From the Trenches World Report

AOL

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and President Trump’s efforts to obstruct the probe.

“This is not a step we take lightly,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said before the vote. “This is a culmination of three months of requests, discussions and negotiations with the Department of Justice.”  Continue reading “House committee votes to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt”

The Denver Post

Denver is poised to become the first city in the nation to effectively decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.

After trailing in results postings Tuesday night and early Wednesday, final unofficial results posted late in the afternoon showed a reversal of fortune — with Initiative 301 set to pass narrowly with 50.6 percent of the vote. The total stands at 89,320 votes in favor and 87,341 against, a margin of 1,979.  Continue reading “Denver first in U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms”

Axios

Continue reading “Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters”

Weather Channel

Flash flooding has killed at least one person and prompted evacuations, road closures, school closings and rescues in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma as storms trek across the Midwest and southern Plains.

The severe weather may also be responsible for a fire that broke out at a natural gas refinery in Columbia County, Arkansas, Wednesday evening. KSLA News reported the fire was caused by a lightning strike. A dispatcher for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office told weather.com that firefighters were on the scene but no other information was available. A portion of US Highway 371 was reportedly closed as they battled the blaze.  Continue reading “Flash Flooding Kills 1, Prompts Rescues, Evacuations in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma; Tornado Reported in Texas”

Washington Examiner – by Cassidy Morrison

Three Kennedys have rebuked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his fierce opposition to vaccinations and his help in spreading “dangerous misinformation over social media” about vaccine safety.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Maeve Kennedy McKean wrote in a Politico op-ed published Wednesday that while they support RFK Jr.’s crusade to save the environment, “however, on vaccines he is wrong. And his and others’ work against vaccines is having heartbreaking consequences.”  Continue reading “Kennedy family denounces RFK Jr. over anti-vaccine stance”

Yahoo News

Two gunmen opened fire at a suburban Denver STEM school on Tuesday, killing one student and injuring eight others. The incident happened less than 10 miles from Columbine High School, which recently mourned the anniversary of its school shooting 20 years ago.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in a news conference that two suspects — 18-year-old Devon Erickson and an unidentified female juvenile — have been apprehended in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which includes grades K-12. Both suspects are believed to be students at the school. The second suspect was initially identified by authorities as a juvenile male.  Continue reading “Parkland father ‘upset and angry’ over Colorado school shooting: ‘Our gun laws are weak’”

NPR, April 4, 2014

In what world does an annual salary of $174,000 meet the definition of underpaid?

That would be in the nation’s capital, where soon-to-be-retired Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., said Americans should know that their members of Congress — as the board of directors for the “largest economic entity in the world” — are underpaid.  Continue reading “2014: Congressman’s Lament: $174,000 Isn’t Enough To Make Ends Meet”

Paul Ryan is front and center once again, calling for cuts in Medicare and food stamps.  Ryan said that spending on food stamps had increased by 40% in the last four years, trying to put forth the notion that those on food stamps are getting 40% more than they were four years ago.

The fact is the increase in spending is due to the increase in those who have been forced onto food stamps because the corporate elitists that own Paul Ryan exported their jobs through NAFTA, CAFTA, and GATT.  The truth is the amount the individual food stamp recipient receives has been decreased by 30% in the last four years due to a 30% decline in the value of the dollar.  Continue reading “Flashback: The Traitor Paul Ryan Speaks out for His Elitist Masters”

The Oregonian – by Everton Bailey Jr.

A Portland man who offered four times to pay a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent thousands of dollars to have his estranged wife and daughter deported last year was sentenced Monday to four months in prison.

Antonio O. Burgos, 48, and his wife were in the process of divorcing when he followed an ICE deportation officer from the agency’s Portland office to Vancouver last May, offered the agent money to deport his family to El Salvador after the officer pulled over and confronted him and gave the officer his contact information after he was turned down, federal prosecutors said.  Continue reading “Portland man who offered ICE agent $4,000 to deport estranged wife, child gets 4 months in prison”

American Herald Tribune – by Philip Giraldi

Increasingly, groups and even foreign governments have pandered to Israel and its supporters in the United States because they have come to understand that success in dealing with Washington can be dependent on Jewish support. Last week, Raed Saleh, the leader of the so-called White Helmets, also referred to as the Syrian Civil Defense, a terrorist-affiliated group, was in the United States to “…receive the Elie Wiesel Award from the Holocaust Memorial Museum for his organization’s work in Syria.” He was also dropping by to pick up a check for $5 million courtesy of the U.S. government “…to help us with acquiring ambulances and help us with search and rescue operations.  Continue reading “Israel’s Terrorists: The White Helmets Receive an Award”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Nearly 12 million Americans remain out of the United States labor force as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved 30,000 more foreign workers  businesses can bring to the country to take blue-collar U.S. jobs.

As Breitbart News reported, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan said this week that he would approve an additional 30,000 H-2B foreign visa workers to be brought to the U.S. by businesses to take blue-collar, non-agricultural jobs. This comes as former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen approved an additional 30,000 H-2B foreign workers in March.  Continue reading “12M Americans Out of Workforce as DHS Approves 30K More Foreign Workers”