My dearest, I write from war torn Pioneer Courthouse Square. The single-bean coffee is running out, we haven’t long before craft cocktails are gone, too. I’ve seen folks walk around with empty bags from Kenny and Zuke’s, their Lululemon torn asunder. Even the hot yoga studios have fallen. If you don’t hear from me tomorrow, check for my remains near my fixie as I am heading out to the battle in the Alphabet district. Know my last thoughts were of you and Salt & Straw.

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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

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@Tengrain How, pray tell, will we safely arrive at Powell's? Perhaps shelter might be found at a compassionate food cart pod, and agents of Emperor Palpatine and the Galactic Empire might be evaded within the twists and turns of Saturday Market.
@Tengrain So, if troops were to kill anyone here in PDX, after Trump authorized Hesgeth to use "full force", would it be logical to conclude that the President was then guilty of murder?
@Tengrain
Oh Dear.
Perhaps those the gods wish to
destroy first they send mad?
Do the arrogant 77.5m against 75m
Actually hate co Americans?
We observers send solidarity to the
diverse US working class &
progressive middle class as the
lunatics take over the asylum but
Lumpen Trump et al will be out on
their arses in 4 years tho it will feel
like a lifetime of daily torture but
the US will
be Oligarch free. Hope a new Left Wing
Democratic Socialist Party emerges
like Your Party in the UK.
@Tengrain Conditions are dire for civilians. Avocado toast and estradiol are tightly rationed.

@rsabourin

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The horror, the horror.

@Tengrain The dispensaries are releasing large clouds of smoke to confuse and dispirit the enemy. Half my platoon is now down with the munchies. We are pivoting to Sizzle Pie. #Portland
@Tengrain Reminds us of the sentence from September 1st 1939 “Since 5:45 a.m. we have been firing back!” probably the first fake news since Radio was invented. Justifying war on a peaceful group of ppl by lying is another strategy FELON 47 copied from his idol.

@Tengrain

Dearest, we know not where the enemy goes next. They may be heading to Astoria to take down Frite and Scoop, or up to Tacoma to shut down Ice Cream Social.

While they claim to be agents of ICE, they carry flames and adversarial to all ice cream parlors.

Also, Powell's has shuttered their windows, to protect their books from the madding crowd of illiterates.

@Tengrain But Powell’s is holding out, right? Launching the non-fictions at the enemy.
@Tengrain coffee and cocktails running out?! Oh the humanity.
@Tengrain The east side of the Willamette holds firm. The submarine at OMSI has been re-outfitted for patrol work and cruises the east bank, keeping the MAGA forces at bay as OMSI visitors pelt them with commemorative tote bags. The resistance musters in the new food cart parking lot off Holgate, arming themselves with ultra-hoppy craft IPAs and banh mi. The latter are especially deadly to FBI officers, as our allies in DC can attest.
@Tengrain we may need to rearm if we are still relying on 2-year old Kenny & Zukes bags…

@Tengrain Shame the invaders.

Protest signs that just read “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR”.