Tomorrow at 5 p.m. there will be MoveOn-initiated demonstrations in 900 cities and towns across the USA. The headlines for the demos is "No One is Above the Law." These demonstrations have been planned for many months – to take place if and when Trump interferes with the Mueller investigation. (The Mueller investigation was set up to address foreign/Russian interference in the 2016 election and/or collaboration with the Trump election campaign.)
MoveOn and supporters of this effort interpret today's firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and his replacement by Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to be a threat to the Mueller investigation, and so the rapid-response network is calling for demonstrations tomorrow.
Trump made it clear that Whitaker will have the responsibility to oversee the Mueller investigation, replacing Rod Rosenstein.
Whitaker is a total Trump loyalist and has made his opposition to the Mueller investigation clear.
The MoveOn website page for tomorrow's rapid-response demonstrations can be found here. The demonstrations closest to the Rivertowns are at the MLK Courthouse/statue in White Plains, and in Times Square. Both demos will have speakers, nonviolence, etc. etc. Almost 20,000 people have signed up to attend the NYC demo; and about 1300 have said they will attend the White Plains demo. Again, both demos start at 5 p.m. tomorrow/Thursday.
Indivisible Rivertowns has posted a lengthy description of the background of the demonstration and some of the logistics/speakers that will be part of the White Plains demo. To read it, go here.
Best wishes,
Frank Brodhead
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