The March For Our Lives protest drew an estimated 800,000 people to Washington, D.C. compared to the 250,000 who attended Donald Trump’s inauguration. Here is the crowd estimate: Officials connected with today’s #MarchForOurLives here in D.C. tell @NBCNews that they are estimating a crowd size of *800,000* after forecasts of 500,000. Sure feels likes that…
Just ten days after firing his ” Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, Mr. Trump decided to remove one of the last remaining ‘adults’ in the room, by firing H.R. McMaster relieving him from his post as National Security Adviser. As with Tillerson, McMaster learned of his demise through a Tweet, Mr. Trump’s preferred method of…
Trump’s authoritarianism is apparently about to get even more extreme. According to a new Foreign Policy report, his new national security advisor, John Bolton, is preparing to systematically “clean house” and fire anyone perceived to have ever been “disloyal” to the president from the National Security Council (NSC). Those who were hired under Obama or…
Yet another legislator has joined the record-breaking number of Republican congressmen who say they won’t be running for re-election in 2018. The latest is Rep. Ryan Costello, who represents Pennsylvania’s 6th District. Costello’s decision comes after continued warnings of how vulnerable his seat is, and for weeks he was rumored to be eyeing the private…
The massive March For Our Lives rallies, some led by student survivors from Parkland, aim to break legislative gridlock that has long stymied efforts to increase restrictions on firearms sales in a nation where mass shootings like the one on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have become frighteningly common.
Thanks to the omnibus spending bill Trump signed on Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has canceled a set of efforts meant to tackle the issue of school safety. Since the bill slashed $1.3 billion from the department’s budget, there is no longer enough money to finance these projects, according to a statement put out…
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The White House released a memo Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military. The action by President Trump is a follow-up to his tweets last year where he announced that he wanted to prohibit transgender individuals from military service. This is clearly a political move designed to appease his right-wing supporters….
Here are five of the most powerful moments so far from the Washington, DC March For Our Lives. 11 Year Old Naomi Wadler: Naomi Wadler was incredible at #MarchForOurLives "I might still be 11 and we might still be in elementary school but we know, we know that there is an equal for everyone and…
NBC News estimated that March For Our Life crowd size in Washington, DC could reach at least 1 million people. Video of NBC crowd size estimate: NBC News estimates at least 1 million people are at the Washington, DC #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/MW5Q3KGI3Q pic.twitter.com/BibUc5lyDf — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) March 24, 2018 Chris Matthews and Brian Williams said on…
More than 800 demonstrations were set to take place in U.S. cities from Los Angeles to New York and in countries around the world, according to coordinators.
In Sydney, Australia, rally organizer Jennifer Smith told a crowd of about 300 people, many of them Americans, that she could “breathe easy” about sending her children to school in Australia with its tough gun laws.
“We know the truth. Shooting after shooting, the American people now see one thing they all have in common — the weapons. Politicians, either represent the people or get out.”
Hundreds of thousands with as many as 500,000 protesters arrived in DC demanding stronger gun laws, while Donald Trump fled to Florida and hid at his private club. Video of Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky announcing that the revolution has arrived: Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky stands before hundreds of thousands at #MarchForOurLives and tells Republican NRA…
This is just a snapshot of the more than 800 demonstrations that took place as part of the “March For Our Lives” event that was organized in the span of just over a month.Â
“Mr. President, if you’re watching, I am watching you. And you better darn know that I will make sure that you sign that bill into law and that you will change this, or so help me, I will vote you out.”
As the March For Our Lives swept through Washington D.C. and the world on Saturday, the impacts of the work being done by these young people were already being felt. Change is happening.
Watch live as potentially half of a million people are set to gather in Washington, D.C. to protest for stronger gun laws. Washington Post Live Stream: ABC News Live Stream: USA Today Live Stream:
The president, wholly in the pocket of the NRA, wanted nothing to do with Saturday’s massive march in the nation’s capital.
Anyone tempted to #DeleteFacebook after the personal data of millions of users fell into the hands of a political consultancy is still likely to be monitored by the social network, which tracks nearly 30 percent of global website traffic.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to rally nationwide on Saturday for tighter gun laws in “March For Our Lives” protests led by survivors of the Florida school massacre, which reiginited public anger over mass shootings.
The Cambridge Analytica headquarters in London were raided by 18 law enforcement officers from the British Information Ministry on Friday evening after a judge granted a search warrant. According to news reports, the warrant and the British Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, were “seeking access to records held by Cambridge Analytica which faces allegations it may…
