Police have arrested at least 13 people and seized weapons, as hundreds of far-right protesters and counter-demonstrators rally in downtown Portland, Oregon https://t.co/ALn1ptppwU
— Axios (@axios) August 17, 2019
Demonstrators were ordered to leave downtown Portland where left-wing anti-fascist protesters gathered to counterprotest a rally by far-right and extremist groups. At least 13 people were arrested. https://t.co/RYPBsmIKDM pic.twitter.com/hMbiBAQngM
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 18, 2019
Police make arrests as right-wing, anti-fascist groups rally in Portland https://t.co/ATnLldQmrI pic.twitter.com/S5O28icBuO
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2019
Police seize multiple weapons from groups in Portland protests https://t.co/DCdFlfQ1p2 pic.twitter.com/xAbxBDSTMo
— The Hill (@thehill) August 17, 2019
Great Thread by Andy Ngo Reporting On Portland Antifa Activities Today ##FlynnFighters #PatriotsAwakened https://t.co/Yd0blzOCOG
— TRUTH NOW ⭐️⭐️⭐️🗽 (@sxdoc) August 17, 2019
Reminder that the Portland Police protected the Proud Boys’ unpermitted march today, closing streets and bridges, and escorting them on their preferred route.
Now they’re attacking and arresting leftists for unlawful assembly. https://t.co/L9IZtcC5bL
— AntiFash Gordon (@AntiFashGordon) August 17, 2019
Proud Boys declare Portland rally a success: "Go look at President Trump’s Twitter" https://t.co/Q4KjU5UPx7
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 17, 2019
ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Management gave thousands of unionized workers at a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant being built outside Pittsburgh a stark, unfair choice: attend Trump's speech on Tuesday OR stay away and lose some of your pay for the week. https://t.co/mRRvbwlHVf
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) August 17, 2019
FEC Republicans vote to block probe into NRA over alleged illegal donations from Russians to back Trump in 2016 https://t.co/InaY5i79Jk pic.twitter.com/6Ck6Pebyzk
— The Hill (@thehill) August 17, 2019
"Minutes without being a national embarrassment" reset to zero https://t.co/Cn8aFj2fKG
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 16, 2019
Said the fattest President since William Howard Taft . . . https://t.co/T3Cbnx5T4S
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 16, 2019
Pathetic.
The fact that we have normalized this idiot to the point that no one even questions it when he tweets out something this childish and moronic is a stain on our country that history will not be kind to.https://t.co/WuQjXBw49X
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 17, 2019
Dick Cheney returns to the #MAGA fold. Scoop by @myhlee https://t.co/PK33NhfwIM
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) August 17, 2019
Stephen Miller, like so many young, angry white losers, is determined to make the whole world pay for treating him like the misfit he is. https://t.co/GcL3GlFAFD
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 17, 2019
The Trump admin is expected to put forward a plan to cancel billions in foreign aid funding by the end of this week, teeing up a fight between the WH & Congress over the rarely used and controversial move known as rescission (w/ @mkraju) https://t.co/zaFSFtjH4h
— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) August 16, 2019
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WORLD
So great to see @jakesNYT reporting once again and here writing on an important subject: The preliminary peace deal with the Taliban isn’t “expected to include specific assurances that women will continue to have equal opportunities” in Afghanistan https://t.co/sWW5YFXbwp
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) August 17, 2019
The best deals, a born deal-maker. https://t.co/tFw4EFBnzv
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 17, 2019
Kashmir move spells trouble for other Indian states https://t.co/Fd2eKBS8lV
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2019
I occasionally point out that, even after eight and a half years, half a million dead, while the politically opportune moment has long passed, it is well within the means of the US and allies to not end, but massively reduce the Syrian regime's capacity for mass slaughter. https://t.co/DthYi4AQ8E
— Tobias Schneider (@tobiaschneider) August 16, 2019
Hong Kong democracy demonstrators just broke out in ‘O Canada’ pic.twitter.com/ODYF2ZkqSy
— Alex McKeen (@alex_mckeen) August 17, 2019
And, with a nod to history…
Just when you think Trump can’t get any worse or bizarre, he does. His idiocy and incompetence is just mind-boggling, as is why anyone would vote for someone this colossally stupid. Jesus christ, people, wake up. This isn’t the Onion; this is American democracy imploding https://t.co/GwMP1hWI84
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) August 16, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
The sheer chaos contained within the leaked Operation #Yellowhammer should be all that MPs now need to pull the plug on Brexit and #RevokeArticle50.
Lives are at risk, not just livelihoods. Our peace in NI is at risk. Is Brexit worth all that? No. pic.twitter.com/9oZnQon2jo
— Cllr. Séamas de Faoite (@SeamasBelfast) August 17, 2019
NEW: 110 MPs from all parties except the DUP have written to the PM to demand he recalls Parliament from recess to debate Brexit. https://t.co/C2MMzOx488
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) August 17, 2019
Apparently Johnson's controllers are not allowing him to do radio & TV interviews – the more he appears, the more people see what a charlatan he is, how ill-informed, ill-prepared, a mere blatherer. His controllers are very scared that the Brexit con is collapsing. – And it is.
— A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR (@acgrayling) August 17, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn refuses to say if he would support alternative caretaker PM – Does he want to stop a no-deal Brexit or not? https://t.co/8kEFY7zVNB
— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) August 17, 2019
BREAKING: The Brexit Secretary has now signed the formal order repealing the 1972 European Communities Act on October 31, Sunday Telegraph reveals.
Downing Street throwing down gauntlet to Remainer MPs No.10 sources tonight accuse of "appalling dishonesty". pic.twitter.com/9C9uRi1Ptn
— Edward Malnick (@malnick) August 17, 2019
Barrabas Glimpse
Balthazar Pledge
Corinthian Stroll
Ezekiel Strength
Lothar Robust
Wilberforce Bactrian
Aslan Truncate
Ferdinand Comb
Maharaja Douse
Yannick Tamper
Tommmm Legislate
Dougwald Jamboree
Bradford Mortgage
Kingsley Nasturtium— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) August 17, 2019
— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) August 16, 2019
Finally…
Peter Fonda, who made his mark on American counterculture in 1969's "Easy Rider," has died at the age of 79, his publicist says. https://t.co/32xq7GHQJt
— ABC News (@ABC) August 17, 2019
RIP: His sister, Jane Fonda said, "He went out laughing."https://t.co/cN9WGNkRdF
— WICS ABC 20 (@wics_abc20) August 17, 2019
The Overnight Note 