From the Trenches World Report

Reason – by Jacob Sullum

Evidence from the scene of the disastrous drug raid that killed a middle-aged couple in Houston on January 28 seems to contradict the official police version of what happened that day, according to an investigation commissioned by the couple’s relatives. The no-knock raid at 7815 Harding Street, which was based on a fraudulent warrant application alleging that heroin was being sold at the house, discovered no evidence of drug dealing.  Continue reading “‘No One Will Hurt You,’ a SWAT Officer Promised an Hour After Houston Cops Killed a Couple Falsely Accused of Selling Heroin”

Willamette Week – by Rachel Monahan

Continue reading “How Oregon Democrats Kept a Tax Increase Away From Voters”

The Hill

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can start using military funds to construct a wall on the southern border, handing the president a major legal victory.

The ruling allows the administration to use $2.5 billion in military funds to begin construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border while litigation plays out. A lower court had issued an injunction blocking officials from using those funds.  Continue reading “Supreme Court rules Trump can use military funds for border wall construction”

Ammoland – by Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Two weeks after Presidio County became the first county in Texas to declare itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary,” the Earth is still turning, the sky hasn’t fallen and the Lone Star still shines bright as ever, maybe brighter.

As Ammoland reported back on April 19, there is a good formula for creating a “sanctuary” for gun owners’ rights. That formula has been working in Washington State, Illinois and other places where citizens are fed up with government trying to micro-manage their lives, while turning a constitutionally-enumerated right into a government-regulated privilege.  Continue reading “Presidio County Brings Texas into 2A Sanctuary Movement”

Forbes

The last place graphic designer Charles Leazott expected to see his fake presidential seal was on a screen with President Donald Trump smiling in front of it. The seal, which features “45 is a puppet” and a bald eagle holding golf clubs, appeared behind Trump Tuesday when he took the stage at the Teen Student Action Summit hosted by the conservative group Turning Point USA.  Continue reading “Donald Trump Stood In Front Of A Fake Presidential Seal. Here’s The Man Who Made It.”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Most Americans probably haven’t heard of the Posse Comitatus Act. But the federal law, passed in 1878, bars active duty troops from being used as police within the borders of the US. And some Democrats believe that the 5,000+ troops station along the southern border are in violation of the law, despite the Trump Administration’s claims that they’re only there to “support” the CBP personnel.  Continue reading “Are Trump’s Troop Deployments To The Border Breaking A 140-Year-Old Law?”

American Herald Tribune – by Hafsa Kara-Mustapha

Boris Johnson’s role as prime minister was always going to prove controversial. The man is known as a self-serving compulsive liar a cheat and inept. Hardly the required qualities to lead a country let alone an industrial nation facing its most challenging political transition in recent history.

But controversy, as it appears, will be the hallmark of a Boris premiership.  As names of potential cabinet members started circulating in the media, on the eve of his ‘induction’ by the Tory party, one in particular stuck out and for all the wrong reasons.  Continue reading “Priti Patel: When Treachery Becomes a ‘Rewardable’ Offence”