Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Howzit Work

 Intrigued,


  Matt Stoller describes the dynamic of our global, debt-based, Ponzi-schme economy, which degrades gradually and with plausible-deniability until the pretense of faith is shattered, but not yet,my 401k is worth $2.3 million now...   The Number Go Up Rule: Why America Refuses to Fix Anything
​  In the Booming Twenties, all decision-making is about protecting the value of financial assets held by older people. Therefore, the number must go up. And nothing else matters.​   https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america

​  The Honest Sorcerer,  Societal Collapse Is Not a Bug…but it's not the end of the world either
​  Living in small homes built entirely from locally available resources and using manpower alone is not a fairy tale. However, it will take an awful long time and a lot of hardship till we get to that point… again. This is how the story of building one civilization after the other based entirely on non-renewable resources always ends, and it won’t be any different this time either.​..
​..What we've got on our hands here and now is the outcome of a predicament we entered ten thousand years ago. After repeated iterations of the many civilizations ravaged the entire planet, having reduced wildlife populations and the size of natural ecosystems to a mere fraction of their original size, there is no return to the caves, spears and bows either. At least not this century or the next. This civilization has no other option than to go through a long, protracted but nonetheless radical simplificationEven though we will eventually have to leave all modern technology behind, this won’t happen from one day to the next, nor voluntarily for that matter.​..
​..Systems (be them physical, biological, economic, political etc.) which use energy the most efficiently always out-compete other, less efficient systems. This process ultimately leads to all available energy and resources being used up — hence the name: the Maximum Power Principle — a phenomenon first described by mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician Alfred Lotka a hundred years ago. In our case it meant that foragers were out-competed by agriculturists, who were in turn were out-competed by industrialists burning fossil fuels. Each step represented a jump in energy and resource consumptionSocial complexity, science, technology, GDP growth were all downstream to this ever higher appropriation of energy and raw materials, eventually leading to the formation of world spanning empires. First the Dutch, the British, then the American led “rules based order”— each bigger and more powerful than its predecessor. Since we are rapidly approaching planetary limits when it comes to further increasing our energy and material throughput, it is doubtful we will ever see a world spanning empire again.
​  Our current path as a global civilization is wholly unsustainable, and thus will not be sustained for much too long. Before we could begin our long descent back to a more sustainable lifestyle, the current system has to collapse, though. Thanks to the maximum power principle it will not and cannot give up power until it exhausts all other options and folds under its own weight. Only then can we begin to charter our way towards a new equilibrium with Nature and begin the long healing process. This will naturally involve a need to redevelop counterbalances to our desires and finding the wisdom to say no to things which we could otherwise do. The regular redistribution of wealth, farmland or fishing patches, not to mention debt jubilees and potlatch (giving away or destroying wealth or valuable items) are all good places to start.​   https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/societal-collapse-is-not-a-bug

​  Frances Leader​ (What is their power over us?),  Who Really Rules The World?​  The Black Nobility’s grip on finance, war, and health.
​  The term “Black Nobility” is relatively modern, coined by these families themselves to sound mysterious and occult. Their origins trace back to the Roman Empire, claiming descent from senators driven out by the Visigoths centuries ago. Fleeing to the marshes of northern Italy, they founded Venice, a pirate stronghold that dominated Mediterranean trade. From Venice, they expanded to Amsterdam and then the City of London with William of Orange, establishing a financial empire independent of Britain.
​  Here are the episode highlights:
The Human Shield Tactic: Frances reveals how the Black Nobility use “human shields” to deflect blame. The British Empire, for instance, was never truly British—it was their empire, mislabeled to make the British people take the fall for its atrocities.​..
​..The Three (Now Four) Power Centers: The Black Nobility operate through three key hubs: the Vatican (spiritual control), Washington, D.C. (military), and the City of London (finance). Each is an independent entity, not part of their respective nations. Frances drops a bombshell about a fourth hub emerging in Astana, Kazakhstan, a city built this century with in-your-face symbolism—phoenix gardens, Judaic towers, and ties to the ancient Tengri religion. Astana’s financial center adopting English as its official language is a clue it’s becoming a globalist nerve center...
..The Financial Trap: Frances breaks down the immoral banking system: central banks create money as loans, forcing us to repay with interest we must borrow again to cover—a perpetual debt cycle...
​..No Legal Recourse: I ask if international laws like the Geneva Protocols or The Hague offer hope, but Frances is blunt: the United Nations, set up by the Black Nobility via the Club of Rome, is a trap. The Vatican’s observer seat and the City of London’s “Remembrancer” in British Parliament ensure these entities are untouchable...
..Hope in Human Creativity: Despite the bleak picture, Frances is optimistic. She scoffs at Yuval Harari’s claim that “useless eaters” will be pacified with drugs and games. As an activist who’s scraped by, she knows humans are inventive under pressure.​   https://onwardpod.substack.com/p/who-really-rules-the-world

​  100% Chance of Nuclear War – Martin Armstrong
​  "We have staff in Germany, and I was told by my staff that a friend 60 years old was told to report to duty.  I had a friend who was at the Viennia Peace Conference, and he called me when it was over and said, ‘Holy crap, this has nothing to do with peace anymore.  This is all about preparing for war.  Everybody should start getting ready for drafts, to start going that way.’  They want war.  They are not backing off.”
​  Armstrong’s computer “Socrates” is signaling war as early as next month.  Armstrong says, “Starting in August, this whole thing is going to be escalating up.  Our computer has what we call a ‘Panic Cycle’ with our war cycles for 2026.  That is not good.  I don’t know what the hell Trump is smoking. . .. My computer has been projecting war, and it is projecting war going into 2026.  This is not looking good, and Europe will lose.  It is as simple as that.”​ 
 The other big event that happened that will change the economic system forever is the House just passed the so-called GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins).  The bill is now headed to President Trump to sign into law.  
​  Armstrong contends that US debt is being sold by big holders of Treasuries, and we have to find a new market for our huge Treasury debt or we default.  Treasury bonds will supposedly backstop stablecoins that the banks will control.  Armstrong says, “This is really a repeat of 1863.  In the Civil War, they issued national bank notes.  The banks were told to buy the bonds.  They could buy bonds to fund the war, and they were allowed to issue currency backed by the bonds.  This is the same exact thing.  These stablecoins are the same thing as the 1863 National Bank Act.”​   https://usawatchdog.com/100-chance-of-nuclear-war-martin-armstrong/

​  'What Do All Those PhDs Do?' - Bessent Calls For 'Fundamental Reset' Of Financial Regulations
He suggested that bank regulators should review outdated capital requirements that place “unnecessary burdens on financial institutions” and reduce bank lending.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bessent-calls-fundamental-reset-financial-regulations

​  Neoliberal Economic Orthodoxy Is Now Up For Review
​  Bessent’s criticism of the Fed’s ability to fulfill its basic mission of providing stability to financial markets, regulating the banking system and conducting monetary policy might suggest that Trump could bypass questions of whether he has the legal authority to fire Powell and ‘do an Andrew Jackson’ by abolishing the central bank altogether.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/neoliberal-economic-orthodoxy-now-review

Gabbard To Release More Obama Russiagate Files, 'Cannot Fathom' How Durham, Mueller Missed Evidence Of 'Years-Long Coup'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gabbard-release-more-obama-russiagate-files-cannot-fathom-how-durham-mueller-missed

​  Celia Farber,  As More Russiagate Whistleblowers Emerge, Gabbard Calls For Criminal Referrals: "This Treasonous Conspiracy Was Directed By President Obama Just Weeks Before We Was Due To Leave Office."
Clapper: "I Constantly Said That We Didn't Have Any Evidence" Behind The Op Known As "Jan 6." Was A TRUE Attempt To Subvert The Government.​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/as-more-russiagate-whistleblowers

​  Trump posts AI video of Obama being arrested​  The US president has endorsed conducting a criminal investigation into the former Democratic leader over the Russiagate hoax​   https://swentr.site/news/621767-trump-obama-ai-video/

Gabbard Releases Long-Classified Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gabbard-releases-long-classified-martin-luther-king-jr-assassination-files

​  Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed Tuesday morning that the Department of Justice is to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘madam’ who has expressed a desire to talk about the so called ‘client list’.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-announces-imminent-meeting-ghislaine-maxwell

