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#ShutDownDC is an organizing space where individuals and groups can come together to organize direct action in the fight for justice.
Dec 24, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
.@louiscasiano from @FoxNews reached out to ask if we are actually planning on contaminating the hotel rooms of Proud Boys with bedbugs. The short answer is no, we don't even know if that's possible. But here's our full response. That post was clearly satire. We have no idea how one would actually go about the activity that was suggested.

What is not satire are the numerous death threats that were sent to us by Trump supporters in the lead up to the November election.
Dec 23, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
So these assholes who want to overturn the election have a website now, wildprotest.com. And what's this? Booking codes for local hotels? @mhMetroCenter @hicapitoldc @alexandriaholin explain why ur welcoming violent white supremacists who burn #BlackLivesMatter banners. Let's also ask their corporate parents @marriott @holidayinn why they are doing business with white supremacists #DefendDC
Dec 13, 2020 12 tweets 2 min read
Statement from Asbury United Methodist Church, whose parishioners woke up this morning to images of Proud Boys tearing down their #BlackLivesMatter signs & literally burning them in the streets.

The statement is as powerful as it is tragic so we'll share the full text (THREAD) Since 1836, Asbury United Methodist Church has stood at the corner of 11&K Streets NW, Washington, DC. We are a resilient people who have trusted in God through slavery and the Underground Railroad, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement...