From the Trenches World Report

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

You just can’t make this stuff up!

From The College Fix:

Liberty University, the prominent Baptist Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia, announced this week the creation of a new think-tank meant to promote Judeo-Christian values in the political and cultural realms. Continue reading “Jerry Falwell Jr And Charlie Kirk Form New Think Tank to Promote ‘Judeo-Christian Values’”

CBC News

In a throne speech promising new efforts to tackle climate change, make life more affordable and impose a ban on “military-style” firearms, the Liberal government today called on members of Parliament to work across party lines to solve some of the country’s most pressing issues.

The first throne speech since the election — which saw voters return Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to power in a minority government — struck a conciliatory tone. Continue reading “Throne speech promises tax cut, climate action and ban on military-style firearms”

Columbia News – by Claire Levenson

More than 70.8 million people around the world have been forced from their homes by violence, persecution and other human rights violations. Almost 26 million of these individuals are classified as refugees by the United Nations. Only 3 percent of them will ever enroll in a college or university.  Continue reading “First University-Wide Scholarship Program for Displaced Students”

Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy

In an almost unprecedented admission of vaccine failure, National Public Radio (NPR) recently published a show explaining how the present-day oral polio vaccine is a failure, and is actually contributing to the rise of polio in poor countries.

In it’s Weekend Edition Saturday show, NPR’s Scott Simon and Jason Beaubien produced a show titled: “How The Oral Polio Vaccine Can Cause Polio.”  Continue reading “Big Pharma and Corporate Media Finally Admit the Oral Polio Vaccine is a Failure – Causes Polio Instead of Preventing It”

Times of Israel

NEW YORK (JTA) — Seth Rogen and his father were honored by the secular Jewish group The Workers Circle — formerly known as The Workmen’s Circle until Monday night — for their contributions to Jewish culture, activism and promotion of the Yiddish language.

Rogen, 37, who usually plays Jewish characters in his movies, recently studied Yiddish for “An American Pickle,” an upcoming film in which he plays a Jewish pickle maker who emerges from a pickle barrel after being stuck there for 100 years.  Continue reading “Seth Rogen and father honored for their contributions to Jewish culture”

New York Post – by Lia Eustachewich

The US sailor who shot up the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has been identified — and he used his service weapons in the suicidal attack, according to new reports.

Petty Officer Gabriel Romero, 22, used his M4 service rifle in the shooting Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilian employees and wounding a third, according to a preliminary incident report obtained by Fox News.  Continue reading “Suspect in Pearl Harbor shooting identified as Petty Officer Gabriel Romero”

Breitbart – by Tom Ciccotta

New York University-Shanghai has introduced a pro-communist “civil education” course at the request of the Chinese government. As part of the class students will take trips to visit memorials for those that died defending China’s communist party.

According to a report by Campus Reform, New York University Shanghai has introduced a pro-communist course that sympathizes with the Chinese government. Reports suggest that the Chinese government demanded that NYU Shanghai offer the course.  Continue reading “NYU Shanghai Adds Pro-Communist Class at Chinese Government’s Request”

New York Times Magazine – by Josh Owens

On Election Day 2016, I sat in the passenger seat of Alex Jones’s Dodge Hellcat as we swerved through traffic, making our way to a nearby polling place. As Jones punched the gas pedal to the floor, the smell of vodka, like paint thinner, wafted up from the white Dixie cup anchored in the console. My stomach churned as the phone I held streamed live video to Facebook: Jones rambling about voter fraud and rigged elections while I stared at the screen, holding the camera at an angle to hide his double chin. It rarely worked, but I didn’t want to be blamed when he watched the video later. Continue reading “I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It.”

ICE

NEW YORK — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested Feliciano Perez-Bautista, 32, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Perez-Bautista, a twice removed Mexican national who has pending manslaughter and gang assault charges, was released from local law enforcement custody with an active detainer due to Westchester County’s Immigrant Protection Act. Continue reading “ICE arrests Mexican national with pending manslaughter, gang assault charges; released despite active detainer”

The New Arab

France’s parliament voted late on Tuesday to adopt a definition of anti-semitism that includes anti-Zionism, prompting angery from activists who believe it will restrict legitimate criticisms of Israel.

French lawmakers adopted the controversial bill, which was tabled by Paris MP Sylvain Maillard from Emmanuel Macron’s La Republique en Marche centrist party, with 154 votes against 72. Continue reading “France adopts resolution equating ‘anti-Zionism’ with ‘antisemitism’”

New York Times – by Reed Abelson

The nation’s hospital groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over a new federal rule that would require them to disclose the discounted prices they give insurers for all sorts of procedures.

The hospitals, including the American Hospital Association, argued in a lawsuit filed in United States District Court in Washington that the new rule “is unlawful, several times over.”  Continue reading “Hospitals Sue Trump to Keep Negotiated Prices Secret”