From the Trenches World Report

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the staid world of the U.S. Supreme Court, where decorum and etiquette are prized and silence is enforced by court police, the F-word could create quite a stir.

Yet that expletive and others will be the focus on Monday when the nine justices hear arguments in a free-speech case brought by Los Angeles-based clothing designer Erik Brunetti. His streetwear brand “FUCT” – which sounds like, but is spelled differently than, a profanity – was denied a trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Continue reading “F-words and T-shirts: U.S. Supreme Court weighs foul language trademarks”

Road to Serfdom

Big League Politics – by Shane Trejo

Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno thrust a dagger into the heart of free speech today after he allowed a foreign country’s authorities into his nation’s embassy in Britain to arrest heroic whistle-blower and award-winning journalist Julian Assange.

What was Moreno’s price to commit this betrayal? A 4.2 billion loan guarantee from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it seems.  Continue reading “How Ecuador’s Globalist Regime Received Billions to Sell Out Julian Assange”

LifeSiteNews – by Lianne Laurence

April 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — As a Canadian father fights to stop court-ordered testosterone treatments for his 14-year-old daughter, U.S. experts warn there’s an increasing danger that more and more American parents will find themselves in a similar heartrending predicament.

“Yes, it is really that bad,” Michelle Cretella, president of the American College of Pediatrics, told LifeSiteNews.  Continue reading “State-coerced child gender ‘transitioning’ is here. Parents are horrified”

Daily Advertiser – by Ashley White

The 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputy is the only suspect thought to be responsible for the burning of three predominantly black churches, and his interests in black metal music and pagan gods is of interest in the case, authorities said Thursday.

Holden Matthews, son of Deputy Roy Matthews, was arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of simple arson of a religious building in connection with the church burnings that took place over 10 days. Once probable cause, including surveillance video, connected the younger Matthews to the crime, he was arrested within about 12 hours, State Fire Marshall Butch Browning said.  Continue reading “St. Landry Parish fires: 21-year-old suspect in custody but authorities say ‘we are not done’”

Haaretz

The Central Elections Committee published Thursday night the final results of the Israeli election, ending two tense days of specualtion as to the makeup of the 21st Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s Likud party has 36 seats in the next Knesset, after initially tying at 35 with Kahol Lavan, the political alliance led by former Israeli army chief of staff Benny Gantz.  Continue reading “Final Israeli Election Results: Bennett Wiped Out; Netanyahu’s Likud Gains One Seat”

Market Watch

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a far cry from “I love WikiLeaks!”

President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that “I know nothing about WikiLeaks” after its disheveled founder Julian Assange was hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to face charges, a stark contrast to how candidate Trump showered praise on Assange’s hacking organization night after night during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.  Continue reading “Trump says he knows ‘nothing’ about WikiLeaks — even though he praised it over 100 times in 2016”

BBC

The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine.

The Israeli spacecraft – called Beresheet – attempted a soft landing, but suffered technical problems on its descent to the Moon’s surface.  Continue reading “Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crashes on Moon”

The Telegraph – by Helena Horton

The Co-op has launched a gender neutral gingerbread person in order to be “inclusive” and has asked the public to choose a “fitting” name.

Shoppers have been encouraged to sign up to the supermarket’s website and send name suggestions which would suit a gender-neutral biscuit.  Continue reading “Gender neutral gingerbread person launched by supermarket as they ask public to choose a ‘fitting’ name”

FAU – by Gisele Galoustian

There is no doubt that policing is a dangerous profession. But is it safer to be a cop today than it was 50 years ago? Yes, according to a study that analyzed police officer deaths (felonious and non-felonious) in the United States from 1970 to 2016. The study represents one of the most comprehensive assessments of the “dangerousness” of policing to date and provides an important historical context on the ongoing dialogue over a perceived “war on cops” in recent years.  Continue reading “It’s Safer To Be A Cop In The U.S. Today Than 50 Years Ago”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors announced charges on Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, accusing him of conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history.

Assange, arrested by British police in London and carried out of Ecuador’s embassy, faces up to five years in prison on the American charge, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. His arrest paved the way for his possible extradition to the United States. Continue reading “U.S. charges WikiLeaks’ Assange with hacking conspiracy with Manning”