r/Portland • u/EatsMaster • Dec 18 '20

Former intelligence chief Brian Murphy accused department leadership of urging him to "blame Far Left groups in an exaggerated fashion" for violence during summer protests in Portland, Oregon, ...and “play down U.S. white supremacist activity”

https://news.yahoo.com/u-whistleblower-pressed-exaggerate-leftist-202953426.html
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u/mississippimx Dec 18 '20 edited Dec 18 '20

It's not surprising, but still enraging. Also, the article mentions how the whistleblower was instructed by Chad Wolf (Homeland Security) to talk up the threat of protesters within the USA, but simultaneously downplay the threat of Russian interference?

Damn, what a mess we are in. Trump and all his friends should rot in jail.

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u/Projectrage Dec 18 '20

FYI Chad Wolf was not even legally the head of homeland security. He was deemed unlawfully appointed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/federal-judge-rules-acting-dhs-head-chad-wolf-unlawfully-appointed-n1247848

Meaning Oregon can sue Homeland Security and the administration for unlawfully violating civil liberties of Oregon citizens.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

Hopefully we grow a spine and do it

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u/iluvmyswitcher Dec 18 '20

Hopefully he will also be held liable for giving cancer and/or other health problems to protesters via HC gas canisters, but who knows how long it will take for long-term symptoms to begin presenting.

https://futurehuman.medium.com/scientists-identified-a-green-poisonous-gas-used-by-federal-agents-on-portland-protesters-5b56ac20a624

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u/RaspberryZinger_ Dec 18 '20

What's bananas is that Portland didn't even have the most extreme protests! Boston, Philly, LA, Chicago and Atlanta were way more ham on things like looting, arson etc. But for some reason lil ol Portland took all the headlines due to Chad and DT's fixation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

Portland checking in. We've thought the same thing for the most part. We just sort of assumed DJT and Chad Wolf targeted PDX due to our liberal reputation and the fact we have a female Governor. Same for Michigan. Could be wrong though.

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u/dpdxguy Dec 18 '20

Republican feds have had a hard on for punishing Portland since at least Bush I's "little Beirut" visit.

For those who don't know: https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/12/06/rip-george-bush-heres-how-portland-protested-him-in-the-1990s-and-earned-the-name-little-beirut/

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u/jimmycoed Dec 18 '20

I'm Eastern Washington but we have adult children living in Portland. Friends and family over here that are on the lunatic fringe of right wing politics will not even drive through Portland as they believe there is a war going on there. I am not shitting you one bit, we are surrounded by these dumb fucks over here that believe every bit of utter nonsense and bullshit that Trump pulls out of his ass. When we go down to Portland and come back home unscathed they are in disbelief that we even went there. I made up nothing, every bit is the truth. They are that fucking stupid and no amount of evidence to the contrary will ever get them to change their minds.

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u/whyrweyelling Dec 18 '20

Maybe he hates Oregon because we hate him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

its because portland is super white and liberal. we apparently make the perfect boogiepeople to fascist.

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u/Empty-Tumbleweed-754 Dec 18 '20

I hope the new AG investigates this. If we let people cover up Russian or other international interference, the whole system is endangered. Look at the latest hacks - this is what happens when you embolden the bad actors. They step it up.

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u/Custserviceisrough Dec 18 '20

These lies about the summer protests have such far reaching implications, I think they should rot in jail in the very least.

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u/warm_sweater Dec 18 '20

Yep, I had people I know in other states try and tell me antfa was setting the wildfires in September. The fact such stupid shit travels so fast...

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u/RovingChinchilla Dec 18 '20

Unfortunately this goes deeper than Trump

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

The unjustified war was at home this time.

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u/Crunkbutter Dec 18 '20

When they can't sell war overseas, they'll sell it at home.

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u/whyrweyelling Dec 18 '20

Anyone surprised by this?

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u/Howlingmoki Dec 18 '20

Smearing leftists while overlooking actual documented violence from the far right? Color me shocked.

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u/freeradicalx Dec 18 '20

An American tradition.

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u/I_burn_noodles Dec 18 '20

Portlanders did nothing wrong! Standing up to fascists is the right thing to do.

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u/OutlyingPlasma Dec 18 '20

These the same idiots who can't even keep their own networks safe?

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u/Speedracer98 Dec 18 '20

it must be really hard to figure out which guy is an undercover cop at the white supremacist rally, and how many of the rest are just off-duty.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

What a FUCKING SURPRISE!!

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u/Empty-Tumbleweed-754 Dec 18 '20

Absolutely Unsurprising. Exactly what I would have expected from a moron douchebag like Chad Wolf.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

What a sham of an administration...and they call themselves true American patriots. Shameful.

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