Badlands News Brief
COVID Coverups, Globalist Schemes and Epstein's Shadow
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 Monday, January 30 …
Air Force intel officer cops to stashing hundreds of top secret docs at home
WASHINGTON – An ex-Air Force intelligence officer admitted to “willfully” keeping top secret documents on a thumb drive and computer in his Tampa, Fla. home, a federal plea agreement signed last week reveals.
Retired Lt. Col. Robert Birchum, 54, pled guilty Friday to a charge of “unlawful retention of national defense information” after investigators discovered he’d kept 135 top secret, secret and classified files on the thumb drive and computer hard drive in 2017, the plea deal states.
The charge, filed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. — The New York Post
Our Take: “Here is yet another ripping open of the veil. Following an endless stream of Classified Documents showing up in Joe Biden’s possession, we have now found Documents held by Pence and this Military Intel Officer.
A mere 5 months ago, holding onto Classified Documents after leaving office was presented as the crime of the century. Once it was someone not named Trump, however, it morphed into a casual, minor offense. In their rush to vilify this man they have exposed themselves endlessly and this is simply the latest example. Each one of these compare/contrast situations adds ammo to the war of redpills.
For this is not simply a battle for America, but rather a Battle for the minds of the American People. Only one of the 4 aforementioned individuals held the power to DE-classify said Documents: President Donald J Trump. Happy Red-pilling.” — Brad Getz
$5.4 billion in covid aid may have gone to firms using suspect Social Security numbers
The U.S. government may have awarded roughly $5.4 billion in coronavirus aid to small businesses with potentially ineligible Social Security numbers, offering the latest indication that Washington’s haste earlier in the pandemic opened the door for widespread waste, fraud and abuse.
The top watchdog overseeing stimulus spending — called the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, or PRAC — offered the new estimate in an alert issued Monday and shared early with The Washington Post. It came as House Republicans prepared to hold their first hearing this week to study the roughly $5 trillion in total federal stimulus aid approved since spring 2020. — The Washington Post
Our Take: “$5 trillion of federal spending approved to deal with 'covid,' with billions of dollars of fraud.
The SBA approved applications with 'suspect' Social Security numbers to the tune of $5.4 billion. Now that Congressional investigations have begun, the MSM is beginning to roll out the cover stories and limited hangouts.
"The revelations affirmed the immense task the government faces to keep watch over its more than $5 trillion in emergency pandemic programs. The vast array of aid provided checks to unemployed Americans, grants to schools, hospitals and other critical facilities, and financial assistance to cities and states struggling to cover their own pandemic needs."
We're being told that despite the massive fraud, most of the money went where it was supposed to go. The problem is "where it was supposed to go" was often to organizations implementing the destructive covid policies.
"The SBA ultimately helped spare millions of these firms from financial ruin, but its haste also resulted in costly errors... Adding to the challenge, the SBA already has granted full or partial forgiveness to more than 93 percent of its PPP recipients."
Just another example of the government 'trying really hard to do the right thing with the best of intentions' but ending up putting Americans on the hook for what looks like massive payoffs for whoever will play along with the agenda.” — Chris Paul
Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer to Consult Legal Services Before Pledging to Testify
Hunter Biden’s infamous art dealer with Chinese connections has not agreed to testify before Congress, citing the need to consult with legal counsel.
Georges Bergès, who has dubbed Hunter an “American story,” confirmed on Thursday he received the House Oversight Committee’s demanded letter from Wednesday requesting his appearance before the investigative panel. — Breitbart
Our Take: “The House GOP has officially launched investigations into the Biden family's political profiteering, and it would seem that Hunter's budding career as an artist has now come under scrutiny.
Hunter Biden's art dealer has been asked to appear before the House Oversight Committee but has not yet complied, as he is seeking legal counsel, which suggests that the Committee sees these art shows as a potential avenue for the Biden family to receive funds in exchange for political favors.
These people have long since mastered all the ways to launder money and peddle influence. Q said that "book deals can be lucrative," and it seems like the same can be true about sub-mediocre ‘art shows.’” — Ryan DeLarme
Donald Trump: Ron DeSantis and His Donors Are Globalists
Former President Donald Trump made waves shortly after midnight Monday by criticizing the Club for Growth, deeming it a “globalist group” and asserting that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his donors are also globalists.
