The Occupy movement is holding a national day of action in support of prisoners. This post will be following the actions as they unfold. Updates will be posted regularly through the rest of the afternoon and evening.

President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address last night. There was nothing new about how he discussed Wall Street. But, there were a number of proposed ideas for addressing Wall Street that may have been included because of the success of the Occupy movement over the past months.

I am at Occupy Pittsburgh on my Great Lakes Occupy tour, and I am headed to Occupy Erie this afternoon.

An organization known as Move to Amend, inspired by Occupy Wall Street and Dr. Cornel West, has called for actions at federal courthouses all over the United States to mark the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court, which essentially struck down limits to money in elections.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner went ahead with the eviction of Occupy Syracuse early in the morning. Melanie Digiglio captured the eviction from Perseverance Park on Ustream.

The police arrived around 3:30 am. Occupy Syracuse was surrounded. “More than 15 police cars” were on the scene as police arrested those “willing to be arrested.” The temperature was about twelve degrees. At least six were arrested

There were already hundreds of people from around the country in Washington, DC, last night and there will be even more people arriving today for a planned “Occupy Congress” day of action. Live updates are posted here.

Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), continues to relentlessly pound away at the Obama Administration and the National Park Service for allowing Occupy DC to hold a 24/7 protest in McPherson Square for the past months.

The barricades around Zuccotti Park were finally taken down after NYCLU took issue with how the presence of the barricades were in violation of Brookfield Properties’ zoning permit and wrote a letter. The removal led many Occupy Wall Street protesters to return to the park to “reclaim” it. They ordered free pizza to distribute. They brought the People’s Library back out (which bothered the Brookfield guards on duty immensely). They also sat and lied down on benches in the park and anyone who refused to get off the benches was arrested.

The Charlotte City Council in North Carolina is considering “crowd control ordinances” for the Democratic National Convention in September. Occupiers attended a city council meeting last night to oppose the ordinances because they would effectively end their “camping” or 24/7 protest that has been taking place on city property.

A city council committee rejected a ban on camping on public property in Asheville, North Carolina, that would effectively obstruct Occupy Asheville’s plans to continue to have a 24/7 presence at City Hall. The ban was voted down 2-1. More updates from other Occupations.