Portland Debrief #4: How Did We Get Here?

Portland Debrief #4: How Did We Get Here?

From Make More Pie by Make More Pie

October 5, 2025 · 6 min

About this episode

The episode discusses recent court proceedings regarding the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland and the media's coverage of the situation.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nancyrommelmann.substack.com Hey everybody. I have a few minutes before I book down to ICE, where the scene looks a little hotter today than it’s been in previous days. After the break*, a report on what happened yesterday in court, where federal judge Karin Immergut (who, weirdly, I went to kindergarten with but have not seen since) heard an argument from the state to temporarily block Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops. Her decision is expected any minute. Also, some links, and a recitation as to why my friend says Portland is a war zone, in ways that are sadder and less fixable than the scene in front of ICE. To new subscribers, welcome. Follow along here and Twitter/X ( x.com/NancyRomm ), where I live-stream and post clips of the action du jour. * As you will hear in the opening, this was recording take II III IV, as Substack kept eating my files. What I forgot to mention in final recording was what I see as the endemic corruption among media covering this story, something I alluded to yesterday (and which you can read more about in a piece dropping Monday). Short version: At the…

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Rommelmann

Topics covered

  • court proceedings
  • Trump
  • National Guard
  • Portland
  • media corruption
  • local news

Keywords

  • Portland
  • National Guard
  • Karin Immergut
  • Trump
  • court
  • media corruption
  • ICE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE

Places: Oregon, Portland

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