Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Portland Mercury. We will be posting dispatches from Portland as they become available.

It’s been a whirlwind few days since Portlanders found out about President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into the city, with a lot of unknowns about what’s happening and when. Much of the information about the impending invasion of Portland has been delivered by local elected leaders, not through official White House communication.

On Tuesday morning, the White House published a press release boasting about Trump’s decision to deploy federal resources to “crush violent radical left terrorism in Portland.” The White House article is light on details about what Portlanders can actually expect to happen on the ground over

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