Badlands News Brief
Trump Trolls, Biden Snaps & Ukraine Fails
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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 Wednesday, June 28 …
Trump now claims leaked audio tape of him allegedly showing guests classified Pentagon documents was 'just bravado' and that the 'plans' he discussed were for a golf course
Donald Trump has now claimed a leaked audio tape of him allegedly showing guests classified Pentagon documents was 'just bravado' and that the 'plans' he discussed were actually for a golf course.
The former US president, 77, is facing a total of 37 felony charges for allegedly illegally retaining classified records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after his term in office ended. Trump pleads not guilty to the charges.
The indictment says Trump possessed a classified battle plan against Iran, which he reportedly showed a writer and publisher working on a book on July 21, 2021 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Now, in an interview with Fox News, Trump said that any mention of 'plans' were just about building another golf course - of which he already owns 16.
He queried: 'Did I use the word plans? What I’m referring to is magazines, newspapers, plans of buildings. I had plans of buildings. You know, building plans? I had plans of a golf course.' — The Daily Mail
Our Take: “The walls are closing in! And this time they really mean it. The only problem is that the latest hysteria is looking more and more like a master troll from the boss himself. The media collectively lost their minds about a (coordinated) leak that claimed to prove Trump was showing classified national security documents about Iran to people without the required security clearances.
Trump sharing this Iranian memo is the smoking gun! That’s what we were told.
Only problem is that the Iranian memo in question is not part of the indictment. Also, the audio recording that allegedly ‘proves’ Trump’s crimes is nothing more than the sound of rustling papers and Trump being Trump. In reality, no one knows what papers were rustling and the audio doesn’t prove that anyone uncleared saw anything classified. When the dust settled on the leaked audio, the media had a whole omelet on their faces.
If the actions of the justice system haven’t convinced you that the establishment is engaging in a witch hunt against President Trump, the in-unison missteps of the media certainly should. Also, it should go without saying that this is 2024 election interference.
Stay tuned for the next episode of ‘The Walls are Closing In.’ We all know it’s coming.” —
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Another Take: “This is 100% accurate, and is why I always pay attention to WHO is seeding or deploying a given Narrative.
Trump seeded the 'Perfect Phone Call' with Zelensky.
It boomeranged on Quid Pro Joe.
Trump seeded the MAL Raid.
It boomeranged into the Biden Docs Scandal.
Trump seeded the Docs Audio.
To be continued ...
Now, apply that same dialectic to Russia. Who seeded Wagner's disarray in Bakhmut? Wagner & the Kremlin. This then lured Azov into a disastrous offensive.
Who seeded the 'Coup?'“ —
After Ukraine Failed To Capitalize On Wagner Turmoil, US Sends $500 Million More In Weapons
Just on the heels of the New York Times' observation that Ukrainian forces failed to capitalize on the weekend turmoil in Russia of the Wagner uprising, the Biden administration announced a new $500 million military aid package on Tuesday.
First, in a Sunday report the NYT cited anonymous "American officials and independent analysts" as acknowledging that "there did not seem to be any immediate defensive gaps to exploit" in Russian lines. They said that "according to a preliminary analysis" no Russian units were pushed back or abandoned their positions in the east and south, despite the Wagner rebellion having been a major distraction for Russian command Friday and Saturday. The US officials went on to say that at least for the near future, the "front lines in Ukraine are likely to remain unchanged."
Strangely, one of the arguments that could be heard from Western pundits over the last days is that the Wagner mutiny episode shows that Washington must keep up its support for a "weakened" Russia. On Wednesday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda commented of Wagner's leader being exiled to Belarus: "If Wagner deploys its serial killers in Belarus, all neighboring countries face even bigger danger of instability," he said after meeting with some NATO allies.
As for the new US aid, it comes after The New York Times tallied that some 17% of the Bradley fighting vehicles already given to Ukraine had been damaged or destroyed thus far. This new half-billion in assistance comes via the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), meaning the new shipments will be taken directly from Pentagon stockpiles. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “Remember how reports started circulating following the 'Wagner Coup' that the Ukrainian Counter-Offensive had taken serious ground in the Donbas, and had retaken significant territory over the course of the last few days?
