From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
A recent report from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) revealed that the income threshold for being considered “low-income” in the Bay Area has reached six figures. Continue reading “California Bay Area counties now consider low income to be 6 figures”
Israel continued to carry out strikes against Syria throughout the weekend, launching a number of additional airstrikes centered on the idea they are “protecting” the Druze minority in Syria after last week’s sectarian violence left over 100 people dead. Continue reading “Israel Kills More Civilians in Syria Strikes, Insists They’re ‘Protecting Druze’”
Israeli attacks on Gaza killed 110 Palestinians and wounded 400 over the past three days, according to death toll updates released by Gaza’s Health Ministry, as children are starving to death under the US-backed Israeli blockade. Continue reading “Israeli Strikes Kill 110 in Gaza Over Three Days as Children Starve Under Blockade”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
A coalition of firearm owners is pressing federal regulators to investigate whether the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the gun industry’s chief lobbying group, covertly exploited consumer data for political purposes, despite publicly promoting itself as a defender of privacy. Continue reading “Gun Owners Group Calls for Inquiry into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
President Trump ousted Michael Waltz as National Security Advisor not only due to Signalgate but also due to his “intense coordination” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on pushing for war with Iran, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading “Mike Waltz Ousted Over ‘Intense Coordination’ With Netanyahu on Plotting War With Iran”
By Kit Klarenberg – The Grayzone
Continue reading “Ex-Bellingcat operative dies after child rape conviction”
Since October 7th, 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza and increasingly unquenchable thirst for war with Iran has seen the Middle Eastern country strengthen its iron-fisted grip over the U.S. political establishment. From proposed laws criminalizing antisemitism under the guise of hate speech to the expansion of the U.S.’ involvement in the Middle Eastern theater of war culminating in a direct military conflict with the Houthis in Yemen, the exponential influence of Israel on determining U.S. foreign and domestic policy alike has led to growing opposition over that imbalanced power dynamic. The extent of the blowback from the heightened visibility of the Zionist agenda steering the course of U.S. policymaking has reached new heights as the House Of Representatives decided to suspend a vote on proposed legislation that embodies Israel’s pervasive influence on the U.S. government. Continue reading “House Pulls Vote On Bill Banning U.S. Citizens From Boycotting Israel”
By Libby Emmons – The Postmillennial
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who is now an MSNBC pundit, claimed on a podcast with Semafor that she had no idea President Joe Biden was suffering from mental decline in his advanced age and that there had been no cover-up. Continue reading “Former White House press sec Jen Psaki claims there was no ‘cover up’ of Biden’s mental decline”
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli attacks over the previous 24-hour period killed 17 Palestinians and injured 77, as health officials are warning that children are starving under the US-backed Israeli blockade. Continue reading “Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Gaza as Children Starve Under Blockade”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that freeing Israeli captives in Gaza was not his top priority, comments that angered the family members of hostages. Continue reading “Netanyahu Says Freeing Hostages Is Not His Priority”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israel on Friday launched a drone attack against a civilian ship in international waters off the coast of Malta that was trying to bring humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, according to The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a pro-Palestinian NGO. Continue reading “Israel ‘Launches Drone Attack’ on Civilian Ship Bringing Food and Medicine to Starving Gazans”
By Jack Poulson and Lee Fang – The Grayzone
Continue reading “The National Endowment for Democracy goes dark”
Recently unsealed court documents have revealed that Ryan Routh, the guy who tried to assassinate President Trump at his own golf course, was trying to smuggle Afghans into the US over the southern border.
By Thomas Stevenson – The Postmillennial
The father of Virginia Giuffre, one of the most well-known victims of Jeffrey Epstein, has said that his daughter did not commit suicide after her body was found in her Australian home last week. Continue reading “BREAKING: Virginia Giuffre’s father says she did not commit suicide: ‘Somebody got to her’”
By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
Picture this: it’s rush hour in New York City. A guy in a Mets cap mutters to himself on the F train platform, pacing in tight circles. Nearby, a woman checks her phone five times in ten seconds. Overhead, cameras are watching. Behind the cameras? A machine. And behind that machine? An army of bureaucrats who’ve convinced themselves that bad vibes are now a crime category. Continue reading “New York Is Quietly Rolling Out Precrime Surveillance Tech”
A new BBC documentary examining Israeli settlers and their treatment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has received widespread praise this week and shed light on the brutal reality that Palestinians experience daily. Continue reading “Documentary on Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank triggers online firestorm”
Wish Greg Abbott would protect Texans like he does Israel https://t.co/6yTPXPK23S
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) April 30, 2025
The British military joined the US in airstrikes that hit Yemen on Tuesday night, marking the first time the UK helped the US bomb the country under the Trump administration. Continue reading “UK Joins US in Airstrikes on Yemen for First Time Under Trump”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
Speaking at an event celebrating press freedom, Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin renewed calls for Congress to craft mechanisms aimed at controlling so-called “fake news” online, a move that amplifies growing pressure for more regulation of digital speech in Brazil. Continue reading “Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin Renews Push for Regulation of Online Speech and “Fake News” Amid Press “Freedom” Forum”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
The future of the “Antisemitism Awareness Act” was thrown into jeopardy on Wednesday after Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey together with Rand Paul’s backing introduced a series of amendments to undermine the bill’s aim of outlawing criticism of Jews and Israel. Continue reading “Antisemitism Awareness Act ‘in Jeopardy’ After Pushback From Democrats and Rand Paul”