The most important image you will see of Portland

[Nevilledog]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/22/1962969/-The-most-important-image-you-will-see-of-Portland


As the impeached Donald Trump uses Portland as a testing ground for sending in federal goon squads, the media play into his hands, focusing narrowly on the images that make it seem the entire city is in flames. Dirk VanderHart is one of many local reporters who have been live tweeting from the site of the protests, and he’s worth following. But the second photo, from last night, is the most important image of Portland you will see.



Schrunk Plaza is at most a five minute walk from the protest site, which is at the Hatfield Courthouse. Here it is on Google Maps.

The protests are taking place in a tiny area of a city that is otherwise normal, for whatever normal means during the Trump pandemic and economic crisis. There have also been protests in a couple other small areas. But that’s it. The bulk of Portland is just going about its business.

In the area of the protests, some stupid vandalism has taken place, such as the damage done to a statue of an elk— seriously!— but the only real violence has been inflicted by Trump’s goons.

Fox had a chyron describing Portland as “chaos and carnage.” Trump the Impeached and his minions make it seem a war zone. It’s not. The media would do well to send some camera crews pretty much anywhere else in the city, other than the few blocks around the protests. And even the protest site wouldn’t be that bad, if not for Trump’s goons.

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[poli-junkie]

1. Which is why the FAA banned drones in Portland.

[gratuitous]

2. Schrunk Plaza is, oddly enough, also federal property

The federal courthouse is two blocks north on Third Avenue, and the funky-looking glass-front building to the right background in the photo of the Plaza is the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, also federal property. It looks pretty serene in this photo as well.

It's almost as if the Trump administration and Fox are trying to create a mess where none exists. Odd!

[onetexan]

3. Thats exactly what he's trying to do - create an imaginary situation thats not true

And with Faux News & RW media's assistance to distort the truth.

[sop]

5. The only campaign theme Trump can run on is American Carnage (version 2.0)

He can't talk about the good economy or low unemployment, and he certainly can't label himself a "wartime president," particularly after he raised the white flag in the war against COVID-19, with over 140,000 dead Americans so far. All Trump has left is to "surge in" troops to fight a war against the "American carnage" he created.

[malaise]

6. Odd?

Not at all - this is what he wants

[Thekaspervote]

4. Thank you for posting. Will follow Dirk on twitter. We need the whole picture

Not one dotard and fux news portray

[Hoyt]

7. Yet, some DUers claim federal troops have taken control of Portland.

[tblue37]

8. K&R for visibility. nt