From the Trenches World Report
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Independent – by Matthew Alford
The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and LA has been a generous provider of glamour and glitz to the political class.
But just how dependant are these two centres of American influence? Scrutiny of previously hidden documents reveals that the answer is: very. Continue reading “Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think”
New Carlisle News – by Seth Gecko
New Carlisle News photographer Andy Grimm was shot by a Clark County deputy Monday evening.
Andy had left the office around 10:00 p.m. to take pictures of lightning.
There was a traffic stop on Main Street near Studebaker’s Restaurant involved, but Andy was not the subject of the stop. Continue reading “Deputy Shoots New Carlisle News Photographer”
Institute for Justice – by J. Justin Wilson
Shocking documents released by real estate developer John Neace detail a secret plan between his company, Neace Ventures, and the City of Charlestown to use eminent domain to bulldoze the homes of Pleasant Ridge residents who refuse to sell to the developer. The documents indicate the city and developer planned to drive down home values in Pleasant Ridge in an effort to make the city’s eminent domain acquisition cost as low as possible.
The documents were obtained by the Institute for Justice as part of its lawsuit challenging the city’s illegal home inspection program. A hearing in the case is set for this Friday, September 1st, at 9 a.m. in Scott County Court.
Continue reading “Bombshell Documents Reveal Secret Plan Between City of Charlestown, Ind. and Private Developer”
ProPublica – by Isaac Arnsdorf
The Trump administration made false assertions to justify an executive order expanding police forces’ access to military equipment such as tanks and grenade launchers.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday that President Trump would make defensive gear available to police again by undoing a policy from the Obama administration. Trump then signed an executive order whose title emphasized that branding: “Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement’s Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources.” Continue reading “How Jeff Sessions Misrepresented the Trump Administration’s Expansion of Military Supplies for Police”
Baltimore Sun – by Kevin Rector
An eighth Baltimore police officer was arrested on federal racketeering charges on Wednesday in the growing scandal that has engulfed the department’s elite gun task force.
Federal prosecutors allege that the officer, a former leader of the unit, “stole money from victims, some of whom had not committed crimes, swore out false affidavits and submitted false official incident reports.”
He did so, they allege in an indictment, while overseeing and covering for other officers committing similar crimes.
Continue reading “8th Baltimore police officer indicted in federal racketeering case, accused of robbing residents”
Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger
Many people involved in politics swear by the notion that “the ends justify the means,” which is typically the sign of a self-serving actor attempting to justify questionable if not downright evil action in order to get what he or she wants. While pursuit of “the greater good” is often put up for public consumption, the driving force behind this sort of action is almost always personal gain of some sort. This is what most politicians do for a living, which is why they are justifiably hated by the general public. Continue reading “Antifa is Playing Right Into the Hands of a Burgeoning Police State”
Tampa Bay Times – by Craig Pittman
ST. PETERSBURG — If you’re building a new house or putting on a new roof next year, and your place is bigger than 1,100 square feet, then St. Petersburg city officials may require you to install solar panels.
As the place that has long billed itself as “the Sunshine City,” St. Petersburg hopes to boost the number of solar-powered homes as part of a broader commitment made last year to convert the city to renewable energy sources, said Sharon Wright, the city’s sustainability coordinator. Continue reading “St. Petersburg proposal would require solar panels on new homes and major roof repairs”
The Oregonian – by Aimee Green
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.
The Appeals Court ruled “debarking” surgery is an appropriate solution to a noisy and relentless problem that neighbors living next to the dogs have had to endure for more than a decade on their rural property outside Grants Pass. Continue reading “Owners must surgically ‘debark’ loud dogs, court rules”
The FDA has just released a statement (8/28) about its crackdown on a California company pushing an unapproved treatment for cancer patients: stem cells mixed with a smallpox vaccine.
But that’s not the big story. The big story is buried in the FDA press release. Here is the Agency’s statement:
“Serious health problems, including those that are life-threatening, can also occur in…people who…have problems with their heart or immune system if they become infected with the [smallpox] vaccine virus, either by being vaccinated or by being in close contact with a person who was vaccinated.” Continue reading “FDA confession about smallpox vaccine”
Last week, DHS and the New York State Police began using drones to spy on NY State Fair (NYS Fair) visitors.
According to an article in New York Upstate.com, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is letting DHS and the police use their drones to monitor traffic.
“If you head to the 2017 New York State Fair this weekend, don’t be surprised if you see small drones buzzing over the shoulder of Interstate 690 or hovering near the fair’s parking lots.’
Continue reading “Are police using DHS drones to spy on 112 million NY State Fair visitors?”
The Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
It was recently announced that The Young Turks Network, led by Cenk Uygur, had secured $20 million dollars in funding to bolster their business/media presence. But while Cenk Uygur attempts to sell his brand to the public as a progressive alternative media outlet, facts reveal that this is nothing more than a façade meant to lure young liberal pragmatists into buying into a hidden corporatist agenda.
The $20 million in funding is slated to be used to increase the size of the TYT newsroom and for business operations – but where did the money actually come from? Continue reading “Controlled Opposition: Clinton Machine Caught Funneling $20 Million to The Young Turks”
CNS News – by Terence P Jeffrey
Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2016 than they did on food and clothing combined, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The same data also shows that in three years—from 2013 to 2016—the average tax bill for Americans increased 41.13 percent.
In 2016, according to BLS, “consumer units” (which include families, financially independent individuals, and people living in a single household who share expenses) spent more on average on federal, state and local taxes ($10,489) than they did on food ($7,203) and clothing ($1,803) combined ($9,006). Continue reading “BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined”
Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger
This past weekend, my brother and his girlfriend came out to visit and it once again reminded me of what really matters in life. I’ve noticed that having friends and family in town forces someone like me to disconnect from the 24/7 news cycle more than usual, which I always find to be extraordinarily healthy.
On the few occasions that I checked in with Twitter, it seemed as if half the stream was yelling hysterically about antifa and the other half was fear-mongering about neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Both groups seemed utterly deranged and intent on fostering the very destructive environment they claim to be fighting. As I’ve made clear since I started writing many years ago, I’m completely against violent solutions to our problems. It doesn’t make a difference to me whether that violence comes from insecure white dudes with swastika tattoos, or cowardly “anti-facsists” dressed up like video game ninja characters assaulting people. Why does it seems so difficult for people to just condemn both groups for the unconscious goons they are without picking a side. Continue reading “Stop Asking the Federal Government to Label Groups You Dislike ‘Terrorists’”
SHORELINE, Wash. — New video from a motorcyclist shows a King County Sheriff’s detective pulling a gun on him during a recent traffic stop in Shoreline. Now the video has led to an apology from Sheriff John Urquhart about how the situation was handled.
The incident happened just before 12 p.m. on August 16 near the intersection of 5th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 145th Street.
Motorcyclist Alex Randall says the video clip he captured on his GoPro camera started the moment he turned it on during a trip to work. Continue reading “Sheriff issues apology after video shows detective pulling gun on motorcyclist during stop”
AKRON, Ohio — Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan held a brief news conference early Wednesday afternoon regarding the abrupt resignation of Police Chief James Nice.
City officials released the following statement:
Evidence of conduct unbecoming of an officer, inappropriate contact with a city employee and potential criminal misconduct led him [Mayor Horrigan] to make this immediate decision. The City will be referring any and all information regarding potential criminal conduct to the County Prosecutor. Continue reading “Akron Police Chief James Nice resigns amid misconduct accusations”
The police state is creating an entirely new incarceration system, ‘immediate detentions’.
What are ‘immediate detentions’ you ask?
Since 2014 Indiana police have been using ‘immediate detentions’ to justify arresting hundreds of people. Continue reading “Police use ‘immediate detentions’ to arrest people for more than 90 days”
In 2015, a whole new slew of flu vaccines found themselves getting approved by the Federal Drug Administration. This isn’t an uncommon practice; most flu vaccines pass inspection every year. It’s well known advice that has been passed down from doctor to patient that the flu vaccine is something that we all should get, but it has been quickly surfacing that what’s in the vaccines–especially those from 2015 and after–might actually be more damaging then simply rolling the dice on getting the flu.
The ingredient that is getting the most flack is called an adjuvant. The particular one involved is called Squalene, and it has been linked to auto-immune disease side effects. In fact, it may have been used during chemical attacks in the Gulf War. Symptoms include chronic fatigue, muscle aches, and neurologic damage. Continue reading “Johns Hopkins Researcher Releases Shocking Report On Flu Vaccines”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People living in a South Memphis neighborhood are raising questions after their 91-year-old neighbor was handcuffed and cited while walking down the street.
Cellphone footage shows Otha Thurmond being led away in handcuffs on the 2100 block of Swift Street Thursday afternoon, but it doesn’t show what happened before.
In the misdemeanor citation for disorderly conduct Thurmond received, police write Thurmond waved and pointed a stick at them and interfered in their ability to keep the peace. WREG later learned the officers were on scene investigating an unrelated assault case. Continue reading “91-year-old detained after allegedly pointing stick at officers”