From the Trenches World Report

The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton

China produces and consumes two-thirds of the world’s pork, but output is plunging as Beijing destroys herds and blocks shipments to stop African swine fever. Importers are filling the gap by buying pork as far away as Europe, boosting prices by up to 40% and causing shortages in other markets.

African swine fever doesn’t harm humans but is fatal and spreads quickly among pigs. It was first reported in August in China’s northeast. Since then, 1 million pigs have died and the disease has spread to 31 of China’s 34 provinces, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Continue reading “Pork Prices Up 40% Worldwide Due To Devastating African Swine Fever In China”

Zero Hedge

Americans today are more closely divided than they were earlier in the last century when asked whether some form of socialism would be a good or bad thing for the country. While 51% of U.S. adults say socialism would be a bad thing for the country, 43% believe it would be a good thing. Those results contrast with a 1942 Roper/Fortune survey that found 40% describing socialism as a bad thing, 25% a good thing and 34% not having an opinion.  Continue reading “Four In 10 Americans Embrace Some Form Of Socialism”

RT

An Al Jazeera video which accused Israel of exploiting the Holocaust to carry out a Nazi-like policy of “annihilation” against the Palestinians has been deleted following accusations of anti-Semitism.

Posted on the Arabic version of Al Jazeera’s popular current events channel, AJ+, the short commentary video argued that while the Holocaust did in fact happen, the total number of Jews killed by the Nazis was “inflated by the Zionist movement” to create international support for the creation of Israel.  Continue reading “Al Jazeera pulls video that links Zionism with Nazism & calls Israel ‘biggest winner’ of Holocaust”

The Epoch Times – by Charlotte Cuthbertson

EL PASO, Texas—No one is able to estimate how many fraudulent families have already been released into the United States. But almost 250,000 individuals within “family units” have been apprehended by Border Patrol in the past seven months.

A new initiative by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), using rapid DNA testing, has revealed a 30 percent rate of fraud in the two test areas of El Paso and Rio Grande Valley, Texas.  Continue reading “Fake Families, Fake Papers Are Rampant at Border”

RT

The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at a New Zealand mosque faces new charges, including one count of engaging in a terrorist act, according to law enforcement officials.

New Zealand police have charged Brenton Tarrant with one act of carrying out a terrorist act. One murder charge and two additional attempted murder charges have also been filed.  Continue reading “New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

Guatemala’s towns are emptying out as a growing number of migrants head north to accept the Democratic Party’s offer of open-border loopholes and low-wage jobs, say a growing number of local reports.

Roughly one percent of Guatemala’s population has migrated to the United States’ border since September 2018, according to the Department of Homeland Security. That adds up to roughly 170,000 migrants, and roughly one-third of those migrants come from the neighboring rural districts of Huehuetenango and San Marcos.  Continue reading “Central American Towns Empty as Migrants Rush to U.S. Border Loopholes”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Norco, CA — Ron Mugar never committed a crime, never harmed anyone, yet he’s found himself in the middle of a government-sponsored thievery ring designed to separate citizens from their money. Now, Mugar is currently facing an uphill battle against thieving bureaucrats in his city who are attempting to rob him through immoral and unconstitutional legislation.  Continue reading “City Steals Elderly Man’s Home for Having a Cluttered Yard, Fines Him $60,000”

ABC 13

A video recorded during a violent arrest shows at least one New Jersey police officer punching a suspect who’s pinned to the ground.

Cyprian Luke, 19, was apprehended around 2 a.m. on Saturday because of a warrant tied to a domestic case, ABC New York station WABC reported.  Continue reading “Police seen on video pinning down, punching 19-year-old during arrest”

New York Post – by Kathianne Boniello

A Brooklyn family claims bumbling cops raided their home for drugs and snatched up small capsules they thought contained heroin — but were actually the ashes of their dearly departed patriarch.

Lucia Santiago, 65, was napping in her Bushwick apartment in February 2018 when she awoke to chaos.  Continue reading “NYPD mistook relative’s ashes for heroin in Brooklyn raid, family claims”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

If you rent a car from Hertz, you’re now on notice not to be surprised if you’re randomly pulled over and arrested for seemingly no reason at all.

This is because, according to The Drive, customers of the Florida rental vehicle company are being erroneously stopped and arrested due to a faulty computer system and plain old poor office management at the company.  Continue reading ““They Had Me At Gunpoint”: Hertz Customers Keep Getting Arrested For Driving “Stolen” Cars”

Hartford Courant – by Gregory B. Hladky

Continue reading “Great white shark tracked in Long Island Sound for the first time, research group says”

Ars Technica – by Sean Gallagher

It’s been nearly two weeks since the City of Baltimore’s networks were shut down in response to a ransomware attack, and there’s still no end in sight to the attack’s impact. It may be weeks more before the city’s services return to something resembling normal—manual workarounds are being put in place to handle some services now, but the city’s water billing and other payment systems remain offline, as well as most of the city’s email and much of the government’s phone systems.  Continue reading “Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more, with big consequences”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has increased its presence at several of the city’s Jewish schools, and synagogues after evidence of Molotov cocktails were found outside a Lakeview East synagogue.

Worshippers reported an arson attempt on Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation where broken bottles, charred cloth, and a scorched wall was discovered at the synagogue on Sunday, according to the Chicago Tribune.  Continue reading “Chicago Police on Alert After Failed Arson Attempt at Jewish Synagogue”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Here we go again — just as tensions seemed to be calming going into the weekend, with Trump distancing himself from some of the more out-front escalatory rhetoric from hawks like Bolton within his own administration last Friday, leave it to who else but Senator Lindsey Graham to ramp things up again. “We must deliver an overwhelming military response,” he tweeted in reference to Iran.  Continue reading ““Overwhelming Military Response Needed”: Graham Urges Trump “Stand Firm” On Iran”

Politico

A federal judge on Monday upheld a congressional subpoena seeking President Donald Trump’s financial records from an accounting firm, arguing that Congress is well within its rights to investigate potential illegal behavior by a president — even without launching a formal impeachment inquiry.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling delivers a striking blow to the president’s efforts to resist Democratic investigations, and is certain to give Democrats further legal basis to investigate Trump, his finances, and his presidential campaign. Continue reading “Judge upholds Dem subpoena for Trump financial records”