How Should Portlanders Respond to Trump’s Provocations? Can We Save Our Democracy?

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Wed, 10/08/2025 - 8:00am to 9:00am

Yesterday, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem arrived in Portland and told the National Guard to “get ready.” This despite Gov. Kotek callign for troops to be sent home and the state and the city of Portland filing a lawsuit asserting the deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act and 10th Amendment.

Peaceful Portland protestors, even a couple in their 80s, have faced violence at the hands of federal agents. Trump is using the apparatus of the federal government to invoke the Insurrection Act. How do we respond and defend our republic?

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