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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.
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 Monday, September 25 …
CDC Refuses To Release Updated Information On Post-COVID Vaccination Heart Inflammation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is refusing to release updated information on reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccines can cause the inflammatory conditions, the CDC has confirmed previously.
The agency has regularly conveyed the number of post-vaccination myocarditis and pericarditis cases to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which it helps manage, as it has consulted with its advisers on updates to the vaccines.
But during a meeting on Sept. 12, the CDC did not mention VAERS data.
Asked for the information, a CDC spokesman pointed to a CDC study that covers data only through Oct. 23, 2022.
That study identified nine reports of myocarditis or pericarditis following vaccination with one of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, which were introduced in September 2022. Seven of the reports were verified by medical review.
Asked for more current data, the spokesman acknowledged the agency has it but is not making it public. — The Epoch Times
Our Take: “File this under things that do not, in the least, surprise us.
Why on earth would the CDC want to release evidence further proving that the vaccine is nothing more than a ticking time bomb for the heart? We must remember—according to the CDC—this is a safe and effective shot, which does not cause heart issues, and it is absolutely normal for healthy young men and women to suddenly drop dead of heart attacks in its wake.
Many people have been cancelled, dismissed, or otherwise ostracized for speaking about the risk of Myocarditis in conjunction with these vaccines, and now that the truth is trickling out, it is obvious that the CDC is exercising all available mental gymnastics and obfuscation in an attempt to save whatever is left of their ass that they can.” —
France will end its military presence in Niger by the end of 2023, Macron says
France will end its military presence in Niger by the end of 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday, marking the latest major development amid high tensions between the two countries since a military junta seized control of Niger in July.
“We are putting an end to our military cooperation with the de facto authorities of Niger because they don’t want to fight terrorism anymore,” Macron said regarding the military leaders who took over rule of the northwest African country.
France has not recognized Niger’s military authorities and insists that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who was toppled in the coup, remains the country’s only legitimate authority.
The decision to end the “cooperation” is “because we are not there to deal with internal politics and be hostages of putschists,” Macron said, referring to the military group.
The withdrawal will be organized in the coming weeks, he said. — CNN
Our Take: “It’s the end of an era in Niger. French colonialism finally concludes in the resource-rich nation and, if you listen closely, you’ll hear that Macron’s retreat is scored by the triumphant shouts of the Nigerien people.
It’s perfect that the decision to retreat is framed by the French as Niger not wanting to ‘fight terrorism’ anymore since, to those who’ve long been colonized, the French retreat means the terrorists or leaving. ECOWAS has yet to accept defeat; but to the rest of the world, it’s clear that the conflict is finished and the west — despite the denials of African NATO — has lost.
As always, I stand with the people of all nations to cast off foreign chains and govern themselves without interference and agendas that don’t serve their local interests. Let’s hope it will last for the people of Niger. What’s Wagner up to?” —
"He'll Do It Again": Hillary Clinton Claims Putin Will Interfere In 2024 Election
Hillary Clinton maintained her assertion of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interference in American elections, and warned he’ll interfere in the 2024 presidential race “if he has a chance.”
“I don't think, despite all of the deniers, there's any doubt that he interfered in our election or that he has interfered in many ways in the internal affairs of other countries—funding political parties, funding, you know, political candidates, buying off, you know, government officials in different places,” Ms. Clinton said in a Sept. 25 interview with MSNBC.
She said Mr. Putin "hates democracy" and hates the West and the United States.
“I fear that the Russians have proved themselves to be quite adept at interfering. And if he has a chance, he'll do it again,” she said.
Ms. Clinton said that Mr. Putin has determined “he can do two things simultaneously.” First is that Russia can “continue to damage and divide us internally. And he's quite good at it.”
The 2016 Democrat presidential candidate said that the Russian president has “a lot of apologists and enablers in our own country.” Ms. Clinton believes part of the reason Mr. Putin “worked so hard against me is because he didn't think that he wanted me in the White House.”
Ms. Clinton insisted that the United States is heading toward fascism.
“We have to reject authoritarianism, we have to reject a kind of creeping fascism, almost, of people who are really ready to turn over their thinking, their votes, to wannabe dictators. And we can't allow that to proceed.”
