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Congressional Chaos, Acceleration & Escalation

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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.

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 Tuesday, October 3 …

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Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader

Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.

It’s the end of the political line for McCarthy, who has said repeatedly that he never gives up, but found himself with almost no options remaining. Neither the right-flank Republicans who engineered his ouster nor the Democrats who piled on seem open to negotiating.

McCarthy told lawmakers in the evening he would not run again for speaker, putting the gavel up for grabs. Next steps are highly uncertain with no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority. Action is halted in the House until next week, when Republicans try to elect a new speaker.

“I may have lost this vote today, but as I walk out of this chamber I feel fortunate to have served,” McCarthy said at a press conference at the Capitol, alternating between upbeat assessment of his speakership and angry score-settling of those who ousted him. — AP News

Our Take: “The Second Trump Admin, also known as the Fake Biden Admin is an Exposure Operation designed in furtherance of the Great Awakening.

Kevin McCarthy, fair or unfair, is representative to the Collective Mind as being THE Uniparty Speaker, the Old Guard, and the Establishment, all things Donald Trump, America First and Matt Gaetz stand opposed to, and are now seen doing so very publicly, and very dramatically.

If McCarthy was Trump's pick for Speaker, it was not to reform Congress/fix it, or make the current Regime better, it was to help expose it; wittingly or unwittingly (I'm betting on the former,) McCarthy played his role to perfection.

The chaos many are pointing out here that WILL result in the aftermath isn't a bug of patriots PsyOps; it's a feature.

We were told by the most complex and powerful MIL Intelligence Info Dissemination Program of all time that we were watching a movie; it's time we take that significantly more seriously.

Exposure > Disclosure > Justice

Comfy > Cozy.” —

Burning Bright

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"We're In The Middle Of A Revolution" - Victor Davis Hanson Warns Tucker: "The Next 12 Months Will Be The Most Explosive In History"

Historian Victor Davis Hanson sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss his perspective on the current political climate in the US, asserting that American liberalism is characterized by dishonesty, and warning about what he sees as liberal efforts to introduce a highly intolerant age.

"It's hard for most Americans to comprehend the total dishonesty of American liberalism."

VDH says Trump represents a significant threat to the specific vision held by liberals, who are employing a "critical legal theory," in which traditional moral values are abandoned in favor of whatever gains power.

"Liberals are now telling us they plan to protect American democracy and that's the clearest possible sign that they intend to end it."

Most specifically, Hanson told Carlson that:

"I think they’ve come to the conclusion that Trump is an existential threat and by association, half the country is to their vision of what they want to transform us into, and so they feel that whatever means necessary are justified."

And this is an issue since Hanson pointed out that while some conservatives were speaking up, they are also fighting a culture in the Republican Party that preferred to "lose nobly" as opposed to winning elections in an "ugly" manner. — ZeroHedge

Our Take: “My biggest takeaway from Tucker’s latest episode is that we are not living in our forefathers’ America. The past several decades have ‘fundamentally transformed’ the United States of America into, as George Orwell said, a ‘never-ending present in which the party is always right.’

I am encouraged that this conversation is happening on the biggest show in new (and old) media, and that very serious Americans like Victor Davis Hansen are calling the revolution by its name. The most important thing all of us can do is speak the truth about what’s happening in the world around us, and for Hansen and Carlson, it’s better late than never.” —

Ashe in America

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Leaked U.S. strategy on Ukraine sees corruption as the real threat

Biden administration officials are far more worried about corruption in Ukraine than they publicly admit, a confidential U.S. strategy document obtained by POLITICO suggests.

The “sensitive but unclassified” version of the long-term U.S. plan lays out numerous steps Washington is taking to help Kyiv root out malfeasance and otherwise reform an array of Ukrainian sectors. It stresses that corruption could cause Western allies to abandon Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion, and that Kyiv cannot put off the anti-graft effort.

“Perceptions of high-level corruption” the confidential version of the document warns, could “undermine the Ukrainian public’s and foreign leaders’ confidence in the war-time government.”

That’s starker than the analysis available in the little-noticed public version of the 22-page document, which the State Department appears to have posted on its website with no fanfare about a month ago.

The confidential version of the “Integrated Country Strategy” is about three times as long and contains many more details about U.S. objectives in Ukraine, from privatizing its banks to helping more schools teach English to encouraging its military to adopt NATO protocols. Many goals are designed to reduce the corruption that bedevils the country.

The quiet release of the strategy, and the fact that the toughest language was left in the confidential version, underscores the messaging challenge facing the Biden team. — Politico

Our Take: “Tidbits from a recent 'leaked' US core strategy document supposedly obtained by Politico are juicy when it comes to the Overton's Goalpost approach currently being deployed by the Biden Regime on Ukrainian Corruption:

1) The Biden Admin sees Ukraine Corruption as significantly more impactful than they're letting on to the public.

2) They are aware that we're in a "perception war" more so than an Actual one, and fear a public loss of confidence in Ukraine as a result of said corruption.

3) Blame Zelensky (interesting!) for bringing Ukraine corruption to the fore with recent Defense Ministry firings & Oligarch arrests amidst a funding campaign.

4) Signals its intention for the "creation of a 'national level resistance plan,' which could mean the US supporting an insurgency if Russia gains more territory." (This is effectively terrorism, folks.)

Of course, the Biden Admin isn't actually in control of any of this, from where I'm sitting, but the STORY that they are is delicious.” —

Burning Bright

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Philadelphia Journalist Who Mocked Concern Over Violent Crime In Democrat Cities Shot Dead In Home

A left-wing Philadelphia journalist who mocked concern over rising crime in Democrat-run cities was shot to death in his home.

