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End the Damn Wars rally is set to start in about 20 min at John Marshall Park, meanwhile Fiesta DC is currently taking place on Pennsylvania 
Chaos at the Capitol as protestors storm Congress following a pro-Trump rally.
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Approaching 8pm there are reports of an armed standoff inside the House,
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered a citywide curfew for the District of Columbia from 6:00 pm tonight until 6:00 am tomorrow morning
Things have quickly got out of control at the Capitol and police and National Guard seem unable to fend off the crowds
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Things have quickly got out of control at the Capitol and police and National Guard seem unable to fend off the crowds
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The question everyone, especially law enforcement, needs to ask is: how did #Cult45 members get into the Capital building?? Someone on the inside is complicit in this fascist display. #WashingtonDC #DCProtests
#MitchMcConnell fully enabled & helped create this fascist Frankenstein monster. His empty words now mean nothing.
#Cult45 #WashingtonDC #CapitalHill #Thugs #TrumpRally
#Cult45 #WashingtonDC #CapitalHill #Thugs #TrumpRally
#Cult45 thugs roaming the Capital building shouting “DEFEND TRUMP”. Their goal is not truth, democracy or the constitution, it is fulfilling the delusion of a psychopath. #WashingtonDC #TrumpRally
.@NHHouseofReps Session scheduled to start at 10am, convened shortly after 11.
They're now voting on rules for the election of a new Speaker of the House, but there's problems.
"Put your hazards on if you're unable to vote."
Overhead helicopter circling "A" lot.
#NHPolitics
They're now voting on rules for the election of a new Speaker of the House, but there's problems.
"Put your hazards on if you're unable to vote."
Overhead helicopter circling "A" lot.
#NHPolitics
Now: rules for Speaker race approved 344-8 -- @rennycushing won coin flip to be nominated first.
@mannyfornh makes nomination of Rep. Cushing to be Speaker. "He will always try to find common ground."
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@mannyfornh makes nomination of Rep. Cushing to be Speaker. "He will always try to find common ground."
#NHPolitics
Rep @rennycushing (D-Hampton) no w accepting nomination to be Speaker.
"Very grateful for the nomination. I recognize that we are in unusual times to say the least."
Notes 350,000 Americans that have perished from #COVID19
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"Very grateful for the nomination. I recognize that we are in unusual times to say the least."
Notes 350,000 Americans that have perished from #COVID19
#NHPolitics
Tensions are running high ahead of tomorrow's vote to certify the election in Congress. People on @SenatorRomney's flight yell "traitor." Presumably on their way to D.C. for a planned protest tomorrow. #utah #utpol #DCRally #DCProtests
Video presumably before this flight where a woman confronts Romney on his lack of support for President Trump.
Also yesterday @GovCox who can't vote to certify was met with an angry Utahn.
This is probably going to be a thread where I dump the various news tidbits from today and tomorrow. At my own pace. No rush.
Downtown DC street closures planned for Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally wtop.com/dc/2021/01/dow…
A federal judge in Atlanta denied a last-minute effort by Trump to decertify Biden’s victory in Georgia. nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/…
I’m at BLM Plaza, where a contingent of anti-Trump protesters with shields and umbrellas are preparing to march. They’re heading to McPherson Sq to meet another group that was recently rushed by a group of Proud Boys. I could hear fireworks shoot off from blocks away. #DCprotests
This is the police line at BLM Plaza, which is still blocked off between H and Eye St. The fence defenders are playing “Welcome to DC” and hanging tight as fireworks and other explosions continue to burst to the east. #DCprotests
As marchers pass the Residence Inn on 13th, some guests have come out on their balconies to film. Protesters are shining laser pointers at them, accusing them of being fascists and Trump supporters. #DCProtests
ProudBoys and White Nationalist, America first movement, is calling for a 2nd #MillionMAGAMarch tomorrow in #DC. Nazis are already showing to #BLM Plaza, yelling "white pride", calling them coons and other slurs, ready to fight. #MillionMAGAMarch
(Non-racist)Portland Proud Boys are promoting flyers for #DCProtests tomorrow with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Vincent James on it. The #MillionMAGAMarch twitter account (40k followers) is mainly videos of Fascists at rallies. Its probably ran by nazis. #MillionMAGAMarch
The same guys that encircled and threatened indie journalists multiple times at the 1st #MillionMAGAMarch are back again.
