LIVE: Massive demonstration for abortion, civil disobedience expected

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LIVE: Massive demonstration for abortion, civil disobedience expected

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1. My Wish

I really wish that the public could hear from all the unheard witnesses from two SCOTUS hearings: Clarence Thomas's and Brett Kavanaugh's.

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3. Abortion rights supporters are risking arrest on Capitol Hill, sitting-in en masse at ...

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Abortion rights supporters are risking arrest on Capitol Hill, sitting-in en masse at the intersection of First and Constitution. “We have nothing to lose, we have everything to gain, we must win,” they sing, with police beginning to encircle them

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Traffic stopped. Arrest warnings made. Cops walking protesters out of the area one or two at a time, crowd erupting in cheers whenever someone is led away. First major civil disobedience action near the Supreme Court in the week since Roe was overturned.

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Arrests continue. I’d guess crowd that stayed to risk arrest numbered around a hundred, about half are left, chanting “we won’t back down” and “abortion is a human right” outside Senate office buildings. Super hot on the pavement.

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The Rev. William Barber II, who led thousands with the Poor People's Campaign in a Pennsylvania Avenue rally earlier this month, joins the sit-in. "We won't back down: Every city, every town, every street," he says, moments before he's led away by police.

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Last of the arrests. Protesting the end of Roe, one block over from the court.

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