{"id":22634,"date":"2017-01-21T23:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22634"},"modified":"2017-01-22T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T19:34:45","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-my-what-big-protests-you-have-grandma-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22634","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, My What Big Protests You Have Grandma Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People gather for the Women’s March in Washington U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS\/Shannon Stapleton<\/p><\/div>\n

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  1. Women\u2019s marches: More than one million protesters vow to resist President Trump – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence From The Tea Party Movement.
    \n“Policy making was also affected, as incumbents responded to large protests in their district by voting more conservatively in Congress. Our estimates suggest significant multiplier effects: an additional protester increased the number of Republican votes by a factor well above 1. Together our results show that protests can build political movements that ultimately affect policy making and that they do so by influencing political views rather than solely through the revelation of existing political preferences.”     PDF link<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Pictures From Women\u2019s Marches Around the World – The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. The photo at the top of this article is<\/a>, I think, the best illustration of how the media covers protests I’ve ever seen.<\/li>\n
  5. Protesters Face Increasing Criminalization in Trump Era | Informed Comment<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Donald Trump Mad That Women March Bigger Than Inauguration | The Mary Sue<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. The Women\u2019s March is massive. Here\u2019s how organizers can give it staying power. – Vox<\/a>
    \nA lengthy interview with Becky Bond and Zack Exley.<\/li>\n
  8. Women’s March Guiding Vision and Definition of Principles<\/a> (pdf file)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. A Mixtape For Survival and Resistance in the Trump Years | Literate Perversions<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Voter Suppression Works Too Well<\/a>
      \nOverview of recent GOP voter suppression efforts.<\/li>\n
    3. Stop boring on about babies \u2013 the gender pay gap isn’t about “choice”<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Whaa? Neo-Nazis shocked to discover that a popular Neo-Nazi podcaster has a Jewish wife :: We Hunted The Mammoth<\/a>
      \nFor your schadenfreude needs.<\/li>\n
    5. North Carolina Republicans sue to preserve racial gerrymandering<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. This is literally <\/em>what happiness looks like.<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Open Letter: An Open Letter to the Stranger on Facebook Who Convinced Me Not to Be Transgender Anymore – McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Stop boring on about babies \u2013 the gender pay gap isn’t about “choice”<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. A key Obamacare advocate tells us how he\u2019ll fight repeal in 2017 – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Did Inadequate Women\u2019s Healthcare Destroy Star Wars\u2019 Old Republic? | Motherboard<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. Automated book-culling software drives librarians to create fake patrons to “check out” endangered titles \/ Boing Boing<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. The Story Behind the Maternal Mortality Rate in Texas Is Even Sadder Than We Realize | The Nation<\/a><\/li>\n
    13. Today in Obamacare: the one question Republican senators really don’t want to answer – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
    14. What You\u2019re Really Doing By Dismissing US Feminism for \u2018Real\u2019 Issues – Everyday Feminism<\/a>
      \nCartoon by Alli Kirkham.<\/li>\n
    15. Congress is feuding over a teen’s controversial painting that dramatizes events in Ferguson – Vox<\/a>
      \nI love this story. Yes, there are serious issues to discuss here, but at another level it cracks me up.<\/li>\n
    16. The Fantasy of Being Thin | Shapely Prose<\/a><\/li>\n
    17. Democrats Should Run a Celebrity for President, Too | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n
    18. Rogue One: the CGI resurrection of Peter Cushing is thrilling \u2013 but is it right? | Film | The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
    19. The movie that doesn\u2019t exist and the Redditors who think it does<\/a>
      \nHundreds of people have detailed memories of the movie “Shazaam,” starring Sinbad – a movie which never existed.<\/li>\n
    20. More Than 500,000 Adults Will Lose SNAP Benefits in 2016 as Waivers Expire | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>
      \nEven someone diligently looking for work, and willing to accept any job, will have their food stamps cut off. Of course, Congress could easily fix that… but we all know Republicans in Congress won’t allow that.<\/li>\n
    21. This 90-Year-Old Lady Seduced and Killed Nazis as a Teenager – VICE<\/a><\/li>\n
    22. The Ritual (translation of poem by Dmitry Bykov) \u2013 Medium<\/a>
      \nSometimes I am reminded of how much people in other countries here about US celebrities and politics, and I feel deeply embarrassed for us.<\/li>\n
    23. The Real Story Of 2016 | FiveThirtyEight<\/a>
      \n538’s post-election analysis begins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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