From the Trenches World Report

Daily Caller – by Blake Neff

A transgender police officer in Washington, D.C., who has repeatedly been praised as a community role model has also quietly been reprimanded for improper sexually-tinged antics with underage police interns.

In a story published Thursday night, NBC4 News profiled Jessica Hawkins as a police officer who “helps build trust in [the] D.C. community” due to his work on an LGBT outreach unit. Hawkins, who previously went by Billy, is biologically male but identifies as a woman, and publicly transitioned two years ago.  Continue reading “DC’s Transgender Cop Poster Child Turns Out To Be A Pervert”

Breitbart – by John Binder

The majority of U.S. voters say newly arrived immigrants are not assimilating to American culture but are rather keeping their foreign cultures when they arrive, a new poll finds.

The latest Associated Press-NORC poll reveals that a majority of 54 percent of all U.S. voters say immigrants are not adopting American culture and instead are retaining their foreign cultures. Nearly six-in-ten white voters and almost half of Hispanic voters agree that immigrants are not assimilating to American culture.  Continue reading “AP-NORC Poll: Majority of U.S. Voters Say Immigrants Are Not Assimilating”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Four executives at an Illinois manufacturing plant have been charged with knowingly hiring illegal aliens, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency reveals.

According to ICE officials, four executives at the sheet metal KSO MetalFab Inc. manufacturing plant in Streamwood, Illinois — a suburb of Chicago — have been charged with one count each of knowingly harboring illegal aliens and one count each of knowingly hiring illegal aliens.  Continue reading “Manufacturing Executives Charged with Knowingly Hiring Illegal Aliens”

Times of Israel

Israel is readying for a direct cruise missile or drone strike by Tehran in response to recent attacks on Iranian regional proxies which have been attributed to the Jewish state, Army Radio reported Tuesday evening.

Unlike ballistic missiles, which usually fly through a high arc on the way to the target, cruise missiles and drones fly at low altitude, making them harder to detect. Continue reading “Israel said bracing for direct cruise missile or drone attack by Iran”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

A Border Patrol agent working near the Texas Border fired multiple shots at a group of migrants who attacked during a traffic stop. Two gunshots fired by the agent struck one of the attacking migrants.

A Border Patrol agents initiated a traffic stop on Highway 349 near Dryden, Texas, on Tuesday night. The vehicle contained approximately ten illegal aliens being smuggled into the U.S., according to information obtained from the Terrell County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Migrant Group Assaults Border Patrol Agent, Shots Fired”

Task & Purpose

A Navy lieutenant and his wife were arrested in a joint FBI and NCIS raid Thursday in the San Jose area.

The raid occurred at the home of Navy Lt. Fan Yang and his wife, Yang Yang.  Continue reading “Navy officer and his wife arrested in joint FBI-NCIS raid targeting illegal gun trade”

Fox News

President Trump announced Wednesday that conditions have been met between Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for what he called a “permanent ceasefire” between the two sides and that the United States is lifting sanctions on Ankara that were implemented following the invasion of northern Syria.

Speaking at the White House, Trump said that while a “permanent ceasefire” will be tough to maintain in the volatile region, he hopes it will last and end the conflict between Turkey and the Kurds.  Continue reading “Trump announces ‘permanent ceasefire’ in Syria between Turkey and Kurds; lifts sanctions on Ankara”

RT

US president Donald Trump has authorized $4.5 million in aid to the so-called Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), aka “White Helmets,” calling their work “important and highly valued.” The group’s critics point to its terrorist ties.

“Over the course of the 8-year conflict in Syria, the SCD has rescued more than 115,000 people, including many ethnic and religious minorities,” the White House said, announcing the aid on Tuesday.  Continue reading “Trump approves $4.5 million in aid to ‘White Helmets’ in Syria”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

The truth is that most American families are deeply struggling, but you hardly ever hear this from the mainstream media.  Yes, about 10 percent of all American workers are making $100,000 or more a year, but most of those high paying jobs are concentrated in the major cities along the east and west coasts.  For much of the rest of the country, these are very challenging times as the cost of living soars but their paychecks do not.  According to the Social Security Administration, the median income in the United States last year was just $32,838.05.  Continue reading “Goodbye Middle Class: 50 Percent Of American Workers Make Less Than 33,000 Dollars A Year”

Zero Hedge –  by Tyler Durden

The government of Hong Kong on Wednesday formally withdrew an unpopular extradition bill which sparked months of anti-government protests.

“I now formally announce the withdrawal of the bill,” Secretary for Security John Lee announced during a legislative meeting.  Continue reading “Hong Kong Formally Withdraws Extradition Bill That Sparked Mass Protests”

Winter Watch – by Torchy Blane

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” — George Orwell

The hack Orwellian platform YouTube took down more than 100,000 individual videos during the second quarter of the year. It has been run-rating 30,000 a month since. The number of comments removed during the same period doubled to over 500 million, due in part to its dubious new “hate-speech policy.”  Continue reading “Hallelujah, Godspeed! AltCensored is Capturing, Saving Censored YouTube Videos, Channels”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday announced an initiative to prevent mass shootings by intervening to provide mental-health treatment and other forms of counseling to potentially violent individuals.

The new effort, announced in a memo to federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials, follows dozens of deadly mass shootings in the United States this year, including a massacre of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and another just one day later in Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were killed.  Continue reading “Attorney General Barr launches effort to prevent more mass shootings”

“We must make sure that when the tall towers of our greatest cities have crumbled to dust in the turnings of time, the Jewish people will still be on this earth to cast their blessings.”

RONALD REAGAN

Reuters

GRAYS, England (Reuters) – British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate near London on Wednesday, and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder.

The discovery of the bodies – 38 adults and one teenager – was made in the early hours after emergency services were alerted to people in a truck container on a gritty industrial site in Grays, about 20 miles (32 km) east of central London.  Continue reading “UK police discover 39 bodies in truck, arrest driver”

Billboard – by Chris Eggertsen

The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act passed 410-6 in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday evening (Oct. 22). It now goes to the Senate for a vote before it can become law.

If successful, the CASE Act will create a copyright claims board within the U.S. Copyright Office to rule on small claims infringement cases where damages would be capped at $15,000 per claim and $30,000 total.  Continue reading “CASE Act Passes US House of Representatives”

New York Post – by Rebecca Rosenberg

A Manhattan judge Tuesday sentenced two members of the right-wing Proud Boys group to four years in prison for pummeling leftist Antifa members during a brawl on the Upper East Side.

Justice Mark Dwyer gave Maxwell Hare, 27,  and John Kinsman, 40, terms that were six months above the minimum for the caught-on-camera skirmish near the Metropolitan Republican Club after Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes delivered a speech. Continue reading “Proud Boys members get prison for brawl with Antifa protesters”

Daily Caller – by Greg Price

Massachusetts State Democratic lawmaker wants to make it illegal in the Bay State to maliciously call someone a “bitch.”

H.3719, “An Act Regarding the Use of Offensive Words,” was introduced by Rep. Daniel J. Hunt from Boston last May. It was assigned to the Massachusetts legislature’s Judiciary Committee, which held a hearing on it Tuesday. Continue reading “Mass. Dem’s Bill Would Impose $200 Fines, 6 Months In Jail For Using The Word ‘Bitch’”