From the Trenches World Report

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A secretive men’s-only retreat hosted by an elite club that has included former U.S. presidents and business leaders will pay for security protection from a Northern California county after a majority of women on the board of supervisors on Tuesday reluctantly approved a $151,000 contract.

The three women and two men on the Sonoma County board unanimously approved the contract with the Bohemian Grove, a private campground owned by the exclusive Bohemian Club. It was the 15th consecutive year that a security contract was approved. The contract would reimburse the sheriff’s department for staff time and vehicle-related costs. Several supervisors cited the short period of time between their vote and the July 10-28 event as the reason for approving the deal.  Continue reading “Secretive Men’s-Only Bohemian Grove Retreat Gets $151K Security Contract With Sonoma County Despite Criticism”

The Electronic Intifada – by Asa Winstanley

A global influence campaign funded by the Israeli government had a $1.1 million budget last year, a document obtained by The Electronic Intifada shows.

Act.IL says it has offices in three countries and an online army of more than 15,000.

In its annual report, from January, Act.IL says its goal is to “influence foreign publics” and “battle” BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.  Continue reading “Inside Israel’s million dollar troll army”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A plan struck by President Trump between the United States and Mexico to help stem soaring levels of illegal immigration at the southern border will not impact an amnesty pipeline for unaccompanied minors and their illegal alien relatives — a tool often used by the MS-13 Gang to grow membership.

A recent deal Trump has settled with Mexican officials will allow the U.S. to return adult border crossers and the children they arrive at the southern border with to Mexico while they await their asylum and immigration proceedings.  Continue reading “U.S.-Mexico Deal Will Not Impact Amnesty Pipeline for MS-13 Gang”

MSN

CHICAGO – Members of the American Medical Association voted this week to support state policies that would allow minors to override their parents’ objections to vaccinations.

Moving forward, the AMA will encourage state lawmakers to institute comprehensive vaccine and minor consent policies, according to a news release. The policy recommendation came Monday during the group’s annual meeting in Chicago.  Continue reading “American Medical Association: Let minors override parents’ vaccination refusal”

Yahoo News

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state-run news agency said Wednesday that Israel attacked a military position in southern Syria, causing material damage.

SANA said Syrian air defenses were able to shoot down some of the Israeli missiles before they reached their target during the early morning attack on al-Harra hill.  Continue reading “Syria says Israel hit military position in country’s south”

Conservative Review – by Daniel Horowitz

The border crisis is no longer exclusively a problem of illegal Central American migrants. As word spreads of the collapse of border enforcement, the number of migrants from Africa continues to increase. The threat of bringing in dangerous diseases is higher than ever, yet there are no mandatory and universal screenings, quarantines, or detention before illegal immigrants are released into our communities, often within hours. Continue reading “550 African migrants were just caught in Texas. DHS head says they aren’t being screened for Ebola”

The Floridian – by Javier Manjarres

The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives continues its push to pass their entire legislative agenda ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

It’s fair to say that Democrats are trying to pass as much legislation they know congressional Republicans will vote against, and President Trump won’t sign.  Continue reading “Wasserman Schultz presses her ammunition control bill”

John Kaminski

Here’s the deal. The truth is anti-Semitic.

Understand this. The truth is one thing, the Jewish version of the truth is quite another.

The lies our governments vomit forth have been cleansed. They are now free of all charges against the Jews. Which do you choose to believe? The actual truth, or the non anti-Semitic version of the truth. Continue reading “Truth ruled anti-Semitic”

Natural News – by Tracey Watson

Chemotherapy is so dangerous that it really should not be called medicine. In the short-term, it has debilitating side effects including stomach and muscle pain, mouth ulcers, headaches, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, nervous system disruptions, loss of appetite and hair loss.

Then there are the long-term effects, which are even more serious, and can include heart, liver, lung, kidney or reproductive system damage, as well as “chemo brain” – permanent memory, concentration and thinking problems. Experts also warn that chemotherapy greatly increases the risk of secondary cancers later in life.  Continue reading “Chemo drugs are dangerous to families and healthcare workers as well as patients”

Middle East Monitor

Israeli forces arrested 18 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency.

