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Kaiser Permanente CEO's visit to DC for "humanitarian award" draws protest over rate hikes and CEO pay

On the 9th of April, the CEO of health insurer Kaiser Permanente appeared at an upscale hotel in DC. He was there to receive a "humanitarian award." Protesters outside the hotel banged drums and blew whistles, outraged that Kaisier is jacking up their rates while the CEO and top executives get millions in executive pay.

Video-interview with one of the participants 1 min 37 sec

Huge crowd dances to go-go on U st after music returns to MetroPCS

On the 9th of April, a huge crowd celebrated and danced to go-go on U st. What was to be a protest had become a celebration as the enemies of go-go threw in the towel and the music was back on at the 7th and FL Ave MetroPCS.

Video-crowd dances to go-go on U st after victory over complaint about go-go at MetroPCS

The scene on U st after sunset on April 9(still from Julina Dion G's video as cut for horizontal screeen)

Go-Go music ban imposed on MetroPCS store draws protest and petitions

On the 7th of April resident of the new Shaw luxury building known as The Shay threatened MetroPCS at 7th and Fl Ave with a lawsuit for playing Go-go music. T-Mobile also reportedly ordered them to stop playing the music, probably in response to the same complain from the same "New Washingtonian." On the 8th of April, supporters of Go-Go music held a protest at the MetroPCS store demanding they be allowed to turn the music back on.

Update April 9:Go-go music is back on the speaker outside Metro PCS, folks at the scene report victory

K_Michelle video originally posted to Twitter of performance outside the beseiged MetroPCS store

Still from K MIchelle video of go-go performance outside MetroPCS

Rent-striking tenants of 1454 Irving backed by supporters rally and march on 14th st

On the 5th of April rent-striking tenants of 1454 Irving St NW rallied at Columbia Heights Civic Plaza and then marched on 14th st.This was the second Friday in a row of these protests. Tenants are withholding rent in opposition to what appears to be an attempt at "eviction by neglect" with mold, broken heat, and pest infestation intentionally not repaired. The landlord has made it clear he wants the tenants OUT. Many have been there since the 1970's and the surrounding area has been gentrified.

Sanctuary DMV video of the march orginally posted to Twitter 17 sec

Sanctuary DMV photo of the rally

Black Lives Matter protests child detentions, Stop and Frisk at MPD's 1D headquarters

On the 5th of April, Black Lives Matter showed up outside MPD's First Division headquarters at 1st and M sts SW. They were there to protest the normalization of Black kids as young as 11 being subject to arbitrary detention, Stop and Frisk, and being handcuffed. MPD claims these are isolated incidents, Black Lives Matter says otherwise and has the testimony and accounts by parents to back it up.

Video-reading out demands in front of MPD 2 min 47 sec

Nobody Is Above the Law Rally Lafayette Park Full Video

#ReleaseTheReport protest at the White House, Washington DC

YouTube Livestream Link
Speakers include:

Rochelle Rice - National Anthem

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10)

CAP (Neera Tanden, President)

PFAW (Diallo Brooks, Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement)

Common Cause (Marilyn Carpinteyro, Vice President of Programs and Strategy)

Democracy 21 (Fred Wertheimer, President)

CREW (Noah Bookbinder, Executive Director)

Rally at White House (and more coast to coast) demand release of full Mueller report

On the 4th of April, several of the big liberal and Democrat-aligned NGO groups held hundreds of rallies from coast to coast demanding that the full Mueller report be released to the public and that Congress get it entirely without redactions. One of the rallies was in front of the White House, where speakers suggested the tiny "summary" released by the attorney general might not even be an accurate assessment of the report's true contents.

Some video highlights of the DC rally 2 min 14 sec

If the Mueller report exonorates Donald Trump, why are he and the DOJ hiding it?

Protest against NATO, US intervention in Venezuala marches on IMF and World Bank

On the 30th of March, a protest against NATO and against US intervention in Venezuala marched from the White House to the IMF and World Bank, two weeks before the 2019 Spring Meetings.

Video: marching on the IMF and World Bank 2 min 35 sec

Stretching out a banner in front of the World Bank

Protesters at White House demand release of full report from Mueller's "Russiagate" investigation

On the 25th of March, , "Kremlin Annex" protesters returned to the White House demanding public release of the entire report from Robert Mueller’s "Russiagate" investigation. All over the US, the public is demanding that this particular piece of dirty laundry be aired out and shown some sunshine.

Video including speaker recounting threats from GOP members of Congress to "investigate the investigators" and warnings from Trump to TV stations not to let certain Democratic members of Congress on the air (2 min 18 sec)

Palestine supporters march on AIPAC, face harassment by Holocaust deniers

On March 24, Palestinians and their supporters marched on the annual convention of AIPAC(American Israel Public Affairs Committee), which is known (same as corporate lobbyists etc are) for buying influence on Capitol Hill. On arrival they ran into a curious opposition: A Holocaust denier and his sidekick proceeded to harass and argue with the pro-Palestine protesters. Perhaps this is no surprise given anti-Muslim hate modern Nazis (alt-right) are famous for.

Video of the march on AIPAC and the two visible Holocaust deniers 2 min 55 sec

In front of AIPAC's convention at the Washington Convention Center

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