NEW: The Park Service issued permits for pro-Trump rallies in #DC on Sat. One, organized by the Women for America First group behind last month’s rally, will gather in Freedom Plaza & expects 15,000 protesters. The other, smaller one near the Washington Monument estimates 500.
The Freedom Plaza demonstration — the “March for Trump” —will again include a march to the Supreme Court and a “group YMCA” performance. Among the list of speakers: recently pardoned Gen. Michael Flynn.
The other rally, according to this permit, will be focused on election integrity and 2nd Amendment rights. It’s being organized by Alex Stovall, a field organizer for the Trump Victory Campaign, and will bring about 500 people to the Sylvan Theater, near the Washington Monument.
I’m in downtown #DC. The streets around the White House are full of people w/ Trump flags, Texas flags, “come and take” my guns flags, thin blue line flags & more. Chants of “four more years” echo from Freedom Plaza. A man on a bike rode past shouting, “No more Nazis!” #dcprotest
Outside SCOTUS, a large crowd of Trump supporters have arrived, surrounding local antifascist protesters on three sides with flags. The police are standing in between as Trump supporters chant “fuck Antifa” and the black-clad counterprotesters shout: “You lost!” #dcprotests
Frendship Heights resident & #DC protester Justin, 37, in the “Officer Pudge” outfit, says he was marching with the MAGA crowd to mock them — but no one really got it. He started a chant: “Only count Trump votes” and waved his sign to cheers. “It’s crazy,” he told me. #dcprotests
Out in front of the Supreme Court, where protesters are gathering to oppose the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who will face the first day of confirmation hearings today in the Senate. Many are in plastic coveralls, masks and gloves — a nod to the still-raging pandemic.
It’s a small crowd, about 50 people now, as they begin to chant: “No covid test, no hearing!” #DCProtests #SCOTUS
As the group heads toward the Hart Senate Office Building, they pressed through a crowd of anti-abortion demonstrators out here to support Barrett. Chants of “no confirmation until inauguration” mingled with chants of “hey hey, ho ho, Roe v. Wade has got to go!” #SCOTUS
Protesters are now blocking media from filming their demonstration, shining lights into a reporter’s face, blocking shots with fans umbrellas and following like “minders” #dcprotest
“We have our press we know and trust,” this young woman says
After stepping away from the BLM march and being followed to a bus stop — which temporarily caused the entire demo to pause on Connecticut Ave — I’m sitting here with five young protesters performing their duty as media minders. #marypoppins #sitzkrieg #Dcprotests
DC Police back outside face to face with protesters. #DCProtests
"We pay your taxes," says one protester getting jammed back by police.
Potty mouth protester continue to swear at officers.
Right now, activists holding jail support for protesters held this weekend from Saturday or Sunday night.
So far, I’m told the few already released had charges dropped.
Drinks, food, sanitation products, cigs, etc here for those released.
So far, I’m told the few already released had charges dropped.
Drinks, food, sanitation products, cigs, etc here for those released.
Some people are replying to this like “Ermergerd, where is the money coming from for jail support resources?”
There are like $200 worth of groceries here and like 50 people helping. This is NOT an expensive operation.
There are like $200 worth of groceries here and like 50 people helping. This is NOT an expensive operation.
Activists clap and cheer as one person released.
Since I’ve been there, this woman + one woman who was released on charges totally unrelated to protesting have gotten out. Jail support assisted both.
Since I’ve been there, this woman + one woman who was released on charges totally unrelated to protesting have gotten out. Jail support assisted both.
Tonight at #BlackLivesMatter Plaza in DC, protesters mocked police putting on riot gear by saying "let's hydrate the pigs" and throwing water bottles at them.
Police responded with tear gas.
Police responded with tear gas.
The first tear gas canister was right in the center of the crowd, which caused people closer to the cops to go toward the cops to avoid it.
Those lucky people, such as yours truly, had to run back through the tear gas to get away.
Those lucky people, such as yours truly, had to run back through the tear gas to get away.
At least two different types of gas were used. Some of it was white, but for a moment, the entire area north of the White House was filled with yellow gas.
Protesters tried to use umbrellas to protect themselves from it, which was largely ineffective.
Protesters tried to use umbrellas to protect themselves from it, which was largely ineffective.
Damn, White House blockoff is big tonight. This is at 17 and K. Follow here or @abeaujon and @EvyMages for more updates of tonight’s actions
Police currently blocking off protesters in front of Lafayette Square. They briefly pushed them back
On the other side near Black Lives Matter Plaza. Doesn’t seem to be a kettling situation. Unclear why police are blocking protesters from accessing an open street
1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants,  chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. #DCProtests
2) In Adams Morgan, protesters screamed at Lauren B. Victor for several minutes for refusing to raise her fist with them.
