Howard County Youth leaders rally at the George Howard Building to call for a #GreenNewDeal.
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The funeral march departs the US Capitol, bound for the Columbus monument at Union Station and the Chinatown shopping area
On the 29th of November, as other stormed the shopping malls with nothing but holiday plunder on their minds, the weekly #FireDrillFridays climate/fossil fuels protest at the US Capitol morphed into a funeral march for young activist's futures. Teenage speakers reminded everyone that scientists now say there is only a decade left to avoid irreversible climage chaos-and that failure to act may destroy their future lives.
Video-a stirring song at the starting rally, the funeral march, and die-in at the Columbus monument 2 min 51 sec
Video-a representative of the Piscataway Nation speaks at the start of the US Capitol rally 3 min 46 sec
On the 25th of November, yet another group of protesters showed up at Trump Hotel demanding he be impeached and removed from office. This group emphasized his use of the White House for personal gain, a crime that prior to the current century would have led to a bipartisian vote to remove him from office. In the current "Party Uber Alles" situation anything can happen.
On the 19th of November, a group of hunger strikers from Extinction Rebellion set up shop in the cafeteria used by the Montgomery County council. They demanded the council back up its words on climate emergency with actual deeds which so far have been lacking. This cooincides with Extinction Rebellion's hunger strike in Nancy Pelosi's office also demanding serious measures on climate change.
Video interview with one of the hunger strikers 5 min 34 sec
Police line at G st holding furious protesters two blocks away from Erdogen's E st exit from the White House
On the 13th of November, as public impeachment hearings started, Donald Trump welcomed Turkish dictator Erdogan to the White House. This is while Turkish troops occupy part of Norther Syria and are destroying Kurdish towns. Outside the meeting, Kurdish and antifascist protesters banged drums, chased away pro-Erdogan provocateurs, and attempted to cut off Erdogan's escape route from the meeting.
Video featuring confrontations with Erdogen supporters, a YPG veteran's speech, and pursuing Erdogan's motorcade 7 min 19 sec
The lead of the march stopped at Trump Hotel for some public shaming
On the 8th of November, #RemoveTrump joined forces with Jane Fonda's #FireDrillFridays for a massive pro-impeachment march from the US Capitol to the White House. A sit-in was staged there but no reports of arrests at this writing.
Video: the Capitol Police interference, scene at Trump Hotel, arrival at White House 5 min 38 sec
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On the 25th of January, ANSWER held a march from the White House to a teach-in at George Washington University against still-possible war between the US and Iran.
Video of the march 2 min 24 sec
Patriot Prayer (founded by Joey Gibson) often appears with the Proud Boys and has been involved in several major West Coast battles
Video-MAGA hatters, fash, and apparent Christian milita in antichoice parade 2 min 28 sec
On the 24th of January, what used to be the annual Roe V Wade anniversary anti-choice parade marched two days late. Donald Trump spoke at their rally, MAGA hats appeared in the parade(though not all that densely), and flat-out fascists marched in the parade. Counterdemonstrators condemned their hypocrisy in front of the Supreme Court
The man here with the rifle gave an interview about possible civil war in the US to a number of media outlets.
Video: fascists including Jovi Val make fools of themselves at the Richmond gun rally 2 min 19 sec
On the 20th of January, tens of thousands of gun owners gathered near the VA state Capitol to lobby against proposed new gun laws, while right-wing extremists tried and failed to hijack or upstage their rally.
Women's March participant calls Trump a "Shithole President"
Video-scenes from the Women's March including the right-wing extremist counterprotesters 1 min 42 sec
On the 18th of January, the 4th annual Women's March took to the streets for a march all the way around the White House. Far-right counterprotesters included antichoice banner holders shut down by a single pair of anarchists, and some Alex Jones supporters (and supposedly Alex Jones himself) in an armored truck.
"Trump is Guilty" banner in the Hart Senate Office Building (Photo by Remove Trump)
Video from the Hart Buildind disruption originally posted to Twitter by Andrew Worthmann(14 sec)
Since Jan 6, Remove Trump has held daily "Swarm the Senate" protests on Capitol Hill demanding the Senate remove Donald Trump from office. On Thursday, Jan 16, these protests escalated to civil disobedience and 11 arrests as Senators were formally sworn in for Trump's post-impeachment trial. A conviction on either article of impeachment removes him from office.
Banner on a K st overpass near Washington Circle
Video-deploying banners over the SE-SW Freeway and Rock Creek Parkway 1 min 19 sec
In AM rush hour on the 13th of January, ShutDownDC dropped "Climate Emergency-no time for business as usual" banners from overpasses all over town. Banners were visible from the SE-SW Freeway, K st, Rock Creek Parkway, and many other locations as dispersed teams dropped dozens of banners simultaniously.