From the Trenches World Report

Daily Mail

A surge in people buying guns since the coronavirus pandemic began has flooded the FBI’s background check system, causing a spike in the number of delayed checks and allowing gun sales to proceed without them, FBI data disclosed on Tuesday showed.

There has been a 54 percent increase in the number of background checks that were delayed past three days in the March through July period, as compared with the same time last year, the data shows.  Continue reading “FBI’s background check system fails because of huge surge in gun sales amid a summer of civil unrest and rioting and the COVID-19 pandemic”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A decade ago, Blackstone Group Inc. became America’s largest landlord, purchasing tens of thousands of single-family homes during the foreclosure crisis. Now the private equity firm has spotted the next big opportunity as the virus-induced recession crushes the working poor, that is, betting on mobile-home parks.  Continue reading “America’s Largest Landlord To Make $550 Million Bet On Trailer Parks”

Campus Reform – by McKenna Dallmeyer

University of North Texas College Democrats Vice President Brett Davis took to Twitter to tell incoming freshmen which student organizations they should join and which to avoid.

“Hey incoming politically left UNT students, here is a thread of clubs on campus and around Denton that you can meet like-minded people and have a safe space to express your views,” the tweet read.  Continue reading “College Dems leader encourages freshmen to join Antifa”

The Daily Signal – by Mike Gonzalez

Imagine that far-right demonstrators were laying siege to American cities for months, led by activists explicitly calling for an “ethno-state,” and that one of their groups was funded by an outfit involved with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. It would lead the news every day and there would be congressional hearings, right?

And rightly so. The threat of foreign interference in our domestic affairs is a serious matter, whether the suspects are rivals such as Russia or friendlies such as Mexico. This is especially the case if a foreign power were abetting unrest that aims to topple our constitutional order. Continue reading “This BLM Co-Founder and Pro-Communist China Group Are Partnering Up. Here’s Why.”

MSN

PHOENIX (AP) — A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person was later taken into custody, authorities said.

The officer was taken to a hospital and was expected to recover, according to city police and the FBI. Jill McCabe, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Phoenix office, said someone was later detained and there was no indication of a further threat to the public. Continue reading “Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer”

Yahoo News

As parts of the United States continue to grapple with increasing cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, Bill Gates blasted the country’s overall response to the pandemic.

“You know, this has been a mismanaged situation every step of the way,” the Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder and billionaire said in an interview with STAT News. “It’s shocking. It’s unbelievable — the fact that we would be among the worst in the world.” Continue reading “Bill Gates: U.S. coronavirus response ‘shocking’ and ‘among the worst in the world’”

MSN

(Bloomberg) — A popular website for posts about the conspiracy group QAnon abruptly shut down after a fact-checking group identified the developer as a New Jersey man.

Qmap.pub is among the largest websites promoting the QAnon conspiracy, with over 10 million visitors in July, according to web analytics firm SimilarWeb Ltd., and served as the primary archive of QAnon’s posts. The website aggregates posts by Q, the anonymous figure behind the QAnon theory, and the creator of the Qmap.pub website is known online only as “QAppAnon.” Continue reading “QAnon Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator”

Antonius Aquinas

Traditional Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson’s latest missive should be a wake- up call for those who naively believe that the worst is behind for the US and Western economies after the March financial sell off and the long-anticipated implosion of the bubble economy.  His Excellency asserts that the US and much of the world are on a financial precipice: Continue reading “A Warning of Economic Collapse”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

What happens when your state or city has massive unfunded pension liabilities, no direct access to the Fed’s money printer and can’t tax your state any further because you’re driving people out in droves?

You take on more debt, using whatever you can think of as collateral.
Continue reading “California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt”

NBC News

Wildlife experts in New Mexico say birds in the region are dropping dead in alarming numbers, potentially in the “hundreds of thousands.”

“It appears to be an unprecedented and a very large number,” Martha Desmond, a professor at New Mexico State University’s department of fish, wildlife, and conservation ecology, told NBC’s Albuquerque affiliate KOB.  Continue reading “Birds are dropping dead in New Mexico, potentially in the ‘hundreds of thousands’”

Reuters – by Kate Kelland

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production. Continue reading “Scientists create gene-edited animals as ‘surrogate sires’ to boost food production”

Press TV

The top communications official at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has suggested that supporters of US President Donald Trump should “buy ammunition” ahead of the 2020 election.

HHS assistant secretary for public affairs Michael Caputo made the comments in a Facebook Live video on Sunday, The New York Times reported. Continue reading “Official urges Trump supporters to ‘buy ammunition’ for use against ‘hit squads being trained all over” US”