Valuing Life,
Alex Krainer opens the box of how the world really works and peeks inside: The hidden hand: monstrous conspiracies and the swamp
The trail of evidence almost always leads to the moneylending oligarchies. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-hidden-hand-monstrous-conspiracies EU Plays Trump Card To Advance Its Globalist Agenda
The reappearance of Donald Trump on the international political scene has left Brussels in a state of panic... However, the European Union, under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen, is using the American magnate’s return to power as a golden opportunity to strengthen its own supranational integration agenda, further weakening the sovereignty of member states and promoting a centralized vision of the European bloc...
..During her speech at the Davos Forum in January this year, von der Leyen made the EU’s new approach clear: continuing climate policies and protecting “our European way of life” (whatever that means to EU leaders) against external threats, particularly those stemming from Donald Trump’s United States and China—after years of declaring that the main enemy was Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
“The world is in a ‘race against time’ to tackle global challenges such as climate change and seize the opportunities of AI,” she stated during her speech at the World Economic Forum. Brussels’ stance is clear: continue decarbonizing at any cost. “Europe will continue to seek cooperation and is ‘open for business’ to those who wish to improve clean technology and expand digital infrastructure.”
“The world is in a ‘race against time’ to tackle global challenges such as climate change and seize the opportunities of AI,” she stated during her speech at the World Economic Forum. Brussels’ stance is clear: continue decarbonizing at any cost. “Europe will continue to seek cooperation and is ‘open for business’ to those who wish to improve clean technology and expand digital infrastructure.”
It is no coincidence that this rhetoric aligns with Brussels’ attempts to reform the EU’s founding treaties, granting even more powers to European institutions at the expense of member states...
..Among the reforms under discussion is the elimination of the unanimity principle in the European Council, the only tool blocking Brussels from making key decisions without the consensus of all member states. There is also talk of creating new powers in taxation, defense, and energy policy, which would significantly curtail the autonomy of countries reluctant to follow the European Commission’s lead...
..Growing public outrage over mass immigration, draconian climate policies, and the imposition of ideologies alien to national traditions has led to the rise of parties challenging the EU’s globalist consensus. In response, the European establishment has intensified its offensive: any movement that questions Brussels’ agenda is immediately labeled as “far right”, “fascist”, or even “Nazi”... Anyone opposing the EU’s policies is presented as a threat to democracy when, in reality, what is at stake is the ability of European peoples to decide their future—if such a possibility even exists today...
..The tactic is cheap but at least transparent: use the figure of Trump as a scarecrow to justify the centralization of power in Brussels and delegitimize political movements that challenge the EU’s ideological hegemony. What we are witnessing is, in essence, a perfect excuse to push forward a project of forced integration that many Europeans have neither voted for nor approved. The supposed fight against populism is nothing more than a strategy to consolidate a political elite that refuses to accept that European societies are changing and that more and more citizens reject the progressive dogma imposed by Brussels...
..Will it also be an opportunity for change in the Old Continent? https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/eu-plays-trump-card-to-advance-its-globalist-agenda/
In the two weeks since he took office, President Donald Trump has dominated U.S. domestic and world news with his unprecedented roll-out of decrees and policy statements that summon comment and analysis in our media day by day, if not hour by hour. However, what I see is a tendency for each of Trump’s major policy initiatives to be evaluated by both his admirers and his detractors on its own merits without considering whether there is an overarching concept...
Whether or not you like our European allies, you have to ask if it is proper to withdraw American armed forces units from the continent...
That term has been used as a pejorative by America’s uniparty majority in Congress for decades. One or another politician who dares oppose entry into or support for the latest planned intervention in Country X, Y or Z, is systematically denounced by America’s foreign policy establishment as an isolationist. Now, for the first time in a hundred years, the USA has a leading statesman, a President, who embraces the principles of Isolationism and Fortress America as the best way forward.
Is this a negative as the global liberal press says? Or is it truly the way forward to peace and a Golden Age? (or...?) https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/04/the-big-picture-the-ideological-program-of-trump-that-unifies-all-his-domestic-and-foreign-initiatives/
..Asked how many people he was talking about removing, Trump replied, ... "All of them. There's 1.7 or 1.8 million people. They can settle, all of them to areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day." https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-goes-all-in-on-stealing-gaza
..However, maybe Trump’s public comments about taking over Gaza were intended to keep Netanyahu from ending the ceasefire unilaterally. Now that Trump has pledged to put additional troops on the ground, it will make it more difficult for Netanyahu to resume military operations.
