Hi, I'm Klaya and I'm packing to move to Montana for my first job after graduating from college, working on the 2020 elections cycle.

And I'm Pat, her grandmother, and I'm packing to move into her old bedroom.

This podcast was recorded at 208 PM on July 23rd.

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That is happening all over the country.

The pandemic is leading to all kinds of really interesting housing arrangements and pods and all those things.

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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.

And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.

Oregon Public Broadcasting broke a big story that federal police were arresting protesters using unmarked vans in Portland.

President Trump has since faced intense criticism of his use of federal police to overpower protesters.

And the protest in Portland have only gotten bigger and more intense, with clashes, tear gas.

Now President Trump is promising to send more federal law enforcement officials to other cities across the country.

Today I'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime.

We'll work every single day to restore public safety, protect our nation's children, and bring violent perpetrators to justice.

We've been doing it and you've been seeing what's happening all around the country.

We've just started this process and frankly we have no choice but to get involved.

Carrie, my big question here is what is actually happening?

Yeah, two things. The federal government is going to be sending some money to cities and maybe more important it's going to be sending some federal law enforcement officers.

These will be people from the Justice Department going to Chicago and Albuquerque, agents from the DEA, the FBI, the ATF, and the US Marshals, and some Homeland Security officials.

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