Next Dem nominee should (loudly) call for the creation of two new federal holidays, Juneteenth (Freedom Day) and election day (Democracy Day.)
— zeddy (@Zeddary) June 29, 2018
The Washington Post:
It took 13 days to organize Saturday’s demonstration against the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy and the detention of children and families. It was the fastest that organizers could patch something together.
They guessed about 5,000 people would attend.
The National Park Service is now prepared for 10 times that — 50,000 people — to rally outside the White House and march on the Department of Justice, according to a permit issued this week. Demonstrators will demand an end to family detentions and the reunification for at least 2,500 children separated from their parents at the country’s southern border.
Several speakers, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of “Hamilton,” and actors America Ferrera and Diane Guerrero, will take the stage at Lafayette Square to kick off the protest, which begins at 11 a.m. People who have lived through the Holocaust, Japanese internment camps and Trump’s family separation policy are expected to speak.
About 750 similar protests have been planned throughout the country in every state, from big cities such as New York and Los Angeles to tiny ones such as Antler, N.D., population 28…
The rally will cap off a week of demonstrations in Washington that included the arrests of 575 people Thursday at the Hart Senate Office Building during a women-led protest and another outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, in which dozens called for the agency’s dissolution…
Looking forward to reports / pics from the various rallies across the country!
??We're running this ad on CNN, MSNBC, Univision, and more starting today, demanding Trump immediately reunite families separated by his administration’s policies.
The clock is ticking. pic.twitter.com/vhqJ8Oc4V6
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 28, 2018
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