Remotely Supplied,
The world has entered an epoch of global war on supply-lines, a logistics war curtailing flows of fuels, grains, finance and trade in general. Flows of people have been weaponized in this war, which impairs the ability of a freshly-colonized nation (eg. France) to respond to emergencies, since it is internally divided.
Simplicius, Iran's Strategy Vindicated as US's Logistics Chain Hobbled and Stretched by Early Strikes
The US’s naval problems in the theater all stemmed from Iran’s deliberate strategy of wiping out US bases in the region, resulting in the extremely inefficient lengthening of US supply chain logistics for war:....The US Navy’s problems began immediately after Iran’s opening salvo of the war, which saw the Navy’s top regional logistics hub in Bahrain go up in smoke from Iranian missiles and drones:
The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack drones fell on a Navy base in Bahrain.
The Iranian attack, retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli assault on Tehran, destroyed much of the base. And as it went up in smoke, so did a major logistics hub that the Navy has relied on for decades.
The Navy needed a Plan B to continue feeding the sailors working around the clock to keep warplanes flying strike missions, and later to maintain a blockade of Iran’s ports... The Navy began using Diego Garcia as the main shipping point shortly after the Navy's base in Bahrain was heavily damaged...
..The NYT piece goes on:The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack drones fell on a Navy base in Bahrain.
The Iranian attack, retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli assault on Tehran, destroyed much of the base. And as it went up in smoke, so did a major logistics hub that the Navy has relied on for decades.
The Navy needed a Plan B to continue feeding the sailors working around the clock to keep warplanes flying strike missions, and later to maintain a blockade of Iran’s ports... The Navy began using Diego Garcia as the main shipping point shortly after the Navy's base in Bahrain was heavily damaged...
The loss of the hub in Bahrain has contributed to a host of reported problems on carriers supporting operations against Iran, as Democratic senators raise concerns about the Lincoln’s 5,000 sailors and their nearly nine-month deployment.
NYT details how the ailing USS Lincoln will now be replaced by the USS George Washington, hobbling over from INDOPACOM, leaving the 7th Fleet with no forward deployed carriers on the critical ‘Chinese front’...
..The state of the US Navy has shocked observers who were not attuned to such a rapid organizational decline, particularly amidst a major conflict wherein the Navy was meant to play the key sustaining role.
Now WaPo reports that US’s Gulf allies are again reconsidering the deployment of US bases on their territory in frustration for Trump’s erratic and amateurish handling of the Iran conflict. https://simplicius76. substack.com/p/irans-strategy- vindicated-as-uss
Now WaPo reports that US’s Gulf allies are again reconsidering the deployment of US bases on their territory in frustration for Trump’s erratic and amateurish handling of the Iran conflict. https://simplicius76.
Meryl Nass MD, Is it time to invoke the 25th amendment (that our President is no longer competent and needs replacing?) before we get into a bigtime nuclear disaster in Iran? This is an extreme measure, for sure, but the times call out for a level-headed leader in the White House. https://merylnass.substack. com/p/is-it-time-to-invoke- the-25th-amendment
The US path to "victory" is re-definition: "US Can't Bomb Its Way To Victory": Scotiabank Maps Bessent's Coming Economic Hammer On Iran https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/us-cant-bomb-its- way-victory-scotiabank-maps- bessents-coming-economic- hammer-iran
Trump Hails Mecca Defense Pact As 'Big, Bold, Important First Step'
Since the signing of a defense pact earlier this month by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan - which is being touted as having NATO level protections akin to an Article 5 style 'attack on one is an attack on all' - there's been much speculation on whether Washington would embrace or reject it.After all, it seems to put greater distance between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and thus lessens the potential for Riyadh ever agreeing to join the US-backed Abraham accords, especially given that Turkey is an avowed enemy and regional rival of Israel. But the United States broke its silence on the pact this weekend, as President Trump on Sunday hailed it as a good and promising development.
"Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally, signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It shows how the Middle East is coming together and how countries will finally be able to defend themselves in a more meaningful way," he added, further hailing the agreement a "BIG, BOLD, IMPORTANT FIRST STEP."
Israeli media has meanwhile been pointing out that the pact is widely seen as a sign of waning US influence in the region, and that its members states see it fundamentally as a rejection of Israeli regional hegemony. https://www.
