From the Trenches World Report

Breitbart – by Allum Bakhari

A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant’s leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda and the broader populist movement emerging around the globe.

The video is a full recording of Google’s first all-hands meeting following the 2016 election (these weekly meetings are known inside the company as “TGIF” or “Thank God It’s Friday” meetings). Sent to Breitbart News by an anonymous source, it features co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, VPs Kent Walker and Eileen Naughton, CFO Ruth Porat, and CEO Sundar Pichai. It can be watched in full above. It can and should be watched in full above in order to get the full context of the meeting and the statements made.   Continue reading “LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Earlier this year, government disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to Hurricane Florence unfolding on a dangerously vulnerable stretch of the US East Coast.

A fictional “Hurricane Cora” was modeled to charge up the Chesapeake Bay and strike Washington, D.C., created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Argonne National Laboratory.   Continue reading “FEMA Simulated A Cat 4 Hurricane Striking East Coast Just Months Before Florence”

VT Digger – by Alan J. Keays

A new law went into effect at the start of this month that allows police to seize firearms from suspected domestic abusers at the scene of an arrest.

“These are times that an abuser or a perpetrator is going to feel the most threatened, and it may be the time they are most likely to use a weapon at their disposal,” said Avaloy Lanning, executive director of NewStory Center, a domestic violence shelter in Rutland.  Continue reading “Law allowing seizure of firearms from suspected abusers takes effect”

Daily Mail

This remarkable satellite image shows Hurricane Florence is one of just nine potentially dangerous storms currently circling around the world.

The image circles some of the points where the most extreme weather is set to batter the world this week, giving a word of warning about the dangers they pose.   Continue reading “Satellite image shows nine potentially deadly storms currently girdling the globe”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Episodes of threats and violence perpetuated by angry leftists furious about President Trump’s agenda and policies, are becoming increasingly common in the US, particularly after a deranged Bernie Sanders supporter nearly killed majority whip Steve Scalise after opening fire on a practice session for the Congressional baseball game.

Another incident unfolded on Tuesday in northern California, where a 35-year-old man was arrested for whipping out a switchblade and attempting to stab Republican Congressional candidate Rudy Peters while the candidate was working a booth at the Castro Valley Fall Festival.  Continue reading ““He Was Screaming ‘F-ck Trump’: Republican Candidate Nearly Stabbed By Deranged Democrat”

Reuters

A federal judge has struck down a 95-year-old California law banning firearms dealers from placing ads for handguns or images of handguns on their storefronts.

In a decision made public on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley in Sacramento, the state’s capital, said the law was “unconstitutional on its face” because it violated dealers’ commercial speech rights under the First Amendment.  Continue reading “Judge strikes down 95-year-old California ban on storefront handgun ads”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Cigarette stocks dropped (then rebounded), after a Bloomberg report that the Food and Drug Administration is threatening to pull flavored electronic cigarettes like Juul off the market if the tobacco industry doesn’t do more to combat growing use of the products by children and teens.

Citing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, Bloomberg notes that the FDA will soon release data that show a “substantial increase” in youth vaping this year compared with 2017.  Continue reading “FDA May Pull E-Cigarettes To Fight Youth Vaping “Epidemic””

Weather Channel

Hurricane Florence will hammer the Carolinas and other parts of the Southeast for several days. While impacts from wind will be destructive, Florence’s rainfall is likely to trigger catastrophic flooding in some areas, and will flirt with all-time state rainfall totals from tropical cyclones.  Continue reading “Catastrophic Threat From Florence: Inland Flooding From Rain That May Threaten State Tropical Cyclone Records”

Star Telegram – by Bud Kennedy

DALLAS  Weary after a 15-hour police shift, Officer Amber Guyger made mistakes that were both sloppy and deadly.

The death of Dallas resident Botham Jean, 26, in what she mistook for a home invasion will haunt both her and the city of Dallas for years. Continue reading “Some Texas police facing charges are now sent to treatment, not jail. Is that fair?”