Trump’s grandstanding on Iran during the Netanyahu visit has to be taken with a big grain of salt. Trump vowed that Iran will never be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. However, Iran has made no declaration that it was trying to build one...
Gilbert Doctorow wrote this before the Trump-Netanyahu press conference yesterday.
The Big Picture: the ideological program of Trump that unifies all his domestic and foreign initiatives..Each of these initiatives is being discussed in our newspapers, on electronic media separately as if they were self-standing and, taken separately, they do have many drawbacks...
..Whether or not you believe that Elon Musk in his capacity as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has the right to disrupt federal payments and to cancel contracts with suppliers, you have to consider why he has chosen to move most aggressively against USAID, which by its name should stand for democracy promotion and human rights. Just a little release of information about the whining of all of Ukraine’s journalists and media that the cutoff means they have no funds indicates that Musk knew very well that he was driving a pike through the heart of America’s regime change agency Whether or not you like our European allies, you have to ask if it is proper to withdraw American armed forces units from the continent...
..As we well know, Donald Trump stands for traditional family values, for national sovereignty and for governments that are led by elected officials, not by unelected bureaucracies. He opposes free movement of people and goods. In all of these positions, he is firmly positioned in the Illiberal camp and every one of the initiatives I listed at the start of this essay backs that up.
When you oppose globalism, as Trump does because of the broad implications of globalism, then you try to break up global supply chains, whether or not this improves efficiency and cheapens the cost of goods to consumers.
When you oppose supranational institutions and oppose the concession of national prerogatives to collective multinational agreements, then you necessarily try to break up the European Union, as Trump is doing with the help of Elon Musk as his wrecking ball.
When you pull 20,000 American troops out of Europe today, you are giving a strong hint at your intentions to disrupt American support for NATO and possibly also for the 750 military bases that the United States maintains today under crushing costs that some say are unsustainable...
..This brings us to the question of what MAGA means in international affairs. We have heard Trump rally his supporters with another slogan: America First. If you follow the policies that flow from this notion, they amount to Fortress America. They represent full rejection of the Empire. Yes, they amount to Isolationism. When you oppose globalism, as Trump does because of the broad implications of globalism, then you try to break up global supply chains, whether or not this improves efficiency and cheapens the cost of goods to consumers.
When you oppose supranational institutions and oppose the concession of national prerogatives to collective multinational agreements, then you necessarily try to break up the European Union, as Trump is doing with the help of Elon Musk as his wrecking ball.
When you pull 20,000 American troops out of Europe today, you are giving a strong hint at your intentions to disrupt American support for NATO and possibly also for the 750 military bases that the United States maintains today under crushing costs that some say are unsustainable...
That term has been used as a pejorative by America’s uniparty majority in Congress for decades. One or another politician who dares oppose entry into or support for the latest planned intervention in Country X, Y or Z, is systematically denounced by America’s foreign policy establishment as an isolationist. Now, for the first time in a hundred years, the USA has a leading statesman, a President, who embraces the principles of Isolationism and Fortress America as the best way forward.
Is this a negative as the global liberal press says? Or is it truly the way forward to peace and a Golden Age? (or...?) https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/04/the-big-picture-the-ideological-program-of-trump-that-unifies-all-his-domestic-and-foreign-initiatives/
Doctorow elaborates further (Do paychecks depend upon not-understanding?): TRUMP WANTS TO WRECKING BALL THE LIBERAL WORLD ORDER
The obtuseness of some of the most authoritative commentors in alternative media is truly amazing. Earlier this evening I was listening to the comments of a highly respected former U.S. ambassador, former high official in the Pentagon who condemned what Elon Musk is doing at the Treasury to root out both frivolous and patently nefarious programs, and in particular his assault on USAID, which this diplomat insisted was always dedicated to international development and democracy promotion.
