Badlands News Brief
Biden Scandals Mount as Trump Trial Looms
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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, July 25 …
"Nothing To See Here": Members & The Media Panic As The Biden Scandal Mounts
“I wonder after this plea happens if you would advise your party to move on?”
That question from CBS’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan to Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie was raised just days before a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, gives potentially explosive testimony to a House committee in the Biden corruption scandal.
The media’s desire to “move on” from the scandal is reaching an almost frantic level, as millions in foreign payments and dozens of corporate shell companies are revealed, and incriminating emails are released.
The same plaintive demand was made in congressional hearings.
What was most striking about the last hearing involving two respected IRS whistleblowers was how Democratic members avoided virtually any specific questions.
The members discussed everything from the Emmett Till murder in 1955 to whether the term “two-tiered justice system” is racially insensitive … and of course, Donald Trump.
It was clear that the release of the new evidence of corruption had left no room to maneuver for both Democrat politicians and the media.
Any question would now trip a wire on the Bidens, so most avoid the allegations in favor of talking about Trump or other shiny objects.
The only member who was unwise enough to venture into the allegations was Rep. Dan Goldman (D.-N.Y.) and the result was disastrous for the Democrats. — Jonathan Turley
Our Take: “This take from Turley isn’t all that scorching hot, as it’s both obvious and expected for this community, who attempts to cut through media noise and observe reality as it is, rather than how the System of Systems would like to program us to see it, and yet, I think he quite accurately sums up the current Narrative position of the terrestrial/US Deep State within the Collective Mind.
I have often said that, in order to win a Mind War, you don’t necessarily need the other side to adopt your POV from the outset; you simply need them to disengage or defect from their OWN paradigm. This is the False Reality that
often talks about both at Badlands and on his own Podcast, and as the Crisis Cascade of Exposures and Disclosures (more every week) continues to escalate and accelerate, the False Reality is ejecting more cognitive and even spiritual refugees into the void that results from a rejection of mass formation psychosis.These minds will not immediately be ready to accept the red pill, but they WILL be willing to CONSIDER accepting it … which is the beginning of the end for the Deep State, and the beginning of the Great Awakening for these awakening minds.” —
Zelensky Associate Was Present at Biden Bribery Meetings – Then Went to Work for President Zelensky Who Now Is Holding Blackmail Information Against Joe Biden
Author Peter Schweizer went on with Jesse Watters on Monday night where he proceeded to drop another bomb on the Biden Crime Family.
According to Schweizer, who wrote a best-seller “Secret Empires” on the Biden Family crimes, told Jesse that one of Vlodomyr Zelensky’s top officials was sitting in the room when they were discussing bribing the Bidens, Joe and Hunter.
Ukrainian President Zelensky has a top official who was sitting in on meetings where they talked about bribing the Bidens.
Schweizer suggests Zelensky is using this as leverage over the Biden regime for weapons and billions in US dollars. — The Gateway Pundit
Our Take: “You mean to tell me that the Bidens are being blackmailed? Who could have seen this coming?
Devon Archer has moved his appearance to testify in front of House Oversight FOUR TIMES now, and is set to appear next week, after standing up Comer again yesterday. I’m not kicking that football again, Lucy. Someone ping me when it’s actually going live.
The clip in this article begins with ‘the walls are closing in,’ which always makes me giggle when I hear it, but in a normal world, the walls are actually closing in on the Biden Crime Family. But this is not a normal world, and accountability is a reclusive beast. Tune in next week to see if Devon Archer actually faces Comer and crew, or if he cancels a fifth time.” —
Obstruction Law Cited by Prosecutors in Trump Case Has Drawn Challenges
Well before the prosecutors investigating Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election laid out for him three laws that could be the basis for an indictment, one of the statutes, covering obstruction of an official proceeding, had already been used against — and challenged by — scores of rioters who took part in the storming of the Capitol.
