On the 13th of August, one of Momma Rose’s drag shows proceeded unobstructed in spite of attempt by two Christian nationalist groups to besiege and halt it.

Defenders held the property line, forcing the police to keep the attackers at bay on the sidewalk. One was using a bullhorn, unlike others using bullhorns at protests in Lakeland he was NOT arrested, only ordered to shut it up.

Two main groups of would-be attackers showed up: some out of town Fundies from Oklahoma, and the same Christian nationalist cult that assaulted a child at Pasco Pride back in February.Some of the latter have a considerable history of violence, including an open sexual assault case. One said “I like pushing people” and proceeded to do exactly that. Also present was a 3%er militia member who admitted to being present at the J6/2021 assault on the US Capitol.

Florida’s climate change amplified heat and sun proved more powerful than their alleged faith, and they soon began to melt away. When the last of them left, the drag show was still going on strong, with none of them getting in. All of the drag show attendees and the Queen got in and out totally unopposed.

Christian Nationalists threw everything they had at this drag show short of bats or firearms, and they were utterly defeated. Their objective was to halt the show, the show was totally unobstructed, so they lose and we win.

On August 10, a substantial crowd protested outside Orlando City Hall against DeSantis sacking his SECOND elected prosecutor. This is not about someone losing their job, but rather about the dangerous fascist being appointed to take her place.

On Aug 9, Florida dictator Ron DeSantis “suspended” the Orlando area’s elected reformist prosecutor Monique Worrel. He installed far-right, Federalist Society affiliated judge Andrew Bain as her replacement. Andrew Bain is promising more holds without bond, a refusal of all diversion programs, and more. He is a Fascist just like DeSantis and represents police warfare against all communities that are not rich, white, and Cishet.

Fl Rep Anna Eskamini pointed out that it is another DeSantis-appointed, unelected prosecutor in Tampa who is responsible for the Tampa 5 felony charges against peaceful protesters.

Monique Worrel herself spoke at the rally-and pointed out that the day after she was sacked, “investigators” showed up at her house whining about her allegedly being too slow to return every last piece of Fl state property she had accumulated in three years in elected office. She warned that if this is how DeSantis treats a former prosecutor, how will he treat those his police arrest in the community?

On the 3ed of August, Climate Defiance got inside the Citibank-sponsored Citi Open tennis match in Washington DC. Once inside, they unfurled banners and tossed oversize mock tennis balls painted in flames onto the field. The entire event had to stop and wait while the mock tennis balls were removed, and security got quite rough with Climate Defiance.

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Trump’s appearance at DC’s E Barret Prettyman Federal courthouse created a circus atmosphere outside, MAGA meatheads protested Trump’s indictment for three major felonies stemming from his failed Jan 6 2021 coup attempt. They were in turn counterprotested by DC residents and others who were not pleased to Trumpers return to DC given the known history of violence Nov 14 2020-Jan 6 2021.

Trump is a literal flight risk owning his own jet (shown taking off after Trump left the courthouse in bonus footage from DC Media Group), having plenty of money and the ability to run home to Putin at any time. Anyone else getting a third felony while out on release from two others would face an almost guaranteed hold, yet Trump was permitted to literally fly away back to Miami and his fellow coup plotters there.

The first of August was the 1 year anniversary of the extreme-right, pro-Trump/pro J6 protest at the DC Jail. As has been routine in recent months, counterprotesters drowned them out with bullhorns, sometimes in siren mode.

The same place will probably be an absolute and total circus on the evening of Thursday, August 3 after Trump’s 4PM court appearance at the Federal courthouse Trump is facing 70 years on J6-related charges and if he were anyone else would be held without bond. If THAT happens, expect a very tense scene at DC Jail that night.

Remember that when Trump lost the 2020 election, three huge street battles (20,000+ participants) were fought in the city as a result, culminating in the J6 attempt to overturn the election by force and if necessary arms.

Ugly mess at Watertown, Wisconsin’s “Pride in the Park event on July 29: ARMED neo-nazis from “blood tribe” taunt Pridegoers, accuse all of being pedophiles.

Ford Fischer got this video of cops refusing to remove the Nazis even as Pridegoers began to confront the fash. Well, cops are fascists too, so this should surprise nobody.

Rather funny that with Nazis neo or otherwise being such nationalists, one of them is carrying not a US made and designed AR platform rifle, but rather an AK. Many groups neo-Nazis hate have featured the AK on flags and logos for over half a century.

On the 29th of July, the Trot for Trans Lives came to Orlando, the finishing point of Transgender ultramarathoner Cal Dobbs’s 2,700 milecross-country run from California to Florida. Cal called Florida “the epicenter of anti-trans legislation.”

The cross-country run was to show support for Florida’s beseiged trans community. At many stops a local Trot for Trans Lives 5K run/walk fundraiser was held, the last of these in Orlando at the finish of the run.

On the 25th of June, near the end of the meeting, a speaker hammered the Polk County, Fl school board. They have refused to make any statement of defiance against a new requirement that students must be taught that Black people benefited from SLAVERY. That’s right-Black students are supposed to tolerate being “taught” that slavery was a good thing for their ancestors. The Polk County school board is silent on this and thus expected to comply

On July 24, Generation Ratify blocked DC’s Constitution Ave to support ratification of the ERA(Equal Rights Amendment). Twenty or more activists set up the blockade, while maybe 5 members of the forced-birth group PAAU (the fetus stealers) tried to counterprotest but were ineffective. Two pro-ERA blockaders were arrested

On the 20th of July, Beyond Extreme Energy and residents of the area near the Mountain Valley Pipeline project protested first at FERC, then at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Direct action teams are again working to block MVP construction after Manchin rammed it through as part of a budget bill. Someone noticed that rusted pipe segments are being used without repair in the ongoing attempts to finish the pipeline.

The 42 inch diameter pipeline sections the MVP’s builders are seeking to put into use have been out in the rain, snow, and sun as long as 6 years in some cases. They’ve also been in floodwaters and standing water. Pipeline safety experts and even some of the MVP’s own staffers have warned that just one year or even six months in the open can damage the protective coating meant for use underground. Once that occurs, the piple can rust through, and when a big high pressure gas pipeline rusts through an explosion at the pipeline may be the least serious case. Slow leaks into basements can actually worse as then houses are what blow up. One more way natural gas can blow up your house

FERC is the infamous Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, once again turned into the pipeline industry’s biggest rubber stamp, this time by Sen Joe Manchin. If Manchin things environmentalist are going to knock on doors for him in W Va in his next re-election, he must be hallucinating.