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| Anti-Trump protesters take to the streets for the third night – live | Anti-Trump protesters take to the streets for the third night – live |
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| SUMMARY | |
| We’re wrapping up the blog so here are the main points of the day: | |
| Thanks for reading. | |
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| As well as Portland, there have been protests in Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Missouri and Iowa City, according to Associated Press. | |
| More than 200 people gathered on the steps of the Washington state capitol in Olympia. The group chanted “not my president” and “no Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA”. | |
| 4.32am GMT | 4.32am GMT |
| 04:32 | 04:32 |
| Here are some images from the Portland protest: | Here are some images from the Portland protest: |
| Hundreds sitting in silence at South Park blocks. pic.twitter.com/Kf36AzyFID | Hundreds sitting in silence at South Park blocks. pic.twitter.com/Kf36AzyFID |
| Oh damn. Two groups just met up. Now this is a biggie. Cars in good spirits, for now. pic.twitter.com/A6EoMMO84z | Oh damn. Two groups just met up. Now this is a biggie. Cars in good spirits, for now. pic.twitter.com/A6EoMMO84z |
| 4.24am GMT | 4.24am GMT |
| 04:24 | 04:24 |
| The Oregonian is reporting that protesters held a rally at City Hall on Friday night organised by a group called Portland’s Resistance “to discuss demands for the city and a campaign to repair damage from Thursday night’s riots”. | The Oregonian is reporting that protesters held a rally at City Hall on Friday night organised by a group called Portland’s Resistance “to discuss demands for the city and a campaign to repair damage from Thursday night’s riots”. |
| The protesters then set off to march through the streets but were prevented from taking certain routes and have now split off in various directions, police said. | The protesters then set off to march through the streets but were prevented from taking certain routes and have now split off in various directions, police said. |
| 4.10am GMT | 4.10am GMT |
| 04:10 | 04:10 |
| Strange that Hillary Clinton was seen as the Wall Street candidate with Trump presenting himself as the outsider ... and yet this – the largest weekly gain for banking stocks since 2009. | Strange that Hillary Clinton was seen as the Wall Street candidate with Trump presenting himself as the outsider ... and yet this – the largest weekly gain for banking stocks since 2009. |
| Bank Stocks up over 14% this week, largest weekly gain since May 2009. Highest level since September 2008. $KBE pic.twitter.com/cEFGP5GCOW | Bank Stocks up over 14% this week, largest weekly gain since May 2009. Highest level since September 2008. $KBE pic.twitter.com/cEFGP5GCOW |
| We always knew that was a risible piece of rhetoric from The Donald, but the upward march of the Dow Jones shows that the financial markets’ big players don’t expect to concede much ground to the “little guy”. | We always knew that was a risible piece of rhetoric from The Donald, but the upward march of the Dow Jones shows that the financial markets’ big players don’t expect to concede much ground to the “little guy”. |
| 3.42am GMT | 3.42am GMT |
| 03:42 | 03:42 |
| They might be dancing on the streets of Mexico City tonight, but it’s a different vibe on the ground in several US cities as anti-Trump demos continue. | They might be dancing on the streets of Mexico City tonight, but it’s a different vibe on the ground in several US cities as anti-Trump demos continue. |
| Associated Press has been speaking to people caught up in protests – so far entirely peaceful – in Miami where protesters blocked Interstate 395. | Associated Press has been speaking to people caught up in protests – so far entirely peaceful – in Miami where protesters blocked Interstate 395. |
| Trump supporter Nicolas Quirico was traveling from South Beach to Miami when his car was stopped by the demo. He wasn’t too impressed. | Trump supporter Nicolas Quirico was traveling from South Beach to Miami when his car was stopped by the demo. He wasn’t too impressed. |
| Trump will be our president. There is no way around that, and the sooner people grasp that, the better off we will be. There is a difference between a peaceful protest and standing in a major highway backing up traffic for 5 miles. This is wrong. | Trump will be our president. There is no way around that, and the sooner people grasp that, the better off we will be. There is a difference between a peaceful protest and standing in a major highway backing up traffic for 5 miles. This is wrong. |
| 3.36am GMT | 3.36am GMT |
| 03:36 | 03:36 |
| You can’t really blame them ... | You can’t really blame them ... |