During the 2016 presidential race, Ms. Clinton accused former President Donald Trump’s campaign of colluding with Russia. — The Epoch Times
Our Take: “The DNC and Clinton Campaign’s accusations toward the Trump Campaign all orbited around Russia Collusion. While that phrase has been seared into the Collective memory of all Anons and Trump supporters, it has also dug grooves deeply into the Collective Mind.
I believe the intent on the part of the Deep State was bicameral:
To intrinsically link Trump with Putin in the American Mind, allowing a century of anti-Soviet, anti-fascist programming in everything from politics to public education to pop culture to do the heavy lifting with regards to the sourceless and sauceless allegations.
To hint as to the real possibility that American patriots did, in fact collude with Russian patriots in order to ‘unrig’ the 2016 election, as the Q Drops suggest was done.
Obviously, the further down the second rabbit hole the Deep State goes, the closer they get to the sort of exposures and disclosures they’re better off avoiding.
Still, it presents food for thought: we spent so long denying the existence of Russia Collusion because of the Deep State’s faulty framing of it—and the connotation of the terms involved—that we haven’t spent much time ruminating on the possibility that, in the place of ‘collusion,’ there might have been coordination.
So, let’s flip this one around and reverse engineer the Hegelian Dialectic for our Clinton pals: maybe there WAS ‘Russian Collusion’ somewhere along the line … and maybe that’s a GOOD thing.
The Sovereign Alliance is real. And it’s winning.
Deep State Satanic pedophiles most affected.” —
Another Take: “Deja Vu - ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation’.
Is it me, or have we been here before?
With the 2024 Election still being more than a year away, the Clinton camp has begun screaming about ‘potential Russian interference’ in the upcoming Election (as is tradition, of course). Hilary Clinton says we can expect more ‘misinformation’, ‘disinformation’ and ‘outright lies’ from those of us that simply wish for clean and fair elections.
With Donald Trump polling higher than he ever has, it is a near certainty that this sort of rhetoric will only increase in frequency and intensity as November 2024 approaches.
The Deep State can see the writing on the wall, and they will roll out any and all narratives available to them in an attempt to stop the inevitable return of Donald Trump to the White House.” —
Busted! Adam Schiff Funneled Millions To Defense Contractors After Taking Donations
While Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) campaigns for a Senate seat on a platform of earmarks for local causes, the 12-term Congressman has been busted steering millions in taxpayer dollars to for-profit defense contractors, many of whom have been political donors to his campaigns.
According to an investigation by Politico, Schiff "has offered an incomplete and potentially misleading account of his record on earmarks."
A POLITICO review of congressional earmarks and political contributions found that in addition to the money for homelessness and drug treatment, Schiff also steered millions to for-profit companies and raised tens of thousands for his House reelection campaigns from corporate executives and people connected to them. The review was mostly limited to publicly available data from the brief three-year window when corporate earmarks were disclosed.
In two particularly egregious cases, Schiff channeled millions in funding to Smiths Detection and Phasebridge, Inc., two defense companies within his district - with $6 million steered to Smiths Detection and $3 million to Phasebridge. Both moves would have been barred under reforms adopted in 2010. This financial maneuvering coincided with Schiff receiving $8,500 in contributions from PMA Group PAC and two family members of Paul Magliocchetti, founder and owner of the lobbying firm retained by both defense companies.
In 2011, Paul Magliocchetti was sentenced to 27 months in prison for making illegal campaign contributions.
Schiff claims not to have a full accounting of his earmarks.
The Congressman's campaign has been quick to minimize these connections, emphasizing the small proportion of these contributions in his overall fundraising and underscoring his commitment to ensuring Californians’ tax dollars work for their benefit. In a boilerplate response, spokesperson Marisol Samayoa said: "Californians know and trust Adam’s record of getting things done, and as a U.S. senator, he will do what it takes to ensure Californians’ tax dollars are put to work for them and their priorities," adding "These contributions amount to less than one tenth of one percent of what Adam has raised over 20 years in Congress, and were driven by what was best for our troops and his constituents. It is ridiculous to suggest otherwise." — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “Shifty Schiff be shiftin.
It turns out that Adam Schiff, everyone’s favorite sanpaku-eyed congressman, has been engaging in pay-to-play schemes for years.
