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More than half a million people turned out for the march at the nation’s capital. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The Women’s March in Washington D.C. was absolutely breathtaking, a thing that few that were in attendance will forget. The signs were out en masse, the outfits were beautiful, the pink hats oozed solidarity, the chants…
President Donald Trump walks to his swearing-in ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20 in Washington, DC. | Getty Trump blocks Federal Housing Administration plan to cut mortgage fees if this is a ‘universal’ story then the story-tag will be ‘story’ By Lorraine Woellert 01/20/17 01:29 PM EST Updated 01/20/17…
.entry-header Washington, D.C. — After being sworn into office today, the administration of President Donald Trump moved to raise Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, premiums for new homebuyers by 25 basis points. This action, which reverses an Obama administration move to lower premiums by 25 basis points, will cost a new homebuyer an additional $500 on their…
Hide CM floating unit In two days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President. The day after that, hundreds of thousands of women plan to meet at the Capitol and demonstrate against a new regime that has already, during its transition to power, shown itself to be plutocratic and friendly to various forms of discrimination….
President Donald Trump boasted his inauguration would have an “unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.” But aerial shots of the National Mall from President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and today show that isn’t likely. Here’s an image taken at about 11:30 AM ET in 2009: 1.8 million people were thought to have attended President Barack Obama’s historic…
Nobody on the roads Nobody on the streets Can feel it in the air Summer’s out of reach Empty lake Empty streets The sun goes down alone I’m driving by your house Though I know you’re not home core-decorated Where Is Everyone?.
CLOSE As the day’s events for the Trump inauguration begin, protesters continue to demonstrate outside checkpoints for ticketed guests of the inauguration. (Jan. 20) AP Maggie Larson and her husband, Michael, traveled from Philadelphia to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump on the National Mall Jan. 20 in Washington.(Photo: Jessica Kourkounis, Getty Images) cxenseparse_start WASHINGTON…
Washington Post video reporter Dalton Bennett was pulled back and knocked down by riot police in downtown Washington D.C., while trying to video tape the arrest of dozens of anti-Trump protesters in Washington D.C. Protesters wearing all black were arrested as part of an unauthorized march by a group calling itself the “Anti-captialist, Anti-Facist Bloc.”…
How to grapple with fascism? How to survive a country that doesn’t want us to withstand it? There ’s not a way to self-care out of an exhausting and dark future, there’s no physical action that can totally protect us. Face masks can help pass the time and “purify” your pores but you still have…
Donald Trump officially became president today, and in an inaugural address he promised many things, some of which may sound familiar, because they were directly lifted from the D.C. comics villain Bane. Compare Trump’s declaration that, “Today’s ceremony, however has very special meaning. Because today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to…