Badlands News Brief
Trump & Musk Meet as RINOs Run for the Hills
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.
Many items feature original (and subjective) commentary. Feel free to follow the corresponding link to see our writers’ Substack accounts and check out their other work.
Now, onto the news from Wednesday, March 6 …
Elon Musk reportedly met with Donald Trump in Florida
Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with former President Donald Trump on Sunday in Palm Beach, Florida, along with unnamed wealthy Republican donors, The New York Times reported, citing three people briefed on the meeting.
Trump is courting donors as he gears up for a general election campaign against President Joe Biden. It's not yet clear whether Musk will financially back or endorse Trump and his 2024 campaign.
Musk and a representative for Trump's campaign didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Private jets belonging to Trump and Musk were spotted landing within less than an hour of one another at a Palm Beach airport on March 2. The planes' whereabouts were first reported online by the service known as "Elon Jet," which uses publicly available data to track more than 125 jets belonging to politicians, celebrities and executives.
In September 2023, Musk visited the White House to discuss artificial intelligence technology, but he didn't meet with Biden at that time.
Musk, who owns the social media platform X and runs defense contractor SpaceX in addition to Tesla, didn't endorse Trump in his 2016 or 2020 campaigns. — CNBC
Our Take: “The Coordination between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is so obvious at this stage of the game that to ignore it is to be a willful and habitual doomer.
Observe:
Musk bought the most powerful communications weapon of the Deep State in the midst of an overt Info War for the future of mankind. He did so at the 'encouragement' of Donald Trump. (h/t @Patri0tsareinContr0l.)
Musk's acquisition of Twitter was opposed by Trump enemy Prince Alwaleed bin Talal ... and yet, the prominent Saudi was unable to stop the deal from going through. (This was one of the 11 Princes Mohammed bin Salman arrested and later released during the Saudi Purge.)
Musk happens to operate the largest decentralized internet infrastructure in the world, developed in concert with DoD backing under the Trump Administration. To wit, X doesn't go down when Meta and Google do.
Musk is the biggest Mind-Mover in the world other than Trump. Their (seemingly) private partnership could be about to go public in a BIG way. OR … in keeping with
’s theory, the Kayfabe will continue for Narrative Shielding purposes.” —
As Haley Ends Republican Race, Survey Finds 92% Of Her Voters Approve Of Biden's Performance
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley plans to end her campaign as early as Wednesday morning following her dismal results on Super Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with her plans.
During last night's not-so-super-Tuesday, she only secured only a victory in one state - Vermont - out of the 15 states that held GOP contests; to go along with her 'victory' in the swamp (DC).
According to the NBC News delegate tracker, former President Trump led with 1057 delegates, significantly outpacing Haley's total of 92.
[…]
A wild note on exit polls from The Federalist's Sean Davis:
With Haley's departure from the race, Trump has all but guaranteed the Republican party's nomination to a November showdown with President Joe Biden. — ZeroHedge
And …
McConnell endorses Trump for president as Haley suspends campaign
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed former President Trump’s bid for the White House on Wednesday, a turnaround in the icy relationship between two of the most prominent Republicans in the country.
McConnell unveiled the endorsement only after news broke that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), Trump’s final remaining primary opponent, was dropping out of the race following Trump’s big wins on Super Tuesday.
“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States. It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support,” McConnell said.
“During his Presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary – most importantly, the Supreme Court. I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people.”
The move comes after back-channel talks in recent weeks between the top lieutenants for the two GOP behemoths — Chris LaCivita, Trump’s campaign manager; and Josh Holmes, McConnell’s longtime top political aide. — The Hill
Our Take: “Of course Nikki Haley dropped out. She beat Trump by 3,000 votes in Vermont and lost the rest of the nation. Since 1900, Vermont has voted Democrat 29% of the time and Republican 71% of the time in Presidential elections… but since 2000, Vermont has voted 100% Democrat.
Side note: HAVA was passed in 2002, and Vermont voters should definitely look into their elections.
Haley never had a path because she’s an unlikable war monger, and it’s nice for her humiliating 15 minutes to reach its obvious conclusion.
It would be nicer if Mitch McConnell would reach his obvious conclusion, but apparently, he still thinks he is relevant. A March 2024 endorsement for President Trump is a bit of an after thought for the Senate Minority Leader, and at least his time in leadership is coming to a close. McConnell is a walking advertisement for age limits, term limits, trading limits, and other necessary Congressional reforms.
This week has been a whirlwind of change, and something is different. Can you feel it? Feels like winning.
Feels good.
‘We're gonna win so much you may even get tired of winning, and you'll say ‘Please, please, it's too much winning. We can't take it anymore. Mr. President, it's too much.’ And I'll say ‘No it isn't. We have to keep winning. We have to win more.’ - 45
I don’t feel no ways tired.
Accelerate.
America First.” —
Embattled lender NYCB secures $1 bln investment from cohort including Mnuchin's firm
New York Community Bancorp said on Wednesday it had raised $1 billion from investors including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital and named a former Comptroller of the Currency its new CEO.
Investment firms Hudson Bay Capital, Reverence Capital Partners, Citadel Global Equities, other institutional investors and certain members of the bank's management also participated in the equity investment, according to NYCB.
The bank's stock had a rollercoaster session, falling 45% prior to the announcement, bouncing 30% higher after finally closed 7.4% higher. KBW's analyst Chris McGratty said in a note to clients that the capital raise is painful for existing shareholders but should reduce fear of systemic risks.
"This is a good solution for the broader system, shows ability to attract private capital, and the management and board overhaul provide credibility with investors", McGratty wrote. He believes the bank may still sell assets and transfer credit risk to further increase its capital ratio above the current 10% target.
Kevin Heal, banking analyst at Argus Research, expects the deal to allay fears for depositors and added that unlike Silicon Valley Bank, which had uninsured deposits that were "blown off the door in billions", NYCB does not have the same level of un-insured deposits.
Joseph Otting, the new BNCY CEO, is the former Comptroller of the Currency under president Donald Trump, and had been CEO and board member of OneWest from 2010 through 2015, when the bank was sold to CIT Group. One of the founders of OneWest bank is Steven Mnuchin, one of the new investors in NYCB. "In evaluating this investment, we were mindful of the bank's credit risk profile," Mnuchin said in a statement. Mnuchin will join NYCB's expanded board. — Reuters
Our Take: “There's a metric ton of signal to be found in the above headline, which sees former Trump Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin joining together with former Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting to inject some life into the beleaguered assets of New York Community Bancorp.
On the Power Hour of late,
, and I have been discussing just how far the civilian-military alliance implied in the drops goes when it comes to the Info War, Devolution, etc., and in addition to Stephen Miller's America First Legal being the tip of the spear when it comes to pushing back against Deep State corruption using their own lawfare against them, the more important moves are being made in the US financial sector.In 2023, we saw the collapse of the Silicon Valley and First Republic Banks, a mini Crisis Cascade that was kicked off by proxy of another Trump ally, Peter Thiel.
Now, we've got former Trump admin officials bailing out another regional bank.
Putting the pieces in place?” —
Badlands Media Special Coverage - Georgia Senate Hearing On Fani Willis
And …
New Details Reveal How Fani Willis, Nathan Wade Relationship Was Exposed
Attorney Ashleigh Merchant revealed new details about how she uncovered the relationship between Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, including what Wade's former law partner Terrence Bradley thought of his divorce and why she first began investigating the two.
"Nathan was still married and Mr. Bradley was upset because of what happened in the divorce. He was upset because [Wade and his now-ex-wife] were still married," Merchant said in her testimony Wednesday to the Georgia Senate committee investigating Willis, the Fulton County DA. Willis led the investigation in Georgia's election interference case against Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, including Merchant's client.
"The Wades were still married, and [Nathan] essentially just left her after meeting Ms. Willis and dropping the kids off at college," Merchant said.
"[Bradley] did not like the way [Wade] had treated his wife," she continued. "He didn't like what was happening in the divorce proceedings. I remember specifically him saying, 'I handle my business,' things like that, like, 'I don't leave my wife without alimony' because...," Merchant continued.
"Ms. Wade had been a stay-at-home mom for—they'd been married for almost 30 years, and it was literally right after they dropped their youngest off at college that [Wade] said, 'Move out,'" Merchant said.