| MAKE MEXICO GREAT AGAINRAFA MARQUEZ 2018-2024 | MAKE MEXICO GREAT AGAINRAFA MARQUEZ 2018-2024 |
| You may have beaten us in soccer Mexico, but you're still paying for the wall | You may have beaten us in soccer Mexico, but you're still paying for the wall |
| Trump won election and the U.S. already lost to Mexico in soccer. America is not winning anymore. First broken campaign promise. #USAvMEX | Trump won election and the U.S. already lost to Mexico in soccer. America is not winning anymore. First broken campaign promise. #USAvMEX |
| 3.33am GMT | 3.33am GMT |
| 03:33 | 03:33 |
| The peso might have had a terrible battering following Trump’s win but mexico have just gained a bit of revenge by beating the USA soccer team 2-1 in a World Cup qualifying game in Columbus, Ohio tonight. | The peso might have had a terrible battering following Trump’s win but mexico have just gained a bit of revenge by beating the USA soccer team 2-1 in a World Cup qualifying game in Columbus, Ohio tonight. |
| 3.26am GMT | 3.26am GMT |
| 03:26 | 03:26 |
| Anti-Trump protesters in Oregon have withdrawn their petition for the state to secede from the union in the wake of Tuesday’s presidential election. | Anti-Trump protesters in Oregon have withdrawn their petition for the state to secede from the union in the wake of Tuesday’s presidential election. |
| The Oregonian reports that Christian Trejbal, one of the petitioners, said that the reaction to the plan had not been what he had hoped, saying the he and co-petitioner Jennifer Rollins had received death threats. | The Oregonian reports that Christian Trejbal, one of the petitioners, said that the reaction to the plan had not been what he had hoped, saying the he and co-petitioner Jennifer Rollins had received death threats. |
| They had also become unnerved as street protests turned violent. | They had also become unnerved as street protests turned violent. |
| That’s not the kind of conversation we were trying have so we’re pulling it. | That’s not the kind of conversation we were trying have so we’re pulling it. |
| Silicon Valley investors called for California to secede two days ago. | Silicon Valley investors called for California to secede two days ago. |
| 3.05am GMT | 3.05am GMT |
| 03:05 | 03:05 |
| Hello. Thanks Nicky. I’m Martin Farrer and I’m taking over from Nicky Woolf as protests get under way in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. | Hello. Thanks Nicky. I’m Martin Farrer and I’m taking over from Nicky Woolf as protests get under way in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. |
| There are no reports of any trouble yet, unlike on Thursday night when demonstrators in Portland threw objects and police declared a riot.and arrested 26 people. | There are no reports of any trouble yet, unlike on Thursday night when demonstrators in Portland threw objects and police declared a riot.and arrested 26 people. |
| But we’ll try to keep you up to date and monitor other election-related developments in the US and, indeed, anywhere else. | But we’ll try to keep you up to date and monitor other election-related developments in the US and, indeed, anywhere else. |
| 2.37am GMT | 2.37am GMT |
| 02:37 | 02:37 |
| Here's where things stand | Here's where things stand |
| 2.34am GMT | 2.34am GMT |
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| There are some eerily prescient lines in this 1998 book by philosopher Richard Rorty, spotted by a Canadian academic Lisa Kerr and first reported in Slate. | There are some eerily prescient lines in this 1998 book by philosopher Richard Rorty, spotted by a Canadian academic Lisa Kerr and first reported in Slate. |
| Richard Rorty, Achieving our Country, 1998 pic.twitter.com/BV9cNSzovJ | Richard Rorty, Achieving our Country, 1998 pic.twitter.com/BV9cNSzovJ |
| Slate also point out that the following line is eerily predictive of the first indicators of Trump’s behavior as president: | Slate also point out that the following line is eerily predictive of the first indicators of Trump’s behavior as president: |
| After my imagined strongman takes charge, he will quickly make his peace with the international superrich. | After my imagined strongman takes charge, he will quickly make his peace with the international superrich. |
| 2.20am GMT | 2.20am GMT |
| 02:20 | 02:20 |
| Some more shots of the protest in Atlanta: | Some more shots of the protest in Atlanta: |
| Atlanta Anti Trump Protest #TrumpProtest #notmypresident 🚨🚫🚨 pic.twitter.com/K3B1ArciMX | Atlanta Anti Trump Protest #TrumpProtest #notmypresident 🚨🚫🚨 pic.twitter.com/K3B1ArciMX |
| they chanting #BlackLivesMatter ayyy.#AtlantaProtest #ATLisREADY pic.twitter.com/3OF2HScJbx | they chanting #BlackLivesMatter ayyy.#AtlantaProtest #ATLisREADY pic.twitter.com/3OF2HScJbx |