US Issues Rare Condemnation Of Israeli Strikes On Syrian Airbase: 'Unnecessary Escalation' https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/us-issues-rare- condemnation-israeli-strikes- syrian-airbase-unnecessary- escalation
"Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea," Trump stated...
Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea – NBC News
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has directed the Defense Department to scale down joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the U.S. ally’s refusal to join the war in Iran and his “very good” relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Trump said the large, annual military drills sent a “signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea, a nuclear-armed state with which the U.S. has no formal diplomatic ties but which Trump says has been “unthreatening and respectful” as long as he has been president.
The reason Trump is giving for reducing the military maneuvers with South Korea is not serious. No country but Israel has seriously joined the U.S. in its War on Iran.
There is something else going on.
A reduction or end to U.S. maneuvers with South Korea has often been a pre-condition by North Korea for entering into talks.
Trump’s statement is therefore likely an opener for negotiations over some kind of peace agreement with North Korea.
Trump may hope for a fast ‘victory’ as peace-makers before the midterm elections. Unfortunately he and his stooges are incapable of doing the methodical work necessary, and of offering the serious concessions needed, to get any results. https://www.moonofalabama. org/2026/08/wsj-unveils-iran- secret-trump-talks-with-noko- threat-to-oman.html
Making a virtue of necessity as the USS Washington heads to Hormuz to replace the Lincoln? Trump Says US To 'Substantially Reduce' Military Drills With S.Korea, Cites 'Very Good Relationship' With Kim
..He invoked Seoul's stance on the US-Israel war on Iran, which marked a huge disappointment for the White House.
"I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!'" he said.
Still, Trump lamented that it is actually too late to cancel the drills, and so ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" them. https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/trump-says-us- substantially-reduce-military- drills-south-korea-cites-very- good
"I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!'" he said.
Still, Trump lamented that it is actually too late to cancel the drills, and so ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" them. https://www.zerohedge.com/
Moon of Alabama, WSJ Unveils Iran ‘Secret’ – Trump Talks With NoKo? – Threat To Oman
This item on Korea smells fishy:Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea – NBC News
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has directed the Defense Department to scale down joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the U.S. ally’s refusal to join the war in Iran and his “very good” relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Trump said the large, annual military drills sent a “signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea, a nuclear-armed state with which the U.S. has no formal diplomatic ties but which Trump says has been “unthreatening and respectful” as long as he has been president.
The reason Trump is giving for reducing the military maneuvers with South Korea is not serious. No country but Israel has seriously joined the U.S. in its War on Iran.
There is something else going on.
A reduction or end to U.S. maneuvers with South Korea has often been a pre-condition by North Korea for entering into talks.
Trump’s statement is therefore likely an opener for negotiations over some kind of peace agreement with North Korea.
Trump may hope for a fast ‘victory’ as peace-makers before the midterm elections. Unfortunately he and his stooges are incapable of doing the methodical work necessary, and of offering the serious concessions needed, to get any results. https://www.moonofalabama.
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-08-18
The US-Iran memorandum expired yesterday and Tehran answered by declaring a "fully offensive" posture, then striking a merchant vessel inside the US-escorted southern Hormuz corridor overnight - casualties, engine-room fire, and Trump still saying he has "total control" of the strait. Meanwhile the diesel crack broke $100 for the first time on record and the global long end kept snapping: US 30Y ~5.31%, JGB 10Y at 2.95%, France at 2009 highs.
Copper's LME backwardation hit its widest since the 2021 squeeze, and Nvidia put a reported $105bn guarantee behind an 8GW OpenAI campus in Ohio. https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-08-18
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-08-17
..Iran: the MoU lapses into an IRGC-led offensive posture, with nuclear chatter on the fringe - WSJ reporting says Tehran's hardliners read the pact as a stalling device and spent the two months preparing for a bigger fight: IRGC given more control over the regular army, Iran-Iraq war veterans into key posts, counterintelligence expanded, missile and drone production ramped (HFI_Research).
Army Commander Maj. Gen. Hatami: the Strait will "never return to its previous state," control is now a condition for ending the war and won't be surrendered diplomatically (HormuzReport).
Iran's army chief reportedly set a $30,000 bounty on US forces, per Fars (zerohedge).
Counter-current: Trump's advisers presented sanctions-damage data and convinced him to prefer intensified economic pressure over further military action, per WSJ reporting (Megatron_ron). Scotiabank is already mapping the Bessent economic hammer (zerohedge), and "unprecedented economic isolation" is the framing being briefed out (BrettErickson28).
