From the Trenches World Report

The New Observer

US supermarket giant Walmart and three pharmaceutical companies have been sued by a class action suit which alleges the “cheap” Indian-made blood pressure and diabetes drug they sold was contaminated in dirty factories covered in flies—and unwitting US users now face an increased risk of cancer and disease.

According to the suit filed this week in a Florida federal court, Walmart and the three companies—named as Aurobindo Pharma, ScieGen Pharmaceuticals and Westminster Pharmaceuticals, “contributed to the production and sale of impure drugs.”   Continue reading ““Cheap” India-Made Contaminated Drugs Spark Lawsuit in America against Walmart, 3 Others”

Fact Check – by Justin Bank

Q: Do illegal immigrants cost $338.3 billion dollars a year? More than the Iraq war?

A: A chain e-mail that makes this claim is loaded with errors and misleading assertions. Published studies vary widely but put the cost to government at a small fraction of that total.   Continue reading “Cost of Illegal Immigrants”

MLive

BUENA VISTA TWP, MI — Debris consisting of the home’s interior littered the lawn of the house on the 1000 block of South 27^th Street. The inside looks like a hurricane blew through it.

Crystal Thomas and her children were left homeless after police came to her home last Friday looking for her 16-year-old son.   Continue reading “Mother, children left homeless after police damage house looking for son”

The Organic Prepper – by Meadow Clark

China’s social credit system is in full swing and has already blacklisted more than 15 million Chinese residents from travel. Is it coming soon to the U.S.?

Recently, The Organic Prepper reported some shocking news of China’s newest rollout: a social credit system.   Continue reading “15 Million People Were Just Blacklisted from Travel by China’s Social Credit Program and It’s Coming to America Soon”

Fox News

At least one person was wounded in a suspected robbery attempt at a Baltimore food supply warehouse early Wednesday, police said.

The shooting occurred at around 5 a.m. inside a Restaurant Depot, Baltimore City police said. Restaurant Depot sells wholesale food and supplies to restaurant and business owners.   Continue reading “At least 1 wounded in shooting at Baltimore food supply warehouse”

Fox News

Hours after he and another inmate escaped jail after beating up a security guard, a South Carolina inmate was fatally shot after he broke into a woman’s house, officials said.

Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, was shot in the head by the woman after he kicked in her back door on Tuesday, according to Pickens County authorities.   Continue reading “South Carolina woman kills escaped jail inmate who kicked down her door, sheriff says”

Yahoo News

The United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday announced an expanded nationwide beef recall due to new concerns over possible salmonella contamination.

More than 12 million pounds of raw, “non-intact” beef products ― a label that includes ground beef ― are now covered by the recall, which was first issued Oct. 4.   Continue reading “12 Million Pounds Of Beef Now Under Recall Over Salmonella Risk”

The Organic Prepper

Editor’s note: The riots in France have been all over the news and we’ve watched many beautiful, historic places being destroyed. While the whole thing supposedly started in reaction to an increase in fuel prices, it has turned into something far worse than simple protests. We in the US have long suspected that many of the riots here have been funded and that the rage has been manipulated. In this article, Selco shares his perspective and explained how riots helped start the Balkan War. ~ Daisy   Continue reading “Selco on the Riots in France, False News, and Manipulated Rage: “Every riot can be the start of SHTF””

OPB

Oregon’s attorney general has approved language for a ballot measure to make psychedelic mushrooms legal.

The measure would reduce criminal penalties for the manufacture, delivery and possession of psilocybin — the hallucinogen contained in psychedelic mushrooms.   Continue reading “Oregon Takes 1st Major Step Toward Legalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms”

RT

Highways and intersections across Israel came to a standstill on Tuesday as thousands of women blocked the streets, some lying in fake blood, to demand the government takes action to end the growing violence against women.

The strike began in Tel Aviv at 9.30AM, as women targeted a major interchange, causing hours worth of delays as they flooded onto the road to create traffic chaos in the busy city. As the day progressed, similar actions rolled out across the city’s highways and interchanges.   Continue reading “‘Stop killing women’: Israeli cities grind to a halt as thousands demand end to domestic violence”

The Political Insider

More illegal migrants composing the so-called ‘migrant caravan’ have begun to enter the U.S. after breaching the southern border with Mexico.

In other words, the scenario liberals said was never coming? It’s here, and could potentially become worse.   Continue reading “Migrants Breach U.S. Border, Begin Entering the Country”

The Atlantic – by Ed Yong

Before last week, few people had heard the name He Jiankui. But on November 25, the young Chinese researcher became the center of a global firestorm when it emerged that he had allegedly made the first crispr-edited babies, twin girls named Lulu and Nana. Antonio Regalado broke the story for MIT Technology Review, and He himself described the experiment at an international gene-editing summit in Hong Kong. After his talk, He revealed that another early pregnancy is under way.
Continue reading “The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day”

Daily Mail

Wells Fargo has revealed a computer glitch is behind an error that led to more than 500 customers losing their homes.

Last month the bank announced that an underwriting error had caused it to incorrectly reject some 870 home loan modifications, resulting in the bank foreclosing 545 homes.

The errors have left the banking community, legislators and, of course, the affected homeowners asking how this happened.    Continue reading “Wells Fargo computer glitch blamed as HUNDREDS lose their homes”