Democrats and their media lackeys are trying to find any way possible to blame the chaos and violence coming from their rioters on the federal government. But in the process of shifting the responsibility, they keep admitting the left is out of control.

In a moment of inconceivable stupidity or hubris, depending on how charitable you want to be, The New York Times (NYT) published its “five lessons” for cities like Portland, Chicago, and Memphis that have found themselves in President Donald Trump’s criminal crackdown crosshairs.

Each lesson started with one of these five sections: “‘A sudden escalation,’ ‘Extremists in the crowd,’ ‘A cause quickly forgotten, The president’s bully pulpit,’ and ‘An ‘isolated’ police force.'” The underlying theme is that this is a cautionary tale of what happens when the federal government (read the Trump administration) gets involved in chaos and disorder caused by the left’s organized violence.

Wow. In Oregon’s emergency lawsuit to prevent the President from sending troops to protect federal property, a disturbing email from @PortlandPolice Sergeant Andrew Braun (badge #56961) was included. In it, Braun blames the victims of Antifa violence for their own assaults and… pic.twitter.com/yhM73KrX0z

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 4, 2025

And while the author, Anna Griffin, urges left-wing rioters like Antifa to learn from their mistakes and not play into Trump’s narrative, she still blames federal agents and the Trump administration for escalating the situation. All of this without correctly........

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