​  Western Life Is Only One Way to Live​, Thomas Neuburger
​  Conor Gallagher​ intro:  There are also still small communities not organized around capitalism, such as Ashaninka villages in Peru that practice real direct democracy on a smaller, manageable scale and live in reciprocity with the environment. Long ago this used to be commonplace, but I’d have to disagree with Neuberger’s conclusion that we could have this the minute we want toThe rich that will never surrender their ill-gotten wealth and power and a whole lot of people who want that wealth for themselves. Even countries that try to experiment with new modes new modes of production, distribution, and reproduction are targeted relentlessly and ruthlessly by the capitalist gangsters.​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/western-life-is-only-one-way-to-live.html

​  Reports That American Man & His Family Slaughtered By US-Backed Syrian Regime
​  American diplomat and Trump admin official Richard Grenell has issued the following message on X: "I have just been given horrific news and videos of what is said to be an American citizen from Oklahoma who has been brutally killed in Syria. He is Druse. I have passed it on to a senior State Department official and a Member of Congress to check the facts."​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/reports-american-man-his-family-slaughtered-us-backed-syrian-regime

​  One minute video of mean, vicious, relentless police gang-rape-brutality, dogs straining to join, on peaceful protesters:  
  Cops were caught on camera beating anti-ICE protesters on the Ohio–Kentucky state line bridge; then dragging them off in zip-ties like it was open season on dissent.  They didn’t de-escalate. They cracked down. And they made sure the cameras saw it.   https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1946681712756261206

  Enforcement machine, bypassing "technicalities":  NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester
Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation.​   
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nypd-fdny-clearview-ai-ban-columbia-palestinian-protest/

Mossad Chief Pushes For US Assistance In Removing Gazans To Outside Countries​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mossad-chief-pushes-us-assistance-removing-gazans-outside-countries

​  Israel kills 55 including 36 starving Palestinians near aid distribution center in southern Gaza
Dozens injured as Israeli forces open fire on aid-seeking Palestinians in Rafah​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-kills-55-including-36-starving-palestinians-near-aid-distribution-center-in-southern-gaza-/3635430

​  Huckabee threatens to declare Israel does not welcome Christians, as visa row blows open
US envoy pens scathing letter to interior minister, accusing Israel of blocking Christian groups from entering Israel and warning of reciprocal steps against Israeli visa seekers​   
https://www.timesofisrael.com/huckabee-threatens-to-declare-israel-not-welcoming-christians-as-visa-row-blows-open/

​  Current "Members of Knesset":  Survivors testify: MKs participated in sadistic sexual 'rituals' involving minors
‘Doctors, educators, police officers, and past and present members of the Knesset were involved in these abuses,’ survivor says.​   https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-856407

​  British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard says Israeli soldiers in Gaza are turning the targeting of Palestinian children into a “HUMAN-HUNTING GAME.” “These children are being targeted almost as if it’s a game… One day they’re all shot in the head, the next day in the neck, and another day in the testicles… There is a clear and deliberate pattern to the injuries.”​   https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1946582207658664184

Washington Times: Suggestion Jeffrey Epstein Was Mossad is an Anti-Semitic 'Blood Libel'​   https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64988

​  Germany’s Merz says what’s happening in Gaza is ‘unacceptable’
Friedrich Merz renews his call for ceasefire, urges Israeli government to allow more humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-s-merz-says-what-s-happening-in-gaza-is-unacceptable-/3634754

​  Decrying ‘dramatic humanitarian situation' in enclave, pope reiterates call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Pontiff, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu speak 
in wake of Thursday attack by Israeli forces on Catholic church in Gaza that killed at least 3, injured several others​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/decrying-dramatic-humanitarian-situation-in-enclave-pope-reiterates-call-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza/3635015

​  Egypt rejects US quid pro quo over Gaza and Ethiopia dam
Egyptian officials have rejected a US offer to intervene in the Nile dam dispute in return for aiding Israel’s plan to build a concentration camp ​in Gaza's south.​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-rejects-us-quid-pro-quo-over-gaza-and-ethiopia-dam

​  Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions
Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs - once home to tens of thousands of people - levelled in the past few weeks.​   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-33fccfbe-abcc-4af1-bdd2-632b2787cf59

​  8 second video loop:  Gaza is undergoing one of the worst famines in the world and what do Israeli citizens do?
They are attacking a destroying what little aid caravans go to Gaza. 
They want babies to starve and children to die. They say it all the time.   https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1946678626994229278

​  'We dream of bread': Gaza’s streets echo with hunger as bodies collapse from starvation
With flour gone, markets empty, hope fading, 
Gazan surviving on desperation alone as starvation turns from threat to reality​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/we-dream-of-bread-gaza-s-streets-echo-with-hunger-as-bodies-collapse-from-starvation/3636154

​  “Israel is in non-stop war crime status, in genocidal status, without shame, without remorse, without truth... This is a murderous gang in government. They are zealots. They are not going to stop.” —Prof. Jeffrey Sachs​   https://x.com/Partisan_12/status/1946842538905604106

​  It's Clear – Israel Now Has a Plan for the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza
Someone conceived it, there were discussions of pros and cons, alternatives were suggested, and all done in air-conditioned conference rooms. For the first time since the war of revenge in Gaza began, it's clear that Israel has a plan – and it's a far-reaching one.​   
https://archive.is/20250720142506/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-20/ty-article/.premium/its-clear-israel-now-has-a-plan-for-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-from-gaza/00000198-2456-d55c-a1be-7efe76860000#selection-307.0-311.264

  ​It is over. "Ukraine" has lost. It is just playing out. Russia has reached war-industry steady-state, while destroying Ukrainian recruitment-centers & factories.  Simplicius, Grave Nation: Ukrainian Cemetery Mega-Project Reveals Dimming Military Hopes   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/grave-nation-ukrainian-cemetery-mega

'No Miracles': Russia Downplays 3rd Round Of Ukraine Talks Set For Wednesday​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/no-miracles-russia-downplays-3rd-round-ukraine-talks-set-wednesday

​  "Anger" at Putin is just a cover: the West announced in advance the imminent replacement of Zelensky with Zaluzhny
​ Signals are coming from the West that Volodymyr Zelensky, who imagined himself to be beyond the control of Western curators, has signed his own death warrant. Now this is no longer a rumor, but the very near future.​..
​..If Zelensky refuses to leave his post, which is most likely, then he will be forced to do so, as "one of the American officials involved" told Hersh.   https://en.topcor.ru/62200-zlost-na-putina-lish-prikrytie-na-zapade-zaranee-anonsirovali-skoruju-zamenu-zelenskogo-na-zaluzhnogo.html

​  Simplicius,  Out of Options, West Again Floats Flushing Zelensky?
B at MoA covered this in full, so I don’t need to rehash every detail. But suffice it to say that it accords with Trump’s alleged recent opinion that Zelensky is the ‘main obstacle to peace’, despite new misgivings about Putin. B does point out that Hersh reportedly makes a perplexingly off-target claim about Russian losses, as follows:
​  "I have been provided with new Russian casualty numbers, from carefully evaluated US and British intelligence estimates, that show that Russia has suffered two million casualties—nearly double the current public numbers—since Putin started the war in early 2022.​"
​  If the same sources who’ve furnished Hersh with such outlandish casualty figures are the ones who’ve relayed the latest Zelensky intel, then it certainly casts doubt on the rest of their info.
​  In fact, another round of new body exchanges has shown casualty disparities continuing in the stratospheric range, as Russia gave back 1,000 new bodies to Ukraine, and received 19 in return​.   
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/out-of-options-west-again-floats

German Chancellor Merz: "Long-Range Missiles for Deep Strikes into Russia Coming Within Weeks'​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/german-chancellor-merz-long-range-missiles-for-deep-strikes-into-russia-coming-within-weeks

US arms deliveries to Ukraine could be delayed for several years​   https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/07/us-arms-deliveries-to-ukraine-could-be-delayed-for-several-years-media/

