From the Trenches World Report
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Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), eliminate the national income tax and replace it with a national consumption tax. Continue reading “House Republicans to vote on bill abolishing IRS, eliminating income tax”
On Monday, a junior male student at Western Brown Local Schools died suddenly from “cardiac arrest.”
Blaze Jacobs, 17, suffered a medical emergency on Monday morning while at school. Continue reading “17-Year-Old High School Student in Ohio Dies Suddenly From “Cardiac Arrest” While at School”
Reclaim the Net – by Dan Frieth
The CDC appears to be deviating from its main role of controlling and preventing diseases by providing language guidelines for the media and others. A document, titled “Preferred Terms for Select Population Groups & Communities,” encourages people to use “non-stigmatizing language.” Continue reading “CDC publishes language guidelines”
The Swiss army will deploy 5,000 troops ahead of the World Economic Forum. Authorities indicated the troops were authorized to utilize coercive police measures to fulfill their security mission. Continue reading “WEF: The Swiss government will deploy 5,000 troops to provide security at the Davos Forum”
There will be no broadcast of The Word From the Trenches today. :Laura is feeling too poorly to go through with it.
Apologies.
“This manual was developed to support countries in effectively responding to events which may erode the public’s trust in vaccines and the authorities that deliver them.”
Joe Biden was caught on camera making yet another blunder this weekend when he appeared to mistake a member of the Salvation Army for a secret service agent.
Ukrainian troops are set to begin training on the Patriot missile system in the United States as soon as next week, two US officials familiar with the matter tell CNN. Continue reading “Ukrainians to start training on Patriot missiles in US as soon as next week, officials say”
A study of 2022 IRS tax audit data found that a taxpayer in the lowest income bracket is five times more likely to face an audit that would a member of the highest income bracket. Continue reading “IRS targeted poorest taxpayers while millionaires went mostly unscathed in 2022: report”
Daily Caller – by Bronson Winslow
federal judge ruled Monday that part of New Jersey’s concealed carry gun law, which dictates where a concealed firearm can be carried, is unconstitutional. Continue reading “Federal Judge Rules That Parts Of New Jersey Gun Law Are Unconstitutional”
New York Post – by MaryAnn Martinez
Migrants in El Paso, Texas — the current epicenter of the border crisis — have been linked to serious and violent crimes including car theft, gun threats and drug trafficking, according to local police. Continue reading “Newly arrived migrants linked to crimes in El Paso including drugs, theft and gun threats”
Reclaim the Net – by Tom Parker
A recently published email has provided more evidence of President Joe Biden’s administration asking tech platforms to censor content that challenges the federal government’s Covid messaging. Continue reading “Biden admin asked Twitter to silence Robert F. Kennedy Jr”
Former Paris Saint-Germain and Cameroon star Modeste M’bami has tragically passed away from a heart attack, aged 40.
The midfielder was capped 39 times by his country between 2000 and 2009. Continue reading “Shock as Cameroonian great Modeste M’bami dies aged 40”
A federal agency will weigh plans to regulate and even ban natural gas stoves in the U.S., a top official said, over research showing a link between harmful air pollutants and the popular household appliances. Continue reading “Agency to consider federal ban of gas stoves over health hazards”
Americans are obliged to help bring more foreigners into their American society, White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters in a briefing ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Mexico’s president on Monday and Tuesday. Continue reading “White House: Americans Are Obliged to Aid More Migrants”
President Joe Biden’s expanded use of his administration’s Catch and Release network, the process that helps free hundreds of thousands of border crossers into the United States every month, is a pretext for “mass amnesty,” experts say. Continue reading “Biden Laying Groundwork for ‘Mass Amnesty’ with Expanded Catch and Release Policy”
The Federalist – by Margot Cleveland
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) lacked the authority to declare non-mechanical bump stocks “machineguns,” the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Friday. Continue reading “Court To ATF Gun-Grabbers: Bump Stocks Aren’t Machine Guns And You Don’t Make The Rules”
MedPage Today – by Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD
The birth of Dolly the Sheep in July 1996 transformed animal cloning from science fiction into science fact. Since that time, researchers have successfully cloned pigs, dogs, cats, horses, rats, and a slew of other animals. The prospect of cloning human beings remains both scientifically challenging and, for many, ethically fraught. Continue reading “Ethics Consult: Fertilize Human Egg With Neanderthal Sperm? MD/JD Weighs In”
New York Post – by Brooke Steinberg
America is facing a shortage of four key medications used for common illnesses in children as virus season comes back in full force.
Officials have declared a shortage of first-line antibiotics amoxicillin and Augmentin, which are used to treat bacterial infections. Tamiflu, the most common flu medication in the US, and albuterol, an inhaler for asthma and to open airways in the lungs, are also in short supply, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Continue reading “US faces shortages of children’s antibiotics and flu drugs amid ‘tripledemic’”
Epoch Health – by Marina Zhang
While the official data from China reports mild disease and low mortalities surrounding the latest COVID-19 outbreaks, Chinese social media is awash with reports of “white lung,” a form of pneumonia often seen in moderate to severe disease. Continue reading “‘It Doesn’t Make Sense,’ Experts Trying to Explain White Lungs in China”