From the Trenches World Report

Reuters

Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating messages between a police lieutenant and a leader of a right-wing group in which the officer appears to give tips on how to avoid arrest and the location of counter-protesters, authorities said.

Hundreds of emails and text messages released by the city’s police bureau on Thursday showed Portland Police Lieutenant Jeff Niiya and Joey Gibson, leader of right-wing group Patriot Prayer, often discussed Gibson’s plans to demonstrate.   Continue reading “Portland, Oregon, police probe texts between officer and right-wing leader”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back at the court after missing oral arguments in January as she recovered from lung cancer surgery at home, a court official said on Friday.

Ginsburg, who will turn 86 in March, had been working from home and participating and voting in cases since her December surgery by reading argument transcripts and case briefs. She attended the justices’ closed-door conference to discuss cases on Friday.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg back at court after cancer bout”

Fox News

President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.

“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden.   Continue reading “Trump declares emergency on border, eyes $8B for wall as he signs spending package”

Investment Watch

$1,665,484,000,000: Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes in Calendar 2018–as Debt Climbed $1,481,349,159,596.80

(CNSNews.com) – The federal government collected a record $1,665,484,000,000 in individual income taxes in calendar year 2018, according to the Monthly Treasury Statements for the year, which the Treasury finished publishing today with the belated release of the December statement.   Continue reading “Feds Collect Record Individual Taxes… AMAZON to pay $0 in taxes — for second year in row!”

Times of Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to extend his trip to Warsaw Friday after the plane on which he was scheduled to fly home was damaged just ahead of takeoff.

According to El Al, the prime minister’s plane, a Boeing 777, was damaged by a pushback tractor that crashed into it as Netanyahu was about to leave just after midnight.  Continue reading “PM forced to spend extra night in Warsaw after plane damaged”

Senator Tim Kaine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Bob Menendez to introduce the Keep Americans Safe Act, commonsense legislation to ban the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. These high-capacity magazines are designed for shooting en masse and have been used in some of the country’s deadliest mass shootings. This week marks the anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.   Continue reading “Kaine Joins Menendez To Introduce Bill Banning High-Capacity Magazines”

RT

French schools are set to replace the words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘Parent 1’ and ‘Parent 2’ following an amendment to a law which passed through French Parliament this week.

The new naming convention is ostensibly aimed at ending discrimination against same sex parents but critics argue that it “dehumanises” parenthood and may lead to rows over who gets classified as ‘Parent 1.’   Continue reading “French schools to change ‘mother & father’ to ‘parent 1 and 2’ under new law”

New Eastern Outlook – by Gordon Duff

With Israel issuing direct threats against both Syria and Iran of thermonuclear devastation if either nation retaliates against Israeli bombing attacks, the world moves closer to the brink. Many factors, including and especially Israel’s internal political collapse, are pushing the world toward a wider conflict. American political instability makes things even worse.

What has been ignored is the level of threat Saudi Arabia represents, a politically primitive nation with a massive defense budget and some very dark secrets, some of which will be revealed here.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia and the Upcoming Secret Nuclear War”

The Organic Prepper – by Dagny Taggart

An infectious disease expert has warned that a deadly disease found in deer could infect humans in the near future.

Often referred to as “zombie deer” disease because of the symptoms, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been reported in at least 24 states in the continental United States and in two provinces in Canada as of January 2019.   Continue reading “Can “Zombie Deer” Disease Kill Humans? Research Suggests It ALREADY HAS”

Yahoo News

Several groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy that requires Central American asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are decided in the U.S.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, requests that a judge strike down the plan formally called “Migrant Protection Protocols” but commonly referred to as “Remain in Mexico.”    Continue reading “Lawsuit challenges Trump plan keeping asylum-seekers in Mexico until case decided”

Press TV

The United States is moving its special forces closer to Venezuela as part of a covert plan to stage military intervention in the South American country, which has been engulfed by unrest over the past weeks.

Cuba said in a “Declaration of the Revolutionary Government” on Thursday that recent events in Venezuela, where US-backed opposition Juan Guaido has been challenging the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro, amounted to an attempted coup that had so far failed.   Continue reading “US preparing for military action in Venezuela: Cuba”

“Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American … The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the People.” — Tench Coxe, 1788.  Continue reading “Who are the militia?”

Misanthrope – by Ira Rather

The second Wednesday of every month now holds a special significance for me. You see, this specific Wednesday, based on the numerical date of my birth, is when the Social Security Administration makes SS retiree payments to me. (Others receive it on the first Wednesday, others the third, I’m sure it took thousands of man-hours to concoct this elaborate scheme, instead of just paying everyone all at once each month.)   Continue reading “The Social Security Blues”

Rense.com – by Frosty Wooldridge

Dear Jeff,

These pictures from LA are exactly what I saw on my bicycle last summer. I rolled through miles of blue tarp tents, nylon tents, filth and garbage, and thousands of people who are druggies, brainless, illiterate, filthy, diseased – and there is no way out for them.

How in the hell did we go from a vibrant American Los Angeles to a filthy sh*t hole in less than 25 years? Answer – we invited it.   Continue reading “LA Drowning In Homeless Street Slums, Filth, Disease”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The controversial Amazon deal is dead, taking with it the 25,000 jobs promised for its proposed headquarters in Long Island City.

The internet giant issued a statement on Thursday saying it will not pursue a second headquarters in Long Island City, and has no plans to look elsewhere.   Continue reading “Amazon Pulls Out Of HQ2 Deal With New York City”