On Sunday, November 9, roughly 20 people met outside Portland’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility for an aerobics workout class. Decked out in neon leotards, the participants did grapevines to classic, upbeat ‘80s new wave tunes in front of the boarded-up ICE building, where right-wing paramilitary types were conspiring to arrest and deport people.

Sunday’s “Sweating out the Fascists” aerobics class was another in a series of increasingly absurdist-seeming protests at Portland’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility, nestled deep in the South Waterfront. The inflatable frog has become the mascot of Portland’s anti-ICE protests, but other inflatable characters also make frequent appearances, as does a man on horseback. People have also shown up for Latin dance and croch

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