​  Ex-Pentagon official:​  US could run out of missiles in eight days
Retired ​US Army Colonel and​ former Trump advisor, Douglas Macgregor urged the US to "stop sending weapons abroad" as he warned of America’s exhausting stockpile of offensive and defensive missiles, Sputnik reports.​  "Translation, we can fight an 8-day war, and then we would have to go nuclear​."​  ​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234445/US-could-run-out-of-missiles-in-eight-days

​  Did Fauci Get Pardoned by Autopen?​  Senator Rand Paul Refers for Criminal Prosecution
​  Was it possible that Fauci approached Biden in his neurologically compromised state and requested an unprecedented 10 year period of clemency for crimes he committed? Was it signed by Jeff Zients a top aide to President Biden? We may find out if the Justice Department assigns a special prosecutor and the case moves forward on two alleged crimes: 1) fraud on multiple levels, 2) mass negligent homicide.​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/did-fauci-get-pardoned-by-autopen

​  Booker Launches Bill That Gives Citizens Right to Sue Pesticide Makers as House Pushes Measure to Protect Big Chemical
Federal lawmakers are being asked to consider two dueling pieces of legislation: one that protects the right of Americans to sue a pesticide maker if exposure to the company’s product harms their health, and one that protects chemical companies from those very types of lawsuits.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cory-booker-bill-americans-right-sue-pesticide-makers-big-chemical/

​  Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.​   
https://archive.is/20250717042139/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html#selection-403.0-407.160

​  Brighter Nights and Darker Days Increase Risk of Death by Up to 46%
A decade-long study of 88,000 people and 13 million hours of light data reveals that circadian disruption from artificial light may be silently shortening lifespans.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/brighter-nights-and-darker-days-increase

  ​Meryl Nass MD, on what would be ok without illegal chemical dumping:  Sewer sludge was deodorized and magically turned into fertilizer though full of toxic chemicals. Section 507 wants to magically disappear the EPA draft guidance on sludge. WHY must it be killed?
​  What the chemical and solid waste industries don't want anyone to know. Here is the draft EPA report.​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/sewer-sludge-was-deodorized-and-magically

​  ‘An Encouraging Sign’: 60% of Pregnant Women and Young Mothers May Delay or Refuse Routine Vaccines for Kids
​ The results of two nationwide surveys suggest a growing number of new and expectant mothers are questioning the safety, efficacy and necessity of vaccines for their kids. The results track with a recent poll, conducted by Zogby Strategies and funded by Children’s Health Defense, showing 60% of parents of young children believe it’s time to review the childhood vaccine schedule.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/60-percent-pregnant-women-young-mothers-may-delay-or-refuse-routine-vaccines-kids/

FDA Approved Moderna COVID Shot For Kids Behind Kennedy's Back - Two HHS Aides Fired​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fda-approved-moderna-covid-shot-ffor-kids-behind-kennedys-back-two-hhs-aides-fired

​  NEW STUDY: Long-Vaccine Patients Have 7X Higher Spike Burden Than Long-COVID Patients
100-patient study finds vaccine-injured individuals had 7x higher spike antibody levels than unvaccinated individuals with confirmed infection and Long COVID symptoms.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-long-vaccine-patients-have

  ​Tibetans have no say: China begins construction of world’s largest hydropower station in Tibet.  Premier Li Qiang inaugurates project in Nyingchi, southwestern China's Xizang Autonomous Region   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-begins-construction-of-world-s-largest-hydropower-station-in-tibet-/3636049

​  Sub-Saharan Africa Can't Afford to Eat on a Carbon Diet​.  Green fertilizers are an empty promise to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
​  Today, the production of most fertilizers begins with a process known as steam methane reforming (SMR). SMR uses the methane (CH4) in natural gas to make “grey” hydrogen which gets reacted with atmospheric nitrogen to make grey ammonia (NH3). The entire process of synthesizing grey ammonia from natural gas is called the Haber-Bosch process.
​   Each year, emissions from the Haber-Bosch process account for about 1.8% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on account of its high energy requirements and SMR’s generation of high-purity CO2 as a chemical byproduct. In contrast, “green” hydrogen—produced by splitting water (H2O) with renewable electricity—directly emits no CO2 but regularly costs over twice as much as grey.​   
https://www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/sub-saharan-africa-cant-afford-to

​Generating additional charges for what the eye can't even see:  Avoid Hertz's AI-Powered Rental Car Scanners   https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/avoid-hertzs-ai-powered-rental-car-scanner


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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Treason She Wrote

 Concerned Citizens,


  Facts on Epstein, from Market ticker, following the money:
​  Between Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan roughly $350 million was paid out to settle claims they hid payment flows related to the sexual assault of children which under various suspicious activity laws they were required to report and had a duty to interdict.  This is factual, not speculative, and involved roughly two hundred identified victims who came forward.
​  In addition roughly $150 million more was paid out from Epstein's Estate to the very same myriad former children, now adults who were apparently trafficked, and that includes only those who were brave enough to both come forward and decided to waive the right to sue -- they received on average somewhere around three quarters of a million dollars each.
​  Where did the ****ing money come from that Epstein had and obviously expended over all those years?  You know damn well where it came from Mr. President as does the government since all of this was of course part of why JP Morgan and DB had culpability in the matter​.   
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253643

​  9 out of the 12 NYPD officers that allegedly went through the Anthony Weiner Laptop, “committed suicide". All 9 of them died by a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.​  https://x.com/RealAF_Patriot/status/1946095544167710725

"A Treasonous Conspiracy" - DNI Gabbard Exposes Obama At Center Of Trump 'Russia Hoax'
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has declassified documents revealing "overwhelming evidence" showing how then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would become the years-long Trump-Russia collusion investigation after President Trump won the 2016 election.​..
​Tulsi Gabbard DNI:
​  Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump, subverting the will of the American people and undermining our democratic republic.
Here’s how:
​  For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections.
But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.
​..On Dec 8, 2016, IC officials prepared an assessment for the President's Daily Brief, finding that Russia "did not impact recent U.S. election results" by conducting cyber attacks on infrastructure.
​  Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled “based on new guidance.” This key intelligence assessment was never published.
​  The next day, top national security officials including FBI Dir James Comey, CIA Dir John Brennan and DNI James Clapper gathered at the Obama White House to discuss Russia.
​  Obama directed the IC to create a new intelligence assessment that detailed Russian election meddling, even though it would contradict multiple intelligence assessments released over the previous several months.
Obama officials immediately leaned on their allies in the media to advance their falsehoods.
Anonymous IC sources leaked classified information to the Washington Post and others that Russia had intervened to hack the election in Trump's favor.​  
​  On January 6, 2017, just days before President Trump took office, DNI Clapper unveiled the Obama-directed politicized assessment, a gross weaponization of intelligence that laid the groundwork for a years-long coup intended to subvert President Trump’s entire presidency.
​  According to whistleblower emails shared with us today, we know Clapper and Brennan used the baseless discredited Steele Dossier as a source to push this false narrative in the intelligence assessment.
​  These documents detail a treasonous conspiracy by officials at the highest levels of the Obama White House to subvert the will of the American people and try to usurp the President from fulfilling his mandate.
​  This betrayal concerns every American.
​  The integrity of our democratic republic demands that every person involved be investigated and brought to justice to prevent this from ever happening again.​  I am providing all documents to the Department of Justice to deliver the accountability that President Trump, his family, and the American people deserve.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/treasonous-conspiracy-dni-gabbard-exposes-obama-center-trump-russia-hoax

​  The Russians know now:  Tulsi Gabbard releases ‘overwhelming evidence’ of Obama coup plot against Trump
​  Gabbard unveiled more than 100 pages of emails, memos, and internal communications, which she described as “overwhelming evidence” of a coordinated effort by senior Obama-era officials to politicize intelligence and launch the multi-year Trump–Russia collusion investigation. She dubbed it “a treasonous conspiracy to subvert the will of the American people.”
​  The scandal severely damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, leading to sanctions, asset seizures, and a breakdown in normal diplomacy.​   
https://swentr.site/news/621667-russiagate-probe-trump-obama/

​  HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT HOWARD LUTNICK? 
*He didn’t show up to work in the World Trade Center on 9/11. *His business partner? Larry Silverstein - the guy who insured the Towers right before they fell. 
*He reportedly pocketed $25 million from the American Airlines settlement
*And he lived right next door to Jeffrey Epstein.​   https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1945325183717531878

