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  1. Takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump – AP News

    1 of 6 |  Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing,

    Politics

    Takeaways from Jack Smith on his case against Trump, ‘so many witnesses’ and the threats ahead

    1 of 6 | Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing

    2 of 6 | Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    3 of 6 | Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith waits to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

    4 of 6 | Founder of the Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes, center, taking his seat for the testimony of former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    5 of 6 | Washington Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges, left, greets former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith after the House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    6 of 6 | Former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn, left, hands former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith a police patch after the House Judiciary Committee hearing about his investigations into President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Looking on at center is Washington Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    By  LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Updated 3:49 PM PST, January 22, 2026

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel Jack Smith testified Thursday about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing how the defeated president “sought to prey” on his supporters and “looked for ways to stay in power,” culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

    It was Smith’s first public hearing since he left the department last year, and the nearly five-hour session at the House Judiciary Committee delved into far-flung details — from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s blockbuster testimony before the Jan. 6 committee to the gag order slapped on Trump during the investigation over his efforts to intimidate witnesses.

    “Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, it was foreseeable to him, and that he sought to exploit the violence,” Smith testified.

    Trump, during the hearing, was live-posting his rage against Smith — suggesting the former career prosecutor should himself be prosecuted. In the room sat militant Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, and a tense encounter erupted between one audience member and police who had defended the Capitol, reminding how Jan. 6 still divides the Congress, and the country.

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    Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress – Smith said he believes Trump officials now will do “everything in their power” to prosecute him, but he said he would “not be intimidated” by attacks from the president, adding that investigators gathered proof that Trump committed “serious crimes.”

    Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

    “I’m not going to pretend that didn’t happen because he’s threatening me,” Smith said.

    Once Trump won reelection in 2024, Smith abandoned the cases against him, adhering to Justice Department protocol against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump faced a four-count indictment in the conspiracy to overthrow the election and, separately, Smith’s team indicted Trump over holding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home.

    Throughout the session, Republicans highlighted new developments as they seek to sow doubt on Smith’s now defunct-case against Trump, while Democrats warned that Trump’s allies are trying to rewrite history after the defeated president sent his supporters to the Capitol to fight for his failed election against Democrat Joe Biden.

    Far from done, Smith is expected to be called before the Senate, which is planning its own hearing, and he has been unable to discuss the documents case that lawmakers want to probe. Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon halted the release of a report by Smith’s team on that case with an injunction that is set to expire next month, but lawyers for Trump have asked to leave it permanently under seal.

    One star witness under scrutiny, but Smith says there are ‘so many’ more

    Republicans have fixated for years on countering the gripping testimony that former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave to the Jan. 6 committee, trying to prove her wrong.

    The young aide recounted having been told that day about Trump lunging for the steering wheel in the presidential limousine as he demanded to join supporters at the Capitol. It’s a story that others said did not happen.

    FILE – Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin, File)

    “Mr. Smith, is Cassidy Hutchinson a liar?” asked Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the committee chairman.

    Smith explained that Hutchinson’s testimony was “second hand,” and as his team interviewed other witnesses, and the Secret Service agent in the car at the time “did not confirm what happened.”

    Jordan pressed whether Smith would have brought Hutchinson forward to testify anyway, and Smith said he had not made “any final determinations.”

    Smith said, “We had a large choice of witnesses.”

    “That says it all,” Jordan declared. “You were still considering putting her on the witness stand because you had to get President Trump.”

    In fact, Smith said, one of the “central challenges” of the case was to present it in a concise way, “because we did have so many witnesses” — state officials, Trump campaign workers and advisers — to testify.

    “Some of the most powerful witnesses were witnesses who, in fact, were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, who had campaigned for him and who wanted him to win the election,” Smith said.

    Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump | AP News

    #2020Election #AgainstTrump #AP #APNews #AssociatedPress #AttackCapitol #DanielHodges #DonaldTrump #FirstPublicHearing #HarryDunn #Hearing #HisCase #Investigations #JackSmith #OathKeepers #RiotJanuary6th #StewartRhodes #Takeaways #Testimony #Trump #TrumpAdministration #USCongress
  2. Takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump – AP News

    1 of 6 |  Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing,

    Politics

    Takeaways from Jack Smith on his case against Trump, ‘so many witnesses’ and the threats ahead

    1 of 6 | Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing

    2 of 6 | Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    3 of 6 | Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith waits to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

    4 of 6 | Founder of the Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes, center, taking his seat for the testimony of former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    5 of 6 | Washington Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges, left, greets former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith after the House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    6 of 6 | Former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn, left, hands former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith a police patch after the House Judiciary Committee hearing about his investigations into President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Looking on at center is Washington Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

    By  LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Updated 3:49 PM PST, January 22, 2026

    150

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel Jack Smith testified Thursday about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing how the defeated president “sought to prey” on his supporters and “looked for ways to stay in power,” culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

    It was Smith’s first public hearing since he left the department last year, and the nearly five-hour session at the House Judiciary Committee delved into far-flung details — from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s blockbuster testimony before the Jan. 6 committee to the gag order slapped on Trump during the investigation over his efforts to intimidate witnesses.

    “Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, it was foreseeable to him, and that he sought to exploit the violence,” Smith testified.

    Trump, during the hearing, was live-posting his rage against Smith — suggesting the former career prosecutor should himself be prosecuted. In the room sat militant Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, and a tense encounter erupted between one audience member and police who had defended the Capitol, reminding how Jan. 6 still divides the Congress, and the country.

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    Smith defends his Trump investigations at a House hearing. ‘No one should be above the law,’ he says

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    Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress – Smith said he believes Trump officials now will do “everything in their power” to prosecute him, but he said he would “not be intimidated” by attacks from the president, adding that investigators gathered proof that Trump committed “serious crimes.”

    Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

    “I’m not going to pretend that didn’t happen because he’s threatening me,” Smith said.

    Once Trump won reelection in 2024, Smith abandoned the cases against him, adhering to Justice Department protocol against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump faced a four-count indictment in the conspiracy to overthrow the election and, separately, Smith’s team indicted Trump over holding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home.

    Throughout the session, Republicans highlighted new developments as they seek to sow doubt on Smith’s now defunct-case against Trump, while Democrats warned that Trump’s allies are trying to rewrite history after the defeated president sent his supporters to the Capitol to fight for his failed election against Democrat Joe Biden.

    Far from done, Smith is expected to be called before the Senate, which is planning its own hearing, and he has been unable to discuss the documents case that lawmakers want to probe. Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon halted the release of a report by Smith’s team on that case with an injunction that is set to expire next month, but lawyers for Trump have asked to leave it permanently under seal.

    One star witness under scrutiny, but Smith says there are ‘so many’ more

    Republicans have fixated for years on countering the gripping testimony that former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave to the Jan. 6 committee, trying to prove her wrong.

    The young aide recounted having been told that day about Trump lunging for the steering wheel in the presidential limousine as he demanded to join supporters at the Capitol. It’s a story that others said did not happen.

    FILE – Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin, File)

    “Mr. Smith, is Cassidy Hutchinson a liar?” asked Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the committee chairman.

    Smith explained that Hutchinson’s testimony was “second hand,” and as his team interviewed other witnesses, and the Secret Service agent in the car at the time “did not confirm what happened.”

    Jordan pressed whether Smith would have brought Hutchinson forward to testify anyway, and Smith said he had not made “any final determinations.”

    Smith said, “We had a large choice of witnesses.”

    “That says it all,” Jordan declared. “You were still considering putting her on the witness stand because you had to get President Trump.”

    In fact, Smith said, one of the “central challenges” of the case was to present it in a concise way, “because we did have so many witnesses” — state officials, Trump campaign workers and advisers — to testify.

    “Some of the most powerful witnesses were witnesses who, in fact, were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, who had campaigned for him and who wanted him to win the election,” Smith said.

    Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump | AP News

    #2020Election #AgainstTrump #AP #APNews #AssociatedPress #AttackCapitol #DanielHodges #DonaldTrump #FirstPublicHearing #HarryDunn #Hearing #HisCase #Investigations #JackSmith #OathKeepers #RiotJanuary6th #StewartRhodes #Takeaways #Testimony #Trump #TrumpAdministration #USCongress
  3. No Kings protests: What to know as millions rally against Trump – Axios

    Axios, Updated Oct 15, 2025 – Politics & Policy

    What to know about Oct. 18 “No Kings” protests

     “No Kings” protest events planned for Oct. 18

    Places with planned rallies, meetings or visibility events; As of Oct. 14, 2025

    A map of the U.S. showing the locations of “No Kings” protest events planned for Oct. 18, 2025. There were more than 2,000 events planned in 1,700 cities as of Oct. 14, 2025.

    No Kings protest organizers expect millions to gather across the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18 in an event Republicanlawmakers decry as “a hate America rally.”

    Why it matters: The latest round of protests comes amid growing frustration about the ongoing government shutdown and widespread opposition to President Trump’s military crackdown on Democratic-led cities across America.

    State of play: More than 2,500 events are planned across all 50 states as of Monday, organizers said.

    • “Together, millions will send a clear and unmistakable message: we are a nation of equals, and our country will not be ruled by fear or force,” their statement said.
    • Participating groups include the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Teachers, 50501, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible and MoveOn.

    The other side: The recurring movement against the Trump administration has garnered sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers who say Democrats are protesting as a ploy during the government shutdown.

    • “The Trump Administration is focused on stopping the scourge of left-wing violence plaguing American communities,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement. “Left-wing protestors can beclown themselves by lawfully protesting the alternate reality they live in, but violence or breaking the law will not be tolerated.”

    What they’re saying: Republican leadership, including House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), called the protest “a hate America rally.”

    • Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said the National Guard will need to respond to protesters. “Hopefully it will be peaceful — I doubt it,” he said. The White House did not answer whether Trump plans to deploy National Guard troops to any protest sites Saturday.

    Friction point: Johnson, in a Fox News appearance, said the protests were being put on by “the pro-Hamas wing and the Antifa people.”

    • “It’s being told to us that they won’t be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can’t face their rabid base,” he said after criticizing House Democrats.

    Reality check: Johnson canceled a third week of House votes amid the ongoing shutdown.

    • “The fact that they’re trying to smear millions and millions of Americans who are fed up with the dictatorial actions of the Trump administration as the reason why they themselves are unable to govern is just another demonstration of their own panic, their own desperation, and the fact that they know that they are on the losing end of this fight,” Leah Greenberg, co-founder of organizing group Indivisible, told Axios.

    Zoom in: “Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down,” No Kings organizers said.

    He wrote that Republicans “spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.”

    “Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings.”

    Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on Bluesky he looked forward to No Kings Day, saying the GOP was “the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries ‘terrorists.'”

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: No Kings protests: What to know as millions rally against Trump

    #2025 #AgainstTrump #America #Axios #Cities #DonaldTrump #Education #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #NoDictators #NoKings #NoNazis #Opinion #Peaceful #Politics #Protests #Rally #Resistance #Science #Technology #Trump #TrumpAdministration #USConstitution #UnitedStates

  4. ‘No Kings’ protest live updates: millions expected to gather across the US for anti-Trump protests – The Guardian

    No Kings protest live updates: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest

    Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock and Chuck Schumer among protesters

    LIVE Updated 3m ago

    People attend a No Kings protest in Times Square in New York City on 18 October 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

    Marina Dunbar (now) and Sarah Haque (earlier)Sat 18 Oct 2025 15.56 EDT

    From 9h ago 07.22 EDT

    What to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests

    By Rachel Leingang

    Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500 locations across America, from small towns to large cities, to speak against the Trump administration.

    No Kings, the coalition behind a mass demonstration in June, is again calling people to the streets to send the simple message that Donald Trump is not a king, pushing back against what they see as increasing authoritarianism.

    Several US cities now have a militarised presence on the ground, most against the will of local leaders. Trump has promised to crack down on dissent as part of an ongoing retribution campaign. Still, organisers say they expect to see one of the largest, if not the largest, single day of protest in US history.

    What are the No Kings protests?

