Activism

Mediaite reports: Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was one of several protesters who were dragged out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hearing Wednesday. While Kennedy he was speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by someone shouting in the crowd. “RFK kills people with AIDS,” the protester repeatedly shouted. She was also holding up a sign in Kennedy’s direction. Seconds later, …

Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: Philadelphia is turning up the volume during Pride Weekend, starting with its iconic Pride flag, which is back and bigger than ever. The massive flag — now stretching to 600 feet — will debut on Friday, May 30 during Pride Around The City, a powerful display of LGBTQ+ visibility and unity. You can catch the flag …

The Associated Press reports: Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an estimated $107 billion. The pledge is among the largest philanthropic gifts ever. Only Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett’s pledge to donate his fortune — …

The Hill reports: Thousands of protestors are expected to gather nationwide on Thursday to push back against the Trump administration’s policies, just days after President Trump marked 100 days back in the White House. Those planning to participate in the rallies have argued that Trump’s actions have harmed America’s working class, citing mass layoffs within the federal workforce and spending …

Religion News Service reports: Prominent pastor and anti-poverty activist the Rev. William Barber and two others were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday (April 28), an action he said would be part of a recurring series of demonstrations aimed at challenging the Republican-led budget bill. The arrests occurred roughly 15 minutes after Barber, the Rev. Jonathan …

The Hill reports: Demonstrators gathered Thursday on the steps of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a “die-in” over proposed funding cuts at the agency that could devastate programs addressing LGBTQ health disparities. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to radically reshape HHS and its approach to health care, including through funding cuts to programs …

The Telegraph reports: A protester has defaced Donald Trump’s presidential plaque inside Trump Tower. Footage shared on social media showed a man in a black T-shirt spray painting “USA” in bright green over a gold plaque marking Mr Trump’s first term. Other clips showed the man then sitting cross-legged in front of the “45th president of the United States” sign, …

The Washington Post reports: From Wyoming to Washington and Mississippi to Manhattan, protesters at hundreds of rallies in small towns and big cities gathered Saturday to denounce President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy moves, the second day of mass action this month as opposition to the administration continued to coalesce. The more than 700 planned events were part of the “50501” …

The Hill reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made a surprise appearance at the California music festival Coachella on Saturday night. “The country faces some very difficult challenges, and the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation. Now you can turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it …

From a Wilton Manors Facebook group: I’ve got some neighbors in Fort Lauderdale who are total circus material. They’re super aggressive, ridiculously entitled, and have some seriously nasty mouths. They own four vehicles, but only have one parking space, so they just park their white Mercedes in our yard or on the grass, because who needs rules, right? Or consideration? …

NBC News reports: A sit-in at Trump Tower in Manhattan was underway Thursday as protesters gathered to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained over the weekend by federal immigration agents. The organization Jewish Voice for Peace livestreamed the sit-in, showing hundreds of demonstrators packed into the building’s lobby. Some held signs that read “Fight Nazis not …

Auto site Jalopnik reports: Apparently a national Cybertruck Club volunteered to run their trucks in a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade—technically a Lundi Gras as it happened on Monday night—as a way to transport parade marshals along the route. Reddit user jobles95 posted about his experience, claiming he was marshal from inside one of the trucks, saying, “I couldn’t believe …

Sports Illustrated reports: Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, who was recently arrested after protesting at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, Calif., said on social media Thursday that he was fired from his job as a high school football coach. Kluwe was arrested on Feb. 18 after taking the podium at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting to …

Yahoo Sports reports: Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested on Tuesday while protesting during a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California. Kluwe, 43, was protesting the city’s approval of a public library plaque that was designed to use words to spell out “MAGA.” “’MAGA’ is profoundly corrupt, unmistakably anti-democracy and most importantly, ‘MAGA’ is explicitly a Nazi movement,” …

Yahoo News reports: Demonstrators in New York City filled Manhattan’s Union Square on Monday afternoon, February 17, demanding Congress “uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach,” organizers said. Footage taken by Gili Getz shows the scene in Union Square on Monday afternoon. Demonstrators are seen holding various signs and chanting, “Stop the coup!” Protests had been organized by the 50501 …

CBS News reports: Protesters are expected at the Stonewall National Monument Friday after references to trans and queer people were removed from the National Park Service website. The protest will take place outside the monument where the LGBTQ+ rights movement was born decades ago. Trans flags are still  flying at Christopher Park near the Stonewall Inn, and after hearing from …

Reuters reports: A group of demonstrators gathered outside Trump International Golf Club on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies while he spent his leisure time at the venue. Holding signs, waving Mexican, Guatemalan, and American flags, and chanting “Immigrants Make America Great,” the protesters made their voices heard as Trump’s motorcade passed by. One protester held a sign …

Via press release from the Democratic Party: On Saturday, February 1, DNC members voted to elect a new slate of DNC Officers including positions for Chair, Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, three Vice Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair. Artie Blanco, Malcolm Kenyatta, and David Hogg will serve as DNC Vice Chairs. Representative Malcolm Kenyatta is …

USA Today reports: Brittany Martinez came to Washington with friends and their mothers to protest for women’s rights and immigration Saturday. The six women were waiting in a park for the People’s March, the largest anti-Donald Trump protest planned before his inauguration Monday, to begin moving. Martinez of Jacksonville, Fla. held a sign that said “Public cervix announcement. My body, …

Politico reports: It’s been a dozen years since the Stonewall Democrats, a once-prominent LGBTQ+ rights group, went defunct. But now, on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a new coalition of state-level advocacy groups is reestablishing a national presence to gird against the incoming president and a Republican-controlled Congress. The group, the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats, comes together at …