Saturday, 25 July 2020

America 'staring down the barrel of martial law', Oregon senator warns

* Ron Wyden says Portland tactics threaten democracy * Senator Jeff Merkley deplores ‘military-style assault’ * Former Ice head: Trump is using agents as his ‘goon squad’ America is “staring down the barrel of martial law” as it approaches the presidential election, a US senator from Oregon has warned as Donald Trump cracks down on protests in Portland, the state’s biggest city. Related: This is what happens when the War on Terror is turned inward, on America | Hamilton Nolan Continue reading...
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