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1/ This summer I covered the #PortlandRiots in a series I called #PortlandiaNights because the mainstream media refused to do so. Yesterday @tedwheeler actually acknowledged that Antifa is not only very real but very dangerous. I'm reposting my coverage in this thread.

 2/ America's Newest Reality Show: Portlandia Nights (Originally posted 7/17/2020) I had watched the riots going on for more than 50 days when I decided to start covering them. #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/27jTk2QcDG
3/ Portlandia Nights: Barricade & Burn, Attack on the Portland Justice Center (Originally posted 7/18/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/QV5bvqFM11
4/ Portlandia Nights: Divide & Conquer. (Originally posted 7/19/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/bmZyseNf9C
5/ Portlandia Nights: Missing in Action. (Originally posted 7/20/2020 #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/sM69nkOZiZ
6/ Portlandia Nights: #RiotMoms (Originally posted 7/21/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/Xg92tVQzIH
7/ Portlandia Nights: Iraqi Rescue (Originally posted 7/22/2020) #PortlandRiots

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8/ Portlandia Nights: #RiotMayor @tedwheeler (Originally posted 7/23/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/jrzdL30DpP
9/ Portlandia Nights: Groundhog Day (Originally posted 7/24/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/3Ug3YfQJFp
10/ Portlandia Nights: Snitches Get Stitches. (Originally posted 7/25/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/bR6SAJrPEy
11/ Portlandia Nights: What you need to know about Antifa University. (Originally posted 7/25/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/xjfMwkdSCd
12/ Riot Ribs: a case study in Marxism (Originally posted 7/28/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/Q0xV5f3N8V
13/ The Antifa Bombmakers (Originally posted 7/30/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/h89Fb4CKIw
14/ Speaking truth to power (originally posted 8/1/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/vkxQH3aVpj
15/ How Portland became the Epicenter of White Supremacy in America. (Originally posted 8/05/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/aVl8Z6sQbE
16/ White Privilege in Portland. (Originally posted 8/7/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/7odvS6PkVw
17/ Fixing Portland. (Originally posted 8/10/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/bEXMVdEaDi
18/ Riot Fitness. (Originally posted 8/9/2020) #PortlandRiot

https://t.co/bEXMVdEaDi
19/ Aiding & Abetting: How a district attorney and a congressional candidate are prolonging Portland's insurgency. (Originally posted 8/12/2020) #PortlandRiots

https://t.co/GVspHj05j8

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(2 of 2) I believe this is a coincidence. That said, because I don't think Manafort aiding and abetting a rally that ended in insurrection is coincidence, I have to assume that—out of an abundance of caution—law enforcement will investigate any possible Manafort-Liebengood link.

(PS) It is vital that no one presume connections where there may be none. My point is that as a criminal investigative matter, Manafort will be investigated for any role he had in the Save America March, and Liebengood's suicide would naturally be investigated due to its context.

(PS2) I'm sure there'll be those who say that a Donald Trump event giving tons of money to a company that enriches Paul Manafort at a time when Trump continues to need Manafort to stay quiet and Manafort is having money problems is a mere coincidence.

*That* I do not agree with.

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"The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated."

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