From the Trenches World Report

Washington Post- by Brian Fung

Reuters – by JONATHAN KAMINSKY

In a decade with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Patrick Moen rose to supervise a team of agents busting methamphetamine and heroin rings in Oregon – before giving it all up to join the nascent legal marijuana industry in nearby Washington state.

In November, the former federal drug agent quit his post to work for a marijuana industry investment firm, and says he relishes getting in on the ground floor of a burgeoning industry he was once sworn to annihilate.   Continue reading “U.S. ex-DEA agent in unlikely new role with pot investment firm”

Reuters – by JON HERSKOVITZ

A Mexican national convicted for the 1994 slaying of a Houston police officer was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday, ending a capital murder case that put him at the center of a diplomatic dispute.

Edgar Tamayo, 46, who was denied an 11th-hour stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court, was pronounced dead at 9:32 p.m. local time at a state prison in Huntsville, Texas, according to officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.   Continue reading “Texas executes Mexican national despite diplomatic protests”

New York Daily News

McALLEN, Texas — Account information stolen during the Target security breach is now being divided up and sold off regionally, a South Texas police chief said Monday following the arrest of two Mexican citizens who authorities say arrived at the border with 96 fraudulent credit cards.

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Mary Carmen Garcia, 27, and Daniel Guardiola Dominguez, 28, both of Monterrey, Mexico, used cards containing the account information of South Texas residents. Rodriguez said they were used to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise at national retailers in the area including Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.   Continue reading “Two arrested near Mexican border with 96 fake credit cards linked to Target breach”

CBS New York

More and more New Yorkers have been reaching out to soup kitchens to feed their families, new research showed Wednesday.

Research from the Food Bank for New York City revealed that most of the city’s food pantries have seen a sharp increase in visitors.

The trend follows a $5 billion national cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that went into effect Nov. 1, CBS 2 reported.    Continue reading “NYC Food Bank Use Skyrockets Following SNAP Cuts, Report Says”

Revolutionary New Book by Stephanie Relfe

Fat is Not about Calories.  It’s about Toxins.

Obesity is not a disease. It’s a business plan.

You’re Not Fat. You’re Toxic is an explosive expose in the fight against the worldwide obesity epidemic.

Mega-corporation presidents and government infiltrators worked together to plan your weight gain. It is not an accident that you are overweight.   Continue reading “Book Review: You’re not fat, You’re toxic”

Relfe – by Stephanie Relfe

It looks the same—the bread, pies, sodas, even corn on the cob. So much of what we eat every day looks just like it did 20 years ago. But something profoundly different has happened without our knowledge or consent. And according to leading doctors, what we don’t know is already hurting us big time.   Continue reading “The Ultimate Killing Machine – GMOs”

Independent Political Report

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN.

People from; the left, right, and center, cry out, “Take Back America.”

The only way to take back our country is to do as our forefathers did in 1776, start a revolution against the powers that be.   Continue reading “Arizona Constitution Party Chairman Calls for Revolution”

AltMarket – by Brandon Smith

There is one rule to citizen defiance that, in my opinion, surpasses all others in strategic importance; and it is a rule that I have tried to drive home for many years. I would call it the “non-participation principle” and would summarize it as follows:

When facing a corrupt system, provide for yourself and your community those necessities that the system cannot or will not. Become independent from establishment-controlled paradigms. If you and your community do this, the system will have one of two choices:   Continue reading “Mexican Citizens Topple Cartels And Are Rewarded With Government Retaliation”

Information Liberation – by Kit Daniels

Police departments across Utah have been receiving surplus military gear well-suited for riot control, such as grenade launchers and armored vehicles, through a U.S. Department of Defense program that is far more prevalent than what was previously known, according to recently released documents.

For the past five years, the Pentagon has equipped dozens of Utah police departments with a wide variety of military equipment commonly used in riot response such as the aforementioned grenade launchers, M14s, M16s and mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles through the Excess Property 1033 Program, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.   Continue reading “Utah Police Obtain Grenade Launchers, Riot Gear From Feds”