Thousands took to the streets of cities across the United States late Friday and early Saturday as anti-Donald Trump protests saw highways and interstates blocked, numerous arrests -- and a shooting at a march in Portland, Oregon.
Angry crowds gathered once again outside the 58-story Trump Tower, the President-elect's home in New York. Protester Shoshi "Rabin" Rabinowitz explained her motivation for being there: "Words can't describe how disgusted I am that he was elected over Hillary (Clinton)," she said.
"I think he needs to really address all the divisive, hateful things he's said in the past and recant them, denounce them," said fellow New York protester Nick Truesdale.
There have been nightly protests since Trump's election and more demonstrations are expected through the weekend.
Some of these protests have turned violent, in fact a protester in Portland was shot, but for the most part they are impassioned but peaceful.
When they first started I thought they would peter out in a day or so, but it appears that instead they are gaining both strength and numbers and spreading to other cities in the country.
So yeah, this could be a thing for quite some time.
Last night in my state of Iowa in Iowa City there was such a huge protest they shut down I 80.
ReplyDeleteI'm also an Iowan. And a large portion of high schoolers in Des Moines walked out of class November 9th. It only made local news.
DeletePerhaps someone should ask the cop killer for a comment? His guy won, after all. I do wonder if the nut had the patience to wait after the election, if those two cops might be alive today. :(
I address Trump as p.PERV !
ReplyDeleteTrump says he plans to only work when Congress is in session, and then only 4 days a week.
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Unbelievable! And the conservatives got all bent out of shape if President Obama took Michelle out for her birthday or their anniversary.
DeleteWhat is he going to do on his days off? Tweet insults, work on his portfolio, cut ribbons at his hotels? What happens if there is a crisis or terrorist attack on his day off?
DeleteI have a feeling trump is in for a big surprise; the presidency is not a part time job. He makes it sound like he is planning on a 4-year vacation.
And that lazy Obama had the audacity to play golf once in a while or vacation with his family.
The report said Trump wants to be in NY or his FL estate on weekends. LOL. That would be an enormous expense and unfair to local. New Yorkers to have traffic shut down and high security.
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#safetypin
Same for pence when dRUMPf quits. With pence the Dominionists find their heaven.
I hope it's the new norm. I'm glad Michael Moore's encouraging it. I'm glad some are standing up and saying that the media and others must not normalize Trump. I was just watching MSNBC. They're re-airing MM's visit to Morning Joe from yesterday. Hopefully it's available online. Good stuff. And I was glad to hear him mention that about 90,000 MI people voted who left the presidential pick blank. If only they had made a choice. I've watched Rachel and Lawrence online, so it's pry at the MSNBC site.
ReplyDeleteOh, and he'd like to keep holding large rallies because he liked the way they made him feel. His aides intend to accomodate him.
ReplyDeleteSay, do you know who else liked to hold large exciting rallies?
Might that be someone in 1930's Germany?
DeleteOne thing we have that the resistance before us did not have is the Internet. Let's not waste it; and be leary of those suddenly aggressive European-bent 'unknown' Internet provocateurs.
DeleteOh yeah his rallies should continue to heal the divisiveness (eye roll).
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DeleteUntil they abolish Net Neutrality.
There goes your internet. They'll be able to control traffic and even censor sites and content.
Pure Class
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michelle-obama-vogue_us_58260479e4b0c4b63b0c6067?
http://media.vogue.com/r/h_1800,w_1800/2016/11/11/1216-VO-WELL43-01.jpg
http://media.vogue.com/r/h_1800,w_1800/2016/11/11/1216-VO-WELL50-01.jpg
Sheriff David Clarke Wants to Lay Down Some Old-Fashioned Fascism on Trump Protesters
ReplyDelete"How to stop riots. 1)Declare state of emergency.2)Impose early curfew. 3)Mobilize Nat Guard.4)Authorize ALL non lethal force. 5)Tear gas."
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/12/milwaukees-sheriff-david-clarke-lay-good-fashioned-fascism-protesters.html
Isn't this the same guy that wanted to do some lynching?
DeleteAfter Trump’s win into the White House, a new party sprung up: the Party Of Reason And Progress, or PORP. Their icon sports a porpoise as a nod to the acronym. This group is still working out the kinks and is currently developing a platform. Originally created as a rebuttal to the Tea Party, this group hopes to reform policies to create a more scientifically conscious nation.
ReplyDeleteThe description reads:
“This is a group for volunteers of the Party of Reason and Progress (PORP). Founded in 2010, PORP helps educate voters and elect reasonable candidates for various offices. We started after the Tea Party was formed, and re-launched after Donald Trump’s victory!”
Thousands of members and counting, almost literally overnight. To many, this group has been a safe haven for scientists and science lovers alike. The following grows by the hundreds each hour.
http://www.ourlonelyuniverse.com/everyone-joining-porp/
Unfortunately you have to be on Facebook to join.
DeleteNot everyone does Facebook.
Why can't they put up a website like every other political organization.
ReplyDeleteThe Mike Pence (Donald Trump) Assault On LGBTQ Equality Is Already Underway
It’s only a matter of time before we know the full magnitude.
I’m not going to sugar-coat this at all. We are in for a full-blown assault on LGBTQ rights the likes of which many, particularly younger LGBTQ people, have not seen. Progress will most certainly be halted completely, likely rolled back. And it’s already underway.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-assault-lgbtq-equality_us_58275a17e4b02d21bbc8ff9b
where is alt right's outrage
ReplyDeleteTrump Didn’t Bother to Attend A SINGLE Veterans Day Event Yesterday
http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/11/12/trump-didnt-bother-attend-single-veterans-day-event-yesterday/
Yep, all he did was tweet.
