From the Trenches World Report

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A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has evaluated the impact of raising the federal minimum wage to $15, $12, or $10 per hour by 2025. According to CBO estimates, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost the pay for 17 million workers. But, says CBO, it would also cause a median 1.3 million employees to lose their jobs as employers can’t afford the wage — that’s a 0.8% reduction of the number of employed workers.  Continue reading “$15 minimum wage would boost pay for 17 million workers, says CBO”

Fort Worth Star Telegram – by Mitch Mitchell

Texas billionaire and computer systems magnate Henry Ross Perot has died.

He was 89.

Perot died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his devoted family, family spokesman James Fuller said. Perot, a philanthropist, businessman and former presidential candidate, died after suffering from leukemia for five months.  Continue reading “Ross Perot, North Texas philanthropist, businessman, presidential candidate, dies at 89”

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Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have seized a container ship operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Co., weeks after authorities found more than $1 billion worth of cocaine on the vessel in what was one of the largest drug busts in American history.

US Customs and Border Protection seized the ship on July 4, a statement out Monday said. The ship is owned by client assets in a maritime strategy offered by JPMorgan Asset Management, according to a person familiar with the matter. It is operated by the Switzerland-based MSC.  Continue reading “US Customs just seized a ship owned by JPMorgan after authorities found $1 billion worth of drugs on it”

I can’t attest to the legitimacy of the following email I received this morning, but is mammon comin’ a callin’?

Would Henry Shivley sell out his people and the future of our progeny?  Or maybe could it just be the offer of the gold before the lead?  Continue reading “Trencher Alert”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The House will vote as early as Tuesday on a bill that would give wealthy Chinese lenders a fast-track to American green cards and citizenship.

Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s bill — The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 — is co-sponsored by more than 100 GOP legislators, and it helps Chinese lenders by eliminating the pro-diversity rules in the EB-5 “Golden Visa” program.  Continue reading “100 GOP Reps Back Fast-Track Citizenship for Chinese Investors”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The federal government must force tens of millions of suburban voters to sacrifice their houses’ value, their quiet schools, and their green neighborhoods so poor immigrants can have cheaper rents and investors can build more houses, according to the New York Times‘ editorial board.

“The federal government is an irresistible force when it chooses to prioritize an issue. It is past time to prioritize the availability of affordable housing” for immigrants, says the July 7 editorial, titled “A New Approach on Housing Affordability.”    Continue reading “NYT: Middle-Class Americans Must Sacrifice Their Suburbs to Aid Poor Immigrants”

Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

Once again, responding to a horrendous crime by inflicting knee-jerk, authoritarian restrictions on innocent people proves to be an ineffective means of convincing people to obey. Specifically, New Zealand’s government—which also stepped up censorship and domestic surveillance after bloody attacks on two Christchurch mosques earlier this year—is running into stiff resistance to new gun rules from firearms owners who are slow to surrender now-prohibited weapons and will probably never turn them in.  Continue reading “Noncompliance Kneecaps New Zealand’s Gun Control Scheme”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s weekend arrest, an observant Twitter user noticed that someone has edited the billionaire pedophile’s Wikipedia page to remove all mention of Democrats who have flown on the “Lolita Express” – the nickname given to his private Boeing 727 jet which was reportedly outfitted with a bed.

On Sunday, the sentence “Epstein flrew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private jet. Flight records show Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane 26 times” (a charge Clinton denied on Monday, claiming it was only four times).  Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein’s Wikipedia Page Stealth-Edited To Remove Ties To Democrats”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Residents in Sacramento face fines upwards of $500 for repairing their own car in their own driveway thanks to a tyrannical law.

In the land of the free, every day, local governments and municipalities trample the rights of citizens to do with their own property what they wish. Over the years we’ve seen people face jail time for the length of their grass, arrested for windmills, and even ticketed for growing food. Now, we’ve discovered a law in Sacramento, California that makes it illegal to repair a vehicle in your own garage.
Continue reading “Citizens Now Charged with a Crime for Repairing Their Own Car in Their Own Garage”

Daily Mail

Instagram has launched new tools to help reduce the visibility of hateful comments on its platform.

The firm revealed on Monday that it has begun rolling out an AI-powered tool that will notify users if the comment they’re about to post may be ‘considered offensive.’  Continue reading “Instagram will warn you if you are about to be rude! New anti-bullying measures include ‘offensive content’ warning and ability to block specific users’ comments”

The Blaze – by Mike Ciandella

The FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been using driver’s license records to develop a facial recognition database, the Washington Post reported.

Here’s what we know  Continue reading “Federal authorities reportedly using driver’s license databases for facial recognition”

Middle East Monitor

In what is being described as the first cancellation of its kind, a European association of mental health researchers has cancelled plans to hold a conference in Israel, “over fears of a backlash from the international boycott movement”.

According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the decision by the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) “is the first time that an organisation of this kind has walked back on an already approved decision to hold a conference in Israel”. Continue reading “Academic association cancels conference in Israel after backlash”

The Political Insider – by Shelby Talcott, Daily Caller

Former President Bill Clinton said he “knew nothing” of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking, according to a statement issued Monday.

Epstein was arrested Saturday and charged with sex trafficking minors between 2002 and 2005. He spent time behind bars in 2008 after pleading guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution. He is a registered sex offender in Florida.  Continue reading “Clinton Issues Statement On Epstein, Says He ‘Knew Nothing’ Of Sex Trafficking”

Route Fifty – by Kate Elizabeth Queram

Last summer, Jennifer Knowles helped her three sons set up a lemonade stand in their Denver neighborhood. The proceeds would go to charity, while her kids, she thought, would learn about business, entrepreneurship and the satisfaction of making money.

And then the police showed up. Continue reading “When a Kid’s Lemonade Stand is Illegal”

Fox 5 Atlanta

ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – A DeKalb County police detective was arrested Sunday afternoon on DUI charges after a crash that left a pedestrian injured. Detective Justin Hamilton was driving on Northside Drive in Atlanta when his car left the road and hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk, according to Atlanta police. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with a leg injury.  Continue reading “DeKalb police detective charged with DUI after crash involving pedestrian”