From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
By Ari Hoffman – The Post Millennial
Washington Democrats, led by an ex-con, are proposing to let convicted felons volunteer in public schools. This after Democratic lawmakers last week rejected an amendment to another bill that would have required schools to inform parents if their child was a victim of sexual assault. Continue reading “Washington Dems push to allow felons to volunteer in schools”
On Monday, President Donald Trump officially signed an executive order initiating plans for the establishment of a government-operated sovereign wealth fund, aimed at functioning as a robust economic development tool. Continue reading “Trump signs executive order outlining plans for government to purchase TikTok”
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank destroyed a mosque in the occupied West Bank after setting fire to it on Sunday. Continue reading “Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in occupied West Bank”
By Emily Crane and Ben Kochman – NY Post
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision. Continue reading “FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes”
As it does virtually weekly, Israel reiterated today that civilians are not to return to their homes in any areas of southern Lebanon Israel currently occupies. This apparently includes not just villages, but the Mediterranean Sea as well, as an Israeli military boat captured a Lebanese fisherman near the coast at Ras Naqoura. Continue reading “South Lebanon Homes Burn, Fisherman Captured as Israel Ceasefire Violations Continue”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
Intelligence Community Directive 406 was signed in the dying days of the Biden Administration – on January 16 – essentially, yet another part in a recent big drive, pushed particularly strongly during the recent WEF meetings in Davos, to promote “public-private” partnerships. Continue reading “Intelligence Community Directive 406 Expands US Spy Agencies’ Ties with Big Tech”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Palestinians are “fundamentally evil,” “collectively guilty,” unworthy of “any mercy” and need to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza to make it “great again,” according Zionist activist Martin Oliner, a Trump appointee to the US Holocaust Memorial Council. Continue reading “Trump Appointee: Palestinians Are ‘Fundamentally Evil,’ ‘Collectively Guilty’ And ‘Not Worthy of Mercy’”
By Thomas Stevenson – The Post Millennial
The family of Ellen Greenberg, who died from 20 stab wounds in 2011, with half of them going into her back and neck, can take the city of Philadelphia to court after officials at the time of her death ruled the case a suicide, a judge ruled on Friday. Continue reading “Family of woman found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011 can take Philly gov to court after officials ruled it suicide, judge rules”
By JOE HUTCHISON – DAILYMAIL.COM
The US Army helicopter involved in Wednesday’s midair collision with American Airlines flight 5342 had been practicing for the event of an attack on the capital.
Officials have confirmed that the three soldiers, who all perished, had been rehearsing a plan that involves the evacuation of the White House when their Black Hawk collided with the passenger jet just before 9pm on Wednesday night. Continue reading “Chilling ‘conspiracy theory’ about Black Hawk helicopter in DC plane crash is TRUE”
The female Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Captain Rebecca Lobach, was not named until today. Was it so they could scrub her social media? Her Facebook page has been wiped. However, her Google+ image is below. If it turns out Lobach was a lesbian DEI pilot, I won't be surprised. pic.twitter.com/t8ShMR57dJ
— Joel Gilbert (@JoelSGilbert) February 2, 2025
More than 100 students rallied at the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to show support for a bill that would ban the sale of semiautomatic firearms that can use detachable magazines. Continue reading “Over 100 Colorado students rally at Capitol to support gun restriction legislation”
The US-led coalition in Syria launched a drone strike in the Idlib province, targeting a car, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday. Continue reading “US Launches Drone Strike in Syria’s Idlib Province”
By Jack Poulson – The Grey Zone
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
The UK’s government continues to use last year’s Southport killings which led to widespread protests to promote online censorship, as a supposed panacea for the society’s ills. Continue reading “UK Gov Pushes Censorship, Blaming Online Content for Southport Killings”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally thanked President Trump on Thursday for signing an Israel First, America Last executive order calling on the Department of Justice to prosecute Americans for so-called “anti-Semitism.” Continue reading “Netanyahu Thanks Trump for Executive Order on ‘Fighting Antisemitism’”
Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, the costs attributed to defense equipment, personnel, operations and maintenance came to nearly $1.3 billion in 1993 and rose to nearly $2.4 billion in 2023.
Continue reading “Global Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since The Early ’90s”
By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial
A grand jury indicted an illegal immigrant from El Salvador in connection to the death of Samantha Dailey, 32, of Charles Town, West Virginia. David Antonio Calderon, 46, has been accused of killing Dailey in Jefferson County and then setting her body on fire in a field in neighboring Berkeley County. The murder occurred in May 2024, The Spirit of Jefferson reported. Continue reading “Illegal immigrant indicted in West Virginia for killing 32-year-old woman, setting her body on fire”
Breaking 🚨: Pelosi has done it again
Back on 1/14, she opened a new ~$100K position into the AI company Tempus AI $TEM
Since her buy, it's up 72%
Never doubt the queen pic.twitter.com/Yx9XzxKgp8
— Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker ♟ (@PelosiTracker_) January 30, 2025
Israel’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities created life-threatening danger for women and girls since October 2023, with the rate of miscarriage having increased by up to 300 percent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed. Continue reading “HRW: Israel’s Blockade Causes 300% Rise in Miscarriages in Gaza”
American students are performing poorly in reading and math skills, failing to regain lost ground during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests administered to fourth graders and eighth graders.
“The most notable challenges evident in the 2024 data are in reading comprehension. Reading scores dropped in both fourth and eighth grades since 2022, continuing declines first reported in 2019, before the pandemic,” said a Jan. 29 statement from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers the tests. Continue reading “American Students’ Reading Scores Decline, Show Little Improvement In Math”