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More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ aggressive redistricting plans have returned, restoring quorum and allowing the GO
Footage over the weekend from another pro-Palestine protest in Glasgow showed a man, also wearing a Plasticine Action tee, being spoken to by officers. The force confirmed that no arrests were made. Palestine Action was banned after members broke into the RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed red paint into aircraft engines.
Dozens of Democrats left the state earlier this month to block a redistricting plan that would add up to five GOP-held congressional seats in Texas.
Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent the night at the state's Capitol, which she live streamed, after refusing to sign a pledge that she would return for a vote on redistricting. Her protest came after House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced that the Texas Democrats would not be allowed to leave the chambers until they signed a document promising to show up the following morning and that they would be forced to have police escorts back and forth.
Hundreds of people have joined an anti-immigration protest in Dudley in a demonstration over the use of hotels for asylum seekers. A small group of counter-protesters also gathered in Market Place on Sunday.
The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State
A remote Everglades facility drew prayers, tears and outrage as families rallied for immigrants held there at a Mass led by 'Father Frank' O'Loughlin.
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More than 50 people attended a Columbus protest Sunday against sending Ohio National Guard troops to the nation's capital.