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Things start at 1:45: “Mic check! Mic check! Karl Rove is the architect of Occupy Iraq! Karl Rove is the architect of Occupy Afghanistan!” Rove kind of loses his shit at that point and most of the audience is on his side, of course.

“They have donut sugar in their veins!” I love this dude.

“You’re not productive. We’re ain’t giving to you if you’re not productive and that’s the message. The way it’s supposed to work is if you’re productive, it’s going to trickle down to you. But if you think the guy who had ten is going to trickle down to the guy who didn’t do anything with his one, Jesus says it’s …

Acting upon the orders of Mayor Bloomberg, hundreds of police officers raided Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park in a pre-dawn raid today. At least 75 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested as they were rousted from their tents and sleeping bags. The mayor’s office sent out a message on Twitter at 1:19 a.m. saying: “Occupants of Zuccotti should temporarily leave and remove …

Performed last night to an audience that included President Obama. From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Slack-key celebrity Makana used his performance at an APEC dinner last night at the Hale Koa Hotel as an opportunity to get his pro-Occupy Wall Street movement views out to President Barack Obama and other world leaders. Makana wore an “Occupy with Aloha” t-shirt under his …

The protest is on-going at this writing. Cops are concerned that the student group may merge with a nearby Occupy Wall Street protest and become unmanageable.

An estimated 25,000 protesters encircled the White House yesterday in protest of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline which would run from Alberta, Canada to Texas.

After 54 days, the protesters in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park finally have potties. Despite denials of permits by the City, Occupy Wall Street participants have worked diligently with the help of local officials to secure 24/7 access to toilets within reasonable distance of Liberty Square. Starting today, OWS is providing access to porta-potties in a private, well-lit space with 24-hour security, …

“Mic check! Mic check!”

“I believe that Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement. It would not have happened, it would not have happened but for his class warfare. And remember, as it gets worse and worse because it’s going to get worse and worse, where it came from. Barack Obama. He praised it. He supported it. He agrees with it. He sympathizes …

A member of the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday dumped hundreds of McDonald’s job applications on the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Two weeks ago employees of the CBOT mocked protesters by posting the message “We Are The 1%” in their office windows. Wanna bet somebody steps this up pretty quick?

Today’s World Net Daily poll reveals what Teabagistan is being told about Occupy Wall Street.

Photo description: “On Saturday over 1000 Americans laid their bodies down on a San Francisco beach to spell out “TAX THE 1%.” This protest was just the latest, and possibly most spectacular yet, in the wave of protests that have swept the nation since protesters occupied Wall Street, launching the “We are the 99%” movement.” (Tipped by JMG reader Andrew)

The NYPD clashed with protesters at last night’s solidarity march for Occupy Oakland.

Occupy Wall Street protesters will march at 3PM today to the former site of St. Vincent’s, the public hospital which closed in a suspicious bankruptcy last year. Via press release: St. Vincent’s was a Catholic-run hospital, which had a charity mission to serve the under-insured and uninsured. St. Vincent’s lacked the corporate clout to negotiate fair reimbursement rates from profit-driven …

Observers note that both ABC and CBS suspended their live video feeds moments before the Oakland police unleashed “flash-bang” grenades on protesters. Obviously, the cops didn’t want their actions transmitted to America’s living rooms. Pity about that iPhone thing, huh?

San Francisco Chronicle: Police fired tear gas at least five times Tuesday night into a crowd of several hundred protesters backing the Occupy movement who unsuccessfully tried to retake an encampment outside Oakland City Hall that officers had cleared away more than 12 hours earlier. Police gave repeated warnings to protesters to disperse from the entrance to Frank Ogawa Plaza …