Turns out that's a bunch of B.S., with the legacy mouthpiece of the Globalist MSM, the New York Times, admitting that the front lines remain unchanged following Ukraine's failure to take advantage of the Russian disarray.
Military Deception. Russian Maneuver Defense. Simple.
And the Net Effects on our side of the pond may be all Narrative, what juicy, Media-immolating Narratives they are.” —
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation
Donald Trump has sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation after a jury found he sexually abused the former magazine columnist and defamed her.
In a counter claim filed Tuesday night, Trump alleges that Carroll defamed him when she appeared on CNN the morning after the jury awarded her $5 million in damages. Carroll was asked about the verdict finding Trump sexually abused Carroll but did not rape her as she alleged. Carroll said, “Oh, yes he did.”
In response to the new claim, Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan said in a statement, “Donald Trump again argues, contrary to both logic and fact, that he was exonerated by a jury that found that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.”
She added, “Trump’s filing is thus nothing more than his latest effort to delay accountability for what a jury has already found to be his defamation of E. Jean Carroll. But whether he likes it or not, that accountability is coming very soon.
The counter claim is the latest legal salvo in a multi-year legal battle between Trump and Carroll. Carroll first sued Trump for defamation in 2019 after he denied her allegation that he raped her in the mid-1990s in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman. Trump said he didn’t know Carroll and that she wasn’t his type. — CNN
Our Take: “A justice system. A nice idea. Maybe we’ll have it one day.
It’s an essential part of civilization moving toward a truly morally centered society—hence the globalist's relentless assault upon the justice system and the rule of law.
As Trump brilliantly laid out in his epic CNN town hall with Kaitlan Collins, the E. Jean Carroll accusing Trump of rape was laughable. The criminal case went nowhere, hence she decided to go the civil route.
In usual Trump fashion, he is exposing the insanity of the no-justice justice system, through filing his own damages suit against her. The move is brilliant. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If she can claim damages for a crime that never happened, surely Trump can claim damages for her false accusation.
This raises a question: Should we live in a ‘lawsuit-happy’ society, where the smallest injury or impression of an injury is enough to receive damages and tie up citizens in expensive court proceedings?
Let me take this all the way to the top.
If a society is populated by free-will beings who have rights but lack perfect wisdom, then, logically, it follows that as a regular feature of that society, unintended injury and harm will be commonplace. People will make mistakes and accidentally violate the rights of others, thereby opening up the possibility of seeking remedy (damages) through a lawsuit.
On its face, this isn’t wrong.
A society needs to protect the rights of its citizens; that’s the primary product produced by any real and valid civilization. However, civilized society has to also cultivate forgiveness. Because ultimately, the true purpose of civilization is not to act like a giant little league game where every foul or bad play requires a penalty, and those who manage to escape accidents are rewarded as the most lawful citizens.
A civilization, in fact, is about dominion in and for the pursuit of perfection through man choosing of his own free will to do God’s Will (Matthew 5:48).
Religiously, this incredibly powerful idea has been reduced to an overly simplistic set of slogans and attestations by globalist-hijacked institutions—that merely acknowledging that ‘Jesus is your lord and savior,’ is enough. Of course, this is important to acknowledge, but that’s just the start of the real game God sent us here to play.
Ultimately, to achieve perfection, we must master all things in life as much as we are able to do. Like a sports team, if we are to gain skill, we have to take risks. And with those risks comes the possibility of harm and injury.
In a truly God-centered society, which we have never truly had on earth in my opinion, we provide our fellows ample grace and forgiveness. We don’t squabble over spilled milk, a missed sabbath, or a bent bumper. We forgive each other so we can focus on what really matters—loving God and bringing that love and truth into everything we do.
The shadow men of this world know what we should be doing. As such, they cultivate the opposite (satanic inversion). They teach us to hold grudges, judge each other viciously, and act in bad faith as normal behavior for all people. Our media is filled with divisive, contemptuous role models, movies, and stories. Our social media has become the toxicity Olympics. And, sadly, many of our spiritual centers have been hijacked or rendered ineffectual.
I would argue, God made the universe so that we have to embrace forgiveness to truly receive all that He has made us to have. Forgiveness is not for letting bad-faith actors off the hook. It’s for good-faith actors, who have demonstrated they are invested in the Great Work, who join in the epic adventure of realizing freedom and prosperity.
