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The Defense Department has begun positioning active duty troops around the Washington area in anticipation of President Donald Trump following through on his historic threat Monday to use the military to quell widespread and at-times violent protests across the country, including in the nation’s capital, if local authorities didn’t do more to stop them. Continue reading “Military Begins Staging to Quell George Floyd Protests”
A Florida sheriff warned would-be looters and home intruders Monday by encouraging residents to fire upon anyone attempting to pillage their homes, following heated protests in the Lakeland area. Continue reading “Florida Sheriff ‘Highly Recommending’ Home Owners ‘Blow’ Looters ‘Back Out Of The House With Their Guns’”
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he would use federal troops to end unrest that has erupted following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody last week. Continue reading “How Trump could use the Insurrection Act – last used in the 1992 LA Riots – to deploy ‘thousands of thousands’ of soldiers to control George Floyd protests against the wishes of governors”
End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder
Violence has erupted in major cities all over America yet again today, and we are being told to brace ourselves for more rioting, looting and civil unrest in the days ahead. The death of George Floyd was a great tragedy, and the vast majority of Americans agree that we do not want to see that sort of police brutality in our nation, and so this should actually be a moment that brings our country together. But instead, America is being torn apart. Continue reading “Shocking Evidence That Indicates That Somebody Is Trying To Orchestrate An Internal Uprising Inside The United States”
Looters broke into a Soho Rolex store during rioting and stole $2.4 million worth of watches, police sources said Monday. Continue reading “Looters swipe $2.4M worth of watches from Soho Rolex store”
SANTA MONICA (CBSLA) – As looters were ransacking stores in Santa Monica Sunday during the George Floyd protests, one man took matters into his own hands. Continue reading “Santa Monica Owner Protects His Store With Guns Amid Looting”
The Pentagon has ordered the 82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force to deploy to the D.C.-area amid rioting across the nation, according to multiple sources on background. Continue reading “82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force Headed to D.C. amid Riots”
There is a lot of information about the murder of George Floyd, the man who was killed by a police officer in broad daylight, that the mainstream media is intentionally hiding from the public while they ask you to look only at the color of the skin of those involved. A piece of relevant information they just so casually left out of their race-baiting broadcasts was that Floyd’s family conveniently hired the same coroner as Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading “Is It One Gigantic Psy-Op? George Floyd’s Coroner Was Also Jeffrey Epstein’s”
Monday on Fox News, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested if local law enforcement were overwhelmed and local politicians were unwilling to act to quell rioting and looting, the federal government should intervene.
The Arkansas senator told “Fox & Friends” the federal government had options at its disposal as to how it could get involved. Continue reading “Cotton: If Local Law Enforcement Overwhelmed, Let’s See How Anarchists Respond When the 101st Airborne Is on the Other Side of the Street”
A fundraising campaign set up by George Floyd’s family has raised more than $6.3 million since his death.
Floyd’s younger brother, Philonise, created a GoFundMe page this week to help the family “cover funeral and burial expenses,” along with mental and grief counseling for the family. A portion of the money will also go to benefit and educate Floyd’s children as well as travel and lodging as the family continues to “seek justice for George.” Continue reading “Fundraiser Set Up by George Floyd’s Family Tops More than $6.3 Million”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday derided many governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on burning and stealing among some demonstrations in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities.
Trump spoke to governors on a video teleconference that also included law enforcement and national security officials, telling the state leaders they “have to get much tougher.” Continue reading “Trump slams governors as ‘weak,’ urges crackdown on protests”
Veteran traders couldn’t help but laugh when they checked US equity futures last night and saw that – as some probably had suspected they might – Dow futures were tracking for a 100-point jump at the open. With so much emergency liquidity still sloshing around the financial system, it seemed the most near-term risk many could fathom was a probable spike in new coronavirus infections in the coming weeks, hardly an imminent, overnight risk. Continue reading “Beijing Retaliates: Trade Deal On Verge Of Collapse As China Halts Some US Farm Imports”
The Guardian – by Nina Lakhani
A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to buy enough food to feed their families.
Nationwide, the demand for aid at food banks and pantries has soared since the virus forced the economy to be shutdown, resulting in more than 40m new unemployment benefit claims, according to the latest figures. Continue reading “‘People are going to go hungry’: pandemic effects could leave 54m Americans without food”
Mysterious pallets of bricks have been filmed throughout major riot hotspots across the country, in what appears to be more evidence that organized groups are using the George Floyd protests to incite chaos and terrorism throughout the US. Continue reading ““It’s A Setup”: Mysterious Brick Piles Appear Throughout Major Protest Cities”
The white police officer arrested and charged with the murder of George Floyd is allegedly on effective suicide watch and being checked in on around the clock. Continue reading “Derek Chauvin is on ‘suicide watch’ and being checked every 15 minutes in jail”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As if trips to the grocery store weren’t nerve-wracking enough, U.S. shoppers lately have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus has disrupted processing plants and distribution networks. Continue reading “US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high”
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests. Continue reading “Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis”
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Last night, Minnesotans and the world saw National Guard members arrive at the 5th Precinct to clear out the crowd. On Saturday, the full force of the Minnesota National Guard has been mobilized in response to widespread, ongoing violence. Continue reading “Gov. Tim Walz Mobilizes MN National Guard In Full, Due To Widespread Violence”
Update (12:17 ET): Because of the continuing social unrest in Minneapolis, Mall of America, located about 8 miles south of the epicenter of the riots, has decided to postpone its June 1 reopening.
Bloomberg says the mall operator postponed reopening due to the “significant unrest in the community.” No further reopening timelines were given. Continue reading “Locals Rage At Rioters As Minneapolis Burns”
Hennepin County District Attorney Michael Freeman, a Democrat, spoke with reporters on Thursday. Freeman said he did not want to rush to make charges in the choking death of George Floyd. Then Freeman added this: Continue reading “Hennepin County District Attorney on George Floyd Case: “Evidence Does Not Support a Criminal Charge””