;Antifa protesters dumped a bloody severed pig&#8217;s head on an American flag outside the Justice Center in downtown Portland,&#8221; journalist Andy Ngo reported. &#8220;They put a cop&#8217;s hat on it and set all of it on fire.&#8221;
Ngo notes that during the first few weeks of the riots in early June police <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/06/has-your-pig-gone-missing-portland-police-find-sleeping-swine-now-looking-for-owner.html">rescued a pig</a> found wrapped in a blanket near the downtown area of the city. &#8220;It is believed a protester was going to kill the pig as an act of anti-police protest but abandoned it last minute,&#8221; says Ngo.
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Antifa protesters dumped a bloody severed pig&#39;s head on an American flag outside the Justice Center in downtown Portland. They put a cop&#39;s hat on it and set all of it on fire. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandRiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PortlandRiots</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antifa</a> <a href="https://t.co/qfAOT4ItxP">pic.twitter.com/qfAOT4ItxP</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1289093614165831680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In the early weeks of the riots, a pig was found abandoned near downtown Portland in the middle of the night. Police rescued the animal. It is believed a protester was going to kill the pig as an act of anti-police protest but abandoned it last minute. <a href="https://t.co/egNPmxqVmH">https://t.co/egNPmxqVmH</a> <a href="https://t.co/8v1PxPYcqk">pic.twitter.com/8v1PxPYcqk</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1289116604819632130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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PPB Officers are looking for the owner of this sleepy pig. If you are the owner, call non-emergency dispatch at 503-823-3333. We would like to reunite him with his owner. <a href="https://t.co/SlYbLfckYl">pic.twitter.com/SlYbLfckYl</a>
&mdash; Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1269609162343776261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The media has noted that the level of violence decreased since the Trump administration agreed to pull federal officers back if the violence against the courthouse stopped. In its coverage of the situation, The Washington Post published a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calm/">report</a> Thursday suggesting that the deployment of federal agents to Portland was what caused much of the violence; however, the violent riots were taking place long before federal agents deployed.
U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams, the chief federal law enforcement official in Oregon since 2015, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chief-fed-in-oregon-unloads-on-media-for-refusing-to-call-violent-riots-criminal-blaming-federal-agents">slammed</a> the media in a recent interview for refusing to call the violent riots &#8220;criminal.&#8221; He also criticized those who attempt to blame federal agents for the violence.
Responding to a question about whether the situation was politicized when federal agents were deployed, Williams responded: &#8220;Yeah, the federal agents being here are protecting federal property, that is not accurate. Blaming federal agents for protecting federal property is an easy out for people who want to politicize this.&#8221;
Williams later sounded off on a reporter who resisted calling the criminal activity &#8220;criminal,&#8221; saying, &#8220;You’re using, ‘late night activity,’ it sounds like a party. It’s criminal.&#8221;
&#8220;You’re choosing terms that sort of downplay the criminal activity, and what I’m suggesting is if there is an honest accounting of what this is, that helps build the reality check for how this can stop,&#8221; Williams added. &#8220;That’s my point.&#8221;
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice tweeted out photographs of some of the items that federal agents were collecting on the streets outside the courthouse on a regular basis.
&#8220;Contraband such as gasoline, hockey sticks, defense shields, leaf blowers, paint sprayers, paint cans with paint, and a jar prepped for a Molotov cocktail confiscated by federal law enforcement from violent agitators outside federal Portland courthouse,&#8221; the DOJ said.
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Contraband such as gasoline, hockey sticks, defense shields, leaf blowers, paint sprayers, paint cans with paint, and a jar prepped for a Molotov cocktail confiscated by federal law enforcement from violent agitators outside federal Portland courthouse <a href="https://t.co/DFHKV5k8Ov">pic.twitter.com/DFHKV5k8Ov</a>
&mdash; Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1287902077050593283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The state of Oregon is finally agreeing to cooperate with our federal forces&#8211;exactly what we asked for since the nightly violence broke out two months ago. We&#8217;re glad Oregon is now correcting their months long error,&#8221; Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf tweeted on Wednesday. &#8220;We will maintain our current, augmented federal law enforcement personnel in Portland until we are assured that the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other federal properties will no longer be attacked and that the seat of justice in Portland will remain secure.&#8221;
&#8220;[DHS] will not back down from our legal duty to protect federal law enforcement officers and federal properties in the face of violent criminal behavior,&#8221; Wolf added. &#8220;[President Trump] made clear that this Administration is ready and willing to partner with state &amp; local law enforcement to protect every American – and you see that commitment in Portland with this plan.&#8221;
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We will maintain our current, augmented federal law enforcement personnel in Portland until we are assured that the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other federal properties will no longer be attacked and that the seat of justice in Portland will remain secure.
