Washington DC—On Thursday afternoon onlookers stared in silent disgust as Volvo straight booms and ACECo Caterpillar excavators crushed, clawed, and removed the last remnants of the White House East Wing. Dust stirred in the cool October wind as the demolition machines operated like slow-motion mechanical monsters from a 1960’s Japanese […]
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Washington DC—An anonymous artist has set up untitled installation art near the U.S. Capitol revealing their interpretation of the state of the U.S. presidency. The prop consists of a golden gilded television, a golden gilded eagle atop it with its wings spread, and golden laurel, resting on a grey column. […]
Washington DC—City Council unanimously voted 13-0 to rename the DC Blue Plains Water Treatment Facility in honor of President Donald Trump. An amendment to the bill also calls for installation of a giant golden throne in his honor. The vote came late on Monday night after most administrators had left […]
Washington DC—A couple of witty activists spun up a rebrand of Trump’s DC area International Golf Course Country Club with a giant banner on Saturday, renaming it the “Golf of Mexico.” They welcomed anyone who may happen to join the president today for a round at his to posh club—in […]
Washington DC—Thousands surrounded the White House Saturday with a ‘people’s red line’ message to the Biden administration to stop funding and supporting Israel’s war on Gaza. At midday, hundreds unfurled and circled the White House with a 2 mile long red banner with names of thousands of Palestinians slain by […]
Washington DC—Activists from the community collective OurRightsDC, an organization of concerned citizens in the DC metro area, walked to the White House on Tuesday afternoon to pressure President Joe Biden to declare a public heath emergency over rising numbers of pregnancy related health emergencies in hospitals across the country. They […]
Washington, DC — Peace activists are calling for the U.S. government to call off plans for a massive military construction project on the Japanese island of Okinawa. On January 7, a fourth generation Okinawan-American and local peace groups staged a demonstration and delivered a petition with 190,000 signatures to the […]
Washington DC — The White House typically sees several protests on any given weekend, but since the election of President Trump, it has become ground zero for increasing anger and discontent. The Secret Service has responded by setting up barricades in the middle of Pennsylvania Ave. to keep protesters […]
Washington, DC–White supremacist Richard Spencer and about 20 of his followers expressed hatred for immigrants at the White House Sunday afternoon while protesting the San Francisco trial verdict in the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle. About 75 counter-protesters confronted Spencer and his Nazi group on Pennsylvania Ave. as they […]
Washington, DC — Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are conducting a 24-hour vigil outside the White House despite administration plans to scrap the program within 6 months. In spite of President Trump’s intent to make good on a campaign promise to end DACA, a White […]
Washington DC On Sunday At exactly 7:02 PM, peace activists Philipos Melaku-Bello and Cliff Roberts sit quietly at the Peace Vigil in front of the North Portico of the White House. They mark the moment when 72 years ago the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. But this […]
Washington, DC Dozens of speakers, including leaders of think tanks, former government officials, and representatives from environmental groups converged on the White House Thursday afternoon to criticize President Donald Trump for his decision to back out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump’s decision to rescind the U.S. endorsement of the […]