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TODAY: Massive Protest Planned At Trump Tower

Gays Against Guns, Queer Nation, and other gun control activists groups will stage a join “Stop The Hate, Stop The Guns” protest at 5PM this afternoon outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The protest is designed to coincide with the opening of the GOP convention and your participation is welcomed. Via press release: The GOP has drafted what …

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Cleveland Paper Issues Survival Guide On Republican Convention: Basically Just Stay Out Of Cleveland

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Remember how excited we all were when Cleveland won the right to host the Republican National Convention? Now that the convention is days away, the realization is starting to sink in. “Shoot! What am I going to do that week?” Streets will be closed. Protesters could be a nuisance. You’ll need a pass to get …

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PORTLAND: Trump Supporter Faces 40 Years In Prison After Threatening Protesters With Gun [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: Michael Strickland, the right-wing agitator and Trump supporter seen in this video brandishing a gun at a peaceful Black Lives Matter rally, has been charged with two class A felonies after being arrested and initially released Friday morning on his own recognizance without bail. At his arraignment today at the Multnomah County Courthouse in downtown Portland Strickland …

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Court Strikes Down Protest Zone At GOP Convention

From the Wall Street Journal: A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Cleveland’s rules limiting protests during next month’s Republican National Convention, finding the city’s strict security regulations violated the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Court Judge James Gwin ruled the city’s establishment of a large zone around the July convention site within which protesters’ ability to demonstrate …

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SACRAMENTO: Hundreds Protest Christian Pastor Who Called For Shooting Gays In The Head [VIDEO]

From the Sacramento Bee: More than 500 people gathered early Sunday morning outside the Sacramento church where last week a pastor gave an inflammatory sermon praising the massacre of LGBT people in an Orlando nightclub. Chants of “Love conquers hate” rang out when worshippers walked down the police-protected entrance to Verity Baptist church in an office park on Northgate Boulevard. …

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CALIFORNIA: Protesters Bloody Trump Backers [VIDEO]

The Washington Post calls it an “ugly, bloody scene.” Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate’s supporters. Protesters jumped on cars, pelted Trump supporters with eggs and water balloons, snatched signs and stole “Make America Great” hats off supporters’ heads before burning the hats and …

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Moral Monday: Arrests At North Carolina Statehouse

From Raleigh’s CBS affiliate: Law enforcement started making arrests Monday evening after hundreds of HB2 protesters moved inside the Legislative building. A crowd of around 350 gathered between the Legislative Building and the Capitol building before moving inside the Legislature just before 5 p.m. The Raleigh Police were seen arresting demonstrators around 5:20 p.m. As of 5:40 p.m., 11 people …

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May Day Rallies Feature Anti-Trump Theme [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: Hundreds of people marched through Los Angeles on Sunday in a May Day rally that took aim at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for his anti-illegal immigration platform that includes building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The demonstration in America’s second most populous city, which has a large immigrant population, came just days after protesters …

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LIVE VIDEO: Activists March On Mississippi Governor’s Mansion In Protest Of Anti-LGBT Law

Activists are marching on the mansion of Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant today in protest of the recently-passed anti-LGBT law. Watch live at this link.

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Todd Starnes: Anti-Trump Protesters Should Be Shot

Last month Fox News radio host Todd Starnes declared that anti-Trump protesters should be run over if they block the road. This afternoon the avowed Christian tweeted that the “Second Amendment” should be used against protesters. His implication is clear.

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LIVE VIDEO: Protests Outside Trump Speech

Donald Trump and his bodyguards just literally clambered through a ditch to evade the hundreds of protesters outside the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, California, where Trump is about to speak to the state GOP convention. Watch below.

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CALIFORNIA: Chaos At Trump Rally [VIDEO]

From the Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to the Republican presidential candidate. Traffic came to a halt as a boisterous crowd walked in the roadway, some waving American and Mexican flags. …

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MISSISSIPPI: Activists To March On Governor’s Mansion In May Day Rally To Repeal Hate Law [VIDEO]

From the Human Rights Campaign: On April 5, 2016, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed into law H.B. 1523, “The Religious Liberty Accommodations Act,” which would allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against LGBT Mississippians in some of the most important aspects of their lives, including at work, at schools, and in their communities. Take …

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Manhattan Braces For Huge Anti-Trump Protests

All five presidential candidates are in New York City today. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will square off tonight at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in their first debate since early last month. But the real action may come late this afternoon in Manhattan, when we might see the largest anti-Trump protest since Hair Furor launched his campaign. Via Gothamist: All …

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NEW YORK CITY: Thousands Of Anti-Trump Activists Plan To Disrupt State Republican Gala

Via Breitbart: Organizers planning an anti-Donald Trump protest in New York City next week expect thousands of people to show up when the GOP presidential frontrunner speaks at the New York State GOP Gala on Trump’s home turf of Manhattan, Breitbart News has learned. The protesters have set up a Facebook Event page “Protest Donald Trump at the NY State …

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MISSISSIPPI: Billboard Mocks Anti-LGBT Hate Law

The group that created the rainbow flag house across from Westboro Baptist Church has struck again. The Daily Mail reports: A humanitarian nonprofit has mocked Mississippi’s latest anti-LGBT legislation with a hilarious billboard. The sign, installed in Jackson, depicts an appalled Jesus saying: ‘Guys, I said I hate figs and to love thy neighbor’. Planting Peace, which advocates for LGBT …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Pro-Trans Activists Sing “Let Us Pee” Outside Mansion Of Gov. Pat McCrory [VIDEO]

From the Raleigh News & Observer: With signs that read “Y’all means all” and “Bigotry is a bad business model,” more than 200 people marched down Jones Street in Raleigh, N.C., and protested House Bill 2 across from the Executive Mansion on Saturday afternoon. “Triangle Families against HB2” was a peaceful event that lasted about two hours. HB2 overturned an …

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Animal Rights Activists Disrupt Mass At St. Patrick’s Cathedral Because Ham Is Eaten On Easter [VIDEO]

From the New York Daily News: A teacher from North Carolina was arrested after he and a handful of animal rights activists disrupted the noon Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Security guards wasted no time sprinting toward Jacob Martin during the packed Midtown service, ushering the 23-year-old down the empty aisle as he yelled into a bullhorn, according to …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Hundreds Protest Anti-LGBT Law Outside Governor’s Mansion In Raleigh [VIDEO]

Raleigh’s NBC affiliate reports: Five people were arrested after protesters blocked North Blount Street in front of the governor’s mansion in downtown Raleigh Thursday evening in response to Gov. Pat McCrory signing the state discrimination bill into law Wednesday night. Jade Brooks, 30, of Durham, Salma Mirza, 28, of Durham, Ngoc Tran, 20, of Durham, Jessica Jude, 27, of Durham, …

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Protesters March On NYC’s Trump Tower [VIDEO]

CBS New York reports: Thousands of protesters gathered in front of one of Donald Trump’s signature Manhattan buildings Saturday to protest the GOP front-runner. The protesters waved signs and played drums. They planned on marching toward Trump Tower, the Fifth Avenue skyscraper near Columbus Circle where Trump lives. Some protesters at the event told 1010 WINS’ Samantha Liebman that they …

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