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The Utah National Guard confirmed Friday that 200 service members are being kicked out of hotels in the nation's capital as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser clashes with President Trump over the handling of the George Floyd protests in the city. Bowser, who wants all non-D.C. troops out of the city, blamed the National Guard relocation on a budget issue and said the city will not pay for the accommodations — amid days of protests over racial injustice, some of which have been violent. "Last night, we were informed that our service members would be relocated from their hotel rooms," the...

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday unveiled the newly minted "Black Lives Matter Plaza" near the White House in an apparent tribute to the protesters who have advocated against police brutality and racism in the city over the past several days in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Bowser tweeted a photo of what appeared to be a city worker affixing a street sign to a light pole on a section of 16th Street in the nation's capital. "The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially 'Black Lives Matter Plaza,'" she...

  I looked up the definition of coup:“a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government”In DC this weekend? I just don’t see that coming. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I knew pieces were there for the past few years- I just never knew a physical coup effort would HAPPEN until yesterday. I'm shocked to write those words! All is at stake now but the public finds it even harder than I do to accept, and I've been following the build up for a few years.Lockdown states for no reason - the public becomes passive.Work to strip the military from Trump by...

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says he's hearing that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to evict at least 1,200 National Guard troops from city hotels after she clashed with President Trump over the handling of George Floyd unrest in the city....

Generals WIN battle with Donald Trump as 82nd Airborne soldiers are REMOVED from D.C. after chairman of joint chiefs publicly slammed president telling troops to 'uphold the Constitution' Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne division of the Army were ordered out of Washington, D.C. and back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Thursday night The about 200 active duty troops were kept on standby at bases near the nation's capital and were never called into the city in the midst of riots The move is a clear reversal after Donald Trump faced backlash for calling in the military to serve as...

Florida Gov. Ron De Santis (R) said Wednesday that he’s sending 500 of his state’s National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to aid in responding to protests. The governor made the announcement at a Universal Orlando Resort, which is set to open Friday. The extra 500 troops come after a relatively peaceful night of protests in Washington. In previous nights, law enforcement deployed pepper balls and rubber bullets while seeking to quell demonstrations in the city. Members of the D.C. National Guard have been spotted in several parts of the city amid the protests and incidents of looting in recent...

Episcopal Diocese of Washington Bishop Mariann Budde has worked her way into a froth over a photo opportunity by President Trump. Lafayette Square across from the White House was cleared Monday evening of Black Lives Matter protesters (with the use of either tear gas or smoke canisters, depending on which report you read) seemingly for the purpose of facilitating Trump’s walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church for the photo op. Reports from the Washington Post describe Trump briefly standing in front of the church with Bible in hand, but neither entering the building nor speaking with anyone nor opening the...

Attorney General Bill Barr ordered law enforcement officials to extend the perimeter of Lafayette Square before President Trump ventured outside the White House on Monday to visit sites vandalized during violent protests, administration officials tell Fox News. According to one senior administration official, the plan had been made to extend the perimeter of the park -- which is across the street from the White House -- by one block. Both peaceful and violent protests have taken place at Lafayette Square in recent days. The order was executed Monday afternoon just minutes before the president gave a public address on the...

Posing for the cameras, President Donald Trump held a King James Bible at St. John’s Church near the White House on Monday evening after law enforcement cleared protesters out of the area with tear gas before his visit. President Donald Trump caused an absolute firestorm yesterday, but not because he ordered the military to take back the streets of our nation’s capital from ANTIFA forces. No, as the Commander-in-chief of the world’s greatest armed forces, most people expected him to do that. No real surprise there. But what drove the New World Order elites and the Laodicean hirelings over the...

They are running from the law. WATCH....

D.C. Mass Riots End as Trump, Military Restore Order in Nation’s CapitalThe streets of Washington, DC, were quieter on Monday night after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the city to enforce a 7:00 p.m. curfew.Trump relieved Democrat Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser of command of law enforcement in her city after days of failure to stop violent rioting, looting, and property destruction, including multiple fires. Federal law enforcement deployed in force around the city after successfully moving protesters out of Lafayette Park across from the White House. President Trump made a point of restoring law and order...

Attorney General William Barr is reportedly directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to deploy riot teams to Washington, D.C., and Miami as part of the Trump administration's response to protests that have escalated in the days after an unarmed African American man died in police custody. A senior Justice Department official told USA Today and The Washington Post that the FBI also summoned its elite Hostage Rescue Unit to D.C. The official added that every FBI field office was setting up command posts and that they would work with local police to possibly bring charges against individuals who traveled from...

American professor gives instructions to radicals on how to topple monuments. ...

I could not fact check this, so just putting it out there. This feed reporting D.C. with blocked cell phones, Instagram, etc., traffic cams blank or with old footage, etc.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed the District Saturday after protests were held in front of the White House Friday night over the death of George Floyd. She also responded to tweets put out by President Donald Trump Saturday morning. "We are grieving hundreds of years of institutional racism," Bowser said. "People are tired, sad, angry and desperate for change."

After delaying its launch when sports shut down due to the coronavirus, DC sports betting is finally here — but without an app. The Gambet DC platform, which was slated to go live at the end of March, is finally live. That means mobile sports betting will be available in DC by Sunday at the latest. “While we recognize there will be a limited number of events to wager on, this ‘soft launch’ will provide us with an opportunity to roll out the Gambet DC website to potential players in the District in preparation for the return of sports,” said...

[Barf Alert] Special Year of Laudato Si' - Care For Our Common Home Dear Friends, This past Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si’, his call for the care of the earth and the poor. As part of the anniversary our Holy Father announced a special Year of Laudato Si’, which will run through May 24, 2021.  It will be a year to reflect on the encyclical letter.  Announcing the year, he invited "all persons of goodwill to adhere to it, to take care of our common home and our more fragile brothers and sisters." As part of...

FROM ME: DC Mayor Bowser opened a makeshift hospital at the Washington Convention Center about 2 weeks ago (which, by most accounts, cost $50 million) and I've yet to read if there's one patient there. Now Bowser says that DC is "on track" to open by 6/8 or sooner. No word on the WCC hospitalizations. ARTICLE: Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed D.C. was on the way to achieving a number of milestones necessary for her to reconsider re-opening the city. WASHINGTON, DC — Based on information released by the D.C. Department of Health, the District is on track toward re-opening from...

Today, as cities are shutting down and police are turning out-of-staters around at our borders, we're suddenly confronted with the real question: What will be I able to do under quarantine? Washington, D.C. — What does it mean to live in a city under lockdown? It’s question most Americans haven’t considered. Most free people, really. Martial law, siege, plague — these are the stuffs of history, fantasy, and foreign lands. At least they were. Today, as cities are shutting down and police are turning out-of-staters around at our borders, we’re suddenly confronted with the real question: What will be I...

WASHINGTON — Mayor Muriel Bowser is threatening residents of Washington, DC, with 90 days in jail and a $5,000 fine if they leave their homes during the coronavirus outbreak. The threat of jail is alarming residents and civil libertarians who point out that at least five inmates tested positive for COVID-19 in the city’s 1,700-inmate jail near Capitol Hill. “Our message remains the same: stay home,” Bowser, a Democrat, said in a statement Monday. The stay-home order has exceptions for grocery shopping and work deemed essential. Outdoor recreation such as running is allowed, but cannot involve people outside of a...