Badlands News Brief
Sidecar Debates at Home, Missile Barrages Abroad ...
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 pick news items of interest from the previous days to give you an overview of the biggest goings-on relevant to the Truth Community with some Badlands flavoring to help wash it down.
Now, onto the news from Tuesday, October 1 …
Badlands Media Special Coverage - Vice Presidential Debate
(Click the Stream Replay to watch , and Zak Paine discuss the debate in detail.)
Our Take: Tim Waltz used the word "fundamental" four times in 70 seconds to kick off the debate.
That said, it wasn't a bad word to sum up the theme on display.
On the one side, Waltz was on the attack, going after Donald Trump (as usual) by using Vance as a proxy. The thing is, as Vance pointed out with frequency, attacks on Trump in the realm of the POTENTIAL don't hold up well to scrutiny in the public mind because ... they already witnessed an ACTUAL Trump Presidency.
And it was fucking GREAT.
This undercurrent ran throughout the debate, which often took on the feeling of a canned hunt in terms of moderation. Overall, Vance came off as a Common Sense dude looking to cut to the core of argument (ie: problems) in order to trace them to logical solutions.
For better or worse, this sort of show isn't for people used to having conversations about real issues like election fraud.
So, who do the American people believe is responsible for stuff going wrong?
The ones "in charge" while it has. —
Iran fires 181 missiles at Israel; PM: They made a ‘big mistake’ and ‘will pay for it’
Iran fired a massive salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, sending almost 10 million people into bomb shelters as projectiles and interceptors exploded in the skies above.
Soon after the attack, which was largely unsuccessful, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran that it had made “a big mistake” and “will pay for it.”
Some 181 missiles were launched in the strike, according to Israeli officials. The Israel Defense Forces said that it intercepted “a large number” of them.
One Palestinian in the West Bank was reported killed and two Israelis were injured by falling shrapnel and debris that had caused damage and started fires in the area.
Explosions could be heard across much of Israel, from Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. Reporters on state television lay flat on the ground during live broadcasts. — Times of Israel
Our Take: In case you were wondering what hypersonic missiles look like in action, take a look:
Back in June 2023, when I first appeared on Badlands on Devolution Power Hour, and speculated that a Israel-Iran conflict could be on the horizon, I asserted that—despite all of the bellicose rhetoric from blowhards like Lindsay Graham about Iran getting a nuclear weapon—Iran does not need a nuclear weapon to "destroy" Israel, because they have a vast arsenal of hypersonic missiles that can easily penetrate the Iron Dome.
All it takes is a large enough barrage of these missiles, directed at the appropriate targets—such as power plants and other critical infrastructure—and Iran could easily render Israel uninhabitable.
It is important to realize that, as we have discussed on Breaking History with economic insights from our friend, Brady Fuchs (War_Hamster), Israel is not capable of being self-reliant. It does not have an agriculture industry substantial enough to sustain the population, nor does it have the manufacturing sector necessary to operate autonomously. And, as Hezbollah has publicly pointed out many times over the past several months, in veiled threats designed to discourage kinetic escalation, Israel's power grid is extremely vulnerable, and can be neutralized with relative ease.
The same can be said of Israel's only deep water port, Haifa, which has several large storehouses containing ammonium nitrate—a chemical used in fertilizer— as well as oil refineries that is vulnerable to explosions. (All of this has been highlighted by Hezbollah, who sent a drone to Haifa months ago that documented these targets on a video posted to the internet.)
Here is the Iranian president, in a post from the Iranian military, explaining that this attack was only a demonstration of their missile technology. The targets were obviously carefully chosen, as only 3 people were killed—one of which being a Palestinian in the West Bank—all from falling debris, and not the munitions, themselves. (Likely debris from the few missiles that were intercepted.)
The IDF can claim that they shot down many missiles, but the video evidence— which is extensively documented on social media—suggests otherwise. These hypersonic missiles did exactly what they were suppose to do: penetrate the Iron Dome.
Here is the Iranian military saying as much:
While Bibi Netanyahu is vowing revenge, here is a video (again, posted by Iran) that focuses on Bibi during his address following the strike. You can clearly see his hands visibly shaking.
It seems that Iran has shook Bibi Netanyahu. It would be foolish for Israel to now continue the escalation, especially considering that neither Russia nor China—critical allies of Iran—have gotten involved.
It would be even more foolish for the United States to follow Israel into the breach on this suicide mission. This is not a threat to our national security, and we have significant problems on the home front that need to be immediately addressed. —
Top aide to Eric Adams forced out amid sprawling corruption probes
One of Mayor Eric Adams’ most trusted aides resigned from his post Monday, weeks after federal agents seized his cell phone in a mushrooming investigation into the Democratic mayor’s inner circle — including federal bribery charges against Adams himself.
