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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 Tuesday, September 26 …
Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over laptop, accuses ex-Trump lawyer of 'hacking'
Hunter Biden on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani alleging the former President Trump lawyer violated his privacy rights by illegally disseminating content from Biden's infamous laptop.
The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California states Giuliani is "primarily responsible" for the "total annihilation" of Biden's digital privacy. It also names Robert Costello, a former federal prosecutor who previously represented Giuliani, as a defendant, Fox News has confirmed.
"For the past many months and even years, Defendants have dedicated an extraordinary amount of time and energy toward looking for, hacking into, tampering with, manipulating, copying, disseminating, and generally obsessing over data that they were given that was taken or stolen from Plaintiff's devices or storage platforms, including what Defendants claim to have obtained from Plaintiff's alleged ‘laptop’ computer," Biden's attorneys wrote in the complaint, claiming that the data was not even from a "laptop," but from an "external drive."
The contents of this "external drive" include pictures, videos, emails and other data that since their initial publication by the New York Post in 2020, have placed Biden in legal jeopardy and caused political problems for his father, President Biden. — FOX News
Our Take: “Overton's Goalpost in full effect:
Hunter Biden isn't quite ready to concede that the story of how Giuliani got the data alleged to have been on his laptop is true ...
But he is willing to concede that they did 'hack' said data.
Deny = The laptop doesn't exist/wasn't mine.
Diminish = There was nothing important on the laptop.
Qualify = There was nothing incriminating on the laptop.
Distract = It was illegal for them to scrape data from the laptop.
Admit = ... we'll see, won't we?
Add the above to the prospect that Hunter flipped on his family (and the Deep State at large,) prior to or following the recovery of said laptop, and the whole thing looks a LOT more like a friendly data dump on the Biden Crime Family and the System of Systems than a fortuitous mistake.
Hunter's lawsuit could well be the 'Go' order on the next phase of Disclosure.
You know who's most worried seeing him take Rudy Giuliani to court?
The Deep State.” —
US To Keep Paying Salaries For Tens Of Thousands Of Ukrainians During Government Shutdown
A newly aired "60 Minutes" segment entitled The unexpected way American tax dollars are being used in Ukraine has uncovered that the US government is paying the salaries of some 57,000 Ukrainian civic services personnel.
The report details the various ways non-military aid is being spent at a moment GOP Congressional leaders are intensely debating whether to move forward with a proposed defense budget that includes Biden's push for $24 billion more in military assistance for Kiev. — ZeroHedge
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Our Take: “Remember when the government shutdown over the flu, and punished Americans that defied their orders, closing their businesses, fining them daily, and even locking them up? Remember when they benevolently paid people $600 dollars while many fell into financial ruin, lives changed forever?
That was bad, and the government would hate for that to happen to the good people of Ukraine, so they — the US government — has decided to force US taxpayers to subsidize the salaries of Ukrainians so they don’t wind up like the plebeian Americans here at home. Note that many of the US taxpayers have yet to recover from the government’s last great idea.
This is the very essence of taxation without representation, especially considering that there is no audit of, no accountability for a single dollar spent in Ukraine and it’s highly likely that most is being laundered back into the pockets of the criminals in DC forcing Americans to foot the bill. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.” —
Ted Cruz: "The Odds Are Very Significant" That Michelle Obama Will Replace Biden
GOP Senator Ted Cruz has speculated that Joe Biden will not be chosen as the Democratic nominee for 2024 and that the distinction will go to none other than Michelle Obama in a last minute Democratic National Convention decision.
“I think the odds are very significant that next summer at the Democrat national convention that the Democrat party will jettison Joe Biden and will throw him off the ticket, and they will parachute in instead, Michelle Obama to be their candidate,” Cruz told Sean Hannity.
“I think they’re gonna look to Michelle Obama as the savior to come in,” Cruz continued, adding “I think if that happens, that would be very, very dangerous.”
“And every time I see a Democrat or one of their puppets in the press beginning to point out the problems with Joe Biden – every time that happens, the chances of that go up and up and up,” Cruz added.