The reality, of course, is that USAID was used as a cover by the CIA for its covert regime change operations in many countries. This aspect of their portfolio was acknowledged by the former diplomat but he insisted that this was nothing compared to the violation of the law that Musk’s intrusion in the Treasury represents. This is a move towards fascism opined the ex-diplomat. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/04/coffee-and-a-mike-trump-wants-to-wrecking-ball-the-liberal-world-order/Caitlin Johnstone, Trump Goes All-In On Stealing Gaza For His Zionist Owners
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,” Trump said. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings — level it out. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
Given what Trump previously said about permanently removing all Palestinians from Gaza, there is no question who he is talking about when he says he wants to provide housing for “the people of the area”. He obviously isn’t talking about creating housing for the Palestinians of Gaza, so he presumably means housing for Israeli Jews. He’s talking about a very straightforward ethnic cleansing operation, driven by the United States...Has Caitlin Johnstone identified Trump's target-audience? Only 3% Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-3-of-jewish-israelis-think-trumps
Moral or not-moral? (We donate to UNRWA.) Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Ends Funding To UNRWA https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-withdraws-un-human-rights-council-end-funding-unrwa
Bibi looked like he was hearing Trump's "Own Gaza" proposal for the first time. Where will this go? Trump's Gaza Gambit https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-02-05/trumps-gaza-gambit
Larry Johnson, Donald Trump’s Gaza Mirage
Trump announced tonight he wants to take over Gaza... Trump also insisted that the Palestinians will be relocated to a third country (unspecified) and will not have a right to return. This was scripted. You can see Trump is reading from a note card. Trump claims he has talked this over with Arab leaders in the region and that they are in favor of the deal. That is a lie...
Trump’s grandstanding on Iran during the Netanyahu visit has to be taken with a big grain of salt. Trump vowed that Iran will never be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. However, Iran has made no declaration that it was trying to build one...
..I think Trump’s statement was intended to prevent Israel from launching any attacks on Iran. I continue to believe that one of Trump’s emissaries is working out a deal for Trump to meet with Iran’s president. https://sonar21.com/donald-trumps-gaza-mirage/
US Diplomats Warn Trump That Sending Gazans To Egypt Will Destabilize Sisi Regime
Another mid-level US diplomat in the region working on this issue told MEE that the White House appeared “tone deaf” to the assessments of US diplomats and remained intent on pursuing the plan to send Palestinians to Egypt. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-diplomats-warn-trump-sending-gazans-egypt-will-destabilize-sisi-regime
Palestinians accuse Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ as 70 killed in West Bank https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588833/middle-east
Gazans dreamed of returning to Rafah. The reality is a nightmare
Few have gone back to Gaza’s southern city, where Israeli forces on the border are still firing at civilians. Those who have barely recognize their own homes. https://www.972mag.com/rafah-ruins-gaza-ceasefire-nightmare/
'They tried to break our morale in every possible way': Freed Palestinian women prisoners reveal torture in Israeli jails https://www.newarab.com/features/freed-palestinian-women-speak-torture-israeli-prisons
Israel escalates violations in East Jerusalem, demolishes 36 facilities, confiscates more lands https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250203-israel-escalates-violations-in-east-jerusalem-demolishes-36-facilities-confiscates-more-lands/
Gaza Health Ministry says northern hospitals in dire need of equipment
As part of West Bank offensive, Israel conducts largest demolition in years
Israeli army evacuates 12 homes in Tammun, converts them into military barracks https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/israeli-army-evacuates-12-homes-in-tammun-converts-them-into-military-barracks-3697977
Israeli forces displace thousands of Palestinians with assault on Jenin, Tulkarm
Israeli assault displaces 75% of Palestinians from Tulkarem refugee camp in West Bank https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israeli-assault-displaces-75-of-palestinians-from-tulkarem-refugee-camp-in-west-bank-official-3697986
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in occupied West Bank
Three students who were suspended in connection with their pro-Palestine activism are bringing the lawsuit, Drop Site News reports. https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/03/pro-palestine-students-sue-columbia-university/
US' Trump serious about acquiring Greenland despite European opposition: Vice president https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/us-trump-serious-about-acquiring-greenland-despite-european-opposition-vice-president-3697991
Zelensky is being increasingly viewed as a problem by the Trump-Kellogg team, because of his mulishness and refusal to budge on any of the core concessions viewed as necessary to ending the war. Now, apparently a concensus around this same conclusion is forming in Europe as well...