Timothy Pearson stepped down from his role as senior adviser for public safety — a job that earned him a $257,374 salary, one of the highest in the administration. His resignation, goes into effect this Friday, Oct. 4, according to his resignation letter, which was obtained by POLITICO.
The departure is a victory for some of Adams’ closest advisers, who have been pressuring the mayor to cut ties with Pearson for weeks.
Pearson’s letter does not acknowledge the investigations swirling around him. Instead, he wrote that he has “decided to focus on family, self-care, and new endeavors.”
Pearson also mentioned his role advising Adams on new technology. POLITICO reported on Sunday that he pushed the fire department to ink a contract with a technology company, Remark Holdings, while he had a close personal relationship with a consultant for the firm.
Adams praised Pearson in a brief statement provided by his press office. — Politico
Our Take: If this was a novel, I would be so tempted to skip ahead. The suspense is killing me.
The question, of course, is how far is this thing going to go?
‘Adams pleaded not guilty and has defiantly resisted calls to resign,’ Politico says.
Is Adam’s going to fight this thing or cave like the many others who’ve faced the same moment — when the media and authorities stop covering for an Executive and begin covering them.
Cuomo and de Blasio both had scandals, and then resigned, and the scandals went away from the public eye. That being said — side note — de Blasio’s COVID crimes are coming back into focus, as lawmakers are calling for a new investigation.
Back to this specific scandal, part of the Pearson package is a basket of sexual misconduct allegations, reminiscent of Cuomo’s ouster. More relevant and important to the broader war on corruption is Pearson’s network of favors and payoffs and fixing.
Consider:
‘In practice, Pearson is afforded control over some of the city’s most important assignments: He helped Adams set up the upper ranks of the NYPD, approves contracts with outside firms for migrant shelters and runs a small office Adams created and tasked with improving municipal services.’
That’s a lot of disparate functions, and their networks, connecting through one office and one guy. If he is approving contracts, that means he’s working third party relationships for the Mayor’s office. For Pearson, this likely includes governmental (state and federal), corporate and non-governmental organizations; we’re talking about, among other things, migrant shelters.
This Adams scandal just exposed our nation’s festering wound of public-private partnerships, very publicly and, according to Politico, Adams is defiantly refusing to make this go away.
Exposure, accelerate.
I’m rooting for defiant resistance. Burn it all down, Mayor Adams. —
It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown In 50 Years Sparks Fears Of Supply Chain Crisis
More than 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) members from over three dozen facilities across 14 Gulf and East Coast ports went on strike early Tuesday, marking the largest labor action at US ports in nearly 50 years. The labor action, driven by disputes over automation and wages in a new multi-year labor contract, threatens to disrupt supply chains nationwide. If the strike persists for more than a week, retailers could face shortages of certain goods (read: here), potentially sparking another wave of inflation.
ILA's strike hit 36 ports across the Gulf and up and down the East Coast—this is the union's first labor action since 1977. Workers walked off the job at the Port of Philadelphia a few short minutes after midnight when ILA and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX)—a coalition of port operators and carriers—failed to agree on a new labor contract offer that would have boosted wages by 50% over six years and pledged to place limitations on port automation. The union has demanded a 77% pay bump.
On Tuesday, ILA said USMX's latest offer was rejected because it "fell far short of what ILA rank-and-file members are demanding in wages and protections against automation." Both sides have been locked in talks since June.
"We are prepared to fight as long as necessary, to stay out on strike for whatever period of time it takes, to get the wages and protections against automation our ILA members deserve," union boss Harold Daggett said in a statement, quoted by AP News, adding, "They must now meet our demands for this strike to end." — ZeroHedge
And …
Donald Trump: My Plan to Make America Affordable Again—and Bring Back the American Dream | Opinion
For years, Americans have watched as our country has been stripped of our jobs and stripped of our wealth. We've watched our companies get sold off to foreign countries. But with my plan for the American economy, this will stop immediately. When I am president, we will begin to take other countries' jobs and factories, bringing businesses and trillions of dollars back to the United States.
Under my plan, American workers will no longer be worried about losing their jobs to foreign nations. Instead, foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to Americans. German car companies can become American car companies. We can beat China in electronic production. Manufacturers that have left us will come sprinting back to our shores.
Here's the deal that I will be offering to companies and manufacturers around the planet: The United States will give you the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burdens, and free access to the best and biggest market on the planet—but only if you make your products here in America and hire American workers for the job.
If these companies don't take the deal, they'll pay a tariff when they send their products—made in another country—to us. And we will use the hundreds of billions of tariff dollars to benefit American citizens. — Newsweek
Our Take: Okay LISTEN UP, people!
