Portland Naked Bike Ride Protests Guard Federalization

Organizers of an offshoot of Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride announced an emergency nude bike protest against President Trump’s federalization of roughly 200 Oregon National Guard troops and their deployment to Portland to protect federal immigration facilities. The troop call-up followed a memo from Pete Hegseth and reports that some soldiers reported for training at Camp Rilea, though officials said arrival timing could change. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed for a restraining order and state lawyers urged a federal judge to block the Guard’s federalization; a suggestion of recusal prompted Judge Michael H. Simon’s recusal and Judge Karin Immergut was assigned to the case. The offshoot organizers said they formed after a split in Portland’s WNBR community last year, and original organizers said they support Portlanders using bikes (and sometimes bodies) to stand up for justice. Portland’s WNBR has long used nudity to protest fossil-fuel dependence, promote body positivity and cyclist safety, and supporters framed the planned event as consistent with that tradition amid escalating political and legal tensions.