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Kindness can be found anywhere

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Donald Trump faced a public protest on Thursday night ahead of his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Hundreds of people, including Ukrainians and American veterans, took to the streets of Anchorage, as the city prepares to host what many are calling the talk of the century.

The protesters criticised the president for hosting the Russian president, who has been indicted for war crimes.

Draped in Ukrainian flags and holding aloft signs that labelled the Russian president a war criminal, the crowd demanded Volodymyr Zelensky be included in peace talks.

European leaders fear that Mr Trump and his Russian counterpart could negotiate an end to the three-year conflict over the Ukrainian president’s head, who has been sidelined from discussions.

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In plain English:

1. More erasure of American history

2. Dissent and discussion will not be tolerated. It, too, will be erased to give the impression of unity.

The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary next year to ensure the museums align with President Donald Trump's view of American history, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

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Read the article.

There is no excuse for the way ICE is treating human beings, citizen or not, legal or not. THERE IS NO EXCUSE AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT.

There is another nationwide protest tomorrow. I know it's hot, but if at all possible, make sure you go for at least part of the time. Join the growing crowd of Americans who will not stand by and watch while this administration continues to erode everything this country is supposed to stand for.

Stand up and be counted. Please.

You can zoom in on the map here to find the nearest protest tomorrow.

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A federal court has again barred the Trump administration from moving forward with plans to undo the grant of birthright citizenship.

In a New Hampshire courtroom late Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Joseph Normand Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a nationwide injunction from the bench prohibiting the enforcement of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

The judge expressed unequivocal disdain for the effort to do away with the long-established constitutional right — an effort which has been serially frustrated by every district court yet to weigh in on it.

"The preliminary injunction is just not a close call to the court," Laplante intoned, according to a courtroom report by CNN. "The deprivation of U.S. citizenship and an abrupt change of policy that was longstanding … that's irreparable harm."

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The case was knocked down for procedural reasons, so hopefully they can try again.

Real American Values: corporate greed is paramount, and you peasant, matter not.

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"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.

Yet, we persisted.

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On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. The text is just as clear and relevant today as it was back then. Donald Trump is trying to erase this.

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Good Trouble Lives On

Please join the nearest protest if at all possible!

I know it's hard for many of us to be out in the summer heat--I'm not going to be able to do the march but I can bring a chair and sit holding my sign for a little while--it's about the numbers.

The Trump administration is determined to pretend these peaceful protests don't exist. That all "real" Americans support what this administration is doing.

Make it impossible for them to ignore us.