From the Trenches World Report

The Guardian – by Melanie Sevcenko

In 2015, Erich Berkovitz opened his medical marijuana processing company, PharmEx, with the intention of getting sick people their medicine. His passion stemmed from his own illness. Berkovitz has Tourette syndrome, which triggers ticks in his shoulder that causes chronic pain. Cannabis takes that away.

Yet in the rapidly changing marijuana landscape, PharmEx is now one of three medical-only processors left in the entire state of Oregon.  Continue reading “How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon”

The Hill – by Emily Birnbaum

The largest association of doctors in the U.S. on Wednesday pressed the country’s leading tech companies to crack down on anti-vaccine misinformation spread on their platforms.

The American Medical Association (AMA) in letters to Amazon, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube wrote that social media companies have the responsibility to provide users with “scientifically valid information on vaccinations.”  Continue reading “Key doctors group presses tech to crack down on anti-vaccine misinformation”

Roll Call – by Kate Ackley

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer kicked off the first hearing of the new Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress with a plea for a return of something from the past: earmarks.

The Maryland Democrat was the first among 30 lawmakers who offered ideas Tuesday to the temporary and bipartisan panel, which has been charged with making recommendations about how to update Congress for the modern era.  Continue reading “‘Dead billionaires’ and a tech Peace Corps? Lawmakers float ideas to fix Congress”

Independent – by Doug Bolton

A joint team of American and British scientists have discovered that powerful magnetic pulses to the brain can temporarily change people’s feelings on a variety of subjects – from their belief in God, to their attitude to immigration.

The study, published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, saw scientists use a metal coil to create strong magnetic fields around certain parts of the brain.  Continue reading “Disabling parts of the brain with magnets can weaken faith in God and change attitudes to immigrants, study finds”

Big League Politics – by Peter D’Abrosca

An illegal alien whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to deport nine times has been arrested for murder in California.

“Suspect Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza, a Salvadorian national, was arrested Monday and booked into jail for murder,” according to NBC Bay Area. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents tried to deport Carranza nine times before, but their detainers were not honored in both Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties.” Continue reading “Illegal Arrested for Murder After Sanctuary Policy Protected Him from Deportation NINE TIMES”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 12, 2019) – Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has signed a bill into law making it legal for state residents to carry firearms concealed without a license and also fostering an environment more hostile to federal gun control.

A coalition of 11 Republicans sponsored Senate Bill 150 (SB150). Under the new law, it is now legal to carry a firearm concealed in Kentucky without a license.  Continue reading “Kentucky Governor Signs “Constitutional Carry” Bill into Law”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

San Antonio, TX — A disturbing lawsuit was filed last year in federal court detailing a horrifying nightmare endured by an innocent woman at the hands of San Antonio police. The victim, Natalie D. Simms had her tampon pulled out by police who then conducted a vaginal cavity search—in public and on video—all to search for non-existent drugs. Now, according to her attorney, we are learning that the local government has been spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to protect the officers involved.  Continue reading “City Protecting Cops Who Publicly Raped Innocent Woman on Video in Sickening Roadside Search”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Amid talk of a never-ending exodus of civilians from underground in the Syrian village of Baghouz, the Kurdish SDF is waiting on a final push into the last ISIS-held village. The US, however, is not so patient.

On Monday, US warplanes attacked Baghouz, killing at least 50 people. Details on what the intended target was is unclear, but the reports suggest that the dead were mostly women and children.  Continue reading “US Airstrikes Kill at Least 50, Mostly Civilians, in Eastern Syria”

Detroit Free Press – by Paul Egan

LANSING — If you’ve never been arrested, it’s highly unlikely your fingerprints are on file with the Michigan State Police.

But if you’ve ever gotten a Michigan driver’s license or a state ID card, it’s almost certain the State Police has your mug shot.  Continue reading “Never arrested? Michigan State Police still likely has your photo in its database”

Reuters

The U.S.-China trade impasse will have to end for U.S. crude exporters to find enough buyers to absorb dramatic annual growth of 1 million barrels per day in U.S. exports over the next few years, a top oil trading executive at commodities trader Trafigura AG said at an energy conference on Tuesday.

As markets adjusted to the U.S.-China trade war and U.S. crude shipments to China plunged in recent months, U.S. exports to Europe and India have surged.  Continue reading “US crude exporters need China, Trafigura exec says”

The Organic Prepper – by Dagny Taggart

Does free will truly exist?

According to a new study, maybe not. It appears that we may have less control over our personal choices than we think. Unconscious brain activity seems to determine our choices well before we are even aware of them.  Continue reading “The Reality of Mind Reading: These Neuroscientists Can Predict Your Choices 11 Seconds Before You Make Them”