&mdash; Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf/status/1288517590852284417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> made clear that this Administration is ready and willing to partner with state &amp; local law enforcement to protect every American – and you see that commitment in Portland with this plan.
&mdash; Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf/status/1288517594845188098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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DHS Makes Deal With Oregon Governor To Withdraw Federal Agents From Portland

Portland Rioters Set Pig Head With Police Hat On Fire While On Top Of American Flag

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Rioters set a pig head on fire on Thursday night outside the federal courthouse in Portland, an action which comes after the city has been rocked by

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A group of &#8220;racial justice protesters&#8221; only made it roughly half-an-hour into their demonstration before their event reportedly turned violent and ended with confrontations with residents and law enforcement officials.
&#8220;Racial justice protesters had marched through part of Springfield’s Thurston neighborhood without incident for only about a half an hour Wednesday night before they found themselves met with a wall of police behind barricades blocking their progress,&#8221; the Register-Guard of Eugene <a href="https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200729/protesters-clash-with-police-others-at-march-in-springfield">reported</a>. &#8220;Just before 9 p.m., police pushed back. The scene devolved into a shoving match. Officers and protesters went to the ground. Black Unity’s Tyshawn Ford was dragged away and arrested.&#8221;
Videos showed the activists marching into the suburbs, where they were quickly met by law enforcement officials who declared the event to be &#8220;unlawful.&#8221; The activists began to attempt to push through a barrier that police put up to keep them out of the residential neighborhood.
KEZI 9 News <a href="https://www.kezi.com/content/news/Protest-in-Thurston-turns-violent-571952351.html">reported</a> that counter-protesters showed up to confront the leftists and that people reported being &#8220;punched, slapped or hit with pepper spray.&#8221; The news station reported that multiple people were taken into custody.
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Antifa and BLM supporters take to the suburbs in Springfield, Oregon. <a href="https://t.co/hxnMpAFfe0">pic.twitter.com/hxnMpAFfe0</a>
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Police are declaring the protest an unlawful assembly <a href="https://twitter.com/KEZI9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KEZI9</a> <a href="https://t.co/IChw9EgTYg">pic.twitter.com/IChw9EgTYg</a>
&mdash; Connor McCarthy (@conr_mccarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/conr_mccarthy/status/1288687790285131776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Antifa protesters are trying to break through barricades set up by Springfield PD. <a href="https://t.co/QKUm76xnKu">pic.twitter.com/QKUm76xnKu</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288693346370588672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Antifa protests have broken out in Springfield, Oregon. <a href="https://t.co/W3PaPAkKje">pic.twitter.com/W3PaPAkKje</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288693099573600256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Police formed another barricade <a href="https://twitter.com/KEZI9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KEZI9</a> <a href="https://t.co/ARuk8kfFfj">pic.twitter.com/ARuk8kfFfj</a>
&mdash; Connor McCarthy (@conr_mccarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/conr_mccarthy/status/1288689150774767617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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There&#39;s a lot of counterprotestors out confronting Antifa/Black Lives Matter in Springfield, Oregon. <a href="https://t.co/zIxBNK0Kts">pic.twitter.com/zIxBNK0Kts</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288696747854688256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Residents are driving Black Lives Matter protesters out of Springfield, Oregon. <a href="https://t.co/TThrmL1IBg">pic.twitter.com/TThrmL1IBg</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288697651941146626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A Trump supporter and Republican shows up to call on other patriots to let the Antifa cowards leave. Naturally, the guy behind the camera (who&#39;s a leftist) scolds him for mentioning his political affiliation. <a href="https://t.co/lbpRwgdc3B">pic.twitter.com/lbpRwgdc3B</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288701026917167104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The march into the residential neighborhood comes as violent anarchists have repeatedly attacked a federal courthouse in Portland over several weeks in a row. In response to the violent attacks, federal law enforcement officers were sent in to protect the courthouse.
