The News Cycle is almost impossible to track these days. At least, to do so fully.
That’s where we come in.
In the Badlands News Brief, the Badlands Media team hand pick news items of interest from the previous days to give you an overview of the biggest goings-on relevant to the Truth Community with some Badlands flavoring to help wash it down.
Now, onto the news from Wednesday, September 25 …
New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted after campaign corruption investigation
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted New York Mayor Eric Adams on federal criminal charges, multiple sources familiar confirmed to Fox News. The details about the indictment remain under seal.
Multiple sources have confirmed to Fox News that the indictment could be unsealed as early as tomorrow.
The FBI and Department of Justice are declining to comment on the matter, and it is unclear who Adams has retained as his personal attorney.
"I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target — and a target I became," Adams said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "If I am charged, I am innocent, and I will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit."
Several people have already been raided in the orbit of the 63-year-old former NYPD captain. — FOX News
Our Take:
And what does that make Donald Trump?
It is worth noting that Adams recently defected from the Uniparty ranks, and started speaking out about illegal immigrants being shipped to NYC from the border. But I don't think for a second that's what is happening here. (If anything, perhaps Adams is cooperating...)
With that said, I'll take the narrative deployment that this is Democrat retribution for questioning the central narrative.
Back when the Story Hour bros did The Dark Knight, I said that we had seen Trump's Batman (in his first term), and now we would see his Joker.
In the film, what the Joker does is introduce chaos to the existing establishment, in order to show the public how impotent and futile the system is. (Though not all for noble reasons.)
Unlike the Joker, Trump is doing this for noble reasons, and the chaos being introduced is Fifth Generation Warfare, aimed at the Uniparty elites, in the form of lawfare and elusive narrative deployments.
Accelerate. —
Trump briefed by intelligence officials about ongoing Iranian threats to assassinate him, campaign says
Top U.S. intelligence officials briefed former President Donald Trump on Tuesday about threats from Iran to assassinate him, a Trump campaign spokesperson said.
"President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States," spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.
“Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference."
A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday evening acknowledged there was a briefing but declined to address any specifics.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Harris campaign did not have an immediate comment. — NBC News
Our Take: "They could be Iran-based. They could also be something else."
This is a banger of a quote from DJT delivered on Tuesday night, as he ALWAYS tells you what he's really thinking between beats.
"Iran" is little more than a Deep Proxy State, a nation state version of ISIS, Hamas or Azov, each of which seem to find common footing in Western Intel.
The number of State Department, NSC, Intel and yes, Media members who have ties to Iran beggar belief; almost like our entire concept of nation states has been warped by design.
"The invisible enemy" has been hiding in plain sight, which is why two things can be true:
1) "Iran" is attempting to assassinate Donald Trump.
2) "Iran" is simply the mask the most subversive and effective clandestine criminal cabal has worn since the most effective of their MANY modern age color revolutions.
Many. Such. Cases.
Once the "Iran" string unravels, I have a feeling US intel, Media and NSC figures are going to find themselves in the crosshairs of the reformed US justice system. —
NATO prepares plan for huge number of casualties in case of WW3 scenario with Russia as German military says an invasion could happen this decade
NATO is developing mass evacuation and rescue plans in case of a future war with Russia, a senior general has declared.
Lieutenant-General Alexander Sollfrank, the head of NATO's logistics command, confirmed this week the security bloc is working to ensure it has the operational capability to extract large numbers of wounded troops from the front lines.
The German general warned that, unlike allies' experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, an all-out war with Russia would likely see NATO incur heavy losses across a huge battlefield.
What's more, Russia's air force and its vaunted rocket and missile stockpiles mean that medical evacuations via aircraft would be too risky - a factor that could force NATO's troops to operate 'hospital trains' to extract the wounded en masse.
'The challenge will be to swiftly ensure high-quality care for, in the worst case, a great number of wounded,' he said.
