From the Trenches World Report

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Rents are becoming unaffordable for many Americans, even those in the middle class. Because the cost of buying property, maintaining it, and covering property taxes has jumped, so have the costs of renting.

A new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University calculates that 10.9 million renters spent more than 50% of their income on housing in 2018. That equates to one in four renters. Moreover, there were 6 million more cost-burdened renters in 2018 than in 2001. Households with incomes of at least $75,000 accounted for more than three-quarters of the growth in renters from 2010 to 2018.  Continue reading “Economic Woes: 1-In-4 Renters Are Now Spending Over Half Their Income On Housing”

AOL

President Trump on Tuesday exercised his pardon power, granting clemency to or commuting the sentences of nearly a dozen people convicted of crimes, including former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and junk bond pioneer Michael Milken.

Trump also referred to himself as the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer,” a title typically reserved for the attorney general.  Continue reading “Trump declares himself ‘chief law enforcement officer’ as he issues numerous pardons”

KSAT

LAREDO, Texas – The former interim police chief of Dilley was arrested after admitting to transporting undocumented people across a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Laredo, according to a criminal complaint obtained by KSAT and local media reports.

Rausel Andrei Fonseca-Saldivar was driving a blue big rig hauling a trailer before he was inspected at the Laredo North Border Checkpoint around 8:40 p.m. on Feb. 7, the affidavit states.  Continue reading “Border Patrol agents arrest former Texas police chief for smuggling undocumented immigrants, affidavit states”

Tampa Bay Times – by Mark Puente

A Tampa trucking company employee’s trip to Cleveland to buy several tractor-trailers in September has turned into a legal fight after federal agents at Tampa International Airport seized $181,500 in cash that the man was carrying.  Continue reading “Feds seize $181,000 from trucker at Tampa airport. His company says ‘something is fishy.’”

Middle East Monitor

The Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has decided to reduce food amounts and many other services offered to Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, Palestinian Prisoner Club (PPC) revealed on Monday.

In a statement, the PPC announced that this step is part of Gilad Erdan’s Committee, which decided in 2018 to cancel all the achievements that the prisoners gained throughout their struggle with the IPS.  Continue reading “Israel reduces amount of bread served to Palestinian prisoners”

AP

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The 10 waived laws include requirements for having open competition, justifying selections and receiving all bonding from a contractor before any work can begin. Continue reading “Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall construction”

Breitbart – by John Binder

During a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada on Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden (D) said illegal aliens who are shielded from deportation by former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American than most Americans are.”

While speaking to a crowd of supporters, Biden accused American citizens of being less American than even the roughly 800,000 to 3.5 million DACA illegal aliens living in the United States while touting his plan to provide them all with amnesty: Continue reading “Biden: DACA Illegal Aliens ‘Are More American than Most Americans’”

Yahoo News

A British couple on board a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan with 542 cases of coronavirus on board say they believe their positive test for the illness is a hoax.

David Abel and his wife Sally are stuck on the Diamond Princess, which has been moored near Yokohama since 3 February. Continue reading “‘I smell a rat here’: British couple quarantined on cruise ship claim their coronavirus diagnosis ‘might not be true’”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A study released by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health declares there is no evidence “assault weapon” bans lead to a lower “incidence of fatal mass shootings.”

The push for an “assault weapons” ban is central to the Democrats’ gun control agenda nationally and is front and center for Democrats at the state level in places like Arizona and Virginia.  Continue reading “Johns Hopkins Study: No Evidence ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans Reduce Mass Shootings”

Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg repeated his claim Monday that the United States of America belonged to illegal immigrants, just as much the country’s citizens.

At a campaign rally in Utah, Buttigieg said that the so-called “dreamers,” illegal immigrants brought to the country as children, had “every bit a claim on this country as the rest of us.” Continue reading “Pete Buttigieg: Illegal Immigrants Have ‘Every Bit of Claim on This Country As the Rest of Us’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

New evidence from Bloomberg reveals cracking global supply chains are fast emerging at major Chinese ports with thousands of containers of frozen meat piling up with nowhere to go.

The Covid19 outbreak will remain a dominant issue for 1Q as supply chain shocks are being felt by multinationals on either side of the hemisphere.  Continue reading “Supply Chain Chaos Unfolds At Major Chinese Ports As Frozen Meat Containers Pile Up”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Talladega County, AL — Justin Faircloth is a loving father and husband who, like many people, has made some mistakes throughout his life. His most recent mistake involves being caught with a substance deemed illegal by the state which has landed him in prison. This mistake may very well be his last as he will likely succumb to his stage 4 colon cancer — because the state is refusing to treat him. Continue reading “Father Arrested for Drugs, Dying In Prison As State Denies Him Cancer Treatment”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Alan Ruel was a successful businessman and loving husband of 36 years. However, his life would be forever changed after police mistook his stroke for being drunk. Instead of getting him help, they kidnapped him and threw him in a cage. According to a recent lawsuit, while inside the drunk tank, Ruel continued to undergo a massive stroke for 18 hours all the while being ignored by police. He never had a sip of alcohol.  Continue reading “Man Permanently Disabled After Cops Mistake Stroke for Drunkenness, Lock Him Up, Ignore Him”

RT – by Frank Furedi

Prominent academics are pushing for the World Health Organization (WHO) to include old age on its list of diseases. They say it will improve old people’s lives – but in reality, it will give everyone the excuse to write them off.

In their wisdom, 30 experts – from prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cambridge Imperial and UCL – have decided that ageing is no longer a normal feature of life. They want the World Health Organization to classify ageing as a disease. This diseasing of old age represents another blow to the moral status of the elderly. Continue reading “‘OK, Boomer’ mentality: Academics want to label old age a disease, in case you had any respect left for the elderly”

Health Impact News – by Sheri Berkery

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A Sicklerville woman allegedly used her authority over child-welfare decisions to force a woman into prostitution, according to the district attorney’s office in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Continue reading “Pennsylvania Social Worker Charged with Forcing Mother into Prostitution to Get Kids Back from Foster Care”