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Peaceful crowds don’t commit federal crimes. 20 injuries to federal officers in Portland this past weekend. <a href="https://t.co/X4z0mQvuJd">pic.twitter.com/X4z0mQvuJd</a>
&mdash; Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf/status/1287902961440567299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Department of Homeland Security released a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/16/acting-secretary-wolf-condemns-rampant-long-lasting-violence-portland">statement</a> highlighting just some of the violence that has occurred in Portland over the last several weeks:
<blockquote>05/29/2020
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<li>Violent anarchists broke a front window at the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Overall, the cost of damages on federal property done by the violent mob this first night was estimated at $5,000.</li>
</ul>
05/30/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the BPA Building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Terry Schrunk Plaza.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the 911 Federal Building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Pioneer Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Gus J. Solomon Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/01/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied Terry Schrunk Plaza.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied The Pioneer Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied The Gus J Solomon Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/02/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the U.S. Custom House.</li>
</ul>
06/06/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists destroyed fencing surrounding federal property.</li>
</ul>
06/07/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists damaged and breached the fence around the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Portland Police were forced to deploy crowd control spray to disperse a crowd that was throwing animal seed at officers.</li>
</ul>
06/08/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists broke a window at the Hatfield Courthouse while pelting the building with objects.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists cut a hole in the fence surrounding Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/10/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists removed the entire fence around Hatfield Courthouse and graffitied its front columns.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists attempted to remove wooden barriers from a window on the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/11/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists dismantled a section of the fence protecting the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Federal Building.</li>
</ul>
06/13/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists destroyed the card reader at the Hatfield Courthouse by ripping it off its mount.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists destroyed the fence at the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists threw metal pipes at the Hatfield Courthouse, causing Portland Police to issue a disbursal warning for unlawful assembly.</li>
</ul>
06/17/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/20/2020
<ul>
<li>Among a group of over 400 protesters marching in front of the Pioneer Courthouse, violent anarchists attempted to cause eye damage to officers with commercial grade lasers.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied the Gus J. Solomon Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/25/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists vandalized an FPS camera at the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists breached the fence of the Justice Center, adjacent to the courthouse.</li>
</ul>
06/30/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists ripped down plywood covering the windows at the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Building, before breaking the windows.</li>
</ul>
7/01/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists graffitied new plywood covering the windows at the Hatfield Courthouse and ripped down plywood on the other side of the building.</li>
<li>A group of over 200 violent anarchists blocked access to the building and proceeded to launch aerial fireworks at federal property.</li>
</ul>
07/02/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists broke a front window to the Hatfield Courthouse and attempted to enter the building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists refused orders to vacate the Hatfield Courthouse area, and instead launched fireworks and threw objects at officers, while attempting to cause eye damage with lasers. One explosive firework was shot into the courthouse.</li>
<li>FPS law enforcement officers were forced to utilized crowd control measures for safety.</li>
</ul>
07/03/2020
<ul>
<li>After ongoing riots around the Hatfield Courthouse, crowds were dispersed only to make a return later into the night.</li>
<li>Violent Anarchists broke the front window of the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse and shot fireworks into the building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists firebombed the building. Federal law enforcement extinguished the fire.</li>
</ul>
07/04/2020
<ul>
<li>Around 1,000 violent anarchists spray painted, threw rocks, and shot fireworks (including mortar style fireworks) at the Hatfield Courthouse. They also destroyed a security camera at the facility.
