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.
Now, onto the news from Thursday, March 23 …
Fumbling his Trump case, Alvin Bragg exposes his incompetence nationwide
The DA has tried to blame the circus atmosphere on Trump, but Bragg’s the one who took the case to the grand jury, and it was inevitable that asking Trump to testify (traditionally a sign your grand jurors are ready to pull the trigger) would leak, thanks to the ex-prez or Bragg’s own leaky office.
Bragg’s been fumbling from his first day on the job, with his Day One memo ordering prosecutors to stand down on charging a host of crimes.
And he’s barely changed course on that, though Manhattan crime (except murders and shootings, which the NYPD has targeted) continues to soar, with booming shoplifting killing retail establishments.
But now the entire nation is learning what most New Yorkers already knew: Alvin Bragg just isn’t very good at his job. — The NY Post
Our Take: “Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has quickly shifted from hero of the Left to national laughing stock.
Hated by the Right for his partisan lawfare.
Hated by the Left for failing to consummate their worthless, anti-Trump fantasies.
When looking for the Net Effects of Donald Trump’s Narrative Mastery, the public exposure of the corrupt and partisan Establishment Justice System isn't a small one.
And he's just getting started.” — Burning Bright
McLaughlin Poll: Biden-Radicals' Tries to Get Trump Will Backfire
According to our new poll, the only real crime Donald Trump has committed is being the frontrunner to beat President Biden, and the voters know it.
As we went into the field last Friday the national news media, and social media were dominated by reports that former President Trump would be indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
This national poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted between March 17 to March 21.
These new national poll results show that frontrunner President Trump is getting even stronger.
—Although the 2024 general election is 20 months away, President Trump maintains a decisive lead over Joe Biden 48% to 43%.
Having polled for President Trump in 2016 and 2020, although we had a close race in the battleground states, we were losing the national popular vote.
This is not the case today.
Since Joe Biden surrendered Afghanistan, for over a year, President Trump has maintained a decisive lead over Joe Biden. In the battleground states, Trump now leads 51% to 41%. Trump would beat Biden in a landslide.
—Among Republican primary voters 61% want to see Donald Trump run for President again in 2024. That’s up from 57% last month.
—In a field of 13 declared and potential opponents, President Trump leads the pack with 46% of the vote and leads by 23 points over his next closest opponent Ron DeSantis at 23%. Mike Pence gets 8% and all others less. Since January, in this crowded field Trump’s lead has increased by +11%.
—In a one-on-one race Trump vs. DeSantis, Trump now leads by 30 points - 61% to 31%. Since January this is a net +19 point increase for Trump.
This sudden action to indict President Trump is the classic political diversion. — NewsMax
Our Take: “Given Bragg's public meltdown specifically referencing Trump's seeding of the indictment Narrative, it's looking very likely the Narrative was deployed by our side, which achieved the following:
- Smoked out rats
- Cut off any potential Shock and Awe campaign by the MSM
- Further positioned Trump as anti-Establishment
Trump drew all of the optical benefits of an Actual Event (indictment) from a purely Potential one.
The Master at work.” — Burning Bright
President Trump Hits Ron DeSantis Hard “Now That Ron DeSanctimonious Is Finally Admitting He’s in the Race”
President Trump came out with a series of Truths about Ron DeSantis yesterday. They were pretty devastating. — The GateWay Pundit
Our Take: “Ron could be a deep state asset, trying to give the them their "Republican alternative to Donald Trump". This could also be optics, making it look like DeSantis is their guy while patriots actually control both primary candidates. Hard to say—either way, they are really going in on the Trump vs. DeSantis angle, and it will probably be something we'll watch all the way through the primaries.
On the outside, it looks as though DeSantis is funded by a litany of RINOs, suggesting that they control what he says and stands for. Maybe that explains his recent flip-flop on Ukraine. Even when DeSantis had serious support, it was because he at least appeared to be America First and loyal to Trump; running against Trump, he is going to lose a lot of that support.
A common argument is that ‘DeSantis appeals to the young and to housewives,’ but I would say that Trump appeals to a lot of youths himself and as far as housewives, maybe that's true about politically-detached upper to middle class housewives, but my personal experience is that the everyday, salt of the earth republican women are all in on Trump.
Time will tell.” — Ryan DeLarme
Xi and Putin pledge to shape a new world order as the Chinese leader leaves Russia with no peace in sight for Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin set their sights on shaping a new world order as the Chinese leader left Moscow on Wednesday, having made no direct support for Putin’s war in Ukraine during his two-day visit.
Xi made a strong show of solidarity with Putin against the West, but he barely mentioned the Ukraine conflict and said on Tuesday that China had an “impartial position”. There was no sign that Xi’s efforts to play the role of peacemaker had yielded results.
Yet, as Xi departed he told Putin: “Now there are changes that haven’t happened in 100 years. When we are together, we drive these changes.”
“I agree,” Putin said, to which Xi responded: “Take care of yourself dear friend, please.”
Commenting on the Xi-Putin meeting, the White House said China’s position was not impartial and urged Beijing to pressure Russia to withdraw from Ukraine’s sovereign territory in order to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two. — NBC News
Our Take: “Russia & China are forcefully moving the world toward a vision for peace and prosperity.
The United States and Globalist West will increasingly position themselves in opposition to this new, fair, multi-polar world order, further driving nations such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, etc. into the BRICS alliance.
Donald Trump will 'return' to power by codifying this mandate & alliance.
The Sovereign Alliance is real.
Pass it on.” —Burning Bright
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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I’m a die hard Trump housewife!!
re polling: Polling is what Republicans do to make themselves feel better. It is irrelevant when rigged voting machines, TikTok, CTCL dark money, ballot harvesting, fake voter injections in the voter rolls (NY and Wisc), and blatant signature verification falsification is present. The Democrats have refined cheating and stealing elections. Arizona midterm is the blueprint for how battleground state and national elections will be run in the future -- blatant corruption and stealing. Without reform in these areas, Republicans will never win another presidential election. Having said that, Trump knows this. I don't think he would be running if he didn't think he could win. Still gotta vote in every election no matter how bad it gets.