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July 23, 2020

Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents, riot declared

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s security detail scuffled with protesters late Wednesday night as the mayor struggled to get inside a building while people surrounded him from all sides, according to a report.

July 23, 2020

Portland protesters list their demands as mayor joins crowd

Wheeler addresses protesters, gets booed, told to resign

July 23, 2020

Judge Andrew Napolitano: In Portland, actions of federal agents are unlawful, unconstitutional and harmful

Public dissent against the government is a core personal freedom. It is as American as apple pie. It was integral to the creation of our republic. Government repression of dissent is totalitarian. It is as un-American as the governments against which we fought world wars to preserve our core freedoms.

July 22, 2020

Acting DHS chief doubles down on federal presence in Portland: 'We are not taking it any longer'

Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf fired back at Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's "absolutely ridiculous" comments after she said at a press conference Wednesday that the federal officers enlisted to quell the ongoing violence in her state are acting as “secret police abducting people.”

July 22, 2020

New Yorker editor rips Trump for sending feds to Portland: Like a 'slightly diabolical television producer'

New Yorker editor David Remnick blasted President Trump for deploying federal agents to Portland, linking him to a "slightly diabolical television producer" hoping to increase divisions in the country. 

July 22, 2020

Portland seeing slower police response, more burglaries amid protests, data show

Slower police response times for reported burglaries amid the ongoing nightly protests in Portland, Ore., have business owners concerned that criminals may feel emboldened to commit crimes as law enforcement resources are shifted to combat the demonstrations that have, at times, turned violent.

July 22, 2020

Oregon governor compares federal officers to 'secret police abducting people'

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who this weekend blamed President Trump for the growing violence in Portland and characterized the federal presence in the city as "political theater," said at a press conference Wednesday that federal cops are “secret police abducting people.”

July 22, 2020

Barr says leading cause of death for young Black males is homicide: 'Those lives matter'

Attorney General William Barr, in an event announcing the enhanced presence of federal agents in cities to quell unrest, noted that the leading cause of death in young Black males is homicide.

July 22, 2020

Lightfoot asks Chicago for help in deadly shootings, after rejecting federal law enforcement

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined police officials Wednesday to plead for assistance from the public a day after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home that left 15 people injured, and a separate incident in which a 3-year-old girl was shot in the head -- this after rejecting the Trump administration's plan to send federal agents to help combat increasing crime in the city.

July 22, 2020

Ben Shapiro: Democrats and the media are 'rooting for chaos' as 'villains' destroy the country

The outrage from Democrats and much of the mainstream media over President Trump's deployment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Portland, Ore., is further proof that they are "rooting for chaos," Ben Shapiro asserted Wednesday.