From the Trenches World Report
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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”
For the first time ever, the median rent in the U.S. topped $2,000 a month in June — and the increases show no sign of stopping. Continue reading “Census Bureau: 3.8 million renters will likely be evicted in the next two months — why the rental crisis keeps getting worse”
It was just days ago we wrote about how Ford was hiking the price of its F-150 EV by almost exactly the same amount offered as an EV subsidy in the Biden administration’s new “Inflation Reduction Act”. Continue reading “Ford Hikes Mustang Mach-E Price By As Much As $8,000”
GALICE, Ore. – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to the Rum Creek wildfire burning in the southwestern part of the state near the California border that has claimed the life of a 25-year-old firefighter and destroyed at least three structures. Continue reading “Firefighter killed, state of emergency declared as Rum Creek Fire scorches 10,000 acres in Oregon”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday issued a final environmental impact statement that supports the demolition of four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. Continue reading “Federal report boosts plan to remove 4 dams on California river”
The US launched more airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, marking the third day of violence since President Biden ordered the bombing of facilities in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Tuesday night. Continue reading “US Launches More Airstrikes in Syria, Says Four Killed”
DALLAS — A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional. Continue reading “Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction”
President Joe Biden’s new rule to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program clarifies that illegal aliens with criminal records will not be automatically disqualified from securing work permits and deportation protections. Continue reading “Biden’s DACA Rule: Illegal Aliens with Criminal Records Not Disqualified from Work Permits, Deportation Protection”
A law enforcement officer and a suspect were among four people who were killed Thursday in Arizona after the officer tried to serve an eviction notice, authorities said. Continue reading “Four dead after suspect opens fire on officer serving eviction notice in Arizona”
Daily Reckoning – by James Rickards
The war in Ukraine has been dragging on for six months with no end in sight.
Russia is slowly and systematically advancing, while the Ukrainian military is being ground down in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Continue reading “Into The Black Hole”
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations has seized more than 1,000 firearms and 140,000 rounds of ammunition from the property of two brothers who were fatally shot by law enforcement during a nine-hour standoff Saturday. Continue reading “Over 1,000 guns, ammo seized from home of Knox County brothers killed in police standoff”
After a three-month-long investigation into the gun manufacturing industry in the wake of a string of mass shootings this year, House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is introducing two pieces of legislation targeting the manufacturers of assault weapons. Continue reading “Assault weapon manufacturers would see 20% tax under proposed legislation”
Aug. 18—State Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, announced legislation Thursday morning meant to combat gun violence, making another try at some of the “Strong Ohio” proposals that his own party has ignored since 2019. Continue reading “New gun laws bill announced today would make significant changes in Ohio: Here’s what it would do”
PHOENIX – Three Arizona parents were arrested Friday after scuffling with law enforcement as they tried to get into an elementary school to pick up and protect” their children during a school lockdown, police said. Continue reading “Arizona parents arrested, tased trying to get on campus to protect kids during school lockdown”
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two other states cracked open and released more than 45,000 gallons (205,000 liters) of fuel, state regulators and a company representative disclosed Friday. Continue reading “Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming”
Joe Biden can’t even put his own jacket on. This is just sad. And it keeps getting sadder. pic.twitter.com/RWxt1FTvJq
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 8, 2022
Taiwan announced its own live fire drills Tuesday, a day after China’s military announced it is extending ongoing exercises surrounding the democratic-run island past the scheduled end date of Sunday. Taiwan’s defense ministry said the new defensive drills are intent on simulating repelling an attack of the island in the event of a Chinese invasion. Continue reading “Taiwan Holds Own Live Fire Drills, Warns That China Prepping Future Invasion”
Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure our nation is better prepared for high-consequence events, regardless of the low probability, such as new strains of disease, biotechnology accidents, or naturally occurring risks such as super volcanoes or solar flares that though unlikely, would be exceptionally lethal if they occurred. Continue reading “Peters Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Federal Government is Prepared for Catastrophic Risks”
Law enforcement responding to the fatal shooting of Elwood police officer Noah Shahnavaz found the 24-year-old officer with multiple bullet wounds inside his patrol car and 36 rifle casings lying on the road. Continue reading “Officer Shahnavaz died in hail of bullets, never unholstered firearm, court docs state”