Badlands News Brief
Trump's Support, Durham's Return & Xi's Threats
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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 Monday, June 19 …
Harvard Poll: 55 Percent of the Public View the Trump Indictment as “Politically Motivated”
A Harvard/Harris poll is bad news for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department. The poll shows that 55% of Americans believe Trump’s indictment is politically motivated and 56% believe that it constitutes election interference. The poll captures the level of distrust for the Justice Department and further demonstrates what I described yesterday as the failure of Merrick Garland at the midpoint of his tenure as Attorney General.
The view of the case appears to be worsening. Now there is less than a majority viewing the indictment as well-founded and justified. The poll shows that 83% of Republicans and 55% of Independents view the indictment as a political exercise. Not only do 56 percent view it as election interference but only 44 percent see it as “the fair application of the law”:
The poll is also bad news for Biden. Some 65 percent believe Biden “mishandled” classified material while 72 percent take that view with Clinton’s email scandal.
The Justice Department and the media appear to have “lost the room” with the American people. They are primarily appealing to Democrats who (at 80%) support the indictment. — Jonathan Turley
Our Take: “Harvard’s poll is useful for understanding how the regime is spinning changing sentiment among US voters. There is no mention of margin of error in the 60-page results presentation. Further, their methodology summary states, ‘Results were weighted for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, marital status, household size, income, employment, education, political party, and political ideology where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.’
Harvard weighted the results on intersectionality, but neglects to provide specific data on the weighting methods used. Margin of error (MoE) is an important factor in evaluating the reliability of polling, and it is always presented along side the results. MoE can change from question to question, but Harvard omits the data point entirely. ‘Trust us, bro,’ Harvard says. Even with the unclear weighting and undisclosed MoE, the results of the poll broadly favor a return to normalcy and a recognition — and rejection — of the cultural Marxism plaguing American society.
Those two data points together tell me that the percentage of US voters that believe the indictment is political and constitutes 2024 election interference is likely much higher.
Finally, notice the misleading use of colors in the visual representation of these two questions side by side. Is this a mistake or an attempt to mislead? Either way, this poll further reveals that Harvard is not a reliable source of truth.” —
‘Regular Communication’: Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Set Up Meetings Between JPMorgan And UK, UAE Officials
Deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s close ties to JPMorgan had him intimately involved with business deals and meetings with government officials, according to an internal report obtained by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Epstein orchestrated meetings between JPMorgan executives and officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and U.K. governments to facilitate business deals and international expansion, the bank’s 2019 internal report about its Epstein connections documented, WSJ reported Monday. — The Daily Caller
Our Take: “This is the theater of the Info War I often refer to as the ‘Darkest Path,’ for obvious reasons.
For many who describe themselves as Anons, or who came upon or into the Info War via the Q Op or something or someone in its gravitational pull, Crimes Against Children represent the foundational bedrock of our drive to stay in it until we see justice served on those who would traffic in the blood of the innocent.
Jeffrey Epstein’s name is now ubiquitous. It has become legion. It has a power unto itself, in that it can mark any person—or any institution—that comes up against it and comes out stained with its blood-red ink.
The truth will eventually win out, and I don’t think for an instant it’s a coincidence that a Central Banking collapse appears to be in the offing in the aftermath of such coincidental connections to the worst sort of organized crime imaginable.” —
Russia Blew Up The Dam And We Have Proof, Says Ukraine as it Publishes New Picture
Ukraine has released images purporting to show a car packed with explosives parked on the Kakhovka Dam before it was bombed, unleashing the river on settlements below, leading to serious flooding.
The Kakhovka Dam was bombed earlier this month, causing the Soviet-era structure holding back the Dnipro/Dnieper, one of Europe’s major rivers to flood downstream. Given the colossal volume of water released fatalities have been mercifully comparatively limited, with the Ukrainian government speaking of 17 killed as a consequence of the attack, and a further 31 missing.
While both sides accused each other of blowing the dam, Ukraine has published a new piece of evidence to favour the Russian hypothesis. Noting the dam and surrounding area was occupied by Russian forces at the time of the blast, “Ukrainian officials” speaking through American wires service the Associated Press says a new photograph showing a parked car packed with explosives on the dam proves the case.
The AP reported: “Images taken from above the Kakhovka Dam and shared with the AP appear to show an explosive-laden car atop the structure, and two officials said Russian troops were stationed in a crucial area inside the dam where the Ukrainians say the explosion that destroyed it was centered.” — Breitbart
Our Take: “17 people were killed in the fallout from the dam's destruction. Inconsequential?