When Hannity asked if Michelle Obama even wants to run, Cruz reasoned that there are no other candidates that wouldn’t alienate certain Democratic voters. — Summit News
Our Take: “It has long been speculated that Joe Biden won’t be the Democrat Nominee come 2024, whether it be because of health, mental impairment, or just flat out being terrible in every facet imaginable at his job - there is little chance that the DNC actually wants to run this inept caricature of a human being against Donald Trump.
Many have speculated that Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, or even Michelle Obama would be anointed as the next DNC Nominee for President.
With their track record of choosing horrible candidates, it makes perfect sense that the DNC would put forth someone as unqualified to sit in the Oval Office as Michelle Obama. If they do choose her, it would further highlight how little they care about choosing someone capable of correcting course for America and further point a light on how little they care about this country as a whole.” —
Another Take: “It's coming at us from all angles now, with Michelle Obama impending via the old switcheroo. The problem is that she has no experience, and contrary to what they'd have you believe, Michelle is generally unlikeable and doesn't even try to hide her contempt for this country and its people.
Hell, I could be wrong; some of these die-hard liberal establishment stans will probably vote for anyone and anything that is 1 degree of separation away from Barack Obama. Be that as it may, there aren't enough Obama fart-huffers in the world to defeat Donald John Trump. They must be really confident in their ability to cheat. I tend to doubt that she will get into the White House; Donald Trump doesn't seem too worried about it. But, supposing hypothetically she does get in, maybe Obama's fourth term will be the one that finally destroys this country.” —
Leftists In Canadian Parliament Seek to Erase Embarrassing Nazi Incident From The Record
The Canadian House of Commons, with Speaker Anthony Rota and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance, gave two standing ovations for a guest of Vladimir Zelensky, 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, who was presented as a "war hero" who fought against Soviet invasion. The problem is that he did this as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, “a Nazi military unit whose crimes against humanity during the Holocaust are well-documented,” according to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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There was no Russia propaganda involved in the Hunka blunder, that was all Canada's doing.
Now, instead of admitting to the underlying problem of Nazi influences in Ukraine and honoring an open discussion about the purpose of the proxy war, leftists within Canada's Parliament are instead seeking to erase all official records of the incident including video records and the original text of Speaker Rota's comments.
In other words, leftists want to use the classic Stalinist method of memory-holing historic information that does not work in their favor. This move was ultimately blocked by house conservatives, but it shows one thing clearly - That the political left has no qualms over historic manipulation at the governmental level. We have seen this behavior among activists, and hints of it within the halls of various national oligarchies, but now the demands are becoming bold and brazen. Yaroslav Hunka was happily mingling with Canada's leaders just a few days ago, and they are already trying to wipe the incident from the books. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “I feel both excited for the good guys and embarrassed on behalf of the Canadians right now.
The second bit is easy to explain.
The Canadian people have had their government and culture hijacked by globalists, who have so totally indoctrinated the population, that most people can’t seem to recognize major blunders like what just happened with this Ukrainian Nazi situation. The good news is that, as most of the population has descended into a quasi ambulatory state, with respect to neocortical function, a counterculture of critical thinkers has emerged—and is gaining force.
Why would I feel excited by this?
Let’s consider this from an intelligence perspective.
Competent organizations—the ones we should be placing our trust in—engage in vigorous and unbiased research, analysis, and decision making. In this case, someone had the idea to invite this former Ukrainian Nazi for a PR event. No doubt staffers were abuzz with virtue-signalling mania. If the Candians staff at issue here were competent, they would have investigated the Ukrainian, likely encountering information that would have confirmed he was a former Nazi.
Instead, the vetting either never occurred, or the staffers who found the information about his former Nazi affiliations dismissed it as ‘conspiracy theory nonsense.’ Either way, this is a catastrophic failure on the part of the office holders and bureaucratic staffers, which should be held to the highest standards of vetting, given they are trustees of the people—they are the government. This catastrophe, for the globalists, is problematic, but not insurmountable.
