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mommymarine2003

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23. The Portland Marathon is today.

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 11:55 AM

Oct 5

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

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The National Guard reportedly refuses Trump's orders in Portland, declaring "We are out!" as tensions boil over after th [View all] riversedge Oct 5 OP

Are they getting paid? multigraincracker Oct 5 #1

Fascism cannot survive without the force of effective thugs. gordianot Oct 5 #6

No MarcoZandrini Oct 5 #15

About time. 2naSalit Oct 5 #2

Link? TIA Celerity Oct 5 #3

Seems to be this YouTube channel - 'Liberal Mania' muriel_volestrangler Oct 5 #9

Thank you. Seems to be another fake news dodgy-sourced OP. DU has a plague of these. Celerity Oct 5 #14

Perhaps he was "furious" or "stunned" or "reeling" after a "bombshell" Orrex Oct 5 #21

link NJCher Oct 5 #18

That link is not germane to the specific claim of the OP. Another DUer found the link Celerity Oct 5 #19

What about this? malaise Oct 5 #4

I think that's the accurate story Kaleva Oct 5 #5

Interestingly, the judge COL Mustard Oct 5 #12

Is this true? Is there a link? AllyCat Oct 5 #7

Is this from the Youtube channel *Liberal Mania*? sl8 Oct 5 #8

Apparently a Federal Judge has temporarily blocked Trump's intention to deploy the Guard RVN VET71 Oct 5 #10

it's the Federal gov't/ICE who is inciting violence NJCher Oct 5 #11

That is the plan, after all, isn't it? RVN VET71 Oct 5 #13

The Portland Police Chief is some kind of genius. Trueblue Texan Oct 5 #16

The National Guard did not refuse deployment to Portland. Gimpyknee Oct 5 #17

I'd have to have more info to know whether or not I believe this story. COL Mustard Oct 5 #20

Without a supporting link, file this under misinformation Fiendish Thingy Oct 5 #22

The Portland Marathon is today. mommymarine2003 Oct 5 #23

Never understood the purpose of posting falsehoods and misinformation here. tritsofme Oct 5 #24