From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
Canada’s Manitoba province government is looking into changing its election law to include combating various forms of “disinformation,” Canadian media is reporting. Continue reading “Manitoba Could Rewrite Election Rules in the Name of Fighting “Disinformation””
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israel First Rep. Brian Mast (R) of Florida, who wears his Israel Defense Forces uniform to Congress, is set to become the next chair of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee thanks to a “push” from President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading “Rep. Brian Mast, Who Wears His IDF Uniform to Congress, to be Next House Foreign Affairs Chair”
Extremist armed factions across Syria are carrying out executions of civilians and soldiers amid the chaos following the fall of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Al-Mayadeen reports on Tuesday that a video circulating on social media shows armed militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Al-Qaeda offshoot that took control of Damascus on Saturday, carrying out field executions of unarmed men in the village of al-Rabia in the countryside of Latakia.
Continue reading “Extremist Groups Carry Out Revenge, Sectarian Killings In HTS-Controlled Syria”
Watch reporters laugh after Miller says they support the ICC.@nadia_bilbassy: President said that Assad should be held accountable, will you support his application to stand in front of the ICC as a war criminal
Miller: We support the work of the ICC, obviously we have… pic.twitter.com/tN8IXma5KL
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) December 9, 2024
By David Krayden – The Post Millennial
The Supreme Court missed an opportunity Monday to reiterate the ascendancy of the Second Amendment over local culture and quash Hawaii’s “spirit of Aloha” ruling that rejected the essential right to bear arms when they declined intervene in a case that challenged the state’s ban on carrying firearms in public without a permit. Continue reading “Supreme Court declines to intervene in case that upholds Hawaii’s ‘spirit of Aloha’ over 2A rights”
Today, Israel bombed Gaza and Lebanon. It also bombed Syria. Unbelievable violation of the Vienna convention and Palestine and Lebanon and Syria sovereignty.
Only Israel can invade and occupy three countries without any consequences under international law. pic.twitter.com/dzyRb8x8kY
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) December 8, 2024
A Biden-Harris Administration information paper explains that “our country is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis impacting people of all ages. In 2021, two in five American adults reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression and forty-four percent of high school students reported struggling with persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness.” Continue reading “School-Based Mental Health Diagnosing, A Prescription for Disaster”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Daniel Penny on Monday was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely and is now a free man. Continue reading “Jury Finds Daniel Penny Not Guilty in Death of Jordan Neely”
On Monday, the US State Department backed Israel’s seizure of territory in Syria that came after the collapse of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, framing it as a defensive action. Continue reading “US Backs Israel’s Land Grab in Syria”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is an advocate of a range of controversial policies he these days promotes through his foundation – from much-scrutinized agriculture practices, aggressive vaccination, and digital ID crusades, to now endorsing online age verification. Continue reading “Bill Gates Pushes for Age Verification Digital ID”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who worked as a software engineer, was arrested Monday morning on gun charges and named as a “strong person of interest” in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Continue reading “Luigi Mangione, Ex-Ivy League Student, Arrested in Connection to Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO”
Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people — most of them elderly — were variously slashed, hacked or shot to death on the orders of a warlord who’d been advised that aging slum residents had used sorcery to give his son a severe illness. Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé called it “a barbaric act of unbearable cruelty.” Continue reading “180 Dead: Haitian Warlord Orders Massacre Of Elderly For Using ‘Sorcery’ To Sicken Son”
By Ari Hoffman – The Post Millennial
Late Monday night, New York prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This comes after he was taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Continue reading “Luigi Mangione charged with murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO”
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested on Friday by the FBI on public corruption charges, according to Fox News. Continue reading “Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Arrested By FBI For Wire Fraud And Theft”
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
Students at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, are planning weekly protests in defiance of school rules following controversy over a transgender-identifying athlete’s participation on the girls’ cross-country team. Continue reading “California high schoolers stage weekly protests to protect women’s sports”
![Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University in New York City, United States on February 02, 2024. protesters. [Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AA-20240203-33600118-33600116-NYPD_INTERVENES_PROPALESTINIAN_PROTESTORS.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
A report published on Saturday by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that several universities in both the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israeli security companies to suppress pro-Palestinian protests occurring on their campuses, Anadolu Agency reports. Continue reading “US, Canadian universities hire Israeli firms to curb pro-Palestinian protests”
Abu Mohammad al-Julani, leader of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, delivered a victory speech at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, declaring the success of the “mujahideen” against former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has reportedly fled to Moscow. Continue reading “In Damascus, Julani Declares ‘Mujahideen’ Victorious Against Assad”
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
Former US Assistant Attorney Andy McCarthy has accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of attempting to “strong-arm” the jury into convicting Daniel Penny in the high-profile case involving the death of Jordan Neely. Continue reading “Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused of trying to ‘strong-arm’ jury into convicting Daniel Penny over death of Jordan Neely”
The US on Thursday rejected a 296-page report from Amnesty International that concluded Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza. Continue reading “US Denies Amnesty’s Conclusion That Israel Is Committing Genocide”
By Ben Squires – Reclaim The Net
A third-year student at the University of Leeds has found herself at the center of a free speech controversy after being suspended from her role at the university’s student radio station. Connie Shaw, who studies philosophy, ethics, and religion, has drawn attention from campaigners advocating for free expression, who claim her removal is rooted in her views critical of modern gender ideology. Continue reading “UK: Student’s Suspension Over Gender-Critical Views Sparks Campus Free Speech Uproar”