Before things get a lot worse, which it looks like they\u2019re about to do given Trump\u2019s \u201cfull force\u201d order and his \u201canti-fascism is terrorism\u201d executive memo, I need to reiterate:<\/p>
It\u2019s lies. This shit about Portland? It\u2019s all lies.<\/p>
The lies about Seattle were lies too. Particularly reviving the old lie that \u201cthey\u201d \u201ctook over a significant percentage of the city\u201d back in 2020. Remember when I posted a map showing the three blocks and a park that were the entire protest zone? And how it was 0.0something percent of the city? How it was basically the equivalent of a guy and a yappy dog on the corner of a Walmart parking lot, and how on a full map of the city the red rectangle was literally too small to see?<\/p>
Remember that?<\/p>
It\u2019s lies about Portland now. I know people in Portland. I know people who are in Portland RIGHT NOW, for the weekend.<\/p>
It. Is. All. Lies.<\/p>
If you don\u2019t believe me, believe Tess Vigeland, a Wall Street Journal senior producer who lives in Portland. The Wall Street Journal is not exactly a \u201cleft\u201d publication and doesn\u2019t exactly employ \u201cradical leftists.\u201d I quote her here in entirety<\/a>:<\/p> \u201cHe is lying. They are lying. They are literally making this shit up. I live four blocks from the ICE facility they say is a \u201cwar zone.\u201d I pass it every single day on my way home. There are, on average, maybe 30 protesters who\u2019ve camped out (they have a small grill) and set up tents. Sometimes more show up on the weekend. They use bullhorns to shout invective at the building and it\u2019s been awful for the residents who live across the street and noise laws should be enforced. But the notion that this city of 600,000 people is a war zone is completely laughable. CNN has a photo from September 1st on its story about this that makes it seem like the city is, indeed, under siege (and that\u2019s part of the problem, images that don\u2019t tell a complete story). But the idea that they needed that kind of show of force is insane. Would I like the protesters to go away? As a neighbor, yup. Do they have the right to set up a tent city outside the facility? Probably \u2014 but again, it\u2019s annoying. Does Portland have myriad problems that a maddeningly ineffective local government seems unable to solve no matter how much tax money we throw at it? Yup. But does any of it call for federal troops fanning out across the city? Absolutely not. It\u2019s stupid. This is all for show by an authoritarian administration that knows its base will applaud because oooooh lookie a liberal city getting its due. (I have relatives who will applaud this, by the way.) But they\u2019re lying. They\u2019re all LYING.\u201d<\/p> Tess Vigeland, The Wall Street Journal<\/p> If you don\u2019t believe her? There are plenty of webcams. Here\u2019s Pioneer Square in downtown Portland<\/a> as I write this right now:<\/p> I won\u2019t even point you to more webcams. Use DuckDuckGo or something. Find them on your own. It\u2019s easy.<\/p> Find any cam you want. Look at them for yourself. Tell any Trumpy relatives you have to do the same thing. Look. See.<\/p> They. Are. All. Lying.<\/p> #cascadia<\/a> #CasPol<\/a> #CasPolitics<\/a> #fascism<\/a> #oregon<\/a> #portland<\/a> #uspol<\/a> #uspolitics<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/solarbird.net\/blog\/?p=57618","object":{"id":"https:\/\/solarbird.net\/blog\/?p=57618","objectType":"note","content":"it is all lies Before things get a lot worse, which it looks like they\u2019re about to do given Trump\u2019s \u201cfull force\u201d order and his \u201canti-fascism is terrorism\u201d executive memo, I need to reiterate:<\/p> It\u2019s lies. This shit about Portland? It\u2019s all lies.<\/p> The lies about Seattle were lies too. Particularly reviving the old lie that \u201cthey\u201d \u201ctook over a significant percentage of the city\u201d back in 2020. Remember when I posted a map showing the three blocks and a park that were the entire protest zone? And how it was 0.0something percent of the city? How it was basically the equivalent of a guy and a yappy dog on the corner of a Walmart parking lot, and how on a full map of the city the red rectangle was literally too small to see?<\/p> Remember that?<\/p> It\u2019s lies about Portland now. I know people in Portland. I know people who are in Portland RIGHT NOW, for the weekend.<\/p> It. Is. All. Lies.<\/p> If you don\u2019t believe me, believe Tess Vigeland, a Wall Street Journal senior producer who lives in Portland. The Wall Street Journal is not exactly a \u201cleft\u201d publication and doesn\u2019t exactly employ \u201cradical leftists.\u201d I quote her here in entirety<\/a>:<\/p> \u201cHe is lying. They are lying. They are literally making this shit up. I live four blocks from the ICE facility they say is a \u201cwar zone.\u201d I pass it every single day on my way home. There are, on average, maybe 30 protesters who\u2019ve camped out (they have a small grill) and set up tents. Sometimes more show up on the weekend. They use bullhorns to shout invective at the building and it\u2019s been awful for the residents who live across the street and noise laws should be enforced. But the notion that this city of 600,000 people is a war zone is completely laughable. CNN has a photo from September 1st on its story about this that makes it seem like the city is, indeed, under siege (and that\u2019s part of the problem, images that don\u2019t tell a complete story). But the idea that they needed that kind of show of force is insane. Would I like the protesters to go away? As a neighbor, yup. Do they have the right to set up a tent city outside the facility? Probably \u2014 but again, it\u2019s annoying. Does Portland have myriad problems that a maddeningly ineffective local government seems unable to solve no matter how much tax money we throw at it? Yup. But does any of it call for federal troops fanning out across the city? Absolutely not. It\u2019s stupid. This is all for show by an authoritarian administration that knows its base will applaud because oooooh lookie a liberal city getting its due. (I have relatives who will applaud this, by the way.) But they\u2019re lying. They\u2019re all LYING.\u201d<\/p> Tess Vigeland, The Wall Street Journal<\/p> If you don\u2019t believe her? There are plenty of webcams. Here\u2019s Pioneer Square in downtown Portland<\/a> as I write this right now:<\/p> I won\u2019t even point you to more webcams. Use DuckDuckGo or something. Find them on your own. It\u2019s easy.<\/p> Find any cam you want. Look at them for yourself. Tell any Trumpy relatives you have to do the same thing. Look. See.<\/p> They. Are. All. Lying.<\/p> #cascadia<\/a> #CasPol<\/a> #CasPolitics<\/a> #fascism<\/a> #oregon<\/a> #portland<\/a> #uspol<\/a> #uspolitics<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/solarbird.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/it-is-all-lies\/","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"caspol"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"caspolitics"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"fascism"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"oregon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"portland"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"uspol"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"uspolitics"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-09-27:objectType=thread:nonce=a7fad1d38083f0e8","notice_info":{"local_id":"11173736","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-09-27T23:02:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/solarbird.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/it-is-all-lies\/"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/pdx.social\/users\/hellomiakoda","displayName":"Miakoda","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77908-original-tmp20230212094920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77908-96-20230215015028.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77908-48-20230215015028.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77908-24-20230215015028.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77908"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77908-96-20230215015028.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm just a nerdy gamer. 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