From the Trenches World Report
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Severe weather, including a possible derecho, could affect 64 million people in 10 states.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms could affect one in five Americans on Wednesday as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds. Continue reading “Massive Line of Dangerous Storms Take Aim at Midwest, Northeast”
New York Times – by NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JEREMY W. PETERS
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a sharp escalation in the battle over gun control, is seeking to punish Democratic senators by taking away the one thing they most need from New Yorkers: money.
On Wednesday, Mr. Bloomberg will send a personal letter to hundreds of the biggest Democratic donors in New York urging them to cut off contributions to the four Democratic senators who helped block a bill in April that would have strengthened background checks on gun purchasers. Continue reading “Bloomberg Asks Donors to Shut Wallets Over Senators’ Gun Votes”
n Thursday evening, the Russian public got the news of President Vladimir Putin’s divorce the same way they have gotten every fact about his private life — spoon-fed to them in tiny, measured and rather tasteless doses. Continue reading “From Russia, Without Love: Vladimir Putin Divorces Wife Lyudmila”
Huffington Post – by MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that unraveled a 2009 terrorist plot in New York.
The details, declassified by the director of national intelligence, were circulated on Capitol Hill as part of government efforts to tamp down criticism of two recently revealed National Security Agency surveillance programs. Continue reading “NYC Bomb Plot Details Settle Little In NSA Debate”
Biz Journals – by James Jeffrey
A Senate bill to provide economic development incentives for Texas firearm manufacturers failed to pass, despite Gov. Rick Perry throwing his weight behind Texas becoming a refuge for such businesses affected by gun-control efforts in other states.
Senate Bill 1467, authored by State Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, would have also provided incentives to firearms accessories and ammunition manufacturers. Continue reading “Gun manufacturer bill fires a blank”
Biz Journals – by James Jeffrey
Hotels will have to adequately notify guests of gun restrictions or face penalties if a bill becomes law.
House Bill 333, authored by State Rep.Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City, requires hotels that restrict the possession, storage or transporting of firearms to notify guests of such policies on their websites or when confirming reservations. Failure to comply will be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100. Continue reading “Hotels may have to inform guests of gun-restriction policies”
North Texas resident and “Star Wars” Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew had a dust-up with Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver when they attempted to confiscate his light saber-shaped cane.
Mayhew was returning to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from an appearance at Denver ComicCon when TSA agents refused to let Chewie board his plane with his one-of-a-kind cane. Continue reading “Chewbacca Actor Battles TSA Over Light Saber Cane”
New York Post – by BETH DEFALCO
ALBANY — Them’s fightin’ words!
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is looking to lasso some East Coast business for his low-tax Lone Star State with a new $1 million ad campaign and trip next week to the Big Apple and Connecticut.
Perry has already begun airing ads on NY1 ahead of his June 16 visit. Continue reading “Texas Gov. Rick Perry launches ad campaign to poach jobs from New York, Connecticut”
News Press – by Melanie Payne and Dick Hogan
Gun store owner W. Alec Dean says he was badly treated at a Staples store in Fort Myers because of the company logo on his shirt and what he calls the office supply company’s anti-gun policy. And, he said, a social media backlash against Staples supports his claim.
Experts say retail stores are often the scene of culture war flare-ups that don’t go away quickly these days – rather, they’re sometimes magnified into national stories by pervasive social media. Continue reading “Gun store owner rips Staples office supply store”
Northwest Watchdog – by Shelby Sebens
Four Oregon lobbyists in Salem have registered as working for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
According to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, the group spent a whopping $781.59 during the first quarter of this year (January through March). The second quarter reports won’t be available until July. Bloomberg’s group reportedly is spending money in capitals across the country, pushing gun control initiatives. Continue reading “Meet Bloomberg’s anti-gun lobbyists in Oregon”
Huffington Post – by SARAH EL DEEB
BEIRUT — Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday during a rally against the militant group’s participation in the Syrian civil war. One protester was killed, a senior Lebanese military official and witnesses said. Continue reading “Anti-Hezbollah Protester Killed In Lebanon”
Explosions and gunfire were heard early Monday near Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
Police confirmed the attacks to the AFP,who described them as “ongoing.”
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi told the AP that three of the assailants had been killed. Continue reading “Kabul Airport Attack: Gunfire, Explosions Reported”
PHOENIX, AZ –(Ammoland.com)- The lamestream media told you:
Part I: The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty has collapsed in complete failure. (That was back in June 2012; that was a complete lie, a perfectly good draft treaty had been written and was a good first step, as these things go). You can read it in plain English: http://www.gunlaws.com/
A proposed gun control measure backed by big money Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer will reportedly be submitted to the Washington legislature in Olympia today, according to KING 5 News.
Gun rights activists on at least three popular Northwest forums – Northwest Firearms, Seattle Guns and Shooters Northwest – have been paying attention to this effort. Reader comments piling up on the KING 5 website below the story suggest the idea is not too popular even though the story reports that Mr. Hanauer “owns four guns of his own, which he keeps locked up.” Continue reading “Gun control measure goes to legislature today, says KING”
The Guardian – by Ewen MacAskill
Source for the Guardian’s NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next.
Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill.
Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower?
A: “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife’s phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. Continue reading “NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’”
Huffington Post – by Rebecca Shapiro
The Guardian published the identity of the whistleblower on Sunday responsible for providing the paper with top-secret documents that revealed the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. The paper wrote that it was revealing Edward Snowden’s identity at his request: Continue reading “Edward Snowden NSA: Guardian Reveals Identity Of Whistleblower Behind NSA Revelations”
Yahoo News – by Imtiyaz Delawala | ABC News
Glenn Greenwald, the reporter for The Guardian who broke stories last week on the National Security Agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs, blasted calls for the prosecution of his sources for leaking classified information, saying they “deserve our praise and gratitude and not imprisonment and prosecution.” Continue reading “Guardian Reporter Glenn Greenwald Blasts Calls for Leak Prosecutions”
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Examiner – by Dave Workman