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Esper catches White House off guard with opposition to military use,
https://www.axios.com/mark-esper-insurrection-act-protests-176c7a2c-f814-43bb-b7cd-dd7ca5cff1e5.html

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a press briefing Wednesday that he does not currently support invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that permits the president to use active-duty troops on U.S. soil, in order to quell protests against racial injustice.

Why it matters: President Trump threatened this week to deploy military forces if state and local governments aren't able to squash violent protests. Axios reported on Wednesday that Trump is backing off the idea for now, but that he hasn't ruled it out.

What they're saying: "The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," Esper said. "We are not in one of those situations now."

Behind the scenes: Multiple sources close to the president tell Axios' Jonathan Swan they were perplexed by the NBC interview and wondered what Esper was trying to achieve. The combination of that interview plus Wednesday's press conference — in which he undercut the president — has the Secretary of Defense in precarious standing with the White House. - (maybe another resignation soon)

Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave
https://apnews.com/e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

garetz:
There was no gassing, teargas wasn't even used. You need to keep up with the news

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/500786-interior-department-faces-questions-over-response-to-lafayette

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-protesters-trump-church-visit

And for you to even think that using teargas is the same thing as Hitler gassing people to death in gas chambers, I don't even know what to tell you.

UK government urged to suspend export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to US

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-floyd-protests-uk-export-tear-gas-rubber-bullets-shields-us-a9543106.html

The government is being urged to suspend the sales of British tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to the United States amid fears they are being used against civil rights protesters.

The US has been rocked by angry demonstrations for nearly a week following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died pleading for air while a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for eight minutes.

The police response, apparently endorsed by president Donald Trump, has seen security forces ramming crowds with cars, deploying gas and baton rounds against peaceful demonstrators, and arresting and shooting at domestic and international journalists covering events.

Government records show it grants export licences worth millions of pounds for the sale of anti-crowd gas, riot equipment, so-called “rubber bullets” and other small arms to the US – but the government’s own rules say such exports should not go ahead where they are likely to be used for “internal repression”.

ijedeikorodu:
Pat Robertson, Televangelist is not happy with Mr President

Pat Robertson tells Trump that his response to the George Floyd protests "isn't cool." pic.twitter.com/vDBYxxUp10

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 2, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQfsY0vpcJ8
(Pat Robertson said the ex-cop should be charged with 1st degree murder, not 3rd degree murder)

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500893-pat-robertson-breaks-with-trump-on-law-and-order-response-to-protests

'You just don't do that, Mr. President': Televangelist Pat Robertson condemns Trump's 'law and order' response to protests
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/pat-robertson-donald-trump/index.html

Joel Osteen of Lakewood church Houston Texas at BLM rally


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTEj8q1YKI

Evangelists are gradually distancing themselves from the 'hypocrite'

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/pat-robertson-donald-trump/index.html

'You just don't do that, Mr. President': Televangelist Pat Robertson condemns Trump's 'law and order' response to protests

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump's response to nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and police brutality, saying "you just don't do that, Mr. President"

His comments come amid criticism of police tactics used to clear out a crowd of peaceful protesters near the White House Monday ahead of Trump's walk across the square they had been protesting in and photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church. Trump, who on Monday touted himself as a president of "law and order," vowed to send US military forces into cities if governors did not quell protests that at times have turned violent. Trump has been condemned by church leaders over the move and his inflammatory rhetoric that has stoked racial tensions.
Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and one-time presidential candidate, spoke about the protests at the beginning of The 700 Club on Tuesday and said now is a time for understanding and comfort.

Even the evangelists are not supporting his actions

Joel Osteen at BLM rally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTEj8q1YKI

feedthenation:
For those who may be interested:



Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FISA application process used during the FBI investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.


https://www.c-span.org/video/?472540-1/deputy-attorney-general-rosenstein-testifies-fbis-russia-investigation&live

One hour into the Senate Judiciary Committee, nothing interesting so far apart from Russia, Clinton emails (again), FISA, Crossfire Hurricane, Flynn, Mueller report (which wasn't released by Barr, and the Senate Republicans expect Rosentein to answer questions on it)

For those who may be interested:



Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FISA application process used during the FBI investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.


https://www.c-span.org/video/?472540-1/deputy-attorney-general-rosenstein-testifies-fbis-russia-investigation&live

Why can't Trump meet with the protesters as he advised President Xi of China back in January and also his tweet to Iran.

What's different now?

So many options for employment within most sectors, or better still take the educational route to postgraduate.

ABU is the still the best I've seen so far

Even the EU are not listening to the 'Emperor' Trump without clothes - still don't understand why Trump want to bring back Russia into the G7.

EU says Russia should not yet rejoin G7, despite Trump plan

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eu-russia-rejoin-g7-trump-plan-71016966?cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of members of the Group of Seven major economic powers to insist that Russia must not be allowed back into the fold, after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he plans to invite the country to a G7 summit next fall.

