Badlands News Brief

Sudan Spirals, Epstein Entraps & Banks Bail

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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 picks news items of interest from the previous days to give you an overview of the biggest goings-on relevant to the Truth Community.

Some items feature original commentary from members of our growing team of citizen journalists. Feel free to follow the corresponding link to see their other work.

Now, onto the news from the Weekend that Was …

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Americans stuck in Sudan to make ‘life or death decisions’ express anger at US government

As the crisis in Sudan continues to unfold, there is mounting anger among Americans who feel abandoned by the US government and left to navigate the complicated and dangerous situation on their own.

“I am incredibly shocked and disgusted by the American lackluster response to the health and safety of their citizens,” said Muna Daoud, whose parents were traveling to get out of Sudan via Port Sudan to Saudi Arabia.

Despite a number of nations evacuating their citizens, the US government has continued to say that the conditions are not conducive to a civilian evacuation. All US government personnel were evacuated in a military operation this weekend. US officials have said they are in “close communication” with US citizens and “actively facilitating” their departure from Sudan.

However, CNN spoke with multiple people whose family members are among the “dozens” of Americans who want to leave Sudan, and they said the State Department has provided “barely any assistance” since the deadly violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out more than a week ago. — CNN

Our Take: “It has been exceedingly difficult to formulate a clear picture of the factions on the ground in the ongoing and expanding military conflict that escalated in Sudan in recent days, with military factions vying for control of the embattled nation.

Thus, when evaluating headlines like the above, I look less for the inherent truth (or lie) contained within it, and more at the claim being advanced, and the party advancing that claim, then attempt to project the intent or the Net Effects of the Narrative Deployment.

While intent is somewhat difficult to parse with this one, consider how jarring it must be for folks on the Left to see the Biden Admin being accused of failing to act in an efficient and responsible manner on behalf of U.S. citizens abroad in the SECOND major conflict wherein an evacuation is required.

Not a great look.” — Burning Bright

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Epstein's Private Calendar Emerges: Among Prominent Names Listed Are Biden's CIA Chief, Goldman Top Lawyer

In 2014, current CIA director William Burns had three meetings with Jeffrey Epstein when Burns was Obama's deputy secretary of state, and after Epstein had been convicted of child sex exploitation, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Burns and Epstein first met in Washington prior to Burns visiting Epstein and his Manhattan townhouse, according to a trove of leaked documents that include Epstein's schedules which were not contained in Epstein's "black book" of contacts or flight logs.

Burns, who became CIA Director under Biden in 2021, met with Epstein while he was preparing to leave his position in the government, according to agency spokeswoman Tammy Kupperman Thorp.

"The director did not know anything about him, other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and offered general advice on transition to the private sector," she said, adding "They had no relationship." — ZeroHedge, sourcing the Wall Street Journal

Our Take: “Epstein, the blackmail mogul of the late 20th century, is back in the news. His is an old and effective one. It's as old as the oldest profession in the world—prostitution.

The game is simple: Bait sexually temptable powerful people into compromising situations, then, document an act that can be used to "pressure" them into compliance when needed. The type of pressure here is blackmail. If bribes, ideological appeals, or other positive reinforcements don't work or lose their sway, the blackmail card almost always delivers. The criminal networks that use blackmail of this sort, the sort that intelligence agencies, long partnering with the underworld of organized crime deal in, know how to use blackmail to maximum effect.

Epstein, and his handler—or boss, depending on who you ask—Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently "going down with the ship." She's blaming it all on Epstein, which is likely exactly what she was trained to do, and likely Epstein willingly embraced before his ... death?

These ancient professionals know how to get the goods on anyone. And they know how to go down with the ship to protect their dynastic family blood-pacted bonded benefactors. The implication here is that, the connections of this seedy pair reach as high as they get, with non other than Mr. Burns, CIA director under Biden, on the list. The CIA was born out of the shadowy underworld of blackmail and organized crime to begin with.

If you think that ancient business went bust in the 20th century, I have some beautiful waterfront property in Alaska for sale.” — Justin Deschamps

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JPMorgan, PNC To Buy First Republic After FDIC Seizure First Leaves Taxpayers Holding The Toxic Stuff

As the weekend begins, the WSJ reports late on Friday that big banks including JPMorgan and PNC are set to buy First Republic Bank but not in a private, market-arranged deal but rather in a transaction that would follow a government seizure of the troubled lender. A seizure and sale of First Republic, which would wipe out the equity of FRC and potentially impose losses on creditors, could come as soon as this weekend, the WSJ sources said.

And so JPM, which is already the largest US bank is about to get even bigger, by scooping up all the good FRC assets while leaving US taxpayer holdings on to the toxic ones.

