From the Trenches World Report

AmmoLand – by David Codrea

U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- ATF was “not allowed to physically examine the interior of the weapons” recovered from the Las Vegas shooter’s hotel room, a new Freedom of Information Act production by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reveals. The baffling revelation appears on page 335 of a response sent to attorney Stephen Stamboulieh as part of an ongoing production of documents responding to his FOIA request.

This leads to another problem for those intending to challenge any finalized rule ATF issues on banning “bump stock”-type devices.   Continue reading “Las Vegas Bump Stock FOIA Claims ATF Not Allowed to Examine Weapons”

Washington’s Blog – by Eric Zuesse

The Washington correspondent of Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, Amir Tibon, headlined on the night of Tuesday, August 14, “Trump Administration Wants to See a Gaza Cease-fire ‘With or Without the Palestinian Authority’,” and he reported that, “The Trump administration wants to see a long-term cease-fire in Gaza, with or without the support of the Palestinian Authority, a spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council told Haaretz on Monday.”

In other words: U.S. President Donald Trump is not angling for Palestinians to become ruled by the more moderate of the two political entities that are contesting for control over Palestine — he’s not favoring The Palestinain Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, over Hamas, Ismail Haniya. He is, instead, aiming for Jews inside Israel to conquer completely the non-Jews, not only inside Israel, but also in the adjoining areas, Palestine.   Continue reading “Trump to Netanyahu: Palestinians Must Be Completely Conquered”

Yahoo News

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A judge’s decision to allow the release of an extended family accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound in New Mexico prompted a political uproar Tuesday by prominent Republican lawmakers.

The controversy was stoked even further when court officials condemned threats of violence made against the judge who issued the ruling and evacuated several administrative court offices as a precaution.   Continue reading “ICE takes into custody defendant in New Mexico compound case”

ABC News

Connecticut police have made an arrest in connection with more than three dozen overdose cases at a New Haven park.

First responders found about 40 people who appeared to have overdosed on the New Haven Green on Wednesday, with 25 of those overdoses occurring within a three-hour span in the morning and some four to six at a time, officials said.   Continue reading “Police make arrest after 40 people overdose at Connecticut park”

Patriot or Traitor

Casey Codding murdered Lavoy Finicum.

Thanks to recent testimony we know the activist’s death was a pre-planned assassination. But corrupt judges along with government officials have sealed the identity of the Oregon State Police (OSP) Officer directly responsible for the murder of Lavoy Finicum.

Despite public outcry, trials against protestors and even charges against one of the FBI agents for the filing of a false report in the murder, the man who pulled the trigger has been known only as Officer #1.   Continue reading “Casey Codding is a traitor”

NPR

Los Angeles’ public transit system has announced that it is the first in the U.S. to purchase millimeter wave scanners to screen metro riders for suspicious objects as they move through stations.

The technology “will help detect weapon and explosive device security threats on the county’s transit system,” the system says in a joint press release with the Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Los Angeles Is Deploying Body Scanners To Screen Metro Riders”

Daily Beast

A major human rights crisis is unfolding in northwestern China, according to the United Nations, which said last week that there were credible reports that the Chinese government is holding one million or more ethnic minorities in secretive detention camps.

Yet even for those who have escaped China, surveillance and intimidation have followed. As part of a massive campaign to monitor and intimidate its ethnic minorities no matter where they are, Chinese authorities are creating a global registry of Uighurs who live outside of China, threatening to detain their relatives if they do not provide personal and identifying information to Chinese police. This campaign is now reaching even Uighurs who live in the United States.
Continue reading “Chinese Cops Now Spying on American Soil”

BBC

Packages, letters and even a wheelchair intended for Palestinians have arrived in the occupied West Bank after Israel released years of undelivered mail.

The post, which includes internet orders that never arrived, had been held in Jordan since 2010 and was released under a one-time agreement.

Palestinian postal workers in the city of Jericho are now faced with sorting through more than 10 tonnes of goods.   Continue reading “Palestinian mail blocked by Israel arrives eight years late”

Washington Times

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base over gun restrictions he supported.

GOP Gov. Phil Scott defeated a challenge from Springfield businessman Keith Stern in his quest to win a second term. He will face Christine Hallquist, who won the Democratic primary to run for the state’s highest office in November, when she would become the nation’s first transgender governor if elected.   Continue reading “Transgender candidate Christine Hallquist wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor”

Common Dreams – by Jessica Corbett

A secret report by the Israeli military police—obtained by The Intercept‘s Robert Mackey—reveals that a week into Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in 2014, “air force, naval, and intelligence officers” mistook four 10- and 11-year-old boys who were playing on a beach in Gaza for Hamas militants and killed them by firing missiles from an armed drone.   Continue reading “As Victims’ Families Fight for Justice, Secret Report Details How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Gazan Children”

Reuters

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February opened on Wednesday for a new school year with three armed guards and other new security measures that some parents and students worried would not be enough.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, doubled its campus security detail to 18, including three armed uniformed sheriff’s deputies. The school’s 3,300 students wore new identification badges as they funneled through three entrances at the sprawling 45-acre campus.   Continue reading “Florida school opens for class with new security after massacre”

The Stream – by Michael Brown

This article is not a spoof. I’m not making up these headlines or quotes. Every word you’re about to read is true.

The story is now more than two months old, but it just caught my eye this week, and I felt it was important to share with you. I trust you’ll agree as you read.   Continue reading “This is Not Satire. An Open Pedophile is Running for Congress”