Saturday Rewind: Pluck against tyranny
Saturday Rewind: Pluck against tyranny The Portland Chicken is due in court again next week in a civil rights battle that has a federal judge thinking about authoritarianism. Adam Klasfeld Feb 28 ∙ Preview Jack Dickinson, a.k.a. The Portland Chicken, on Nov. 5, 2025 (Photo by Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The man known as the Portland Chicken faces off in federal court again against Donald Trump , Kristi Noem , and the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, seeking to extend a temporary restraining order that he won weeks ago to protect the rights of protesters and journalists. Activist Jack Dickinson , a.k.a. the Portland Chicken , is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that produced this blistering warning about the threat of authoritarianism in the United States last month. “In a well-functioning constitutional democratic republic, free speech, courageous newsgathering, and nonviolent protest are all permitted, respected, and even celeb...