    A coalition of left-leaning groups is again leading a day of mass demonstrations across the US to protest against the Trump administration. The coalition spearheaded a previous No Kings protest day in June, drawing millions to the streets to speak out against the president on the same day Trump held a military parade in Washington.

    The protests are called No Kings to underscore that America does not have kinds of absolute rulers, a ding against Trump’s increasing authoritarianism.

    “‘NO KINGS’ is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon,” a website for the protests, nokings.org, says. “Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.”

    Where are they happening?

    Organisers say there are more than 2,500 protests planned across the country, in the largest cities and in small towns, and in all 50 states. It is part of a distributed model where people protest in their own communities rather than travelling to large urban hubs to show that discontent with Trump exists in all corners of the US.

    For the 18 October day of action, organisers have identified several anchor cities: Washington DC; San Francisco; San Diego; Atlanta; New York City; Houston, Texas; Honolulu; Boston; Kansas City, Missouri; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago and New Orleans.

    The protests start at different times depending on location. The No Kings website has a map with details for each location.

    Read more about who organised the protests, why organisers are asking protesters to wear yellow, what Trump has said about them and more in our Q&A here:

    No Kings: what to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions

    Updated at 07.24 EDT, 12m ago15.49 EDT

    Updated at 15.56 EDT, 35m ago15.25 EDT

    Many people at protests across the nation appear inspired by “Operation Inflation” an initiative where demonstrators wear colorful and inflatable costumes to protests, usually resembling an animal or Pokemon-type character.

    The trend started with a protestor dubbed the Portland Frog, who began dressing in an inflatable frog costume to attend Ice protests.

    A protestor dressed in an inflatable pig costume in Washington DC, October 18, 2025. Photograph: Kirstin Garriss/The GuardianProtestors wearing unicorn costumes during the second “No Kings” protest on October 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA demonstrator wears an inflatable costume depicting the Pokemon character Pikachu, during a “No Kings” protest against president Donald Trump’s policies, in New York City, U.S., October 18, 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/ReutersTeresa Clark, 51, of Palm Harbor wears a frog costume as while protesting along Gulf to Bay Boulevard during a No Kings protest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 in Clearwater. Photograph: Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

    Updated at 15.28 EDT, 1h ago15.04 EDT

    In New York, Chuck Schumer joins No Kings protesters

    The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has joined the No Kings protesters in New York.

    “I proudly marched side-by-side with labor unions and so many more of our fellow citizens in NYC,” he wrote on social media. “We have no dictators in America. And we won’t allow Trump to keep eroding our democracy.”

    Updated at 15.19 EDT, 1h ago14.45 EDT

    In Chicago, mayor Brandon Johnson says: ‘We will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit’

    The No Kings protest kicked off in Chicago, Illinois, at Grant Park’s Butler Field at noon. There are at least 10,000 people as the speeches begin. An intergenerational group of protesters has gathered, most with signs opposing Ice’s presence in Chicago or mocking Donald Trump.

    Many flags, signs and T-shirts read, “Fuck Ice”, and others read “Hands Off Chicago”, a rallying cry that began when Trump first announced his intent to send the national guard into the city. Other signs read “Resist Fascism” and “Hands off our Constitution”.

    Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke to the crowd, which erupted in cheers when he took to the stage.

    “They have decided that they want a rematch of the civil war,” he said.

    “We are here to stand firm and stand committed that we will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit. We do not want troops in our city.”

    The crowd erupted in chants of “Fuck Donald Trump” while the Illinois representative Jonathan Jackson spoke to the crowd. Later, as ACLU Illinois’s communications director Ed Yohnka spoke, the crowd chanted: “USA! USA! USA!”

    Senator Dick Durbin, Lt Gov Juliana Stratton, Representative Chuy García, President of the Cook County board of commissioners Toni Preckwinkle, as well as local aldermen and state representatives were in attendance. – Siri Chilukuri

    Share, Updated at 15.03 EDT, 2h ago14.23 EDT

    In Washington DC, Bernie Sanders says: ‘This moment is not just about one man’s greed, corruption or contempt for the constitution’

    The senator Bernie Sanders took the stage to address the Washington DC No Kings rally. The Vermont senator was met with thunderous cheers upon his appearance.

