Badlands News Brief
Sudan Seized, Tucker Trashed & ISIS Eliminated
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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 Tuesday, April 25 …
WHO Declares “Biohazard Risk” In Sudan After Bio-Lab Seized By Military
The World Health Organization has declared there is a “high risk of biological hazard” in Khartoum, Sudan after a military group seized one of Sudan’s main bio-labs.
Reuters reported the laboratory seized contained cholera, measles, and several other deadly pathogens.
The WHO Representative of Sudan said in statement, “This is the main concern: no accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available.”
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, US Special Forces had to execute an emergency excavation mission for personnel located at the US Embassy in Khartoum on Sunday due to the ongoing fighting between the Sudan Army and a military group within Sudan called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “Viewing this story through the lens of this grand chess game we've collectively been spectating, the first question that comes to mind is, if it is indeed the Rapid Support Force (RSF) who've seized the bio-lab, then whose proxy army are they?
We know that Russia made a deal with Sudan to establish a naval base on Sudan's Red Sea coast, and naturally, the US isn't too happy about that. When coups and civil strife erupt in countries like Sudan, they are rarely naturally or locally created events. Though it may seem like some militant faction has risen to power, often times there are much larger powers pulling the strings, facilitating the group's growth and ability to stay relevant and equipped to fight, so we should be asking ourselves what forces are really at play in Sudan.
The first question is: is the RSF a force divided?
It would appear that there are two men vying for control of the paramilitary group: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who serves as head of the Sovereign Council and the Sudanese military, and a man named General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti", or "Little Mohamed".
Hemedti made a February 23, 2022, visit to Moscow that Burhan was noticeably absent from, fueling speculation that the two generals may have separate objectives. Additionally, Hemedti’s eight-day visit with Putin just happened to coincide with U.S. sanctions against Russia for Putin’s "threatening actions" and "unprovoked aggression" in Ukraine, according to a press release from the White House.
This thing is still playing out, and the seizure of the biolab could be a big development.
Who has seized the biolab, and for what purpose? If it's a Russian faction, then maybe it's the continuation of what we saw with the Ukraine labs, or maybe it's western spooks pulling the strings and retaliating, I wouldn't even rule out the lab becoming another Wuhan, releasing a timely pandemic to roll out those mail-in ballots.
The timely response from the WHO indicates that, either way, they are deploying a narrative.
Stay vigilant on this one, folks.” — Ryan DeLarme
Taliban kills ISIS-K leader behind 2021 Afghanistan airport attack that left 13 Americans dead, U.S. officials say
The ISIS leader responsible for the planning of the 2021 attack at the Kabul airport that took the lives of 13 U.S. service members has been killed by the Taliban, according to senior administration officials.
The White House says it will not release the name of the man, but described him as the "mastermind" of the assault on Abbey Gate, one of the main points of entry for those trying to evacuate Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal.
Officials learned of his death in Afghanistan weeks ago, but said it has taken some time to confirm.
"Experts in the government are at high confidence that this individual…was indeed the key individual responsible" for the attack outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, a senior administration official told CBS News. More than 100 Afghan civilians were also killed in the suicide bombing.
The U.S. was not informed about the death by the Taliban, but it made the determination from its own intelligence gathering and monitoring of the ongoing threats and actors in the region. — CBS News
Our Take: “As Just Human projected all the way back in August 2021, the Taliban have been charged by Donald Trump with helping to eliminate the Globalist-funded terrorist threat known as ISIS under the framework of the Doha Agreement.
They are doing so.
The reason the Media Industrial Complex is fairly quiet on Afghanistan these days is because ... well ... things are going pretty well there, thank you very much.
Winning is all around us, if we train the eyes to see it and the minds to discern it.” — Burning Bright
Watch: Is This The Speech That Got Tucker Carlson Removed From Fox News?
Tucker Carlson, now ousted from Fox News, gave a speech last week at the 50th Anniversary of the Heritage Foundation on the bigger picture of good and evil within our society.
The conflict is no longer about politics, it's about the very moral foundations of civilization.
