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Whose Streets? Climate change activists successfully shuttered DC’s busiest intersections during rush hour this morning with human chains and creative roadblocks. The demonstration coincides with the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.
HAPPENING NOW: All over DC, people from all walks of life are saying ENOUGH, & blocking business as usual.
With bikes, cars, cafes, boats, even a blood pressure clinic for ppl who are stressed about the #ClimateCrisis 🏥
We demand a system that works for us ALL.#ShutDownDC pic.twitter.com/u1N5kJ3vo4
— Adam Greenberg 🔥🍑 (@pragmactivist) September 23, 2019
Welp: Donald Trump is openly admitting to asking Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden for corruption. Could this be the sneaky bullshit that (finally) gets Trump impeached? Probably not, but a gal can dream.
Climate Strike: In Portland, a Friday climate rally drew thousands of young Oregonians marching downtown and across the Hawthorne Bridge. The aggressive arrest of who Black Portland youth during this demonstration has local leaders clamoring for an explanation. .
Kid Crimes: A school resource officer (y’know, those cops assigned to patrol elementary schools) in Florida is being investigated for arresting two children—6 and 8—in separate episodes last week. The 6-year-old child was allegedly arrested for having a tantrum.
Women’s rights are more than just reproductive rights.
Housing is a women’s rights issue.
Transportation is a women’s rights issue.
Mass incarceration is a women’s rights issue.We must fight systems of control and oppression wherever we find them. pic.twitter.com/CthMe9Zog2
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) September 20, 2019
Loitering While Black: Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum, the state’s only African American representative, has accused Clackamas Town Center mall cops of racially profiling her teenage daughter on Friday night. According to Bynum’s daughter, she and several other Black friends were told to leave the mall parking lot for loitering. In response, Bynum is calling for a “loiter in” at the mall.
Face the Music: A judge denied Joey Gibson’s plea to fight his $1 million lawsuit in a courtroom outside of Multnomah County. That’s what happens when you make a habit of leaving your own jurisdiction to harass people living the next state over.
OLCC Strikes Back: Cider Riot, the company suing Gibson and his Patriot Prayer pals, is under investigation by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) for the way his staff handled a May 1 brawl outside the cidery.
Y La NPR: Portland’s very own Y La Bamba graced NPR’s Tiny Desk stage last week with its moody/magical melodies:
By the way… ARE YOU HUNGRY? Then may I interest you in the Portland Mercury‘s Chili Jamboree and Nacho Week? OH! AND YES, YOU DO LOOK SEXY! Tickets for HUMP! 2019 are right here.
