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How Inflatable Costumes Ballooned at Anti-Trump Rallies Due to a Portland Protester's Frog Outfit

Protesters in Portland staged inflatable-costume demonstrations outside the ICE facility in South Portland on October 6, 2025, using frogs, dinosaurs and other characters while remaining mostly peaceful.
Aiming to counter that portrayal, protesters use absurd costumes to nonviolently oppose ICE and rebut President Donald Trump's claims that Portland is `war-ravaged` and `a disaster`.
Federal officers have used tear gas during smaller clashes and a federal officer who discharged chemical spray into a costume drew attention as about a dozen protesters have been arrested since June.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday to reverse a lower court’s ban on National Guard deployments, reinstating Stephen Miller’s protocols while other courts block some deployments.
Organizers say crowdfunding has enabled Operation Inflation to distribute inflatable costumes, expanding protests to other U.S. cities and helping Portland repair its battered image.

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How inflatable costumes ballooned at anti-Trump rallies due to a Portland protester's frog outfit

A growing number of people protesting against President Donald Trump's administration are wearing inflatable costumes at rallies.

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The Double-Edged Virality of Portland’s Protests

Nathaniel Friedman The city’s anti-ICE actions and No Kings demonstration have commanded mass attention, but still are no match for the impunity of the MAGA deportation state. The post The Double-Edged Virality of Portland's Protests appeared first on The Nation.

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