Freedom Plaza - Feb 5, 2012
Police arrested Bill McKibben, the prominent climate activist and founder of 350.org. McKibben was among 65 environmentalists arrested on August 20, 2011, outside the White House in Washington DC, as part of a demonstration urging President Obama to block the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil from Canada’s oil sands projects to Gulf Coast refineries. The proposed $7 billion, 1,700 mile pipeline needs State Department approval to proceed, and the Obama administration plans to make a decision by the end of the year. This latest act of civil disobedience was the beginning of  two weeks of White House demonstrations, with more arrests expected daily. Among those arrested on August 20 were Gus Speth, whose career includes co-founding the Natural Resources Defense Council and chairing the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Carter Administration; and Jane Hamsher, who founded the popular progressive blog Firedoglake. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Christine O’Donnell addresses social conservatives at the Values Voter Summit in Washington DC on September 17, 2010. O’Donnell has become a tea party celebrity after winning the Delaware Republican primary for the US Senate earlier in the week. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Christine O’Donnell addresses social conservatives at the Values Voter Summit in Washington DC on September 17, 2010. O’Donnell has become a tea party celebrity after winning the Delaware Republican primary for the US Senate earlier in the week. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) - starting pitcher
Freedom Plaza - Feb 5, 2012
Freedom Plaza - Feb 5, 2012
Freedom Plaza - Feb 5, 2012
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