Apparently there aren't clear guidelines to report when a legislator earmarks a bill for a contractor that donated to their campaign. Or, Schiff ignored them in a calculated move that later bit him in the arse.
Now that Schiff is gunning for the Senate, I’m sure he’ll clean up his act and start doing the right thing …
Because, you know, not honoring the implicit trust between representatives and their constituents is kind of optional anyway, right?” —
Menendez, Defiant, Says He Will Not Resign
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey returned Monday to the familiar territory of Hudson County, N.J., a Democratic bastion where he rose to political prominence, to publicly address the corruption charges that now threaten his career and his freedom.
Standing alone at a lectern, accused of bribery for the second time in a decade, he indicated that he had no intention of bowing to the chorus of voices calling for his resignation.
The allegations, he said, were framed by prosecutors to “be as salacious as possible.”
“I recognize that this will be the biggest fight yet,” Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, said as heavy rain beat against the windows of a community college not far from where he grew up in Union City, the child of Cuban refugees.
But he said he expected that once the judicial process concluded, “not only will I be exonerated, I will still be New Jersey’s senior senator.” — The New York Times
Our Take: “Who doesn’t keep a half million dollars stuffed in random spots all over the house? This is a politically-targeted which hunt! Allegations are just accusations, right?
It’s funny to watch the narrative swing so radically from one extreme to the next depending on which political ideology is in the hot seat. For President Trump, Justice Thomas, General Paxton, and others with anti-communist views, allegations are the same as convictions. But for Scrotus Biden, the Clinton Campaign, Bob Menendez and the obedient commies, innocence is assumed until proven otherwise in a court of law. And their allegations will never make it into a court of law.
The hypocrisy is so stark that I can’t help but giggle.
President Trump explicitly called this out on Truth Social, and as per usual, that post is now making the rounds on every social platform. In other words, it’s raining red pills. MAGA!” —
BONUS ITEMS
It’s A Deal! WGA & AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement To End Writers Strike; Picketing Suspended
The Writers Guild has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end its strike after nearly five months. The parties finalized the framework of the deal Sunday when they were able to untangle their stalemate over AI and writing room staffing levels.
“The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement,” the WGA and the AMPTP said in a joint statement this evening.
“We have reached a tentative agreement on a new 2023 MBA, which is to say an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language,” the WGA told its members in a release, which came just after sunset and the start of the Yom Kippur holiday that many had seen deadline to wrap up deal after five days of long negotiations.
Details of the WGA’s tentative agreement haven’t been released, but will be revealed by the guild in advance of the membership ratification votes. — Deadline
Senator Shocked By Classified Briefing On Ukraine: Warhawks Want Blank Check With No Victory In Sight
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), known for his efforts to force the Biden Administration to declassify information related to covid's possible lab origins at Wuhan, exited a classified briefing this week on the situation in Ukraine and expressed a feeling of shock.
"If there is some path to victory in Ukraine, I didn't hear it today. I also heard that there's going to be no end to the funding requests..."
Hawley went on to indicate that Americans will be asked to spend hundreds of billions more dollars in the region with an indefinite blank check in place to protect "US standing" on the world stage. Zelensky asked Biden and Congress for another $24 billion during his latest visit, stating that if Ukraine doesn't get the aid, they will lose the war. The information at hand suggests that Ukraine is going to lose the war anyway.
Hawley also revealed that the public is being lied to about the war footing in the region and that Ukraine is definitely 'not winning.' This information confirms what many Americans already suspected, with 55% of the public now in opposition to more aid according to recent polls. — ZeroHedge
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.
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RUSSIAN COLLUSION: Amazing how they continue to spread allegations with zero evidence, it's their way! I do remember that there was a time when literal Russian paid 'interference' in 2016 was tracked and came out to a whopping $173! Or was it $176? Can't remember.
Hey guys- I was hoping to see you report on Patrick Byrne's video on the Smartmatic indictment in Florida- he says they have it all. and this is the Justice dept admitting the Smartmatic rigged the election in the Phillipines--he follows the line of Smartmatic through mergers and acquitions -that it is the software used in the voting machines today- Thoughts?!!!!!!!!!!