Today’s notice: It happened again. Democrats are livid — but deeply split on how to fight back. Trump’s coalition is “fraying but not broken.” Plus: All the characters you’ll meet at Maduro’s trial.
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All eyes on Portland: In the past, local leaders could expect a rapid succession of high-profile shootings involving federal agents to produce a coordinated response aimed at alleviating public fears. But after two people were reportedly shot by immigration enforcement agents in Portland, Oregon, last night, Mayor Keith Wilson sounded like he expects no federal compassion for his city.
“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Wilson said in a statement. “Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences.”
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As in Minneapolis, there are a lot of questions to be answered about what happened, why it happened and what, if anything, it tells us about how the federal immigration force is being deployed and trained.