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Microsoft has fired two employees that were involved in a sit-in protest in vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office. Software engineers Riki Fameli and Anna Hattle were both dismissed today, after being part of a group of seven protesters that managed to get inside Smith’s office in Building 34 yesterday. Microsoft was forced to temporarily lock down its executive …

Screenshots from a livestream show protesters locking themselves inside Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office on Tuesday, as security attempted to remove them, and police later gathered in the hallway. Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon, occupying the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith and resisting security …

Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office. Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had been occupied by protesters earlier that day, Smith addressed a group of reporters and viewers …

The Florida Transportation Department on Sunday once again painted over a rainbow crosswalk in Orlando that was part of the Pulse Memorial after protesters filled it in with multicolored chalk. The Transportation Department initially painted the rainbow crosswalk black and white late Wednesday. The multicolored crosswalk was created in 2017 as part of a memorial for the 49 people fatally …

Protesters paint Pulse memorial crosswalk back  WFTV ‘Cruel political act’: Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk in Orlando removed overnight  WESH Florida’s rainbow crosswalks are being painted over. Miami Beach could be next  Miami Herald DeSantis fires back after Dem decries Florida’s move to ditch LGBT rainbow colors from crosswalk in Orlando  Fox News Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honoring victims of Pulse nightclub shooting  The Guardian Source …

Redmond, Wash. — At least 18 people were arrested Wednesday afternoon during a Palestinian protest at Redmond’s Microsoft campus, according to Redmond police. The group, No Azure For Apartheid, has been protesting Microsoft’s work in suppling artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. Microsoft responded Wednesday saying it’s looking into the use of its Azure platform in Israel. Azure is …

Protesters Against National Guard Deployment Flood D.C. Streets  The New York Times Three Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to US capital  Reuters West Virginia National Guard to deploy to DC to support Trump’s federal takeover  FOX 5 DC Hundreds arrested as Trump’s Washington, DC, crime crackdown hits full stride  Fox News Hundreds of additional National Guard members deployed to D.C. for President’s …

Protesters Gather to Oppose Trump’s Push on Redistricting  The New York Times Demonstrators protest Trump-backed redistricting plans at over 200 events across the country  CNN Texas Democrats who left the state over redistricting will take part in national demonstration  Politico Thousands join US ‘Fight the Trump Takeover’ protests against Republican redistricting plans  The Guardian ‘Fight the Trump Takeover’: Protesters set to rally against GOP …

JD Vance’s U.K. trip has caused a stir, with locals staging a ‘Vance not welcome party’ on Tuesday after the U.S. vice president’s motorcade arrived in the picturesque Cotswolds. “Bullies not welcome here,” read one sign, while another called to “make America moral again.” Other placards mocked the U.S. official more directly, saying “JD Vance’s Netflix password is password” and …

Patrick Brice said he was having a bad day. On May 26, 2023, Brice said, he intended to debate Richard Schaefer outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on North Howard Street about the concept of sin. But Brice said he lost it after Schaefer made what he perceived to be a racial comment. That’s when Brice tackled him into …