Axios-sourced claim of secret Trump-Iran negotiations routed through Iraq, dropped ten minutes before the open (Nostra, House of Gold). Treat the timing as the tell.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims nuclear weapons against Iran are being discussed in strategy meetings - "I'm not speculating, I know" (FmrRepMTG), echoed onward (Megatron_ron). A nuclear bunker-buster is described as one of Trump's last remaining cards, disputed in-thread on grounds that no US weapon has meaningful earth penetration (Pataramesh). Single-origin claim - LOW, but it's the reason Iran's hardened-tunnel doctrine keeps coming up.
The White House confirmed Trump's threat to declare Hormuz "a US territory" was a joke (Amb_Ulyanov)...
..Hormuz and oil: the fight moves from closing the strait to invoicing it - while diesel does the pricing - Iran is asking 5% of cargo value per transit (≈$8.85m on one supertanker at Friday's Brent settle), and the Lloyd's Market Association's LMA5708 clause published 23 July lets hull underwriters terminate cover the moment a transit payment is made. OFAC designated Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority on 27 May and prohibits US persons from even receiving safe-passage guarantees. Iran wants 5-7%, Oman has floated 3%, Washington wants zero...Army Commander Maj. Gen. Hatami: the Strait will "never return to its previous state," control is now a condition for ending the war and won't be surrendered diplomatically (HormuzReport).
Iran's army chief reportedly set a $30,000 bounty on US forces, per Fars (zerohedge).
Counter-current: Trump's advisers presented sanctions-damage data and convinced him to prefer intensified economic pressure over further military action, per WSJ reporting (Megatron_ron). Scotiabank is already mapping the Bessent economic hammer (zerohedge), and "unprecedented economic isolation" is the framing being briefed out (BrettErickson28).
Axios-sourced claim of secret Trump-Iran negotiations routed through Iraq, dropped ten minutes before the open (Nostra, House of Gold). Treat the timing as the tell.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims nuclear weapons against Iran are being discussed in strategy meetings - "I'm not speculating, I know" (FmrRepMTG), echoed onward (Megatron_ron). A nuclear bunker-buster is described as one of Trump's last remaining cards, disputed in-thread on grounds that no US weapon has meaningful earth penetration (Pataramesh). Single-origin claim - LOW, but it's the reason Iran's hardened-tunnel doctrine keeps coming up.
The White House confirmed Trump's threat to declare Hormuz "a US territory" was a joke (Amb_Ulyanov)...
..Anti-ship missile launches toward the waterway were reported minutes after USAF tankers and fighters cleared the area, following near-continuous tanker and AWACS activity (MenchOsint). By Monday morning, public data still couldn't confirm a single successful transit through the US corridor...
..The battlefield extended to the Red Sea: Ansarallah fired two ballistic missiles at the Bab el Mandeb area, with unconfirmed reports of tankers targeted, which would explain the sudden crude climb (MenchOsint).Diesel is where the stress shows. Diesel future options implied vol spiked above 100 again - checked, not a glitch - the second time recently traders have covered for a distillate spike while crude stays suppressed (JustDario). Either the suppression extends to diesel or the market stops trusting the crude print entirely (JustDario)...
..US force posture: morale graffiti, a broken carrier, and Gulf hosts reconsidering the lease - Photographs from the Persian Gulf show messages scrawled in the dust of an aircraft flap - "Operation Epstein Fury," "Peace deal #64 incoming" - with a serviceman's assessment that "this operation has no morale behind it… deployed to undesirable locations INDEFINITELY" (tparsi).
Families of US sailors publicly accused Trump and Hegseth of dismissing shipboard conditions and calling their relatives liars, per The Guardian (HormuzReport). The USS Abraham Lincoln's sewage system reportedly failed, flooding sailors' living quarters (Megatron_ron).
Blockade arithmetic: the carrier postured toward China has to relieve one of the two enforcing the blockade, because of morale and supply problems from a record-length deployment (Pataramesh). Only three US carriers are described as active, the rest in dock (AlternatNews).
Gulf states have reportedly lost trust in the administration's Iran strategy and some are considering cancelling major US bases, per WaPo (BRICSinfo)...
