Badlands News Brief
Musk Investigated, Fauci Exposed & Committees Engaged
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 Thursday, February 9 …
U.S. investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink over pathogens in monkey brains
The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens.
A Department of Transportation spokesperson told Reuters about the probe after the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal-welfare advocacy group, wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg earlier on Thursday to alert it of records it obtained on the matter.
PCRM said it obtained emails and other documents that suggest unsafe packaging and movement of implants removed from the brains of monkeys. These implants may have carried infectious diseases in violation of federal law, PCRM said.
The Department of Transportation spokesperson said the agency took PCRM’s allegations “very seriously.” — NBC News
Our Take: “NBC reports that Elon Musk is being investigated for transporting hazardous materials. Heading up the investigation is the U.S. Department Of Transportation.
Pete Buttigieg is currently heading the DOT.
The Pathogens were pointed out in emails discovered by the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCMR.) This would appear to be politicized, considering the recent release and revelations within the Twitter Files.
Alternatively, like Elon or not, one has to consider the smear campaign attempt, and the blatantly obvious fact that, if this is the best they can come up with against Mr. Musk, they likely do not have anything major against him.
While animal testing is horrific and inhumane, let us also note that further records may not exist, according to this source. The timing of this investigation is not lost on me, either.
From the article, "PCRM, which opposes the use of animals in medical research, did not identify any harm as a result of these incidents, but said Neuralink’s actions’“may pose a serious and ongoing public health risk.’”
All conjecture and what-ifs at this point, but enough to start a probe that will likely become an assault on Elon's credibility and reputation.” — Johnny Q
Judge holds accused crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s feet to fire on $250 million bond package
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried returned to court on Thursday for a hearing to determine the conditions of his pretrial release, after prosecutors discovered his encrypted communications with his company’s general counsel.
Senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan held both the government and the defendant’s feet to the fire about how to keep him from contacting key witnesses as he awaits trial.
“I am far less interested in the defendant’s convenience, given the record here,” Judge Kaplan told Bankman-Fried’s lawyer.
The brief hearing ultimately proved inconclusive: Kaplan urged the parties to ratchet up monitoring over all avenues of communication and send a more restrictive proposal to him for his approval. — Law & Crime
Our Take: “SBF was caught text messaging and emailing Witness 1 in the criminal case against him. He wanted to ‘reconnect,’ build a ‘constructive relationship’ and ‘use each other as resources when possible, or at least vet things with each other.’
Seems like a preamble to witness tampering to me.” — Just Human
Samuel García Sepúlveda: The WEF’s Man In Mexico
This brings us to Samuel García Sepúlveda, the current Governor of one of Mexico’s northern states, Nuevo León. At only age 35, García Sepúlveda is quickly becoming one of the youngest rising political stars in Mexico.
This is why it is not surprising that he was invited to participate in the World Economic Forum’s 2023 gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Although there were other Mexican citizens representing banks and oil companies like PEMEX, García Sepúlveda was the only Mexican politician in attendance at Davos. The invitation of García Sepúlveda should not come as a surprise given that Nuevo León is near the U.S.-Mexico border and is home to Monterrey, the second largest city in Mexico. — The Activist Post
Our Take: “It looks like Klaus is itching to penetrate another cabinet.
We know that the World Economic Forum is one of several globalist front groups, and while simply attending doesn't automatically make you a villain (Trump attended in 2018 and 2020), it at least merits a red flag.
We can safely say that Donald Trump isn't a globalist; his whole speech was basically putting the globalists on notice and advising against heeding the "perennial prophets of doom" only moments before Greta Thunberg took the stage.
The same cannot be said for this gentleman from Mexico—a rising star who happens to have connections to the WEF and is currently Governor of Nuevo Leon, a state in northern Mexico that just so happens to sit on the US-Mexico border. The current Mexican President was outspoken against masks and lockdowns.
Could it be that Schwab and his masters want to put Sepulveda in the Palacio Nacional? Could he become the Trudeau of Mexico? It's something to keep an eye on, at the very least.” — Ryan DeLarme
FBI suffers fresh bias episode, retracts intel memo portraying Catholics as extremist threats
The FBI on Thursday retracted an intelligence product from its Richmond field office that suggested some Roman Catholics be viewed as radical extremist threats and urged agents to infiltrate certain groups from the world's largest Christian faith.
The episode is the latest to sully the FBI's reputation, raising fresh concerns about political bias and civil liberties. It came a little over a year after an earlier bungled effort sought to treat parents protesting at school board meetings as domestic terrorism threats. — Just the News
Our Take: “The FBI was already an arm of the globalist culture police, acting as the authority and expert that decides who is a "domestic terrorist." The latest debacle is a wokism wet dream. Traditional Catholics, who want to hear the mass in Latin, were painted as white supremacists.
