From the Trenches World Report
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An illegal march in Hong Kong held on Tuesday to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China had mostly petered out by the late afternoon, as the bulk of protesters left the starting point near Sogo, the SCMP reports.
Still, as has become a pattern in recent weeks, a small but dedicated group of protesters clashed with police, hurling Molotov cocktails and coming to physical blows. Continue reading “Hong Kong Protester Shot In Chest During National Day Demonstrations”
Business groups are continuing to push Congress to pass President Trump’s trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), despite Democrats’ attention turning toward impeachment.
“The American people expect their elected officials to walk and chew gum at the same time,” Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told The Hill in a statement. Continue reading “Business groups press Congress on new NAFTA”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Austin, TX — In case after infuriating case, the Free Thought Project has reported on instances of horrifying rights violations all stemming from a police officer claiming to smell a plant. We have seen both women and men sodomized and raped — often times in public — as cops search for this smell. We have seen entire families held hostage, women and children beaten up, rampant sexual assault, and all of it stemming from a plant smell. The following incident is one of those cases and the taxpayers are about to pay dearly for it. Continue reading “Cop Smells Weed, Walks Up to Innocent Man, Beats, Falsely Arrests Him”
The recent arrests of two 6-year-old students in Orlando, which prompted outrage and the firing of the officer who restrained one child’s hands with flex cuffs, mirrors a persistent problem confronting law enforcement and schools with thousands of children arrested annually and treated like “mini-adults,” experts said.
Stunning annual crime statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) show that between 2013 and 2017 (the most recent year for which complete data is available), at least 26,966 children under the age of 10 were arrested in the United States. And the numbers skyrocket for children between the ages of 10 to 12 with 228,017 arrested during the same five-year time span, according to the data. Continue reading “Nearly 30,000 children under age 10 have been arrested in the US since 2013: FBI”
Time – by Arica L. Coleman, July 29, 2016
On May 20, 2000, the legendary actor and president of the National Rifle Association Charlton Heston stood before the podium at the organization’s 129th annual convention with a banner raised behind him featuring the America flag and the words “Vote Freedom.” As he concluded his address, Heston picked up a replica of a flintlock rifle, raised it over his head and declared, in his own dramatic fashion, that anyone who wanted to take his gun would have to pry it “from my cold, dead hands.” Continue reading “When the NRA Supported Gun Control”
Washington Examiner – by Mike Brest
A former Tulsa police officer admitted during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee that she would “not comply” with an assault-style weapons ban if Congress were to pass one.
Dianna Muller, a 22-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department and the founder of gun advocacy group The DC Project, was one of many to testify in front of the committee during their Protecting America from Assault Weapon hearing Wednesday. Continue reading “‘I will not comply’: Ex-cop tells House Judiciary Committee she will not obey assault-style weapon ban”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Los Angeles, CA — As TFTP reported in June, panic erupted inside a Corona, California Costco as multiple people were injured and one man was killed during a shooting. Dozens of shoppers immediately dropped to the ground as fears of the next mass shooting filled their thoughts. However, it turns out the “mass shooter” was an LAPD cop and his unarmed victims were a mentally disabled non-verbal man and his parents. After months of slow playing and refusing to release the surveillance footage, the Riverside County District Attorney announced that they will not be charging the cop. Continue reading “No Charges for Cop Who Gunned Down Unarmed Mentally Ill Man and His Parents in Costco”
The White House released the highly anticipated transcript from President Donald Trump‘s controversial July call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The memo released by the White House Wednesday includes this cautionary language: “CAUTION: A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation (TELCON) is not a verbatim transcript of a discussion. The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and NSC policy staff assigned to listen and memorialize the conversation in written form as the conversation takes place.” Continue reading “Read the transcript of Trump’s call with the Ukraine president”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) FBI agents carried materials in bankers’ boxes and grocery bags out of the Illinois Capitol building on Tuesday, and multiple media outlets reported that and other raids were linked to a Democratic state senator.
FBI spokesman John Althen said the agents were in the building for “law enforcement activity” but declined to elaborate. Continue reading “FBI agents raid Illinois state senator’s home, offices”
AUBURN, Calif. — PG&E shut off the power to about 24,000 customers across three Northern California counties Monday evening amid windy weather and higher wildfire risk.