​  But not the actual evidence the jury saw: Trump orders release of Epstein ‘transcripts’
The US president previously claimed only “stupid people” expect to see the elusive “client list”​   https://swentr.site/news/621636-trump-orders-epstein-transcripts/

Some of that evidence:  FBI Allegedly Told Agents to Flag Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files - US Senator​   https://sputnikglobe.com/20250719/fbi-allegedly-told-agents-to-flag-mentions-of-trump-in-epstein-files---us-senator-1122457932.html

​An Epstein list, composed from court records is here from Celia Farber:   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/listen-to-michael-wolffs-interview​   


 Keeping Epstein List in Headlines:  Moon of Alabama:  A 'Bawdy' Diversion  The media, and Donald Trump, have found the great summer diversion of 2025.
The Wall Street Journal reports (archived):
  It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.
  Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
  The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair. 
  The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
  In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/07/a-bawdy-diversion-.html#more

  Celia Farber on forensic psychology of Jeff Epstein:  Jeffrey Epstein's Close Friend Told A Writer, Leland Nally, In 2019 That He Was "Very Sick," Psychologically--Had Satyriasis; "Jeffrey Was Profoundly Sick"
​  Studied Math With The Unabomber, Knew Nothing About Science: Elites Were "Mesmerized" By What Exactly? THEY Created Him, This King Kong, And Now They Want MAGA To Pay The Bill
​..First, the smoking gun—Epstein’s confession of the soul.
It came from a woman Nally calls Julie, who knew Epstein well, and asked him why he was the way he was. Epstein actually answered her; The answer was not lost on Leland Nally, though it was lost in the typhoon of Epstein commentary and coverage since 2019.​..
[Epstein told her to read the 1965 pulp novel, The Man From O.R.G.Y. about an American conman, working for the CIA, with his cover identity being a Sex Researcher, like Masters & Johnson, who got all kinds of secrets from foreign officials in parlours of ritual child rape and seduction.]   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/jeffrey-epsteins-close-friend-told

​  Alastair Crooke has this read. I think Trump and Bibi irritate each other,  U.S. hubris-driven blunders transform the entire complexion of the wider war
​  The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is whether in Trump’s calculus he can ‘rhetorically impose’ the having “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme claim long enough to both restrain Israel from hitting Iran again, yet still allow Trump to pursue his show-stopper headline, ‘WE WON: I’m in charge now and everybody is going to do what I tell them’.
​  These were the key conflicting issues that were to be hammered out with Netanyahu during his White House visit this week. Netanyahu’s interests essentially are for ‘more hot war’, and thus differ from the Trump ceasefire general stratagem.
​  Implicit in his ‘In-Boom-Out & Ceasefire’ Iran approach is that Trump may imagine he has created the space to resume his primary objective – that of instituting a broader Israeli-centric order across the Middle East, devolving upon trade deals, economic ties, investment and connectivity, to create a business-led West Asia, centred on Tel Aviv (with Trump as its de facto ‘President’).​   
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/15/us-hubris-driven-blunders-transform-the-entire-complexion-of-wider-war/

​  In the latest massacre, 15 Palestinians seeking food at GHF site die from suffocation after Israeli forces fire gas at aid seekers​.
"This was not aid distribution," said Ahmed Abu Amra, who witnessed gas bombs being fired at aid seekers at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site. "It was a real massacre committed against the hungry who came hoping to get some food."​   
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/in-the-latest-massacre-15-palestinians-seeking-food-at-ghf-site-die-from-suffocation-after-israeli-forces-fire-gas-at-aid-seekers/

​  British Surgeon in Gaza Reports ‘Unprecedented Malnutrition,’ Says IDF Snipers Targeting Aid Seekers
Nick Maynard said Israeli snipers are targeting 'certain body parts on different days, such as the head, legs or genitals'​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/17/british-surgeon-in-gaza-reports-unprecedented-malnutrition-says-idf-snipers-targeting-aid-seekers/

​  Israeli army attacks 100 military targets in Gaza over the past day — press service
The Israeli army is acting "to eliminate any threat to the security of Israeli citizens," the statement says​   
https://tass.com/world/1990715

​  U.S. calls on Israel to investigate killing of Palestinian-American young man by Israeli settlers
The Trump administration is calling on Israel to investigate the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, but Israel rarely holds soldiers or settlers accountable for violence against Palestinians.​   
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/u-s-calls-on-israel-to-investigate-killing-of-palestinian-american-young-man-by-israeli-settlers/

​  The church and priest the last Pope used to call for daily updates:  Palestine condemns Israeli strike on Gaza church as threat to Christianity in Holy Land
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches' Affairs in Palestine called upon the global community and rights organizations "to take immediate action to stop these relentless attacks against civilians and holy sites in Gaza"​   https://tass.com/world/1990731

​  1st in EU, Slovenia to ban Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich over 'unbearable situation' in Gaza
Foreign minister says move is meant to pressure Israel to end 'the suffering of civilians' in besieged enclave​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/1st-in-eu-slovenia-to-ban-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-unbearable-situation-in-gaza/3634101

  ​Moon of Alabama,  Israel's Bombing Of Damascus Is Aimed At Turkey. Today the Israeli air force bombed the capital of Syria, Damascus.
​  In late November 2024 al-Qaeda in Syria under former ISIS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani (aka Ahmed al-Sharaa) set off to oust the Syrian government. He was backed by Qatar (financially), Turkey (militarily), the U.S. (intelligence wise) and Israel (propaganda)...
..Many officers had been bribed by Qatar to stay put or change sides.
​  The Russian air force intervened against the Jihadi onslaught but, with no forces on the ground, could not stop their advancesShia militia send by Iran from Iraq were bombed by U.S. jets while crossing the border. Eventually President Assad found that there was no army left to command and fled. The Syrian government broke down. The Jihadis conquered Damascus and have since ruled the country.
​  Syrian resistance against Israel ceased. Israel has since bombed what was left of the Syrian armies heavy equipment and missile forces. The country is no longer able to defend itself.
​  There are about 700,000 Druze living in Syria, southeast of Damascus, and in the Israel occupied Golan Heights. The Druze religion is an offshoot of Shia Islam but generally not accepted as Muslim...
..After al-Qaeda took power in Syria the Israel army took additional Syrian territory near the Golan heights. It has tried to pull the Druze to its side...
​..Throughout the last week there was increased strife between Jihadi Syrian government forces and Druze militia. Both sides had losses. The Israeli army intervened by bombing heavier equipment the Syrian government tried to bring near to the contact line.
​  There is no doubt that the strife between the Druze and Jihadis was provoked by Israel to proceed with its strategic plans of taking more land in Syria and Lebanon...
..Today the Israeli air forces dropped bombs on the Syrian Ministry of Defense, near the presidential palace and in the Umayyad Square in the center of Damascus...
..The real aim of the Israeli government is not to protect the Druze or even to subjugate the Jihadi government of Syria.
These are the opening shots of a war between the rivaling powers of the Zionist entity and Turkey​...
​..Today Israel provided that the favored way of managing the rivalry with Turkey is by bombing its clients.​ Ankara ain't happy with that.​   https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/07/israels-bombing-of-damascus-is-targeting-turkey.html

​  Israeli army prepares 'prolonged operation' in Syria following massive attack on Damascus
Israel has announced its intention to 'protect' Syria's Druze community as clashes continue for a fourth consecutive day in the city of Suwayda between local tribes and government forces​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-prepares-prolonged-operation-in-syria-following-massive-attack-on-damascus

​  Israeli airstrike reported in Syria’s Suwayda, Damascus denounces civilian casualties
'We are unaware of any IDF strike in Syria,' Israeli army spokesperson tells Anadolu​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-airstrike-reported-in-syria-s-suwayda-damascus-denounces-civilian-casualties/3634410

Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request​   https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/syria-withdraw-troops-sweida-israeli-strikes-us-request-5242491

