From the Trenches World Report

Breitbart – by John Binder

No one country has sent more of its nationals to the United States over the last decade than China, newly released Census Bureau data reveals.

Between 2018 and 2019, China replaced Mexico as the largest sending country of foreign-born immigrants to the U.S. over the last decade. In 2006, more Mexican nationals arrived in the U.S. than Chinese, Indians, and Canadians combined.  Continue reading “Census: China Sending More Immigrants to U.S. than Any Other Country”

Ammo.com

Charles Parker is one of those quintessential “American Dream” stories whose business success was forged during the War Between the States and America’s subsequent western expansion. It’s a rags-to-riches tale that combined ingenuity, hard work, and determination to create a multi-generational, family-owned business known for both introducing small-bore shotguns and producing collector pieces. His firearms were so inspiring that nearly 90 years since the company was sold, and over 75 years since a gun has been crafted with the Parker name, these high-quality guns are still sought out among collectors and the Parker Brothers name is considered a classic among gun enthusiasts. Continue reading “Charles Parker: The Forgotten History of Parker Brothers and its Legacy of Collectible Shotguns”

The New American – by Luis Miguel

A trust of the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has unveiled a new policy under which it may withdraw treatment from patients deemed racist or sexist.

The North Bristol NHS Trust announced the launch of its “Red Card to Racism” campaign, which aims to protect staff from discrimination. Continue reading “U.K. Health Service to Deny Treatment to Patients Deemed Racist or Sexist”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump, defense officials said Friday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision not yet announced by the Pentagon, said the troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen and their supporters. Continue reading “US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements”

RT

The interim prime minister of Iraq has condemned the US assassination of a senior Iranian commander, calling it an act of aggression against his country. Qassem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad airport.

Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force, was killed after his convoy was hit by US missiles. A deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the Iraqi militia collective backed by Iran, was killed in the same airstrike.  Continue reading “US killing of Iranian commander on Iraqi soil violates terms of US stationing troops in the country – Iraqi PM”

CBC

Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus as talks on strengthening economic ties remained stalled over concerns that Russia could effectively swallow up its neighbour.

In a case that has echoes of Russia’s relationship with Ukraine before it annexed the Crimean Peninsula, Belarus’s state-owned oil company said Friday that Moscow has stopped supplying crude until contracts for this year are drawn up. Belarus’s two main refineries were operating at low capacity, running on reserves. Continue reading “Russia cuts off oil supplies to Belarus as economic talks collapse”

Fox News

A battle over gun control in Virginia with national implications is heating up as the legislature prepares to vote on sweeping new restrictions and localities band together to defy them in growing numbers.

Virginians turned out to debate the measures and other issues at public budget hearings on Thursday, less than a week before the General Assembly’s first legislative session of 2020. Both the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) and Gun Owners of America specifically warned about Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s related budget proposal, which directs $250,000 for the Department of Corrections to incarcerate people as a result of new restrictions.  Continue reading “Gun control standoff heats up in Virginia as ‘sanctuaries’ grow, big votes loom”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Former Vice President Joe Biden told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Thursday that he plans to “fight antisemitism” by enacting new gun control laws, aggressively prosecuting “hate crimes” and passing a “new federal domestic terrorism law.”

The last federal domestic terrorism law the US passed was the civil liberties destroying so-called “PATRIOT Act,” which Joe Biden voted for. Continue reading “Joe Biden’s Plan to Fight Antisemitism: Gun Control, Hate Crime Prosecutions & New Domestic Terror Law”

VOA

PHOENIX – The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles (563 kilometers) away in Juarez, Mexico.

Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Until this week, the government was driving some asylum-seekers from Nogales, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, so they could be returned to Juarez.  Continue reading “US Starts Sending Asylum-Seekers Across Arizona Border”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Tehran has deployed Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter jets to its borders hours after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad international airport, according to Sputnik News.

NBC News Tehran Bureau Chief Ali Arouzi tweeted that “Iranian f14 fighters jets maneuvering on the western skies and on alert and patrol.”  Continue reading “Iran Deploys F-14 Fighter Jets, Places Ballistic Missile Bases On ‘High Alert’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to Fox News and CNN on Friday morning about the White House’s rationale to take out Iran’s top elite general, Qasem Suleimani, saying “there was an imminent attack” in the works and “imminent threats to American lives” which had to be stopped.  Continue reading “Pompeo: US Strike Thwarted “Active Plot” For Major Attack On Americans”

NewsWars – by Paul Joseph Watson

The threat posed by Iran-backed Hezbollah sleeper cells embedded in major American cities has once again come to the fore following the killing of Iran’s Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani.

Following last night’s assassination of the Iranian military leader, authorities in both New York and Los Angeles announced that they were ramping up security in readiness for possible revenge attacks on U.S. soil.  Continue reading “Iran Has Hezbollah Sleeper Cells in the U.S. Ready to Strike”

Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States embassy in Baghdad urged on Friday all citizens to depart Iraq immediately, hours after the U.S. killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an air strike. Continue reading “U.S. embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately: statement”