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Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon. The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, but Esper on his own told the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states.“He’s not really on board with what the president is trying to do,”...

Given the current unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd, it’s not surprising to learn that yet another rally is being planned in D.C. But this one is being announced well in advance, scheduled to take place on August 28th, the anniversary of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech given 57 years ago. Unfortunately for those interested in participating, the host of this rally is perpetual opportunist Al Sharpton. Any time there is any sort of unrest involving issues of race, you can always expect Al Sharpton to show up and find a way...

The nation's capital braced itself with members of the National Guard guarding famous landmarks and patrolling a new pedestrian-only demonstration area as streets were closed off. The White House remained a fortress, with black fences between seven and nine feet high erected around its perimeter cutting off protesters, as D.C.'s mayor formally renamed the street outside 'Black Lives Matter Plaza'. Streets were shut in downtown from 6am as the first of the dozens of demonstrations organized for the day began and the city's metro system announced it was reopening cars closed due to coronavirus to boost rider capacity.

The top revolutionary Communist group Refuse Fascism announced plans to meet in Lafayette Park across from the White House this afternoon at 4 PM  ET.Refuse Fascism is a violent far left group with ties to the Revolutionary Communist Party.A million far left protesters are expected in Washington DC this weekend.Refuse Fascism and Antifa activists are planning to meet in Lafayette Park this afternoon.https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1269264108387532802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269264108387532802&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2020%2F06%2Frevolutionary-communist-group-announces-mass-protest-across-white-house-4-pm-saturday-secretary-esper-neuters-national-guard-patrol%2F Via Jack Posobiec.https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1269266963609550848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269266963609550848&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2020%2F06%2Frevolutionary-communist-group-announces-mass-protest-across-white-house-4-pm-saturday-secretary-esper-neuters-national-guard-patrol%2F And as the violent far left protesters plan their mass gathering in Washington DC Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered National Guard troops in the nation’s capitol to disarm. What the hell is going on in our country?

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 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.

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Journalists across the industry voiced support for Fox News' Leland Vittert on Saturday after the reporter and his crew were chased and harassed during a protest near the White House on Friday night. Vittert, who has reported from hotspots including Cairo, Libya and the West Bank, called the incident the scariest situation he's been in since getting chased out of Tahrir Square by a "mob" during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising in Egypt. One of Vittert's two security staffers was punched in the face and knocked to the ground as the team hurriedly exited the park on Friday night. “This...