Merchant, who is representing Michael Roman, a former Trump official, first revealed that Willis and Wade, whom the DA hired as the Georgia case's lead prosecutor, are in a romantic relationship when she filed a January 8 motion seeking to disqualify Willis and her office from the case. Merchant is the first person to be subpoenaed by the legislative panel. — Newsweek
Our Take: “Episode 5 of the Fani Willis Drama took place on Wednesday morning, as Ashleigh Merchant testified before the Georgia Senate Committee on Special Investigations. We got new details, including, as this article says, details on how Ms. Merchant became aware of the relationship.
Leaning into CannCon's skepticism about this detail, it's a little on the nose that Newsweek drops this article immediately following the hearing. Setting that aside, let's consider what we know from the hearing and the record as a whole. I have a much more detailed article on this drama coming soon, but here is a quick summary of what has been alleged:
According to multiple witnesses, Wade and Willis had a personal, intimate relationship since 2019.
They texted each other 12,000 times before Wade was appointed as Special Counsel.
Willis secured the funding – $780,000 – to hire Wade under the auspices of hiring 55 new employees to clear a backlog of cases, piled up during Covid.
Two weeks after securing the funding, Willis hired Wade.
Willis never had county approval to hire Wade, and Wade was unqualified to prosecute this case.
Willis paid Wade at least SEVEN TIMES more than the other prosecutors on the case, and Wade hid this income in a secret trust account.
After a year of collecting fees (for little provable work), Wade received a fee cap increase of $20,000 — right after a cruise vacation with Ms. Willis.
In September 2023, the defense found out about the improper relationship, and Ms. Merchant prepared her Motion to Disqualify.
Willis and Wade repeatedly made false representations to the court in response to Ms. Merchant’s motion.
Willis and Wade perjured themselves under oath, in an effort to cover it all up.
In a court, the judge is the fact finder. But in the court of public opinion, the public gets to decide for themselves what is true. Based on the evidence before us, my take is that Judge Scott McAfee should toss this case, sanction the offending parties, and refer Willis and Wade to the Georgia Bar. Let's see what happens.” —
Champion Boxer Ryan Garcia Claims ‘Elites’ Tied Him Down And Forced Him To Watch Child Rape In Bohemian Grove
Pro boxer Ryan Garcia made a stunning accusation, claiming unnamed elites tied him down and forced him to watch them rape children at the infamous Bohemian Grove, he claimed in a Monday night Twitter Spaces appearance.
“Bro I don’t give a fuck bro. They held me down, they made me watch little kids get raped, I don’t give a fuck anymore,” Garcia told Andrew Tate in a Twitter Space.
“Where?” Tate asked.
“Bro they fucking took me to the fucking woods bro and they fucking tied… I’m not fucking joking bro I have fucking proof bro I don’t give a fuck. Bro I’ll fucking show you every fucking video you could ever believe. Bohemian Grove is real,” Garcia claimed in a profanity-laced tirade. — The Daily Caller
Our Take: “For those unaware, Ryan Garcia, perhaps the best young boxer in the world (at least, the most sensational,) has been going off on social media all week about the ritualized abuse of children by 'Elites.'
Whatever you think of his specific accounts, it's getting a LOT of traction.
Garcia claims to have been forced to watch such displays in an attempt to get him into 'The Club' in recent years, as his star has risen exponentially following a series of highly viral fights and a massive social media following.
This is the Darkest Path most in the Truth Community came into the movement in order to help expose, and it remains the foundation of [their] subversive, corrupt empire.
It is DEFINITELY worth taking the Garcia story with a metric ton of salt, for the reasons Jordan lays out, above.
It's not a bad thing for these stories to be inundating the American zeitgeist, but considering the source (I'm no fan of the Tate machismo retardation,) it's more likely to be obfuscation and fame-whoring than the genuine article.
Again, it's difficult to know what to believe when it comes to pop culture figures, but when you focus on the Net Effects such stories visit upon the Collective Mind, you begin to see how 'mainstream' ritualistic abuse has gone, rendering the Potential & Narrative Actual in the mind of the observer.
Influencers might be wearing these sorts of stories like a skin suit on social media, but we know the truth that underlies them.