Trump, no doubt, knows the real game, as he seems to be preparing for a future where real justice is commonplace.” —
NYT confirms IRS whistleblower claim about Hunter Biden probe, buries in 21st paragraph of report
The New York Times confirmed one of the bombshell claims made about the Department of Justice's mishandling of its probe into Hunter Biden but buried it deep in its Tuesday report.
After Biden pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax violations and entered a pretrial diversion agreement regarding the felony gun registration charge, the House Ways and Means Committee released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who alleged that President Biden's son received preferential treatment by the Justice Department.
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley claimed that U.S. Attorney David Weiss alleged to multiple witnesses that he was told by the DOJ that he could not bring charges against Hunter Biden in California and Washington D.C. Attorney General Merrick Garland denied there being any interference in the probe.
However, the Times is now confirming that Weiss did in fact make such claims about the DOJ. — FOX News
Our Take: “You mean The NY Times is covering for Biden and Garland? Color me shocked.
The recent revelations about Hunter’s WhatsApp messages are impactful enough that even the press — even the NYT — has to cover it. Even though their confirmation comes in the 21st paragraph, the fact that they covered whistleblower Gary Shapley’s allegations at all is a shift from their usual practice of ignoring the Biden Crime Family’s well-documented crimes.
Yesterday, Biden got agitated when reporters asked him to confirm if he was, in fact, sitting next to Hunter in the “Chinese shakedown” took place. ‘No!’ He shouted at the reporter, leaning in, veins bulging. He seemed sincerely shocked that White House reporters would ask him questions about his son. I’m a little shocked by it, too, to be honest, and I’m wondering why now. Why are the networks now allowing this story to face journalistic scrutiny?
Perhaps this signals a shift in establishment support from—as Tucker suggested Tuesday—Biden to Newsom. Perhaps it’s media CYA for additional forthcoming disclosures. Either way, the White House continues to maintain that, despite mounting public evidence to the contrary, Joe Biden has never been in business with Hunter. And they’re calling the WhatsApp messages nothing more than the ranting of an addict in throes of addiction.
In other words, they’re still lying.
Those lies are accumulating and compounding and, with House Oversight laser focused on the family’s racketeering and influence peddling, it’s looking more and more like Biden will face a public reckoning. Dare to dream.” —
Wuhan researcher claims China engineered COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon'
According to an ANI report, a researcher from the Wuhan Institute of Virology claims that China allegedly engineered the coronavirus as a "bioweapon."
In an interview shared by ANI, Chao Shao told Jennifer Zeng, a member of the International Press Association, that he and his colleagues were given four strains of the virus to determine which strain could spread most effectively. Zeng, a Chinese-born human rights activist and author, took the interview between March and April 2020.
Chao Shao recounted an incident where another researcher from the institute, Shan Chao, admitted that their superior had given them four strains of the coronavirus to test their infectivity across various species, including humans. Chao Shao also referred to the coronavirus as a "bioweapon." — CNBC
Our Take: “As many know, I’m fond of taking a Bicameral—or Tricameral—perspective when it comes to most Narrative Deployments in the Info War, and in no theater is that more useful than with the engagement with COVID-adjacent storylines.
I don’t know if COVID-19 was an engineered bioweapon or a bad flu masquerading as the black plague, thereby counting more along the lines of a PsyOp, but I’d hazard a guess it was a bit of both.
Either way, the fallout of the Deep State’s governmental overreach during the ensuing lockdowns was one of the most traumatic events of the last several decades, and judging by the percolating and resurfacing origins narrative, Overton’s Goalpost is being shifted on a mass psychological scale … which makes one wonder just when the boomerang is going to come all the way back around.” —
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 always appreciate the news brief and it’s contributors, but today, Justin hit a home run. Until we boldly declare the living, Lord Jesus to be our Judge, our Lawgiver, our Great King, and Savior; and look to Him for the True definitions of those, our plumb line isn’t plumb at all. Well said, Justin.
The Iranian memo in question shows general Milley to be a major idiot and a traitor. I'm sure the psychos in fbi will look into this.