..So, the above states that Ukrainian elections must be held no later than this coming Fall because the AFU situation is that precarious that Zelensky needs to be ousted this year in order to prevent a total Russian take over of Ukraine...
..This is in line with earlier theories from months ago that Trump would initiate an “audit” of Ukraine, which would conveniently find vast corruption to the point of allowing Trump to ‘wash his hands’ of Zelensky and Ukraine at large, dumping them on Europe...
..So, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have no interest in dropping oil to $45, as per Kellogg’s unrealistic dreams. That means no leverage exists that could possibly get Russia to the table other than using Russia’s top allies to apply pressure...
..Establishment elites have been rattled by the recent hints that Washington will be pushing Zelensky into an election he’s certain to lose...
..We can only surmise that the ambiguity and mystique surrounding Trump’s salvation of Ukraine will float Ukrainian hopes for a few months longer, in a kind of period of ‘hopeful delirium’. But somewhere around late spring or summertime, when it begins to dawn that Trump has no magic elixir, Ukraine’s political turmoil could begin coming to a terminal head, in one way or another. This would likely coincide with another more major springtime offensive push from Russia. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/russian-svrs-latest-intel-west-preparing
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said Ukraine was willing, adding that he wants “equalization” from Ukraine for Washington’s “close to $300 billion” in support.
“We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths,” Trump said. “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things.”
“We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earth. And I want security of the rare earth, and they’re willing to do it,” he said...
Instead of abandoning his efforts to freeze the Ukrainian Conflict by doubling down on military aid in the hopes that Zelensky’s forces will then recapture these deposits from Russia, Trump might instead try to cut a deal with Putin for Russia to sell some of these extracted resources to the US...
Ukraine Open To Trump Demand To Exchange Rare Earth Elements For Arms https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-open-trump-demand-exchange-rare-earth-elements-arms
Zelensky Tells Piers Morgan He's Ready To Negotiate Directly With Putin In Major Reversal https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/first-zelensky-tells-pierse-morgan-hes-ready-negotiate-putin
Top Trump nominees advance as Senate confirms attorney general
Senate Judiciary Dems eager for a second hearing with Kash Patel
Democrats are still looking for opportunities to undermine Trump's nominee to run the FBI. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/04/congress/democrats-fbi-kash-patel-trump-00202465
Scattered To The Winds: Entire CIA Gets Trump Buyout Offer, USAID Employees Placed On Leave Worldwide
In defense of USAID many point to the funds that USAID provides for global programs like vaccination efforts, but we also know that even those are sometimes used as cover for other clandestine activities, such as the CIA effort to track down Osama bin Laden using USAID and Save the Children hepatitis B vaccination campaign in Pakistan...
But it was the far longer Barclays outage that caused the most chaos and consternation. Barclays, after all, is one of the world’s most systemically important banks, and parts of its payment system stopped working for many of its customers for close to 48 hours. That is a very long time for an IT outage to last, especially at a TBTF lender. Plus, the outage occurred at the worst possible moment for its customers: on the afternoon of the last Friday of the month — aka Payday. It was also the deadline for self-assessment tax returns. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/what-just-happened-to-online-banking-services-in-the-uk-and-what-could-it-mean-for-the-wider-world.html
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
"Ceasefire holds"? Trump admin seeks $1 bln arms sale to 'Israel' as ceasefire holds: WSJ
The new weapons deal includes 4,500 BLU-110 bombs and 200 Mk-83 bombs, which the Pentagon classifies as "general purpose bombs," alongside Caterpillar's D9 armored bulldozers, which "Israel" has previously used to demolish Palestinian homes. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/trump-admin--seeks--1bln-arms-sale-to--israel--as-ceasefireFew have gone back to Gaza’s southern city, where Israeli forces on the border are still firing at civilians. Those who have barely recognize their own homes. https://www.972mag.com/rafah-ruins-gaza-ceasefire-nightmare/
The director general of Gaza's Health Ministry stresses the lack of essential supplies to operate hospitals in the region's north. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-health-ministry-says-northern-hospitals-in-dire-need-of
The Israeli army is expanding its offensive in the northern West Bank and employing some of the same tactics that it has used in Gaza over the past 15 months, including the mass expulsion of residents, airstrikes, and large-scale demolitions. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/as-part-of-west-bank-offensive-israel-conducts-largest-demolition-since-1967/
Israel has expanded its assault on the occupied West Bank with airstrikes targeting residential neighbourhoods and troops deployed across the northeast. https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-assault-jenin-tulkarm-displaces-thousands
Israeli settlers poured a flammable substance inside the mosque in the Arab al-Mleihat community, northwest of Jericho, before setting it on fire. https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-set-fire-mosque-occupied-west-bank
Robbed of graduation, yet responsible for loans. Pro-Palestine Students Sue Columbia University
Professor Anthony Hall looks at a lot here, including Canada as politically-captured by Chinese Fentanyl gangs and used against the US, like Ukraine is against Russia.