​  Twelve nations commit to 'unprecedented measures' holding Israel accountable for genocide​  
​  The Hague Group announced on 16 July that 12 nations have agreed to “unprecedented measures" aimed at stopping the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, following an emergency summit in Bogota, Colombia.
​  According to the summit's final statement, the measures include implementing an arms embargo on weapons to Israelpreventing ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking at portsreviewing public contracts that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine, fulfilling obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, and backing prosecutions of Israeli war criminals at national and international levels.
​  Of the 31 nations that attended the historic summit, only Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Africa committed to implementing the measures fully.
​  According to the statement, the remaining 18 nations “unanimously agreed that the era of impunity must end” and backed a unified call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/twelve-nations-commit-to-unprecedented-measures-holding-israel-accountable-for-genocide

​Sergey Lavrov is a premier expert on geopolitics that involve Russia.  Lavrov's Tianjin Post-SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Presser   https://karlof1.substack.com/p/lavrovs-tianjin-post-sco-council

​  The 2016 Coup Attempt Revisited: Türkiye’s Transformation and Its Regional Impact
​..Now, with Trump and ErdoÄŸan calling each other “friends,” the renewed alliance raises a broader question: Is the U.S. considering Türkiye, not Israel, as its future hegemonic ally in the Middle East?​...
..Leading up to the coup, three actors held real power: the AKP, Gülenists, and elements of the Kemalist military. Other actors either coalesced around these three or lacked influence.
​  Now comes the controversial part. The claim—impossible to document conclusively—is that the Gülenist movement was funded and guided by the CIA. Gülen was connected in the 1960s to a U.S.-backed Turkish “Anti-Communist League” before becoming a state preacher. His meteoric rise to a near cult-like empire spanning the Turkic states, the Balkans, and Africa is difficult to explain without some form of state support—the kind Türkiye could not provide at the time...
..The CIA’s interest was clear: keep Türkiye aligned with U.S. interests. The military was nationalistic and wary of foreign influence, while Islamist actors like ErdoÄŸan looked East as well as West. That was seen as a threat.
​  This theory is widely accepted among Turkish intellectuals, politicians, and even the Russian government. The U.S.’s protection of Gülen since 1999, its refusal to extradite him, and its unwillingness to label his movement a terrorist group all add weight to the claim.
​  The Turkish government has claimed U.S. involvement in the 2016 coup attempt through Gülen. The Turkish press reported that CIA-linked personnel, such as Henri J. Barkey, conducted secret meetings the night of the coup...
​..The fight began during the Arab Spring and the 2013 Kurdish Peace Process. In both cases, Türkiye’s position ran counter to U.S. interests. Achieving peace with the PKK would have neutralized an important U.S. proxy in the region, and ErdoÄŸan supported Islamist organizations in Tunisia, Libya, and most importantly, Egypt. He tried to export the AKP’s model of an Islamic-political organization. The agenda was to reshape the Middle East under Turkish influence, according to then-Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu’s vision, explained in 2011 at a “Turkey Investor Conference: The Road to 2023” organized by Goldman Sachs.
​  This was not in the interest of the U.S.—nor of Israel—because it excluded Israel and positioned Türkiye as the hegemonic power...
​..Following the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt, ErdoÄŸan initiated mass purges of Gülenist elements from the military and bureaucracy. Simultaneously, he rehabilitated secular-nationalist officers previously sidelined in the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials—trials now viewed as Gülenist ploys. Since 2018, the defense ministry has been led by generals, not politicians.
​  ErdoÄŸan also revived public displays of respect for Atatürk and Kemalism—appealing to nationalist, secular, and far-right Islamist audiences alike.
​  The result is a hybrid regime: a fused civilian-military state, combining Kemalist and Islamist elements under ErdoÄŸan’s leadership. This has consolidated his power, even if it meant ideological compromise.
​  Türkiye’s post-coup relationship with the U.S. soured. Washington refused to extradite Gülen or label his group as a terrorist organization. U.S. liberals disapproved of Türkiye’s new political system. Middle East interests diverged.
​  But things may be changing. Gülen died in 2024. Trump’s second term appears to favor centralized power. And with Assad gone, U.S.-Türkiye interests are converging again.​  Only one obstacle remains: Israel.​  
[I can think of others.]​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-2016-coup-attempt-decoding-turkiyes-transformation-and-its-regional-impact.html

​  Zelensky pitches 'megadeal' to Trump: Ukrainian drones for US weapons
In an interview with The New York Post, he said that the parties are in "a breakthrough deal that would see the US and Ukraine prop up each other’s aerial technology – with Kiev offering to share everything it’s learned about modern warfare in the three-year conflict with Russia."
​  This would be done in exchange for Kiev agreeing to buy a swath of weapons from America.
"The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal," Zelensky said. "I think this is really a mega deal, a win-win, as they say."​   
https://tass.com/world/1990821

​  Trump says Patriot missiles for Ukraine ‘already being shipped’ from Germany​: 'In all cases, the United States gets paid back in full,' president says regarding shipments​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-patriot-missiles-for-ukraine-already-being-shipped-from-germany/3631931

Germany unaware of Patriot deliveries to Ukraine, Berlin says​: Germany denies knowledge of Patriot deliveries to Ukraine, despite claims.​  https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/07/17/germany-unaware-of-patriot-deliveries-to-ukraine-berlin-says/

​Russian summer offensive grinds forward in Donetsk:  Hundreds of Drones Back in Ukraine's Skies - Pokrovsk Defense to Get NO Reinforcements MS 2025.07.19   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JEg9FG_wg

​  Kiev prepping provocation with ammonia detonation in Donetsk region — Russia’s top brass
"The intention is to subsequently accuse our country of deliberately creating a man-made disaster and inflict reputational damage on our country," Alexey Rtishchev specified​   
https://tass.com/politics/1990533

​  If NATO officially goes to war against Russia:  "We will destroy it, and quickly": NATO Ground Forces Commander Donahue announced that the alliance has a plan to "suppress" the Kaliningrad region   https://en.topwar.ru/268194-unichtozhim-prichem-bystro-komandujuschij-sv-nato-donahju-zajavil-o-nalichii-u-aljansa-plana-podavlenija-kaliningradskoj-oblasti.html

​  Von der Leyen’s final plan: a false democracy for a false Europe
​  The perception of the European Union is changing in some sections of public opinion: from a project of cooperation between sovereign states, the EU is increasingly seen as a centralized bureaucratic machine, which is what it really represents, and this view is fueled by the growing control exercised over information spaces, political dynamics, and the very interpretation of democratic principles. If the failure of the euro as a common currency was already telling, even more so were the isolationist policies of sanctions against the Russian Federation, followed by those against China and, in general, against any political entity that was not in the good graces of the UK-US axis.
​  In this context, the role of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is worrying. While proclaiming herself a champion of democratic values, she is contributing to the construction of a system in which truth, dissent, and public debate are suppressed or marginalized. There is no doubt that no one has ever pursued policies as totally anti-democratic, liberticidal, and homicidal as hers (as in the cases of Ukraine and Palestine)...
​..Many European citizens are expressing growing concern about the president’s top-down style. Sanctions packages against Moscow, climate initiatives, defense projects, and even official statements are often developed without involving member states. In numerous cases, von der Leyen has taken a position on behalf of the entire Union without consulting the European Council or the External Action Service.
​  If a single leader is able to block institutional activities without transparency or coordination, this signals a dangerous personalization of power and a lack of shared governance mechanisms.
​  The European Union has always claimed to be democratic and multilateral, at least formally; but the truth is that, especially in recent years, this European Union – which is something different from Europe – is dismantling the last vestiges of sovereign power and freedom, compressing everything into a few bureaucratic, indeed technocratic, structures that are in the hands of a very few people who report to the President of the Commission. There is no transparency, no pluralism, no real democracy. Just chatter, words, slogans, advertising campaigns, and internships for young students lobotomized by European political drugs. And while discussions multiply about the impact of these transformations on fundamental rights – including freedom of speech, democratic participation, and the right to criticize – European leaders reiterate that these measures are being taken in the interest of the collective good and the stability of the Union. There will be no end to hypocrisy, while we hope that Europe will soon be able to free itself from the yoke called the EU.​   
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/17/von-der-leyens-final-plan-a-false-democracy-for-a-false-europe/

70% Of Spaniards Want Mass Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/70-spaniards-want-mass-deportation-illegal-immigrants#google_vignette

