Battle Portland:

[mountaineer]

Portland's problems go way beyond Antifa and the Antifa-loving city government. Elected officials are incompetent and corrupt, and they allow this stuff to happen.

The streets of Portland today. It’s still an open air drug scene and psych ward. I saw an OD and a homeless man boarding a train covered in blood.

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1984384281792430101

[mountaineer]

They’re now providing therapy Illamas at the Portland, Oregon airport to help with “stress” during the shutdown.

https://twitter.com/davidmedinapdx/status/1987015099488608655

[Kamaji]

They’re now providing therapy Illamas at the Portland, Oregon airport to help with “stress” during the shutdown.

https://twitter.com/davidmedinapdx/status/1987015099488608655

[Cyber Liberty]

They’re now providing therapy Illamas at the Portland, Oregon airport to help with “stress” during the shutdown.

https://twitter.com/davidmedinapdx/status/1987015099488608655

I wonder if Llamas make good eatin'?

[GtHawk]

They’re now providing therapy Illamas at the Portland, Oregon airport to help with “stress” during the shutdown.

https://twitter.com/davidmedinapdx/status/1987015099488608655

what therapy will they provide when the Llamas start spitting on the poor stressed travelers?

[GtHawk]

I wonder if Llamas make good eatin'?

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Llama Meat: 5 Authentic Dishes From The Andes That Will ...
Llama meat tastes like a lean, milder version of beef and lamb, often compared to venison or deer, but with a less gamey flavor. It is a lean, high-protein meat with a slightly chewy texture, and its mild taste makes it versatile for many dishes like stews, burgers, and grilled steaks.

Eat em up, eat em up, yum! Sounds way better than fish heads.

[Kamaji]

4
Llama Meat: 5 Authentic Dishes From The Andes That Will ...
Llama meat tastes like a lean, milder version of beef and lamb, often compared to venison or deer, but with a less gamey flavor. It is a lean, high-protein meat with a slightly chewy texture, and its mild taste makes it versatile for many dishes like stews, burgers, and grilled steaks.

Eat em up, eat em up, yum! Sounds way better than fish heads.

Sounds good.  Too bad my wife would filet me if I suggested we consider it.

[mystery-ak]

Trump-Appointed Federal Judge: President Cannot Use National Guard in Portland

Lowell Cauffiel8 Nov 202528
3:33

A federal judge who was nominated to the bench by President Donald Trump has permanently blocked the 47th president from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, in response to demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in that city.

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, who issued a preliminary injunction last month preventing the president’s troop order, ruled Friday that Trump overstepped his authority by federalizing Oregon’s National Guard soldiers.

President Trump nominated Judge Immergut to the federal bench in 2018 during his first term.

The permanent ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the Sates of Oregon and California and the City of Portland.

Government lawyers for the Trump administration had argued that the often-violent protests at the ICE building disrupted officers who were trying to carry out immigration enforcement and represented a rebellion against the United States of America.

The New York Times reported:

    In her final 106-page ruling, Judge Immergut rejected arguments from government lawyers that protests at the ICE building made it impossible for federal officers to carry out immigration enforcement, represented a rebellion or raised the threat of rebellion.

    “The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority,” she wrote.

The judge also disputed the president’s claim that Antifa, at least in Portland, is an organized group working against the U.S. government, also stating that testimony from ICE’s regional director about damage to the building and how disruptive the protests were was not believable.

Just how disruptive or violent the protests are often depends on which news outlets are covering the nightly demonstrations, which began in early June after the administration’s crackdown on and rounding up of criminal illegal aliens.

As Breitbart News reported late last month, unruly crowds and brawls can very much be in play at the site, especially when counter-demonstrators show up.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/08/trump-appointed-federal-judge-president-cannot-use-national-guard-portland/

[GtHawk]

Sounds good.  Too bad my wife would filet me if I suggested we consider it.

