Rioting and looting continued in Chicago, forcing the mayor to order the downtown to be closed overnight. A police car was stolen by rioters and crashed into a parked car.
Meanwhile, gangs of masked Antifa rioters rampaged unchecked through Seattle, breaking windows and spray-painting graffiti.
In other news, in the English city of Birmingham, a 17-year-old girl was arrested for deliberately driving her car at pedestrians.
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It appears the mayhem “enabler” crooked Kim Foxx of Jussie Smollett hoax fame has an enemy. Luxury retailer Michael Kors is openly encouraging voters to vote Kim Foxx out of office.
[Comment: State’s Attorney Kim Foxx also received Soros money.]
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Amazon Downplays Latest Relocation Rumors, But Experts Say COVID Makes Seattle Even Less Attractive
Amazon is downplaying the latest report that it plans to shift Seattle employees to the suburbs, but business leaders and economic experts warn that, with the pandemic, expensive cities like Seattle face an increasing risk of a corporate exodus.
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Amazon had offered its Seattle-based employees the choice of working in five outlying communities: Bothell/Woodinville, Renton, Tacoma, Redmond, or Issaquah.
The report, which cited an internal Amazon message that was briefly posted on Reddit, suggested that “the Covid-19 outbreak and a new local employers tax have pushed the e-commerce giant to consider alternatives to its hometown.”
On Friday, Amazon tamped down the idea.
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Antifa Rioters Storm Through Seattle in Night of Mayhem While Police Do Nothing
Roving gangs of Antifa rioters spent Friday evening rampaging through the streets of Seattle — with police often nowhere to be found, video and eyewitness accounts show.
Video shared by journalist Andy Ngo shows mobs of individuals clad in black destroying property, smashing windows and spray painting anything in sight, all with impunity.
“Marauding Antifa black bloc in Seattle smash up property as they march around the city. People watch in disbelief. No police,” Ngo reported while sharing video.
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At Least Four Hurt, One Dead in Separate Shootings Across Memphis
Police have released little information on any of the cases, and no arrests have been reported in any of the shootings.
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California Issues First Rolling Blackouts Since 2001 as Temperatures Reach Triple Digits
California’s electrical grid operator issued rolling blackouts Friday evening — the first since 2001 — to combat the intense heat wave that has invaded most of the Western United States.
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In an emotional interview Friday, the father of Cannon Hinnant, the five-year-old boy who was shot in the head and killed on Sunday while riding his bike with his sisters, said that the suspect, Darius Sessoms, has been his neighbor for eight years — and he even had Sessoms over for dinner the night before the killing.
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Chaos erupted in Portland for a 79th consecutive night on Friday after police declared an unlawful assembly during a peaceful demonstration and stormed a protester shield line, beating people with batons.
About 300 protesters had gathered in the city’s Peninsula Park around 9pm for a peaceful march across North Portland that was expected to end at the Police Association building on N Lombard Street.
But even before demonstrators could begin heading toward their destination, cops — changing tactics from the previous nights — cut off access to the streets leading to the police union headquarters.
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Chicago Shuts Down Its Business District Overnight This Weekend Due to Continued Riots and Looting
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot desperately wants the world to believe that she has the situation in her city under control and that she doesn’t need help from the federal government — nor would she ever need it from President Trump.
But while she puts that facade on during interviews and press conferences with national media, the reality of constant looting, rioting and crime in Chicago continues to unfold; as do its consequences.
For example, this weekend, the city will shut down its Central Business District overnight, effective at 9PM each night. The decision comes “in the wake of looting and unrest downtown, on the Magnificent Mile, and in Streeterville, River North, and the area near North and Sheffield avenues,” according to CBS Chicago.
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CHICAGO — A person stole a police car and crashed it into another vehicle Friday in South Shore.
Two officers were pursuing a possible gun suspect about 9:03 p.m. in the 7800-block of South Kingston Avenue, Chicago police said. When they got out of their unmarked squad car, a male got in and started driving away.
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Conservative Journalist Arrested & Jailed Ahead of ‘Shadowgate’ Documentary Release
Update: While weaver’s arrest appears to be for unrelated charges according to the Daily Dot…
When speaking to the Daily Dot via phone Saturday morning, a Portage County Jail administrator said that Weaver is being charged with alleged “robbery, tampering with evidence, obstruction justice, and domestic violence.”
When asked about the claim that Weaver was arrested for exposing the deep state, the administrator laughed. Conspiracy theorists believe a type of shadow government exists and is working to undermine President Donald Trump and his agenda.
Meaww also reports Weaver’s husband was arrested…we still can’t help but wonder about the curious timing?
