Chapter 1: What recent events in Portland sparked outrage among community leaders?
This evening, the city of Portland, Oregon, reported that two people were shot and wounded by Border Patrol agents there, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
They released a statement claiming, in part, quote, the passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transitional Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland. When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over law enforcement agents.
I'm absolutely furious and heartbroken right now.
I'm needing to stop what I'm doing here and rush out to my district because it was heartbreaking enough to see what is happening in a different city to know that this was coming to our community and that one of my neighbors in my district is, two of my neighbors in my district are now SITTING IN A HOSPITAL BED AND HOPEFULLY ARE GOING TO BE MAKING IT HOME.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT, NOT THE KIND OF REACTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS HORRIBLE. THE STRUGGLE IS ALREADY REAL FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
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Chapter 2: How are federal law enforcement tactics perceived in urban communities?
AND NOW I HAVE TO GO HOME AND TELL MY SON AND MY THREE GRANDKIDS THAT THEY CANNOT STOP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. because they're gonna be afraid by looking at law enforcement that they might have the same thing happen to them that happened today. That is so unconscionable that just a day later, what happened in Minneapolis happening right here in Portland?
The use of these forces, the way they're being trained, the way they're masked, the way they drive in unmarked cars, this is not a normal police force, and it's functioning much more like the way a paramilitary force functions in a dictatorship. And I think Americans should begin to look at it like that.
Well, we know that their presence is not welcome in the way that they're attempting to do law enforcement. We don't believe that it's law enforcement. We believe it is state-sponsored terrorism. And so we've made several calls over and over and over again for the president to stop sending wounds to Portland and to leave us alone.
Chapter 3: What concerns do local leaders have regarding federal interventions?
Now, we are going to the top of the street.
We are going to be here. We have to run away immediately. We are going to the top of the street.
Here we go.
No, and I think the speed with which they lied about the events in Minneapolis, particularly coming just a day after they changed government websites to lie about what happened on January 6th, was genuinely chilling. And once again, it's proof that the purpose of these actions isn't... what they say it is. It's not about fixing our border. It's not about maintaining the law.
Chapter 4: How does the presence of ICE affect immigrant communities?
It's about exerting a form of power. And then the question is how they might use this down the line. Will they use it to intimidate people during midterm elections, for example?
Trump told a group of reporters, quote, Yeah, there's one thing, my own morality, my own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me. He added, I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people. When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law, Trump said, I do.
But he made clear that he would be the arbiter when such constraints applied to the United States. He said, quote, It depends what your definition of international law is.
Chapter 5: What narratives are being shaped around law enforcement in the media?
Peter Baker, your thoughts? This interview conducted by four reporters at your paper, and then you can take it to Ann.
Yeah, four of my colleagues were in there and they asked him about this, and I think that answer was very striking and very important. I think in some ways it defies He defines this second term of Trump's presidency.
He's talking about internationally, of course, but I think even at home we have seen the assertion of power without check in some instances and a lack of belief in checks in other instances. that has shaped the presidency in a way we have not seen. Now, Ann knows better than I do how this is seen overseas. But, Ann, I'm kind of curious. You're an expert on autocracy.
Chapter 6: How do activists respond to federal enforcement actions?
You've written books about this. You've spent time in some of these places. How do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping look at comments like that by President Trump? How do they look at what he is doing here in terms of what it means for what they can do in their neighborhoods?
They hear him echoing their arguments. So they say we get to decide what the law is. I mean, the definition of what an autocracy is, is that there is no rule of law. So there is rule by law. And so the law is what people in charge say it is at any given moment. And the law can change depending on what the people in charge want it to say.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of mass deportations on society?
And that characterizes the political system in Russia. That characterizes the political system in China, in Iran, in Venezuela, actually, even still, since we haven't changed that regime, in fact. So that's the language that they hear backing up their form of government.
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
Chapter 8: How can communities prepare for potential escalations in tensions?
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? Mega media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved. War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann. It's Friday, 9 January, in the year of our Lord, 2025. We are in the greater Dallas Metroplex, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. It's a huge event tonight.
We're going to have guests on throughout the day, throughout the morning, to talk about this. Right there, the reason these cold opens, I think, are so informative is to our audience, and I realize you guys hate most of them, is that you get to see the shaping of the narrative from our opposition. And our opposition are people that hate this country.
You see all the mainstream media, Morning Joe, New York Times. Remember, every one of these people were all cheerleading Biden. First of all, they were all in on the big steal, number one. Number two, they were all cheerleading Biden as Biden's government in cahoots with these people allowed 20 million illegal aliens into our country over four years.
The process of getting our sovereignty back and the process of repelling the invasion is what they're fighting every now and then. Trump's an autocrat. He's doing this. Trump's the worst. Look what they're doing. They are stirring up resistance to the removal of illegal alien invaders. They say, well, people haven't been here. They haven't done any crimes.
It was a crime coming into the country without authorization. They all have to go. Not just the bad hombres and the criminals. All invaders have to go. We either have a country or we don't. We're either sovereign or we're not. And they're going to put up everything. Now they're trying to, you know, dox, ice officers. They're trying to stop everything and say Trump's a dictator. Hey, suck on this.
Kristi Noem, I think, surged 2,000 more ICE officers into Minneapolis. Let's just get it on now. There's no need to kick the can down the road. There's no compromise here. They're all going to go. And if you don't like it, we'll ship you out, too. This is what's happening in New York City, which I told you the Ugandan Marxist jihadist is stirring it up, saying it's murder.
In the streets last night in New York, I think every bit maybe even more dangerous than Minnesota and Portland. Jack Posobiec, the Jack Posobiec is in Minneapolis right now. Jack, can you hear me, sir?
Steve, I've got you.
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