Badlands News Brief
Deep State Billionaires, Big Tech Censorship and Woke Statues
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 is going to take you through a few news items of interest from the previous day in an attempt to give you an overview of the biggest goings-on relevant to the Truth Community while introducing you to some brief, original commentary from our growing team of citizen journalists.
(Feel free to follow the corresponding link attached to each Badlands contributor’s name to check them out on other platforms.)
Now, onto the news from Monday, January 16 …
Soros-Backed Group Operating Like 'Shadow Organization' Takes Major Swing at DeSantis
A George Soros-backed organization suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may face its own legal scrutiny for violating federal tax laws.
Alianza Americas, a nonprofit funded by Soros’ Open Society Foundations, has been made the target of an ethics complaint for failing to disclose lobbying on two years of its IRS Form 990 IRS tax returns, according to the Washington Examiner.
Alianza is suing DeSantis for transporting illegal aliens from his state to Martha’s Vineyard last year, according to the Examiner. — The Western Journal
Our Take: “An important aspect of 5th generational warfare, and color revolutions in particular is the use of NGOs, charities and foundations to push certain messaging. Fortunately, people are waking up to the playbook, and these groups aren't achieving their goals as effortlessly as they have in recent years.” — Ryan DeLarme
Hunter Biden Asks Court to Bar 4-Year-Old Daughter From Using His Surname
First son Hunter Biden has asked a judge to disallow his estranged four-year-old daughter who was born after an affair he had with a stripper from taking his last name, claiming that if she did, she would be denied a “peaceful existence.”
The request was filed with the court on Jan. 6, according to reports, just a few weeks after the mother, Lunden Roberts, filed a petition to change the surname of the child, who currently goes by Navy Joan Roberts. — The Conservative Brief
Our Take: "Hunter’s lawyer filed the motion earlier this month asking the judge to deny Roberts’ request, arguing that the child should decide for herself once ‘the disparagement of the Biden name is not at its height.’ Hunter claimed that Roberts’ motivation is now ‘political warfare’ against the Bidens, and that it reverses her efforts in late 2019 to redact their daughter’s name and any other identifying information about her from the public court record." — Justin Deschamps
‘Woke’ $10M MLK ‘penis’ statue insults black community: Coretta Scott King kin
Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.”
The massive bronze piece, titled “The Embrace,” features two sets of arms holding each other, an artistic interpretation of the classic photo of Coretta and hubby Martin Luther King Jr. hugging after he won the Nobel Peace Price in 1964.
“The mainstream media … was reporting on it like it was all beautiful, ’cause they were told they had to say that,” Seneca Scott, Coretta’s cousin, told The Post by phone Sunday, referring to the new artwork on the Boston Common. — The NY Post
Our Take: “MLK was one of the most prominent figures in American History and the Civil Rights movement. So this piece of ‘modern art’ was dedicated to him. But, how are people really feeling about this? Let's look further into what people really think of this ‘dedication.’” — Johnny Q
Japan's Experts Baffled By High 'COVID Deaths' Despite High Vaccination Rate
After three booster campaigns in 2022, the Japanese are now in a league of their own among mRNA consuming countries, administering far more boosters than countries that had far more coercive vax campaigns.
Japanese over 65 have done their best to reduce Japan’s 612-million-dose stockpile of mRNA jabs, with 3rd, 4th, and 5th jab rates of 91%, 82.5%, and 56%, respectively. But unfortunately, Japan has started 2023 by reporting its highest ever daily Covid death tolls. During the booster era starting in early 2022, each wave has been noticeably higher than the last. — Guy Gin, Sourced by ZeroHedge
Our Take: “The Big Lie that COVID requires emergency mRNA shots to ‘slow the spread’ and that these shots are safe and effective continues to erode. Japan's latest admission of confusion about the spike in deaths despite high vaccination rates comes on the heels of the CDC finally deciding to investigate the connection between the mRNA shots for COVID and strokes. Died Suddenly, the viral film showing the disturbing rise in unexplained deaths and strange clots found by embalmers appears to have pulled the wool from the eyes of people everywhere, who now demand answers from the medical orthodoxy.” — Justin Deschamps
Isn't it Time For Adam Schiff to be Expelled From Congress?
