From the Trenches World Report
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish official says two explosions have rocked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, wounding multiple people.
The official said Tuesday it was unclear whether the explosions were caused by bombs or a suicide attack.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government protocol. Continue reading “2 explosions rock Istanbul airport, multiple people injured”
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared to soften his tone on immigration Saturday, saying he wouldn’t issue mass deportations if he became president.
“President Obama has mass deported vast numbers of people — the most ever, and it’s never reported. I think people are going to find that I have not only the best policies, but I will have the biggest heart of anybody,” Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg Politics Saturday. Continue reading “Trump shifts immigration plan: No ‘mass deportations’”
An illegal immigrant who stabbed a young Connecticut woman to death after completing a 15-year sentence for murder couldn’t be deported by the U.S. government because his homeland, which receives billions in aid from Uncle Sam, wouldn’t take him back—three times! So federal authorities released the violent criminal, a Haitian national, and didn’t even bother tracking his whereabouts allowing him to commit yet another heinous crime. Continue reading “Illegal Alien Who Butchered Conn. Woman Not Deported After Serving 15 Yrs. for Murder Because Haiti Refused to Repatriate”
(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today released 165 pages of new State Department records that include a previously unreleased March 22, 2009, email of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealing that she was concerned about how her records were being handled and had “no idea how my papers are treated at State. Who manages both my personal and official files?” Clinton top aide Huma Abedin responds: “We’ve discussed this” and promises to explain it again. This is the fifth set of records produced to Judicial Watch by the State Department (from the non-“state.gov” email accounts of Huma Abedin) that contain Hillary Clinton emails that were not produced by the State Department as part of the 55,000 pages of emails that Hillary Clinton turned over to the State Department. Continue reading “New Clinton Emails Produced by State Department; Clinton Email Shows She Was Concerned About Records”
A fiery head-on collision between two freight trains Tuesday morning sent Texas emergency crews racing to determine if there were any injuries and the extent of the damage. Continue reading “Freight trains collide in Texas triggering massive explosion”
The Select Committee on Benghazi
Washington, D.C. – Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy (SC-04) released the following statement after the committee’s Majority released a mark of its investigative report:
“Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were heroes who gave their lives in service to our country. Their bravery and the courageous actions of so many others on the ground that night should be honored. Continue reading “Select Committee on Benghazi Releases Proposed Report”
PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 28 (UPI) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a BP natural gas plant explosion in Pascagoula, Miss., that sent flames into the night sky late Monday.
“We would like to let our citizens know that there has been an explosion at the BP Gas Plant,” the Pascagoula Police Department said in a statement. “It is contained to the building. We are working with state and local officials regarding this. There will be no evacuations at this time and there are no injuries.” Continue reading “Explosion at Pascagoula, Miss., BP natural gas plant”
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The mask has finally come off the real reason for the “BREXIT” as a 10 page EU plan by France and Germany is now exposed, creating an EU “Super-State” where members would no longer be countries! Apparently, 20 Ministers of the EU have already signed-off on the plan at secret meetings in Berlin and Paris, and countries which have not signed off, will be given an ultimatum at a meeting in Prague later today: Accept this or get out of the EU. This document was kept secret from the British people prior to the BREXIT vote; apparently to conceal from them they would be asked to give up being a country! Continue reading “Hidden EU Plan for “Super-Country” No Member Border Control, no Member central banks, no Member own currency, new EU Army!”
An Oregon mother shot and killed an intruder after coming home to discover him in the bedroom of one of her children early Sunday morning.
According to a statement by Portland police, officers responded to a call from the woman reporting that she opened fire on a stranger inside her home at 1:47 a.m. Police found a dead man inside, the statement said. Continue reading “Oregon Mother Shoots and Kills Intruder She Discovered in Child’s Bedroom”
The Supreme Court weighed in on several closely watched rulings Monday, issuing decisions on a variety of cases including a class-action lawsuit against a debt collector, and a challenge to White House regulations extending minimum wage rights to nearly 2 million home health care workers.
Debt Collection
(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a class-action lawsuit against debt collector Encore Capital Group Inc to move forward, declining to hear its claim that such companies should be protected from state “usury” laws barring money-lending at unreasonably high interest rates. Continue reading “Supreme court rules on debt collection case, medical marijuana, and more”
TransCanada Corp is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday.
TransCanada submitted a notice for an arbitration claim in January and had then tried to negotiate with the U.S. government to “reach an amicable settlement,” the company said in files posted on the pipeline’s website. Continue reading “TransCanada formally seeks $15 billion NAFTA damages in Keystone XL rejection”
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“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.”
“The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle.”
“It’s bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.”
“One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it… and the journey is always towards the other soul.”
AlJazeera – by Ali Younes & Mark Mazzetti
Amman, Jordan – Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian officials.
Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three others at a police training facility in Amman, FBI officials believe after months of investigating the attack, according to people familiar with the investigation. Continue reading “Weapons for Syrian rebels sold on Jordan’s black market”
The Boston Globe – by Jeff Jacoby
AMERICA’S GUN CULTURE has been a subject of intense interest and controversy for years, with concerns frequently raised about shadowy militias, paramilitaryextremists, and unstable zealots in possession of alarming quantities of explosives and firearms.
Amid the current din over assault weapons and body armor, consider one domestic organization’s fearsome arsenal of military-style equipment. Continue reading “The FDA is stockpiling military weapons — and it’s not alone”
A planned protest by the Traditionalist Worker Party at the California state capitol in Sacramento turned violent today after counter-protesters showed up, officials said.
It was unclear what triggered the violence at the rally by the group, which had received a permit to hold the event, police said. Continue reading “Right-Wing Group’s Rally Turns Violent in Sacramento”
Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel has found himself in a bit of a pickle. After years of allegedly thumbing his nose at pesky things like rules, his supposed misdeeds may be coming back to bite him on the proverbial hind quarter.
A House ethics committee subpanel today found Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 charges of ethics violations against him.The panel, composed of four Democrats and four Republicans, emerged after private deliberation to announce their findings.
Continue reading “Charlie Rangel Found Guilty on 11 of 13 Ethics Violations”