Sollfrank's warning comes as the German military says it expects Russia to be able to attack a NATO country as soon as 2029. — Daily Mail
And …
NATO military committee chair backs Ukraine’s use of long range weapons to hit Russia
The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies — even as the Biden administration balks at allowing Kyiv to do so using American-made weapons.
“Every nation that is attacked has the right to defend itself. And that right doesn’t stop at the border of your own nation,” said Adm. Rob Bauer, speaking at the close of the committee’s annual meeting, also attended by U.S. Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Bauer, of Netherlands, also added that nations have the sovereign right to put limits on the weapons they send to Ukraine. But, standing next to him at a press briefing, Lt. Gen. Karel Řehka, chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, made it clear his nation places no such weapons restrictions on Kyiv.
“We believe that the Ukrainians should decide themselves how to use it,” Řehka said.
Their comments came as U.S. President Joe Biden is weighing whether to allow Ukraine to use American-provided long-range weapons to hit deep into Russia. And they hint at the divisions over the issue. — AP News
Our Take:
LOL. Abolish NATO, immediately.
That wasn't a joke. I'm not being facetious or cheeky. Not only should NATO be thoroughly dismantled, in short order, but all of its leaders should be investigated for crimes against humanity, and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.
There's also this little diddy (pun intended) from today's headlines:
I'm sure you do, Admiral Bobby Bauer.
This guy looks like one of the most insufferable blowhards I've ever seen. That passive aggressive glare tells me that he identifies as a staunch feminist, emitting such stern consternation that we can only assume that he sits down to urinate—with Victoria Nuland's permission, of course.
The fact that we are getting this exact headline makes me think that this is a PR campaign. They are lobbying for public support, because they actually have permission to use those missiles—if they did, they would just deploy them—and they want to use public sentiment to subvert whatever authority is keeping those missiles out of their dainty little hands. (Thank you, General Kurilla.) —
Trump-Hating Colorado Secretary Of State Loses Another Election Integrity Battle
Jena Griswold, Colorado’s rabidly leftist Secretary of State who will forever be known for her anti-democratic drive to knock former President Donald Trump off the ballot, has suffered another election law loss in federal court.
The U.S. District Court for the Colorado District last week issued an order demanding the Democrat secretary of state release Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) reports suspected of containing dead registrants on the state’s voter rolls. The reports, according to a settlement, include individuals who may have died within the past three years.
It’s another significant election integrity victory for the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), and another stunning loss for election transparency-stifling Griswold and ERIC.
“PILF has knocked down ERIC’s wall of secrecy in the voter list maintenance process,” J. Christian Adams, president of the election integrity watchdog organization, said in a press release. “States cannot use third parties to hide election records that the public has a right to see.”
Griswold ultimately signed the stipulation after the court denied her original request to dismiss the case. Judge Philip Brimmer ordered the secretary of state’s office to disclose the requested 2021 ERIC Reports by Nov. 1. Brimmer did allow minimal redactions to the ERIC Report Key. With the agreement reached, the judge dismissed PILF’s claim that Griswold violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. — The Federalist
Our Take: This is an article (and lawsuit) about ERIC, so I’m surprised the author missed one of the most relevant and explosive details about Colorado’s relationship with ERIC.
‘In 2022, Griswold’s office ‘mistakenly’ mailed postcards to some 30,000 foreign nationals encouraging them to vote. She blamed a glitch in the database tied to Colorado’s driver’s license list.’
The official explanation is actually a ‘data coding mismatch’ between the CO DMV database and… ERIC.
Also, ERIC routinely sends non-citizens to member states, but doesn’t tell the states they’re non citizens. This is part of the design.
Deputy Secretary of State Chris Beall — who I was cross examining in those screen grabs above during my trial in July — runs every aspect of Jonestown Jena’s office, and he admitted all of this under oath. It’s all part of the official records, but isn’t mentioned at all in this article; instead, Kittle breezes past the explosive 2022 postcard issue — which also happened in 2020 — and blames the CO DMV, and not ERIC, in a story about ERIC.