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Chicago taxpayers spent $66 million renovating a convention center into an emergency coronavirus hospital that ended up only treating 38 patients. Further, the contract to renovate the facility went to a politically connected company instead of one that said it would waive fees or donate such money to coronavirus relief organizations.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday that top aides to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the decision to spend $1.7 million per patient on the renovations, calling it an “insurance policy” for the unfounded fear that Chicago’s hospitals would be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. Samir Mayekar, deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development, told the outlet that he was “incredibly proud of” the converted facility, adding that the millions of dollars in taxpayer money was “not spent in vain.”
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Georgia Police Try to Break Up Near-Violent Stone Mountain Protests
Heated and close to violent confrontations between armed right-wing militia members and black-masked counter-demonstrators were captured on video Saturday at Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Georgia.
Rows of neatly black clad Antifa protesters lined up versus right wing militia in camo overalls.
“Motherf—king Nazi!” yelled one militia member to a member of what appeared to be the Atlanta Antifascists, who vowed ahead of time to counter-protest.
“I’ll eat your balls for breakfast!” screamed another on a Periscope livestream.
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Gun Violence Continues to Plague Philadelphia as 2 Men Killed in Separate Shootings Friday Morning
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two men are dead following separate shootings in Philadelphia Friday morning. According to police, the first shooting happened just before 11:30 a.m. along the 200 block of South 49th Street in the Walnut Hill section of West Philadelphia.
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Live Updates: Demonstrators Clash With Police Downtown
CHICAGO (CBS) — Demonstrators were clashing with police around the Loop Saturday evening, with police deploying pepper spray.
Protests were held earlier in Millennium Park and moved onto Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, and LaSalle Street as they grew more heated.
Earlier, despite plans to shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway, protesters Saturday afternoon did not make it onto the expressway.
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Mother of Cannon Hinnant Alleged Killer Receives Messages of Support, Prayers on Social Media
The mother of a man, who allegedly murdered a five-year-old boy for the offense of riding a bike on his front yard, has received hundreds of messages of support, sympathy, and prayers on social media as strangers shared their emotions.
Carolyn Sessoms was flooded with a diverse mix of messages extending support and colorful condemnation on Facebook after her son, Darius, 25, was alleged to have shot five-year-old Cannon Hinnant in the head at point blank range as he played on the street with his sisters on a summer’s afternoon at a Wilson, North Carolina, neighborhood.
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New DA in Portland Admits He is ‘Old Buddies’ With an Antifa Militant
Newly-elected District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who refuses to prosecute Portland rioters, admits he is “old buddies” with an Antifa militant campaigning to defund the police, abolish prisons, and demand reparations.
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Police Release Photos of Looting Suspects in Lincoln Park, River North
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Police Area 3 Looting Task Force on Saturday released surveillance images of multiple being sought in looting that took place early Monday morning, specifically at stores in River North and Lincoln Park.
Police issued photos of one group of people wanted for stealing items from the Liquor Expo at 2154 N. Halsted St. The incident happened between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Monday.
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President Trump Accepts Enthusiastic Endorsement From NYC Police Union
President Trump welcomed a group of zealous New York City officers to his club in Bedminster on Friday to accept the NYC Police Benevolent Association’s endorsement for President of the United States.
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Protest Blocks Streets, Officers Assaulted, Pelted With Rocks, Glass Bottles, Other Objects (Photo)
In the evening hours of August 14, 2020, a group of a couple hundred people gathered in Peninsula Park at 700 North Rosa Parks Way. Around 9:20 p.m., the group left the park and began marching westbound on North Ainsworth Street. As the group marched, several support vehicles followed, blocking vehicular traffic. The lead marchers held heavy wooden shields. Many in the crowd were wearing helmets, gas masks, and other protective gear.
Around 9:30 p.m., the group marching had blocked all traffic on North Ainsworth Street. As the group approached North Maryland Avenue, public address announcements were made instructing the group to exit the street, or they would be subject to arrest or use of force. Despite the announcements, the group continued to stay in the street, but move southbound towards North Killingsworth Street. Around 10 p.m., the group reached the area of North Killingsworth Street and North Albina Avenue. Once again, public address announcements were made instructing the group to exit the street.
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Renowned Law Professor: Antifa is on Campus, Expel Them if They Commit Violence
George Washington University law Professor Jonathan Turley recently warned that Antifa is already on college campuses and said its members should be expelled if they commit violence.
However the legal scholar defended the group’s right to free speech on campus as long as it remains peaceful.
In an August 4 op-ed in The Hill, Turley wrote that Antifa has taken credit for blocking conservative speakers on campus and wrote that the group “is often the culprit on university campuses” in stopping speakers and causing disruption.
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Seattle Beer Company Defends Anti-Cop Acronym on Cans
A Seattle beer company is brewing up controversy with an anti-police message on cans.
Michael Dempster — who owns Mirage Beer, which bills itself as a “farmhouse-focused” Puget Sound brewery — released a hoppy IPA in June called “Choosey Lover” that featured a stamp on the bottom of cans that read, “ACAB means all cops,” KIRO reports.
The acronym, which stands for “All cops are bastards,” is favored by some Antifa and Black Lives Matters protesters and has recently appeared at anti-police brutality demonstrations across the country — from Lower Manhattan to Portland, Oregon.
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Teen Killed, Several Wounded in Spate of Overnight Gun-Violence in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A 17-year-old is dead and more than 10 people are wounded following widespread gun violence overnight in Philadelphia. The violence comes nearly a week after it was reported that Philadelphia ranks number two in the nation in homicides.
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Titania McGrath, Popular Parody Account, Restricted by Twitter
Titania McGrath, an account created by comedian Andrew Doyle that parodies woke culture and has more than 547,000 followers, has been placed in a restricted mode by Twitter.
As a result of these restrictions, Twitter users who view Titania’s accountwill be met with a warning notice that says:
“Caution: This account is temporarily restricted.
You’re seeing this warning because there has been some unusual activity from this account. Do you still want to view it?”
Users then have to select the “Yes, view profile” button before they can see Titania’s tweets.
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Trump to Pardon Edward Snowden?
In surprising comments during an interview with the New York Post this week, President Trump mused: “There are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that.”
He added: “Many people are on his side, I will say that. I don’t know him, never met him. But many people are on his side.”
The comments, published in the Post Thursday, have unleashed widespread speculation that Trump could actually pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden at a moment political momentum is gaining from Republican-Libertarian voices in Congress.
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Trump Gives Chinese Owner of TikTok 90 Days to Divest Itself of U.S. Assets
President Trump on Friday told the Chinese company ByteDance it has 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to fund and support the video-sharing TikTok app in the United States.
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The United States Postal Service is warning states across the country that it cannot guarantee that all mail-in ballots for the November presidential elections will arrive in time to be counted.
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Video: Black ‘Teens’ Rob White Boys’ Neighborhood Lemonade Stand at Gunpoint for $30
Video footage shows a sidewalk lemonade stand ran by white children in the city of Peoria, Illinois being robbed at gunpoint by black “teens,” who absconded with a take of $30 from the victim’s cash box.
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‘British FBI’ Makes 16 New Grooming Gang Arrests in Rotherham and Leeds
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has made sixteen new grooming gang arrests in Rotherham and Leeds as part of an investigation into historic sex crimes.
The NCA, roughly equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, announced that ten people aged between 35 and 53 had been arrested in Rotherham “on suspicion of offences relating to the abuse of girls who would have been between aged between 11 and 16 at the time [of the abuse].”
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Dutch Police Arrest More Than 20 Amid Overnight Rioting
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rioters on rooftops and streets threw stones, eggs and fireworks at police overnight during a second night of unrest in a low-income neighbourhood of The Hague, Dutch police said Friday.
More than 20 people were arrested for offences including incitement, public violence, and assaulting a police officer, police said in a statement. On Thursday night, the municipality imposed an emergency order that gave police extra powers to detain people.
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UK: BBC Drops Kipling Poem for VJ Day Commemorations as Singer Complains of ‘Cultural Superiority’
The BBC removed a musical version of a poem penned by Rudyard Kipling from the celebrations commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Japan Day, following complaints from a Jamaican-born opera singer, who claimed the poem has “cultural superiority” embedded in the verse.
A musical version of “Mandalay”, the 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling — the author of The Jungle Book — was set to be featured on the British public broadcaster’s televised VJ Day celebration, as it has become an anthem often used to hail the heroics of veterans of the UK’s campaign in Burma during the Second World War.
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UK: Girl, 17, Arrested for Attempted Murder After Car ‘Driven Deliberately at Pedestrians’
Police in Birmingham have arrested a 17-year-old girl on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was allegedly driven deliberately at pedestrians.
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UK: Veteran on VJ Day: ‘We Were Fighting for the Globe, For Peace and Democracy’
Queen Elizabeth II has led commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, which signalled the end of World War Two.
Britain’s monarch said in a statement released on Saturday: “Today we mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, which brought victory for the Allies and finally marked the end of the Second World War.
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Turkey Claims Greece Attacked Research Vessel and Tells France to Back Off
Turkish Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed Greek naval forces attacked a Turkish research vessel in the Mediterranean, while Greek media have labelled the story “fake news”.
President Erdogan claimed the Oruc Reis, a research vessel looking to conduct seismic surveys in Mediterranean territory Greece claims is part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), was attacked by Greek ships on Thursday.
