From the Trenches World Report

Yahoo News

Seddique Mateen—the father of the man police have identified as the suspect in the deadly Orlando nightclub shooting—has hosted a television show in which he shared strong pro-Afghanistan and anti-Pakistan political views.

In one recent video, Mateen, speaking in Dari, appears to be portraying himself as the president of Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports. Mateen also has his own YouTube channel, to which he has posted more than 100 videos, dating back to September 2012.   Continue reading “The Father of the Orlando Shooting Suspect Hosted an Obscure TV Show”

So, while everyone’s attention was focused on the mass queer shooting, this happened.

Now that the gays have been ruthlessly gunned down and the gun grabbers are screaming i’m going to go ahead and guess that this story won’t be getting much airtime.

The Observer – by Austin Bay

Once again Hillary’s been caught lying about her criminal mishandling of classified national security information. Recall that Ms. Clinton swears none of the emails which passed through her off-the-record email server system was ever marked classified.   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Sent Information Marked Classified”

The Free Thought – by Claire Bernish

Redford Township, MI — In a complete waste of taxpayer dollars, a police SWAT team shut down a neighborhood in an 11-hour standoff with … an empty house.

For 11 hours, a heavily-militarized SWAT team in Redford Township, Michigan, kept an entire neighborhood on lockdown as they negotiated with the unresponsive house, ClickOnDetroit.com reported.   Continue reading “Cops Fire Tear Gas Canisters, Send in Robots, During 11-Hour Standoff — with an Empty House”

Gov’t Slaves

(ZERO HEDGE)  In a surprising discovery, the Palm Beach Post first reported that according to state records, Orlando shooter Omar Mateen – who as we reported earlier was licensed as a security guard and also holds a firearms license – was employed by the US subsidiary of G4S plc, a British multinational security services company, whose US-headquarters are located in Jupiter, Fla, and which also happens to be the world’s largest security company by revenue.   Continue reading “Orlando Killer Worked For Company Transporting Illegal Immigrants Inside US; Was Interviewed By FBI 3 Times”

Reuters

The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history prompted calls on Sunday by some members of Congress for legislation to tighten control of weapons sales, although there were slim hopes for much change after 50 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Florida.

Democratic Senator Robert Casey said he would announce a bill on Monday that would ban anyone convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime from owning a firearm.   Continue reading “Some lawmakers talk gun control after Florida shooting, scant hope for change”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

After facing community resistance, bottled beverage giant Nestlé Waters North America this week ditched its plans to extract water from a Monroe County, Penn. spring.

The plan would have seen Nestlé take 200,000 gallons of water per day from the source in Kunkletown, located in Eldred Township, and truck it away daily to a nearby plant where it would have been bottled under its Deer Park brand.   Continue reading “We ‘Slayed the Dragon’: Community Wins as Nestle Drops Water Extraction Plans”

Oregon Live – by Casey Parks

An Oregon judge ruled Friday that a transgender person can legally change their sex to “non-binary” rather than male or female in what legal experts believe is a first in the United States.

Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy Holmes Hehn legally changed 52-year-old Jamie Shupe‘s sex from “female” to non-binary.   Continue reading “Oregon court allows person to change sex from ‘female’ to ‘non-binary’”

LA Times

Authorities on Sunday were trying to determine the intentions of an Indiana man with a cache of weapons, ammunition and explosive-making materials in his car and apparent plans to attend the L.A. Pride festival in West Hollywood.

Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said on Twitter that the 20-year-old man told one of her officers after he was arrested that he wanted “to harm Gay Pride event.” But she did not provide any details, and officials said they are still trying to sort out his motives.   Continue reading “Man with weapons and potential explosives ‘wanted to harm’ L.A. gay pride parade, chief says”

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Antonius Aquinas

Executive orders, undeclared wars, drone hits, assassination of citizens and non-citizens alike, the overthrow of foreign regimes, domestic spying, the abetting of known criminal activities through pardons, economic planning, opening borders, monetary manipulations are just some of the nefarious activities that routinely emanate from the most dangerous political office that the world has ever painfully come to know – the United States Presidency!   Continue reading “Presidential Dictatorship”

The White House

Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder — a horrific massacre — of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families, who are grasping for answers with broken hearts. We stand with the people of Orlando, who have endured a terrible attack on their city. Although it’s still early in the investigation, we know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate. And as Americans, we are united in grief, in outrage, and in resolve to defend our people.   Continue reading “President Obama on the Tragic Shooting in Orlando”

Uh oh.  This Mossad agent, um, I mean, Islamic terrorist, um, um, I mean, this shadowy fellow, who will have his past woven into a sensitive international black hole, was on a secret government watch list, maybe when the gun purchases were made.  Certainly every American national on a secret government watch list should be barred from any Article 2 right to bear arms, said the spider to the fly.

Fox 5

Omar Saddiqui Mateen was the gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing at least 50 people, two law enforcement officials told CNN.

The 29-year-old suspect was known to the FBI, the officials said — one of hundreds of people on the agency’s radar suspected of being ISIS sympathizers, according to two law enforcement officials.   Continue reading “Orlando gunman was on FBI watch list, sources say”

While in Rogue Valley Regency Hospital for my surgery, I was privileged to get to meet one of my brother Trenchers, CaptainObvious, as his father was in the same hospital.

CaptainObvious’ father passed on last night.  We offer our heartfelt condolences to our brother.

We only spoke briefly at the hospital, but during that short conversation, I was made aware of the love of the son for his father.  When your parents pass on your world changes.
Continue reading “Trencher Alert”

Fox News

A gunman who federal authorities say had possible ties to terrorism opened fire early Sunday morning at a packed Orlando nightclub, killing 50 people and wounding at least 53 more in a bloody scene that ended hours later when police stormed the building and killed the shooter.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer asked Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency following the attack.

The gunman was identified as Omar Mateen, Rep. Alan Grayson said during a Sunday morning press conference. Mateen was a U.S. citizen, Grayson said, though that was “not true of other family members of his.” Mateen, 29, lived in Fort Pierce, Fla. He was born in the U.S. to parents of Afghan origin and was a Muslim, Fox News confirmed.   Continue reading “At least 50 shot dead, 53 wounded in possible act of Islamic terror in Orlando gay nightclub”

The Daily Signal – by Hans von Spakovsky

The Justice Department is resisting a judge’s order to provide ethics training for its lawyers and is objecting to turning over to the court the names of illegal aliens who were granted what amounts to administrative amnesty (“deferrals”) in stark violation of an injunction issued by the court.

On May 19, Judge Andrew Hanen of the of the Southern District of Texas issued an order imposing sanctions on the Justice Department and its lawyers for unethical conduct, which included repeatedly lying to him in court.   Continue reading “DOJ Wants to Hide the Names of Illegal Aliens Granted Amnesty”