From the Trenches World Report

Christopher Bollyn

The grisly ISIS videos, like the most recent one supposedly showing the killing of a Russian soldier, all come to us through Israeli agents working for Israeli intelligence. How can it be that the ISIS media outlet “al Furat Media Foundation” is able to produce high quality videos, but does not even have a website? Nor is ISIS even able to send its nasty videos directly to its chosen audience, in this case the Russian government or media outlets. Why is it that ISIS videos all come to us from Israeli intelligence?   Continue reading “Why do ISIS Videos All come from Israeli Intelligence?”

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Off the Grid News – by Sean Shado

When Google Earth first debuted in 2005, privacy advocates reacted by overwhelmingly rejecting the new satellite imagery platform. Google Earth provides the public with the ability to access satellite pictures of any coordinates just by simply dragging the mouse. This gross invasion of privacy can involuntarily give the world a glimpse at your home, your belongings and your surroundings. Google Street View pushed the boundaries of personal privacy even further by providing a street-side picture of your home or business for the world to see.   Continue reading “Google’s Newest High-Res Satellites Can Monitor Your Every Move … In Real Time”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

On Tuesday, Donald Trump sent waves through the political community when he made the decision to fire FBI director James Comey. While the media went on to compare Trump to Richard Nixon over the incident, and #Nixonian was trending Tuesday night, Nixon never fired his FBI director. In fact, only one president in the history of the US has done this before and that was Bill Clinton.   Continue reading “Bill Clinton Fired the FBI Director the Day Before Vince Foster Was Found Dead”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

A couple, who were both doctors, were found with their hands bound and their throats slashed in their nearly $2 million penthouse in Boston, Massachusetts.

According to The Sun, the bodies of British anesthetist Dr. Richard Field, 50, and his fiancee Dr. Lina Bolanos, 38, were found with a “message of retribution” scrawled on the wall.   Continue reading “2 Doctors Found Bound With Throats Slashed In… Boston”

Reuters

U.S. Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sources briefed on the meeting said.

The afternoon meeting included high level executives from Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N), United Airlines Inc (UAL.N), American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) and trade group Airlines for America, the sources said. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the confidential meeting.   Continue reading “U.S. airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Having gone all-in on a Hillary Clinton victory ahead of the elections, Saudi Arabia has quickly pivoted in its “appreciation” of the Trump administration, and having realized that the fastest way to Trump’s heart is through the US Treasury’s bank account, it is preparing to invest an “unprecedented” amount of money in the US. According to Bloomberg, the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund will announce plans to “deploy as much as $40 billion into U.S. infrastructure.” The investment will likely be unveiled as early as next week when Trump is scheduled to visit the kingdom.   Continue reading “Saudis Plan $40 Billion US Investment To “Cement Ties With Trump””

Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

A power hungry president has kicked a power player out of office, and the mainstream media is having a field day. Headlines have obsessively focused on Trump’s termination of FBI Director James Comey and the implications that come with it, drawing comparisons to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal and questioning Trump’s decision to fire the man who was leading an investigation into the president’s own alleged misconduct.   Continue reading “5 Stories Everyone Is Ignoring While the Media Implodes over Trump Firing Comey”

The Daily Beast – by Olivia Messer

They brought raffle tickets to a gunfight.

Four members of the Grim Guardians motorcycle club showed up to Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, on May 17, 2015, for a meeting about state politics, they claim. Instead, rival motorcycle gangs opened fire on each other before police moved in.

They walked into gunfire, and they left in handcuffs.   Continue reading “Bikers Sue Cops for $1 Billion Over ‘Witch Hunt’”

RT

The Philippines has begun moving troops and equipment to a disputed island in the South China Sea which is claimed by both Manila and Beijing, a Philippines general said. It comes ahead of construction, including lengthening an airstrip on the island.

The troops and initial supplies arrived at Pag-asa Island last week, Lt. Gen. Raul del Rosario, head of the Philippine military’s Western Command, said as quoted by AP.   Continue reading “Philippines moves troops, supplies to disputed S. China Sea island claimed by Beijing”

Breitbart – by Ryan Saavedra

As the total number of conflict fatalities decreased around the world in 2016, the number of intentional homicides exploded in Mexico.

With 23,000 homicides in 2016, Mexico ranked as the second deadliest country in the world, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) revealed in their Armed Conflict Survey.  Continue reading “Mexico Ranked Second Deadliest Country in the World”

Fox News

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the federal government’s cyber security and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, a senior administration official told reporters on a call.

A copy of the signed order was not immediately available.   Continue reading “Trump Signs Cyber Security Executive Order”

RT

The CIA has created a dedicated unit to monitor Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs amid reignited fears that North Korea’s sixth nuke test is imminent, and claims that the agency was planning a biochem attack against Kim Jong-un.

“The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has established a Korea Mission Center to harness the full resources, capabilities, and authorities of the Agency in addressing the nuclear and ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea,” the CIA said in a statement.  Continue reading “New CIA mission center targets North Korea over nuclear & ballistic missile threat”

MassPrivateI

According to an article in Texas Public Radio, law enforcement will now have access to DHS’s biometric database.

“Texas law enforcement are now getting a big assist from the federal government. Texas is the first and only state to get access to a massive Department of Homeland Security biometric database…”  
Continue reading “Police given access to DHS’s massive biometric database”

Fuel Fix – by James Osborne

The Trump administration has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have forced offshore oil and gas companies to give more work to American ships and crews when drilling in U.S. waters.

Announced in the final days of the Obama administration, the proposal would have done away with decades of exemptions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection that allowed international maritime crews to perform works historically reserved for Americans under a U.S. law titled the Jones Act.   Continue reading “Trump administration withdraws Jones Act review”