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We’re supposed to believe it’s white supremacists causing all the disruption. Media members, content to blame nationwide rioting and looting on President Donald Trump, forwarded a false story this morning that white nationalists are being fingered as the culprits behind the majority of the crimes we saw in Minneapolis. There’s a number of protesters who think the violence is justified, so they won’t condemn it. They’ll either give silent approval or flat out make excuses. And they bring shame to their message — one that George Floyd’s family said he wouldn’t support. But they won’t listen to that. What started...

As you look out in dismay at the widespread destruction inflicted upon our city, I hope you are safe and secure. As of this morning, the National Guard has been mobilized and will be arriving in Chicago throughout the day. The Mayor plans to utilize the Guard as a security perimeter to control access to the downtown central business district. The overnight curfew will remain in effect and downtown will be closed today. Non-essential movement will be prohibited, and bridge control will again be utilized in a tactical attempt to inhibit mass movement. At this hour, emergency board-up crews are...

So right now, United States is a representative democracy. People elect their congress to make, alter, abolish, or to do anything related to the bill. The problem for me is that, congress can make false promises, get pressured by small minority of people, simply vote for the wrong person, and so on. I propose that U.S. should have a semi-direct democracy system similar to Switzerland except the votes will be based on cities where ever the mayors have jurisdiction. If majority of people in that city votes for a law, then it would count as one vote for that city...

....So, we have a truly diverse, when it comes to ancestry, history of domestic street mob violence. Through our first 200 years as a nation, it may be that people who felt unrepresented by the results at the ballot box eventually turned to street violence. It appears, however, that the class makeup has shifted, starting with the late 1960s radical college student movement. Instead of poor and working-class men alone, it appears that there has been a shift towards people with more resources, including more ability to network, coordinate, and travel greater distances in support of street violence and threats....

...Good news for looters, you can find some overpriced junk with Teigen's name on it at Target....Maybe if Target stopped doing business with radical lefty celebs who help looters and rioters, its stores would be less likely to be looted. But Vladimir knew what he was talking about. Corporate America can't and won't stop following the lead of the radical lefties...Keep doubling down on social justice and eventually you'll run out of stores. When you make America a target, you also make yourself a target.

On this date in 1622, or very close to it, the Patuxet Native American Tisquantum (better known as Squanto) was about to be yielded by Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford to Wampanoag chief Massasoit for immediate execution … when the unannounced appearance of a strange ship fortuitously saved him. Squanto is most famous as the Indian godsend who saved the Mayflower Pilgrims at the Plymouth Bay colony from starvation by teaching those pious wayfarers how to live off the land in the New World. In that capacity, he made possible (and participated in) the “First Thanksgiving” harvest gorger in 1621...

Yesterday: if the police had shot you with a paint gun, arrested you, or otherwise trampled your rights it would have been fine, so long as it was in support of social distancing and lockdowns. There was no police act too invasive or forceful in support of lockdown. Today: looting and rioting must be dealt a “light touch.” Yesterday: Certain governors wouldn’t (and still won’t) allow you to get a hair cut or attend a graduation. They condemned any protest that challenged their orders. Businesses who defied the orders were ruined. Today, some of the same governors are talking about...

Y’all do realize “antifa” is just short for “anti-fascists…” right? As in the people who confronted the nazis in Charlottesville… why would they try to burn and destroy black communities?— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 30, 2020 And why didn’t Bill Barr mention the “boogaloo boys” and other far right movements who per multiple reports are actively organizing online to try and start their fantasized “race war?” — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) Is the DOJ even investigating this stuff? Or is Barr just doing the usual: appeasing Trump and his fans’ conspiracy theories??— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) And is the president really planning...

VIDEO How touching! A rioter thoughtfully picked up a Molotov Cocktail and turned himself into my birthday candle. I haven't decided on any birthday wishes just yet so it might be awhile before I blow out the flame.

New video of the prelude to the killing of George Floyd by fired Minneapolis police officers emerged on Saturday, and it adds to the growing realization that the official narrative weÂ’ve been fed about that murder simply no longer adds up. The video shows the police officers involved in the killing working Floyd over in the backseat of their police vehicle, apparently softening him up before they dragged him out onto the street pavement where they finished the job in front of a crowd that they had to know would capture the incident on their cell phones. Take a look...