So just order some steaks and don’t tell her……………..ever

[Wingnut]

I wonder if Llamas make good eatin'?

Vittles is vittles.

[GtHawk]

Vittles is vittles.

That’s what Granny Clampett always said.

[mountaineer]

@tarafaul503 on X is a photographer who documents the Portland scene. It's disgusting, infuriating, but mostly incredibly sad.
She posted this on Friday:


Crouched by a filthy public toilet yelling at abraham lincoln to "just be quiet!!!" - this is Portland

Tara talks to the people she photographs. This is a street person named Alice, who is sad because her daughter is in foster care.

 She broke down in heaving sobs over missing Scarlett Rose, saying all she ever wanted was a child to love.

[mountaineer]

You probably can guess just how little Portland's city council members care about the disasters they've created.

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1992288834881720812

[Cyber Liberty]

You probably can guess just how little Portland's city council members care about the disasters they've created.

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1992288834881720812

They get pissed if you don't give them your undivided attention.  Eating while taking testimony is pretty damned disrespectful.

[Smokin Joe]

They get pissed if you don't give them your undivided attention.  Eating while taking testimony is pretty damned disrespectful.

She has to maintain her physique!

[rangerrebew]

Portland protester accused of threatening to kill officers, sexually assault their wives at ICE facility
Story by Andrea Margolis • 11h

FIRST ON FOX: A Portland man is accused of threatening to kill law enforcement officers and sexually assault their wives, the FBI told Fox News Digital on Monday.

John Paul Cupp, 45, is accused of making violent threats at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland. He's been charged with making threats against a federal law enforcement officer.
 
According to court filings, Cupp hurled insults at law enforcement officers on Oct. 14 as they approached a crowd.

"Cupp threatened to kill law enforcement officers, sexually assault their wives, and harm their children," the documents state, according to the FBI.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/portland-protester-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-officers-sexually-assault-their-wives-at-ice-facility/ar-AA1R4PB9?ocid=BingNewsVerp

[mountaineer]

A homeless man insists he was kicked out of a Portland shelter for not being transgender. This is the identical shelter I just reported on that kicked out two other people for reporting a transgender person for theft even though multiple witnesses saw them do it. ...

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1997920938155999566

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

A homeless man insists he was kicked out of a Portland shelter for not being transgender. This is the identical shelter I just reported on that kicked out two other people for reporting a transgender person for theft even though multiple witnesses saw them do it. ...

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1997920938155999566

He should be able to scrounge up a wig from somewhere right?

[mountaineer]

He should be able to scrounge up a wig from somewhere right?

Won't someone please give this poor man some lipstick and eye liner?!?

[GtHawk]

He should be able to scrounge up a wig from somewhere right?

with that belly he should tell them he just gave birth, what better credentials for a transgender the he/they/her is a tranny?

Some advice, never respond to a car thread on X and say grenade/grenaded the tranny…….they say it’s hate speech and boy are you in trouble.

[Smokin Joe]

Good idea, though I'd have snipers on the roof lighting them up with their own dots as well.

I tire of these little deconstructionist lilliputians and oompahloompahs..

Amusingly enough, it might not require actual snipers, just people who could point the lasers at the offenders. See that dancing dot on the foreheads and centers of mass around you, you might not ask if/what the laser is attached to.

[mountaineer]

Sad but amusing: liberal gets bitten by an addict's dog in Portland, and all the leftists care about is the dog.

... Portland recriminalized hard drugs in 2024, but it’s tough to put that bleep-up genie back in its bottle. I lost count of the strung-out addicts I passed on my way to the doughnut shop and back, and I had just headed out from my hotel again when I came upon three men and a woman, all in their late thirties. The four were gathered around a baby carriage, and as I neared the woman lowered her head into it and took a powerful hit off a pipe. Just as I registered that the carriage was empty, two small dogs, both unleashed, rushed toward me, snarling, and one of them bit me on my left leg, just below the knee. It all happened within a second.  ...