Let’s face it—in order to pull off these globalism schemes, the globalists have to recruit and employ people who lack sufficient intelligence to see through their scams. This is encouraging for those who oppose the globalists. And the fact that this happened at all indicates that their internal process for vetting is terrible—a critical failure that white hats can and likely are exploiting.
Why would this be a boon to the white hats and patriots?
Presuming that the white hats are using their own infiltration methods, it suggests that there could be many moles and white hat assets embedded—penetrated, even—within the globalist government of Canada. And if that’s true, then it stands to reason that the same weaknesses are likely systemic in the globalist-run organizations across the world.
Imagine a scenario where thousands upon thousands of white hat assets have been carefully embedded within the mediocre ranks of government bureaucracies across the world. Imagine that these sleepers bide their time, waiting for a moment when they will begin feeding into the government production machine, blunder after blunder that exposes the globalists and the bad actors they’ve employed over the years. Imagine that when this happens, it will so totally and completely derail the globalist machine, and its communication networks, that within a few short weeks, the entire globalist cabal is exposed—by their own staffers.
Perhaps this has already happened, and we’re now witnessing the ‘movie’ that is slowly but surely preparing the masses to throw off their shackles and embrace truth, freedom, and justice.” —
US government and 17 states sue Amazon in landmark monopoly case
The US government and 17 states are suing Amazon in a landmark monopoly case reflecting years of allegations that the e-commerce giant abused its economic dominance and harmed fair competition.
The groundbreaking lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 attorneys general marks the government’s sharpest attack yet against Amazon, a company that started off selling books on the internet but has since become known as “the everything store,” expanding into selling a vast range of consumer products, creating a globe-spanning logistics network and becoming a powerhouse in other technologies such as cloud computing.
The 172-page complaint alleges Amazon unfairly promotes its own platform and services at the expense of third-party sellers who rely on the company’s e-commerce marketplace for distribution.
For example, according to the FTC, Amazon has harmed competition by requiring sellers on its platform to purchase Amazon’s in-house logistics services in order to secure the best seller benefits, referred to as “Prime” eligibility. It also claims the company anticompetitively forces sellers to list their products on Amazon at the lowest prices anywhere on the web, instead of allowing sellers to offer their products at competing marketplaces for a lower price.
That practice is already the subject of a separate lawsuit targeting Amazon filed by California’s attorney general last year. — CNN
Our Take: “The FTC has announced a lawsuit against Amazon for ‘Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power.’
(Pay no attention to the fact that '17 Attorneys General' have signed on to the suit ...)
This comes on the heels of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by the DOJ against Google for unfair and monopolistic practices as well.
Anons were told that ‘lawsuits can be very effective,’ and while the drops were referring to class action suits, it stands to reason that, if we're meant to enter a new era of American prosperity, ingenuity and, most importantly, sovereignty buoyed by a free market, the Deep State's monopolistic market-makers MUST be taken down a few pegs.
The Administrative State and American Oligarchy are besieged, and during a time when they SHOULD be enjoying unprecedented power projection.
Curious. It's almost like they're NOT in control right now.
'The Switch' theory posits that Donald Trump’s 'Agenda 47' isn't coming ... it's already underway.
The Deep State got too comfy.” —
Target to close 9 stores, including 3 in the San Francisco Bay Area, citing safety concerns
Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood, and three in the San Francisco Bay Area, saying that theft and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of its workers and customers.
The closings, which will be effective Oct. 21, also include three stores in Portland, Oregon, and two in Seattle. Target said that it still will have a combined 150 stores open in the markets where the closures are taking place. It said it will offer affected workers the opportunity to transfer to other stores.
The Minneapolis retailer said the decision to close the stores was difficult.
“We know that our stores serve an important role in their communities, but we can only be successful if the working and shopping environment is safe for all,” Target said in a statement. — AP News
Our Take: “If looters are permitted by the authorities to rob and destroy everything in sight, then that means said authorities tacitly endorse such destruction.
