Did what amounts to a symbolic bit of electioneering today–a lit drop in Salem, NH. I haven’t been nearly as active-on-the-streets as I usually am, for a variety of reasons; it’s been money and a bit of post-carding for me. So this was my first real on-the-ground experience outside the Brookline, MA bubble–which really is …
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“Outside Agitators”: It Was Right-Wing Boogaloo Bois That Burned That Minneapolis Police Station
Charges: A Boogaloo Bois fired on Minneapolis’ Third Precinct with an AK-47-style gun and screamed “Justice for Floyd” as he ran away, in part of a coordinated attack by the far-right anti-government group during unrest over the death of George Floyd. https://t.co/j7YMiS4HKG — Star Tribune (@StarTribune) October 23, 2020 I lived in that neighborhood, & …
Womens March(es), This Weekend?
This weekend, march with us from anywhere. Over 380 sister marches have been organized across all 50 states, including socially distanced in-person and virtual events. Find an event for you here: https://t.co/z3g4OnTRMN pic.twitter.com/bdYhh1XAOb — Women's March – Text WOMENSWAVE to 44310 (@womensmarch) October 13, 2020 I saw a story in the Washington Post about this …
Semi-Respite Open Thread: “Typefaces of Protest”
Typefaces of Protest: A Short Survey 1/ Paranoid Light pic.twitter.com/MSuBYvDvp1 — Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) July 13, 2020 With thanks to commentor DMSilev… 3/ Bayeux Moderne pic.twitter.com/URysC3nd2n — Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) July 13, 2020 5/ Illuminati Bold pic.twitter.com/o6qaqKqUoA — Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) July 13, 2020 Wingding-Grotesk pic.twitter.com/OnhJJ14efA — Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) July 13, 2020 Winsome Light. …
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Long Read: Trump Didn’t ‘Send In The Troops.’ They Were Already There.
C. J. Chivers has written a great piece on using military troops in civil disorders. Chivers was a Marine, and participated in one of these exercises many years ago. He shares his own feelings and what he sees now as a reporter. His writing about military issues, particularly the feelings of the troops, is as …
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On the Ground at the Custer County Protest
by Miss Bianca First, of all, some context: Custer County, CO, where I live, is demographically speaking a ‘frontier’ county: our total population is only about 4500 people, the overwhelming majority (around 90%) white, and the median age is 58, and the sociopolitical culture relentlessly conservative, with a few pockets of liberality centered around cultural …
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Open Thread: Capital City Under Siege Fights Back
A message aimed at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. https://t.co/Du2LFxlJ9d — Kevin Whitelaw (@KevinWhitelaw1) June 5, 2020 Meanwhile, more concrete "jersey barriers" going in around the White House complex. #dcprotest pic.twitter.com/mQldubHARo — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 5, 2020 After week of protest, Saturday expected to bring largest crowds yet to Washington https://t.co/UTJdJwGehv — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) …
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