Weird.
I’m still glad The Federalist is sort of reporting on Colorado voter rolls and those who criminally collaborate to corrupt them. It’s something…
Chief Justice Brimmer’s ruling in the District of Colorado comes as similar ‘glitches’ are being reported in California and Iowa. California is still a member of Eric, though Iowa withdrew in June 2023 citing, ‘…multiple states leaving ERIC resulted in reduced data making it less effective and Iowa no longer agreed with ERIC rules requiring all member states to abide with its bylaws.’
If the saga of ERIC is to end justly, it must end with the criminal indictment of David Becker and his inter-state collaborators.
It’s a house of cards, and the wind is blowing. —
Zelensky ‘greatest salesman in history’ – Trump
Former US president Donald Trump has claimed that Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky is “is the greatest salesman in history” for his ability to cream cash from Washington to finance the conflict with Russia.
Trump made the comment after Zelensky publicly cast doubt on the Republican candidate’s claims that he could promptly end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“I think Zelensky is the greatest salesman in history. Every time he comes into the country, he walks away with $60 billion,” Trump told his supporters.
In April, the US approved a $61 billion military aid package for Kiev after months of opposition by some Republicans. Ukrainian officials are reportedly concerned that Trump could cut US military aid.
“He wants [Harris] to win this election so badly, but I would do differently – I will work out peace,” Trump added. — RT
Our Take: There are some people who believe we're watching a movie.
And then there are other people who are wrong.
But in all seriousness, outside of #OurBoyBlue (long may he reign in our hearts,) I have maintained that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has forwarded the cause of awakening (by hook or by crook) more so than almost any other player SEEMING to be on the other side over the course of the last few years.
In recent months, I've been pointing out that the Globalist media want him ousted, NATO wants him ousted, and Ukrainian leadership (from the Kiev Mayor on down the line,) want him ousted; the latter group happen to be those most closely aligned with the Nazi Azov battalion Zelenskyy's battle plans keep reportedly scuttling straight to their deaths against Russian maneuver defense.
Donald Trump told us he had a "perfect phone call" with the man carrying out an anti-corruption purge of Prussian oligarchs in the borderlands.
Start believing him. Control goes both ways. —
Biden Admin Pushes New Lebanon Ceasefire Plan As IDF Hints At Ground Invasion
The Pentagon has sought to make clear in an afternoon press statement that the US military is not providing intelligence for Israel's operations against Lebanese Hezbollah. The Pentagon also claimed the Biden administration is currently making a "full-court" press to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The statement further asserted that from the US vantage point, an Israeli military invasion of south Lebanon does not look 'imminent'.
Still, the head of Israel's military, as well as Israeli media and other officials, have continued to sound strong warnings that a ground invasion is possible, and might even begin at any moment.
Lebanese news site LBCI is currently claiming that urgent US-led ceasefire talks are happening, and that they've already resulted in "significant progress" and have reached "a serious and advanced stage." The outlet expressed hope for the announcement of a major breakthrough by tomorrow morning. — ZeroHedge
And …
Biden: ‘All-out war is possible’ in the Middle East
President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that “all-out war is possible” in the Middle East, acknowledging the limits of his own persistent diplomatic efforts at achieving a cease-fire deal.
“I’m using every bit of energy with my team” to get a cease-fire, he said in a live in-studio interview on ABC’s “The View.” “But I think there’s also the opportunity, still in play, to have a settlement that could fundamentally change the whole region.”
Those comments, notably more blunt than the president’s remarks Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly, were sandwiched within what was mostly a friendly and lighthearted interview with the show’s six hosts focused on what he hopes to be his legacy.
A day after Biden himself spoke to other world leaders about his decision to give up his own reelection bid, he faced questions at the start of the interview about why he begrudgingly ended his campaign. — Politico
Our Take: Let's check in on Lebanon.
Alrighty, then.
