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The Trump administration is standing firm and will reportedly “not allow” the Emancipation Memorial to be destroyed by activists, who recently publicized their plans to tear it down.

Nearly 100 protesters called for the removal of a statue of New York public works and parks czar Robert Moses in Long Island on Saturday.

Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, allegedly attacked Democrat State Sen. Tim Carpenter during Tuesday night’s protests after he tried to take a picture of a demonstration.

A Black Lives Matter protester unleashed a slew of expletives in an angry tirade against a group of officers during Tuesday night’s protest in Washington, DC, calling a black officer a “bitch-ass [n-word]” and adding, “keep sucking that white man’s d*ck.”

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board failed to agree on a proposal to defund the L.A. School Police on Tuesday evening, defeating an effort by the Black Lives Matter movement and United Teachers L.A. (UTLA).

Former President Barack Obama referred to the ongoing unrest around the country, associated with the Black Lives Matter protests, as a “Great Awakening” in his remarks to a fundraiser for former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Tuesday promised to defend Mount Rushmore from radical leftists, who have been demanding the removal of several historic monuments and statues across the nation and, in some cases, lawlessly destroying the structures themselves.

A Black Lives Matter activist at Monday night’s protest in the nation’s capital took a few minutes to scold a line of officers who calmly stood, emotionless, as she likened them to white supremacists, accused them of being “privileged”, and offered sweeping claims on white men, claiming that they “rape us” and “don’t care.”

An overwhelming 72 percent of registered voters do not support defunding police, according to poll results published Tuesday.

Protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, Monday night and faced off with police after attempting to topple the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park just ours earlier, screaming expletives at officers and demanding them to remain “quiet” as they continued in hurling insults their way.

Protesters in Washington, DC, are attempting to set up their own “Black House Autonomous Zone” (BHAZ) as they clash with police after attempting to topple the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park hours earlier.

Protesters began arriving at Lafayette Park in front of the White House with black-painted wooden shields, according to videos on social media, as they confronted police.

President Donald Trump reacted Monday to an attempt by violent protesters to topple the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square across the street from the White House.

Agitators promoting Black Lives Matter blocked a major intersection in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday evening and pointed guns at a motorcyclist who tried to pass through.

Protesters near the White House got increasingly rowdy, as they defaced a historic church, tried to take down a statue and confronted police.

Even though the marches may have increased infections among protesters, overall infections did not rise because others increased social distancing.

New York City’s American Museum of Natural History announced Sunday that it will remove a statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt from outside its entrance.

President Trump painted a dire picture of the nation’s future if former Vice President Joe Biden is elected president in November.

Tensions have been escalating outside of the venue of President Trump’s Tulsa rally as Black Lives Matter protesters take to the streets marching, shouting, and in some cases, confronting the president’s supporters.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that recent protests have shown “young people will risk going out for an important cause” and that they should do so for the cause of preventing an economic depression.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta stated that comparing President Trump’s rally to the recent protests is “sort of an apples and oranges comparison.” And the White House is “willing to take this risk, even if experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci say this is a very bad idea.”

China’s Global Times state propaganda newspaper angrily condemned President Donald Trump’s signing of the Uyghur Human Rights Act in a column Thursday by urging China’s rubber-stamp legislature to pass a law condemning “the deplorable U.S. human rights situation.”

Charges against Steven Ray Baca in the Monday shooting of Albuquerque protester Scott Williams have been dropped.

Confusion descended upon downtown Tulsa on Thursday evening after the mayor issued a curfew for the area surrounding the BOK Center, where Trump supporters have already begun gathering in anticipation of Saturday’s rally.

President Donald Trump’s “Great American Comeback” rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will have the hallmarks of a “festival,” featuring musical acts, high-profile supporters, and camera crews, Axios reported on Thursday.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway defended President Trump’s planned rally in Tulsa, OK by stating that “we can’t pick and choose who can be where, wearing a mask or not,

Police in Portland, Oregon, quickly tore down a barrier erected by protesters intent on setting up a Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s political rallies as legitimate political speech, in response to questions from CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that his government is looking at new ways to punish protesters who desecrate war memorials, after far-left Black Lives Matter agitators defiled London icons, including the Cenotaph.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday declared President Trump is defying science and sacrificing lives, all to “hear cheers from an adoring crowd” at his rallies. 

A protester in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was shot Monday night after a citizen who was allegedly under attack opened fire.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) claimed during a floor speech on Tuesday that the United States did not inherit slavery but rather “created it.”

The bodies of a missing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester and an elderly woman were found in Tallahassee, Florida, Saturday night.

A 21-year-old man accused of looting a gas station and restaurant in San Bernardino, California, during the George Floyd protests this month — an incident which has been livestreamed on Facebook — has been arrested.

Activists gathered in front of Atlanta’s City Hall on Monday, challenging leadership to “put your money where your mouth is” and “defund the police” following the officer-involved shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday evening after a confrontation with police officers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on Sunday the riots that erupted in America after George Floyd’s death were “the manifestation of some deep domestic crises” that were triggered by the election of President Donald Trump.