U.S. Rep Joe Walsh (R-McHenry) is under fire, again, for the happenings at one of his town hall meetings.
This time, the controversial Tea Party congressman sat by as a supporter accused President Barack Obama of "sedition", saying the country is losing its freedom because elected officials, including the president, are allegedly falsely representing themselves and their ideologies to get into office.
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Hundreds of Occupy protesters shut down 
The last day in a week of planned downtown Chicago protests related
to the NATO summit were non-violent but tense, following a weekend for
which 
The Boeing protest is underway, with hundreds of protesters arriving and chanting, "Another World is Possible!" 
More than 2,000 NATO and anti-war protestors gathered in Grant Park
Sunday before they took to the streets and descended on McCormick Place
where world leaders are meeting for the summit.
Demonstrators at a National Nurses United rally at Daley Plaza in
downtown Chicago today said that they were nervous violence might
overshadow the nurses’ message of economic equality in what was billed
as the second biggest event in a week of NATO 
At their massive downtown Chicago rally today, the National Nurses
United union stuck with a script they developed prior to President
Barack Obama relocating this weekend’s G8 economic summit from Chicago
to Camp David – advocacy for developed nations to impose a tax on
financial transactions. 
With President Barack Obama becoming the first sitting president in American history to openly endorse same-sex marriage, gay right's advocates are using the momentum to push for legislation at the state level throughout the country.