From the Trenches World Report

San Francisco Chronicle

In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives’ plans for a Free Speech Week next month to avoid making the city the center of more violent unrest.

“I don’t want Berkeley being used as a punching bag,” said Arreguin, whose city has been the site of several showdowns this year between, on the one hand, the left and its fringe anarchist wing, and on the other, supporters of President Trump who at times have included white nationalists.   Continue reading “After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week”

CNBC

There have already been more than 500 complaints about price gouging during Hurricane Harvey over the weekend, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told CNBC on Monday.

That includes reports of up to $99 for a case of water, hotels that are tripling or quadrupling their prices and fuel going for $4 to $10 a gallon, he said in an interview with “Closing Bell.”

“These are things you can’t do in Texas,” Paxton said. “There are significant penalties if you price gouge in a crisis like this.”   Continue reading “Price gouging during Hurricane Harvey: Up to $99 for a case of water, Texas AG says”

Star Telegram – by Jared Gilmore

When they checked rates online as Hurricane Harvey was strengthening and about to make landfall in Texas, a room with two queen beds was between $120 and $149 a night.

But when a KXAN TV crew from Austin showed up on Saturday to get a room at that same hotel—a Robstown, Texas Best Western Plus, 20 miles from Corpus Christi—the clerk at the front desk quoted a price nearly triple what the crew had seen online: a staggering $321.89 a night, according to KXAN.   Continue reading “Thousands were fleeing Harvey. This Texas hotel started nearly tripling room prices”

WKYC

AKRON, Ohio — Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan held a brief news conference early Wednesday afternoon regarding the abrupt resignation of Police Chief James Nice.

City officials released the following statement:

Evidence of conduct unbecoming of an officer, inappropriate contact with a city employee and potential criminal misconduct led him [Mayor Horrigan] to make this immediate decision. The City will be referring any and all information regarding potential criminal conduct to the County Prosecutor.   Continue reading “Akron Police Chief James Nice resigns amid misconduct accusations”

RT

Global stock markets retreated on Tuesday while gold gained on investor concerns over rising tension following the latest North Korea missile launch.

The pan-European STOXX index dropped 1.7 percent to its lowest in six months before rebounding.

The British FTSE100, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC40 indices are more than one percent in the red. Markets in Japan closed 0.45 percent down, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.35 percent. China’s Shanghai Composite was flat, and finished trading 0.08 percent up.   Continue reading “Markets plunge & gold soars as N.Korea fires missile over Japan”

RT

The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the successful flight test of B61-12 gravity nuclear bombs in Nevada. It comes as US lawmakers reportedly push for a withdrawal from a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia.

The second qualification flight test for the nuclear weapon was carried out by the NNSA and the US Air Force, with the first one having been successfully conducted in March.  Continue reading “US holds 2nd test of B61-12 nuclear bombs”

Mail.com

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of masked, black-clad anarchists who overwhelmed a peaceful California protest and assaulted at least five perceived political enemies have reignited the debate over ensuring free speech while protecting public safety in the city where the U.S. free speech movement was born in the 1960s.

After planned weekend rallies were violently disrupted or canceled, supporters of President Donald Trump and other politically conservative activists complained their free speech rights were blocked by liberal politicians who they say incited left-wing extremists.  Continue reading “Anarchist rampage in Berkeley renews free speech debate”

Mail.com

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A shooting inside a public library that killed two people and wounded four has deeply shaken an eastern New Mexico community. The gunman surrendered after the shooting Monday and was taken into custody without incident after police entered the Clovis-Carver Public Library, authorities and elected officials with the city of Clovis said during a news conference. Warrants for his arrest were being prepared, but it’s wasn’t immediately clear what charges he would face.

Clovis Mayor David Lansford said things could have been much worse had it not been for the quick response, training and courage of police. He called the shooting tragic and senseless. “This is a big blow to our community,” he said. “Our community is a community that places a high value on life and the sanctity of life. And each life that lives in this community is precious. So we’re all hurting right now as a result of what took place this afternoon.”   Continue reading “Deadly shooting at library shakes New Mexico city”

Chicago City Wire – by Giovanni Whaley

The Organic Prepper

The social media manager of Charitable Humans didn’t sound particularly giving in a series of despicable tweets directed toward Texas yesterday.  Continue reading “Some “Charitable Humans” Aren’t Very Giving Toward “Red State” Texas”

The Telegraph – by Sarah Knapton

Patients should be given regular urine tests to ensure they are taking medication after a new study showed it identifies those who are ignoring prescriptions and encourages greater compliance.

Researchers from the University of Manchester tested 238 patients with high blood pressure and discovered that nearly one third were not taking tablets on a regular basis to lower their blood pressure.

However following testing, more than 80 per cent either took their medication correctly, or improved their adherence, leading to an average drop in blood pressure by between 20 and 30 mmHg between the urine test and the final clinic visit.

Continue reading “Test patients’ urine to make sure they are taking medication, says new study”

State of the Nation

Like all geoengineered storms fabricated by the NWO globalist cabal, Hurricane Harvey was fastidiously manufactured and directed at Texas.  The following video breaks it all down: Hurricane Harvey Targeting Texas (Video)

Because this meteorological fact is now self-evident, the most important question that can be asked (and answered) is “Why has the great state of Texas been targeted yet again?” The analysis that follows explains the real purpose(s) behind Hurricane Harvey.   Continue reading “Hurricane Harvey: A Geoengineered Superstorm Targets Texas—WHY?”

The College Fix – by Matthew Stein

Yale University has announced it will take down an 88-year-old stone carving from one of its buildings that depicts an armed Native American and Puritan side by side after campus officials determined the artwork depicts “colonial violence.”

In the stonework, the Native American carries a bow and the Puritan a gun, flanking each other. Campus officials “consulted faculty and other scholarly experts, who concluded that the image depicts a scene of warfare and colonial violence toward local Native American inhabitants,” Yale reported through its alumni magazine.   Continue reading “Yale cites ‘colonial violence’ in decision to take down censored artwork”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

The historic Nov. 2016 ballot initiatives to legalize cannabis brought a resounding win for freedom in several states, with the exception of Arizona. There, voters narrowly rejected decriminalization, in no small part due to a massive anti-pot propaganda campaign funded in-part by Big Pharma.

Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics gave $500,000 to a group called Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, which amounted to 10 percent of the group’s total money used to manufacture and disseminate anti-pot propaganda. Some of the scare tactics Insys used itself was to claim that legalization “fails to protect the safety of Arizona’s citizens, and particularly its children,” and that production of “narcotic raw materials” promotes abuse.  Continue reading “FDA Approves Synthetic THC for Pharma Co. Behind Anti-Pot Lobby and Opioid Bribery Scheme”