It was a perfect Portlandia moment last night, as street fighting between left and right wing political groups was powered by the contents of recycling bins. Willamette Week noted: The two groups threw glass bottles and aluminum cans pulled from recycling bins along the waterfront…. The two groups were the neofascist group calling itself Antifa, which attacked a rally of a group calling itself Patriot Prayer.  As best I can tell, neither group had a permit, and the fact that the Portland Rose Festival (Portland calls itself “the city of roses”) was underway downtown meant that the police had their hands full.  Oregon Live reports: Dueling demonstrations faced off Sunday in downtown Portland, marking the first large street protest of the spring. The rallies drew hundreds to a pair of parks near City Hall, including right-wing Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson of Vancouver, his supporters and counter-protesters, including...(Read Full Post)