That night, I had a show in the town of Salem, and, boy, did I talk about my afternoon, at least while I signed books beforehand.

“You have to understand that these addicts, especially those with an opioid-use disorder, lead incredibly difficult lives,” the first person I spoke to, a woman with long, straight hair the color of spaghetti, said.

“How is that an excuse?” I asked. “Her dog bit me.”

“Well, you’re still better off than she and her friends are,” the woman continued. ...

I mean, how hard should it be to get a little sympathy when an unleashed dog bites you? What if I were a baby? I wondered. Would people side with me then? What if I were ninety or blind or Nelson Mandela? Why is everyone so afraid of saying that drug addicts shouldn’t let their dogs bite people? Actually, I know why. We’re afraid we’ll be mistaken for Republicans, when, really, isn’t this something we should all be able to agree on? How did allowing dogs to bite people become a Democratic point of principle? Or is it just certain people’s dogs? If a German shepherd jumped, growling, out of one of those Tesla trucks that look like an origami project and its owner, wearing a MAGA hat, yelled, “Trumper, no!!!,” then would the people in my audience be aghast?  ...

A few days after I was bitten in Portland, I wrote a short essay about the experience, which I read at a show in Anchorage, Alaska. The audience reacted much the way people had at the Salem book signing. “Really?” I said. “I get nothing here?”

“Dogs are really good judges of character!” someone called out from the darkness.  ...

And Your Little Dog, Too, by David Sedaris, New Yorker.

[mountaineer]

Watch this. There are no words.

https://twitter.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2001741097501102464

[rangerrebew]

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: Portland Rolls Out PAID “Immigration Leave” — City Workers Get 40 Hours Off for Deportation Hearings While Taxpayers Foot the Bill, No Questions Asked
by Jim Hᴏft Jan. 3, 2026 8:15 am
 
A man in a suit speaks to reporters, surrounded by cameras and microphones, during a press event.
“Keith Wilson acceptance speech-17.jpg” by BikePortland, CC BY 2.0
The City of Portland has officially rolled out a new taxpayer-funded benefit: paid “Immigration, Naturalization, and Citizenship Leave” Human Resources Administrative Rule (HRAR) 6.15.

City officials have now committed public funds to cover paid leave for immigration court proceedings—including deportation hearings while blocking basic oversight, all while the city is facing a $66 million shortfall.

As of January 1, 2026, city workers in Portland, Oregon, can now clock out for up to 40 hours a year — without losing pay or benefits — to deal with immigration-related legal matters for themselves or for family members.

Eligible employees may use this leave for activities such as:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/you-cant-make-this-up-portland-rolls-paid/

[rangerrebew]

To me it wasn't clear.  Do they get the paid time off for rioting?

[Fishrrman]

Forget it, Jake...
It's Portlandia.

[mountaineer]

Sarah Lentz, the Board Chair of Portland Public Schools, says they will be training teachers to intervene and resist ICE and federal immigration operations. They want to protect criminal illegal aliens.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/2008657217462181888

[Cyber Liberty]

That's a big gal....

[mountaineer]

That's a big gal....

Someone on X observed she isn't just the board chair, she's the entire sofa.

[Kamaji]

Someone on X observed she isn't just the board chair, she's the entire sofa.

[Kamaji]

Sarah Lentz, the Board Chair of Portland Public Schools, says they will be training teachers to intervene and resist ICE and federal immigration operations. They want to protect criminal illegal aliens.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/2008657217462181888

Classes will have to be cancelled because all the teachers will be in federal pen on charges of interfering with ICE operations.

[Wingnut]

Sarah Lentz, the Board Chair of Portland Public Schools, says they will be training teachers to intervene and resist ICE and federal immigration operations. They want to protect criminal illegal aliens.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/2008657217462181888

Is she sitting or standing?  My 500 pound Board Chair.