<ul>
<li>A CBP team supporting FPS at the courthouse arrested suspects from the graffiti and camera vandalism incidents.</li>
<li>The mob continued to throw rocks and paint-filled balloons, while attempting to breach the doors.</li>
<li>Teams were forced to utilize crowd control measures for safety.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Multiple individuals were seen carrying rifles, including the driver of a vehicle who attempted to strike a Portland Police Bureau officer with his car in front of the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
</ul>
07/05/2020
<ul>
<li>A hostile crowd of about 250 violent anarchists returned to the vicinity of Hatfield Courthouse to vandalize and attack numerous facilities and police, while failing to comply with dispersal order.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists surrounded and blocked law enforcement from the area as extremists proceeded to attack police with thrown projectiles and large mortar style fireworks.</li>
<li>Two Portland Police Bureau officers were injured by the crowd (possible concussion).</li>
<li>Portland Police Bureau took five into custody for directing lasers against aircraft.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists set fires in front of Hatfield Courthouse and Chapman park.</li>
<li>At the entrance of Hatfield Courthouse, Violent Anarchists fired large fireworks and threw other dangerous objects toward the entrance and the personnel protecting it.</li>
<li>The mob was pushed completely out of the area of Hatfield Courthouse; FPS made two arrests during push.</li>
<li>Portland Police made multiple arrests and found a loaded weapon on one subject.</li>
<li>Two more violent anarchists were arrested, and one was found to be carrying what appears to be a pipe bomb.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists assaulted construction crews by targeting them with fireworks while they repaired Hatfield Building.</li>
<li>A joint team had to be deployed to create buffer between violent anarchists and construction crew to protect construction workers.</li>
</ul>
07/06/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists attempted to cause vision damage to personnel with lasers. Five arrests were made for assaulting law enforcement.</li>
</ul>
07/07/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists held a “Night of Rage,” in which a 400-500-person protest devolved into riots, assaulting law enforcement officers and federal property.</li>
<li>Approximately 200 violent anarchists began pursuing law enforcement officers to disrupt enforcement actions, assaulting them with rocks and bottles.</li>
<li>Around 150 violent anarchists in front of the Justice Center began attacking personnel with lasers and peppered the area with fireworks.</li>
<li>Three violent anarchists were arrested for attacking law enforcement.</li>
</ul>
07/08/2020
<ul>
<li>Approximately 200 violent anarchists attacked DHS law enforcement officers while apprehending a subject who was wanted for property damage.</li>
<li>One arrest was made after three law enforcement officers were injured.</li>
<li>Law enforcement officers’ personal information was publicly exposed, including FPS, ICE, and CBP personnel.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists continued to attack officers with lasers.</li>
</ul>
07/09/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists attacked DHS law enforcement officers while apprehending a subject who was wanted for property damage.</li>
<li>A violent anarchist graffitied the Hatfield courthouse.</li>
<li>An unidentified subject fired several shots from a gun into the air from the rear seat of a passing white SUV.</li>
</ul>
07/10/2020
<ul>
<li>Crowds of approximately 300 violent anarchists vandalized federal property and cameras with spray paint, blocked roadways, and assaulted law enforcement officers.</li>
<li>Three were arrested for Assault on a Federal Officer.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists attempted to ambush Portland Police Department PD during their shift change, but a DHS team was deployed and able to prevent any attacks.</li>
</ul>
07/11/2020
<ul>
<li>DHS law enforcement officers supported local police to help a violent anarchist who overdosed.</li>
<li>Four violent anarchists were arrested, including one who attempted to assault an officer with a hammer.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists sieged the barricade of the courthouse and tried to damage it with a large hammer.</li>
<li>A law enforcement officer was assaulted with blows from a hammer. Violent anarchists fought officers while they were arresting those responsible.</li>
</ul>
07/12/2020
<ul>
<li>Six violent anarchists were detained and cited.</li>
<li>A mob of 300 refused to comply with directions not to trespass on federal property.</li>
<li>Another mob of 200 individuals armed with sledgehammers, tasers and/or stun guns, gathered in Chapman Park across from the Hatfield Courthouse.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists launched fireworks, threw fecal matter and large objects, and pointed lasers at federal law enforcement officers.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists deployed a plywood blockade while graffitiing the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Federal Building, before firing wrist rockets at the facility.</li>
<li>When an arrest team was deployed to apprehend a rioter who encroached on a police barrier and refused to leave, they were assaulted by violent anarchists.</li>
<li>A rioter trespassed on the steps of the Hatfield Courthouse and was confronted by federal law enforcement Officers, then swallowed a large amount of narcotics. Law enforcement called medical services after the individual started to convulse.</li>
<li>Despite more orders to stay off of federal property and to cease unlawful activity, FPS was forced to push back violent anarchists. The Portland Police Bureau declared the mob an unlawful assembly.</li>
</ul>
07/13/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists released personal information of federal law enforcement officers to the public, publishing names of those in Portland.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists continued to assault law enforcement officers with lasers, slingshots and fireworks. Others were armed with sledge hammers, tasers, and stun guns, and dragged flaming debris into the scene.</li>
</ul>
07/14/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists set a container of liquid on fire at the Terry Schrunk Plaza.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists jumped a fence and attempted to breach the Edith Green Federal Building.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists assaulted federal law enforcement officers with cans and other hard objects while they attempted to unblock the entrance of the Edith Green Federal Building.</li>
</ul>
07/15/2020
<ul>
<li>Violent anarchists doxed members of federal law enforcement.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists attempted to damage the Hatfield Courthouse by throwing objects at it and spray painting it. Numerous fireworks were also lit.</li>
<li>Violent anarchists trespassed on federal property and destroyed a card reader at the Justice Center.</li>
</ul>
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) urged the Trump administration not to tolerate protesters destroying federal property in Portland, Oregon, and likened their behavior to the Confederates who fired on Fort Sumter in 1861 and started the Civil War.
