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Occupy Lafayette Park continues for 8th night in a row

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/23/2018 - 23:17

On the 23ed of July, impeachment protesters furious about the Trump/Putin summit and other issues staged the 8th evening in a row of noisy protests outside the White House. This time around featured a band including drums performing numbers calling on people to "dump trump," and the keynote speaker was Congressman Steve Cohen. Rep Cohen denounced the lawless behavior of the Trump regime but seemed to think the pre-Trump global reputation of the US was much better than it actually was.

Video: Rep Cohen's speech followed by the band's "Dump Trump" music

Day 9: Trump supporter assaults elder, is detained by Secret Service. He was release when the victim refused to press charges.

Elections/Legislation/Government

Zero Hour climate march proceeds in heavy rain, demands action on climate change

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 16:00

The heavy rains of July 21 were unable to stop DC's Zero Hour Climate March, one of many such marches around the world. The Zero Hour marches were organized by young people, and at least the DC march featured a significant presence of Indigenous activists including veterans of the DAPL fightback at Standing Rock.

Video of Zero Hour march on the move

Environment/Food/Health

Photo by Zero Hour

Treasury Takes Aim at Shell Companies

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 14:24

The US Treasury is calling for greater scrutiny into the use of "anonymous" shell companies. Last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to quickly pass legislation to make the identity of shell company owners available to law enforcement.

Labor/Economics/Business

Occupy Lafayette park: Opera Night

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 03:30

Day Four of Occupy Lafayette Park featured "Opera Night": two singers who sang opera solos and patriotic songs, with one flipping off MAGA hecklers. Featuring Dominic Lion (throughout), pissed off opera singers Molly and Carla (24:25 and 54:35), John Aravosis(38:15), Rock Newman(1:01:07), and Bianca Vivion(1:05:51).

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Civil Liberites/Constitution
Culture/Entertainment
Elections/Legislation/Government
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Pissed off opera singers join Occupy Lafayette Park

Secret Service clears street in front of White House over one protester w bullhorn

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 02:19

As the 4th evening in a row of Occupy Lafayette Park protests was winding down, a single protester with a bullhorn stepped up near the sidewalk in front of the White House fence. She loudly called out the stupidity and the cruelty of racist Donald Trump The response of Secret Service was to clear Penn Ave

Video-police clear Penn Ave in reponse to single protester with bullhorn after dark

Police/Legal/Prisons

This is all it takes to make Secret Service shut down Penn Ave

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