From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net
The European Union is still wrestling with a controversial plan that would turn private messaging services into surveillance tools. For over three years, talks have stalled over whether providers should be forced to scan every user’s messages for possible illegal material and forward anything suspicious to law enforcement. Continue reading “EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
The Trump administration is threatening to deny nearly $2 billion in disaster aid to US states and cities unless they sign a pledge affirming they will not boycott Israeli companies. Continue reading “Trump Admin to Deny Disaster Aid to States and Cities That Boycott Israel”
By Kit Klarenberg – The Grayzone
Continue reading “US backed ethnic cleansing of Serbs, top diplomat secretly told Croat leader”
Cyber attacks—usually involving ransomware—are making the news almost every day, and experts say artificial intelligence (AI) is being deployed to help the attackers find their targets more quickly.
Continue reading “The Secret Payments That Keep Global Ransomware Attacks Going”
By Roberto Wakerell-Cruz – The Postmillennial
Three men are facing capital murder charges in connection with a deadly June shooting at a Motel 6 in Garland, Texas. Continue reading “3 Venezuelan illegal immigrants charged with murder in fatal Texas motel shooting”
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that Israeli forces killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 866 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill 104 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours”
Israeli ground troops have carried out multiple ground raids across southwestern Syria over the weekend, including overnight raids in the Quneitra Governorate overnight Saturday, which led to the capture of multiple “suspects” who have not been conclusively identified and appear to simply be local Syrians. Continue reading “Israel Launches Ground Raids in Southwest Syria, Captures Several Locals”
By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net
The UK’s technology secretary urged citizens to think twice before using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass the country’s new oppressive online digital ID checks, framing it as a matter of child safety. His comments have landed awkwardly, given that many MPs, including senior ministers, rely on taxpayer-funded VPN subscriptions themselves. Continue reading “UK Government Warns Against VPNs, Caught Using Them Themselves”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israel First Zionist billionaires Paul Singer, Miriam Adelson and John Paulson have dumped $2 million into ousting America First Kentucky Rep Thomas Massie from Congress, newly released FEC disclosures reveal. Continue reading “Israel First Billionaires Dump Millions Into Super PAC to Oust Rep. Thomas Massie”
Continue reading “Canada still arming Israel despite official ban, report finds”
A majority of Americans said they will likely not receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine this fall, according to a poll released Friday.
Continue reading “Most Americans Won’t Get COVID-19 Booster This Fall, Survey Says”
A 28-year-old San Francisco man was fatally stabbed Saturday while shielding a mother and her two children from an aggressive stranger. Continue reading “San Francisco man stabbed to death while protecting woman, 2 kids from crazed attacker”
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza took the lives of 111 Palestinians and another 820 were wounded over the previous 24 hours. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill 111 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours”
President Trump has said it would be “very hard” to reach a trade deal with Canada if it recognizes a Palestinian state, suggesting the US’s trade relationship with its neighbor to the north hinges on its stance toward Israel. Continue reading “Trump Threatens Trade Deal With Canada Over Its Plan To Recognize a Palestinian State”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
Oklahoma City has approved a controversial agreement to integrate facial recognition into its police force, pushing forward with the plan despite growing public unease over surveillance tools powered by artificial intelligence. Continue reading “Oklahoma City Approves Controversial Facial Recognition Deal Despite Privacy Concerns”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
America’s two-tiered justice system is beyond parody. Continue reading “DOJ Intervenes After White College Girl ‘Shoves’ Jewish Student, GOP Rep Labels Her ‘Terrorist’”
By Jack Poulson – The Grayzone
In Thursday comments President Trump condemned what he called Russia’s “disgusting” strikes on the Ukrainian capital from the night prior, which left 28 dead according to the continually rising death toll, after emergency crews have been picking through rubble of a collapsed apartment building. Continue reading “Trump Admin’s Secret Talks With Moscow ‘Fruitless’ As Putin Boasts Troops Advancing ‘Along Entire Frontline’”
By Andy Ngo and Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial
A convicted child sex offender who is known to prey on victims as young as 11 years old has been taken into custody on child rape charges in Washington state. Suliman Abdul-Hadi, 24, of Vancouver, has been accused of giving alcohol to a 12-year-old girl before sexually assaulting her, according to a press release from the Vancouver Police Department. Continue reading “Convicted child sexual predator arrested for rape of 12-year-old girl in Washington state”
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 103 Palestinians and wounded 399 over the previous 24 hours as relentless US-backed Israeli attacks continue across the Strip. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill 103 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours”