Michael Yon has told me that he is heading back to the states from Thailand to help cover current events. This is good, as Michael will no doubt be boots on the ground. He will get first hand pictures, video and reports of what is happening in Portland, Seattle, Austin, and the other hell holes in America.
Andy Ngo is about the only reporter who is providing accurate, good, informative and honest reporting of Antifa and BLM. The tactics in use by Antifa/BLM are more well-rehearsed than just several years ago, including better communications, leadership, the use of green light lasers (I have thoughts on amelioration of that threat), the use of hammers and baseball bats, breaking windows, blocking roadways and means of egress, boxing in and attacking cars, and on the list could go.
The newly elected Portland DA is aligned with Antifa, and said so himself. The Portland and Seattle city councils and mayors are aligned with Antifa/BLM, as is the case in Austin. The politicians (and by extension, the police) are protecting Antifa. The squad of communists in the House is calling for unrest in the streets.
To a large degree, they have been protected and coddled. Andy Ngo points out that as soon as charged by police, the Antifa crowds evaporate (see also this post). Several misguided Antifa folks thought they would crash the biker rally at Sturgis. This was a mistake, and were it not for the police, those folks might have been killed.
This protection and coddling will redound to much difficulty and perhaps bloodshed in the coming days. As Antifa presses out into the suburbs of America, bringing their tactics with them of busting windows, burning houses, threatening women and children, millions of homeowners with firearms will return the threat in kind.
By protecting, encouraging and coddling Antifa/BLM at the present rather than shutting it down, the pols are simply ensuring the coming bloodshed. Maybe that’s what they want to see.
