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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 Wednesday, August 30 …
U.S., Allies Seek Long-Term Military Aid for Ukraine to Show West’s Resolve
The Biden administration and its European allies are laying plans for long-term military assistance to Ukraine to ensure Russia won’t be able to win on the battlefield and persuade the Kremlin that Western support for Kyiv won’t waver.
The effort, building on commitments made at a Group of Seven leaders meeting on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in July in Vilnius, Lithuania, so far involves bilateral negotiations between the U.S. and Ukraine and the U.K. and Ukraine. About 18 non-G-7 countries have signed up to the group’s pledge to provide long-term assistance to Kyiv, including the Netherlands, Sweden and other European countries.
The goal is to make sure Ukraine will be strong enough in the future to deter Russia from attacking it again. More immediately, Ukraine’s Western allies hope to discourage the Kremlin from thinking it can wait out the Biden administration for a potentially more sympathetic successor in the White House.
Western officials are looking for ways to lock in pledges of support and limit future governments’ abilities to backtrack, amid fears in European capitals that Donald Trump, if he recaptures the White House, would seek to scale back aid. Trump has a wide lead in early polling in the Republican presidential primary field, but soundly lost the 2020 election to President Biden and has been indicted in four criminal cases in state and federal courts.
While the initiative shares broad support among G-7 countries, the practicalities are proving complicated, officials say. Among other issues, the Biden administration is limited in its ability to bind future administrations to international agreements—and Trump has already proven willing to reverse his predecessors’ deals with foreign capitals. In addition, European states lack the financial and military capacity to pick up the slack should a future president reduce and terminate U.S. aid to Kyiv. — The Wall Street Journal
Our Take: “There's one thing that observably transcends the kabuki theater of partisan politics in America, while at the same time binding establishment Democrats and Republicans intimately, and that is the needs and wants of the Military Industrial Complex.
The truest hallmark of a deep-state stooge is their unshakable devotion to the MIC. Since the administration of Donald Trump, who pulled the U.S. out of the perpetual warfare that had been devastating the Middle East since 9-11, one of the primary goals of these establishment turds has been to reinvigorate the U.S. war economy and keep NATO relevant at all costs in the post-Cold War era.
I know trolls will rush to point out that Trump blew Soleimani to smithereens, but that ENDED a problem rather than perpetuating one, which is the standard modus operandi of the U.S. security state. My question is: who will be fighting this war that far into the future?
As it stands, Zelensky is using a conscript army comprised of Nazis and young folks who, in many cases, do not have any interest in continuing the war. Young men are fleeing the country in droves to avoid being needlessly sacrificed, so you have to wonder: who will be left to even fight this war?
Lastly, there's nothing more unAmerican than attempting to bind a future president. It makes a mockery out of the American political tradition and our elections (which are already a joke, I know) if the current president can prevent a future president from taking actions that would benefit he American people.
At least Raytheon and Lockheed will be happy!” —
71% Of Americans Say Trump Can't Get An Impartial Jury: Survey
A majority of Americans, more than seven in 10, don't think President Donald Trump can get an impartial jury in his ongoing legal battles according to a new survey about Americans' trust in the broader legal system.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos, surveyed Americans from the general population and the population of those who have served on juries in the past 10 years to learn their attitudes toward various aspects of the criminal justice system.
The poll found that former jurors were more likely than the general population to trust in the criminal justice system as a whole, including attorneys across all fields, judges, and state and local law enforcement.
They also had a nearly 20 percent more favorable view of their fellow citizens serving on juries than their peers: 76 percent of former jurors reported "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in jurors, compared to 58 percent of non-jurors—the highest level of trust across both groups for all legal positions discussed.
But Americans are less optimistic about former President Donald Trump's chances of receiving an impartial jury in one of the cases against him relating to his alleged illegal retention of classified documents. Only the documents case, one of four ongoing trials against the former president, was asked about.
In the survey, 1,017 members of the general population—those who haven't served on a jury in the past 10 years—were asked, "If the cases against Donald Trump go to trial, how confident are you, if at all, that the court will be able to find and seat jurors willing to put aside their prior beliefs about Donald Trump and decide the case based on the evidence presented?"
Overall, 71 percent of those said they were not confident, including 30 percent who said they were "not at all confident" of this outcome and 41 percent who said they were "not too confident" about an impartial jury. — The Epoch Times
Our Take: “Polls are one of the key psychological manipulation tools of the Establishment, BUT, they signal important Narrative trends still worth tracking.
To wit, this week, twin MSM polls reveal the following:
77% of Americans feel Biden is 'too old' to run again in 2024, including 69% of Democrats. (AP)
71% of Americans feel Trump 'can't get an impartial jury' in 2024. (Ipsos)
Taken together, one might see why some of us consider a Biden 2024 run as a massive net win for the Great Awakening.
The Establishment doesn't want Biden. The American people don't want Biden.
But Trump does.
Why?
The collapsing Biden Admin represents the Deep State's death rattle in the Collective Mind, and it's running perfectly congruent with the Trump Trial Witch Hunt.
Net Effects = continued mass awakening.” —
Soldiers Seize Power in OPEC Member Gabon in Latest African Coup
Soldiers seized power in OPEC member Gabon, four days after the central African nation held disputed presidential elections. The nation’s dollar bonds sank.
If the military takeover holds in the former French colony, it would mark the ninth in sub-Saharan Africa in the past three years, and follows a coup in Niger last month. The military takeovers have been rooted in the economic malaise and weak governance that have fed frustration among civilians and — in West Africa in particular — the spread of extremist violence.
Army officers appeared on Gabonese state television to announce that they’d canceled the Aug. 26 vote and dissolved the country’s institutions, the BBC and Agence France-Presse reported. President Ali Bongo had sought to extend his family’s 56-year hold on power in an election that the opposition said was fraudulent. — Bloomberg
Our Take: “In another blow to France and the west, military have seized another West African country, the eighth such coup in west and central Africa since 2020. Western forces have not yet blamed Russia for the recent developments in Gabon, but I imagine that narrative is coming. It’s always Russia’s fault when the west trips over their colonialist history and globalist policies in Africa.
The timing of these African uprisings, proximity to each other, and consistent messaging indicates a coordinated effort. Whether that effort is to reclaim Africa from globalist forces or further deliver upon the great reset to the new world order remains to be seen. It’s still difficult to get a read on where the people are ideologically with the coups. The Gabonese military forces are urging the population for ‘calm and serenity.’
The news comes just days after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would not be leaving Niger, despite the repeated warnings from the ruling military forces there, and that the French Ambassador is staying put. In other words, things are escalating in Africa.” —
Another Take: “The 'coup' in Gabon is being celebrated by the Gabonese people with a 'festive' spirit, according to reporters on the ground, which recalls similar scenes spilling out of Niger in recent weeks, even though the Media Industrial Complex, (Deep) State Department and EU continue to refer to these transfers of power as violent takeovers.
This is the eighth 'coup' in West Africa since 2020, most of which have been directly or indirectly supported by China & Russia.
Total chaos or Sovereign Alliance?” —
New York says Trump should be found liable for fraud, even before a trial
New York's attorney general on Wednesday asked a state judge to declare, even before the start of a trial, that Donald Trump committed fraud by submitting false statements to bankers and insurers and overstating his net worth by up to $2.23 billion.
In filings with a state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said evidence in her civil case showed "repeated and persistent fraudulent use" by Trump and his family business of false and misleading financial statements from 2011 to 2021.
James said inflating values of more than a dozen assets by hundreds of millions of dollars established the defendants' liability for fraud under the state's Executive Law.
"The cumulative effect of these numerous deceptive schemes to inflate Mr. Trump's assets, and hence his net worth, is staggering," and is "just the tip of a much larger iceberg of deception (the state) is prepared to expose at trial," James said.
Less than an hour after James' filing, lawyers for Trump and the other defendants filed their own papers seeking to end what they called James' "crusade against President Trump" and dismiss the entire case.
Citing a recent appellate court decision, they said that many of the transactions James challenged took place too long ago to be reviewed in court, and said the attorney general offered no proof that anyone was harmed by the remainder. — Reuters
Our Take: “The witch hunt continues.
