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Businesses in deep blue Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC, are boarding up in preparation for potential unrest ahead of Election Day.
Banks, small businesses, and office buildings in downtown Portland can be seen with plywood secured over doors and windows to protect properties from damage, The Oregonian reported. Leftist and anarchist protesters notably rioted for nights on end after Donald Trump was elected in 2016 and terrorized the city in 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
âIf your sports team loses, do you go out and break windows?â said real estate developer Jordan Schnitzer, who owns the Pacific Center officer tower on Southwest Sixth Avenue. He said he had spent approximately $20,000 boarding up three of his downtown buildings, calling the effort precautionary.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Odd that heavily democratic cities are preparing for unrest.
What could possibly be the reason?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Odd that heavily democratic cities are preparing for unrest.
What could possibly be the reason?
Because they have leftist DA's who won't prosecute the looters, rioters, arsonists.
originally posted by: MuddyPaws2
You're right about wild events planned! From what I've seen so far with polls closing early, ballots burned, found, lost, more than registered voters and on and on just reeks of trouble to be. I will vote Tuesday which is how our system is set up for the most part to operate. Since 2016 the mail in ballots have exploded in numbers, which I would like to get away from. reply to: xuenchen
Soros-Backed Wargames Prepare 175 Top US Leaders for Violent Resistance Against Trump Victory
Democrat Party is actively preparing its constituency for what it perceives as an existential threat: a Republican victory next week. Leading figures in the party, from the sitting president to the vice president and beyond, are cultivating a narrative that dehumanizes Republicans, primes their supporters for violent resistance, and sets the stage for a crisis that could threaten the very stability of the republic. These efforts go hand-in-hand with a series of wargames, including the Democracy Futures Project held less than six months ago in Washington, D.C., where 175 of the most senior and influential government officials, academics, activists, governors, cabinet members, military officers, and grassroots leaders came together to normalize the concept of overturning the outcome of the presidential election if Donald Trump wins in November.
When Kamala Harris refers to Donald Trump as a fascistâor when President Joe Biden calls his supporters "garbage"âthese are not slips of the tongue. They are calculated declarations designed to ignite fear and loathing within their base. Democrats, armed with the propaganda of mainstream media, paint a picture of Trump and his supporters as a malignant force in American society. It is rhetoric not unlike that used in history to set the groundwork for total warfare against an internal enemyâthe kind that makes dehumanizing your opposition not just acceptable but moral.
Multiple wargames have been held by various groups to simulate scenarios where Trump wins and to strategize how he could be stopped. However, the real scandal lies in the fact that these were not just simulations or gamesâthey were propaganda efforts designed to indoctrinate key figures into viewing Trump's victory as an existential threat to America. The Democracy Futures Project, backed by George and Alex Soros and led by Rosa Brooks and Barton Gellman, organized five tabletop exercises in May and June 2024, featuring 175 of the most senior and influential individuals in government, academia, activism, and military ranks. Participants included former governors, cabinet members, retired military officers, grassroots leaders, and more. These exercises were not merely hypothetical scenariosâthey were aimed at normalizing the idea of overturning a legitimate election outcome if Trump were to win. The wargames included discussions on potential cabinet responses, military actions, civil resistance, and law enforcement maneuversâall geared toward disrupting a Trump victory and fostering division.
At the center of all this lies a calculated and deeply coordinated effort by our nation's top leadersâoften referred to as the 'Deep State'âto normalize the rejection of Donald Trump's election. They are ready to lead a violent resistance. The propaganda effort has been thorough, and for months, the electorate and the Democrat voter base have been conditioned to see Trump and his supporters as non-humanâlabeling them as garbage, fascists, and even comparing them to Hitler. Should Trump emerge victorious, the narrative of violence will already be in place, with a moral justification for "defending democracy" by whatever means necessary.
originally posted by: Vermilion
I think I figured it out.
The emotional blackmail scheme, a lefty favorite, wasnât working so now this close to election day theyâve resorted to using the burn city extortion scheme.
âIf you donât vote for Harris, we will freak out and burn the city to the groundâ.