“The federal government cannot allow anarchists and insurrectionists [to] destroy federal courthouses, federal buildings, or other federal property,&#8221; Cotton <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-cotton-portland-new-york-times-op-ed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said Tuesday</a> on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221; &#8220;These insurrectionists in the streets of Portland are little different from the insurrectionists who seceded from the Union in 1861 in South Carolina and tried to take over Fort Sumter.&#8221;
&#8220;And just like President Lincoln wouldn’t stand for that,&#8221; Cotton continued, &#8220;the federal government today cannot stand for the vandalism, the firebombing, or any attacks on federal property. It is right to send federal law enforcement in to defend federal property and federal facilities.&#8221;
&#8220;The radical left-wing mayor, who is basically in league with the ‘defund the police’ anarchists on the street, [has] seen over 50 days of rioting and looting and anarchy in their streets,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But, if you see something similar in other cities, where anarchists, insurrectionists are attacking courthouses, attacking federal buildings, attacking federal land and property, then of course the federal government has a responsibility to defend its installations and its property.&#8221;
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On Fox &amp; Friends, Sen. Tom Cotton compares protesters to the Confederacy: &quot;These insurrectionists in the streets of Portland are little different from the insurrectionists who seceded from the union in 1861 in South Carolina, and tried to take over Fort Sumter.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7ylYh3N1dB">pic.twitter.com/7ylYh3N1dB</a>
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Portland has been at the center of national attention recently after federal troops from Customs and Border Protection’s Border Patrol Tactical Unit, as well as the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group, began allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-begins-feds-in-camo-nab-suspects-in-portland-drive-off-in-unmarked-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">whisking suspected rioters away</a> in unmarked vans. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) likened such tactics to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beginning-of-the-ending-of-this-democracy-jim-clyburn-accuses-trump-and-barr-of-imposing-gestapo-activities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nazi Gestapo</a>, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) even described the federal troops as Trump&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1284294427654197248" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stormtroopers.</a>&#8221;
Cotton sparked backlash when he published an op-ed in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a> last month calling for the federal government to &#8220;send in the troops&#8221; in response to violent protests that erupted nationwide in the wake of George Floyd&#8217;s death.
&#8220;One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers,&#8221; Cotton wrote. &#8220;But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what’s necessary to uphold the rule of law.&#8221;
The NYT later backtracked on publishing Cotton&#8217;s piece, appending an extensive statement to the op-ed that said in part, &#8220;We have concluded that the essay fell short of our standards and should not have been published.