With each new release of the “Twitter Files” we learn more and more about the deep corruption in Washington. We sensed during Covid that something was really wrong – for example the bizarre denial of natural immunity. But thanks to Elon Musk’s decision to open the books, our worst fears have been proven true. Each new release seems to show something even more criminal inside America’s rotten ruling class.
In the latest release, thanks to the excellent reporting of independent journalist Matt Taibbi, we see outgoing Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), continuously pressuring Twitter to validate his fantasies of “Russian bots” manipulating US politics. — Ron Paul via the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
Our Take: “Political sage Ron Paul asks a question that is on all of our minds: Isn't it time for Adam Schiff to be expelled from Congress? Having been caught lying and abusing his power on multiple occasions, being expelled from Congress is the very least of the justifiable punishments that should be visited upon Schiff.” — Ryan DeLarme
COVID-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine
The largely successful assault against the creation of generic vaccines resulted in an unprecedented explosion in profit for a few select biopharmaceutical drug interests. Pfizer and BioNTech generated a staggering $37 billion in revenue from its shared mRNA vaccine in 2021 alone, making it one of the most lucrative drug products of all time.
Moderna, which made $17.7 billion from vaccine sales in 2021, recently announced its plan to hike the price of its Covid shot by about 400 percent. — The Intercept
Our Take: “Among several other revelations to spin out of the latest in the ongoing cultural and political touchstone that is the Twitter Files, it was revealed that Big Tech not only censored on behalf of the vaccine distributors (not shocking to most of us,) but that they were actually prepared to do so IN ADVANCE of even seemingly-bipartisan, ‘centrist’ requests to disclose the intellectual property utilized in their vaccines in order to quell potential outrage in the frightened masses as they set record profits. These revelations will be especially damaging for those who bought into COVID fears most fully, accelerating the exposure of the whole racket.” — Burning Bright
New Bill in Gop-Controlled House Would Ban Feds From Working With Big Tech to Censor Americans
Leading Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives filed new legislation that would ban federal employees from working with big tech companies to censor Americans.
The bill comes as ongoing reports show that federal law enforcement and the White House have regularly communicated with social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, pressuring the companies to remove posts and accounts for a range of issues, including questioning the COVID-19 vaccine. — Just the News
Our Take: “Finally the stewards of the rights of the people, the GOP electorate, has taken a step to defend and protect the rights of the people, by putting forth a will to limit collusion between Big Tech and government to censor the people. The bill has yet to pass and it's unclear if it will make it through the legislative process. No doubt the uniparty and MSM will argue the bill fosters hate-speech and the spread of dangerous misinformation that is a ‘threat to our Democracy.’ The Freedom Caucus has much work to do to advance the America First agenda in the run up to 2024.” — Justin Deschamps
We hope you enjoyed this brief look back at the major news items you might have missed in this ever-escalating and ever-accelerating news cycle as the Information War continues to rage on around us.
The Badlands Media team will continue to combine our cognitive powers in order to slow things down and find the signal amidst the noise as this series expands.
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Well done for exposing the dirty deeds that these parasites feed off. It can't be long before the MSM has to report the vax deaths . Pressure is at boiling point now. They have done a remarkable job in hiding the data, but they are cornered .I'm from England and people have plastered six BBC outlets with stickers of vax deaths and injuries . Just imagine that your going to work there and be blinded with this info. Also they have put wanted pictures up on their window along with the stickers showing the presenters who pushed and promoted this killer jab. Gateway Pundit is showing this exposure . It happened in the North of England. The BBC are in the craphouse ! I hate these murdering xxxxxx's.
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