    He began by addressing the House speaker Mike Johnson’s earlier comments, saying Johnson “called these rallies ‘Hate America events’. Boy, does he have it wrong.” He added that millions across thousands of US cities showed up “not because they hate America, but because they love America”.

    Sanders then gave various examples of Trump administration moves that he said put democracy at risk, including federal masked agents deployed to American cities, the president’s threats to arrest and imprison his perceived political enemies, and his lawsuits against media organizations.

    “This moment is not just about one man’s greed, one man’s corruption, or one man’s contempt for the constitution,” he said. “This is about a handful of the wealthiest people on earth, who in their insatiable greed, have hijacked our economy and our political system in order to enrich themselves at the expense of working families throughout this country.”

    He went on to denounce the billionaires who helped fund Trump’s campaign and attended his inauguration, calling out Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg by name.

    Bernie Sanders at the No Kings protest in Washington DC on Saturday. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

    Share, Updated at 14.33 EDT, 2h ago13.57 EDT

    Here are a few more photos from the Washington DC No Kings protest, expected to be among the largest of the more than 2,600 demonstrations across the country.

    People gather in Washington DC on Saturday. Photograph: Kirstin Garriss/The GuardianThe Washington DC protest. Photograph: Kirstin Garriss/The GuardianProtesters in Washington DC. Photograph: Kirstin Garriss/The Guardian

    Share, Updated at 14.27 EDT, 3h ago13.28 EDT

    As the protests are happening across New York City today, the New York police department said it is spreading out across the city to monitor events.

    “The NYPD will be out to make sure everyone can peacefully and safely exercise their first amendment right,” the department posted on social media. “As a reminder, there will be zero tolerance for any illegal activity or anyone who breaks the law.”Share

    Updated at 14.26 EDT, 3h ago13.10 EDT

    In Connecticut, Chris Murphy calls Donald Trump the ‘most corrupt president in the history of America’

    Connecticut senator Chris Murphy called Donald Trump the “most corrupt president in the history of America” at a No Kings rally in Washington DC.

    The senator addressed the government shutdown, describing it as an “unplanned vacation” that Republicans have been on from the nation’s capital for five weeks, he said.

    “Trump does think that he’s a king and he thinks he can act more corruptly when the government is shut down. But he cannot. He doesn’t have new powers, extra powers during the shutdown,” Murphy said.

    He added: “The truth is that he is enacting a detailed step-by-step plan to try to destroy all of the things that protect our democracy: free speech, fair elections and independent press, the right to peacefully protest. But the truth is he has not won yet. The people still rule in this country.”

    Share, Updated at 14.29 EDT. 3h ago12.47 EDT

    Thousands march in Washington DC, where Bernie Sanders will headline

    Crowds are also gathering by the thousands in Washington DC, where the senator Bernie Sanders will headline today’s rally.

    In northern Virginia, many protesters were seen walking on overpasses across roads heading into DC, and several hundred people gathered in the circle near Arlington national cemetery, near where Trump is considering building an arch across the bridge from the Lincoln Memorial, Reuters reported.

    Protesters in Washington DC on Saturday. Photograph: Tom Hudson/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockProtesters in DC. Photograph: Tom Hudson/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockProtesters in DC. Photograph: Tom Hudson/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

    “Democrats want to keep the government shut down to show all those people that are going to come here and express their hatred towards this country … Read original article: Read More

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  5. For a democratic world.
    Power to the citizens.
    Fight against the despotes which takes the power and the wealth in US, in Russia, in China and many other countries.
    Freedom for all, including the minorities.

    Come to demonstrate our solidarity with Ukrainians:
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  6. 👀 Trump-lovers threaten heroic #Colorado Supreme Court members following their brilliant decision to #DumpTrump.

    The #threats fit into a familiar #pattern, seen over and over in #legal developments #againstTrump.

    #Kill judges. Behead #judges. Roundhouse #kick a judge into the concrete," read a #post on a fringe website. "Slam dunk a judge's #baby into the trashcan."

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