From the Trenches World Report

American Thinker – by Chriss Street

The $1.1 billion spent to repair Oroville Dam is failing as water is seeping through the rebuilt spillway threatens new mass evacuations over the risk of the dam collapsing.

According to national dam expert Scott Cahill of Watershed Services of Ohio, Oroville Dam is on the same failure track as in 2017, with visible water seepage trickling from the foot of the dam and dozens of points along the dam’s principal spillway.  Cahill warns that warming temperatures magnified by precipitation is a growing threat to the dam.  Continue reading “Complete failure at Oroville Dam”

Mondweiss – by Jonathan Ofir

Last week, the German organization Jewish Voice for a Just peace in the Middle East received a peace prize from the city of Göttingen.

As the organization supports the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, the announcement of its nomination became a battleground, wherein prominent Jewish leaders tarnished its members as anti-Semites, suggesting that they were the ‘wrong kind of Jews’. The mayor and the president of the Göttingen university withdrew their support and cancelled the booking of halls for receptions. Nonetheless the jury stuck to its decision, and crowdfunded a prize of 28,000 Euros, which the organization will donate to human rights organizations in Palestine as well as to the liberal Israeli +972 Magazine.  Continue reading “German Jews for Palestinian rights receive a peace prize– and are dismissed as ‘the wrong kind of Jews’”

Colorado Watchdog – by Derek Draplin

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser reminded local law enforcement that they swore an “oath to uphold the rule of law” in a statement Thursday. The reminder comes after numerous counties have passed resolutions denouncing “red flag” gun control legislation that’s expected to pass.

House Bill 1177 would allow family members or law enforcement to petition a judge to issue a temporary extreme risk protection order (ERPO) for a person thought to be a threat, after which the person’s weapons could be temporarily seized for up to a year. Continue reading “Colorado AG tells sheriffs they must follow law if ‘red flag’ gun control bill passes”

Public Finance International – by Simone Rensch

The US political system is “too broken” to address the “demographic bomb” it faces – with older people expected to outnumber the number of children under the age of 18 in the country in 20 years.

This is according to Marc Goldwein, a policy director at a top think tank, who told PF International an ageing population was one of the US’s most “significant economic challenges. Continue reading “US social security ‘can’t cope with ageing population’”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) seeks to incentivize states to adopt Red Flag Laws allowing gun confiscation.

On Saturday, Breitbart News reported that Graham had given Democrats a green light for a March 26 hearing on the confiscatory gun laws. He told CNN that the gun confiscation laws represent a place where Republicans and Democrats “can come together.”  Continue reading “Lindsey Graham Seeks to Incentivize States to Adopt Gun Confiscation Laws”

Western Journal – by C. Douglas Golden

At what point does support for a student movement constitute indoctrination? Parents in Portland say the public schools there crossed the line during last year’s Parkland-inspired walkouts.

According to KATU-TV, Portland Public Schools is being sued by four parents who say that the schools used taxpayer resources to assist anti-gun students who took part in protests last year.  Continue reading “Fed-Up Parents Fight Back Against School’s Anti-Gun ‘Indoctrination’ of Students”

If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

The Israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the United States. It consists of a multitude of powerful institutions and individuals that work to influence Congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and American public opinion on behalf of Israel.  Continue reading “Introduction to the Israel Lobby”

Public Intelligence Blog

My bottom line up front:

1. Assailant tapes self driving to mosque
2. Nazi-era music playing from the start.
3. Feel of a video game or home movie.
4. Three fake weapons on floor of car Continue reading “New Zealand False Flag”

WND

A federal appeals court has put a roadblock in front of the government’s attempt to appeal a district judge’s decision to throw out its case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct.

Bundy and other family members were charged after an armed standoff at their ranch over grazing fees the government claimed they had not paid. The government confiscated some of the family’s cattle, supporters from across the nation gathered and the standoff ensued. The feds eventually backed down.  Continue reading “9th Circuit rebuffs U.S. government in Bundy case”

The Jamestown Sun

KINDRED, N.D. — Marvel Von Hagen and her love of 37 years were living the good life.

The 60-year-old woman built hotels for a living while her man worked as a plumber. The couple who have lived in their Kindred home for 29 years were never ones to ask for help, even after medical bills started to roll in for her back and his diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Continue reading “Most North Dakotans, Minnesotans who qualify for heating assistance don’t seek it”