The legal questions around applying the obstruction law to the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, have spawned a pair of federal appeals court cases — and could even end up in front of the Supreme Court. But while it might seem risky for the special counsel, Jack Smith, to include the obstruction count in an indictment before the attacks against it are resolved, the way in which the law is written could make it almost uniquely suited to charging Mr. Trump.
The count — formally known in the penal code as 18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2) — makes it a crime to “corruptly” obstruct, impede or interfere with any official government proceeding, and carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
In more than 300 Jan. 6 riot cases, prosecutors have used the law to describe the central event that day: the disruption of the Electoral College vote certification that was taking place inside the Capitol during a joint session of Congress.
In general, defendants have been charged with the obstruction count when prosecutors believe they have evidence that their actions on Jan. 6 played some role in stopping the certification process or in chasing lawmakers away from their duties. But as soon as the charge began to be used in Capitol riot cases, defense lawyers started arguing that the government was stretching the statute far beyond its intended scope.
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Some legal experts have said that Mr. Trump could mount an attack against the obstruction charge, if it is brought by Mr. Smith, by arguing that he truly believed he had been robbed of victory by fraud in the election and, therefore, could not be accused of having acted corruptly. — The NY Times
Our Take: “In one of the best examples I’ve seen of how reading and following enemy Narrative Deployments from the Media Industrial Complex can clue you in to not only [their] coming moves, but also those of patriots, our own
floated the theory this week that the best possible legal defense for Donald Trump in the coming J6 trial brought by Jack Smith is Disclosure.Literally.
For years, this community of Anons, MAGA and America-First Trump-supporters have wondered aloud HOW the diamonds will be returned to the American people in the form of our sovereign voting rights, and before that, WHEN the theft of said diamonds/votes will be acknowledged on a mainstream, normie view level.
Well, I believe this may be our best guess yet as to both the forum and the story through which information this community takes for granted is presented to and codified within the Collective Mind.
What happens AFTER that is exciting to ponder, but … one step at a time.”
Tucker Ep. 10 — Stay in your lane: our drive through South Central LA with Ice Cube
(Click the Tweet Below to be taken to the full episode.)
Our Take: “In the latest installment of Tucker on Twitter, Tucker rolls through the hood with Ice Cube and talks about being a free thinker in our current dystopia. It’s a powerful 13 minutes and 48 seconds that feels authentic, and Tucker doesn’t shy away from asking third rail questions about race, politics, corporate America, and heroes.
This episode feels more produced than the usual Tucker in the Boathouse (in a suit which totally doesn’t go), and signals that the new media venture is investing in growth. That’s good for new media. But the enhanced production value paled in comparison to the value of the ideas being shared, out loud, for millions of people to see.
Ice Cube: ‘If it’s true, why can’t I say it?’
Tucker: (laughs) ‘Well, you can’t say it because it’s true.’
Ice Cube: ‘And that’s the problem with the world today.’
I encourage everyone to watch this conversation.” —
JPMorgan exec Jes Staley 'knew about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking' and discussed his 2006 indictment directly with CEO Jamie Dimon - but bank refused to drop pedophile as client, lawsuit claims
JPMorgan Chase viewed Jeffrey Epstein as 'too big to fail' and retained him as a client even after his 2006 sex crimes indictment in Florida due to his connections to the rich and powerful, a new court filing alleges.
The US Virgin Islands unveiled the new accusations in a court memorandum on Monday, as part of its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the giant bank's ties to former client Epstein.
The territory is suing JPMorgan for at least $190 million, saying the bank ignored red flags about convicted sex offender Epstein because he was a wealthy and lucrative client from 1998 to 2013.
The documents reveal that former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley testified under oath that he discussed Epstein's 'very public' 2006 indictment with the bank's CEO Jamie Dimon at the time it was making headlines.
