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The network brings together the best DC area bloggers to weigh in on issues that matter to you. By Washington Post staff Police in riot gear and on horseback entered the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square around 5:30 am today and began collecting Watch LIVE: Occupy DC getting evicted. By Raw Story Saturday, February [...]

Testifying on Capitol Hill, NPS director Jonathan Jarvis defended his federal agency's decision to tolerate open-ended camping by Occupy DC on McPherson Square — even if its own rules say camping is prohibited. But, under pressure from Republicans on Hundreds of Occupy DC protesters staged a rally outside the event, demonstrating against the perceived injustices [...]

Angelica Gatewood said the structure was meant to be “an emergency heating shelter for the winter,” which is just beginning to bite in Washington, but another protester said it was jeopardizing Occupy DC's aims. Featured Video · Politics · Satire / Parody · Activism · Whoa! occupy-dc-wooden-structure-afp · Watch live: Occupy DC in standoff with [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Park Police are arresting Occupy DC protesters who are refusing to dismantle an unfinished wooden structure erected in a Washington park overnight. Police told them they had to have a permit. Occupy DC says 12 people have been The police used a cherry picker to remove Occupy DC protesters from a [...]