From the Trenches World Report

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Russia’s de-dollarization efforts continue, in line with Putin’s promise to lower the country’s vulnerability to the ongoing threat of US sanctions, with officials eyeing energy exports next.

“We have a very good currency, it’s stable. Why not use it for global transactions?” Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday. “We want (oil and gas sales) in roubles at some point,” he said.  Continue reading “Russia Considers Energy Exports In Euros, Rubles As Putin’s De-Dollarization Continues”

Breitbart – by Trent Baker

Sunday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) weighed in on the impact of President Donald Trump withdrawing United States troops from northern Syria.

Klobuchar said on MSNBC’s “Kasie DC” that Trump’s decision to withdraw is “immoral,” and it will result in Israel wondering if the United States is truly their ally because he is not putting the United States or its allies first. Continue reading “Klobuchar: Israelis Have to Be Wondering, ‘Is America Really Our Ally?’”

CNN

On Monday, Syrian troops were reportedly advancing north towards the border to confront Turkish forces, returning for the first time in years to a region where the Kurds had established relative autonomy, and further solidifying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the country.  Continue reading “Kurdish forces backed by US strike deal with Syria’s Assad, in major shift in 8-year war”

Ammo.com

“I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media the following if you don’t want to propagate more mass murders: Don’t start the story with sirens blaring. Don’t have photos of the killer. Don’t make it 24/7 coverage. Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story. Localize the story to the affected community. And make it as boring as possible in every other market.”

Continue reading “If It Bleeds It Leads: How the American Media Perpetuates and Profits from Mass Shootings”

Breitbart – by Charles Hurt

Message to the Swamp: American voters still are supposed to be in charge.

That means they get to decide who gets elected. For example, in 2016, they elected a man named Donald Trump. He is still the president. Go suck an egg if you don’t like it.  Continue reading “The Nuclear Option: The Voters Are Still in Charge — for Now”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Arrests of children have skyrocketed over the last decade according to the latest statistics published by the FBI. Gone are the days of sending children to the principal’s office for a paddling. Now children as young as 6 are getting arrested in Police State USA.

The statistics, complied from 2013 to 2018, revealed more than 30,000 children under the age of 10 have been arrested, averaging more than six thousand kids per year. Equally disturbing is students 10-12 years of age topped 266,000. Continue reading “School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013”

Medium – by Elizabeth Warren

Columbine.

Sandy Hook.

Charleston.

Pulse.

Continue reading “Protecting Our Communities from Gun Violence”

American Trucker – by Josh Fisher

SAN DIEGO — More than a quarter of Americans live in a jurisdiction that allows legal marijuana. Weed’s growing popularity in the U.S. is an increasing and complicated concern for the trucking industry.

American Trucking Associations is looking to take the lead in how U.S. businesses adapt to legal weed, noting that there is more to learn about its effects. The ATA Board of Directors created new policies this week that calls for a common-sense approach to liberalizing marijuana laws — in the name of safety. And since every state has different cannabis laws, ATA wants the federal government to change its approach.  Continue reading “Trucking wants to take marijuana head-on”

Yahoo News

Last month, the Trump family business received approval from a local government in Scotland for a major expansion of its golf resort near Aberdeen, marking the largest real estate development financed by the Trump Organization since the 2016 election.

In August, President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr., flew to Jakarta to help kick-start sales at a pair of Trump-branded luxury resorts planned for Indonesia. He appeared at a private event with wealthy prospective buyers and joined his politically connected billionaire Indonesian business partner at a news conference.  Continue reading “Those Foreign Business Ties? The Trump Sons Have Plenty Too”

Independent, January 15, 2019

Private military contractors could replace US troops withdrawing from Syria, Blackwater founder Erik Prince has suggested.

The former security firm chief said contractors could protect US allies and counter Iranian influence after the US leaves the country.  Continue reading “Flashback: US troops in Syria could be replaced by private contractors, Blackwater founder Erik Prince says”