“The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years,” Trump wrote in a TruthSocial update, explaining that he worked with the group for a period of time but adding it “couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and part’s unknown.”
“They know I won’t play that game, I am America First all the way. That’s the ONLY way we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” Trump continued before reviving the nickname he coined for Gov. DeSantis in November 2022.
“Ron DeSanctimonious, who I made Governor in BOTH the Primary & the General, is also a Globalist, & so are his donors,” Trump asserted. “Jeb ‘Low Energy’ Bush was next to him last week. Check PAST!” — Breitbart
Our Take: “Is this why Trump and DeSantis are "fighting?" Trump's latest jab at Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be a ploy to cause the fake news media to spend time and energy on the non-story—namely that Trump is outing DeSantis because of his 2024 ambitions.
The Florida Governor has not made any statements to the fact he intends on running in 2024. While it is unclear the real intent of this situation, one effect that it's having is to draw in centrists who don't like Trump, but are for the America First agenda in some fashion (i.e. Tim Pool, and the like). DeSantis is effectively a carbon copy of Trump from a policy standpoint, but in a "good cop" fashion. DeSantis speaks out against China, the globalists, CRT, the queer agenda and many of the other issues raised by 45, but without the talking points that centrists find disagreeable, like the 2020 election fraud or Russiagate hoax.
DeSantis was also one of the most popular governors during the COVID pandemic, holding a strong anti-vaccine mandate position and refusing to close down the state for long periods of time. Trump, on the other hand, is still in the hot seat for Operation Warp Speed and the jab push many centrists seem to find unpalatable.
Taking account of all this, if the spat between Trump and DeSantis is a ruse, then they will likely keep it going until a GOP candidate emerges from the primaries leading up to 2024. Then they will "make up," and this will draw in the centrist support that Trump was not able to garner. Of course, this is just one possible interpretation. Let us know your theories in the comments.” — Justin Deschamps
Firefighters Continue to Assess Damage After Large Fire at Bozrah Egg Farm
More than 100 firefighters worked to put out a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah on Saturday.
Firefighters said the fire was in a 50 foot by 600 foot operating chicken coop at Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road. — NBC
Our Take: “More than 100 firefighters battled a massive blaze in Connecticut over the weekend at a Hillandale Farms warehouse. Hillandale Farms is a major egg producer in the United States, and it's estimated that over 100,000 chickens died in the blaze. With the amount of food processing plants that have mysteriously caught fire over the last year and a half, is there any question that the Cabal could be covertly causing supply chain issues as such just to give rise to more strife and pain in society?” — Jordan Sather
Washington halts licences for US companies to export to Huawei
The Biden administration has stopped providing US companies with licences to export to Huawei as it moves towards imposing a total ban on the sale of American technology to the Chinese telecom equipment giant.
Several people familiar with discussions inside the administration said the commerce department had notified some companies that it would no longer grant licences to export American technology to Huawei. The move marks the latest prong in Washington’s campaign to curb the tech company, which national security officials believe helps China engage in espionage.
The Trump administration imposed severe restrictions on exporting technology to Huawei, but the commerce department had granted licences to some companies for products that were not related to high-speed 5G telecom networks. — Financial Times
Our Take: “The ‘Beijing Biden’ Admin has not only continued the Trump Admin's policies towards Huawei, but is now headed towards a total ban. 'Dasting...” — Just Human
Experts Warn New IRS Tax Rules Are a ‘Double Whammy’ for Families
After the Internal Revenue Service issues several releases warning about potentially lower tax refunds this filing season, some analysts say that it could put strain on some families who may have anticipated an expanded child tax credit. — The Epoch Times
Our Take: “The controlled implosion of the economy continues at pace. The COVID tax breaks are fading away, which is itself a major blow to an economy already pushed to the breaking point. On top of that, the bankers are instituting a currency constriction (rising interest rates), which means the economy is intentionally being slowed to get a handle on inflation—at least that's the excuse.
The truth is, the global economy, to include the US, was pushed onto a debt-based economic model decades ago, when the global financial system moved to the dollar as reserve currency, meaning the Fed as reserve currency. The game is an old one.
