From the Trenches World Report

RT

A Hawaii-based US Army soldier who is accused of providing material support to ISIS was obsessed with terrorist videos, laughing at them and insulting the victims, an unsealed FBI affidavit and other court documents show.

The papers unsealed on Monday and seen by AP include revelations from an FBI informant, who the soldier – Ikaika Erik Kang – believed to be an ISIS member. Kang was assigned to Schofield Barracks, a US Army installation in Honolulu and served with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade before his arrest in July 2017.   Continue reading “Soldier accused of ISIS links was obsessed with videos of beheadings & suicide bombings – court docs”

Mail.com

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of Michigan sports doctor Larry Nassar and other developments in the case (all times local): 12:50 p.m. A judge has told a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls, “I just signed your death warrant.”

The remarks from Judge Rosemarie Aquilina came as she sentenced Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison. The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing that brought more than 150 victims or their families to court, including Olympians.   Continue reading “Judge: ‘I just signed your death warrant’”

Mail.com

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — An appellate court judge on Wednesday voted to increase the jail time for a graft conviction against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the first of three judges to weigh in on a case that could impact the presidential elections and even stability in Latin America’s largest nation.

After hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defense, Judge Joao Pedro Gebran Neto said da Silva’s jail time should be 12 years and one month, an increase of more than two years over the sentence leveled in July.  Continue reading “Future of Brazil’s da Silva, elections, at stake in case”

Jon Rappoport

When network television news was created in the late 1940s, no one in charge knew how to do it. It was a new creature.

Sponsors? Yes. A studio with a desk and an anchor? Yes. A list of top stories? Yes. Important information for the public? Yes.   Continue reading “The rise and fall of television news: no more father figures”

Honolulu Star Advertiser – by Kevin Dayton

Gov. David Ige told reporters today that part of the delay in notifying the public that the Jan. 13 ballistic missile alert was a false alarm was that he did not know his Twitter account password.

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued the false alarm at 8:07 a.m., and Ige was told the missile alert was a false alarm two minutes after the alert was sent to cell phones across the state. However, Ige’s office did not get out a cancellation message until 17 minutes after the alert.   Continue reading “After false missile alarm, Ige couldn’t log on to Twitter”

Breitbart – by Ken Klukowski

WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court on Tuesday expedited its consideration of the Trump administration’s petition to review the legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA amnesty program for younger illegal aliens.

A court decision could come in June.  Continue reading “Supreme Court Puts DACA Case on Track for June Decision”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As the Potemkin Village walls of The Left’s ‘Trump Collusion’ narrative crash and burn along with special counsel Mueller’s credibility, The New York Post’s Michael Goodwin sees far more wide-ranging problems ahead for America’s ‘intelligence’ agencies as the anti-Trump ‘secret society’ and lovers-texts-gate debacles threaten the core of the Deep State.

Goodwin writes that, during the financial crisis, the federal government bailed out banks it declared “too big to fail.” Fearing their bankruptcy might trigger economic Armageddon, the feds propped them up with taxpayer cash.   Continue reading ““Too Big To Believe” – Massive Scandal Is Brewing At The FBI”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – Toys “R” Us Inc said on Tuesday it will shut about one-fifth of its stores in the United States in the coming months, as the toy store chain tries to emerge from one of the largest ever bankruptcies by a specialty retailer.

The closure of about 180 U.S. stores will begin in early February and continue until mid-April, Chief Executive David Brandon said in a letter on its website. http://bit.ly/2n5O1mR   Continue reading “Toys “R” Us says to shut a fifth of its U.S. stores”

Maine Public – by Fred Bever

The Maine Supreme Court has turned back an attempt by Gov. Paul LePage to limit welfare benefits for some immigrants.

The case was brought forward by Euphrem Manirakiza, an asylum seeker from Burundi who was denied SNAP benefits, or food stamps, in 2015.   Continue reading “Maine Court Turns Back LePage Limits on Food Stamps for Immigrants”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

This morning’s collapse in the dollar – the biggest daily drop since March 2017 – has extended the 2018 demise to 3.2%, the worst start to a year since 1987.

Despite Wilbur Ross’ efforts to walk-back Mnuchin’s “game-changer” weak-dollar-policy implications, the Dollar Index is in freefall..   Continue reading “Dollar Plunges Most In 10 Months – Worst Start To A Year Since 1987”

Ron Paul Institute – by Adam Dick

What is the deal with a memorandum by Republican employees at the Intelligence Committee of the United States House of Representatives that allegedly demonstrates very disturbing use of surveillance power through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court not being publicized or shared widely among Congress members until shortly after legislation (S 139) to extend legal authority for such surveillance for six years cleared the Congress? If the memorandum provides as disturbing of revelations as some Congress members are claiming, every House and Senate member, and the American people too, being able to review it before congressional votes on the bill could have had significant consequences.   Continue reading “Andrew Napolitano: Wrong to Keep Mass Surveillance Memo Secret”

Maine Public – by Emily Burnham

The story of the Bangor native who survived the siege and assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in April 1993 will be told in a new six-episode miniseries, “Waco,” that premieres tonight.

The miniseries is based in part on David Thibodeau’s 1999 book, “Waco: A Survivor’s Story,” which recounts his experience living with the Branch Davidians for about 18 months in his early 20s, and the years immediately following the raid by federal authorities on their compound.   Continue reading “Story Of Bangor Native Who Survived Waco Siege Told In New TV Miniseries”

The Organic Prepper

Imagine getting a phone call like this from your high school aged child.

“Mom, there’s been a shooting. I’m running.”

Those were the chilling words heard by a mom in Kentucky yesterday when her son was fleeing from a classmate who killed 2 students and injured 17 more. The two 15-year-olds died at the hands of another 15-year-old boy, who was later arrested.   Continue reading “Would Your Kids Know How to Survive a School Shooting?”

Patch – by Kimberly Johnson

CHARLOTTE, NC — A homicide investigation is underway after a Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot and killed in an incident involving his wife, who is also a MCSO deputy, in north Charlotte Monday afternoon in what Charlotte police are describing as a case of domestic violence.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were called to the 13300 block of Ashley Meadow Drive Monday shortly after 4 p.m. after receiving a 911 call for help reporting a domestic violence assault with a deadly weapon. There they found Deputy Sheriff James Hawkins, 35, with shot to death inside the home. He was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics, according to a CMPD report.   Continue reading “North Charlotte Domestic Shooting Leaves Sheriff’s Deputy Dead”