Trump Admin In Talks With Oregon Governor To Pull Federal Forces From Portland | Talking Points Memo

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trump administration has started talks with the Oregon governor’s office and indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents sent to quell two months of chaotic protests in Portland if the state stepped up its own enforcement, a senior White House official said Tuesday.


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Protesters: 1

Trump: 0

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Jayapal’s takedown of Barr was awesome and should go viral.

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Maybe they should check with Melania on expedited short soft pullouts?

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What’s there to discuss?

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So…whaattt? This was just a drive by? In Seattle they swarmed the streets, insisted they were ‘attacked’, did a mass arrest on Saturday night and then released them all late Monday with no charges after arraignment. On the arrest sheet over the weekend it read ‘ASSAULT, bail denied’ and then nada when the courts go involved…and then Federal troops ‘left the city’. What a clusterf*.

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I just dashed in to catch a few minutes. Ended up staying through the whole hearing. It was worth watching Barr squirm. Not a good day for Barr or Trump. If I remember right, some Republicans showed up as well there.

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Both sides claim victory, chests are beaten, “woohoos” are voiced, and then on to … more of this.

Niener, niener, Chinavirus, China-virus, China!! virus!!

Navarro on Trump: “ I love that guy. He’s the funniest guy, the smartest guy I know. And he’s doing a great job."

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“We’ll remove our knee from your neck if you swear to round up and incarcerate EVERYONE who thinks that Black Lives Matter, everyone who thinks that institutionalized racism exists within law enforcement within our country, and everyone who says anything against us and our Dear Leader. Only then will we let you breathe free, just a bit.”

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The asskissing by the ‘pukes that I heard were enough to make me turn it off. "Please tell everyone who’s been inconvenienced by these people exercising their First Amendment rights, especially those who may have dented their batons on rioters’ heads."

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Looking at Barr, a few things become clear

(1) He cannot wait to become the equivalent of a Tsar, which will happen should Trump win.

(2) He is seething with rage beneath that mumbling exterior.

(3) He is sneering inside with the feeling that “I’m smarter than you”.

(4) He likes being abrasive.

(5) All are weaknesses just waiting for the right questioner with power behind the questions

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Reporters are asking the judge to hold the Feds in contempt of court by attacking journalists.

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Gosh, a white supremacist. I’m gobsmacked…

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Good. There should be repercussions.

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Barr is full of that “demonsperm” that Dr. Stella is always on about.

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His spunkrock band?

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I’m thinking that Trump wants some quid pro quo - the mayor has to ‘say nice things’ about him and publicly thank him for ‘saving’ her city.

Barr fingering his electric “demon-dudelsack”.

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Not Opus Dei…more like Oaf-us: Pay Me

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It’s the best sex Peter Navarro has ever had.

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