Healthy economies are offered "incentives" in the form of cheap credit through international banking cabals, often during wartime or other crises. The money flows until the economy is irrevocably changed—completely addicted to banker credit. Then, the bankers trigger constriction occurs that acts like a game of musical chairs—some people and businesses go belly up. These now bankrupt entities are forced to sell off assets or make pledges to the bankers, who then gobble up portions of the economy in the process. The people suffer as massive transfers of wealth along with a slow slide toward internationalist policies cripple local economies and communities.
Right now, we're seeing what we saw back in 1907 during the run up toward the Federal Reserve system. The push will likely continue until a Great Reset inaugurates a new global financial system, unless, of course, we decide to create parallel systems that patriots control.” — Justin Deschamps
FDA Quietly Changes End Date for Study of Heart Inflammation After Pfizer COVID Vaccination
Pfizer was supposed to complete a study on the occurrence of subclinical myocarditis, or heart inflammation, after receipt of its COVID-19 vaccine. The completion date was listed by the FDA in 2021 as June 20, 2022. Pfizer was also supposed to submit the results of the study to the FDA by the end of 2022 as part of a list of requirements the FDA imposed as a condition of approving Pfizer’s jab.
But after the deadline passed, the FDA quietly changed the date.
Under a list of postmarketing requirements for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the FDA now says the same study now has "an original expected completion date of June 30, 2023.” — The Epoch Times
Our Take: “In Pfizer's press release about the Project Veritas video leak, they said they are "committed to full transparency" about their vaccine production. Meanwhile, the FDA delays the results of a study about Pfizer's vaccine causing heart inflammation. Pfizer was originally supposed to give the results of the study to the FDA by the end of 2022, but the FDA quietly changed the date for Pfizer to give them the results to June 30th, 2023. Moving the goalposts yet again. Should we trust a pharmaceutical company doing a safety study on their own product? No wonder we don't trust Big Pharma and the Fraud & Death Administration.” — Jordan Sather
SECOND Hunter Biden Email from Laptop WITH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION Uncovered – Hunter Shared with Ukraine Business Colleagues – More Coming
TGP determined that this information from the 22-point email came from the US State Department and it was classified. This email included this classified information and Hunter had no security clearance or reason to have this information.
This was not the first time Hunter Biden had access to classified information.
Today we have another email showing more Biden family crimes.
A second email on Hunter’s laptop shows that Hunter Biden had access to classified information and used it to the Biden family’s financial advantage. — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “The truth is often stranger than fiction. Validation for patriots is long overdue. A search of Hunters residence and electronics are well founded, and with good reason if Federal authorities were to facilitate and proceed with a search. While Mar A Lago set precedent, we see the pendulum swing back to the Biden Crime Family once again in a boomerang pattern. Will this envelop further? Was this a product of David Weiss investigations or pressure placed on the DOJ with evidence reaching insurmountable levels while discovering a trail from Hunter to Joe? One thing is for sure: if Hunter Biden is possession of or emailing classified material, then a threat to national security would be a gross understatement, simultaneously vindicating Trump. Checkmate.” — Johnny Q
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.
The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies’ normal authorities. — Associated Press
Our Take: “Biden's ending of the emergency might not be the boon we think it is. Event 201, Bill Gates, and many other indications suggest regular pandemics are looming. But before another baseless pandemic can be initiated COVID must come to an end. Taking bets on when the next "global health crisis" will be triggered. Bill Gates, inquiring minds want to know.” — Justin Deschamps
Bill Gates stumbles over his words as TV host grills him about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and if ex Melinda warned him he could be 'sexually compromised'
Bill Gates has been grilled about his connection to billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an awkward interview while visiting Australia.
The world's sixth richest man, who has given billions to charity, is in the country talking about global issues such climate change and artificial intelligence.
Appearing on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 7.30 program on Monday night, host Sarah Ferguson put it to Gates: 'One of issues that has dogged you is your relationship to Epstein.'
'Do you regret the relationship that you maintained with him against (ex-wife) Melinda's advice and wishes?' she asked.
A somewhat taken aback Gates replied: 'You're going way back... but I will say for the over a hundredth time that, yeah, I shouldn't have had dinners with him.' — The Daily Mail
Our Take: “Bill Gates still seems incredibly terrified to answer anything regarding Epstein, and defaults to his standard talking points when trying to disregard the issue. It's amazing how deep and far-reaching the Epstein network was (and is), and how the story is continuing to be told years later. We haven't heard the end of the Epstein/Maxwell saga by any means.” — Jordan Sather
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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