Quick Glance: Protester grabbed at Jill Biden's event
- A pro-Palestinian protester was grabbed by the crowd at Jill Biden's speech in Tucson.
- Two protesters disrupted the speech and were swiftly escorted out.
- The protesters called for a cease-fire in Gaza and highlighted the situation there.
- Organizers emphasized the importance of the protest and support for Palestinians.
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Quick Glance: Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's right-wing administration.
- Thousands of protesters marched through Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new cabinet, the country's most right-wing in history.
- "If we don't take to the streets, we will lose our democracy," Hewi Boem, a participant in the Tel Aviv march, said.
- She claimed that the current administration is criminal and corrupt.
- Netanyahu returns to Israel with a hard-right cabinet. Another attendee stated that while it was encouraging that so many people flocked to the streets, "but there are still not enough to stop this criminal government."
As the 56th Arizona Legislature started its work Monday, student protesters across the street from the Arizona Capitol took a stand against laws targeting ... Show more https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/01/09/students-protest-anti-lgbtq-bills-as-legislative-session-begins/69790616007/?cid=facebook_azcentral
“It was supposed to be a one-day protest. And halfway through the day … we realized we could actually stop this project.”
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Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago raid: Armed Trump supporters protest at FBI headquarters in Phoenix
- On Saturday, armed supporters of former President Donald Trump demonstrated outside the FBI office in Phoenix, Arizona, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.
- According to one demonstrator, they were come to oppose the "unlawful search" of the Florida property.
- It came after the Justice Department and Trump both stated that the information should be made public.
- They did not enter FBI property.
Quick Glance: Abortion Rights Victory in Kansas
- Peter Slevin writes about a Kansas ballot initiative that, if enacted, would have removed abortion rights from the state constitution.
- They purposefully placed an incomprehensible ballot question on a midterm primary ballot that has historically drawn considerably more Republican voters than Democrats or independents.
- Voters temporarily halted a push for stricter abortion restrictions in the state, boosting the spirits of battered Democrats around the country.
- "I have four daughters," Ashley All, the Kansans for Constitutional Freedom spokesperson, told reporters on Wednesday morning.
Quick Glance: The United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, effectively ending the constitutional right to abortion.
- The ruling allows states in the United States to prohibit abortion.
- Wade judgment, which established women's constitutional right to abortion, was slammed by President Joe Biden as drastically changing life for millions of women in America and exacerbating mounting tensions in a severely fragmented country.
- The landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision is overturned by the United States Supreme Court.
- The Casey decision was also reversed in Friday's judgement.
Quick Glance: Michigan cop charged with second-degree murder after shooting a black man
- Officer Christopher Schurr of Grand Rapids has been charged in the death of Patrick Lyoya during a traffic check (Photos: AP/Reuters).
- Schurr then grabs Lyoya and forces him to flee.
- Schurr yells, and Lyoya seems to take the cop's Taser during a scuffle on a front yard.
- His parents have demanded that Schurr be fired and punished, describing the incident as "another senseless killing of a black person in America by the very people who were supposed to protect them"
During Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R) discussed threats he’s faced after resisting the Trump ... Show more