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August 6, 2020

DHS chief details attacks by rioters on law enforcement in Portland with sledgehammers, IEDs

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Thursday detailed to senators the assaults that federal law enforcement had been subjected to from rioters in Portland -- saying officers had been attacked with weapons including sledgehammers and improvised explosive devices (IED).

August 6, 2020

'No Drama Llama' seeks to soothe Portland protest tensions

A "No Drama Llama" is walking the streets of Portland hoping to quell tensions stemming from ongoing protests in the city. 

August 6, 2020

Portland police chief says riots not helping cause of racial justice: ‘Enough is enough’

Portland, Ore., police Chief Chuck Lovell on Wednesday morning decried violent instigators who he said are marring the message of mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.

August 6, 2020

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Unlawful federal spying on journalists in Portland should cost officials their jobs

The feds were spying on journalists who were in the crowds of protesters reporting on what they observed.

August 5, 2020

Democrats refuse to condemn Antifa in domestic terrorism hearing, Andy Ngo says

Tensions ran high at a Senate hearing on Antifa on Tuesday as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Democrats for not condemning the leftist extremist group more directly for the violence that has erupted in certain U.S. cities in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

August 5, 2020

DHS fires back at 'myths' Portland violence decreased due to fewer federal agents

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pushed back Wednesday on claims violence decreased in Portland due to a reduction in the federal presence there, arguing instead that the relative calm stemmed from state and local authorities "finally" doing their jobs.

August 5, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security says it will replace the military-style uniforms worn by its agents

The remaining federal agents stationed in Portland, Ore., will stop wearing military-style uniforms after calls intensified for federal forces to ditch the camouflage patterns and wear clothing that indicates they are law enforcement officers. 

August 5, 2020

Rioters vandalize, set fire at Portland Police Association office: police

Portland has seen more than 65 nights of protests, which have recently devolved into riots.

August 4, 2020

FBI has opened 300 'domestic terror' investigations as a result of riots, attorney tells Capitol hearing on Antifa

The FBI has opened more than 300 domestic terrorism investigations against rioters since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis kicked off nationwide unrest, a federal attorney revealed Tuesday in a hearing on Capitol Hill on Antifa and violent protests. 

August 4, 2020

'Kindergarten Cop' screening canceled in Oregon, compared to 'Gone with the Wind'

The NW Film Center canceled an Aug. 6 outdoor screening of the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, after it was excoriated on Twitter for glorifying the traumatization of children by police and was compared to "Birth of a Nation" and "Gone with the Wind."