From the Trenches World Report

Idaho Statesman – by Ken Ritter, AP

LAS VEGAS – In a dramatic end to a contentious trial, defense attorneys declined Tuesday to make closing arguments on behalf of four men accused of wielding assault weapons against federal agents in a 2014 standoff near Nevada anti-government figure Cliven Bundy’s ranch.

The move left defendants Eric Parker, Steven Stewart and Ricky Lovelien of Montana and Oklahoma essentially mute in answer to 10 felony charges including conspiracy, weapon possession and assault on a federal officer.

Defendant Scott Drexler of Idaho testified in his defense on Monday.
Continue reading “Drama closes US trial: Bundy case defense lawyers stay mute”

The Daily Sheeple – by Claire Bernish

Forced into her car for shelter after several months spent living in economical hotel rooms, the downtrodden woman’s parking tickets accumulated rapidly into the hundreds of dollars — a total she couldn’t imagine paying, considering her impoverished current circumstances. Then, seeming to confirm her bad luck would, indeed, never run out, a tow truck arrived to haul the car away over the unpaid fines.

Distraught and in tears, pleading with the tow truck driver as her last remaining possessions lay strewn across the Idaho sidewalk, it seemed the woman’s situation couldn’t get worse — but someone saw what was taking place, her tears, and despair.  Continue reading “No Rage. No Violence. Just a Bar Owner Spontaneously Saving a Stranger from Homelessness.”

Red State – by Sarah Lee

Or, because it’s just a really fabulous headline from Metro UK, “This nasal spray could cure you of your burning hatred of refugees.”

The gist is that Oxytocin, a hormone closely associated with maternal instincts and childbirth, can be very effective in causing even the most hardened anti-immigration meanie to relax and find the joy in open borders. From Metro UK:   Continue reading “Skeptical Of Open Borders? There’s A Drug For That”

NBC Washington

Someone has vandalized the Lincoln Memorial, the National Park Service says.

The words “F— law” were found written in red spray paint early Tuesday on a pillar at the monument that overlooks the Capitol building and National Mall, NPS said Tuesday afternoon. The graffiti was found about 4:30 a.m.

“It’s frustrating, not only for the Park Service but certainly for the visitors that come here, that anyone would vandalize any of our iconic memorials. Especially the Lincoln Memorial. Especially with everything that’s going on now — the calls for unity and people to come together,” NPS spokesman Mike Litterst said.    Continue reading “Lincoln Memorial Vandalized With Red Spray Paint”

Daily Mail

Israeli police arrested on Tuesday a firebrand Islamic cleric accused of inciting violence in connection with deadly tensions last month at a Jerusalem holy site.

Arab-Israeli Raed Salah was arrested at his home in the town of Umm al-Fahm, seven months after he was released from prison where he served nine months on similar charges.

On Tuesday police said in a statement Salah was accused of inciting violence and terrorism as well as support for and participation in an illegal organisation.   Continue reading “Israel arrests Islamic cleric for ‘incitement’”

CBS DFW – by Jeff Paul

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The debate about Confederate statues in Dallas intensified on Monday as a group made up of predominantly African Americans called for the monuments to remain standing.

Several cities across America have now begun to remove or talk about removing Confederate markers shortly after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville turned deadly.
Continue reading “Predominantly Black Dallas Group Forms To Protect Confederate Monuments”

NPR – by Greg Myre

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked how he viewed the car attack in Charlottesville, Va., here’s how he responded:

“It does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute,” he told ABC’s Good Morning America.

That certainly seems to suggest the government is looking into a possible terrorism charge against the suspect, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. At Saturday’s rally organized by white supremacists, a car slammed into counterprotesters, killing one and injuring 19.  Continue reading “Why The Government Can’t Bring Terrorism Charges In Charlottesville”

NPR – by Chris Arnold

The Trump administration on Wednesday will start to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. And despite very tough talk about NAFTA during the campaign, it appears the administration has backed away from a major assault on the decades-old trade deal.

And that is a relief to businesses in all three countries.

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump clearly tapped into frustration about workers who had lost jobs in manufacturing. And he painted NAFTA as one of the central villains responsible for stealing Americans jobs.   Continue reading “Trump’s NAFTA Makeover Not So Extreme”

Tucson.com – by Howard Fischer

Continue reading “Ducey condemns white nationalists, says Confederate monuments can stay”

The Daily Sheeple – by Dawn Lugar

Some Florida parents got a bit of a surprise when they were kicked out of pediatric firms for having unvaccinated children.

Even though the decision to not vaccinate is growing among those who read the vaccine inserts and familiarize themselves with the potential side effects, doctors want all children forcibly injected because they make more money if their patients vaccinate. It’s not a secret that the vaccine manufacturers dumped big money into California lawmakers pockets just before mandating all children get all the recommended vaccines. But safety and health come second to a pocket full of money.   Continue reading “Pediatricians In Florida Refuse To See Un-Vaccinated Kids”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

George Soros, the billionaire, “philanthropist” globalist who has been instrumental in taking down entire countries and economies is stepping up his efforts to influence the US Congress.

According to Soros funded Open Society Policy Center, in the first half of 2017, it paid out more money to lobbyists in DC to sway US politics than it did for the entire year of 2016!  Continue reading “George Soros Funds Lobbyists in DC to Sway Politics More In First Half Of 2017 Than All Of 2016”

RT

The owner of a Swiss hotel has been accused of anti-Semitism after she singled out Jews in two different signs, one of which told them to shower before and after swimming. The owner admits she used the “wrong words” in the notes.

“To our Jewish guests…please take a shower before you go swimming and although after swimming. If you break the rules, I’m forced to cloes (sic) the swimming pool for you…,” wrote Ruth Thomann, owner of the Paradies Apartment House in Arosa, Switzerland.   Continue reading “Swiss hotel signs telling Jews to shower before & after swimming see owner under fire”