​  Ramping it up:  TSMC aims to make 30% of high-end chips in US with Arizona fab build out:  Shovels in the dirt at Fab 3 as Fab 2’s 3nm ramp charges in several quarters early   https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/tsmc_q2_ramp/

​  The All-Round Madness of Trump’s Tomato Tariffs
The Trump administration accuses Mexico of “dumping” tomatoes on the US — something the US would never dream of doing with the agricultural goods it sends to Mexico (sarc).
​  The Trump administration continues to escalate its economic war against its largest trade partner, Mexico. In recent weeks alone, Washington has imposed potentially fatal sanctions on two smallish Mexican banks and a brokerage house, which were quietly paused last week; it has implemented a 3.5% tax on the remittance payments US-based migrants, many of them Mexican, send home; and it has escalated its raids on migrants, many of them also Mexican.
​  Now, to cap things off, Washington just imposed a 17% tariff on US imports of tomatoes, almost all of which come from Mexico.​..
​..However, when it comes to dumping (i.e. selling at an artificially low price) agricultural produce on the international markets, no one, with the possible exception of the EU, comes close to the US’ heavily subsidised farmers and Big Ag corporations. For decades the US has destroyed the livelihoods of millions of farmers around the world by unleashing on to the global markets surplus produce at below-cost price.​ One of the biggest victims is Mexico.​..
​..The US was able to do this by continuing to subsidize agricultural producers even after NAFTA while Mexico’s government pulled most of its subsidies.​..
​..As a result, it became all but impossible for small and mid-sized producers to compete with producers from the US once NAFTA once signed. Inevitably, Mexico became increasingly dependent on the US for staple crops like corn, beans, wheat and rice. Once the birthplace of maize, Mexico now imports roughly half of the corn it consumes, almost all of it from the US.
​  At the same time, it has significantly increased its exports to the US of tomatoes, chiles, avocado, coffee, grapes, strawberries and water melon. But it’s the staple crops that matter most.
​  Salgado Uberto Salgado Nieto, a researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, points out that the the main consequence of NAFTA, almost certainly intended, “was the loss of food sovereignty, because the large producers [that were left standing] were not geared at producing basic grains for the Mexican diet such as corn and beans, but at producing avocados, berries and tropical fruits that are in high demand outside the country.”
​  The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that the threshold at which a country becomes what it calls “food-vulnerable” is when as much as 25% of its food supply comes from abroad. According to a study published by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, by 2011 Mexico was sourcing 50% of the food it consumes, especially basic grains, from abroad, mostly from the US. By 2021, the figure had reached 57%.​   
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/the-all-round-madness-of-trumps-tomato-tariffs.html

"The old ways are the best ways"  China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers To Death, Trump Says​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-will-sentence-fentanyl-traffickers-death-trump-says

Pepsi-challenged:  Pepsi Exec Floats Switch To Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement​   https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/pepsi-exec-floats-switch-sugar-after-trump-coca-cola-announcement

​Pro Publica:  FDA Inspectors Again Find Dangerous Breakdowns at an Indian Factory Supplying Medications to U.S. Consumers   https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-inspection-sun-pharma?

​  Pediatricians Get $200–$600 Per Child for Vaccines, Some Earn $1M+ Yearly In a bombshell discussion, Senator Ron Johnson, Polly Tommey, and Dr. Brian Hooker exposed how pediatricians are financially incentivized to push vaccines—at the expense of parental choice and medical ethics. The Ugly Truth: - HMOs pay doctors $200–$600 per fully vaccinated child—with top earners making over $1M annually in bonuses. . 
Refuse vaccines? Many pediatricians drop families to protect their bottom line.​   https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1945608236482097199

American Academy of Pediatrics claims doctors don’t profit from vaxing kids. Receipts says otherwise…​   https://revolver.news/2025/07/aap-claims-doctors-dont-profit-from-vaxing-kids-receipts-says-otherwise/

​  Twenty Years of Cardiac Arrest Survival Progress Wiped Out by mRNA Shots
As survival rates declined, excess cardiac arrest deaths nearly erased two decades of progress in lives saved.   


​  James O'Keefe:  BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Lead Scientist Confesses J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Was 'Not Safe and Effective,' Reveals “Lack of Research” From Rushing to Release Vaccine: “People Wanted It, We Gave It to Them”
“Do you have any idea the lack of research that was done on those products [vaccines]?” “I mean we basically just had a race to figure out who could solve it best… At one point, we just canned it.”   
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1945151538416030110

Updates from Meryl Nass MD:  
US withdraws from the International Health Regulations Amendments​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/us-withdraws-from-the-international

Italy has rejected the IHR Amendments!​  I am sure a bunch of other nations (Slovakia, Iran, Russia, North Korea, etc.) have also, but doubt we will ever get a complete list. But that makes 3 for sure, including Israel.​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/italy-has-rejected-the-ihr-amendments

I enumerate why the pesticide liability shield would be a game-changer that will take us down the drain. We must put Congress under a microscope over this issue.​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/bear-with-me-as-i-enumerate-why-the

Senator Cory Booker Introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act--the OPPOSITE of the pesticide liability shield that was introduced in the House earlier this week​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/today-senator-cory-booker-introduced

The pesticide liability shield can be stopped at the full Appropriations Committee meeting this Tuesday, July 22. An amendment to remove the rider (Section 453) will be offered and we need a majority​   NEED YOUR HELP!!! Below are 12 bullet points as to what is happening. We need a majority to vote to remove. Members will not want constituents to know they voted for Big Chemical​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-pesticide-liability-shield-can

​Pesticide Free (wearing billiard-ball shirt in morning garden)   

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Mission Inscrutable

 Hooked On Reruns,


"Your mission, Mr. Phelps, should you choose to accept it, is to impersonate Jeffrey Epstein for a few minutes."

  It seems much less important than news of genocide and proxy war against the world's foremost nuclear power, but the relationships of Jeffrey Epstein with global elite "movers and shakers" may still be pivotal in world events. 
  Epstein might not be dead, as I said from the outset.
  Ghislaine Maxwell has given an interview, the video of which is paywalled (so I skipped it), wherein she reportedly asserts that Jeff is alive and hard-at-work, managing the same accounts as he did before, which supports the apparent power of the machine he serves. 
  Trump is calling MAGA artillery strikes onto his own position by pretending that nothing is going on with the Epstein case, thus keeping it in the news, inviting Democrats and MAGA Republicans to denounce him and investigate it further themselves. 
  Trump's "protesting too much" may be one way of keeping a deal, and making it go bad, anyway. We may soon know more. (Scroll halfway down.)

Unusual signal from Ambassador Huckabee:  Huckabee Condemns West Bank Settlers' 'Terrorist' Murder Of Tampa Man   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/huckabee-condemns-west-bank-settlers-terrorist-murder-tampa-man

​  Huckabee Visits Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial in Strong Show of Support
The US ambassador backed Trump's calls for the charges against Netanyahu to be dropped​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/16/huckabee-visits-netanyahus-corruption-trial-in-strong-show-of-support/

​  They clearly aimed at that big cross:  Netanyahu 'Regrets' Deadly Attack On Gaza Church After Terse Trump Call
Thursday witnessed another Israeli strike on a church in Gaza, which killed three people and injured at least six others. Among the wounded was the parish priest.
​  Hundreds of Palestinians were sheltering at Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City when the church roof was hit around 10:10am local time, church officials describe. Shrapnel and debris came down through the roof and went flying, killing and wounding Christians inside.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-regrets-deadly-attack-gaza-church-after-terse-trump-call

Israel bombs Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, kills 78 Palestinians​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234330/Israel-bombs-Gaza-s-Shati-refugee-camp-kills-78-Palestinians

Syrian HTS Troops Mass Murder Civilians At Hospital In South, Days After US Drops Terror Designation​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syrian-hts-troops-mass-murder-civilians-hospital-south-days-after-us-drops-terror

​Everybody can kill somebody.  Israel Conducts Massive Strikes On Damascus After Sharaa Regime's Sectarian Attacks   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-conducts-massive-strikes-damascus-amid-sectarian-attacks-druze

  I missed this last week. Awaiting F-35s:  Iran ‘rapidly’ beefs up air defenses with Chinese help: Report
Tehran has reportedly paid for new Chinese deliveries of surface-to-air missiles with shipments of Iranian oil​   https://thecradle.co/articles/iran-rapidly-beefs-up-air-defenses-with-chinese-help-report#:~:text=Iran%20'rapidly'%20beefs%20up%20air,one%20of%20the%20officials%20said.

