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Farmers Market Highlights from “War-Ravaged” Portland Today
There’s No War; Release the Epstein Files
Social media is lighting up with beautiful photos and fun live videos from neighborhoods all over Portland, Oregon, including downtown where protestors are supposedly “ravaging” the city to protest at the ICE facility on Macadam Ave.
The reality? Farmers markets are packed. But the MAGA administration is proclaiming military intervention is necessary to deescalate their unsubstantiated claims of violence and chaos.
“Claims of violence by US president contrast with reality of life in vibrant, peaceful Oregon city, residents say,” The Guardian accurately reported.
Portlanders are posting and live-streaming the real story, one “harrowing” update after another.
Brooklyn transplant Giuseppe Lipari posted a video of a pair in Star Wars costumes dancing merengue at a disability rights community event. Bo-Katan Kryze and a stormtrooper seemed to enjoy the sunny day in the plaza. It’s not even raining in the PNW today.
Mary Gumpenberger posted a picture of herself with a bouquet of sunflowers at a farmers market after her mile-long walk through downtown where she’s lived for 12 years. She is smiling on this beautiful blue fall day. A commenter asked her if…