..Lebanon and Gaza: deadliest strikes since the ceasefire, and eight foreign ministers put the blame in writing - Israel is threatening a return to war in Lebanon after unleashing the deadliest airstrikes since the ceasefire (zerohedge). The regional read is that Lebanon has no path that doesn't run through either an Iran-initiated wider war or a US-imposed Israeli withdrawal after Netanyahu falls (ejmalrai).Blockade arithmetic: the carrier postured toward China has to relieve one of the two enforcing the blockade, because of morale and supply problems from a record-length deployment (Pataramesh). Only three US carriers are described as active, the rest in dock (AlternatNews).
Gulf states have reportedly lost trust in the administration's Iran strategy and some are considering cancelling major US bases, per WaPo (BRICSinfo)...
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE issued a joint statement condemning Israel's declared rejection of the Gaza road map endorsed by UNSC Resolution 2803 and of Palestinian statehood, stating Israel "now bears responsibility for obstructing" peace efforts (KSAmofaEN). Eight signatories including three US treaty-adjacent partners is the datapoint.
Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal over violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank (Pontifex). The framing that keeps landing: Israel thinks it has a PR problem (tparsi).
Attrition inside the force: two reported Israeli soldier suicides after Gaza service, one last Thursday and one the previous week (MenchOsint).
Separately, Trump celebrated a Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan (EricLDaugh) - an alignment worth watching precisely because it doesn't include Washington...
..Japan: 10Y at 2.91% (highest since 1996), a growth miss, and a FIMA workaround for $1.4T of Treasuries - Japan's 10-year yield rose to 2.91%, the highest since 1996 (zerohedge); the 2-year jumped to 1.69%, a 31-year high (Barchart). GDP grew at half the expected pace (Barchart).
The plumbing story: Bessent reportedly pressing the Fed to expand the FIMA repo facility so Tokyo can pledge Treasuries for dollars and defend the yen without liquidating its $1.4 trillion position (leshka_eth). Corroborating detail from a different angle - the Fed's T-bill holdings at $500bn from $200bn in 2025, and Treasury selling euros to prop the yen (GarrettGoggin).
The rate-hikes-strengthen-the-yen thesis is being challenged directly on the charts (JustDario). Framing that keeps recurring: both Japan and the US are in debt doom loops, and the only question is who face-plants first (DonDurrett).
US side of the same ledger: $25bn of 30Y at 5.216% (highest auction yield since 2001), $42bn of 10Y at 4.683% (highest since 2007), and a July deficit up $141bn YoY to a record $432 billion (KobeissiLetter) - that deficit being a +48% YoY surge (Hedgeye).
Interest costs are tracking toward $1.7 trillion annually at stable rates, which would surpass Social Security as the largest single federal expenditure (Barchart); $638bn was issued in one week, all of it rolling within a year (DonDurrett)...
..Russia broke the Cuban oil blockade - a Russian tanker with 100,000 tonnes of crude arrived in Cuba (thesiriusreport). LOW, single source, but a direct sanctions-enforcement test. https://no1sdailydigest.The plumbing story: Bessent reportedly pressing the Fed to expand the FIMA repo facility so Tokyo can pledge Treasuries for dollars and defend the yen without liquidating its $1.4 trillion position (leshka_eth). Corroborating detail from a different angle - the Fed's T-bill holdings at $500bn from $200bn in 2025, and Treasury selling euros to prop the yen (GarrettGoggin).
The rate-hikes-strengthen-the-yen thesis is being challenged directly on the charts (JustDario). Framing that keeps recurring: both Japan and the US are in debt doom loops, and the only question is who face-plants first (DonDurrett).
US side of the same ledger: $25bn of 30Y at 5.216% (highest auction yield since 2001), $42bn of 10Y at 4.683% (highest since 2007), and a July deficit up $141bn YoY to a record $432 billion (KobeissiLetter) - that deficit being a +48% YoY surge (Hedgeye).
Interest costs are tracking toward $1.7 trillion annually at stable rates, which would surpass Social Security as the largest single federal expenditure (Barchart); $638bn was issued in one week, all of it rolling within a year (DonDurrett)...
