From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Americans have never seen such a blatant and misleading excuse to use surveillance planes to spy on everyone, quite like what is happening in Maryland.
Two days ago, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan sent a letter to the Mayor of Baltimore and the Baltimore Police Department agreeing to send funds to help the city fight crime. Continue reading “Baltimore Governor’s Three Year Plan To Use Surveillance Planes To Monitor The Public”
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan
Famed YouTuber Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s announcement on Tuesday that he was donating $50,000 to the YouTube censors at the Anti-Defamation League is backfiring hilariously.
His young followers noticed immediately that Pewds’ donation to the ADL came after they celebrated Disney for severing ties with him in 2017: Continue reading “PewDiePie’s $50k Donation to The ADL Widely Interpreted As ‘Blackmail’ Payment”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Phoenix, AZ — As the Free Thought Project frequently reports, when most people see police lights in their rear view mirror, the last thing they feel is “protected.” When a cop is pulling you over it most likely means that you are about to be extorted for a victimless crime. However, if the cop in the story below was pulling you over, it meant something much worse than mere extortion. Continue reading “Cop Arrested on 61 Charges for Kidnapping And Sexually Assaulting Women While on Duty”
President Trump has ordered White House officials to crack down on homelessness in California according to an anonymously-sourced Tuesday report in the Washington Post.
#1 on the list appears to be Los Angeles’s infamous “skid row,” where vagrants will be moved into government-backed facilities. Trump is said to be actively involved in the effort, which is currently under discussion by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Domestic Policy Council, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading “Trump Orders Crackdown On California Homelessness”
An island in Iraq home to Islamic State terrorists was annihilated Tuesday night by almost 80,000 pounds of bombs dropped from combined U.S. and allied warplanes.
Dramatic aerial footage shows multiple explosions as bombs hit Qanus Island followed by huge mushroom clouds billowing into the air over the Tigris River. Continue reading “Islamic State-Infested Island Cleared by 80,000 Pounds of U.S. Bombs”
Update: During the post-conference Q&A, Paxton revealed that, though their investigation is still in its early days, the AGs have already issued subpoenas related to Google’s digital advertising business.
“If advertising costs are higher…who ends up paying that?” Paxton said. Continue reading “State AGs Unveil Sweeping Anti-Trust Probe Against Google On Steps Of The Supreme Court”
Our worst fears about automatic license plate readers (ALPR) are much worse than we could have imagined.
Two months ago, I warned everyone that police in Arizona were using ALPR’s to “grid” entire neighborhoods. But this story brings public surveillance to a whole new level. Continue reading “Massive 30 State, Real-Time ALPR Database Revealed”
For the better part of Western existence, most people have understood one basic principle of statehood: That countries are sovereign, and as such, they have a right and even a duty to protect the integrity of their borders.
That means if necessary, they can and should build barriers, pass laws against illegal entry, and enforce those laws against anyone caught breaking them. Continue reading “What the…? The UN head of global communications says America has no right to protect its own borders and that migrants should be permitted to cross if they want”