Speaking with &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends,&#8221; Cotton derided The New York Times as &#8220;a national laughingstock,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Ever since they apologized for running my op-ed last month without citing a single factual inaccuracy in it, ever since they fired their own editor for running that op-ed, it reads like a syllabus from a social justice seminar. So, I give little credit to what I see in the pages of The New York Times.&#8221;
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters, &#8220;By any objective standard, the violence, chaos, and anarchy in Portland is unacceptable. Yet Democrats continue to put politics above peace while this president seeks to restore law and order.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> Blasts the Chaos in Democrat run cities <a href="https://t.co/cMA0S5qrl4">pic.twitter.com/cMA0S5qrl4</a>
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Tom Cotton Compares ‘Anarchists And Insurrectionists’ In Portland To Confederacy

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) urged the Trump administration not to tolerate protesters destroying federal property in Portland, Oregon, and likened their

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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) compared the federal police in Portland, Oregon, to the Nazi Gestapo and accused President Donald Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr of implementing tactics reminiscent of the Third Reich, which he claimed threaten American democracy.
In a Monday morning interview on CNN&#8217;s News Day, Clyburn said regarding the federal police presence in Portland, &#8220;I would really like to know who ordered those people to be there. The way I understand things, it seems that somebody had to be deputized by the attorney general, or some order from him, to do what they were doing.&#8221;
&#8220;And so, I believe law enforcement of that nature should be left up to local communities and these communities. If they want help, they will then summon the federal government to intercede,&#8221; he added.
Clyburn continued, &#8220;For all of a sudden for these people to go in there, nothing from the governor, nothing from local law enforcement, just show up with their faces covered in unmarked cars [&#8230;] That kind of activity is the activity of a police state, and this president and this attorney general seem to be doing everything they possibly can to impose Gestapo activities in local communities, and that is what I have been warning about for a long time.&#8221;
&#8220;That is the beginning of the ending of this democracy,&#8221; Clyburn added.
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Members of Customs and Border Protection&#8217;s Border Patrol Tactical Unit, as well as the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group, were dispatched to Portland recently to protect federal property after vandals ripped down statues of figures such as Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Footage of federal officials in camouflage whisking protesters away in unmarked vans made the rounds on social media.
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Take these terrorists off the streets and disappear them for months. Oh if only. <a href="https://t.co/NYW7qKCXSw">pic.twitter.com/NYW7qKCXSw</a>
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“Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14,” according to <a href="https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/">Oregon Public Broadcasting</a> (OPB) last week. “Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off.”
“The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to ‘quell’ nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks,” OPB continued. “Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, while others have been arrested and released.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also likened the federal officers to Nazi &#8220;stormtroopers,&#8221; and accused Trump of unleashing &#8220;secret police&#8221; on the American people.
&#8220;We live in a democracy, not a banana republic,&#8221; Pelosi said in a joint statement with Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OH). &#8220;We will not tolerate the use of Oregonians, Washingtonians – or any other Americans – as props in President Trump&#8217;s political games. The House is committed to moving swiftly to curb these egregious abuses of power immediately.&#8221;
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We live in a democracy, not a banana republic. We will not tolerate the use of Americans as props in President Trump’s political games.
Read my full statement with Rep. Earl Blumenauer here: <a href="https://t.co/YGd6pnrHxT">https://t.co/YGd6pnrHxT</a>
&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1284651577194749952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump on Monday praised the federal law enforcement in Portland and said he might send them into other Democrat-run cities to quell riotous protesters. &#8220;These are anarchists, and the politicians out there — yes, they&#8217;re weak, but they&#8217;re afraid of these people. They&#8217;re actually afraid of these people. And that&#8217;s why they say, &#8216;We don&#8217;t want the federal government helping.'&#8221;
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&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1285244981322690560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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‘Beginning Of The Ending Of This Democracy’: Jim Clyburn Accuses Trump And Barr Of Imposing ‘Gestapo Activities’

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President Donald Trump deploying an elite force of federal agents to handle ongoing riots in Portland, Oregon, Sunday, noting on Twitter that the purpose of deploying the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, was to assist Portland law enforcement, not harm protesters.
“We are trying to help Portland, not hurt it. Their leadership has, for months, lost control of the anarchists and agitators. They are missing in action. We must protect Federal property AND OUR PEOPLE. These were not merely protesters, these are the real deal!” Trump tweeted.
Police in Portland have, several times, labeled the ongoing unrest a &#8220;riot,&#8221; despite efforts by the city&#8217;s mayor to recast the nightly eruptions as simple demonstrations.
On Sunday, the ongoing unrest entered its 52nd day, with protesters setting at least two fires, including one in the police union&#8217;s headquarters, <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/saturday-evening-protests-planned-at-holladay-and-peninsula-parks.html">per Oregon Live</a>.