Josh Kruger was shot seven times after someone entered his home, shot him at the base of his stairs, and then fled. Kruger ran outside seeking help from his neighbors and collapsed, where police found them after responding to call just before 1:30 a.m. on the 2300 block of Watkins Street.

Kruger, 39, was rushed to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died just before 2:15 a.m.

No arrests have been made, and there was no sign of forced entry into the home, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.

"Either the door was open, or the offender knew how to get the door open," he said. "We just don’t know yet."

Detectives believe his death may have been the result of a domestic dispute or may have been drug-related, according to three law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said police investigators recovered troubling text messages between Kruger and a former partner. Investigators also recovered methamphetamine inside Kruger’s bedroom, the sources said. -Inquirer

In April, Kruger - who had struggled with addiction and homelessness - said that an ex-partner had broken into his home. 

"The door was locked, so he had somehow obtained a copy of my keys," he wrote.

Around two weeks ago, Kruger wrote on Facebook that someone came to his house looking for their boyfriend, calling themselves "Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the streets."

Kruger frequently mocked conservatives on X, ironically calling Dilbert creator Scott Adams "Nostradamus" on Saturday for predicting that people would be dead "within the year" of Biden's election. — ZeroHedge

Our Take: “I don’t take pleasure in this man’s death, but the timing is eyebrow-raising. The regime’s online puppets mock America First and the broader truth community relentlessly for defying the central narrative, so when it boomerangs with such precision, we can’t help but notice.

Scott Adams responded to reports of Kruger’s death by claiming he had an alibi, and many right-leaning influencers took a victory lap when news broke of his coincidental death. I don’t begrudge the response, but I’d rather we focus on the underlying problem.

With a little intellectual honesty, this tragedy should force an honest conversation about rising crime and urban violence without the usual political charging. But I’m not holding my breath.” —

Ashe in America

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Trump Lead Widens After Second GOP Presidential Debate: Poll

Former President Donald Trump has further solidified his lead in the Republican presidential primary, following the second GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, California.

“63% of potential Republican primary voters support Donald Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, up from 58% in our survey released Monday ahead of the latest primary debate,” Morning Consult said in its survey released on Sept. 29.

In comparison, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as Mr. Trump’s biggest rival, saw his support dip from 15 percent to 12 percent after the second debate, though the Florida governor is still in second place.

The survey, which polled 1,183 potential GOP primary voters, was conducted on Sept. 28, one day after the second debate, which Trump didn’t attend. Instead, he spent the debate night in battleground Michigan, delivering a speech to striking auto workers.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley both lost 2 percentage points since the debate. Mr. Ramaswamy is at 9 percent and Ms. Haley is at 5 percent.

Former Vice President Mike Pence lost one percentage point and is at 5 percent. Meanwhile, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) did not see any change after the debate, remaining at 2 percent.

“This data reinforces our view that Trump is in the driver’s seat of the Republican primary, and that Trump-less debates aren’t having much of an impact on the other candidates’ national support, and may in fact be helping the former president,” the survey concludes. — The Epoch Times

Our Take: “On Sunday night,

Just Human

and I touched on the GOP Debates, remarking on the fact that we genuinely forgot the second debate had even happened last week, which is both humorous and underscores the larger point:

Whether they're engaging in the 2024 election cycle under the direct orders of Trump and Patriots OR are genuinely working on behalf of Deep State forces looking to destabilize and distort the America First movement, the charlatans within the GOP are being forced to go through the motions without Trump's presence to anchor them.

Trump removing himself from the debates has not only rendered them irrelevant from a subversion perspective, but it's cast the remaining candidates in his Narrative shadow.

By remaining in the run, everyone from DeSantis to RamaSwampy are being forced to simultaneously reinforce Trump's paradigm while attempting to separate themselves from it.

In the words of the immutable Tony Stark, "that's ... not a great plan."

Unless you're Trump, of course.” —

Burning Bright

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Putin Orders First-Ever Nationwide Nuclear Drill, Prepares Bomb-Test At Arctic Circle

Russia will hold its first nationwide drill simulating widespread nuclear strikes on the country, daily Magyar Hírlap writes.

The one-day nuclear attack exercise is based on the assumption that NATO will launch a nuclear strike on Russia, destroying 70 percent of Russian housing and life-support facilities. In the scenario, martial law is imposed in the country and a full-scale mobilization is ordered.

The test will also model the secondary threat posed by damage to nuclear power plants and other key facilities.

State and regional authorities will have to organize emergency rescue teams to provide food, medical supplies and protection against radiation.

According to the preparatory document, there is a need to prepare for an escalation of war, including a global conflict involving nuclear powers. — Remix News

Our Take: “The 'Shark Fin Template' posits that some of the most foundational, important subjects in the Info War tend to hover just below the surface of conscious thought within the Collective Mind, though this community has ventured down these rabbit holes for years, and with frequency.

In addition to the 'Crimes Against Children' truths that nest at the heart of the Great Awakening, the 'Scare Event' is another template many Anons believe will be fulfilled (on a Narrative level,) through the threat of a Nuclear Strike due to ratcheting tensions on a global scale.

While we often see these threats framed from a Western perspective, the Narrative Seeding is international for this one, as, in order for the Story of the Peacemakers (Trump & Putin,) to imprint successfully on the largest audience possible, the engineered fear of said Scare Event must be near ubiquitous.

We were told we'd need to be the frame and the support for our fellows, not while they're sleeping ... but after they wake up.” —

Burning Bright

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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.

As always, if you have any thoughts on these news items or the MANY others swirling in the digital ether, drop into the comments below to share them with your fellow Badlanders.