​  30 Israeli pilots killed in one of Iran's retaliatory attacks
Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s former ambassador to Iraq, stated during a televised interview that in one of Iran’s operations during the 12-day war, 30 Israeli pilots were killed. “This is no small matter for the [Israeli] regime,” he said, adding that many details have been censored by the regime in Tel Aviv so far.​    https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234364/30-Israeli-pilots-killed-in-one-of-Iran-s-operations

There's a railway to ​China now.  France, UK, and Germany To Re-Impose UN Sanctions on Iran If No Nuclear Deal Reached by End of August​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/16/france-uk-and-germany-to-re-impose-un-sanctions-on-iran-if-no-nuclear-deal-reached-by-end-of-august/

​Under 9 minutes of scholarship:  The original gods of Israel (El, Baal, Yahweh, Asherah)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9q_b9UvfBY

​  Second Israeli ultra-Orthodox party to quit government in blow to Netanyahu​  
​  A key partner in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government says it is quitting, dealing a major blow to the Israeli prime minister that could leave him heading a minority coalition in parliament.
​  The ultra-Orthodox Shas party said on Wednesday that it was leaving the cabinet in protest against lawmakers’ failure to guarantee future exemption from military conscription for religious students.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/16/israeli-ultra-orthodox-party-quits-government-as-netanyahu-loses-majority

​  Israel Transfers Important West Bank Mosque to Settler Control​:  Ibrahimi Mosque was site of 1994 massacre
​  The Palestinian Foreign Ministry referred to it as a flagrant violation of international law and urged UNESCO to intervene before it led to “grave repercussions.” This is the first change since 1994, when Israel changed control of the mosque to grant 63% to Jewish worshipers and only 37% to Muslims.
​  That change, enhancing Jewish control over the mosque site, came immediately following a 1994 massacre, when Jewish-American settler Baruch Goldstein entered the Muslim side in an Israeli military uniform with a gun and opened fire on worshipers, killing 29 and wounding 125 others.
​  The massacre was roundly condemned by Israelis at the time, though Goldstein has subsequently been lionized by some of the more violent settler groups, and indeed his tomb has itself become a site for pilgrimage by some settler on Purim, because that was the holiday during which the massacre took place.
​  Itamar Ben Gvir, the current Israeli National Security Minister, is one such massacre enthusiast, and appeared in a video praising Goldstein while calling for more massacres of Palestinians.​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/16/israel-transfers-important-west-bank-mosque-to-settler-control/

Starvation among kids in Gaza reaches record levels, humanitarian chiefs tell UN Security Council​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2608353/middle-east

Nearly 800 Palestinians killed trying to access aid in Gaza since May, UN says​   https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250711-nearly-800-palestinians-killed-trying-to-access-aid-in-gaza-since-may-un-says

  Boycott, divest & sanction:  ​ UN’s Albanese Proposes Revolutionary Approach to Palestinian Crisis 
​  Albanese explained that the Israeli occupation is economically sustained by state actors, businesses, and institutions worldwide.
“It’s not merely a conflict between nations; it’s an economy built on oppression,” she stated.
​  She detailed how banks and universities are enmeshed in practices that uphold illegal settlements and contribute to apartheid conditions for Palestinians.
Albanese’s insights underscore a critical understanding: without holding these entities accountable, the cycle of violence and exploitation will endure.​   
https://www.telesurenglish.net/albanese-on-palestinian-genocide-israel/

​  We donate to UNRWA monthly.  Israel cuts power, water to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
​  Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen announced Tuesday that electricity and water had been cut off to the offices of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), in a move intended to halt the agency’s operations inside Israel, Anadolu reports.
​  Under the slogan “Turning off the lights at UNRWA!” Cohen wrote on X that “the law to disconnect electricity and water from UNRWA offices, which will lead to the cessation of the organization’s activities in Israel, has been published.”
​  Cohen claimed that the UN agency has served as “an operational arm of Hamas,” alleging that it acts as “a breeding ground for incitement and murder and has no right to exist.”​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250715-israel-cuts-power-water-to-un-agency-for-palestinian-refugees/

​Cut down seeking food for their families:  Video shows Palestinians caught in gunfire near GHF aid hub in Gaza   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2608194/middle-east

  Paul Craig Roberts,  US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Tries to Stop Washington’s Enabling of Israeli Aggression
​  Marjorie Greene has done several things that members of the US House and Senate are trained not to do.  She acknowledged Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons.  Members of the US government are not supposed to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons, because the Symington Amendment forbids aid to governments that enrich weapons grade uranium and produce nuclear weapons outside of International Atomic Energy Agency controls.  The Israeli controlled US government avoids the Symington law by refusing to acknowledge the fact that Israel has acquired, with Washington’s assistance, nuclear weapons totally outside the IAEA controls​. US Rep. Greene also points out the incongruity of Israel armed with nuclear weapons needing American military aid.​   https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/07/16/us-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-should-expect-an-assassination-attempt-by-mossad/

​  Israeli army stole donkeys from Gaza; transported them to France
​  The Israeli army has reportedly stolen hundreds of donkeys from the besieged Gaza Strip, smuggled them to Israel, and transported them to France to prevent their use in reconstruction, Israeli Channel Kan reported...
..Israeli media reported the looting as a “veterinary rescue operation,” neglecting to mention their Palestinian owners who mainly relied on the animals as an essential means of transportation to escape Israeli genocidal attacks in Gaza.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250715-israeli-army-stole-donkeys-from-gaza-transported-them-to-france/

Trump Clarifies No Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine, Declares "I'm On Nobody's Side"​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-clarifies-no-offensive-long-range-weapons-ukraine-declares-im-nobodys-side

​  Russia Rejects Trump’s Ultimatum on Ukraine
​  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to agree to an Ukraine ceasefire, dismissing the threat of “severe tariffs” as unacceptable.
​  Ryabkov emphasized that Moscow favors a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine conflict and is ready to negotiate. “However, if this is not met with a proper response, if we cannot reach our set goals through diplomacy, then the special military operation will go on,” he continued.
​  “We expect Washington and NATO to take this seriously,” Ryabkov stressed, pointing out that his country’s position is unshakable.​   
https://www.telesurenglish.net/russia-rejects-trumps-ultimatum-on-ukraine/

​  Why European countries are massively refusing to purchase American weapons for Ukraine​  
​  Europe continues to demonstrate growing unwillingness to pay for American arms supplies to Ukraine. Following the recent refusal of the Czech Republic, Italy and France have taken a similar position. Earlier, Poland and Hungary made a similar decision. Thus, of all the major European countries, only Germany and the Netherlands have expressed support for the American defense industry at their own expense.
​  According to European diplomatic sources, the refusal of France and Italy is due not only to economic considerations, but also strategic ones. Both countries have their own developed defense industry and express dissatisfaction with the dominance of American weapons in the framework of initiatives to create a European air defense system. This issue became especially acute after a number of EU countries refused to purchase the French-Italian SAMP/T complex in favor of the American Patriot systems.​   
https://en.topcor.ru/62117-pochemu-strany-evropy-massovo-otkazyvajutsja-ot-zakupki-amerikanskogo-oruzhija-dlja-ukrainy.html

Poland presents compelling evidence of theft of Western aid by Zelensky and his team​   https://en.topcor.ru/62116-v-polshe-priveli-ubeditelnye-dokazatelstva-razvorovyvanija-zapadnoj-pomoschi-zelenskim-i-ego-komandoj.html

