Former Pentagon chief James Mattis calls on Americans to unite without Trump.

 

 

 

 

Former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis denounced Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to crack down on protests and said his former boss was setting up a “false conflict” between the military and civilian society.

“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote.

Protests near White House met by unmarked, heavily armed riot forces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massive protests calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality are continuing across the U.S. and around the world.

In Washington, D.C., the largest crowd of protesters yet converged at the White House late Wednesday after a day of peaceful marches throughout the capital.  They were met by uniformed National Guard members as well as scores of heavily armed people in riot gear with all insignias and name plates removed from their uniforms.

Cuban President calls U.S government immoral, arrogant and perverse for its escalation of hostility against the cuban people.

 

 

 

 

 

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has called the United States government immoral, arrogant and perverse for its escalation of hostility against the people of the Caribbean nation.

“The imperial government is applying new sanctions that affect the Cuban people, while the American people are being harshly hit by the pandemic and racist repression,” the Cuban leader remarked on his personal Twitter account.  With the tag #NoMoreBlocking and a photo with the phrase “Sanctions are a crime,” the president said that in Cuba, no one surrenders.