From the Trenches World Report
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court was told Tuesday that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons with a single trigger pull. Continue reading “Gun advocates fight for bump stocks in latest court hearing”
The number of illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. since President Biden took office will cost the U.S. taxpayer over $20 billion each year, according to a new analysis by a hawkish immigration group. Continue reading “Illegal immigrants who entered US since Biden took office to cost taxpayers $20+ billion a year: analysis”
EAGLE PASS, Texas – Migrants have killed pets, stolen from shops and knocked on doors late at night in a Texas border town, prompting some residents to arm themselves, locals told Fox News. Continue reading “Migrants killing dogs, stealing from homes prompts some Texas border town residents to arm themselves”
Update (1144ET): President Biden and senior administration officials are working with others in the transportation industry, including truckers, shippers, and air freight, for “contingency plans” if a rail shutdown materializes at the end of the week, a White House official told Bloomberg. Continue reading “White House Readies ‘Emergency Decree’ As Nationwide Rail Strike Looms”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from Senate Republicans, signaling a showdown ahead. Continue reading “GOP gives thumbs down to Biden’s $47B emergency request”
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face fresh charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading “Steve Bannon surrenders in NY court in wall donor case”
Oregon’s largest utilities are considering shutting down power to at least 42,000 households due to extreme wildfire danger on Friday and Saturday.
The power shutdowns appear most likely east of Interstate 5 outside of Salem, Albany and Eugene, along with the foothills and mountains outside Portland. Continue reading “Oregon utilities plan power shutoffs to 42,000 due to extreme wildfire danger Friday and Saturday”
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Gun Owners of America (GOA) secured release of information surrounding a form which was used by the FBI in an effort to secure forfeiture of Second Amendment rights. Continue reading “FOIA Request Uncovers FBI Effort to Get Americans to Forfeit 2nd Amendment Rights”
The number of American jobs outsourced to foreign visa workers each year has exploded in recent decades to more than half a million, federal data suggests. Continue reading “Feds Annually Outsource over Half a Million American Jobs to Foreign Visa Workers”
A homeowner in Keizer, Oregon, awoke to strange noises about 2:15 a.m. Sunday and shot an alleged intruder dead.
KATU2 reports that the home is located on Mayfield Place North. Continue reading “Homeowner Wakes Up and Shoots Alleged Intruder Dead”
The Pentagon signed a contract with Boeing on Thursday to supply Israel with four KC-46 refueling planes that are needed for potential Israeli strikes on Iran, although the aircraft won’t be delivered until at least 2025. Continue reading “US Signs Deal to Give Israel Four Refueling Planes Needed to Bomb Iran”
Two days after the US Navy said that IRGC operatives in the Gulf seized and then later let go of an American sea drone, there are fresh reports Friday of another major incident in regional waters. Continue reading “Iran’s Navy Says It Seized Two US Sea Drones In “Anti-Terror” Mission”
Summit News – by Paul Joseph Watson
Around 22,000 households in Colorado lost the ability to control their thermostats after the power company seized control of them during a heatwave. Continue reading “Power Company Seizes Control of Thermostats in Colorado During Heatwave”
Ravil Maganov, the vice president and chair of the board of directors of Russian oil giant Lukoil, died after falling out of a sixth floor hospital window in Moscow on Thursday, state-controlled media reported. Continue reading “Russian Oil Oligarch Who Criticized Ukraine War ‘Falls’ Out Of Hospital Window To His Death”
While speaking in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday President Biden said, “The bullet out of an AR-15 travels five times as rapidly as a bullet shot out of any other gun.” Continue reading “Biden Claims Bullet Out of AR-15 Is 5X Faster than Bullet Out of Any Other Gun”
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” Continue reading “New York to restrict gun carrying after Supreme Court ruling”
TAIPEI, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military on Tuesday fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an islet controlled by Taiwan near the Chinese coast, a military spokesperson said. Continue reading “Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone near offshore island”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Safeway employee who previously served in the U.S. Army for two decades attacked a gunman in the produce section of the Bend, Oregon, supermarket, police said Monday, possibly preventing more casualties from a shooting that left the employee and one other person dead. Continue reading “Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store”
Oregon working families are caught in the tightening vice of inflation, paying record sums for gasoline, utilities, groceries and other necessities. Despite healthy wage gains, the median wage for working Oregonians, when adjusted for inflation, is declining. Working Oregonians can afford less now than they could a year ago. Economist Milton Friedman called inflation “the cruelest tax” because it saps buying power from consumers. Oregonians need the cruelty to end, and now. Continue reading “Oregon workers need the Snake River dams”