From the Trenches World Report

Insider – by Michelle Mark

The ever-growing caravan of Central American migrants swelled on Sunday to an estimated 7,000 people, who are largely dedicated to traveling north in hopes of reaching the United States.

The caravan set out from Honduras on October 13 as a group of 160 migrants but grew to a massive group after word spread. The migrants have told news outlets they’re fleeing their home countries because of crippling poverty and widespread violence.   Continue reading “The Central American caravan has swelled to an estimated 7,000 migrants”

The Organic Prepper – by Robert Wheeler

Ever since the Euromaidan color revolution in Ukraine, the threat of a thermonuclear confrontation between Russia and the United States has been steadily growing. With the United States and NATO forces having pushed their proxy fighters literally to the border with Russia, the world’s second superpower finally became directly involved in Syria, saving the country from the impending defeat by the Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, Israel, and American terrorists being funded, trained, and armed for the purpose of destroying the secular government of Syria.   Continue reading “Putin: In a Nuclear Holocaust “We Will Be Martyrs, They Will Drop Dead””

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Since President Trump threatened to close the Southern border due to Honduras’ unwillingness to comply with his requests for assistance in stopping a migrant caravan marching toward the US, the migrants have successfully crossed into Mexico and on Sunday regrouped after being temporarily delayed at the Mexican border by border guards who failed to force the migrants to turn back.    Continue reading ““National Emergency” – President Trump To Cut Central American Aid As Mexico Loses Control Of Migrant Army”

CBS Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – City contractors who have ties to the National Rifle Association must now disclose them, under a motion passed unanimously Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council.

The motion, approved by a 10-0 vote, does not ban NRA-linked contractors from doing business with the city, but would require them to disclose any contracts or sponsorships they have with the gun rights advocacy group.   Continue reading “LA Passes Ordinance Requiring City Contractors To Disclose NRA Ties”

ABC News

A manhunt was underway Sunday for a suspect in the killing of a police officer near a suburban Atlanta school after he and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said.

Tafahree Maynard, 18, is considered “armed and dangerous” and is believed to be the gunman who opened fire without warning Saturday afternoon on Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney and his partner, police said.   Continue reading “Manhunt underway for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect in killing of Georgia police officer”

The Organic Prepper

Editor’s note: By now, just about everyone has heard about the difficulties occurring in South Africa. The violence is palpable, the corruption is an everyday fact, and utilities such as water and electricity are no longer a given. Not only that, but the cost of these utilities has become prohibitive, so conservation is a necessity. Backup power, such as solar or generators, have become a necessity for many families.

In this article, a regular reader from South Africa shares some of the tips for starting out with generators and backup power that have made it easier to deal with the continuous rolling blackouts and outrageous prices for electricity.  ~ Daisy   Continue reading “Backup Power on a Budget: Notes from South Africa”

Middle East Monitor

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin praised investment opportunities in Israel on Sunday and said Washington would increase its participation in infrastructure projects there.

“We have a very important relationship with Israel. This is really a great place for investments, particularly technology investments,” Mnuchin, launching a Middle East tour, told reporters in Jerusalem.   Continue reading “US Treasury’s Mnuchin hails Israel investment opportunities, eyes infrastructure”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Less than a month after Germany authorized a shipment of arms to Saudi Arabia and several of its allies, in violation of an arms-sales ban approved by lawmakers from the country’s ruling coalition earlier this year, Germany has once again decided to “punish” the Saudis by putting future arms shipments on hold pending the results of an investigation into the death of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.   Continue reading “Germany Suspends Arms Sales To Saudis Weeks After $500 Million Deal”

Right of the Right

Michaela Weinstein couldn’t believe what she was seeing in her own high school:  students giving each other Nazi salutes and scrawling swastikas in books and on the walls.  But she bravely turned her hallucinations into a $36,000 Diller Teen Award to combat anti-semitism and racism in her Albany, New York, school before things really got out of hand and another Holocaust happened:   Continue reading “Jewish Teen Given $36K to Combat Nazism in Her Albany New York High School”

Yahoo News

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — About 2,000 Central American migrants who circumvented Mexican police at a border bridge and swam, forded and floated across the river from Guatemala decided on Saturday to re-form their mass caravan and continue their trek northward toward the United States.

Gathered at a park in the border city of Ciudad Hidalgo, the migrants voted by a show of hands and then marched to the bridge to urge those still there to cross the river and join them.   Continue reading “Migrants vow to re-form caravan, continue north toward US”

ABC News

A police officer was shot and killed near a school in Georgia after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said.

Antwan Toney and another officer approached a vehicle near the Shiloh Middle School in Snellville to check out a report of people smoking marijuana, according to Sgt. Jake Smith of the Gwinnett County Police Department.   Continue reading “Police officer shot and killed while responding to report of suspicious vehicle near school”

TeleSur

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, has made her post a “more glamorous” position than her predecessors — as President Donald Trump described Haley’s 2-year term at the U.N., following her resignation announcement.

We may never know the nature of Haley’s purported ‘glamour’ at the U.N., but we certainly know that, during her relatively brief stint, Haley has further diminished her country’s struggling reputation, entrenching U.S. isolation in the world’s most vital international political body.    Continue reading “UN ‘Sheriff’: Nikki Haley Elevated Israel, Damaged US Standing”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Years of US allegations that Russia is violating the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) may be coming to a head, with John Bolton reportedly pushing hard for President Trump to withdraw outright from the pact.

Instead of negotiating over the questions, Bolton wants the US to just withdraw outright, despite that being a major escalation on tensions with Russia. State Department and Pentagon officials are both opposed to this.   Continue reading “Bolton Pushes Trump to Withdraw From Russian Nuclear Treaty”

Yahoo News

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republicans running in Nevada’s hotly contested races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking aim at a common target as they try to maintain GOP control of the seats: California.

As more Californians have poured across the state line over the past few years, many of them escaping sky-high housing costs, some Nevada Republicans fear a state that already has become a political battleground will begin to resemble its deep blue neighbor.   Continue reading “Nevada Republicans whip up fears of California’s influence”