From the Trenches World Report

Reuters

The U.S. Army secretary could make a decision on the final permit needed to complete the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline as soon as Friday, the government’s lawyer told a Washington, D.C., court on Monday.

The Army Corp of Engineers told the court it has submitted its recommendation to Robert Speer, the acting secretary of the Army, on whether it needs to complete a full environmental review before it can grant the final permit allowing work to start on a contested tunnel under a lake. The review was requested in December by former President Barack Obama.   Continue reading “U.S. could grant final permit for Dakota pipeline as soon as Friday: government lawyer”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

On Monday evening, a Federal Appeals Court announced that the legal showdown with the Trump Administration will take place on Tuesday evening around 6pm, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on whether to restore President Trump’s executive action on immigration and refugees. Oral arguments will be made by phone, with each side getting 30 minutes of argument time. A recording of the call will be made public after the hearing.   Continue reading “Appeals Court To Hear Immigration Ban Arguments On Tuesday Evening”

Liberty Fight

Four years ago, this dingbat woman who Obama appointed to head the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) was pressured during Congressional hearings and persuaded to actually ride in a big rig with a professional driver for a few days to see what the actual business of interstate commerce is like.

To her credit, Anne S. Ferro actually did it, and afterwards described it as “A SMACK IN THE FACE, very enlightening” and said it had given her “a much different and a much clearer view” of what trucking was really like.   Continue reading “A Challenge To Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell’s Wife, New Head of DOT, To Ride In An Actual Big Rig For 2 Days Like Obama’s Dingbat DOT Chief Did”

New York Daily News

The father of a baby boy who died under mysterious circumstances couldn’t hide his grief — or the shackles he wore Thursday to his son’s funeral.

The dad — identified by attendees as Ahmed Mohammed — was brought to the Islamic International funeral home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, in a black Department of Correction van to bid farewell to 7-month-old Dameen. Mohammed, 26, who was in custody when the boy died, left with correction officers after an hour.   Continue reading “Handcuffed father attends tearful funeral of 7-month-old son who was brought to hospital dead by mother”

OPB – AP, February 4, 2017

A federal jury in Nevada is about to be picked to decide whether a tense standoff pitting armed ranchers and rangers against federal agents over a herd of cattle in a dry river bed amounted to a peaceful expression of free speech and weapon rights, or an insurrection against the U.S. government.

Trial begins Monday in Las Vegas for six men — the first of a trio of proceedings for 17 defendants that will later include Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy, four of his adult sons and seven other men. Each is facing the equivalent of the rest of his life in prison for the confrontation nearly three years ago.   Continue reading “6 Bundy Ranch ‘Gunmen And Followers’ To Begin Trial”

Archive

The Protocols of Zion are a list of plans and methods that Jewish leaders in the late 1800s planned to use for the Jews to take control and manipulate governments and their people around the world. This version was translated by Victor Marsden and includes an introduction which explains in detail why it’s likely that the Protocols are not a forgery.

Download here: https://archive.org/details/TheProtocolsOfTheLearnedEldersOfZion

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Following the escalation on Friday morning, in which the US Treasury Department published a list of 13 Iranian individuals and 12 Iranian entities facing new restrictions following Iran’s recent ballistic missile test, Tehran promptly denounced the latest round of sanctions imposed by the US and said it would retaliate – something it has previously said it would do – however added a new twist when Tehran announced it would impose legal restrictions on American individuals and entities helping “regional terrorist groups”, a Foreign Ministry statement read as quoted by TV.   Continue reading “Iran To Name US Individuals Involved In “Helping And Founding” Terrorist Groups”

Washington Post – by Amy B Wang

As President Trump weathered his first two weeks in office, a surprising number of roadblocks to his agenda cropped up from another Washington, more than 2,500 miles away.

Acting swiftly and with a united front, leaders from the Evergreen State have marshaled a powerful resistance to Trump’s administration — the combination of a left-leaning populace, outspoken Democratic lawmakers, legal efforts spearheaded by a resolute attorney general and support from several Seattle-area tech companies wary of Trump’s policies.   Continue reading “How Washington state became the epicenter of resistance to Trump’s agenda”

Haaretz

Tensions flared up along Israel’s border with Gaza after early morning rocket fire was met with no less than six retaliatory attacks by the Israeli army across the Stirp on Hamas-linked targets. Gazans reported few cars were out in the streets and many people stayed at home fear additional attacks.

A top Hamas official blamed Israel for the escalation, saying it was “another chapter in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians.” The Islamic Jihad, another Gaza-based group, said Israel’s actions could not be left unanswered.   Continue reading “Gaza Tensions Flare Up: Israel Pounds Hamas Targets From Land and Air After Rocket Fire”

Technocracy News and Trends – by Patrick Wood

According to a White House press release, the first member of the Trilateral Commission has entered the Trump administration as the Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs, where he will sit on the National Security Council:

Kenneth I. Juster will serve as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs.  He will coordinate the Administration’s international economic policy and integrate it with national security and foreign policy.  Continue reading “Trilateral Commission Member Appointed To National Security Council”

Sent to us by Tim White.

Borderland Beat – by Javier

It was a night of terror for a small town (330 inhabitants) in Guerrero this week when at least 40 armed men kidnapped seven people, peppered homes with machine gun fire and robbed some residents of cash and belongings.   Continue reading “Guerrero, Mexico: Police ignore calls for help as 50 sicarios terrorize town”

Sac Bee

On any given day, most inmates in California jails have not yet been convicted of a crime.

About 63 percent are being held awaiting trial, according to data collected by the Board of State and Community Corrections, an average of nearly 47,000 people. Federal statistics on the largest urban counties show that from 2000 to 2009, California kept unsentenced felony defendants in jail at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the country.

For state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, the problem is clear: Bail is “just too expensive.” The median amount in the state is $50,000, according to the Public Policy Institute of California, five times higher than the national average.   Continue reading “California considers an end to bail: ‘We’re punishing people simply for being poor’”

The Organic Prepper

If you were caught up in the midst of a massive earthquake – the kind that takes down buildings and buckles roads – would you know what to do?

I’m not talking about a minor temblor that shakes a glass off the counter and sends it to shatter on the floor.

I’m talking about The Big One. The one for which we are long overdue.   Continue reading “How to Survive an Earthquake”

Fars News Agency

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and former Islamic Revolution Guards Corps official warned that the slightest aggression by Washington against Iran will be responded by razing to the ground the US military base in Bahrain.

“The US army’s fifth fleet has occupied a part of Bahrain, and the enemy’s farthest military base is in the Indian Ocean but these points are all within the range of Iran’s missile systems and they will be razed to the ground if the enemy makes a mistake,” Mojtaba Zonour, a former advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader’s Representative at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Saturday evening.   Continue reading “Senior MP: Iran to Demolish US Base in Bahrain in Case of Aggression”