Why?
No clear methodology for how the FBI came to this determination was offered, which itself is quite revealing. These are cult-like social weaponization tactics. Psychologically and sociologically, we know that people are naturally drawn to authorities within a social group. These authorities tell people want to think and how to act.
Unless a critical evaluation of the pronouncements is made, people, out of precaution, will go along to avoid possible backlash. This is what the cabal is counting on—that we're too busy to think critically, and therefore, we'll go along with these false authorities.
Of course, these tactics only work on normies, for lack of a better term. And this highlights why it's vital that we who know the greater truth speak it into reality, because lies naturally crumble in the minds of those who are exposed to the truth.” — Justin Deschamps
Pence, Ex-National Security Advisor Subpoenaed by Trump Special Counsel
Special Counsel Jack Smith has issued subpoenas for interviews and documents to former Vice President Michael Pence and former National Security Advisor Robert O'Brian.
Pence’s subpoena came after months of negotiations between his legal team and federal prosecutors working with Special Counsel Jack Smith, according to ABC News.
O’Brien received two subpoenas asking for testimony and documents relating to the two separate inquiries of the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named to discuss non-public information. — Bloomberg UK
Our Take: “In addition to this news, we learned yesterday that fmr Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf had spent four hours being interviewed under oath a few weeks ago as part of Special Counsel Smith's investigation into the events of January 6th, 2021, and any attempts to interfere with transfer of power following the 2020 Presidential Election.
As Smith investigates these matters, he is likely to uncover evidence of election interference and an insurrection ... but not by Trump and Team.” — Just Human
Matt Gaetz Leaves Democrat Witness Squirming And Stuttering When Gaetz Exposes He’s A Partner At A Lobbying Firm That Represents Pfizer, Google, And George Soros’ Open Society
During the hearing, Williams was defending the FBI colluding with Big Tech to censor conservatives and the truth.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL) left Williams stammering when he questioned him. Williams was trying to squirm away from acknowledging that his lobbying firm represents Google, George Soros’s Open Society, and Pfizer.
In the process, Gaetz exposed the unholy union between the DC Swamp and the private institutions targeting sacred rights of Americans. — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “Once again, we have Matt Gaetz showing the rest of the House GOP how to actually serve the people they represent.
There are a lot of black-pilled naysayers out there claiming "it's all just theatrics," but this is the House doing what it was designed to do. The Legislature doesn't have prosecutorial powers, but by having these hearings, the average Joe is getting exposed to what we've known all along, and better yet, it's all on the record.
Williams played clueless, but he is a key player at Raben and you can bet your sweaty ass that he is not unaware of his clients and their actions, and the Karine Jean-Pierre routine isn't cutting it. These people have been at the levers of power for decades, if not centuries.
There's not going to be a Hollywood ending that fixes everything in a day or a week; this is only the beginning. I, for one, am happy to see them squirm.” — Ryan DeLarme
Fauci paper suggests feds knew COVID vaccines were doomed from the start: 'Decidedly suboptimal'
Anthony Fauci knows why COVID-19 vaccines have been so unreliable at halting infection and transmission beyond a few months. He waited until he stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to publicly explain it.
Elsevier's medical journal Cell Host and Microbe published a "perspective" led by Fauci's office last month that shows NIAID had good reason to believe COVID vaccines would fail even before they were authorized, based on research spanning Fauci's 38-year tenure leading NIAID. — Just the News
Our Take: “The liar and snake oil pusher, Fauci, is in the hot seat, as finally the media and medical authorities begin to acknowledge the health disaster that is the mRNA clot-shot.
I previously put forth the theory that Fauci, Bill Gates, and others are not the top of the pyramid; they're fall guys meant to take the heat from all this backlash.
Does that mean they will be held accountable and put on trial? It's possible, and I would argue the Cabal will use that option if they have to, but it isn't necessary either.
The people have been so fundamentally dumbed down, even if Fauci came out and admitted he knew COVID was a manufactured crisis and and the clot-shots are meant to kill billions, most people wouldn't know how to deal with that truth, to include not standing up and demanding justice.
Yes, some would, but others, those who've totally disabled their sense of righteous indignation would likely only demand the various arms of the justice system take action, which is itself thoroughly corrupted by the same Cabal.
In the end, there likely will be no justice until WE THE PEOPLE, take back our civilization.” — Justin Deschamps
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.
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Seeing justice for what they did to humanity through their evil fear mongering covid scam and the poor flocks of people rushing forward to inject themselves with harm - in hope of being saved from something that was not a threat to most immune systems - is a big desire of my heart, because it touched not only people across the whole earth but those I love the most, the closest most precious to me! Even though they do not realise the truth yet, my deepest prayers long for them to see and be freed from the bondage of deception and fear.