Report on the ground from "war torn" Portland

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[The empressof all]

1. Guess the planes haven't landed yet today...LOL

Oy...Those Trumpers all they got left now is insanity and that's no defense.

[CrispyQ]

2. I watched a great video a few days ago

where the host pointed out that the media never tells or shows the viewers the size of the protest area. They make it sound like the entire city is under siege. Why can't we get some drone footage to show the true scope of the protests? Or even just a map of the city with the protest area highlighted? Or a crowd size estimate compared to the population of the city?

I know the answer to my question. The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own it. I saw that on a bumper sticker once.

[Nevilledog]

3. That's because it wouldn't look scary.

[CrispyQ]

4. Exactly.

[crickets]

5. Thank you! nt

[Nexus2]

22. Oh, the humanity!

Those thugs, they blew it all up! Just like Minneapolis... Damn them all to Hell!

[gratuitous]

6. There are a couple of noisy scrub jays outside

But nothing we can't handle; Oregonians are made of stern stuff. In trying to destroy Portland, Trump is only destroying himself.

[Nevilledog]

7. So how's the city burning today? Amazing it's been burning for decades.

[gratuitous]

8. We had to break open the last package of hot dogs

But we're optimistic that the re-supply wagon will arrive before we exhaust our remaining all beef franks. We'll muddle through somehow, like during Prohibition when our hardy forefathers and foremothers had to subsist on food and water, sometimes for days on end.

[Nevilledog]

9. Food AND water? Amazing history.

[IronLionZion]

11. If your city is burning, you might as well have a cookout

Smores are good too this time of year

[volstork]

15. Are there s'mores?

Because if there are s'mores, I'll be right there...

[lastlib]

16. (I lost my corkscrew once, and had to do that.....)

Longest half-hour of my life....

[Snake Plissken]

10. After 2016, you'd think everyone would realize what actually is happening in Portland is irrelevant

What voters in the sewing states believe is happening is all that matters, and right now Trump is winning this one hands down ... but once again nobody wants to believe it.

I'm blown away at how well this is working for Trump in the Midwest among blue collar workers, It's depressing to see how many people I run into who are now seriously considering voting for Trump because of how the protests and rioting is playing out in the media.

[The Mouth]

19. Same here

Every rioter helps Trump. And by "rioter" I don't just mean the stupid assholes who smash and burn and paint graffiti, but don't disburse when a curfew is called, and the assholes who justify it with "Well you care more about property than lives" bullshit trope. All of the forgoing might as well be tattooed 'MAGA' on their fucking foreheads.

He's going to do better this time than last, and it will be the dipfucks who shut down traffic and spraypaint shit that will do it.

[Snake Plissken]

20. People here don't want to hears this, but it's undeniable

I work in the field of industrial automation and visit factories across the Midwest and Northeast, just recently I've began traveling again and was completely blown away at how many people now support Trump because of these protests than did back when I was traveling to these same places prior to the pandemic breaking out, and it's not just White males, not even close.

If the Democrats continue focusing on social issues instead of the economy and healthcare. Trump will easily sweep the Midwest and win the Electoral Vote again.

And what hurts most of all, is this could be an easy win for the Democrats right across the board if they just focus on concerns of voters in the swing states instead of allowing attention seekers and rioters to define them in the eyes of voters.

[LeftInTX]

21. Absolutely focus on the economy and healthcare.

Social security and Medicare are under attack, but I did not hear a peep about it at the DNC. Too much focus on immigration and climate change and Billie Eilish singing a depressing song.

[Traildogbob]

12. The Media

Should be showing non stop footage of the devastation from Laura, not Trump propaganda in Portland. GOP will never win elections showing them helping people. Only fear and hate drive their victories. Let em sell Trump autographs on eBay for assistance. Fuck those brown people. Sorry evilgelicals, God Ain’t Blessin MurKKKa, in the slightest. No matter how many times you say it or print it on money. No Blessin going on here.

[UpInArms]

24. Has Iowa been mentioned lately?

More than 10 million acres were completely flattened

August 12, 2020
A powerful derecho storm that swept through the Midwest on Monday has left thousands of acres of crops completely devastated, and officials say more than half a million people could be without power for quite a while.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said the storm, which had hurricane-force winds up to 112 mph, destroyed at least one-third of the entire state's crops. More than 10 million acres were completely flattened, leading Reynolds to say she thinks the storm should qualify for federal disaster declaration. The Washington Post reports between 180 and 270 million bushels of corn were likely damaged, shortly before harvesting usually begins in September.

The storm left one man dead in Iowa and one woman in Indiana. Teams are working to restore power, though USA Today reports full recovery could take weeks.

[Traildogbob]

25. Not that I have seen

This image is stunning. And Iowa is Red as they come. Anything that can be tied to climate disaster will never get attention from trump or Corp media.

[Initech]

13. Where are the planes full of thugs?

Oh that's right, they don't exist!

[rurallib]

14. maybe its a different Portland that is burning somewhere

Maybe on Mars or in another Galaxy. Our president would not lie.

[Nevilledog]

17. We've already established it's not Maine

Link to tweet

[PNW-Dem]

18. For god's sake, be careful

With all the burning, looting and shooting, you are risking your life taking photos like this...

[Hassler]

23. I was in downtown PDX today: No razor wire, no Checkpoint Charlie

Guard station, no burning buildings.