Badlands News Brief
Pence Docs, Ukraine Corruption & Body Doubles
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 Tuesday, January 23 …
Former Vice President Mike Pence discovered classified documents in Indiana home
Former Vice President Mike Pence informed Congress on Tuesday that he discovered documents bearing classified markings from his time as vice president in his Carmel, Indiana, home on Jan. 16.
Following the revelations that classified documents from President Joe Biden's tenure as vice president were found at the Penn Biden Center think tank and Wilmington, Delaware, Pence's team conducted searches of Pence's Indiana home and the office of his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom. — FOX News
Our Take: “It's hard to tell if Pence is a secret ally of Trump or if his public distance is as it seems. However, the initial optics only help Biden and hurt Trump. Time will tell, and perhaps the documents Pence turned in will reveal something important.” — Sean Morgan
Our Take: “Pence is a patriot.” — Just Human
Spooks in Silicon Valley: Flow of U.S. intelligence analysts into Big Tech jobs raises alarm
As Congress and the courts delve deeper into federally sanctioned censorship by Big Tech, a troubling revolving door has emerged between the U.S. intelligence community and the Big Tech giants on the front lines of one of the fiercest battles over free speech in modern American history.
A Just the News review of LinkedIn employment histories of senior Big Tech executives found that at least 200 former workers of the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, National Security Council and Homeland Security Department have landed Silicon Valley jobs, many within content moderation units regulating supposed "disinformation" and disproportionately throttling news and opinion deviating from approved, left-tilting norms. — Just the News
Our Take: “The unholy marriage between Big Tech and the intelligence apparatus was prophesied by Zbigniew Brzezinski as far back as 1971, when he penned "Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era." In fact, intelligence personnel and the Military Industrial Complex were arguably involved with the rise and unfolding of digital technology into our daily lives from the very beginning. It's not hard to prove today; Just the News has simply scanned LinkedIn employment histories of senior Big Tech executives and found that at least 200 former workers came from the FBI, the CIA and the NSA. We can only hope that the new Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government will take this information into consideration as it conducts it's investigations.” — Ryan DeLarme
Ukraine Rocked By Corruption Scandal, Wave Of Top Officials Resign: Sports Cars, Mansions & Luxury Vacations As People Suffered
The Ukrainian government on Tuesday confirmed the resignation of multiple high ranking officials amid large-scale corruption allegations, in what's being called the biggest mass resignation and graft scandal since the Russian invasion began.
Some dozen officials have quit their posts after a huge political shake-up over allegations and probes into cases ranging from bribery, to mismanagement of aid funds for purchasing food, to embezzlement, to driving expensive cars while common people suffer under wartime conditions.
A top presidential adviser and four deputy ministers - among these two defense officials, along with five regional governors were forced out of their posts. And among the regional governors to step down included officials overseeing regions which have seen intense fighting, including the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, where Russian forces have lately reported gains. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “To the surprise of no one, top officials in Ukraine were apparently engaging in misuse of funds for personal gain. The Ukraine area has been a hot bed of corrupt activity for many years. The globalists use the area for their staple illicit activities, such as human trafficking, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and blackmail—all of which are also used to destroy the moral fabric of a culture for later use in the cabal machine. Given that the Ukrainian deep state has been working with the Biden-era globalists for years, one wonders why the sudden shift? Is it possible that a cleanup is under way? Did Biden and the scandals that have emerged in recent years bring heat to the area, which is looking for scapegoats to blame so as to produce the illusion of "cleaning up corruption?" On this last point, it would make sense as Biden and other pro-Zelenskites have proposed billions more in aide to the vassal state of the WEF.” — Justin Deschamps
McCarthy blocks Schiff, Swalwell from House Intelligence Committee
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday made good on his pledge to block California Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from sitting on the House Intelligence Committee.
Special rules for the House panel allow the Speaker to unilaterally halt the seating of lawmakers without a full floor vote. McCarthy informed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of his decision in a Tuesday letter.
"In order to maintain a standard worthy of this committee's responsibilities, I am hereby rejecting the appointments of Representative Adam Schiff and Representative Eric Swalwell to serve on the Intelligence Committee," he wrote, according to The Hill. — Just the News
Our Take: “Despite the fact that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had already vowed to block Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar from serving on the House Intelligence Committee, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries decided to recommend them for the committee anyway. Now it appears that Kevin McCarthy has kept his word, as he has officially blocked Schiff and Swalwell. Rep. Matt Gaetz, when remarking on whether or not he trusted Kevin McCarthy after the speaker vote finally concluded, said that "trust is earned." So far Kevin McCarthy has lived lived up to his word, but that doesn't mean that we should get complacent; we're only one month deep into the 118th Congress and there will be plenty more opportunities for McCarthy to further prove which side he's really on.” — Ryan DeLarme
DAMAR HAMLINBILLS GAME ATTENDANCE SPARKS CONSPIRACY THEORY ... Sources Say It's BS
Damar Hamlin's presence at the Bills' playoff game has fueled wild conspiracies on the Internet among the tin foil hat-wearing crowd ... with some suggesting a body double was used in the 24-year-old safety's place.
