In Oregon, a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires
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A tumultuous summer of protests has become a complication in the wildfires raging around Portland.

Imagine being an incarcerated firefighter and you're told you have to save these people.

EDIT for posterity: https://web.archive.org/web/20200911184401/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html

  • standardissue [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    These are people whose homes contain little more than 15 year old furniture/appliances and a TV that you'd struggle to get rid of in the free section of Craigslist. This country is fucking hopeless in a way that is almost disconcerting to contemplate