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Portland Offshoot Plans Emergency Naked Bike Ride to Protest Federalized Guard Deployment

State and city leaders are suing to block the federalized Guard deployment.

Cyclists pour into the streets of Portland for the 11th annual World Naked Bike Ride June 7, 2014. Thousands of bicyclists, many of them stark naked, poured into the streets of Portland, Oregon on Saturday night for the event, a protest that promotes bike riding as an alternative to driving cars.
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Overview

  • An offshoot of Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride announced on Instagram an emergency protest ride in response to President Trump’s plan to send troops to protect ICE facilities.
  • Following Trump’s Truth Social post, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum placing 200 Oregon National Guard members into federal service.
  • Governor Tina Kotek and local officials denounced the move as unlawful, with Oregon and Portland filing suit and Attorney General Dan Rayfield seeking a temporary restraining order.
  • The Oregon Military Department said troops could arrive as early as Thursday, though officials later indicated that timeline could slip and the timing remains uncertain.
  • The original World Naked Bike Ride group voiced support for the protest tradition, and organizers note that Oregon protects public nudity as political expression while prohibiting lewd or obscene conduct.