I'm going to combine
’s dig on Trump's connections to the current leadership of the ILA with a chaser that should cut off all arguments asserting this isn't fully controlled.But first, Herold’s dig:
The SAME day the strike commences, Trump publishes an Op Ed in Newsweek that's all about his economic agenda.
The meat of Trump's proposed plan relies on placing tariffs on foreign goods and drastically reducing taxes on domestic production.
Here's the thing getting lost in the noise: Trump is going to REWARD FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS for making foreign goods IN AMERICA.
This brilliant bit of game theory is global in scale, and means foreign brands are literally going to be competing to hire American workers and build American manufacturing infrastructure.
He's also going to force them to use American materials, such as American steel. It's an infinite economic feedback loop.
Foreign countries are going to fund the American Restoration.
Almost like it was planned this way. —
Graham: Iranian missile attack on Israel deserves ‘overwhelming response’ from US
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) responded to Iran’s launch of a missile on Israel and said the attack deserves an “overwhelming response” from the United States.
“This missile attack against Israel should be the breaking point and I would urge the Biden Administration to coordinate an overwhelming response with Israel, starting with Iran’s ability to refine oil,” Graham said in a statement Tuesday.
His statement follows the news that Iran launched missiles toward Israel.
Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said sirens have been sounded across Israel, and civilians were warned to remain vigilant and follow orders from authorities.
The Israeli military said its air defense systems were fully operational and ready to intercept missiles.
Graham was one of the first U.S. lawmakers to react to the news Tuesday.
In his statement, he called the Iranian regime “religious Nazis” who want to “purify Islam and attack the United States.”
He called on the Biden administration to hit Iran’s oil refineries. — The Hill
Our Take: (I know I already did a take on the Iran missile strike, but this warranted a separate take.)
I'd like to start by reiterating what Iran is capable of, militarily, and what they have chosen not to use against the United States or Israel, up until now.
Now imagine that, multiplied by 10, and directed at an aircraft carrier, and you will quickly realize that the dominance that the carrier battle group has given the United States since World War II is now gone.
That's not to say that the United States military is no longer the most powerful fighting force in the world, but the reality is that the rest of the world has caught up to us. This all happened while treasonous snakes like Lindsay Graham ransacked our coffers, exploited our people, and sold off our technologies to foreign interests—including Iran.
Not only did Deep State traitors like Lindsay Graham sell off our technologies, but they also helped establish the same terrorist networks that he is describing in this article.
With all of that in mind, read what Lindsay Graham said:
“This missile attack against Israel should be the breaking point and I would urge the Biden Administration to coordinate an overwhelming response with Israel, starting with Iran’s ability to refine oil,” Graham said in a statement Tuesday.
“These oil refiners need to be hit and hit hard because that is the source of cash for the regime to perpetuate their terror,” Graham said. “My prayers are with the people of Israel, and may God continue to bless Israel.”
Our enemy is not Iran. Our enemy is Lindsay Graham, and others like him who orchestrate international conflict, then gleefully deploy our friends and family to foreign battlefields to die in fruitless wars, while the local populations are subjugated, children are kidnapped and sold into slavery (or worse), and cockroaches like Lindsay Graham line their pockets with the spoils of war.
I cannot put into words the contempt that I feel in my soul for men like Lindsay Graham. They are not just godless degenerates, they are evil incarnate; Some of the worst human beings who have ever lived. Millions of people have died—in Iraq, alone—because of Lindsay Graham's desire to kill, destroy, and conquer.
The reason that the world is such a dark place—where Satan reigns—is because of "leaders" like Lindsay Graham. Maybe President Trump should send him to Tehran as a peace offering.
Enough is enough. The world has burned for far too long. —
French PM announces delay in New Caledonia local elections
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier told parliament on Tuesday that he was delaying local elections in the overseas territory of New Caledonia until the end of 2025.
The Pacific island of New Caledonia has been hit by violent unrest between indigenous Kanaks and French loyalists. — Reuters
Our Take: This is my final take from Europe, and I’m writing this from Nice, France. We fly home tomorrow.
I wanted to find a good French story to top off this journey, and came to the jarring realization of how out of the loop I am. Since I’ve been gone, France got a new Prime Minister.
Michel Barnier is the EU's former chief Brexit negotiator, and he was appointed by former Prime Minister Macron on September 5th. You guys probably all knew this. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t.
When he came in, he allegedly appointed a ‘far right’ government. Then there was a whole tax conflict where he was proposing taxes ‘on the wealthy.’
Now he’s delaying local elections in the French territory of New Caledonia. He has been in office less than one month.
