#federal-policing

#federal-policing

The online celebrity, legal woes, and final liberation of the irate, ICE-defying DC resident known throughout the world as Sandwich Guy seem tailor-made for late-night TV wisecracking. But given that we're presently slogging through the world's stupidest fascist timeline, the Sandwich Guy set piece can give us some surprisingly useful lessons in how to mount protests that can deflate the Mussolini-style self-regard of the MAGA power elite.

John Oliver took aim at President Donald Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Last Week Tonight Sunday branding him a f*cking loser that even white supremacists must be embarrassed by, after the top aide's speech to police officers in Memphis last week. John Oliver slams Stephen Miller for his unhinged Memphis speech: "What a fucking loser. White supremacy has to be embarrassed. This is your champion?" pic.twitter.com/imiRTkLQ9T Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) October 6, 2025

Philipos Melaku-Bello, a volunteer who has manned the vigil for years, told The Associated Press that the Park Police removed it early Sunday morning. He said officials justified the removal by mislabeling the memorial as a shelter. The difference between an encampment and a vigil is that an encampment is where homeless people live, Melaku-Bello said. As you can see, I don't have a bed. I have signs and it is covered by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression.