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Boris Johnson insisted Winston Churchill’s statue should be a “permanent reminder” of his wartime achievements — even as it was hidden within a grey box — but added that the wartime leader did hold “unacceptable” opinions.

A new poll released Friday showed that 55% of Democrats approve of calls by the Black Lives Matter movement to “defund the police” — though 64% of the country as a whole opposes the idea.

Social media “influencers” are now wearing blackface in an attempt to “show solidarity” with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the death of George Floyd, as nationwide protests and riots across the country.

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention called upon members to say, “Black lives matter” and condemn the slogan “all lives matter.”

The statue of Sir Winson Churchill has been imprisoned within a grey box to stop Black Lives Matter supporters from repeatedly vandalising it — an alternative to using active policing to deter them which some see as an admission of defeat.

Left-wing Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle have attempted to secede from the rest of the country, occupying a six-block enclave that they are calling the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek said the “violence” and “unrest” following Geroge Floyd’s death are due to “racism and injustice.”

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson used his opening monologue to welcome the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) to the world’s family of nations, which had apparently sprung up out of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

During a round table in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Joe Biden claimed the death of George Floyd was bigger than the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear, but we will make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots,” Trump said.

Under extreme national pressure, Louisville Police finally released the incident report for the raid which killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, but it offers virtually no new information.

Because of Mark Milley’s apology, no matter what happens in November, the losing side will blame the military.

The Washington Post on Thursday opened an online interview with Valerie Jarrett about race with a montage of peaceful protests and an appraisal of them in the wake of George Floyd’s death from her former boss, Barack Obama.

The white Hollywood celebrities who starred in a recently released anti-racism PSA are getting blasted by progressive media members who’ve roasted the two-minute video as tone deaf and “incredibly cringeworthy.”

“You can’t defund the police,” said eight-time Mr. Olympia and retired police officer Ronnie Coleman on in an interview with Joe Rogan.

Valerie Jarrett, former Barack Obama adviser, said former Vice President Joe Biden is the right person to be president “at this moment.”

Roughly 200 looters stole over $100,000 worth of products from a Tampa, Florida, Walmart on the evening of May 30, according to local law enforcement. 

President Trump holds a discussion about restoring the country to greatness after the coronavirus shutdowns and the George Floyd protests.

Two more Atlanta police officers accused of using excessive force against two college students during the George Floyd protests in the city late last month have been fired, a spokesperson for the police said Wednesday.

The National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) gained thousands of members following the May 25 death of George Floyd.

E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly banned police agencies from using its facial recognition technology for one year in response to growing calls to sever ties with U.S. police departments.

Actor and Academy Award-winning director Jordan Peele is donating $1 million to social justice organizations, including Black Lives Matter and Stacey Abrams’s anti-voter suppression group Fair Fight.

Victor Davis Hanson responded to David Petraeus’s call for removing the names of Confederate figures from U.S. military bases.

People’s Daily Online, a house organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), argued on Wednesday that America’s “predominant culture of white supremacy” has unleashed “turmoil” in Hong Kong and across the Middle East.

A throng of white Hollywood celebrities, including actors Aaron Paul, Bryce Dallas Howard, Debra Messing, Kristen Bell, Julianne Moore, Justin Theroux, and Stanley Tucci, star in the “I Take Responsibility” PSA, in which the artists, famous for the work on stage and on screen, apologize for their own racism, “every unchecked moment,” and “Every not so funny joke.”

Thursday on NBC’s “3rd Hour Today” program, co-host Craig Melvin questioned Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) about the possibility of being used by Senate Republicans as a “token.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) chose a press conference Thursday to blame President Donald Trump for the “disproportionate” number of minorities dying from the coronavirus.

Wednesday on CNN’s “Tonight,” host Don Lemon offered a monologue about the Trump administration’s denial of the existence of systemic racism in America.

NEW YORK (AP) — Before the first pick was made, Major League Baseball delivered a message: The sport stands fully behind the Black Lives Matter movement.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jim Nantz will be alone in the broadcast booth when the PGA Tour resumes its schedule Thursday. That’s not the only voice CBS Sports wants to hear at Colonial.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary is editing the definition of the word “racism” after a Missouri woman wrote to the company requesting that the definition match what she learned at university, that the word really means the “systemic oppression” of groups of people.

TEL AVIV – The “great nation” of Iran has smashed the U.S. knee that was on its throat, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, in an apparent nod to the manner in which George Floyd died while being restrained by a police officer.

TEL AVIV – A self-described Communist UK-based newspaper has published an article falsely claiming the police responsible for the death of George Floyd were trained by Israel in “restraint techniques.”

Wednesday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson opened his program with a monologue criticizing the coronavirus lockdown, which has had a profound impact on many Americans’ lives. According to the Fox News host, with little input from the public, elected officials moved to lockdown many places around the country. But given public officials’ reactions to protests and the impact of the virus on areas where lockdown restrictions were not as strict or severe, Carlson claims the public was “played” by politicians.

Police in Jacksonville, Florida, offered a reward of $8,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of a man who allegedly slashed the neck of a police officer during a protest on May 30. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officials say the man pictured in their poster struck one of their officers repeatedly in the back of the head and then cut his neck with an as yet unidentified object. The injury required treatment at a local hospital.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, often mentioned as a possible running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, predicted that Democratic voters would turn out in record numbers in November’s election.