"By the time I arrived, the waterfront park in downtown Portland, Oregon was already awash with people as far as the eye could see. The No Kings protest in June had turned out around 10,000 people across the city; this one saw several times that number just downtown, with thousands more choosing to join localized protests in their neighborhoods or in the suburbs."
"A lawsuit ensued, and as the state of Oregon and the city of Portland went to court to accuse Trump of hallucinating a war zone where none existed, a new resistance symbol was born. A viral video captured a protester in an inflatable frog suit staring down - so to speak - a flock of militarized ICE agents, and inflatable costumes were suddenly de rigueur not just at protests in Portland but all over the country."
Downtown Portland drew massive crowds, with some protests attracting several times the 10,000 people who attended the No Kings protest in June and thousands more at local neighborhood demonstrations. Inflatable frog costumes proliferated at protests, becoming a prominent motif after a viral video captured a protester in a frog suit confronting militarized ICE agents. Washington issued an executive order designating "antifa" a domestic terror group and a national security memorandum directing cabinet members to hunt down antifa and alleged funders. The president ordered the National Guard to "War ravaged Portland" to "protect" ICE, turning the city into an epicenter and prompting Oregon and Portland to sue.
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