2. There's some precedence for what is happening in Portland in early days of protests after Floyd killing, when federal officers without any insignia or ID but wearing camouflage (who turned out to be Bureau of Prison guards) patrolled Washington & other cities.
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3. I don't think it's an accident that Portland is the trial run for this experiment in badgeless policing: it's been the site of longstanding intermittent battles between police, right-wing militias, and more amorphous anarchist groups usually labelled Antifa.
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4. This is why the Antifa fear-mongering -- foisted not just by Fox News but by ostensibly anti-Trump contrarians like Jon Kay & liberals like Jonathan Chait -- is so dangerous. It's throwing tinder on a combustable situation.
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5. Former CIA analyst Aki Peritz on where this could go: https://twitter.com/AkiPeritz/status/1283970400880340992 …
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6. More thoughts on Trump's mysterious new police: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-secret-police-portland/ …
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This story seems...uh....really, really not funny
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We appear to have entered the “Don’t speak of laws to us, who have swords” phase of American democracy, which is… not great
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@anneapplebaum and@mashagessen have been warning about America’s slide into authoritarianism but few have been listening. This is playing out in real time now in Portland. Trump is laying the groundwork for stealing or cancelling the November election. The end game is upon us.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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