It’s unusual for an AG to ask a judge to make a decision on a case before proceedings have begun. This, in effect, precludes the defendant from arguing before the court—which is the whole point of a trial. The AG’s attempt to establish key facts before the hearings begin is itself a big red flag, and not in a good way.
A court case is supposed to be a venue of impartiality, where both sides have equal standing and capacity to argue their case and respond appropriately to each other’s arguments. How anyone with a modicum understanding of law can argue this is justice is beyond me. Then again, the literacy rate with respect to real law is so poor, especially in legal fields, it’s a miracle we have any semblance of justice at all in this country.
No doubt the move by the NY AG is yet another attempt to try Trump in the court of public opinion so as to build up a case for the election fraud they will no doubt push in 2024.
They will argue: ‘The American people don’t trust Trump because he’s clearly guilty of something—but he’s got good lawyers and knows how to work the system to avoid justice. But you shouldn’t help this criminal—Trump—by voting for him. As a matter of fact, it’s your patriotic duty to not vote for Trump, because, you know, he isn’t presidential.’
Despite these efforts to concoct yet another scenario where election fraud is sold to the public as ‘security,’ the fact of the matter is no one who really matters is buying any of this, including the vast majority of voters in the US. Whether or not the sleeping giant wakes enough to make the future steal untenable for the Deep State remains to be seen.” —
Biggest Drone Attack On Russia Since War Began Destroys At Least 4 Military Planes
Another huge drone attack on Russian territory has taken place in overnight and early hours of Wednesday morning, this time against an airport in the north-western Russian city of Pskov, which hosts military planes. It came amid broader drone attacks on six Russian regions.
Crucially, Pskov is a mere 20 miles from NATO member Estonia’s border, which sparked internet rumors that Estonia could have been involved, also given the city of Pskov is over 400 miles from Ukraine itself. International outlets are citing Russia's TASS to report that at least four military transport planes were damaged in the attack.
Four Il-76 transport planes were damaged as drones pummeled the airport. "As a result of the drone attack, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. A fire broke out, and two planes burst into flames," TASS reported.
Given the apparent direct hit on no less than four large military planes, this marks one of the biggest and successful cross-border attacks from Ukraine since the war began. Crimea has also in the last days come under waves of drone attacks, and overnight Bryansk Oblast was also targeted, as well as the capital of Moscow and other locations. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “Some interesting False Flagian vibes emanating from the Baltic region over the last 48 hours.
On Tuesday, Poland and the Baltic States announced emergency measures in case of a 'critical incident' involving Russia. These measures include rapid troop movements, particularly around Belarus in order to shore up a NATO response.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning (our time,) Russia is struck by coordinated drone strikes allegedly emanating from the Baltic region.
NATO getting desperate?” —
McConnell Freezes Up a Second Time While Addressing Reporters
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longtime Republican leader who has appeared increasingly diminished and frail after a series of falls and a serious head injury this year, froze up suddenly during a news conference on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., the second such episode he has experienced on camera in recent weeks.
Mr. McConnell, 81, was taking questions from reporters after an event hosted by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce when he was asked for his thoughts on running for re-election in 2026. Mr. McConnell, who appeared thinner and paler than he has in recent months, began to answer the question with a slight chuckle and abruptly stopped speaking for about 30 seconds, standing motionless as he gripped his lectern with his mouth pursed and his eyes fixed.
When an aide approached to ask if he had heard the question, he mumbled “yes,” but he seemed unable to continue speaking or to move.
It was the second such incident in two months, and the scene intensified questions about Mr. McConnell’s health condition, his ability to serve and his future in the Senate. — The New York Times
Our Take: “What in the bloody hell is going on with the turtle?
A few weeks back, we saw Mitch freeze up like an old TV set in the middle of a statement. The same thing has just happened again. While I won’t speculate on the reason for these momentary moments of impersonating a mannequin, I will say that whatever the reason, it is painfully obvious that term limits are needed.
Between these incidents, and Senator Feinstein being told how to vote on the floor, it is clear that a fair portion of our ‘elected’ government is either too old, or too cognitively impaired to do the job required of them.” —
State Rep. David Cole arrested, charged with voter fraud
State Rep. David Cole (R-Huntsville) was arrested Tuesday on charges of voter fraud stemming from long-standing complaints from the 2022 election.
