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A group of Democracy Spring participants began a ten-day march from Philadelphia to Washington, DC,[5] on April 2, 2016. According to the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), rallies and events have been scheduled at the United States Capitol through the weekend in an effort to "draw attention to our corrupt campaign finance system and rigged voting laws."[2] The initial events received wide coverage on social media, and on outlets like NPR and CSPAN, but cable news networks devoted little time to the protests.

The protest began with a rally and participants included progressive political commentator Cenk Uygur, actress Rosario Dawson, educator and activist Lawrence Lessig, filmmaker Annabel Park, Ben & Jerry's founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, and "many attendees sporting Bernie Sanders clothing and signs." Demonstrators slept in local churches and at a tent set up near Union Station with a permit

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18 posted on 07/24/2016 4:07:42 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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political commentator Cenk Uygur, actress Rosario Dawson, educator and activist Lawrence Lessig, filmmaker Annabel Park

Never heard of em!

29 posted on 07/24/2016 4:44:30 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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