The Pardon Bazaar and the Pepper-Spray Patrol

ICE eyes Newport, Congress reopens for business, and the authoritarian clearance sale continues.

Good morning from the damp, nervously caffeinated Oregon Coast, where DHS apparently thinks a seaside ICE detention center would really tie the landscape together. Nothing says “welcome to the coast” quite like razor wire next to a clam shack. City officials in Newport confirmed that the Trump administration is scouting the municipal airport as a potent…