Dimon has previously denied any knowledge of Epstein or his account with JPMorgan until his 2019 arrest on federal charges, saying that he did not recall any conversations about Epstein with top lieutenants. — The Daily Mail
Our Take: “This is yet another example to Badlands readers of information you all are likely well aware of, and yet, I think it’s both interesting and oddly encouraging to consider in light of the War of Stories refrain some of us are always going on about around these parts.
Taken in light of a mass disclosure operation that both makes up and creates the Great Awakening we’re all a conscious, intentional part of, two major through-lines are coalescing out of the resurfacing Epstein Narrative Deployments:
The Central/Big Banking industry is being highlighted as both enabler to and proxy of the Epstein sex trafficking ring, which is as shocking to sleepers as it once was to many of us.
The term ‘knowingly’ is being thrown around a lot in these sensational headlines, both highlighting the moral responsibility AND the legal culpability of the parties allegedly involved in the most demented, evil acts imaginable … on a systemic scale.
The System of Systems isn’t a cute refrain or metaphor for the Deep State. It’s an accurate description of both the form AND the function of our collectivist, and yes … Satanic, depraved enemies.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and I predict some sunny, bright days ahead, which is typically bad news for vampires.” —
Blinken says sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine may take "months"
Ukraine's forces have retaken about 50% of its territory that Russia's invading military initially seized, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday.
Driving the news: "In terms of what Russia sought to achieve, what Putin sought to achieve, they’ve already failed, they've already lost," Blinken said during an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN.
"The objective was to erase Ukraine from the map, to eliminate its independence, it sovereignty, to subsume it into Russia. That failed a long time ago. Now Ukraine is in a battle to get back more of the land that Russia seized from it."
Yes, but: "These are still relatively early days of the counteroffensive. It is tough," Blinken said during his interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
He noted the equipment, support and training Ukrainians had received from allied countries as they fight "for their future, for their country, for their freedom," but added "it will not play out over the next week or two; we’re still looking, I think, at several months."
Zoom out: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed frustration earlier this month that the country's counteroffensive was going slower than he'd like as he told CNN it could be more effective and quicker if it had received more Western military equipment. — Axios
Our Take: “Exhibit 1,000 of the growing belief some of us hold that it's becoming apparent that the State Department is silo'd due to Devolution.
Foreign leaders, including Xi and Putin tend to address Blinken over Biden.
Blinken ran the 51 former intel agents/Russia Collusion Op, and has been linked to involvement in everything from NS2 sabotage to ... other CIA Ops.
Blinken is ALSO being positioned as the US mouthpiece for the Globalist regime, advocating for a continuance and escalation of the latest attempt at a forever war.
How fortuitous, that all the usual suspects are back in the State Department as we shift from the Exposure to Disclosure phase, with so many Obama-era scandals resurfacing.
The Biden Admin was a trap.
WHY would patriots allow [them] to re-occupy their former positions?
Without the teeth of the US MIL apparatus (controlled by the Executive,) they are largely toothless ... UNLESS they use the intel agencies, who are currently being exposed like never before.
Furthermore, even said intel agencies are being monitored, which is why their attempts to start WW3 have been unsuccessful.
Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself.
Exposure > Disclosure > Justice
That’s why.” —
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’m surprised that no one at Badlands covered the Bronny James news. Normies and Leftists are out in full force calling anyone who questions why an 18-year old athlete had a heart attack an anti-vaxxer meanwhile the rest of us know exactly what is going on.
Thanks again everyone!
BB - Your use of the term "System of systems" sent me on a very deep dive over the last several months that has, at least for me, cemented that concept firmly in my view of the world in which we live. The two "faces" (the commercial/political and the religious/pseudo-spiritual) may at times appear in conflict, but the orchestrated end goal is control over the minds and hearts of people - with no concern what so ever for the collateral damage that results.
Your attribution of this system of system as satanic, has been a published position since John was commissioned to write about it in the Revelation - putting you in good company! We are in a battle of good versus evil; we need to stay awake and vigilant. Their typical strategy is to isolate, surround, and frighten us into surrender (or at least inaction). Thank you for staying with it!