&#8220;In North Portland, the PNW Youth Liberation Front, an organized group that has been leading demonstrations over the course of the past two months, hosted a protest to demand the abolition of the Portland Police Bureau and decry violence against people of color. After an evening gathering at Peninsula Park, marchers headed south on Interstate Avenue, stretching out for about five blocks,&#8221; the outlet reported early Sunday morning.
&#8220;They stopped outside the bureau’s North Precinct, chanting, &#8216;Quit your job.&#8217; The majority of the crowd dispersed from the precinct around 9:30 p.m. after officers announced demonstrators would be subject to arrest,&#8221; Oregon Live continued. &#8220;Demonstrators traveled to the Portland Police Association, the Portland Police Bureau’s union. They then began flipping dumpsters around the building to form a barricade.&#8221;
Around 10:25 pm Saturday night, Portland police declared the incident a &#8220;riot&#8221; and moved to clear the area.
Friday night, protesters told friendly media sources that they faced off against masked federal officers outside Portland&#8217;s federal courthouse &#8212; a building that has been under siege in the nightly unrest for most of the last two months. Protesters claimed that the agents, who they said were not wearing badges, &#8220;disappeared&#8221; at least one demonstrator, taking him away in an unmarked vehicle.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-information-photos-emerge-of-elite-unit-deployed-to-portland-to-stop-violent-extremists">The Daily Wire reported Saturday</a>, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) acknowledged deploying the elite border patrol unit in Portland to protect federal property.
&#8220;A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokeswoman said on Friday agents had been deployed to Portland to support a newly launched U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unit, tasked with enforcing last month’s executive order from Republican President Donald Trump to protect federal monuments and buildings,&#8221; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/u-s-swoops-down-on-portland-protesters-after-trump-order-to-protect-monuments-idUSKCN24I2W5">Reuters reported Saturday</a>.
CBP also acknowledged moving at least one suspect for questioning, telling media that the suspect, who was accused of damaging federal property and attacking federal officers, was briefly moved from the scene while being interrogated because federal agents feared being attacked by what they referred to as &#8220;a large and violent mob&#8221; advancing on the scene.
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President Trump Defends Deploying ‘Elite’ Border Patrol Unit In Portland

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President Donald Trump deploying an elite force of federal agents to handle ongoing riots in Portland, Oregon, Sunday, noting on Twitter that the purpose

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Oregon residents may be able to vote this November on whether to legalize psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms.
The Oregonian <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/06/legal-regulated-psychedelic-mushrooms-are-one-step-closer-to-being-on-the-ballot-in-oregon-in-november.html">reported</a> that a ballot initiative known as the Oregon Psilocybin Therapy Initiative, or Initiative Petition #34, has received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, provided those signatures are valid. Sheri and Tom Eckert, two of the top petitioners behind the initiative, said during a Zoom press conference Monday that the initiative had obtained 164,782 signatures, the Oregonian reported.
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<blockquote>Oregon would be the first state to legalize the substance, which is currently a Schedule I drug. Cities like <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-shrooms-denver-legal-how-take-1445041">Oakland and Denver have already decriminalized psilocybin</a>.
“Pioneering research at institutions like Johns Hopkins, NYU, and UCLA has shown the significant promise of psilocybin therapy,” said a press release put out by the campaign Monday, “especially for people whose depression or anxiety hasn’t responded to other available treatments.”
Its [sic] a cause <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/12/this_couple_wants_to_make_it_l.html">the Eckerts have championed for years</a> that now is closer than ever to appearing on the Oregon ballot in November.</blockquote>
Legalizing psilocybin, the outlet reported, won’t make it widely available like cannabis. Instead, the Oregonian reported, the initiative will “empower the Oregon Health Authority to set up all licensing, training, certification, and ongoing education requirements for psilocybin service centers and facilitators during a mandated two-year development process,” a press release for Initiative #34 said.
“Only license holders will be able to “provide psilocybin therapy, cultivate psilocybin, or own a psilocybin service center,” under the measure, and the measure would not allow people to take or grow psychedelic mushrooms in their homes, or leave a treatment facility while still under the influence of psilocybin,” the outlet reported. “The use of the substance will be highly structured, with therapy recipients going through a pre-screening, a supervised therapy session and a post-use evaluation.”
