From the Trenches World Report

News Max – by Audrey Hudson

Presidential aides are privately admitting to a growing frustration inside the White House with Attorney General Eric Holder’s political ineptness in the press leak investigations and are hoping the embattled appointee will resign from office, The New York Times reports.

“The White House is apoplectic about him, and has been for a long time,” said an anonymous Democrat source, identified only as a former government employee who acknowledged the White House staffers in question are his friends.   Continue reading “NYT: White House Wants Holder to Resign”

KLFY News

LANCASTER, Calif. Nearly 3,000 people from some 700 homes were under evacuation orders Monday as a wildfire north of Los Angeles kept growing, feeding on old, dry brush, some of which hadn’t burned in decades.

The blaze had burned about 35 square miles in the mountains and canyons of the Angeles National Forest, destroying at least six homes and damaging 15 more.    Continue reading “Thousands ordered to flee massive blaze outside L.A.”

End the Lie – by Richard Cotrell

Is Turkey next for the CIA’s spring cleaning?   It certainly looks that way, from all the clues surrounding the huge riots that have developed seemingly overnight in Istanbul and other large cities.

Ostensibly the trouble began over the plans by the Istanbul municipality to redevelop part of Gezi Park close to Taksim (Constitution) Square, situated in the heart of the country’s largest city. Suddenly – and suspiciously – numbers or protestors swelled dramatically and the police, never renowned for their lightness of touch, moved in with full-scale anti-riot tactics.   Continue reading “Riots in Istanbul: Gladio strikes again”

Fox News – by Chad Pergram

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., who cast more votes than any other U.S. senator from New Jersey, died Monday after complications from viral pneumonia.

Lautenberg died at 4:02 a.m., at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He was 89 years old.     Continue reading “NJ Sen. Lautenberg dies at age 89”

Huffington Post – by MAX SEDDON and LYNN BERRY

MOSCOW — The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was “nothing specific” that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that the two countries need to work more closely on joint security threats.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who led the six-member delegation, described discussions with Russian parliament members and security officials as productive. Some of the meetings, he said, were made possible by American actor Steven Seagal.   Continue reading “Congressional Delegation Finds Few Boston Attack Clues In Russia”

Gulf News – by Robert Tait

Gaza City: Iran has cut up to £15 million (Dh83.7 million) a month in funding for Hamas as punishment for the movement backing the uprising in Syria, the Palestinian Islamist group’s leaders have admitted.

Pat Dollard

Excerpted from Fox News:

WASHINGTON –  A controversial proposal in New York City to give voting rights to hundreds of thousands of non-citizen immigrants could make them into a key vote in America’s largest city.   Continue reading “New York to Allow Non-Citizens to Vote in Municipal Elections”

Press TV

Five Israeli aircraft have penetrated the Lebanese airspace and flown over several areas of Lebanon in blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.

An Israeli drone entered the airspace over the southern village of al-Naqoura, situated 91 kilometers (57 miles) south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, at 6:45 a.m. local time (0345 GMT) on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese military.    Continue reading “Five Israeli military aircraft violate Lebanese airspace”

Left Hook – by Dean Henderson

Today Hezbollah killed at least 20 members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the Lebanese city of Baalbeck. John McCain’s al Qaeda pals had earlier launched rocket attacks on the Lebanese town of Hermel in the Bekaa Valley. [1]

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, simultaneous to the rocket attacks, Israeli warplanes flew several low-altitude flights over the Bekaa Valley. Both the Lebanese government and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon condemned the flights as a violation of UN Resolution 1701.   Continue reading “Russia & Hezbollah Shift Balance in Syria”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

38-year old Mhai Scott was fatally shot and killed by police at a Costco in Virginia for ‘acting strangely’.

Scott reportedly became upset when she ran out of pizza, reported Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey. Witnesses said she was waving a knife and scissors, threatening employees.    Continue reading “Woman Fatally Shot By Police At Costco Handing Out Pizza Samples”

The Blaze – by Liz Klimas

The National Security Agency confirmed to TheBlaze it held a small ribbon cutting ceremony for its Utah Data Center — also dubbed a “spy center” by the likes of Wired magazine – Thursday.

On May 18, the Salt Lake Tribune previewed the event briefly, writing:   Continue reading “NSA Confirms and Explains Ribbon-Cutting for Giant Utah Spy Center”

WND – by Jack Minor

Amid an unusual spotlight on IRS conduct, a Colorado businessman contends his case is one the government particularly wants to keep hidden, because it could cause the whole federal agency to self-destruct.

Jeff Maehr, a Colorado chiropractor who has engaged in a number of business ventures, including PureHealthSystems.com, admits he has refused to file federal income tax returns since 2002, but he says the IRS is afraid to press criminal charges against him.   Continue reading “IRS Actually Fears Man Who Doesn’t File Taxes”

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Insanlik Hali – by tarihinde yayımlandı

To my friends who live outside of Turkey:

I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because most of the media sources are shut down by the government and the word of mouth and the internet are the only ways left for us to explain ourselves and call for help and support.   Continue reading “What is Happening in Istanbul?”