Delaying elections is becoming increasingly normalized. This new Frenchie did it super fast.
Sacrebleu! —
BONUS ITEMS
Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Barring Local Authorities from Requiring Voter ID
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sunday that will bar local authorities from requiring photo ID to vote, which exceeds the state’s requirements.
California is one of 14 Democrat-run states that do not require any ID to vote, despite requiring it for many other purposes. Voters at polling places are checked off against voter rolls without further proof being required; voters who submit mail-in ballots must include their signatures on the envelopes that are checked by a machine against the signatures on file in voter registration records.
The City of Huntington Beach, one of the last conservative bastions in the state, which often opposes Democratic policies, planned to require photo ID for voting in 2024, after a ballot initiative passed to that effect in March.
The new law, SB 1174, “would prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or submitting a ballot at any polling place, vote center, or other location where ballots are cast or submitted, as specified.”
The text of the law also claims, without evidence: “Voter identification laws have historically been used to disenfranchise low-income voters, voters of color, voters with disabilities, and senior voters.” — Breitbart
Judges tosses wrongful death suit against Cuomo over order requiring COVID patients into nursing homes
A wrongful death lawsuit against Andrew Cuomo over a state directive that forced nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients was tossed by a judge Monday – with the ex-governor’s camp claiming “justice has prevailed.”
Eastern District of New York Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted a motion to dismiss the suit that was brought against Cuomo and other top aides in 2022 by a man whose father contracted the deadly disease in a Brooklyn nursing home and died.
Daniel Arbeeny, of Brooklyn, argued in the suit that his father’s death was caused by a 2020 state health department order that required nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients.
Loved ones of others who died in nursing homes during the pandemic also joined the lawsuit, alleging the same thing. — NY Post
Trump argues against disclosure of certain details in major Jack Smith brief laying out new evidence in election case
Former President Donald Trump is again claiming that special counsel Jack Smith is trying to influence the November presidential election by seeking to make new evidence and witness testimony public as voters start to go to the polls.
In a court filing Tuesday, the Republican White House nominee argued that more redactions are needed in a brief that Smith has filed under seal that will present the most comprehensive view yet of the special counsel’s case that Trump acted in criminally in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
The brief is aimed at convincing the trial judge in the case – and eventually, higher courts – that Smith’s case can survive under the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that said Trump had at least some presidential immunity in the prosecution.
The immunity filing is expected to be the fullest description of the case against Trump to date – a nearly 200-page legal brief that weaves the Justice Department’s sweeping grand jury investigation around the 2020 election into a narrative, akin to an opening statement at a trial. At stake in the current dispute over redacting the brief is how much the public will learn about what investigators found in the federal election subversion probe, particularly as a Trump win in November would likely end the prosecution.
Trump opposes the public disclosure of some of the details in the still-sealed brief, claiming in Tuesday’s court filing that the “true motivation driving the efforts by the Special Counsel’s Office to disseminate witness statements that they previously sought to lock down is as obvious as it is inappropriate.” — CNN
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Ashe’s comment in her post about the corruption that surrounds Adams is one I’ve been thinking (and commenting) about for a long while due to the unconstitutionality of this, ‘This Adams scandal just exposed our nation’s festering wound of public-private partnerships…’. Indeed!
My son-in-law sent me a video yesterday of a trucker who stated the longshoremen strike isn’t only about the pay. His comment, ‘They didn’t sign up to humans being cargo’ and they can’t bear the sounds of people trying to get out of the containers. Hmmm….positive economic results for the country AND exposing the trafficking of humans? Remember Evergreen?
BB’s spot on about Trump’s plan, ‘Foreign countries are going to fund the American Restoration.’
Ghost, I fully agree the enemy for us is Congressional traitors like Graham and McCain, but don’t forget the ones in the White House, including the basement. Israel is in trouble because of the cabal’s Nazi minions there. Like here, the people are likely waking to this fact.🙏
Exposure is the word of the month, isn’t it? That’s a good thing. Short term, however, the desperation and panic of the cabal’s minions here and around the globe might not be. 👀. Besides the violence, etc, the delaying elections is very much a thing now. 🧐
God bless Ashe, BB and Ghost!🙏. You are much appreciated!
Quote of the day:
“ Our enemy is not Iran. Our enemy is Lindsay Graham, and others like him who orchestrate international conflict, then gleefully deploy our friends and family to foreign battlefields to die in fruitless wars, while the local populations are subjugated, children are kidnapped and sold into slavery (or worse), and cockroaches like Lindsay Graham line their pockets with the spoils of war.” -
GhostofBasedPatrickHenry 🙏❤️🇺🇸🕊