Trump said Saturday that he is postponing next month’s G7 summit, and plans to invite Russia, Australia, South Korea and India when it does take place. Trump told reporters that he feels the current makeup of the group is “very outdated” and doesn’t properly represent “what’s going on in the world.”

The G7 members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, while the 27-nation EU, the world’s biggest trading bloc, also takes part. Russia was suspended in 2014 from the then G8 following its invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Russia should not be allowed back in until it “changes course and the environment allows for the G8 again to have a meaningful discussion, and this is not currently the case.”

Episcopal bishop says Trump’s message is ‘antithetical to the teachings of Jesus’

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/washington-bishop-condemns-trump-message-295946

The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington on Tuesday condemned the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters to accommodate President Donald Trump's visit to a church, calling the photo opportunity a “symbolic gesture” that was “antithetical” to the core tenets of Christianity.

The fierce rebuke from the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, whose diocese oversees the church Trump visited Monday evening, came after the president threatened the use of military force to quash a nationwide wave of racial unrest if state and local officials refused to activate the National Guard.

As the president spoke from the Rose Garden on Monday, police officers and National Guard units fired rubber bullets, deployed flash bangs and set off tear gas bombs to force protesters from Lafayette Square across from the White House.

The tactics by law enforcement allowed Trump to cross the street with top political aides and senior administration officials and stand outside St. John’s Church, the so-called “Church of the Presidents,” where he brandished a Bible “as if it were spiritual validation and justification for a message that is antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and to the God of justice,” Budde said.

Abbeybailey:
I respect you for that. People here know that I love Obama but I called him out after the continuation of the useless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I hated his stand on abortion due to my Catholic education but the problem with our guys here that fawn over Trump is that they think of him as next to Jesus Christ. He's a perfect being to them. Some of these guys love Trump more than their fathers and that's very sad knowing that these are the same kind of people Trump and his Nazi followers hates with all the cells in their souls.

Obama with some of his decisions which I'm also against (based on my personal beliefs such as abortion, lgbt issues, the senseless war in Iraq and Afghanistan started by a GOP president, George W. Bush) is 1000% better than the current incumbent Trump who doesn't understand what it takes to be president. Maybe he thinks the position is just for photo opportunities and not hardwork. (yet some people will attack me that i'm liberal because i'm against an incompetent, inept president).

Everything Trump tweeted about Obama years ago are exactly what Trump is doing.

ijedeikorodu:
Tucker Carlson Blames Jared Kushner for Trump’s Protest Catastrophe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wJVOS6tEOo

Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday night, blaming him for leading the president astray and having “contempt” for Trump’s voters as violent protests rage across the country.

Kicking off Tucker Carlson Tonight by raging against the increasingly chaotic demonstrations that have flared up over George Floyd’s death, Carlson first took issue with Republican leaders sympathizing with peaceful protesters.

“Who are you talking about?” Carlson growled. “Is it the people spitting foam as they scream ‘F the police’? Is it the one sitting next to the arsonist doing nothing as they set fire to buildings? Is it the kids laughing as they filmed the looting and the beatings on their iPhones?”

After wondering aloud why he should be “required to be upset about” an unarmed black man’s death at the hands of police, Carlson then turned his attention to the president, whom he has almost never personally criticized on his show.

Noting that Fox News anchor Leland Vittert was harassed by protesters outside the White House on Friday night, Carlson asked Trump: “If you can’t keep a Fox News correspondent from getting attacked directly across from your house, how can you protect my family? How are you going to protect the country? How hard are you trying?”

The Fox star then applauded the president for his Monday evening statement threatening to deploy the military to tamp down the protests, which Trump delivered as Washington, D.C., police tear-gassed peaceful protesters.

“Good for him,” Carlson said before turning his attention to Kushner.

Claiming Trump will lose in November if he doesn’t ratchet up his response to the protests, Carlson blamed Kushner for not understanding the gravity of the situation and advising Trump not to address the situation.

“No one has more contempt for Donald Trump’s voters than Jared Kushner and no one expresses it more frequently,” Carlson said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/tucker-carlson-trump-protest-295628
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson goes after Trump and Kushner over protests

Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, expressed dismay at President Donald Trump’s leadership on Monday, criticizing the president’s handling of mass protests that have engulfed cities across the country and singling out an influential member of his family.

Carlson, who often uses his show to ardently defend the president and attack Trump’s foes, lambasted the nation’s leaders across the political spectrum for letting protests get out of hand. He also went after Jared Kushner, saying “no one has more contempt” for the president’s supporters than Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. He accused Kushner of breaking starkly from Trump’s platform and talking Trump out of taking decisive actions.

0.10 of Carlson commentary, "our voters aren't going anywhere. The trailer parks are rock-solid. What choice do they have? They've got to vote for us" - now we know who the MAGAs are, they are the 'trailer park folks'

Abbeybailey:
Don the Con is going to make a statement on White House lawn any time from now. The pressure is piling up and the protest is going on with thousands of Americans in front of the people's house.

