{"id":1747,"date":"2025-10-18T05:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2025-10-18T05:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:32:54","slug":"portlands-inflatable-costumes-deflate-trumps-narrative-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1747","title":{"rendered":"Portland\u2019s Inflatable Costumes Deflate Trump\u2019s Narrative \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-credit\">Timothy J. Gonzalez\/ZUMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"section-lead\">It\u2019s much more<\/span> difficult, in fact, well<strong> <\/strong>nigh impossible, to call Portland, Oregon, a war zone when ICE agents are forced to stare down an inflatable bunny rabbit. Portlanders have deployed a new tactic to address the Trump administration\u2019s attempted takeover and its false and inflammatory claims about their city: don\u2019t fight, but mock, and<strong> <\/strong>dress up in ridiculous, adorable, instantly recognizable inflatable costumes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"icQsLvt3azY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Portland&#039;s inflatable costumes are deflating Trump&#039;s narrative\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icQsLvt3azY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time we\u2019ve seen something like this. Kristi Noem\u2019s photo-op at the Portland ICE facility, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lj5ndJ4bpqA\">she stood atop the facility\u2019s roof<\/a> leering at protesters below, was awkwardly interrupted by the appearance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/BSkDJ7eCpb8\">a person wearing a chicken suit<\/a>. Apparently outraged by the insubordination, she then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/kristi-noem-slams-oregon-leaders-antifa-roundtable\/283-ab19f7c2-bd43-4427-9624-494be1e7064c\">appeared at the White House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DPm4bHxgs-_\/\">accused<\/a> elected leaders of \u201ccovering up terrorism,\u201d an accusation that has been denied by both Portland\u2019s Mayor Keith Wilson and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, both of whom happen to be Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>As the Antifa terrorist allegations escalate and fail to make any impression, federal agents have stepped up their use of force against protesters outside of the Portland ICE facility. While inflatable chickens, dogs, and frogs have a dance party, agents respond with tear gas, shooting pepper balls, and<strong> <\/strong>dragging people into the ICE<strong> <\/strong>facility. Often, they<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kevinhfoster.bsky.social\/post\/3m2xodacv5k2z\"> film these violent encounters as they are taking place.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 11, marked another major escalation of force by the feds on peaceful protesters in Portland. At least ten arrests were made, and hundreds of less-lethal munitions were fired. Nonetheless, the ever-more creative Portland demonstrators were undeterred.\u00a0From the Portland Frog Brigade to an <a href=\"https:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2025\/10\/13\/video-emergency-naked-bike-ride-397478\">emergency naked bike ride<\/a>\u2014which Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/protests\/house-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-portland-naked-bike-riders-most-threatening-thing-hes-seen-yet\/283-1b64076a-a00c-4ad4-a952-3eac5ff80833\">found threatening<\/a>\u2014Portland is determined to put Trump on his heels by keeping Portland weird.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just never been more proud of Portland,\u201d the SpongeBob Squarepants inflatable told me. \u201cThere is power in mockery\u2026It\u2019s a pretty effective tool to combat, I mean, overt fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2025\/10\/portland-inflatable-costumes-frog-protest-ice-agents\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy J. Gonzalez\/ZUMA Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It\u2019s much more difficult, in fact, well nigh impossible, to call Portland, Oregon, a war zone when ICE agents are forced to stare down an inflatable bunny rabbit. 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