Israel has been teasing the prospect of invading Lebanon since at least June, though now it seems they may actually proceed.
Listen to Colonel Macgregor's comments from yesterday.
Former CIA/Army Intel officer Phil Giraldi also spoke with Judge Napolitano yesterday, postulating that last week's pager attack was potentially intended to occur at the onset of the invasion, but concern that Hezbollah was wise to the scheme led to the IDF detonating the devices before the invasion was ready.
Netanyahu made public statements warning Lebanese citizens to leave southern Lebanon immediately, assuring them that they could return to their homes as soon as the conflict was resolved. It is worth noting that this exact tactic was utilized by the IDF in 1967, when Israel claimed large portions of the West Bank, and more recently in Gaza, which is now reportedly being prepared for settlement by Israeli citizens, led by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
In a letter published yesterday by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh of the Chabad movement, the kabbahlist called for the conquest and annexation of southern Lebanon by the IDF, joining a chorus of vocal kabbahlist leaders who believe that conquering Lebanon will help bring the anticipated Jewish messiah to fruition— an event that is expected to occur before the end of the Jewish calendar in the year 2027.
From the article:
He highlighted that Lebanon was part of the Land of Israel and was given to the Jewish people by God, citing verses that claimed that the Land of Israel stretched until the Euphrates River. "In our generation, God gives us the ability to receive the gift [of Israel] again, to conquer and settle the land."
"Today it is clear that the time has come to conquer the Lebanese territories as well, only in this way can the threat be removed and true peace brought to the entire country. After the conquest and expulsion of the hostile population, a Jewish settlement must be established, thus completing the victory."
Other rabbis have echoed similar calls, with Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi Shalita saying, "We need to end the war with Lebanon and a new way for the Messiah and redemption for the people of Israel will be come to be."
As we have discussed before, what the Chabad rabbis are describing is what is known as "Greater Israel," and it is a core tenet of their specific sect of Judaism.
So, yes, this is a religious conquest, and there are religious fanatics in the most powerful positions in the Israeli government. Whether Bibi Netanyahu is one of those fanatics is somewhat irrelevant, as he is clearly beholden to them, as he clings to political power, in order to avoid forthcoming prosecution for corruption charges pending from 2019—which he will likely face as soon as he leaves office.
Netanyahu's father, Benzion, was the personal secretary to Ze'ev Jabotinsky, so don't be so sure that he isn't a closet fanatic; he certainly was raised around them.
Bibi and his wife, Sara, just boarded a plane for New York, where Netanyahu plans to give an address to the UN. It will be interesting to see how other leaders— namely, those from the Sovereign Alliance— engage with him, if at all.
PS - My suggestion the other day that we are witnessing the emergence of a super-villain still appears to be tracking... —
Killer mom Susan Smith will argue she should be paroled because she’s been (mostly) well behaved: ‘Just let me live my life’
Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, has a parole hearing in just six weeks — and family members say that she has come up with at least four arguments she will make as she makes her bid for freedom — including that she’s been (mostly) well behaved in prison.
“She believes she might be a free woman in less than two months,” a relative told The Post.
“And she’s hoping that [the parole hearing] will go her way. She’s put all her hopes in that basket, and she’s manifesting her freedom.”
The Post has learned that Smith, 52, plans to argue that she grew up in a sexually abusive household that skewed her understanding of right and wrong. “She has a different moral compass than other people, because of her trauma,” the relative said. “It really did a number on her.”
Secondly, Smith wants to argue that she was not in her right mind as a young mom — and that she may have suffered from undiagnosed mental illness.
She was a 22-year-old mom when she let her car roll into John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina, with her boys — 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander — still strapped into their car seats. — NY Post
Our Take: She was spared the death penalty, but she shouldn’t have been. Susan Smith is a monster.
I was 15 when this woman drowned her two young sons in an effort to appease her boyfriend. I remember it vividly. Two little boys died in a terrifying way. They were betrayed — murdered — by the person who should have defended them against all harm. Her reason was that she was pursuing a relationship with a man that didn’t want children.