That said, it wasn't immediately clear whether the $30 billion in deposits funneled by JPM and other banks into FRC will be treated as insured funds (why should they should be insured?), nor was it clear how a wipeout of this capital, which would spark a systemic crisis simply because the Fed is now running policy of "monetary tightening through bank collapse", having failed to contain inflation and tighten policy using conventional means. — ZeroHedge

Our Take: “Another boutique bank for the ‘Elites’ is folding, and the government (meaning us) is ostensibly left holding the bag.

At least, that’s been the framing of much of the alternative financial media.

And while that’s certainly what it looks like at first blush, I can’t help but draw comparisons between this FRC auction and the government-brokered deal that recently occurred between Credit Suisse and UBS.

Not only are many of these banks involved in the funding of those involved in human rights violations and abuses, but if they are, it could be interesting to track where their assets end up. In other words, I believe it’s possible that some of these big banks are not only being forced to scoop up ‘toxic’ assets from their criminal cronies, but that they’re also being used as custodians for the rest.

Either way, the ongoing exposure of the fiat Central Banking system continues … and that can only be counted a good thing, even if the road gets a little bumpy as we go.” — Burning Bright

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Ireland Set to Pass “Hate Speech” Laws – Will Make Possessing “Hateful” Content on Your Devices a Jailable Offense – Elon Musk Weighs In

Lawmakers in Ireland passed legislation that will make it a crime to possess “hateful” content on your phone and computer devices which can result in prison time.

Of course, the bill does not define “hateful speech” and gives legal force to the latest definitions of gender. Any fluctuations can now result in prison time. — The Gateway Pundit

Our Take: “Western countries are getting more intolerable by the day. The Globalists tighten their leash on the Irish people—seems like their priorities haven't changed much since the Holy Roman Empire.

It's interesting that this is happening in the wake of Dark Brandon's visit … probably a coincidence. You always hear about the fighting Irish, and as an Irishman myself, I'll be ashamed if the micks across the pond don't raise hell over this one. Though we think of America as this beacon of free speech, this is exactly what the "Restrict Act" will allow here. It gives the govt. the ability to define the terms of the act according to their discretion, because the wording is so vague.

The "Restrict Act" follows along the totalitarian lines of the "Patriot Act", which, ironically, is used to "legally" go after Patriots.” — Ryan DeLarme

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Lab-made chicken meat grown from CANCER CELLS receives FDA approval – are you ready to eat TUMOR nuggets?

Artificial chicken meat grown in stainless steel “bioreactors” is the next thing to hit the American market, thanks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The corrupt federal regulatory agency has green-lighted not just one but two different lab-grown “chicken meat” products for human consumption: one produced by Upside Foods and the other by GOOD Meat, both based out of California (GOOD Meat also has an office in Singapore).

Last year, the FDA announced that the laboratory-derived “chicken” made by Upside Foods is “safe to eat,” which means the company can soon start mass producing it for the consumer market.

“To manufacture its meat, Upside Foods harvests cells from live animals, chicken tissue, and uses the cells to grow meat in stainless-steel tanks known as bioreactors,” one report explains.

The FDA proudly announced that it has “no further questions” about the safety of Upside Foods fake meat, which Commissioner Robert M. Califf declared to be safe for human consumption. — Natural News

Our Take: “There’s real food and then there’s ‘imitation’ food, and the two are nowhere close to being the same product. Our food supply is tainted to an extraordinary degree—to the point where, in many places, it’s nearly impossible to avoid consuming a laundry list of toxins. If you’re able to befriend a farmer who you can support directly in exchange for real food, then now is the time to make that connection.

There are many rumors going around that lettuce, among other food items are being “engineered” to have mRNA technology embedded within. This is likely true; a reasonable person, at this point, should assume that virtually nothing that can be purchased in a big chain grocery store or at a restaurant can be fully trusted. At the same time, it’s also important to maintain a healthy degree of hope and optimism that our minds and bodies may be far more resilient to this nonstop onslaught of toxins than we presently know.

It really should come as no surprise that they’re growing ‘tumor chickens’ for commercial sale. The real question is: what else is out there? And how long have we been consuming such monstrosities in our diet without realizing it? Let us discover every disgusting and diabolical ingredient they’ve ever fed us—at the same time, let us remember that we don’t know everything, and it’s quite possible that our bodies can deal with these things better than we may realize.

In related news, we’ve been told that nuclear fallout and other toxic situations could cause extinction-type events upon the Earth—and yet, vegetation is returning to the surrounding area near Chernobyl centuries before it was predicted to do so. We raise this tangent only to suggest that life may find a way, even in times when it seems impossible. It’s a violation of our rights that we are cajoled and tricked into consuming toxins and bizarre laboratory ‘food’—but who’s to say we can’t reverse all the damage some day? Your body is not a machine—it’s a miracle.” — American Hypnotist

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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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