Since the riots of 2020, we’ve heard stories from major cities all over the United States of retail stores getting cleaned out by roaming bands of thieves—in many ways, we are witnessing a return to the ‘survival of the fittest’ way of life, precisely because the societal structures that are supposed to uphold a higher standard of civilization have been subverted.
Let’s briefly consider a metaphor for what’s happening:
Imagine for a moment that you’re an able bodied man in his mid 20s who has studied martial arts for over a decade. Now imagine that you come across a child getting beaten in the middle of the street by someone who you could overpower very easily. In other words, you find yourself in a position to prevent serious harm being visited upon an innocent person who lacks the same ability that you have to stop the situation.
In such a scenario, you can either choose to step in, or not; whether harm is visited upon the innocent or not is a matter of your choice.
A similar logic applies to those in positions of power who have the choice to govern properly or shirk their duties. The only difference between the two scenarios is that, in the latter, there is a legally codified DUTY to protect. Certainly, we all have a duty to uphold society—but officials have the greatest duty of them all, because that’s quite literally their job!
Perhaps it’s ultimately up to debate whether or not Target going away is a good or bad thing. But, at the very least, the reason why they’re closing down their stores is due to an absence of law and order—it’s another canary (among many) in what’s turning out to be a truly enormous coal mine.
If nothing else, let it be known that the ‘officials’ who endorse mass-looting either directly (recall the politicians who encouraged the 2020 riots, such as Nancy Pelosi and Vaccine Waters… oops, I meant Maxine Waters …) or indirectly (by refusing to uphold the law) are completely unfit for their position.
We need to figure out WHO is genuinely behind the tacit endorsement of looting, and those who are forced to go along with it due because they’re compromised in some way.
We need to figure out these things fast, lest we sacrifice our entire economy to thieves.” —
Russian Black Sea commander seen in video after Ukraine said it killed him
Viktor Sokolov, commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, has been shown attending a meeting a day after Ukrainian special forces claimed he died in a barrage of missiles.
In video and photographs released by the Russian defence ministry and shown on state television on Tuesday, Sokolov is seen taking part in a video conference with Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs.
Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday that Sokolov was killed in the Russian-annexed peninsula along with 33 other officers in a missile attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol.
The statement added 105 others were wounded in the strikes. — Al Jazeera
Our Take: “We take a lot of heat for speculating that much of the wartime news about Ukraine is, in fact, fake news and propaganda. But we’re not wrong.
Remember the Ghost of Kiev? How about the Nordstream 2 pipeline? The Wagner Coup? The Kerch Bridge explosion? How about the ongoing reports that Ukraine can somehow, inexplicably win this war?
Now the Russian commander that supposedly died in a heroic Ukrainian win is not, in fact, dead, but still alive and still commanding. You have to start wondering if anything these war pigs report is true. That’s where we are in this moment with Ukraine. We’ve endured so many verifiably false lies that those reporting on the war cannot be trusted to give the people the truth.
The lies are critical in the narrative, as they allow US neocons to continue stealing from US taxpayers in the name of Ukrainian democracy. Can we make any additional funding contingent upon a true accounting of the facts on the ground? I’m just kidding, there are no conditions upon which I would support further funding of Ukraine. Unfortunately, as a US Taxpayer, I don’t get a say.” —
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.
In regards to Big Mike: I have a friend who is secret service( currently drives Trump when he’s in FL and says he’s genuinely a nice guy!) who drove Obama during his regime. He said B was aloof and dismissive, but not necessarily rude. Said Big Mike was a racist bitch. Biggest racist he’s ever met. He also drove Biden during the 2020 campaign, which he didn’t enjoy because he’s a Republican, but it’s his job. Must remain neutral. Said Biden was nice enough but just not all ‘there”. Seemed confused. Would ask the college interns if he wore the right shoes. Also, my friend says almost no one showed up to Bidens rallies. What you saw on camera was fake. Imagine that
Thanks for the Takes today.
I must point out a mistake in the "Will Replace Biden" story both Paul and Ryan wrote "she". Big Mike is a "he" don't mis-pronoun or you might end up in Woke-Jail :-))
God Wins!
God Bless!!!