Trump might mention the Insurrection Act

Audio recording of BunkerTrump lashing out on Governors today

Here's the audio of that remarkable call where Trump lashes out at governors and says they need to crack down on protesters. pic.twitter.com/ANSsniYItN

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 1, 2020

Trump already lost control of the government. The mere fact that this confidential call was leaked proves there is a breach and a mole at the White House.

MaziAlaye:
This is Sleepy Joe with the "Grand wizard" of KKK a white supremacists hate group targeted against blacks.

You were saying?

On this day, 93 years ago:

1927, June 1: New York Times reported Fred Trump arrested at KKK rally

" When news of the old report surfaced last year, Donald Trump vehemently denied his father's arrest. "He was never arrested. He has nothing to do with this. This never happened. This is nonsense and it never happened," he said to the Daily Mail. "This never happened. Never took place. He was never arrested, never convicted, never even charged. It's a completely false, ridiculous story. He was never there! It never happened. Never took place." "

Timbuktuo:
George Floyd’s brother is an Uncle Tom. Nobody cares what he has to say

A little respect for the grieving family.

Do you know the meaning of calling a black person 'Uncle Tom'?

I like the way they dress very professional, always in shirt, tie and suit regardless of the age group.

Following the UK and European governments

Ambode of Lagos was running from pillar to post before the governorship primaries in Lagos state late 2018. once the power brokers have turned their back, sorry is you

Obaseki now knows 'oga na master'. Once the power brokers have turned their back, sorry is your case. The moment Oshiomole won the court case for the APC National Chairman, Obaseki was a goner then.

What about the 'world-class' upgrades done by the lady minister of aviation (Senator Stella Oduah) during President GEJ administration.

Does this means that the 'world-class' upgrades have fallen apart within 5years?

That church should have been cordoned off as a crime scene by the police. I just don't understand how useless the NPF can be.

Phone records of the deceased lady must be investigated with the various networks. Someone must have known she's within the church premises.

Atikuorbuhari:
A man was exposed as his chat was exposed of how he said he took advantage of ladies.

SEE REACTIONS: https://www.musictori.com/2020/06/busted-rpist-exposed-with-his-photos.html

This guy will never change

Let us also start in every city in Nigeria, protests against sexual abuse on women.

#NOMEANSNO

Abbeybailey:
Late Sen Byrd of West Virginia was indeed a Klansman growing up in Appalachia and he really apologized for his involvement with Klans till he breathes his last unlike the proud Nazi Trump who surrounded himself with the Nazi like Stephen Miller and the other purveyor of hate and bigotry in America. Americans will send Trump a big message on n9v 3rd.

I don't blame the guys here who get most of their information from far-right blogs, you will be surprised about the information posted on them.

The latest video from the Lincoln Project - these guys are really going for Trump


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w7kwtLJtVc

Flag of Treason

Obrigardo:
trump has no need to address the nation
and at the same time urging Governors who do not have to listen to him to use military force on protesters..

....while hiding in his bunker at this moment

what a weak man, a weak version of hitler for comedy

BunkerTrump will never change

Joe Biden, like any seasoned politician is using every available opportunity for political leverage during this election year.

Abbeybailey:
Exactly. Willie Horton was the guy released by the Former Gov of Massachusetts released by Gov Dukakis. It ruined Dukakis shot of besting George Snr. It didnt work when they plan to play the same game with Bill Clinton and thats why George Bush Snr lost his reelection to Clinton.

@Abbeybailey.
My goodness, you know your political history very well.
Yet some Kindergarten (creche) like-minded folks will be debating with you blindingly.

latests trends

#BUNKERTRUMP

ribbit:
for me, Nigeria can never work. Only total balkanization or restructuring based on regions with total resource control. so everyone can fix their shit.



Bloody revolution will never happen cos we are too divided. So we can't get out priorities right.

It's obvious we cannot live together. Just like you can't amalgamate, the English, the French, the Russians and some Scottish/Irish/Catalonia together and ask them to live together in peace under 1 government.

We know how that's gonna end.


Just like one Europe can never happen or work, so is one Nigeria.

100% agree with the bolded

budaatum:
From what I posted, one is likely to pressume the Democrats won't make a difference since they haven't in Minneapolis they've supposedly been running since the 60s.

Do they need more time, perhaps?

This runs deeper than one major political party, just shows how the mindset is still the same regardless of political ideology (conservative, liberal independent, or quakers (it's not easy to change over 400 years habit of slavery, which the white folks have enjoyed. This has now graduated to a more refined-type of racism. I think there is a name for that 'institutional racism' - this will take a long time to be eradicated.

AUDIO: Trump describing ‘benefits’ of sex with a troubled ‘teen’.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1267148908158783488

https://twitter.com/hoeswilin/status/1267148908158783488