Perhaps.
The evidence, a photograph of a car that appears to have 2 oil drums and a land mine, visible from the air via a cut open roof, was discovered by the Ukrainians after the tragedy took place.
They, as one might expect, and is supported by the MSM, believe that the Russians destroyed the dam, and are now asserting that the car was used to do it.
Skeptic’s take:
I find this highly suspicious. Firstly, the dam might benefit the Russian objectives to some degree; however, the destruction of a dam comes with an enormous amount of collateral damage, which is not necessarily easy to manage post-war. The destruction no doubt favors the Ukrainians’ PR campaign—that of sympathy with hands out, begging for aid.
Secondly, the use of what amounts to a DYI explosive device, oil drums filled with explosives and an old land mine, seems out of place. Russia has much more sophisticated weapons to work with. Of course, I can hardly claim omniscience here, so no doubt there are aspects of this analysis I've not considered. The benefit for the Russians seams marginal at best, just like with Nordstream 2; what on earth would motivate the Russians to do this? Of course, the media is using this to fan the flames of the narrative that Putin is a ‘mad dog’ that must be put down by any means necessary.
Thirdly, there is no doubt in my mind that this conflict, like nearly all others, is heavily dominated by PR objectives. The war is itself a massive prop in a psyop operation, originated by the Deep State, inflicted upon the world, specifically targeting middle tier bureaucrats, media people, and the general population who rely heavily on unverified expert opinion to know what is or is not happening overseas. In this regard, the war, like most wars, is perfect for grand-scale fear psyops because it's a) very difficult to see through the fog of war, and b) the threat of imminent peril leads many to lean on the side of trusting experts so as to avoid any chance of realizing the peril.
All in all, I suspect the photo and claim will be debunked in short order. If not, it won't add all that much fuel to the ‘hate Putin and let’s start WWIII’ narrative.
Perhaps, what this is really about, this dam story and the war in general, is to disillusion the middle-manager population of the governments and nations of the world—those people who are the pawns of the globalists, pushing through their policies and agendas. As they watch all this play out, no doubt many are being quietly redpilled as to the insidiousness of the military industrial complex neo-con/lib war machine, working hand in glove with big media and social media. If true, then this is itself part of the Great Awakening operation.” —
Liberal Donor to Lincoln Project and Democrat Campaigns Arrested for Starting Massive California Fire that Destroyed 100 Homes
71-year-old Edward Hackerman was arrested last week and accused of starting last year’s Oak Fire.
Hackerman was taken into custody last Friday for starting the fired that charred over 19,000 acres.
Hackerman is reportedly a retired firefighter with 12 years experience. The fire destroyed 127 homes and over 60 other buildings. — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “Mostly peaceful Democrat donor Edward Hackerman was arrested for allegedly starting a California fire that ravaged 19,000 acres and over 100 homes. Additionally, 60 buildings were also damaged by the former firefighter and donor to none other than the Lincoln Project.
The Washington Free Beacon reported the fire started in Yellowstone, which resulted in massive amounts of damage. Edward Fredrick Hackerman of Mariposa, California faces a number of charges, including aggravated arson following his arrest on Friday. While his donations noted to Democrats and the Lincoln Project are low in number, had this been a Republican, it would sure-fire be labelled a ‘domestic terrorism’ case.
It will be interesting to see how severely he will be sentenced … or if he’ll be let off the hook. Justice seems to swing in favor of being politically correct.
More to the point, the real tragedy here is the majestic land destroyed in careless fashion. Lastly, I would like to point out that this inferno was initially blamed on climate change. Such an ironic twist when you factor that in.” — Johnny Q
What to expect from John Durham's congressional testimony this week
Special counsel John Durham is set to testify before two committees in the House of Representatives this week, more than a month after releasing the findings of his inquiry into the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
The Durham report alleged that the FBI and Department of Justice had no proper basis to launch their investigation into alleged ties between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
Durham concluded in the report that "based on the evidence gathered in the multiple exhaustive and costly investigations of these matters," including the special counsel's inquiry, "neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation."
The House Intelligence Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing with Durham on Tuesday at 3 p.m. on Capitol Hill, in which lawmakers are expected to probe Durham's findings.
