Tag: Protests

Philadelphia Eagle Malcolm Jenkins is one of several players on the team not expected to attend a traditional White House Super Bowl reception held to honor the winning team. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Here are the Philadelphia Eagles players expected to skip the White House Super Bowl reception

Naomi Lim · February 6, 2018 12:41 am

The nation could use four quarters of peace and quiet as the Philadelphia Eagles take on the New England Patriots. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

This Super Bowl Sunday, give politics a rest

Washington Examiner · February 4, 2018 5:01 am

"When I watch these guys sitting in protest during our national anthem, disrespecting my country, disrespecting my flag, in my opinion, it made me so angry," Ray Steadmon, a veteran who served with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, told MLive.com. Steadmon, the owner of a bowling alley in Coloma, Mich., is thus hosting a bowling tournament instead a Super Bowl party on Sunday. (YouTube Screenshot / MLive)

Michigan bowling alley takes a stand against NFL protests, breaks Super Bowl party tradition to host patriotic tournament

Katie Leach · February 3, 2018 8:49 pm

Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who is on the ballot for governor, said he wasn't concerned about the message it was sending to the NFL prior to the Super Bowl because the resolution is focused on "recognizing our flag and our anthem and being very proud of our heritage here." (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Georgia state Senate denounces NFL year before Super Bowl comes to Atlanta

Mandy Mayfield · February 1, 2018 9:19 pm

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill holds his Homberg hat against a gust of wind as he arrives at the White House in Washington on June 29, 1954 for his last talk with President Eisenhower on international problems.

Beltway Confidential

Social justice warriors stormed a London cafe to protest Winston Churchill. They failed.

Tom Rogan · January 31, 2018 8:47 pm

Congressional Democrats participated in more than one kind of protest during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Democrats decry Trump’s ‘divisive’ State of the Union

Laura Barrón-López · January 31, 2018 6:53 am

A University of California, Berkeley, student has said she sat the Women's March out because it wasn't radical enough. (screenshot)

Red Alert Politics

Women’s March not radical enough for UC Berkeley students

John Patrick · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump took a subtle jab at NFL football players who have spent the past year protesting race relations by taking a knee during the national anthem at games. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Trump swipes at NFL national anthem protests in State of the Union address

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 2:55 am

President Trump will speak to a joint session of Congress Tuesday at his first State of the Union address. (Jim Lo Scalzo / Associated Press)

4 big ways Democrats plan to protest Trump’s State of the Union

Laura Barrón-López · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

The Women's March was the first tip-off that the new wave of feminism is less about equality of the sexes and more about revenge of one sex against another.

Beltway Confidential

America is waking up to the farce that is feminism

Suzanne Venker · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

University of Chicago students are protesting the upcoming visit of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Red Alert Politics

University of Chicago students, faculty protest potential campus visit from ‘white supremacist’ Steve Bannon

Mitchell Gunter · January 29, 2018 8:06 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May invited President Trump to London last week while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said, "I'll be there. She [Theresa May] just invited me. Twice. State and working. One is a state, October." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Thousands of Brits already planning protests around Trump’s October visit

Anna Giaritelli · January 29, 2018 12:58 pm