The individuals were detained for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without elaborating on the nature of these activities.  Continue reading “Israel rounds up 18 Palestinians in West Bank raids”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Iberville, LA — Over the past few years, the Free Thought Project has reported on utterly horrific crimes perpetrated by police officers against society’s most vulnerable. From children to the elderly, no demographic is left safe. However, a case out of Iberville Parish in Louisiana is at the top of the list for the most disturbing things we’ve ever seen. An on-duty cop forced a mother to perform oral sex on her one-year-old son — while he filmed it to make child porn — by threatening to arrest her if she refused.  Continue reading “Cop Arrested for Forcing Woman to Perform Sex Act With Her Infant to Make Child Porn”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Trump’s trade war has produced a logistical nightmare for American importers at Southern California ports.

Marisa Bedrosian Kosters, an executive at an Anaheim, Calif.-based ceramic tile and stone retailer, like any other retailer when they heard trade war last year, pulled demand forward by ordering additional product to get ahead of the tariffs and other duties, reported The Gazette.  Continue reading “Trade War Nightmare Causes Logistical Hell For Los Angeles Ports”

Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday as protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial descended into violent chaos.

Tens of thousands of protesters had gathered peacefully outside the Chinese-ruled city’s legislature before tempers flared, some charging police with umbrellas.  Continue reading “Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as extradition bill protests turn to chaos”

RT

Israeli intelligence arm Mossad has worked with the BDS-fighting Strategic Affairs Ministry to counter the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, government diaries reveal.

The Strategic Affairs Ministry has been referred to as Israel’s ‘anti-BDS start up,’ and was behind the blacklist of 20 international BDS groups. It also set up the secretive Kella Shlomo corporation –now called Concert– with $36 million in government funding to carry out covert “mass awareness activities” and online engagement efforts to counter boycotts supporting Palestinians and the “delegitimization” of Israel.  Continue reading “Israeli minister’s diaries reveal Mossad involvement in anti-BDS push abroad”

ABC News

A Wisconsin city is considering an ordinance that would impose fines on the parents of young bullies after a viral social media post showed handwritten notes that students sent to a middle school girl urging her to kill herself.

The Legislative Committee in Wisconsin Rapids voted unanimously Monday to move an anti-bullying ordinance to be considered on June 18 by the Common Council, the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune reported.  Continue reading “Proposed Wisconsin city ordinance to fine parents of bullies”

ProPublica – by Conner Sheets

Shortly after Phil Sims became the sheriff of Marshall County, Alabama, at 12 a.m. on Jan. 14, he found a cardboard box in a storage closet containing five government-issued smartphones, each with multiple holes drilled clear through them.

It was the first time Sims had been allowed to enter the sheriff’s office, a red-brick building overlooking Lake Guntersville, a foggy bass-fishing mecca, since he defeated longtime Sheriff J. Scott Walls in the June primary election.  Continue reading “Wasted Funds, Destroyed Property: How Sheriffs Undermined Their Successors After Losing Reelection”

OZY – by Jamil Anderlini

Earlier this year, a U.S. congressional committee commissioned a report on China’s development of “smart cities,” with a particular focus on whether they were smarter than their American counterparts.

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s (USCC) request for submissions was revealing because it showed that, despite the hype, not much is known about the fruits of China’s efforts to build such cities. Smart cities are highly digitally connected and use the latest technology to manage services.  Continue reading “The Dark Side to China’s Smart Cities: Everyone’s Being Watched”

The Guardian – by Oliver Laughland, February 17, 2016

Yusef Salaam was 15 years old when Donald Trump demanded his execution for a crime he did not commit.

Nearly three decades before the rambunctious billionaire began his run for president – before he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, for the expulsion of all undocumented migrants, before he branded Mexicans as “rapists” and was accused of mocking the disabled – Trump called for the reinstatement of the death penalty in New York following a horrific rape case in which five teenagers were wrongly convicted. Continue reading “Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue”