A newly revealed Pentagon directive instructs every state to train riot-control units within their National Guards—raising questions about federal overreach and the growing militarization of domestic emergencies.
The decision “erodes core constitutional principles, including sovereign States’ control over their States’ militias and the people’s First Amendment rights,” Judge Susan P. Graber warned in her dissent.
If the courts try to enforce legal limits on the president's military deployments, he can resort to an alarmingly broad statute that gives him more discretion.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut concluded that the president's description of "War ravaged Portland" was "simply untethered to the facts."
Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles, fueled by false memories and made-for-TV outrage.
The lesson isn’t that decriminalization can’t work. It’s that Portland-style governance is broken.
The truth is less dramatic—and more important.
And there's still time left in 2023, the way things are going lately in New York.
Reason is still waiting on public records related to the shooting after a judge blocked its requests until the investigation was completed.
Once an up-and-coming city, Portland was destroyed from within by radical activism and political ineptitude.
Portland’s protesters aren’t going to fade away after the election, but are they stuck in a rut?
The only creepy thing at the “Capitalism Is Spooky” Halloween rally in Portland was a conspicuous lack of fun.
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The Trump administration deployed more than 100 federal law enforcement officers to Portland to quell weeks of unrest. The administration claimed it was simply protecting a federal courthouse.
Confessions of a black bloc mole
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
Perspectives on the proposed federal classification of Portland and other cities in crisis.
The Big Apple is practically a black hole of overpolicing and regulation.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Barr told prosecutors to pursue federal charges, including sedition charges, whenever possible.
Both sides are getting their information through purposely bottlenecked media reports, and the results are predictably distorted and dangerous.
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Different factions in Portland react to a death in the streets.
The Reason Roundtable spits fire at street violence, poison politics, and the nationalization of every local story.
"Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?"
"When terror is seen as justified, I think it's inevitable that something terrible is going to happen," journalist Nancy Rommelmann told Nick Gillespie last week.
Reliance on persuasion, freedom, property, and markets might deliver both peace and justice where "No Justice, No Peace" has so far failed.
Rose City has been on fire for months. Are Portland-style protests coming soon to a town near you?
Neither does Portland. But the fact that the violence is continuous and seems to be escalating is cause for concern.
The Reason Roundtable assesses one convention, previews another, and pleads with everyone to get their kids out of politics.
The situation in Portland on Day 87 is not getting better.
An oddly enervated black bloc flows into Portland's neighborhoods
The J.V. squad was out looking for trouble and the battle over who counts as press continues.
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Portland's Northwest Film Center pulls film from summer drive-in schedule after critics say it promotes "school-to-prison pipeline."
With many of the city's entertainment options shut down, protesting has become a form of nightlife.
President Trump sent federal agents to squash protests, but the situation has continuously escalated.
The summer of 2020 got a lot crappier over the weekend, according to the Reason Roundtable podcast.
Government agents brutalizing people are in the wrong, whether or not we sympathize with those on the receiving end.
A tarot card-reading liberal arts major, a Sudanese immigrant, and a former restaurant worker explain why they are out protesting in Rose City.
Trump sics his border police on Americans: We are all immigrants now
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon reminds the feds that they are bound by the First Amendment.
The protests continue, as does the tear gassing.
The federal police presence in Portland has enraged demonstrators. It's also taken pressure off the local justice center.
Up close with the #WallofMoms on night 53 of the protests
The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing.
From the torching of an Elk statue to clandestine raids by federal officers, it's like a bizarro episode of Portlandia
