DC Residents want National Guard Troops out of their city. Photo: J. Zangas/DCMGWashington DC—On Saturday afternoon DC residents rallied in opposition to street patrols of armed National Guard Soldiers. Organized by the Party of Socialism and Liberation, multiple speakers told of the negative effects from the deployment of thousands of […]
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Washington DC—They rode up late at night along the silent driveway to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Stopping just long enough to attach a few cables and turn on their projector, they beamed a light show from a car window. Security was caught totally flat-footed. The […]
Washington DC—It was nine years ago on August 12, that dozens of supremacist, Alt-Right, neo-nazi, klansmen, and nationalist groups rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia against a plan to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from downtown Lee Park. Organized by Jason Kessler, the ‘Unite the Right’ rally was […]
Washington DC—What was supposed to be a brief light projection onto a building turned into a lesson in First Amendment rights for DC Police on Wednesday night. While activists projected a series of slides onto the side of John Hopkins University at 5th & Pennsylvania, a security guard from the […]
Washington DC—Third Act-DMV turned its projector lights onto the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) late at night on Wednesday to highlight pressure to remove an history exhibit about tumultuous periods of the United States. The display focuses on the nation’s factual history of indigenous people, immigrants, enslaved people, […]
Washington DC—She smoothes the wrinkles from a white cotton dress fitted over a headless mannequin. Then she rearranges the markers evenly on the banner while reading some of the messages left by visitors about her exhibit. Next to the dress are four empty chairs with placards reading, ‘education,’ ‘work,’ and […]
Washington DC—If the last 18 months have taught us anything about the United States, it feels much more divided than in living memory. There are obvious signs that this country’s democratic experiment is melting in its armored checks and balances. Its machinery is grinding and sounds like it’s breaking apart. […]
Washington DC—A cheering team calling itself the “Team Algae” put on green costumes and brought their green signs, snark, jokes, and plenty of trolling to the edge of the Reflecting Pool on Sunday. One wore a pink frog costume with “Amphifa,” a one-two jab combination of Amphibian and Antifa. Their […]
Washington DC—“ It’s not easy being green,” so said Kermit the Frog when things weren’t going quite right for the little green guy. And things are really going off the rails at the Reflecting Pool. Attempts to paint the Reflecting Pool with flag-blue for the nation’s 250th birthday have turned […]
Washington DC—The Institute for Primary Facts began its weeklong opening of the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room on Monday, June 8. The display opened to the public on Tuesday, June 9, after an exclusive day for media coverage. The display will continue traveling to other cities […]
Arlington, VA—Organizers from the Third Act DMV Chapter and several Veterans displayed banners and erected a giant Triumphal Arch replica next to the Lincoln Memorial over Memorial Day weekend. It’s purpose was to demonstrate plans to build a giant arch, which they say is posing as a memorial for the […]
Washington DC—As the U.S. pauses on Memorial Day to honor its fallen service members, its citizens should also pause to reflect on its recent war history. Citizens should ask why their country has been in so many wars—more than any other country—over the last 75 years. The U.S. has been […]