New York Times

An ambush on police officers at a protest in Dallas that left five officers dead on Thursday night altered the contours of a presidential campaign withHillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump canceling political events on Friday, and striking different tones about the events in Texas, which Mr. Trump called “an attack on our country.”

“It is a coordinated, premeditated, assault on the men and women who keep us safe,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. “We must restore law and order.”   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Cancel Campaign Events After Dallas Shooting”

Fox 2 Now

BALLWIN, MO (KTVI)- Authorities are investigating after a police officer was shot during a traffic stop Friday morning in west St. Louis County. It happened shortly before 11 a.m. near the 300 block of New Ballwin Road. According to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the wound was in the neck.

The officer, who works for the Ballwin Police Department, was transported to a local hospital for treatment. His condition is unknown at this time.   Continue reading “Police officer shot during traffic stop in Ballwin; suspect apprehended”

NBC

President Barack Obama expressed his ongoing frustration with U.S. gun laws Friday following the deadly ambush-style sniper shooting of five police officers in Dallas.

Five law enforcement personnel were killed and six others were injured after at least two gunmen opened fire in the city’s downtown area. The incident happened during a demonstration over two police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota this week.   Continue reading “Powerful Guns Made Dallas Ambush ‘More Deadly and Tragic’: Obama”

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to speed up the release of documents related to a decision made under former Secretary Hillary Clinton to allow a foreign defense contractor that admitted criminal wrongdoing to continue doing business with the Pentagon.

The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2013 for emails and internal memos involving a U.S. subsidiary of the British aerospace giant BAE Systems. AP sued after the State Department failed to provide those and other requested public records, including Clinton’s official calendars and emails transmitted through her private server.   Continue reading “Judge pushes for speedier release of Clinton-era documents”

This report came out 2 days before yesterdays “incident”.. Did these officers know something was in the pipeline?

CBS DFW, July 7, 2016

DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – June was not a good month for staffing at the Dallas Police Department. The Dallas Police Association says nearly 50 officers resigned over the past month to take jobs in other North Texas cities.   Continue reading “Dallas Police Assoc. Says Low Pay, Morale Trigger Several Police Resignations”

The Organic Prepper

Lately, it seems like you can’t find a speck of good news everywhere. Everyone in the country is beginning to figure out how rigged the game actually is, as Hillary Clinton skates yet again on crimes she committed.  Meanwhile, people are shooting other people because of the color of their skin, the uniform they wear, or who they love. Heck, sometimes they don’t even need a reason, which is why good people need to be able to defend themselves.   Continue reading “Fun is not the F-Word for Preppers”

Press TV

Footage has emerged showing a Russian guard wrestling down an American diplomat and alleged CIA spy before he enters the US embassy in the Russian capital Moscow.

The video, released Thursday by video news agency Ruptly, shows the guard tacking the man to the ground.

Apparently shot from a CCTV camera across the street, the video shows a Taxi pulling off in front of the embassy and the man jumping out.   Continue reading “Russian guard takes down CIA spy, video allegedly shows”

The Daily Beast – by Ben Collins

Micah Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas was identified by police as the sniper who shot 12 people during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night. Five officers are dead and six others are seriously wounded, in addition to one civilian.

According to his Facebook profile, Johnson identified as a black nationalist. Activists at Thursday’s night Black Lives Matter march, however, said that the shooter behind the deadliest day for American law enforcement since 9/11 was not part of their protest.

Continue reading “And the Plot Thickens: Micah Johnson, Dallas Cop-Killer, Was Black Militant”

Dallas Morning News – by Todd J Gillman

WASHINGTON — Mike Rawlings, mayor of Dallas and gun owner, is endorsing the president’s demand for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. He’s especially keen on universal background checks for gun buyers.

“We already say we can’t own Stinger rockets. So the question is where does the line go? And the line being at semi-automatics is the right place,” Rawlings said Friday over breakfast two blocks from the White House. “The proposals that the president has put on the table are solid, and I support them. … We’re going to have to throw everything against the wall.”   Continue reading “Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he’s all-in on President Barack Obama’s gun control agenda”

WSB TV

ROSWELL, Ga. — A suspect is under arrest after police say a Roswell officer was shot at during a patrol early Friday morning.

The officer was in the area of Old Roswell Road and Commerce Parkway when police say a passing vehicle fired a shot at the officer’s patrol car. The officer was not hit.

The officer then chased the suspect’s vehicle and after a short pursuit, the suspect crashed and was taken into custody.   Continue reading “Police: Shot fired at Roswell, GA officer, suspect arrested”

Last Day!

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Misty, Doc, and I have provided a Backpack Fishing Kit containing a telescopic fishing rod, a microlite reel, 30 lures, fishing line, hooks, bobbers, sinkers, and a container:   Continue reading “Awesome Drawing for From the Trenches”

Loretta_Lynch,_official_portraitLoretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is the 83rd and current Attorney General of the United States, having previously served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Her tenure as U.S. Attorney began in 2010, and she also held that position from 1999 to 2001. As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island.   Continue reading ““I have made myself into a nigger” Target”

Breaking news this Friday morning, July 8, 2016, reported multiple snipers shoot twelve Dallas, Texas police officers, killing five, wounding seven, and also wounding two civilians.

It was originally reported that the equivalent of a trained fire team, using military tactics (interlocking fire) were the accomplices and that one of the shooters had been cornered in a parking garage and killed himself.   Continue reading “How far will the Communists go to convert a grass roots uprising for the Bill of Rights into a race war?”

MassPrivateI

According to a Newspaper article the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has secretly been spying on motorists for three years.

Three years ago the Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles allowed IIHS to secretly record vehicle identification number (VIN), age and sex information from the records of 65,000 vehicle owners.   Continue reading “Secret facial biometrics being used to identify motorists and shoppers”

ABC News

The U.S. Capitol building is on lockdown, with police barring people from entering.

The Senate seargant at arms issued a lockdown alert for the building and visitor center, saying police activity has been reported. Capitol office buildings are open.

Capitol police say they are searching for an individual but offered no details.   Continue reading “US Capitol on Lockdown, Police Searching for Individual”