But, multiple sources tell TMZ Sports that's simply not true ... sorry, conspiracy theorists.
Hamlin attended the Bills-Bengals game Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium ... his first time back at an NFL game since he went into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati on January 2. — TMZ
Our Take: “The ongoing fallout of the Damar Hamlin situation is one of the clearest examples of why I tend to focus on Narrative/Potential Events more than Actual Events in my own analysis of this Fifth-Generation Information War. Reason being, it is virtually impossible for us to conclude what’s really going on with Hamlin. Was the entire episode on Monday Night Football staged? Was it a vaccine injury that’s now being covered up? Is Hamlin dead? Is he alive and well and he’s being hidden from public view in order to launch Narrative False Flags on the ‘conspiracy’ community? The questions are enough to drive one mad. Therefore, focus on the Net Effects of the Hamlin situation: more Americans than ever are not only questioning vaccine efficacy and safety … but EVERYTHING the media—even the sports media—tells and shows them. And that is a VERY good thing.” — Burning Bright
Josh Hawley Introduces ‘PELOSI Act’ to Ban Congress from Trading Stocks
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the “PELOSI Act” which would ban members of Congress, as well as their family members, from holding or trading stocks.
The legislation, known as the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act, references former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who was called out last year after her husband, Paul Pelosi, bought up to $5 million in stock in a semiconductor company right as the Senate was passing legislation to massively subsidize the semiconductor industry.
Pelosi was also among a group of Republicans and Democrats who beat the market in 2021 with hundreds of millions of dollars in stock trades. Others who faired the best include Reps. Austin Scott (R-GA), Brian Mast (R-FL), French Hill (R-AR), John Curtis (R-UT), and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX).
Hawley, who introduced similar legislation last year, said the practice must end. — Breitbart
Our Take: “The introduction of this act is a step in the right direction. But insider trading and market opportunism—at the cost of hardworking Americans and the stablility of the global economy at large—remains unaddressed. Bear in mind, the information procured from members of congress has sweeping and global implications, especially for shifting economic trends and emerging markets. A member of congress need not own stocks to take advantage. For instance, anticipation of the COVID lock downs allowed those who knew what was coming to make billions off the pandemic. It facilitated the single largest transfer of wealth in human history. But stocks were only a small piece of the pie. Until WE THE PEOPLE learn the law and how it relates to the economy and our rights, so that we can end all forms of unfair advantage and manipulation by the powers that should-not be, the corruption of our government, the parasitic nature of the economy, we stay in place, and the promise of prosperity for our children will remain unachievable dream.” — Justin Deschamps
Bill Gates Invested In Artificial Eggs a Decade Before Egg Shortage
Per the Consumer Price Index, egg prices have spiked 66% percent since last year.
People around the globe have found themselves paying more for eggs at stores due to over 41 million egg-laying hens dying from the avian flu.
In response to the shortage of eggs, some people have turned to artificial plant-based eggs.
Back in 2013, Bill Gates invested in Hampton Creek the company that brought artificial plant-based eggs to the mainstream. — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “How fortunate that an egg shortage should occur while Bill Gates, who's put great effort into altering the diets of Americans, is backing a plant-based egg company? It could be a total coincidence; it could be that Bill Gates just has an uncanny knack for accurately predicting the future, or it could be that Gates is a creepy little man-boobed gremlin with a god complex who makes no bones about radically altering the lives of entire populations for the sake of his globalist, eugenic machinations. We'll let you decide. What this article doesn't mention is that the mass death of chickens across the country wasn't caused by avian flu, but they were preemptively slaughtered due to the potential threat of avian flu. Who needs an effective virus when the FEAR of a virus is all you need to get your way?” — Ryan DeLarme
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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FYI—Since yesterday was my birthday, I would like to correct you on the date. It was Tuesday, January 24. Today is Wednesday, January 25. Thanks for the updates! It’s sometimes hard to keep up with the dates in this crazy time! 🥰
I often pick something new from reading your updates, but also looking forward to one of your traditional Substack articles. Stay bright BB. BB