Hunkered Down Inside #OccupyWallStreet

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Right now is no time to come up short.

It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where the Big Lie is called a Big Lie, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we urgently need to raise about 400,000 by Thursday, June 30, to finish our fiscal year on track and give it everything we possibly can. Please help us get there with a donation if you can right now.

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Right now is no time to come up short. It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we still need to raise upwards of 400,000 by June 30 to give it everything we can. Please help:

A protester keeps the jam going in Zuccotti Park.Photo: <a href="http://motherjones.com/slideshows/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-photos-nyc/01" target="_blank">Jacob Blickenstaff</a>

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A topless model the Tea Party should see, grandmas who dig rap music, and Ron Paul supporters everywhere: As of Saturday, MoJo’s Josh Harkinson is camping out in Zuccotti Park, and we’re collecting his dispatches and other #OWS must reads below, using Storify. Read on for much more.

Also, don’t miss the rest of MoJo’s coverage: Meet the activists who created “We Are the 99 Percent”; check out the former Obama blogger who scorned the protesters until he joined them; explore our interactive map of protest hot spots nationwide; and more.