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Exclusive: Doctor Fleeing Violence in South Africa Murdered by Sudanese Migrant in Canada
Walter Reynolds, a South African doctor who relocated to Canada in search of a better life, was allegedly by a Sudanese migrant at his medical practice while defending over a dozen people who were at the clinic at the time of the murder on August 10.
Reynolds, 45, was killed at the Village Mall Walk-in Clinic in Red Deer, Alberta, when police say a Sudanese migrant attacked the doctor with a hammer and machete.
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Germany: Afghan Arrested for Beating Wife to Death in Front of Their Children
German police have arrested a 38-year-old Afghan asylum seeker on suspicion of beating his 33-year-old wife to death in front of their five underage children.
The alleged killing took place at an apartment in the district of Kreyenbrück in the city of Oldenburg two weeks ago. Neighbours had heard the sounds of violence coming from the three-bedroom apartment and called the police.
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Migration Watch UK: Boris Johnson Has ‘Lost Control’ of Illegal Immigration
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has “lost control” of the growing illegal migration crisis, despite promises from Johnson to send back boat migrants, a report from Migration Watch UK claimed.
The report from the mass-migration sceptic think tank said that one year after the prime minister warned illegal migrants that the government “will send you back”, increasing waves of illegal migration have beset the United Kingdom.
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Migrants Increasingly Reaching Italy by Sea From Tunisia
ROME (AP) — The number of migrants reaching Italy by sea shot up from the previous 12-month period, but in contrast to recent years, the majority of the arrivals didn’t need rescue and made it to shore by themselves.
According to Interior Ministry figures released Saturday, from Aug. 1, 2019 through July 31 of this year, 16,347 migrants reached Italian shores in small boats without help, while 5,271 were rescued at sea, most of those by charity boats.
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More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK in 10 days after crossing the Channel in small boats.
Some 1,004 migrants were brought ashore by Border Force between August 4 and 13, analysis found.
This takes the total so far this year to at least 4,511, more than double the amount thought to have crossed during the whole of 2019.
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Three-Quarters of Britons See Illegal Migration in Channel as Serious Issue
The majority of the British public believes that illegal immigration is a “serious” issue, as record numbers of boat migrants pour into the country after crossing the English Channel from France.
A poll from YouGov that was released on Thursday showed that nearly three-quarters of Britons, 73 per cent, feel that illegal migration is a serious problem. Of those, 45 per cent see the issue as “very serious”, and 28 per cent see it as “somewhat serious”.
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94% of Belgian Doctors Support “After-Birth Abortions” For Babies Born With Disabilities
More than 9 in 10 Belgian physicians support infanticide, or what is called “after-birth abortion,” for babies born with a non-fatal disability, a new research paper revealed.
Approximately 94% of neonatologists and associated medical professionals surveyed in Flanders, Belgium “agree that in the event of a serious (non-lethal) neonatal condition, administering drugs with the explicit intention to end neonatal life is acceptable.”
Although the phrase “serious (non-lethal) neonatal condition” is not specified in the report, similar wording in the U.K. Abortion Act allows for abortion on babies prenatally diagnosed with disabilities such as Down’s syndrome, cleft lip, and club foot.
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Federal Judge Rules Christian Photographer Can’t be Forced to Work Same-Sex Weddings
A Kentucky federal judge ruled on Friday that the city of Louisville cannot force a Christian photographer to work a same-sex wedding, citing that the “Constitution does not require a choice between gay rights and freedom of speech.”
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Prof. Bhakdi: There has not been a single new case of Covid 19 disease in Germany for many weeks — The mask requirement in schools is child abuse and abuse of the elderly and dangerous to health, the number of colds from rhinoviruses is higher than ever – not despite, but because of the mask requirement —
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftransinformation.net%2Fprofessor-dr-sucharit-bhakdi-es-gibt-seit-wochen-keine-neuen-covid-19-kranken-mehr-in-deutschland%2F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INy6s0Hw6mg
Pretender Patel
https://mobile.twitter.com/AgainWoodsy/status/1295043125602385920
Britain has been invaded. What other proof do the sheeple need?
Get out of London and Birmingham at least while you still can, the cities are lost, the shires must be protected from the same fate. Pretty soon they will implement a “straight white male” tax in all British cities.
Indigenous free cities. That’s the plan according to some German politicians. Unfortunately the pandemic is creating a pandemonium that may more than just frustrate the Afro Islamic invaders.
Looks like we have another color revolution spectacle in Byelorus.
It’s a real mind duck. The Western European countries are being invaded.
The only resistance apparently is complete indifference from disoriented gormless locals. Will it take an out of nowhere revolution with armed to the teeth indigenous demanding papers and lock-up pending. Times have changed. Lots of unemployed pissed off patriots fuming. If this situation is not turned around fast then no surprise at anything that follows. How do fat fools like BJ and PP last do long?