Shortly after the release of the report, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said the report outlined "serious errors and shortcomings" from the FBI's handling of the investigation. — The Washington Examiner
Our Take: “Earlier this year, Tina Peters was convicted on a silly charge of ‘obstruction of government’ having to do with an iPad and the weaponization of law enforcement. At the time, I remember thinking that obstruction of government felt like a made-up crime. Don’t we have a constitutional right to obstruct unconstitutional government from covering up stolen elections?
While individually, we can argue for these rights, there is no constitutional protection for the bureaucratic state to obstruct the duly elected President of the United States from governing the nation. That’s more akin to treason — which is not a made-up crime — and that is exactly what the Durham report proves happened during President Trump’s first term.
Will John Durham speak openly about his findings, or will we get oral redactions and ‘no comments’? Will legislators press Durham on his failure to recommend charges? Will there ever be accountability for four years of baseless ‘Russia!’ claims that obstructed President Trump’s ability to deliver for Americans?
Special Counsel Durham’s testimonies this week — today at 3pm ET in front of House Intelligence and Wednesday at 9am ET in front of House Judiciary — will be must-watch, and we will be streaming the public-facing testimony on Badlands. Tune in for Jon and Just Human’s exclusive analysis.
Bottom Line: They knew the Steele Dossier was fake. They knew the Clinton campaign and DNC commissioned it. They fabricated the case against President Trump, and they had to know they’d get caught…but they decided to put the country through ‘Russia Collusion’ anyway. They ripped our country apart to push a false narrative — that they knew was false when they conceived it. And they used that tear in our societal fabric to obstruct a sitting US President and, by extension, the will of the People. In the Durham testimonies this week, I hope we will finally get some answers about what the allegedly legitimate government intends to do about it.” —
Blinken Meets Xi as China Warns U.S. Must Choose Between ‘Cooperation or Conflict’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as America’s top diplomat concluded a flying two-day visit to Beijing.
According to AP, a Blinken-Xi meeting had been expected, but neither side had confirmed it would happen until just an hour before the talks, which are seen as key to the success of the trip.
News of the diplomatic head-to-head came after China told the U.S. earlier in the day it must choose between “cooperation or conflict” with Beijing as both countries seek to navigate a diplomatic way forward amid fraught relations between the world’s two largest economies.
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“The Secretary of State’s trip to Beijing this time comes at a critical juncture in China-U.S. relations,” Wang told Blinken, according to a readout from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
“It is necessary to make a choice between dialogue and confrontation, cooperation or conflict,” he said.
“We must reverse the downward spiral of China-U.S. relations, push for a return to a healthy and stable track, and work together to find a correct way for China and the United States to get along,” Wang added.
He also issued a warning on Taiwan, the self-ruling democracy claimed and continually threatened by Beijing, while reasserting the Communist dictatorship’s longstanding claim to vast swathes of the South China Sea. — Breitbart
Our Take: “Not everyone agrees, but I personally believe there’s a lot of backend coordination between the (Devolved) Trump Admin and Xi Jinping of China.
One of the more fascinating contradictions that’s only a contradiction if you don’t follow
’s Devolution Theory is that fact that Joe Biden continues to sign, extend and forward Trump-era China trade policies, while Trump himself refers to him as ‘China Joe,’ seemingly in reference to allegations of corruption and influence between the Biden Crime Family and the CCP.The thing is, as
often argues, every country has an evil twin known as the Deep State Establishment, and I believe Xi has been working to rid his nation of its evil twin, just as Trump has worked to do so on this side of the map.The forced decoupling that continues between Biden and Xi is not only horrible optically for the Biden Administration to its would-be Globalist handlers, but it continues to escalate rhetoric and wartime footing to the observing Collective Mind, who grow wary of slipping narratives about the threat of all-out war.
In other words, everything is going according to plan …” —
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.
Good read thanks for all your takes.
Since I believe every word the MSM prints or says is a LIE I prefer to use BB's approach and step back and view things at the 40k level. And since the DS Rat Bastards love a steady diet of Rug Pulls I try not to invest too much hope in positive outcomes in their narratives.
All that being said it does appear that our train is picking up speed and once the BOOMs start I believe they will continue in such rapid fire that they will completely overwhelm the DS Rat Bastards.
I am one of those people that BB described who via Q came to see the carnage being inflicted on the innocence of our world and wait with prayerful anticipating for this Evil to be flushed out of this world.
Keep up the great work.
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
"The thing is, as Chris Paul often argues, every country has an evil twin known as the Deep State Establishment, and I believe Xi has been working to rid his nation of its evil twin, just as Trump has worked to do so on this side of the map."
brightly put ❗👌