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What Happened Today – October 5, 2025

☢️ Trump dropped the façade today and ordered troops into Chicago and Portland.

A federal judge has blocked any Oregon deployment for now. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling this Trump’s Invasion, and it’s hard not to see it as anything but a pretext.

The ACLU is offering free training on Zoom on Monday night at 8pm ET. You’ll learn about what rights you have while protesting and how to do so safely. That will get you set for the No Kings day of mass actions in hundreds of cities nationwide. There are soldiers on the ground in four cities and he’s trying to get to a fifth if he can override the judge keeping them out of Portland. Make sure you know what your rights are.

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Today's Quote
Portland is burning to the ground. It’s insurrectionists all over the place. It’s antifa. And yet the politicians who are petrified — look, politicians are afraid for their lives. It’s the only reason they’re saying there’s nothing happening. And you’ve seen it. The place is burning down and and they pretend like there’s nothing happening.
Trump to reporters outside the White House on October 5.
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Border Patrol shoots woman, now in critical condition, claiming she rammed agents’ vehicle while armed, in second civilian shooting since Chicago deportation operation began.

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ACLU, The Hill, WUSA Washington, ABC News, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Chicago Sun-Times, Axios