Cole took office in 2022 after the 10-year tenure of Mike Ball. Cole is charged with fraud by voting at multiple or unauthorized locations. He was booked into the Madison County Jail and held on a $2,500 bond.
Earlier this year, Cole’s residency was questioned by his Libertarian election opponent Elijah Boyd, who alleged that Cole claimed a residence in District 10 when he declared for the race, while tax documents showed his residence was in District 4.
Cole won the House District 10 seat with 51.6% of the vote in the general election. Marilyn Lands, a Democrat, received 45%, and Boyd won 3.4%.
Boyd filed a complaint for contesting the election in Madison County Circuit Court on November 22, alleging Cole wasn't eligible under state law to serve as State Representative for House District 10 due to him not being a resident of the district and him not being a resident of the district for one year prior to the general election on November 8.
Alabama’s constitution requires state representatives to be citizens and residents of the state for three years and residents of their respective counties or districts for one year before their election.
The extent of Cole’s charges is still unclear; however, Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office is involved in the case. — 1819 News
Our Take: “Everyone involved in election fraud must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Election fraud is not a partisan issue. Both wings of the uniparty engage in election fraud, from manipulation of the candidate selection processes to the primaries to the generals.
According to the article, the specifics of the charges against Cole are still unclear, and he has a right to due process under the law. If convicted, he should have the book thrown at him.
And perhaps then, finally, people on the right will level up and realize that it’s not left vs. right. It’s us vs. them.” —
"A Very Dangerous Moment" - Hungary's Orbán Warns Tucker "A 3rd World War Is Knocking On The Door"
During Tucker Carlson's recent visit to Budapest, where he gave a speech apologizing for the "disgusting" behavior of the US Ambassador to Hungary, the former Fox News anchor sat down with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Orbán - Hungary's longest-serving prime minister - knows a thing or two about Russia (having grown up under their occupation, and been arrested and thrown into jail by Russian-backed police for his efforts to liberate the country) and Ukraine (a nation with which it shares a border), and so Tucker sat down to ask him - what exactly is going on in Ukraine right now (given the propagandic opacity of news in America)?
"It is not just a misunderstanding, it is a lie," Orban begins, when asked about the fact that American media continue to claim that 'Ukraine is winning' the war.
He suggests that the Biden administration misunderstands Russia, and attempting to remove Putin could lead to dangerous instability.
“To understand the Russians it's a difficult thing, especially if you have an ocean between you and Russia."
Orbán points out that Western political conversations often center on freedom, while Russian conversations focus on keeping the country together, and warns against the dangerous implications of the U.S. strategy, particularly for countries like Hungary that are geographically closer to the conflict.
"Don't misunderstand the Russians. So they're not going to get sick of Putin and throw him out, come on, it's a joke."
He criticizes Vice President Kamala Harris for suggesting that Ukraine could join NATO, saying it was an unrealistic proposal that escalated tensions.
Instead, the Hungarian PM urges a new security architecture that respects Ukraine's sovereignty but doesn't include NATO membership. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “Tucker's recent Narratives seem to be running as opposing mirrors to parallel Deep State political deployments.
This week, he's pushing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, with the two going back and forth about everything from the communist despotism of the collective West to the escalatory rhetoric coming out of the EU and US toward Russia that could lead to WW3.
The Media Industrial complex is being forced to call Orban, who has been jailed by Soviets in his youth, a Russia sympathizer.
Not a great 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.
I appreciate these Briefs and your Takes. I am usually well aligned with the Takes. Since I do not watch or read and DS Rat Bastard MSM bullshit this daily feed kind of keeps me up to speed with their spin room. I am really looking forward to the day they loose their microphone and can no longer spew their lies to any sizeable audience. We the People are taking control and as we increase in our numbers we will finally rid the world of these talking heads.
Keep it coming.
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
Of 108M views for Tucker's Victor Orban interview, how many are Americans vs. EU vs. Other? How many Americans have any clue who Orban is & his vital importance in European politics? Tucker is red-pilling loads of ppl. Which will happen first ... Tucker interviewing Putin ... or ... Joe Rogan smoking a cigar w/ 45? I'd say Rogan & The Boss will go 1st. What do U think?