The new ideological movements are based on old and dark premises, and their motivations are solely to destroy what they can in order to take what they can.
Perhaps Carlson was getting a little too close to the truth... — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “Tucker STARTED some J6 Tapes disclosure in recent months, only to halt (or be halted) soon after.
Tucker and Trump's relationship, both in the media cycle and behind it, has been emphasized by both sides, and by the hostile Media Industrial Complex of late.
Tucker's rhetoric regarding Big Pharma & the Media Industrial Complex has escalated of late in a manner reminiscent of James O'Keefe, giving one the impression he was baiting the Murdochs.
If you’re looking for reasons why the Media Industrial Complex (of which FOX is a major part) were looking to move on from a man who delivered ratings gold night in and night out, those are just a few.” — Burning Bright
Fox News Takes Ratings Hit After Tucker Carlson’s Exit
Unsurprisingly, Fox News ratings suffered Monday night without the channel’s most watched host.
After the surprise of Fox News and Tucker Carlson “agree[ing] to part ways” on Monday, the network’s 8 p.m. hour had a significantly smaller audience Monday night. The debut of Fox News Tonight, hosted by Brian Kilmeade (the first in a series of rotating hosts), pulled in just under 2.6 million viewers — about 21 percent below the average for Tucker Carlson Tonight (3.3 million viewers) over the past eight Mondays.
Fox News Tonight also took a hit in the key news demographic of adults 25-54: Its 0.24 rating was 37 percent lower than the 0.38 Carlson averaged over the prior eight Monday shows.
Those figures were still more than enough to lead the 8 p.m. hour on cable news by a sizable margin. A Joe Scarborough Presents special on MSNBC came in at 1.51 million viewers, while Anderson Cooper 360 drew 728,000 people to CNN. — The Hollywood Reporter
Our Take: “I talk about Narrative Shielding quite often, usually in the context of patriot control. However, the enemy uses this tactic as well.
I believe this is clear in the case of the FOX-Dominion settlement, wherein FOX is providing shielding to the election fraud apparatus by attempting to set legal and psychological precedent AGAINST election reform.
This has just been countered by the Tucker deployment, which has the feeling of patriot seeding and Tucker baiting.
FOX is now exposed to Normie MAGA as the den of wolves it is. They may still be beating the other Media moguls on the ratings front, but its akin to being the prettiest horse at the glue factory.
Coincidence, I'm sure.” — Burning Bright
Disney Begins Largest Wave Of Layoffs, Will Get More Than Halfway To Target Of 7,000 Staff Cuts This Week
Disney is initiating the second and largest round of its planned layoffs Monday and expects to reach 4,000 of its projected 7,000 staff cuts by Thursday.
A staff memo from Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden (read it below) delivered the news, indicating that affected workers would be notified from now through Thursday. A final round will take effect before the start of summer. “These are hard decisions and not ones we take lightly – but every decision has been made with considerable thought, and we are doing everything we can to make sure this process is conducted with respect and compassion,” the execs wrote.
This week’s staff reductions have been anticipated for weeks, with workers referring to it as “the big one” or, more ominously, a “bloodbath,” as Deadline has reported. The initial wave began on March 27. — Deadline
Our Take: “The Media Industrial Complex is a term many of us use in the Truth Community when talking about MSM platforms from CNN to FOX. That said, the enemy’s information dissemination program doesn’t end at the delivery of ‘news’ to the American people.
As many are aware, Hollywood and the Entertainment Industrial Complex is just as—if not MORE—influential to the American zeitgeist as the fake news media. The thing is, [their] system of control is beginning to fray and fracture so completely that, in the words of the great Donald Trump, everything woke truly does seem to be turning to shit at the same time.
When you train yourself to look for the wins, you can’t help but to smile seeing how many there are.” — Burning Bright
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.
Burning Bright: “Prettiest horse at the glue factory” LOL. Spot on! Independent journalism rocks!
What is the WHO up to in Sudan? I get nervous when the WHO is up to ANYTHING, anywhere, but especially in Africa and especially around biolabs. Not related, but Burundi and Tanzania come to mind, as does John Magufuli (RIP).