PG&E previously warned that the utility may need to cut power to lines across Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties. Continue reading “PG&E shuts off power to 24,000 customers due to wildfire risk”
Apple’s top-of-the-line computer will be assembled in Texas, the company announced Monday, a manufacturing decision that got caught up in the trade war with China.
The Lone Star State can thank new tariff exemptions for Apple’s move. President Trump has been pushing Apple, which makes the vast majority of its products in China, to build them in the United States. “Apple will not be given Tariff waiver, or relief, for Mac Pro parts that are made in China. Make them in the USA, no Tariffs!” he tweeted in July. Continue reading “Apple’s most expensive computer will be U.S.-made after tariff exemption”
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s recent vow to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States?
The number of AR-15 and AK-47s in the U.S. is estimated at a staggering 16 million, creating logistical challenges to take them out of circulation. Many gun owners are also unwilling to turn over the weapons, and if the government offered to buy them all back at face value, the price tag could easily run into the billions of dollars. Continue reading “In gun buyback talk, how do you round up so many weapons?”
A homeowner in Georgia shot and killed three young masked men at his home early Monday morning, according to Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett.
Authorities identified the three deceased individuals as juveniles Monday evening — two 16-year-olds and one 15-year-old — but have not released their names. The sheriff’s office told ABC News it waited to release information about the teens, all from Conyers, Georgia, until all three families were notified. Continue reading “Homeowner shoots and kills 3 masked men in possible ‘stand your ground’ case”
As the economy cycles down through fall, there is new, alarming data by professional services firm BDO USA LLP, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, that indicates retail bankruptcies continue to rise as store closures have already outpaced all of 2018.
BDO warned that the recent acceleration of the retail apocalypse was primarily due to last year’s weak holiday shopping season. Continue reading “Retail Apocalypse: 2019 Store Closures Already Surpass 2018”
Senate conservatives are warning President Trump and their own leaders to tread carefully in the gun control debate and caution they risk a political backlash by striking a deal with Democrats to expand background checks for firearms sales.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday said if Republicans strike a deal with Democrats to require all firearms sales over the internet or at gun shows to go through background checks, they would demoralize their conservative base ahead of next year’s presidential election. Continue reading “Conservatives offer stark warning to Trump, GOP on background checks”
A Houston police officer is in serious condition and one suspect is dead after a violent crime spree came to an end in a shootout just a mile away from the Democratic presidential debate Thursday night.
The injured officer, 29, was still in surgery at Memorial Hermann hospital Friday morning after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds during a shootout on the 3900 block of Tristan at Scott – just a mile south of Texas Southern University where 10 Democrats were rallying for stricter gun laws. Continue reading “Houston police officer near Democrat debate shot, priest assaulted in violent crime spree”
Washington Examiner – by Alana Goodman, Steven Nelson
One of the people President Trump honored for his heroism during a mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart last month was arrested by the Secret Service during his visit to the White House on Monday due to an outstanding criminal warrant, law enforcement officials told the Washington Examiner.
Police say his tale of heroics does not match video evidence. Chris Grant, 50, was shot in the ribs and a kidney during the Aug. 3 rampage that claimed 22 lives. He was not present for a White House ceremony Monday, but his mother Minnie Grant, 82, accepted a signed certificate on his behalf. Continue reading “Secret Service arrested El Paso shooting ‘hero’ as he was about to be honored by Trump at White House”
New Jersey, a state already armed with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, got even tougher on the firearms industry Tuesday with a new order by Gov. Phil Murphy.
An executive order signed by Murphy also vowed to investigate financial institutions that work for New Jersey to ensure those banks and companies are striving to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. Continue reading “What New Jersey’s New Rules for Gun Makers and Sellers Means”
In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday ending all injunctions that had blocked the White House’s ban on asylum for anyone trying to enter the U.S. by traveling through a third country, such as Mexico, without seeking protection there. Continue reading “Supreme Court allows Trump asylum restrictions to take effect, ending 9th Circuit injunctions”
State Impact Pennsylvania – by Susan Philips
A federal appeals court has blocked PennEast pipeline company from condemning state-owned land for its proposed 116-mile long line that would ship Marcellus Shale gas from northeast Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision, saying that condemning public land violates the 11th Amendment of the Constitution. Continue reading “Federal appeals court strikes blow to PennEast pipeline project”