ReConsider’s show notes — we don’t think for you, but we’ll help with the research
Hey folks — Xander here. Did you know we have awesome, often extensively detailed show notes for our podcasts episodes? They include links to all of the sources we compiled in the course of researching our episodes.
If you’re a fan of the podcast, think of them as a companion read to each episode. If you ever want to go deeper on a subject we talked about, the show notes will point you in the right direction.
For example, this is short sample of the detailed notes from our episode on Operation Legend.
Operation Legend — ReConsider’s show notes
Is Portland going to be repeated in Chicago and Detroit? We give you the full story and the context to be able to rise above the (very) aggressively partisan portrayals of Portland.
Paramilitary troops in Portland, Oregon, threw protesters in unmarked vans and tear-gassed so aggressively that they hit the Mayor of the city. “Operation Legend” is set to roll out to many other cities in the US–possibly whether they like it or not.
Here’s the DHS report that Erik told you that you have to read.
In the month of July, the Department of Homeland Security deployed BORTAC, an elite unit from the CBP’s Border Patrol, ostensibly to protect federal property from being damaged by protesters. For a month, they used tear gas, batons, pepper spray, and rubber bullets to try to disperse the protests, and in response more Portlanders protested. On July 29th, they left. Turns out, this was not actually Operation Legend.
William Barr and Donald Trump are sending more federal agents to cities such as Detroit, Baltimore, Albuquerque, Chicago, Kansas City, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. But there’s reason to think that these won’t be a repeat of what happened in Portland.
Click here to read the full show notes to our Operation Legend episode.
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