From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
In the 1990s, I watched a federal trial in a Los Angeles courtroom. The defendant was charged with selling medical drugs without a license to practice medicine.
The defendant was prepared to argue that a) the substance he was selling was naturally produced in the body and b) it was effective. Continue reading “Would the government let Jesus cure cancer?”
On January 23, the House of Representatives passed an appropriations act billed to ““reopen the government and pay our federal employees.” But buried inside the bill are diverse financial allotments and perks for a foreign country: Israel.
The legislation contains paragraphs and sections far removed from the shutdown, committing billions of dollars in payments to Israel – without the robust debate that usually accompanies big-ticket spending. Continue reading “Israel has starring role in H.R.648, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019””
Salem Oregon has dictated HB2020.. I mean propose.. HB2020 is a “carbon reduction” dictate, a smaller version of “The Green New Deal”. This bill will raise highway gas tax, add a additional $50 a month to natural gas bills among many other higher taxes on carbon based goods. The Green Cult in the North is attacking the rest of rural Oregon. The problem is they are selling the same old ticket. And only the cities in the North are buying it! Continue reading “Oregon Has Fallen To Agenda 21- HB2020”
Liza Goitein, an “expert” at the Brennan Center for Justice, said on Friday that President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency could allow him to take money from Americans’ bank accounts, shutter radio stations, and unleash biological agents.
The Brennan Center is named for the late liberal Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and is funded by George Soros-allied groups and other leftist organizations like the Schumann Media Center and the Joyce Foundation. Continue reading “‘Expert’ on National Emergency: Trump Could Seize Americans’ Assets, Unleash Bio Agents”
A judge has overturned a more than $37 million verdict awarded to the family of a woman killed in an armed standoff with Baltimore County police.
Korryn Gaines, 23, was shot and killed in August 2016 after an hours-long standoff with police in Baltimore County. She was trying to livestream the encounter with police, authorities said at the time. Continue reading “Maryland judge overturns $37 million awarded to family of woman killed in police standoff”
Conservative Review – by Daniel Horowitz
Before getting into the details of this crazy omnibus bill, it’s important to recognize that we don’t understand all the details. The worst provisions are written in vague language ensconced in an 1,169-page bill, which has already been posted online in two different versions (the first was 10 pages shorter). That is exactly why Democrats are salivating to vote on this within a few hours of passage, which is exactly why Trump has a responsibility to oppose it immediately and demand at least a short-term clean continuing resolution so that he can digest the consequences of this bill. If he cannot make that simple demand, which would not even trigger a phony shutdown, then his presidency is worthless. Continue reading “5 insane provisions in the amnesty omnibus bill”
The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat
Remember the dreaded “pink slime” video from 2012? There it was, some indescribable pink paste extruding through a machine – was it strawberry ice cream? A new type of Play-Doh?
Nope, pink slime was basically the meat industry equivalent of the trimmings or scraps that are normally swept up and tossed in the trash, or into pet food – a collection of bits collected from the meat production process that is transformed into a filmy, translucent substance using a centrifuge, which is then treated with ammonia hydroxide gas and added to commercial ground beef, usually in fast food or school cafeterias. Continue reading “The US Government Just Reclassified ‘Pink Slime’ as ‘Ground Beef’”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Houston, TX — A botched drug raid last month shook the nation as a couple was killed by police in their own home and four officers shot. Now, after controversy and rumors have swarmed the case, the Houston police department has admitted that the entire raid was based on the lies of one of their own.
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As TFTP reported last week, one of the officers involved in the raid was suspended and the department refused to elaborate as to why. Now we know. This criminal cop, lied on the sworn affidavit that led to a raid in which two innocent people were murdered by Houston police officers. Continue reading “‘You Lie, You Die’: Cops Admit to Lying About Raid that Left Innocent Couple Murdered”
On Friday night, Alyssa Milano, who hasn’t “been relevant since Who’s the Boss,” decided to explain how the 2nd Amendment works to all the “2A zealots” out there because they obviously don’t know anything about our nation’s founding documents: Continue reading “Alyssa Milano explains the Constitution to all the ‘2A zealots’”
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A 15-year employee being fired from a suburban Chicago manufacturing company started shooting Friday, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he was killed by police, authorities said.
Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief Kristen Ziman said 45-year-old Gary Martin “was being terminated” before he started shooting at the Henry Pratt Co. — which makes valves for industrial purposes — in the city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Chicago. Continue reading “Employee being fired fatally shoots 5 co-workers in Illinois”
Several sources indicated that, terrorists of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had eliminated dozens of civilians including 17 representatives of the ‘White Helmets’ in the cities of Idlib, Maarrat al-Nu’man and Ariha in order to establish control over the de-escalation zone. It is obvious that Al-Julani is trying to wipe off all his opponents and, what is more, these murders happen with the connivance of the Turkish special services and military formations under their control. Continue reading “Tahrir al-Sham instigates a humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib”
Fascinating post by colleague Bruce Upbin on the dominant ownership position of the “147 companies that control everything.”
But I think there is basic flaw in the thinking of the underlying study, which as Bruce notes comes from three systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and which was picked up by the magazine New Scientist. Continue reading “Retort: The 147 Companies That Run The World? They’re You.”
Three members of the BDS movement, which is attempting to undermine the state of Israel financially and opposes its politics, have been decorated with the Copenhagen Courage Award for “having worked tirelessly to reveal the apartheid-like nature of the Israeli regime and its systematic violation of international law”.
Copenhagen Mayor for Technology and Environment Ninna Hedeager Olsen has triggered mixed reactions by proudly awarding a prize for courage to three activists from the anti-Israel movement BDS at Copenhagen City Hall, the Danish newspaper Berlingske reported. Continue reading “Danish ‘Courage Award’ to Anti-Israel Movement Raises Eyebrows”
President Trump scolded CNN’s Jim Acosta on Friday during the president’s Rose Garden announcement that he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, telling the reporter he has “an agenda” — before angel moms in attendance confronted the chief CNN White House correspondent.
The clash came as Acosta challenged Trump over what he described as a “disconnect” concerning his description of illegal immigration. Continue reading “Trump scolds CNN’s Jim Acosta, as angel moms confront reporter in Rose Garden: ‘You have an agenda’”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
A majority in every state except Vermont has failed the U.S. Citizenship test, the latest sign that Americans aren’t very good history students.
In the multiple choice version of the test given to immigrants seeking citizenship, 53 percent of Vermonters passed. Continue reading “D’oh: Only 1 state passes US citizenship test, DC fails big”
If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir
Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has come under fire for a Twitter exchange in which she implied that AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is the reason that so many Congressional representatives support Israel over American interests and principles. Continue reading “It’s even worse than llhan Omar said: The Israel lobby in full”
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire in an industrial building in Aurora, Illinois on Friday, city and law enforcement officials said, wounding several people before he was taken into custody.
“We have an active shooter incident at 641 Archer Av. This is an active scene. Please avoid the area,” the Aurora Police Department said in a tweet shortly after 2 p.m. central time, adding that additional details would be forthcoming. Continue reading “Gunman wounds several people in Illinois building, suspect held”