In their press release, Sheri Eckert, a therapist, explained that “Oregon has some of the highest rates of depression, anxiety, and addiction in the country,” and that “the options we have to help those people are just not enough.”
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/30/oregon-voters-push-to-legalize-psychedelic-mushrooms/">reported</a> that the Eckerts “hope to market a whole range of ‘Psilocybin Services’ to patients in the future” and received a $1 million donation from Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, an organic soap company based in San Diego, California.
Dr. Rachel Knox was present during the Eckerts’ press conference and said she supported Initiative #34 because she “believes that therapies should be backed by research and evidence-based, and psilocybin is a compound that has a demonstrated safety record.”
“We need better mental health treatment options now more than ever,” Knox added, “and this initiative has the right supervision and safeguards in place.”
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Oregon Getting Closer To Vote On Legalizing Psychedelic Shrooms – For Therapeutic Use, Of Course

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Oregon residents may be able to vote this November on whether to legalize psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms. The Oregonian reported

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Speaking to Glenn Beck of The Blaze, an Oregon salon owner reiterated her charge that the state of Oregon had sent Child Protective Services to her home after she had opened her salon in defiance of state orders.
Lindsey Graham, the owner of Glamour Salon in Salem, had claimed last week that Child Protective Services had visited her home. The press secretary in the communications office for the Oregon Department of Human Services stated, “Due to confidentiality laws, we cannot comment on whether or not there is an open CPS assessment against any individual. I want to stress however, that not following Governor Brown’s Stay Home, Save Lives executive order or not following physical distancing guidelines would never be a reason to assign a CPS assessment,” <a href="https://www.kptv.com/news/salem-salon-owner-says-oregon-osha-issues-14-000-citation-says-shell-stay-open/article_9a3761e6-9708-11ea-9cc3-1b1d00602ed2.html">FOX 12</a> reported.
Lindsey Graham, the owner of Glamour Salon in Salem, asserted to Beck, “They’re using every possible government organization to try and bully and intimidate me into shutting my doors. They have used OSHA; health licensing office, CPS Child Protective Services, if you can believe it; they’ve used the city of Salem to threaten me …”
Beck, shocked, replied, “How? How? How? Wait, wait, wait— how were they using CPS?”
Graham continued, “So I opened my doors to my salon on May 5, and on May 8, Child Protective Services showed up at my home when I was at work to question my home about a ‘claim’ that my household was endangering my children.”
Beck responded, “Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh, Lindsey. How are you so calm about this?”
Graham answered, “I’m not. I’m livid, and I’ve already cried and bawled and screamed. And I have no words for the tactics that the government is using against me, but I’ve had time to adjust my thinking and come up with a plan of attack, or defense, even, if you will. I’m not calm but I have a really great team of attorneys and we are going to tackle this head on because it’s very, very clear that there is bullying and intimidation by the government directed at me and my family and my business.”
Last Friday, Graham stated that Friday OSHA issued a $14,000 citation to her after she ignored Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order. She stated, “Everyone’s job is essential, not because what we do or how we do it, but because it’s how we make our living. I have independent contractors that are choosing to work in this facility. OSHA has illegally deemed them employees and is citing me as an employer, which I am not.” She added, “I’m vowing to stay open as long as I can, basically, until the governor tries to take my entire career, something I’ve worked 15 years for, out from underneath me,”
FOX 12 reported that Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood could not confirm a fine had been issued because Graham and her attorney hadn’t informed OSHA they had received it. Oregon OSHA officials stated Graham was “unquestionably operating in violation of the governor’s executive order, designed to protect workers and the public.”
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What is HAPPENING in Oregon?! Salon owner Lindsey Graham said the state even sent Child Protection Services to her house to intimidate her after reopening early! HOW?! <a href="https://t.co/hDEeZAkNBE">pic.twitter.com/hDEeZAkNBE</a>
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Oregon Salon Owner Who Opened Claims State Sent Child Protective Services To Her Home

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Speaking to Glenn Beck of The Blaze, an Oregon salon owner reiterated her charge that the state of Oregon had sent Child Protective Services to her home

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