Alex Baumhardt
@alexbaumhardt.bsky.social
Journalist covering environment and education @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
About two dozen protestors and a bunch of media outside arraignment for independent journalist Don Lemon and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong at federal court in St Paul, MN over Jan. protest at Cities Church against Pastor David Eastwood, local ICE field director. @minnesotareformer.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
About two dozen protestors and a bunch of media outside arraignment for independent journalist Don Lemon and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong at federal court in St Paul, MN over Jan. protest at Cities Church against Pastor David Eastwood, local ICE field director. @minnesotareformer.com
A couple hundred people have returned to the ICE building to protest. More Portland Police officers and firefighters have shown up. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
A couple hundred people have returned to the ICE building to protest. More Portland Police officers and firefighters have shown up. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Just arrived to a march against ICE in Portland, OR, blocks from the ICE processing facility that has been the site of ongoing protests. Members of 30 unions organized the march, and there are well over 1,000 people here at Elizabeth Carothers Park @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Just arrived to a march against ICE in Portland, OR, blocks from the ICE processing facility that has been the site of ongoing protests. Members of 30 unions organized the march, and there are well over 1,000 people here at Elizabeth Carothers Park @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Retired doctor Jennifer Black with the group Doctors Defending Democracy said members of the group who work for Legacy have shared concerns about ICE officers being allowed access to patients without a lawyer present and violating patient privacy laws.
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Retired doctor Jennifer Black with the group Doctors Defending Democracy said members of the group who work for Legacy have shared concerns about ICE officers being allowed access to patients without a lawyer present and violating patient privacy laws.
100 or so people at a protest starting outside Legacy Emmanuel Hospital on N. Vancouver in northeast Portland. Event organized by PDXCD Portland Contra las Deportaciones to protest the hospital being “the go-to hospital to bring detainees injured during their arrests due to ICE violence.”
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
100 or so people at a protest starting outside Legacy Emmanuel Hospital on N. Vancouver in northeast Portland. Event organized by PDXCD Portland Contra las Deportaciones to protest the hospital being “the go-to hospital to bring detainees injured during their arrests due to ICE violence.”
Crowd is also here to protest US military action in Venezuela. Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo speaks to the crowd.
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Crowd is also here to protest US military action in Venezuela. Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo speaks to the crowd.
About 200 people are at the Willamette River waterfront in downtown Portland to protest ICE at an event organized by the group Indivisible. @jmshumway.bsky.social and I will follow events in Portland and in Oregon’s capital Salem today for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
About 200 people are at the Willamette River waterfront in downtown Portland to protest ICE at an event organized by the group Indivisible. @jmshumway.bsky.social and I will follow events in Portland and in Oregon’s capital Salem today for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Here’s how we do it (including putting them in a separate section on our homepage labeled “COMMENTARY” so readers never confuse them for reported articles:
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here’s how we do it (including putting them in a separate section on our homepage labeled “COMMENTARY” so readers never confuse them for reported articles:
Looks like I’m the first one here at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. District Court House in Portland for day 1 of 3 day trial in State of Oregon et al. v. Trump et al. over Trump’s attempted Guard deployment. (traumatized by being kicked to overflow last time). Follow @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Looks like I’m the first one here at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. District Court House in Portland for day 1 of 3 day trial in State of Oregon et al. v. Trump et al. over Trump’s attempted Guard deployment. (traumatized by being kicked to overflow last time). Follow @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
This is actually something that Judge Graber, the dissenting judge on the 9th Circuit's Monday decision, brings up as worrying:
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is actually something that Judge Graber, the dissenting judge on the 9th Circuit's Monday decision, brings up as worrying:
Feds have repeatedly claimed 115+ federal police (25% of force) had to be deployed to Portland over the summer to quell violence. Oregon lawyers found on discovery this was not true and are asking 9th Circuit to reverse Monday decision because feds lied:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Feds have repeatedly claimed 115+ federal police (25% of force) had to be deployed to Portland over the summer to quell violence. Oregon lawyers found on discovery this was not true and are asking 9th Circuit to reverse Monday decision because feds lied:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This is the scene at the Portland ICE facility right now where the Trump admin wants to send hundreds of National Guard troops to protect federal workers and property.
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is the scene at the Portland ICE facility right now where the Trump admin wants to send hundreds of National Guard troops to protect federal workers and property.
Federal officers pepper ball protestors at Portland ICE facility just now.
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Federal officers pepper ball protestors at Portland ICE facility just now.
Dan and Samantha Gray of Estacada, Oregon are first time protestors at the Portland ICE facility. They came, in matching homemade frog hats Samantha crocheted, after going to No Kings marches in Sandy and Estacada. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Dan and Samantha Gray of Estacada, Oregon are first time protestors at the Portland ICE facility. They came, in matching homemade frog hats Samantha crocheted, after going to No Kings marches in Sandy and Estacada. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
At the ICE facility a few miles south of downtown Portland and No Kings march, roughly 100 people gathered to protest. Portland No Kings organizers were clear they were not involved in any organizing of protests that had or would happen at the ICE @statesnewsroom.com @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
At the ICE facility a few miles south of downtown Portland and No Kings march, roughly 100 people gathered to protest. Portland No Kings organizers were clear they were not involved in any organizing of protests that had or would happen at the ICE @statesnewsroom.com @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Among arguments Portland Police Chief Bob Day has made against Trump’s attempted Guard deployment (and Noem claim that PPB can’t do enough to protect ICE facility) is that PPB has reciprocity agreements with nearby cities.Today, Hillsboro police are helping with crowd control at Portland No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Among arguments Portland Police Chief Bob Day has made against Trump’s attempted Guard deployment (and Noem claim that PPB can’t do enough to protect ICE facility) is that PPB has reciprocity agreements with nearby cities.Today, Hillsboro police are helping with crowd control at Portland No Kings.
@portlandbangers.bsky.social Saucy T. Sausage out at Portland No Kings march
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@portlandbangers.bsky.social Saucy T. Sausage out at Portland No Kings march
Rebellion? No Kings protestors peacefully march down 2nd in downtown Portland chanting “hey hey ho ho Donald Trump has got to go.”
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October 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rebellion? No Kings protestors peacefully march down 2nd in downtown Portland chanting “hey hey ho ho Donald Trump has got to go.”
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Crowd swells into the tens of thousands in Portland as the March begins @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Crowd swells into the tens of thousands in Portland as the March begins @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
Huge frog turnout in Portland as well, an homage to the inflatable protest frogs that have become mainstays at protests outside the Portland ICE facility. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Huge frog turnout in Portland as well, an homage to the inflatable protest frogs that have become mainstays at protests outside the Portland ICE facility. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
Counter protestors square off at No King’s Portland while crowd shouts “don’t take the bait!” @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Counter protestors square off at No King’s Portland while crowd shouts “don’t take the bait!” @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com
Thousands in Portland getting ready to march today @statesnewsroom.com @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thousands in Portland getting ready to march today @statesnewsroom.com @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
In downtown Portland, Unpresidented Brass Band is out in big numbers in their banana suits. Since their clarinet player was arrested at the ICE facility in Portland Sunday the band is “more resolute, actually, at this point, I think, than we were before,” said founder Miles Thompson.
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In downtown Portland, Unpresidented Brass Band is out in big numbers in their banana suits. Since their clarinet player was arrested at the ICE facility in Portland Sunday the band is “more resolute, actually, at this point, I think, than we were before,” said founder Miles Thompson.