DeleteAnd he's said nothing more about the protests. He should at least say something about not being violent and destructive. This is for him to say something presidential about.
ReplyDeleteTrump Inauguration To Be Met By ‘Million Women March’
“We cannot allow ourselves to give up, put our heads down and not hold this administration accountable for any violation of human rights or women’s rights.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-million-women-march_us_582642efe4b0c4b63b0cbfa5
ReplyDeleteTrump Moving To Quit Paris Climate Agreement — Quickly
Trump has called global warming a hoax. Now he is going to be President.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-paris-climate-agreement_us_58277f3de4b060adb56ebd29
Yep, kids, here's your new first lady slut.
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Malaria is no lady. But she will be the First Slut.
DeletePresident Pussygrabber and the First Trollop.
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ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton Says FBI Swung The Election Outcome
She says the second letter was even more damaging than the first one.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-fbi-election_us_58275811e4b060adb56eac26
I heard it said last night that the second letter, while well intentioned, just brought things right back to the fore.
DeleteIf Clinton needs to blame Comey to get through the rest of her life, fine.
DeleteBut all y'all and the Democratic Party better look inward for reasons why this happened and accept responsibility instead of looking for scapegoats to blame.
I heard after the second letter, many people decided not to vote for her.
DeleteWe don't have to look for scapegoats to blame, we know who to blame: FBI, Russians and the media.
Hillary... "it is everyones fault but mine".... as always.
DeleteGrypg "whatever Hillary says I'm on board"
lol. You folks need to start thinkng with your own brains and searching better sources for information. Because you have been getting hoodwinked for years.
Has Hillary EVER accepted responsibility for any of the complete disasters she has left in her wake?
DeleteWhy would she start now? It is always someone elses fault lol.
I read that the person who did the shooting was a tRump supporter, who stopped his car, got out, argued then shot and took off. The protesters have been peaceful so far. Isn't THIS free speech? Who wants a pervert running the country?
ReplyDeletePeaceful?! Where have you been?
DeleteMuslim high school teacher left note by student telling her to hang herself with her ‘headscarf’
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/muslim-high-school-teacher-left-note-by-student-telling-her-to-hang-herself-with-her-headscarf/
Here, for your convenience, is an online way to protest: by signing and asking all your friends to do so also. If this gets a big number, it will support the protesters.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19?source_location=topic_page
http://therightscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/charles-walz-insanity-.jpg
ReplyDeleteTrump *wants* economic collapse and riots. He's said so openly many times.
ReplyDeleteConsider this excerpt from an explosive February 2014 interview on Fox News:
“You know what solves it?” he said of America’s sorry state. “When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a [chuckles], you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great.”
http://qz.com/751320/donald-trump-and-his-followers-could-destroy-america-even-if-he-loses/
Scary ain't it?
Armed insurrection, KKK parades, 2nd amendment solution are all ok and we have to put up with it because the "freedom of speech".
ReplyDeleteProtestors against trump are thugs and rioters, not allowed freedom of speech.
I give it a few more days at most. Progressives aren't known for their fortitude, hey, most of these protesters didn't even bother to vote.
ReplyDelete"Most of these protesters didn't even to bother to vote" and you know this how? Did they personally tell you? Then STFU go sniff the pussy grabber's giant panties.
DeleteProbably fizzle by Monday morning.
DeleteUnlike other recent protests, looks like these protestors have jobs, not wearing their pants below their underwear is the giveaway.
The irony. So many liberal websites like this one predicted civil unrest if Trump lost.
ReplyDeleteWell Trump won, and who is protesting and rioting and causing damage? Of course, it is the liberals, aaaaagain, as always.
These people need to get jobs and off the welfare.
Why don't you start with your own household Skank? Butthole, Dumkota, Track marks, and Wallow need something constructive do besides baby making, brawling, and getting arrested for girlfriend beating.
DeleteNO 615....your rigger predicted civil unrest if he did not get elected by fraud. And you can bet any decent American will RIOT AND PROTEST AND REMOVE a liar and con man along with his criminals that have committed it. Americans are Great and we aint gonna allow some two bit carnival tele commercial clown to RIG our election.
Delete"you people" need to go to jail" tampering in federal elections is major felony. Over half the republicans will be removed from office for treason. House and Senate will be up for grabs by the time this is over.
DeleteHahahahaaaa.
DeleteYeah well probably not 2:48. Maybe if pigs fly.
"These people need to get jobs and off the welfare."
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can help some of them find their way by offering to hire them.
On Friday there was a peaceful "love trumps hate" gathering in my home town in northwest Lower Michigan stalked by someone's scary confederate flag waving from a pickup truck.
ReplyDeleteIn today's paper the pickup truck driver who flaunted his confederate flag and drove in circles around the gathering was identified as an off-duty local police officer. There will be an inquiry but we all know he'll get off without even a reprimand because he was exercising his first amendment rights. So were the people at the gathering who may well have felt threatened by his menace.
Our local police, and the police in every part of the country, need a history lesson. The North won the Civil War; the confederate flag, which symbolizes all that was wrong with the divided country in 1861 when that bloody war began, has no place in the hands of a police officer, on duty or off, or in a anyone's hands in the 21st century. It is used as a symbol of hatred, racism and ignorance.
Beaglemom
Shot by a Deplorable offended they were exercising their first amendment right.
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