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Note the White House’s flag.

Charisma News has the story: The Nativity Scene, sponsored by Faith and Action and The Christian Defense Coalition, was held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C. in response to other courts banning nativity scenes in some parts of the country.  “Sadly, we are seeing an erosion and hostility toward public expressions of faith in the public square. This is …

Via Facebook: At noon on Friday, November 30, 2012, human rights activists will hold a peaceful protest outside the Uganda Mission, at 336 East 45th Street, to help stop the “Kill-the-Gays” bill now topping the Uganda Parliament’s agenda, due to human rights offender, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The action titled: “Uganda: The World Is Watching” is being organized by The AEB …

More from ACT UP New York: “As the US Congress and President begin negotiating on the so-called fiscal cliff, ACT UP/NY ACT UP/Philadelphia, Housing Works and Student Global AIDS Campaign plan to give Congress a pre-World AIDS Day Message that AIDS Budget Cuts Kill.” UPDATE: Mediaite has a few more photos.

Reuters has the story: Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television’s “Sesame Street,” from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the “Million Muppet March.” The demonstration is planned for November 3 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., three days before the general election. Before …

On Monday, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone pleaded guilty to reckless driving rather than face trial for his drunk driving arrest in August. A spokeswoman with the City Attorney’s Office said the reduction is commonly offered in cases in which no bad driving is noted and suspects had fair to moderate performances on field sobriety tests, among other factors. Cordileone …

GetEQUAL will be staging a protest outside the installation of new San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone this Thursday. From their Facebook event page: Cordileone played a central role in founding and executing the Protect Marriage campaign, and under his influence, Catholic organizations in California played a leading role in financing the Prop 8 campaign. His partners included the National Organization …

Via press release: For the faith community, we can never be silent or indifferent when it comes to matters of justice, human rights and religious freedom. As people of principle and faith, we must purpose in our hearts that we will never comply with an unjust or immoral government mandate which would require us to violate our conscience, the teachings …

Mona Eltahawy was released from the NYPD’s Central Booking this afternoon after being held for 22 hours following her arrest for defacing one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. She’s been charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti. Her tweets since being released are interesting.

Well-known activist/journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested tonight after spray-painting one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. One of Geller’s supporters was apparently lurking nearby and attempted to intervene, spurring a shoving confrontation with Eltahawy, who was also arrested during last year’s riots in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, where she suffered a broken arm and hand during …

The BBC reports: Spanish police have baton-charged protesters attending a rally against austerity dubbed “Occupy Congress”. The clashes occurred as protesters tried to tear down barriers blocking access to the parliament in Madrid, reports said. Metal barriers had been placed around the building to block access from every possible direction. Indignants, as the demonstrators are known, say they are protesting …

The cop who casually pepper-sprayed a seated group of peaceful UC Davis students last year will not face criminal charges. The incident sparked a national rallying of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Yolo County District Attorney’s office said in a statement that there was insufficient evidence to prove the use of force was illegal. A task force appointed by the …

Video by JMG reader Phillip Davis. On September 16, 2012 a concert was held in Foley Square to mark the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys) was the emcee. Other performers included Michelle Shocked, Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth), Tom Chapin and The Chapin Sisters, Jimmy “The Rent is Too Damn High!” McMillan, Vermin …

Today is the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and this morning protesters are attempting to block access to the Stock Exchange. Click over to Gothamist for their live streaming video.

More photos here.

The Atlantic is tracking the anti-American protests exploding across many nations today. The map is being updated as reports come in.

At the top is famous elections raconteur Vermin Supreme, who is running for president on the platform of time travel research, zombie apocalypse awareness, and free ponies for every American. The guy in the bottom photo doesn’t know it yet, but he’s getting pranked by a fake conservative news reporter. I met her at Netroots but didn’t give her away …

This afternoon about 2000 protesters representing a broad range of causes paraded down Charlotte’s College Street and past the site of the Democratic National Convention. They were accompanied throughout by a heavy contingent of various law enforcement groups who also thronged the intersections and rooftops and hovered overhead in surveillance helicopters. Press appeared to outnumber spectators along the blocks in …