From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
With certain high-profile exceptions, it can feel like police officers who exceed their authority rarely experience the consequences. Police who kill or maim are rarely prosecuted, and qualified immunity shields all but the most egregious offenders from civil liability. Continue reading “D.C. Rehired Cops and Paid Them $14 Million in Back Pay.”
With inflation, prices are up pretty much across the board, but if you’re looking for a new gun for recreation or self-defense, here’s a hint: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is offering them at an absolute steal. Seriously, the federal agency tasked with enforcing firearms regulations has such poor security that thousands of guns and gun parts once in its possession disappeared in the hands of thieves. And it has yet to fully implement recommended reforms. Continue reading “ATF, Enforcer of Gun Laws, Lost ‘Thousands of Firearms, Firearm Parts’ to Thieves”
A heavy police presence has swarmed Government Plaza in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday following reports of a shooting and ongoing standoff there. Continue reading “Standoff, shooting reported near Government Plaza in Mobile, Alabama”
The Biden White House announced Friday a new weapons package worth $275 million is destined for Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. military aid to Kyiv to more than $18.5 billion since January 2021. Continue reading “U.S. Pledges Additional $270+ Million in Battlefield Weaponry for Ukraine”
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — ABC7 News I-Team sources say Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, underwent brain surgery Friday. This comes following an early morning violent attack with a hammer-wielding suspect who police believe targeted their San Francisco home. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was not home, nor in the city at the time of the attack. Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi’s husband undergoes brain surgery after attack at SF home, sources say; suspect ID’d”
Nearly one in five Americans have skipped meals or did not buy groceries due to surging inflation, including 28 percent of Gen Z and 23 percent of millennials, according to a recent survey. Continue reading “Survey: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Skipped Meals, Didn’t Buy Groceries Due to High Inflation”
Well, we’re finally there: stocks are officially trading off nuclear war headlines.
Moments ago, as part of his closely-watched speech, Vladimir Putin appeared to talk down the likelihood of a nuclear attack in Ukraine: Continue reading “In Stunning Strategy Reversal, Pentagon Will No Longer Rule Out Use Of Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear Threat”
For the third time since Friday, Israel has launched missile attacks against the Syrian capital of Damascus. There had been a brief period without attacks. Now Israel seems to be re-escalating, though as usual they are providing no reason. Continue reading “Israel Attacks Syrian Capital for Third Time in a Week”
As Americans suffer through record-high inflation with rising costs for groceries, gasoline, and public utilities, sanctuary states are transferring millions in United States tax dollars to illegal aliens via unemployment benefits, a new investigation reveals. Continue reading “Sanctuary States Dish Out Millions in Unemployment Benefits to Illegal Aliens as Americans Endure Inflation”
New York City employees fired for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine must be reinstated immediately and given back pay because the vaccine mandate is unconstitutional, a New York state judge ruled on Tuesday. Continue reading “Judge Orders Unvaccinated New York City Employees Reinstated, Rules COVID-19 Firings Unconstitutional”
A lawyer for a school board in New Jersey gave his interpretation of the law at a recent board meeting, in which he said parents do not have a right to decide the curriculum schools teach to their children. Continue reading “New Jersey school board’s lawyer says parents cannot ‘dictate what their children are taught’”
Oct. 24—Officials in local law enforcement and criminal justice have expressed concern about a ballot measure in November that would toughen restrictions around the sale, style and use of firearms in Oregon. Continue reading “Gun control measure draws concern among law enforcement”
A bystander drew his gun on a man accused of beating and stomping on his pregnant girlfriend outside a Publix super market, ending the “brutal” attack, Florida deputies say. Continue reading “‘Brutal’ attack on pregnant woman at Publix ends when witness pulls gun, Florida cops say”
PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona has begun installing shipping containers along another section of the U.S.-Mexico border to fill gaps that aren’t covered by a border wall. Continue reading “Arizona governor puts more containers along Mexican border”
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a woman and a teenage girl and injuring six others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. Continue reading “Police: 3 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school”
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. Forest Service employee in Oregon was arrested this week by a county sheriff after a planned burn in a national forest spread onto private land. Continue reading “US forest service worker arrested over planned Oregon burn”
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has refused the federal government’s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it won’t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier instead. Continue reading “Arizona refuses US demand to remove containers along border”
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government is demanding the state remove double-stacked shipping containers placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying they are unauthorized and violate U.S. law. Continue reading “US government tells Arizona to remove border containers”
A North Carolina judge sent a prospective juror to jail after he refused an order to wear a mask, despite there being no mandate on the books.
“I never thought I would show up to jury duty and end up behind bars. So it happened,” Gregory Hahn told Tucker Carlson on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Continue reading “North Carolina judge sends prospective juror to jail for refusing to wear mask in mask-optional courthouse”