She then blamed a black man for her horrible crime, because she’s also a racist, and now she wants to convince people that she’s actually a good person.
She claims childhood sexual abuse skewed her perception of right and wrong. This is offensive to actual survivors of abuse. We don’t believe it’s okay to kill our children. If anything, we are exceptionally more protective of our children because we know that monsters exist.
Smith is claiming that she had sex with guards in prison, but that she couldn’t have consented because of the asymmetrical power dynamic. She sounds like she’s still manipulating, and it also sounds like leftist criminal justice reform propaganda. Who is coaching Smith on her parole hearing?
David Smith, the father of the two murdered boys, is fighting the appeal. I feel for him having to relive the likely worst experience of his life, but I applaud him for going through it. His boys deserve that much.
The bottom line for me is that mercy sentencing for monsters in murder cases is a misguided virtue.
She should have been executed. —
BONUS ITEMS
Diddy and crypto fraudster SBF are sharing a dorm-style room in a Brooklyn jail
Crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried just got a new roommate.
Sean Combs, the rapper known as "Diddy," and Bankman-Fried are bunking in the same dormitory of a Brooklyn jail, according to a source familiar who was not authorized to speak on the record.
Combs has been held at Metropolitan Detention Center for almost a week after being denied bail on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Bankman-Fried has been imprisoned at the same jail since last year. He is serving a 25-year sentence on fraud charges after stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX crypto exchange. He funneled money into his crypto-trading fund Alameda Research, venture capital investments, political donations, and used it for personal spending. — Business Insider
Putin issues new nuclear threat against the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin made new threats Wednesday to use nuclear weapons against the West, suggesting any nuclear power supporting a country that attacks Russia would be seen as participating in the aggression.
Addressing Russia’s Security Council, Putin said the country’s nuclear doctrine has been revised in light of an “emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for Russia and our allies.”
“The updated version of the document proposes that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear-weapon state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear-weapon state, should be considered as a joint attack on the Russian Federation,” Putin told the council.
He did not specify whether Russia could respond to such an attack with nuclear weapons, but said the conditions for their use would be “reliable information about a massive launch of aerospace attack means and their crossing of our State border.” — The Hill
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Is there a part in the Batman Trilogy where Diddy and SBF characters are sharing a jail cell? Somehow I suspect so.
Looks like Gotham is poised for a change, doesn’t it?
If Ghost’s recommendation is employed, it would solve a lot of problems….’Not only should NATO be thoroughly dismantled, in short order, but all of its leaders should be investigated for crimes against humanity, and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.’ Warmongering to increase the fear levels….
Ditto that plan for the UN. Ditto that plan for ALL the unconstitutional bureaucracies in D.C.
Same with ‘Iran’ as BB states, ‘Once the "Iran" string unravels, I have a feeling US intel, Media and NSC figures are going to find themselves in the crosshairs of the reformed US justice system.’
It’s odd the cabal’s minions here keep stating Iran is the source of the assassination attempts, or is it? 🤔
Ashe is on top of the court actions and her conclusion is great for the patriots here, ‘It’s a house of cards, and the wind is blowing.’👏👏🇺🇸
BB’s also (pretty much all of the time) is correct, ‘Start believing him. Control goes both ways.’ Sure, like Biden, Zelensky is taking actions that diminish the power and control of the cabal’s minions; obviously, neither are going the bidding of the cabal. Probably trying to avoid the death sentences…
Greater Israel may be the Zionists’ plan, very doubtful that evil men will achieve this in a world filled with increasingly awakened people.
Ashe’s moral compass is perfectly aligned regarding the manipulation of a child-killer’s appeal. ‘She should have been executed.’
Diddly and Sam…a ‘marriage’ made in heaven…hmmm….🤔
God bless Ashe, GhostidBasedPatrickHenry and Burning Bright, tirelessly working to expose it all! You are much appreciated!🙏