“Are you a Christian?” a female protester demanded.
“Good for you — you stood your ground," Chuck Modiano said sarcastically as the crowd moved on.
“Are you a Christian?” a female protester demanded.
“Good for you — you stood your ground," Chuck Modiano said sarcastically as the crowd moved on.
3) Modiano, who had been yelling at Victor and moments later identified himself as a citizen journalist who writes for @Deadspin, told Victor he couldn’t understand why she was the only diner in the area who wouldn’t comply. “What was in you, you couldn’t do this?”
Several hundred people march through DC’s Columbia Heights to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc. #dcprotest
Speakers are also leading chants against gentrification. They have stopped outside restaurants to address people dining at tables outside, reciting — in call and response with the crowd of protesters — what’s known of Sunday’s shooting by Kenosha police
Protesters confront diners, demanding a show of support and accusing them of “White privilege.” The diners, who tried to say they had been marching in previous demonstrations and worked for causes on behalf of Black people, declined to comment afterward about the confrontation
I saw a sign yesterday at the #Seattleprotest that I've been mulling over, and I've decided I need to talk about it. This might get long and might be vaguely disorganized, and please bear with me - it's important. 1/22
“Empathy is not allyship.”
One more time for emphasis: Empathy is NOT allyship. 2/22
One more time for emphasis: Empathy is NOT allyship. 2/22
Bluntly - it doesn’t matter if you feel bad about events or feel pity for the people involved *if you aren’t willing to actively do something about it*. It doesn’t matter. “Feeling bad” about events happening is irrelevant. Feeling bad is the embarrassingly bare minimum. 3/22
#GeorgeFloyd was murdered and there are #BlackLivesMatter protests in all 50 states.
What has #TomKeanJr done besides make boilerplate "thoughts and prayers" statements?
Nothing. His silence is deafening. 1/5
What has #TomKeanJr done besides make boilerplate "thoughts and prayers" statements?
Nothing. His silence is deafening. 1/5
2/5 Will #TomKeanJr condemn Trump-Barr's unlawful and violent attacks on protestors exercising their First Amendment rights?
NO!
#DCProtests #ICantBreath
NO!
#DCProtests #ICantBreath
Why wasn’t this done to Muriel Bowser when she showed up at #DCProtests for another cheap resistance PR stunt? She wants to increase the police budget, is planning a new $500 million jail, is owned by wealthy developers, and endorsed stop and frisk Bloomberg.
It was pathetic to see Bowser welcomed this way, especially after she declared a 7 PM curfew on June 1 that opened the city up for a military show of force. Stop falling for empty anti-Trump resistance stunts.
If anyone’s interested in how difficult it is for advocates for poor and working class DC residents to negotiate with Bowser’s aggressively neoliberal administration, watch this interview I did with housing activists @Reggieblack227 & @willm4dc
What the news doesn’t show from the #BlackLivesMatterDC #DCProtests: all the people generously giving out water and snacks, spraying hand sanitizer, and collecting trash. Regular people doing more than the government is.
Btw notice the preponderance of mask wearing! DC is taking #COVID19 seriously.
Hundreds - maybe a thousand protestors - walking down Pennsylvania right now en route to the White House. #dcprotests
Just a few minutes later, another group of probably at least a thousand people heading south, through the national mall. There are multiple groups of thousands crisscrossing the city right now. #dcprotests #BlackLivesMatter
I covered the women’s march in January 2017 and I’m tell you it is wild how many people are out here. There are MULTIPLE groups criss-crossing the city right now, all containing thousands of people. Not to mention the standing crowd at the White House.
Sean Blackmon w/ Stop Police Terror Project & PSL leads “defund police” chant near WH.
Right before, he named D’Quan Young, Jeffrey Price, Marqueese Alston, & more black individuals killed by DC police. “Those police murders, it happened under her watch,” he says of DC mayor.
Right before, he named D’Quan Young, Jeffrey Price, Marqueese Alston, & more black individuals killed by DC police. “Those police murders, it happened under her watch,” he says of DC mayor.
Downtown DC is pretty remarkable today. Organic marches down 7th & Pennsylvania Ave NW. Folks passing out free water bottles & PB&J. So many bikers and babies! So many things to love about the city today.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the intense military presence and sounds of sirens amid BLM chants ... kill the vibe.
