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orangecrush

(26,982 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:04 PM Monday

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland

President Trump on Monday said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to justify sending federal troops into Portland, Ore., and avoid any legal hurdles.

Trump in remarks from the Oval Office likened the situation in Portland to an “insurrection,” though he said he had yet to make a decision on invoking the Insurrection Act

https://thehill.com/homenews/5541608-portland-protests-trump-insurrection/

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Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland (Original Post) orangecrush Monday OP
EPSTEIN ACT, INSURRECTION ACT BOSSHOG Monday #1
Fucking Trumpstein Duncanpup Monday #2
Of course he does. B.See Monday #3

BOSSHOG

(43,814 posts)
1. EPSTEIN ACT, INSURRECTION ACT
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:12 PM
Monday

Potato, Potahto. There’s something slow brewing. What’s a convicted felon with real moral issues and no real friends to do?

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