Canada Inside or Outside the USA? From a Military Colony of the United States to a Full Partner in Fortress America https://anthonyjhall.substack.com/p/canada-inside-or-outside-the-usa Simplicius on the change in US game-strategy: Russian SVR's Latest Intel: "West Preparing to Flush Zelensky"
..So, the above states that Ukrainian elections must be held no later than this coming Fall because the AFU situation is that precarious that Zelensky needs to be ousted this year in order to prevent a total Russian take over of Ukraine...
..This is in line with earlier theories from months ago that Trump would initiate an “audit” of Ukraine, which would conveniently find vast corruption to the point of allowing Trump to ‘wash his hands’ of Zelensky and Ukraine at large, dumping them on Europe...
..Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine-Russia Keith Kellogg is now slated to arrive in Kiev on February 11th for a one-on-one with Zelensky, perhaps to personally convey the above messaging as a final ultimatum to the doomed leader...
..Latest reports indicate that OPEC and the Saudis are not willing to play ball with Trump’s unrealistic demands for oil price reductions.....So, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have no interest in dropping oil to $45, as per Kellogg’s unrealistic dreams. That means no leverage exists that could possibly get Russia to the table other than using Russia’s top allies to apply pressure...
..Establishment elites have been rattled by the recent hints that Washington will be pushing Zelensky into an election he’s certain to lose...
..We can only surmise that the ambiguity and mystique surrounding Trump’s salvation of Ukraine will float Ukrainian hopes for a few months longer, in a kind of period of ‘hopeful delirium’. But somewhere around late spring or summertime, when it begins to dawn that Trump has no magic elixir, Ukraine’s political turmoil could begin coming to a terminal head, in one way or another. This would likely coincide with another more major springtime offensive push from Russia. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/russian-svrs-latest-intel-west-preparing
Russia is sitting on 70%, already, thwarting globalist "owners": Trump says he wants Ukraine’s rare earth elements as a condition of further support
“We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths,” Trump said. “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things.”
“We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earth. And I want security of the rare earth, and they’re willing to do it,” he said...
..Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Associated Press on Saturday that any negotiations between the US and Russia but without his country were unacceptable.
“They may have their own relations, but talking about Ukraine without us — it is dangerous for everyone,” Zelensky said.
He said his team has been in contact with the Trump administration, but those discussions are at a “general level,” and he believes in-person meetings will take place soon to develop more detailed agreements. “We need to work more on this,” Zelensky said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Trump’s latest demand from Ukraine "would be very selfish, very self-centered.”
Such resources would be better used for the country’s reconstruction after the war, Scholz added. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588911/world
“They may have their own relations, but talking about Ukraine without us — it is dangerous for everyone,” Zelensky said.
He said his team has been in contact with the Trump administration, but those discussions are at a “general level,” and he believes in-person meetings will take place soon to develop more detailed agreements. “We need to work more on this,” Zelensky said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Trump’s latest demand from Ukraine "would be very selfish, very self-centered.”