NCSWIC.” —
BONUS ITEMS
Russian missile strike hits near Zelensky motorcade in Odessa
A Russian missile strike appeared to target Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, landing near his motorcade in the Black Sea port city of Odessa, where the president was meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Zelensky and members of the Greek delegation were not harmed, despite the missile landing some 500 feet away, Greek officials told the Protothema news outlet. The Ukrainian presidential office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Foreign leaders have made frequent trips to Ukraine throughout the country’s two years of war with Russia, and this isn’t the first time there has been a strike on a city at the same time as one’s visit. But Wednesday’s incident stood out for how close the missile strike was to both Zelensky and Mitsotakis — what some Western leaders condemned as a new low for Moscow, which has committed thousands of atrocities against civilians throughout its invasion.
European Council President Charles Michel wrote on X that the attack was “another sign of Russia’s cowardly tactics in its war of aggression against Ukraine.”
“This is reprehensible and below even the Kremlin’s playbook,” Michel added. — The Washington Post
National Guard and State Police Will Patrol the Subways and Check Bags
Hundreds of National Guard soldiers and State Police officers will patrol the New York City subway platforms and check riders’ bags beginning this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday.
A large show of force in the system, which is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a state agency, will help commuters and visitors feel safe, Ms. Hochul said.
Subway safety is a constant concern in New York City, where the system’s recovery is critical to the city’s rebound from the pandemic, and public officials can be as sensitive to the perception that mass transit is dangerous as they are to an actual rise in crime.
The additional law enforcement officers would add to an already large police presence in the subways, where Mayor Eric Adams ordered an additional 1,000 officers in February following a 45 percent spike in major crimes in January compared with the same time last year.
Grand larcenies — thefts without the use of force — were a main driver of the January spike in crime, according to the police. They are defined by the police as major crimes, along with homicides, assaults and robberies.
After crime rates retreated in February, the overall rise in major crimes for the year as of March 3 was 13 percent, Police Department data shows. — The New York Times
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.
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.
Badlands Media will always put out our content for free, but you can support us by becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter. Help our collective of citizen journalists take back the narrative from the MSM. We are the news now.
'Frozen Face' Cocaine transporting Mitch, should have just told the truth, and here is how it would go, "We did everything possible to keep Trump out, I personally gave my money to RINOs and democrats, but it looks like we have failed for now. There is only one thing left to do and we are looking for that opportunity every moment of the day to finish the job", signed Cocaine Mitch and his shipping containers of 'LIVE ART' aka 'The Trafficked'.
1. Mr. Garcia needs to learn English, not Gehto speak.
2. Haley is a bitter loser.
3. Mitch has only Rinos to back him. He needs to retire in November.
4. NYC couldn't hire police they Disdain so they forced the overworked NG to do their job and risk being shot. POLICE THE BORDER instead..
5. Too bad the missile missed. 1 less tyrant, another is waiting to take his place. There always is.
6. I am tired of my wallet getting raided to pay for his Phony War. while his Trophy Wife shops in couture shops, I'm shopping at Goodwill. And our Military is being stripped of weapons to fight a war with the Big Russian Bear. Whom the Germans feared more than Americans. Leaving us weak.
7. New this morning Climate Change impact will now crowd out the Nasty stuff like Petro Chemicals, 5 Petroleum-Based Snacks That Cause Severe ADHD, Nervous System, Blood, and Kidney Damage https://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/cancer-causing-kids-snacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cancer-causing-kids-snacks which no one reads anyway, but those who get sick from it. U.S. companies will have to start telling the public about their climate risks https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna142105.
8. Husband just poked his nose into the living room, there is a house fire a few miles up the road. This reminded me of the Ohio Train Derailment 'controlled burn. It wasn't needed. Controlled burn didn’t need to happen after train derailment in East Palestine, NTSB says https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/03/07/controlled-burn-didnt-need-happen-after-train-derailment-east-palestine-ntsb-says/
9. The new Dorritio Tranny was fired for targeting children. That didn't last long. It was targeting CHILDREN. Doritos FIRES trans activist after being alerted to sick tweets. Doritos has fired a transgender activist who appeared in one of its promotional videos after being alerted to her sickening old tweets, including one where she wrote about doing 'depraved things' to a 12-year-old. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13159805/Doritos-backlash-trans-activist-ambassador.html
10. Our weak-spined US CONGRESS just passed a $1 Trillion PORKULUS 90 SPENDING BILL, BACK TO EARMARKS.