From the Trenches World Report

Roll Call – by Katherine Tully-McManus

A potential pay raise for Congress is stirring up debate on Capitol Hill, and with funding for the Legislative Branch on deck for floor action next week, at least four proposals to keep lawmaker pay frozen are on the table.

Five House lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar funding for a cost of living increase for members of Congress. The three Republicans and two Democrats are raising opposition to House appropriators excluding language barring cost-of-living raises in both the Financial Services and Legislative Branch fiscal 2020 spending bills.  Continue reading “Congressional pay raise amendments roil House”

CBS News

At least one person has died when a helicopter crashed into a building Monday afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, according to the New York City Fire Department. The crash sparked a two-alarm fire at the building, located at 787 7th Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets.

A New York City Police Department source told CBS News that the helicopter crash-landed on the roof but did not go into the building. The weather was foggy and rainy at the time.  Continue reading “Helicopter crashes into Midtown Manhattan building”

Daily Mail

Police are asking the public to not carry plastic cellphone cases shaped like guns.

The plea comes after Illinois Conservation Police officers discovered one particular cell phone charging case during a traffic stop at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion that was so realistic-looking, police made an arrest.  Continue reading “Police warn against using gun-shaped cellphone cases”

Hide Out Now

This is not the first time the US has dealt with an illegal immigration problem. Only last time it was dealt with in a decidedly swifter and sterner manner. The response, coordinated by President Dwight Eisenhower, resulted in nearly 3 million illegal immigrants being sent home.

During his administration, Eisenhower became the first American president forced to deal with problems stemming from illegal immigration. Only, in Eisenhower’s time the politically correct culture of liberal sensitivities had yet to emerge.  Continue reading “How Eisenhower Dealt With America’s First Illegal Immigrant Crisis”

The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat

In what would be the first case of its kind, a Louisiana woman allegedly died from a THC overdose after vaping a large amount of cannabis oil.

The New Orleans Advocate reports that the otherwise healthy 39-year-old collapsed and died in her La Place apartment in February due to high levels of THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, according to St. John Baptist Parish Coroner Christy Montegut. The woman had healthy organs and no symptoms of illness or elevated traces of alcohol and drugs in her body.  Continue reading “Experts Call Bullshit After Coroner Says Healthy Woman Died in First-Ever ‘THC Overdose’”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

An MS-13 gang member utilized an 18-month-old girl with chickenpox to make a fraudulent migrant family claim to gain entry into the U.S., federal officials said.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found a migrant with a small child he allegedly claimed to be his daughter. The child was determined to be infected with chickenpox, according to information obtained from El Centro Sector Border Patrol officials.  Continue reading “MS-13 Gang Member Used Chickenpox-Infected Toddler for Fake Family Claim”

FEE – by Jon Miltimore

he 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a US District Court decision that refused to throw out a civil lawsuit against an Arkansas police officer who arrested a man who yelled a curse word at the officer as he conducted a traffic stop on another citizen.  Continue reading “8th Circuit: Police Can’t Just Arrest Someone for Swearing at Them”

Activist Post – by Julian Rose

In what is surely an unprecedented and  groundbreaking action, the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, has personally backed an International Appeal to stop the controversial roll-out of 5G electromagnetic microwave telecommunication transmissions.

5G, a new millimetre band frequency range being introduced by the telecommunications industry worldwide has been identified by over 2,000 scientists and 1,400 medical doctors from all over the world, as presenting a direct threat to human health, as well as to animal, insect and plant life.  Continue reading “Prime Minister of Poland Signs Global Appeal to Stop 5G”

Press TV

Russia is set to air a TV series based on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that implicates the United States as playing a role in theworst nuclear accident in history.

Currently in post-production, the series by the Russian company NTV tells the story of the 1986 explosion that ripped through reactor Number 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.  Continue reading “Russia set to air TV series that reveals US role in Chernobyl nuclear disaster”

The Telegraph – by David Millward

Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, has pledged he will not wait for Jeremy Corbyn to become Prime Minister to “push back” against any action his administration might take against British Jews.

Mr Pompeo’s remarks come against a backdrop of continued allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour party, which have gained considerable publicity in the US.  Continue reading “Mike Pompeo pledges to ‘push back’ if life becomes difficult for UK Jews under a Corbyn government”

Breitbart – by John Binder

The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor-class organizations is readying to financially back Democrats, so long as they promise to support amnesty for illegal aliens and vote to advance free trade at all costs.

In a memo to its staff, the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) organization announced that the economic libertarian group is set to back any elected official in Washington, DC, — including Democrats — who support their agenda of amnesty for illegal aliens and endless free trade, and oppose the GOP voter-preferred economic nationalist agenda of less immigration and tariffs to protect American jobs.  Continue reading “Billionaire Kochs to Financially Back Democrats Pushing Amnesty, Free Trade”

Daily Mail

Paedophiles caught viewing child sex abuse images should not be prosecuted, a controversial report has recommended.

Under the plan, police would be told to let thousands of offenders who look at indecent photographs and films of youngsters online off the hook by sending them to workshops instead of being taken to court.  Continue reading “Paedophiles should not be prosecuted for watching child porn and should be put on ‘diversion courses’ instead, new report says”

Liberty Nation – by Leesa K. Donner

New Zealand politicians who rushed to enact nationwide gun confiscation following the Christchurch mosque massacres are befuddled by the lack of enthusiasm from citizens who have yet to comply with the new law. The so-called “gun reform” was expected to rid the vast New Zealand countryside of most semi-automatic firearms, magazines over a specified limit, and shotguns.  Continue reading “Kiwis Just Say No To Gun Ban”

The Mind Unleashed – by John Vibes

A New Jersey pastor, who is also the chaplain for a local church, is accused of sexually abusing numerous men during what he claimed was an exorcism ritual. Rev. Dr. William Weaver allegedly set up an elaborate ceremony where he convinced the men involved that he would purge evil spirits from their bodies by performing oral sex on them.

The pastor reportedly told his victims that this was a Native American ritual he learned first-hand from indigenous tribes.  Continue reading “Pastor Said He Was Sucking Demons Out Of Men He Sexually Assaulted, Victims Claim”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

NYC mayor Bill de Blasio’s was one of two candidates who received a total of zero votes in a major new Iowa Presidential poll, according to NBC.

600 registered voters who are likely to participate in the 2020 Democratic caucuses responded to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom/CNN Iowa Poll about who their first and second choices for President were.  Continue reading “NYC Mayor De Blasio Gets Zero Votes In Major Iowa Presidential Poll”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The top Democrat in the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, is opposing Mexico’s comprehensive immigration reform deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The deal expands the “Remain in Mexico” policy which returns illegal migrants back to Mexico until they can be bussed to their asylum-court hearings in the United States. The policy is now keeping just 8,000 migrants in Mexico, out of roughly 330,000 who crossed the border in the last three months.  Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi Opposes Mexico’s Promise to Keep Migrants”

Yahoo News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will become the first state to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal bastion continues to resist the policies of Republican President Donald Trump’s administration.

Democrats in the state Legislature reached an agreement Sunday afternoon as part of a broader plan to spend $213 billion of state and federal tax money over the next year. The legislature is expected to approve the deal this week. The agreement means low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally would be eligible for California’s Medicaid program, the joint state and federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled.  Continue reading “California lawmakers agree to health benefits for illegal immigrants”