Such resources would be better used for the country’s reconstruction after the war, Scholz added. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588911/world
Andrew Korybko points out Trump's game-strategy options: Trump’s Interest In Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals Might Backfire On Zelensky
..Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg’s words about how Ukraine needs to hold its long-delayed elections were seen as Trump’s interest in brokering a ceasefire, after which martial law can be lifted, the elections can be held, and the new government can then begin peace talks. This expectation contrasts with what Trump said a few days later about his interest in Ukraine’s (largely Russian-controlled) rare earth mineral deposits and the attendant possibility for proxy escalation... ..One of the conditions that Trump could make for coercing Ukraine into withdrawing from at least some of the territory that Russia claims as its own might be for Putin to sell the US some of these minerals... It could form a trust-building measure for the US one day allowing the EU to partially resume some Russia gas pipeline imports.
Friends helping friends stay in power: Ukrainian inciters recruit German teenagers and migrants for terrorist attacks under false AfD flag https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/02/ukrainian-inciters-recruit-german-teenagers-and-migrants-for-terrorist-attacks-under-false-afd-flag/
Nothing that would impair negotiations: Tit-For-Tat: China Strikes Back With Tariffs On US Goods, Google Probe https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tit-tat-china-strikes-back-tariffs-us-goods-google-probe
US President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have gained momentum as Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, and Pam Bondi was confirmed. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0le7x7274o
Democrats are still looking for opportunities to undermine Trump's nominee to run the FBI. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/04/congress/democrats-fbi-kash-patel-trump-00202465
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts on Tuesday, citing aim to bring agency in line with Trump priorities, US media report
Level Of Democrat Panic Over Musk Freezing USAID "Unlike Anything Ever Seen"
Does Trump’s Attempted “Dismantling” of Spook-Infested, Regime Change Agency USAID Herald a New Foreign Policy Era?
President John F. Kennedy created USAID using an executive order in 1961, and Congress passed the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, codifying USAID as an independent agency. According to Politico, it has more than 9,000 people on staff serving in more than 100 countries, and “the secretary [of state] technically has authority over USAID’s funding, and the two institutions are lumped together in congressional appropriations. But generally, USAID operates without much micro-managing from the State Department…” An unnamed CIA spokesperson told CNN the decision was part of Ratcliffe’s efforts to “ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the administration’s national security priorities,” and that it is “part of a holistic strategy to infuse the agency with renewed energy”.
It is unclear who will be allowed to take up the offer, another unnamed source familiar with the matter told CNN, but some specific operations or areas of expertise may be restricted... In other news, thousands of employees from deep state slush-fund USAID will be placed on leave starting Friday night, in a worldwide order that would affect all "direct-hire personnel" except those on "mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/scattered-winds-entire-cia-gets-trump-buyout-offer-usaid-employees-placed-leave-worldwide
The source described the development as “a killing blow to the heart” of the deep state. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/level-democrat-panic-over-musk-freezing-usaid-unlike-anything-ever-seen
In defense of USAID many point to the funds that USAID provides for global programs like vaccination efforts, but we also know that even those are sometimes used as cover for other clandestine activities, such as the CIA effort to track down Osama bin Laden using USAID and Save the Children hepatitis B vaccination campaign in Pakistan...
..Any change in marketing is more likely an indication that the plutocrats and their think tanks believe the “woke” empire reached its sell-by-date, and it’s time to rebrand. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/will-trump-doge-sink-spook-infested-regime-change-agency-usaid-and-does-assault-herald-a-new-foreign-policy.html
Gates appeared on NBC's Today Show, telling the host that Musk "doesn't appreciate the phenomenal work at USAID." He continued, "It's not partisan work."
However, according to a DailyWire report, 97% of the political contributions from USAID workers went to the Democratic Party. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-panic-mode-bill-gates-goes-msm-bashes-musks-doge-fear-mongers-about-next-pandemic
Politico, NY Times Propped Up By Millions Of Dollars From US Government
“[W]e have this house of cards where you’ve got an awful lot of institutions working co-operatively with each other, but if one messes up the system, then the whole system fails.”
Barclays suffered an IT system outage that lasted almost 48 hours, from Friday afternoon til Sunday morning, leaving many of its customers unable to do even the simplest of things on the bank’s app, online platform or telebanking service including making payments. Then, on Monday morning, just hours after Barclays’ resolved its “technology issue”, Lloyds Bank, another “big four” lender, suffered a four-hour outage that affected not just Lloyds’ online services also those of its subsidiaries, Bank of Scotland and Halifax.The USAID employees will mostly be fired and some will be replaced. "Rank Insubordination": Rubio Says USAID Full Of Rogue Employees https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rank-insubordination-rubio-says-usaid-full-rogue-employees
What can Bill spring on us right away? USAID Panic Mode: Bill Gates Goes On MSM, Bashes Musk's DOGE, Fear-Mongers About Next Pandemic
Gates has panicked, and making the rounds on MSM shows just that because he knows that USAID's funding days for his nonprofit empire might be numbered, as Rubio will apply maximum oversight into grant distributions. Gates appeared on NBC's Today Show, telling the host that Musk "doesn't appreciate the phenomenal work at USAID." He continued, "It's not partisan work."
However, according to a DailyWire report, 97% of the political contributions from USAID workers went to the Democratic Party. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-panic-mode-bill-gates-goes-msm-bashes-musks-doge-fear-mongers-about-next-pandemic
On Tuesday, staffers at Politico were notified that a 'technical error' had prevented paychecks from going out. Many joked that this had something to do with the Trump administration putting a freeze on USAID funding...
..And while there's no evidence the two are linked, the suggestion prompted internet sleuths to look into Politico's sources of funding. What they found was absolutely shocking.
According to government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico - which laundered the Hunter Biden '51 intel officials' propaganda during the 2020 election - received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various US agencies during the Biden years... And look at this, the NY Times received $3.1 million in taxpayer funds, while the UK's BBC received $3.2 million. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/politico-ny-times-propped-millions-dollars-us-government
..And while there's no evidence the two are linked, the suggestion prompted internet sleuths to look into Politico's sources of funding. What they found was absolutely shocking.
According to government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico - which laundered the Hunter Biden '51 intel officials' propaganda during the 2020 election - received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various US agencies during the Biden years... And look at this, the NY Times received $3.1 million in taxpayer funds, while the UK's BBC received $3.2 million. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/politico-ny-times-propped-millions-dollars-us-government
USAID again? What Just Happened to UK TBTF Lender Barclays’ Online Banking Services, and What Could It Mean for the Wider World?
But it was the far longer Barclays outage that caused the most chaos and consternation. Barclays, after all, is one of the world’s most systemically important banks, and parts of its payment system stopped working for many of its customers for close to 48 hours. That is a very long time for an IT outage to last, especially at a TBTF lender. Plus, the outage occurred at the worst possible moment for its customers: on the afternoon of the last Friday of the month — aka Payday. It was also the deadline for self-assessment tax returns. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/what-just-happened-to-online-banking-services-in-the-uk-and-what-could-it-mean-for-the-wider-world.html
Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at the Treasury Department are limited to “read only” access to department payment systems, this is not true. A 25-year-old DOGE operative named Marko Elez in fact has admin privileges on these critical systems, which directly control and pay out roughly 95% of payments made by the U.S. government, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and virtually all contract payments. I can independently confirm these details based on conversations going back to the weekend. I can further report that Elez not only has full access to these systems, he has already made extensive changes to the code base for these critical payment system. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base
Dozens of employees at the US Department of Education were placed on paid leave after refusing to adhere to President Trump's executive order banning DEI programs in the federal government, https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-suspends-dozens-education-department-doge-devises-plan-dismantle-agency
They might kill you or cause chronic disease, and they do make you more likely to catch COVID: Sixth Study Confirms Negative Efficacy of COVID-19 mRNA Injections
It’s time for these infection-promoting genetic injections to be immediately removed from global markets. https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/breaking-sixth-study-confirms-negative Sasha Latypova, The Covid Dossier: A record of military and intelligence coordination of the global Covid event. US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/the-covid-dossier-a-record-of-military
Russian Physicist and Biotic Pump Theory co-author, Anastassia Makarieva Seeing Forests Through Clouds - A 300-Words Science Haiku
When you are confined within the civilized scientific discourse and can't cry out "It's the biosphere, stupid!" https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/seeing-forests-through-clouds-a-300Respecting Life (pictured in close-up planting tomato seeds under clear glass bowl on a warm day) 
