NOW: @UTAustin students have reestablished an encampment on the campus’s South Lawn, renamed the Liberated Zone. Students have barricaded themselves and five or so tents in with tables and chairs. About a dozen campus police are present. Student & local organizers are affiliated with local chapters of or loosely w/ @jvplive, @palyouthmvmt, @VFPNational. They are demanding UT divest from weapons manufacturers tied to Israel & that UT Prez Jay Hartzell resign over DPS brutalization of student protesters last week.

https://twitter.com/candicebernd/status/1783212244374892885

NOW: I am trying to leave downtown Atlanta after covering a small action downtown and me and a friend are getting stopped by APD in a clear intimidation attempt. We are surrounded by five police vehicles in downtown Atlanta. We just want to leave.

NOW: At least 500 people are marching to the Atlanta Police Foundation to #stopcopcity after a rally against police terror at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center featuring speeches from reps from @CommunityMvt @BlackVotersMtr @pslnational @ShowUp4RJ @NewGAProject and more. The march is staying extremely tight to avoid police harassment and abuse after APD crackdowns on smaller protests throughout this week of action. Folks are trying to stay in five rows behind the leading banner. #StopCopCity

NOW: LGBTQ+ activists and allies, in alliance with armed community self defense groups, are defending “A Drag Queen Christmas” outside the Aztec theater in San Antonio, TX, from the “This is Texas Freedom Force” militia. The LGBTQ+ defenders outnumber the TITFF militia and protesters at least 2:1. TITFF showed up armed outside outside a drag brunch in Roanoke, TX, in August. They’ve also shown up armed at the Alamo to protest proposed changes.