No place is off limits. No place is sacred. Black Lives Matter protesters desecrated St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Saturday. New York City tonight: “Protesters” desecrate St. Patrick’s Cathedral — one of the most sacred Catholic Churches in the world. pic.twitter.com/7KHueVmEw6 — James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) May 31, 2020 https://t.co/TIZMAuxAyg #StPatricksCathedral #NYC #Desecration #PunksWithSprayPaint

CNN Tonight host Don Lemon suffered a meltdown for the ages Saturday night, spending almost 11 minutes unloading his disdain for America in 2020 and, except for a mealy-mouthed condemnation, giving support for the rioting and other criminal acts supposedly done to mourn the Monday death of Minneapolis African-American man George Floyd. Lemon’s defense? Apparently, this will all serve as a “mechanism for a restructure of our country or for some sort of change,” ostensibly in our criminal justice and political system seeing as how so many feel as though they “have nothing to lose.” And for those upset with...

A major mea culpa, I spoke too soon. Salt Lake is not the model for peaceful protest after all. While most of the good little Marxist wannabes more-or-less stayed in their cars as they were told…there are always going to be the bad actors who won’t follow the rules.#Breaking A @slcpd vehicle has been flipped over and set on fire at 400 S 200 EThis is right in front of Salt Lake’s Public Library, generally considered a very safe area. Or at least it was until recently. The last time I drove by, just before the Great Cootie Lockdown of...

Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett talks about the death of George Floyd and what needs to be done to prevent officer-involved shootings in the future. (Snip) JARRETT: "... before there were cell cameras, there were examples that didn’t get captured on video. And so this is a huge problem of breakdown of trust between police and communities of color. Every black family I know who has a son, worries about how they're going to fare when they leave the house, and now we've seen examples when you don’t even have to leave your house and you're put in harm's...

Bad timing for the space program. – It had been so long since the U.S. had launched men and women into space that I had forgotten how thrilling it was to watch it happen live. Unfortunately, Saturday’s magnificent, successful launch of the SpaceX Falcoln 9 rocket with two astronauts aboard was overwhelmed by the nationwide riots being promoted by the Democrat Party and its affiliated support groups, Antifa and Black Lives Matter. From a report at Space.com: SpaceX founder Elon Musk was choked up with emotion after his company successfully launched astronauts to space for the first time on Saturday...

What started as a peaceful Justice for George Floyd protest in Seattle turned violent thanks to fringe Progressive and Antifa activists. And their abhorrent behavior is being defended by bad-faith voices, pretending we’re under assault by white supremacists. Or, even worse, peaceful protesters who are fine with the destruction. Americans have the right to peacefully assemble. This is beyond question. What folks don’t have the right to do is destroy property, assault officers, disrupt freeway traffic, or steal police weapons. Yet portions of Seattle were trashed, burned, and destroyed thanks to a large group of Antifa members, anarchists, and their...

he protest, which began at 3 p.m., was in addition to a protest that started around 1 p.m. in Durham. Another protest began at 5 p.m. in Raleigh. As protests over the death of George Floyd happen all over the country, one was underway Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville. The protest later moved to downtown Fayetteville and remained non-violent until about 6:45 p.m. Protesters then broke into the Market House. A U.S. flag was also burned just in front of the Market House. Several windows were also broken at the Market House as protesters surrounded the structure. By 7:15 p.m., the...

Those of you who pay attention no doubt noticed that the narrative being pushed about the national riots shifted early Saturday morning from “these are just peaceful people who need to be heard,” to “all of this violence is being pushed by white nationalists.” Obviously a memo went out from the DNC or Soros headquarters telling every shameless leftist in the country to push this latest hoax. That despicable, utterly false narrative was pushed all over cable news, including Fox; it was pushed by depraved Democrat members of congress; it was pushed by feckless Minnesota Governor Tim Walz; it was...

Rioters Are Literally Blasting ‘The Purge’ Commencement Announcement in the Streets: “Any and All Crime, Including Murder, Will Be Legal for 12 Continuous Hours.” VIDEOS......

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