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Sarah Jeong

Sarah Jeong

Features Editor

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    It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

    What is the point of law enforcement that doesn’t follow the law?

    Sarah Jeong
    Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?

    Doxxing is not a good reason to have faceless police.

    Sarah Jeong
    The state attorneys general are as mad as you are

    The Democratic state AGs think they’re the only officials standing up to Trump. They are probably right.

    Sarah Jeong
    Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition

    The governor’s call to film ICE is part of an attempt to protect states’ rights — but not like that.

    Sarah Jeong
    People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis

    Ordinary civilians thought it was worth risking their lives to record ICE.

    Sarah Jeong
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    Sarah Jeong
    CBP shoots two people in Portland, Oregon.

    Local news reports that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has shot and wounded two people on the east side of the city. Portland has been an ongoing target of ire from the Trump administration.

    An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good yesterday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland

    [opb: Oregon Public Broadcasting]

    Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle

    Real people died while Trump treated war like a meme stock.

    Elizabeth Lopatto and Sarah Jeong
    The year politics became brainrot

    Political violence has become illegible, and increasingly, politics and language have too.

    Sarah Jeong
    Sarah Jeong
    Sarah Jeong
    A “snatch van” from the Portland van abductions.

    While browsing government auction websites, someone spotted a Dodge Grand Caravan that matched one used in 2020 to grab protesters off the streets. They successfully crowdfunded to purchase it. The new owner intends to use it for mutual aid activities.

    “I would like to just take the night off from having festivities of my own and, like, change my Signal username to ‘Call-a-Cab’ and just be the designated driver and drive everyone home.” Or maybe “Call ACAB,” Riley added.

    You can read more about what happened in 2020 in The Portland Van Abductions. The Verge published the feature three years ago, but the parallels to 2025 are uncanny.

    Influencers have fractured reality in Portland

    As the Oregon National Guard lawsuit proceeds, it’s become clear that right-wing content creators have a direct line to the federal government and are shaping national policy itself.

    Sarah Jeong