From the Trenches World Report

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is shifting $271 million earmarked for disaster aid and cyber security to pay for immigration-related facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a leading congressional Democrat said on Tuesday.

The money, which was also set aside for the U.S. Coast Guard, will be used to pay for detention facilities and courts for migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS officials say they have been overwhelmed by a surge of asylum-seeking migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.  Continue reading “Trump administration taps disaster, cyber funds to cover immigration”

I summarize first with, I WILL NOT LIVE UNDER ANY CHRISTIAN MAFIA!!

I wonder if others felt the series was not presented all that clearly, vacillating from acted-out scenes to historical footage. It was hard to tell exactly where the writer/narrator was going and where he was criticizing or condoning, so I hope I got it correctly. And yeah, it was sprinkled with Illumanati symbolism and we even see Bush Sr. speaking of “The New World Order” within the context of that organization. It’s the church and state two-step. Continue reading “My take on the mini-series, “The Family””

Anchorage Daily News

Continue reading “Man killed by police after standoff and attack on police dog”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Marlin, TX — As Texas Rangers arrived at the home of Marlin police Chief Nathan Sodek to arrest him on Friday, the 30-year-old top cop allegedly pulled his gun and took his own life. The warrant being served by the Rangers for Sodek’s arrest was for the alleged sexual assault of a suspect the chief forced to have sex with him for her freedom.  Continue reading “Police Chief Commits Suicide As He’s Being Arrested for Forcing Woman to Have Sex for Her Freedom”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It appears that Jeffrey Epstein had really good timing when he, according to New York Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson, decided to hang himself in his Manhattan jail cell the morning of August 10th – crushing bones in his neck which can fracture during hangings, but are typically broken during homicide by strangulation.  Continue reading “Surveillance Video Outside Epstein’s Cell Deemed ‘Unusable’”

Breitbart – by Kyle Morris

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has shut down a national hotline used by detained immigrants after it was featured in a storyline in the Netflix prison drama Orange is the New Black.

The National Immigration Detention Hotline, which was created in 2013 and was shut down on August 7, was a free and confidential resource that offered legal assistance to detained immigrants and connected them to advocates at Freedom for Immigrants.  Continue reading “Immigration Detention Hotline Shut Down After Netflix Prison Drama Causes Chaos”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One of the most unusual stories to start the week is coming from VladTime, a Russian news agency, who reported Russian Special Forces have been exercising with American M4 carbines this month, with additional reports of how some of these soldiers are currently buying western weapons.

Military officers of the 45th Spetsnaz Airborne Brigade, a special reconnaissance and special operations military unit of the Russian Airborne Troops, said soldiers practiced shooting targets, reloading, and assembly and disassembly of the M4 last week.  Continue reading “Why Are Russian Special Forces Training With American Assault Rifles?”

Mint Press News – by Mnar Muhawesh

The role of journalism in a democracy is publishing information that holds the powerful to account — the kind of information that empowers the public to become more engaged citizens in their communities so that we can vote in representatives that work in the interest of “we the people.”  Continue reading “Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange”

WSWS – by Andy Thompson

In the latest attack on jobs, Del Monte Foods announced last Thursday that they will be closing two plants in Illinois and Minnesota, laying off at least 800 workers. Additionally, the company will sell plants in Wisconsin and Texas calling into question the employment status of another 700 workers.  Continue reading “Del Monte Foods to close plants in Illinois and Minnesota”

CNN

There were no injuries, said Sgt. Lana Urteaga of the Garden City Police Department. Continue reading “Fire forces evacuation at Tyson meat plant in Kansas”