​  Gilbert Doctorow thinks John Helmer is the one with dementia, not Trump:  THREE RATIONAL CALCULATIONS BY TRUMP’S MEN THAT THEY CAN WIN THEIR WAR AGAINST RUSSIA, OR ESCAPE VOTER BLAME IF THEY LOSE IT
​  In the neurological and psychiatric evidence that has been accumulating about Trump over many years,  there is the medical history of Alzheimer’s Disease which runs in his family: his father was first diagnosed at age 86 and died at 93;  his older sister died of it, aged 86;  and at least one cousin died of the same,  aged 84.  Since the President has just turned 79, there is reason to anticipate similar onset of symptoms and cause of death for him.
  Trump thinks this himself, according to Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and the President’s niece. She has published a case history of the President in 2020 which Trump’s lawyers failed to suppress in court.  Last week, she published a new symptom of what she calls the acceleration in Trump’s cognitive decline: he cannot tie his own shoe laces.​   
https://johnhelmer.net/three-rational-calculations-by-trumps-men-that-they-can-win-their-war-against-russia-or-escape-voter-blame-if-they-lose-it/

  ​India won't give up cheap Russian oil, and Trump needs India against China. Trump Sets 50-Day Deadline for India to Stop Buying Russian Oil
India Faces US Ultimatum: Cut Russian Crude or Pay​   https://english.pravda.ru/world/163256-trump-india-russian-oil-ultimatum/

Trump won't want to drive India away...  US Gov’t Is Very Afraid of BRICS and Dedollarization, Trump Insiders Reveal. That’s Why He’s Attacking Brazil​   https://scheerpost.com/2025/07/15/us-govt-is-very-afraid-of-brics-and-dedollarization-trump-insiders-reveal-thats-why-hes-attacking-brazil/

​  The new "digital-Eurodollar" is a $US support:  USDt market cap hits $160B, cementing its ‘digital dollar’ role: Tether CEO
Tether’s USDt stablecoin has surpassed $160 billion market cap, confirming its place as the digital dollar.​   https://cointelegraph.com/news/tether-usdt-market-cap-hits-160b-emerging-markets-growth

​   Keeping it in the headlines:  Musk questions refusal to release Epstein files, suggests Trump in document
'Wow, amazing that Epstein 'killed himself' and Ghislaine is in federal prison for a hoax,' Musk says in latest break with Trump​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/musk-questions-refusal-to-release-epstein-files-suggests-trump-in-documents/3633116

​  Trump recently called him, "the man who never dies". I did not pay to see the video:  Ghislaine Maxwell Breaks Silence From Prison: “Epstein Is ALIVE & Blackmailing US Politicians”   https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/ghislaine-maxwell-breaks-silence-from-prison-epstein-is-alive-blackmailing-us-politicians/

They ​didn't fly in the "Lolita"... HAPPENING NOW: At Least Six Republicans Have Signed on to Support Legislation to Release Epstein Files​   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/happening-now-least-six-republicans-have-signed-support/

HEADLINES DAILY:  Ghislaine 'Ready' To Testify As Trump Triples Down, Slams 'Weakling PAST Supporters Who Believe Epstein Hoax'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ghislaine-ready-testify-trump-triples-down-slams-weakling-past-supporters-who-believe

​Forget Genocide, New Coke, "Coke Classic" and Epstein!  Trump says U.S. Coke will go back to cane sugar   https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/16/trump-says-us-coke-go-back-cane-sugar/

This always works:  Trump: Sending Tariff Letters To More Than 150 Countries​   https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/trump-sending-tariff-letter-more-150-countries

​They're just ordinary human-hunting-combat-robots: Chinese Military Unveils Robot Murder Wolves, Drones That Definitely Violate Asimov's Laws   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-chinese-military-unveils-robot-murder-wolves-drones-definitely-violate-asmiovs-laws

​  Brigitte Macron Takes Fight To Highest Court in France, After Two Women Who Claimed That First Lady Was Born a Man Were Cleared of Defamation by Appeals Court​   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/brigitte-macron-takes-fight-highest-court-france-after/

Maybe against French citizens...  France Prepares its Forces and Economy for a Major European War by 2030.​   https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/report-france-prepares-its-forces-and-economy-for-a-major-european-war-by-2030

​  White House is already investigating over 27,000 documents signed by Biden’s autopen which was controlled by staffers. They say they expect to review upwards of 1 MILLION DOCUMENTS​   https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1945265510574133271

​  Jill Biden Aid Pleads 5th: Refuses To Answer Questions On Autopen Scandal
​  Emails indicating that then-White House chief of staff Jeff Zients approved the use of the notorious White House autopen.  Biden’s team used an autopen on 25 warrants for pardons and commutations in December and January of last year, but two of those warrants granted clemency to thousands of people.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jill-biden-aid-pleads-5th-refuses-answer-questions-autopen-scandal

Refuse permits, then​ >>​ Another 'Conspiracy Theory' Comes True: California Bill Passes To Buy Fire-Ravaged Palisades For Low-Income Apartments​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/another-conspiracy-theory-comes-true-california-bill-passes-buy-fire-ravaged-palisades

​  ‘Held Accountable’: Sen. Rand Paul Again Vows to Issue a Criminal Referral for Fauci + More​   https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gnw-sen-rand-paul-again-vows-to-issue-criminal-referral-fauci-more/

​Meryl Nass MD,  Rep. Massie Introduces PREP Repeal Act to End "Medical Malpractice Martial Law"   And just in the nick of time!   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/rep-massie-introduces-prep-repeal

  Bayer allocated $9 Billion to get-protected. Would $20 million help your family out?  Meryl Nass MD,   Let me explain exactly what is going on with Bayer's effort to enact a wide-ranging pesticide liability shield in the US.  And how you can truly help
​  CEO Anderson built a six-pronged strategy (6 separate methods to rid themselves of liability) by hook or by crook. His boldest move is to attempt to get legislation enacted by Congress that would prevent warnings from being added to labels for ALL pesticides, and disallow lawsuits for failure to warn. He also brought similar bills into state courts, and Georgia and North Dakota have already enacted them!​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/let-me-explain-exactly-what-is-going

​  Meryl Nass MD,  Chemical industry is going for another shield for PFAS in sewage sludge (the biosolids in your fertilizer) in the same Appropriations bill. Call to stop both.  Stand for Health Freedom makes it easy to send emails as well as call. Do both!   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/chemical-industry-is-going-for-another

​  Make it be "inconclusive", please:  No Evidence of Harm? A “Garbage In, Garbage Out” Analysis of the Aluminum Vaccine Study
The dataset is massive, but if the inputs are poorly contrasted and confounded, then your statistical power just lets you confidently detect nothing — which is exactly what happened.​   https://badconcepts.substack.com/p/no-evidence-of-harm-a-garbage-in

RFK Jr. Fires Top Aides, Appoints New Acting Chief Of Staff​   https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/rfk-jr-fires-top-aides-appoints-new-acting-chief-staff

​  Healing PTSD​, inducing Neuro-regeneration​, remodeling, ​and arrhythmias:​ RFK Jr. And Other Trump Officials Embrace Psychedelics After FDA Setback
​  Marcus Capone struggled with anger, insomnia and mood swings after 13 years as a Navy Seal. In 2017, at the urging of his wife Amber, he agreed to try ibogaine as a last resort. He described his first ibogaine session as “a complete purge of everything.”
​  “But afterward I felt the weight just completely off my shoulders,” he said. “No more anxiety, no more depression, life made sense all of a sudden.”​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/rfk-jr-and-other-trump-officials-embrace-psychedelics-after-fda-setback

​  The EU’s War on Farmers
  (Wednesday)  This afternoon, farmers from all over the European Union met outside the European Parliament to march on the Berlaymont, the European Commission’s HQ. Organised by COPA-COGECA, the umbrella body for 22 million European farmers, the demonstration should by all rights be a wake-up call for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The unions will hand over a petition signed by 6,335 organisations, along with a symbolic pair of boots, in protest of the EU’s plans to carve up the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and cut farming subsidies.
  The budget, announced today, includes folding CAP into a single national spending envelope and shrinking subsidies by 20-25%—that’s a cut of between €80 and €100 billion in real terms. It also proposes a €100,000 cap on the payment any one farm can receive and gives cash-strapped member states leeway to raid the farmers’ pot for other priorities, such as defence and industrial policy.   
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-eus-war-on-farmers/

Kyle Young,first notes their tricky use of words:  How the Trump Administration is Leveraging Geoengineering to Implement a Carbon Trading Scam   https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/how-the-trump-administration-is-leveraging

Regular Gardener (pictured behind okra)