From the Trenches World Report
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By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge from the National Retail Federation (NRF) against a New York law requiring businesses to alert customers when personal data is used to determine prices. Continue reading “Judge Upholds NY Law Requiring Disclosure of Algorithmic Pricing”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Trump envoy Jared Kushner on Saturday in Tel Aviv praised Israelis for not “replicating the barbarism of the enemy” in their war on Gaza. Continue reading “Jared Kushner Praises Israelis For Not ‘Replicating the Barbarism of the Enemy’ in War On Gaza”
The London silver market is in rare disarray. A powerful short squeeze has driven benchmark prices above $50 an ounce, marking only the second time in history the metal has reached that level. For veterans, the surge recalls the infamous Hunt brothers’ attempt to corner silver in 1980.
Continue reading “London Silver Squeezed: US Bars Sent to Cover Physical Shortfall”
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Harvard University can be sued by families who allege the school mishandled the bodies of their loved ones donated to its medical school, allowing body parts to be sold on the black market. Continue reading “Massachusetts court rules Harvard can be sued over ex-morgue manager selling body parts”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday said that the momentum toward a peace deal in Ukraine following the August 15 summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been “largely exhausted” as the two sides remain very far apart on the conditions to end the war. Continue reading “Russia Says Momentum Toward Ukraine Peace Deal Has Been ‘Largely Exhausted’”
By Kyle Anzalone – The Libertarian Institute
As the US is engaging in a large military buildup in the Caribbean, there is a growing number of statements from US officials suggesting that a bombing campaign inside Venezuela could soon begin. Continue reading “Defense Officials Say Strikes on Cartels Could Happen Inside Venezuela”
By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net
A controversial EU regulation is drawing fierce warnings from a global group of free speech advocates who argue it paves the way for widespread censorship in Europe and beyond. Continue reading “Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent”
Rare blackouts have impacted the Ukrainian capital overnight and into Friday, along with some nine other regions plunged into darkness. While blackouts have been frequent in the eastern half of the country since the war began, they occur less commonly in Kiev.
But this is a sign of the escalating air campaign, also at a moment Ukrainian cross-border drone attacks keep wreaking havoc on Russian oil facilities.
Continue reading “Kiev, Nine Other Regions, Plunged Into Darkness As Russian Air War Escalates”
By Thomas Stevenson – The Postmillennial
A Democrat North Carolina state lawmaker has been charged with statutory rape of a minor as well as multiple other sex crimes. Cecil Antonio Brockman, 41, was arrested on Wednesday for two counts of statutory rape of a child between 13 and 15, as well as two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Continue reading “Dem NC state lawmaker Cecil Antonio Brockman charged with statutory rape of 15-year-old”
President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have both “signed off” on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal. Continue reading “Trump Says Hamas and Israel Have ‘Signed Off’ on First Phase of Ceasefire Deal”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
Microsoft is once again tightening its grip on local account setups in Windows 11, eliminating several widely used methods that allowed users to bypass signing in with a Microsoft account during installation. Continue reading “Microsoft Makes It Harder to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Hamas, two years into the Gaza genocide, has reportedly accepted a raw deal in which they’ll give up their captives in the hope that President Trump will force Israel to go through with a complete withdrawal from Gaza. Continue reading “Hamas Accepts Raw Deal In Hope Trump Will Force Israel to Withdraw From Gaza”
What a wild week it’s been for French politics. Let’s dive right into the latest development: overnight news that President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister by Friday evening, avoiding (for now) a snap election that could spark even more political turmoil.
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has fired a State Department Foreign Service officer who admitted in an undercover video from O’Keefe Media Group, that he had a romantic relationship with a woman linked to the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading “Marco Rubio fires State Dept official caught in romance with CCP affiliate who ‘could have been a spy’: OMG”
By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com
The genocidal assault on Gaza is raging on as Hamas and Israeli officials meet in Egypt to hammer out the details of the hostage exchange and ceasefire proposed by President Donald Trump. Israel killed three Palestinians in an area deemed a “humanitarian zone” by Tel Aviv. Continue reading “Israeli Strikes on Gaza Continue as Peace Talks Are Underway”
By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com
The Cost of War Project at Brown University calculated that total US military support to Israel over the past two years has cost US taxpayers over $30 billion. Israel has received over $21 billion in military aid from the US and Washington has bombed Iran and Yemen for Tel Aviv. Continue reading “The US Spent Over $31 Billion Aiding Israel in the Past Two Years”
By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net
Germany has taken a decisive stand against the European Union’s proposed “chat control” regulation, blocking a plan that would have allowed the mass scanning of private messages in the name of child protection. Continue reading “Germany Rejects EU “Chat Control” Law, Effectively Halting Mass Surveillance Proposal”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Candace Owens on Monday released bombshell texts, which have since been confirmed by TPUSA leadership, showing Charlie Kirk, just two days before his assassination, threatened to “leave the pro-Israel cause” after he lost “another huge Jewish donor” giving “$2 million a year” because he wouldn’t “cancel” Tucker Carlson. Continue reading “Leaked Texts Show Charlie Kirk Threatened to ‘Leave the Pro-Israel Cause’ Two Days Before His Murder”
After Germany dropped its long-standing opposition to EU chat control, leading encrypted messenger Signal issued a dire warning about privacy in Europe, with the post going viral.
However, now European parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) have joined in the criticism, with the party warning just before the EU Council vote that so-called “chat control” could end privacy entirely in Europe. Continue reading “Signal, AfD Slam EU Chat Control As End Of Privacy In Europe”