So not-a-joke today? Trump Drops Map Of Hormuz As "New US Territory" Amid No Talks, Declares Strait "Open & Operating"; UAE Under Missile Alert https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/trump-posts-map- showing-hormuz-new-us- territory-just-after-latest- tanker-attack
The conclusion preceded the visit, perhaps? Top Admiral Visits USS Lincoln, Suggests Reports Of Dire Conditions Are Greatly Exaggerated https://www.zerohedge.com/ military/top-admiral-visits- uss-lincoln-suggests-reports- dire-conditions-are-greatly- exaggerated
US Lost 25% Of Its Reaper Drones In Iran War, Officials Estimate https://www.zerohedge.com/ geopolitical/us-lost-25-its- reaper-drones-iran-war- officials-estimate
The new leaner, younger, more handsome Ben Gvir again, I see: ‘They’re Not Even People’: Ben Gvir Says Israel Should Kill 30-40 Palestinians in Gaza Every Night - The Israeli minister also said he believes 'all of Gaza' belongs to Israel https://news.antiwar.com/ 2026/08/16/theyre-not-even- people-ben-gvir-says-israel- should-kill-30-40- palestinians-in-gaza-every- night/
Report: Kushner-Netanyahu Meeting Ends With Agreement That Israel Will Keep Bombing Gaza https://news.antiwar.com/ 2026/08/17/report-kushner- netanyahu-meeting-ends-with- agreement-that-israel-will- keep-bombing-gaza/
UN: Nearly 3,000 settler attacks recorded in West Bank since start of 2025 https://english.palinfo.com/ news/2026/08/17/368473/
Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 11 in Deadliest Lebanon Attack Since June - Israel presents attacks as targeting ‘terrorist infrastructure,’ but hit home full of civilians https://news.antiwar.com/ 2026/08/15/israeli-strikes- kill-at-least-11-in-deadliest- lebanon-attack-since-june/
Israeli Flags on Lebanon Road Violate UN Resolution, UNIFIL Says https://english.aawsat.com/ arab-world/5308090-israeli- flags-lebanon-road-violate-un- resolution-unifil-says
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US lawmaker urges action against West Bank occupier violence
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urges Trump administration to 'compel the Israeli government to protect the lives, property and livelihood of innocent Palestinian civilians' https://www.aa.com.tr/en/ americas/us-lawmaker-urges- action-against-west-bank- occupier-violence/4030049
Thin cloth tents: Gaza: Over two million displaced people face disaster as winter approaches https://english.palinfo.com/ news/2026/08/17/368479/
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urges Trump administration to 'compel the Israeli government to protect the lives, property and livelihood of innocent Palestinian civilians' https://www.aa.com.tr/en/
ISRAELI MEDIA: What Israel Began in Gaza Is Spreading to Palestinians Everywhere https://israelpalestinenews. org/israeli-media-what-israel- began-in-gaza-is-spreading-to- palestinians-everywhere/
Celia Farber, Alex Jones Blasts Tim Pool And Other Influencers For Secret Meetings With Netanyahu; Israel Spent $1.3 Billion Last 18 Months Alone On US Social Media, Says Jones
Receiving Money From Any Entity You Cover Is A Hanging Crime In Journalism. Always Was. Banishment, And The Resignation of All Your Bosses, If You Did This. How Is This Reality? https://celiafarber.substack. Judge Throws Out “Political Prosecution” of Pro-Palestinian University of Michigan Student
The student, Hiab Teshome, is also a graduate student union leader in tense contract negotiations with the school. https://www.dropsitenews.com/ p/university-michigan-eli- savit-student-pro-palestine- felony-charges-thrown-out
Russia has been expanding its ice cutter fleet. And now Scott Ritter tells us that China will be running weekly container ships through the Arctic to Europe. https://merylnass.substack. com/p/it-was-only-a-matter-of- time-and
The student, Hiab Teshome, is also a graduate student union leader in tense contract negotiations with the school. https://www.dropsitenews.com/
Meryl Nass MD, It was only a matter of time, and the middle east kerfuffle speeded it up: China takes the polar route to Europe
It's an age of economic and population decline that we are entering: Beyond the Age of Growth - An Interview to Ugo Bardi https://senecaeffect. substack.com/p/beyond-the-age- of-growth
The Honest Sorcerer notes that China has about 30 years of coal at the current burn rate: Coal: The Next Chokepoint - How 'peak coal' could become China's Achilles' heel https://thehonestsorcerer. substack.com/p/coal-the-next- chokepoint
When will the bubble pop? WSJ Catches Up, Discovers AI's Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter https://www.zerohedge.com/ markets/wsj-catches-discovers- ais-balance-sheet-liabilities- are-3-trillion-and-growing-12- trillion
GB News presenter Patrick Christys was ordered by police to abandon his home in the middle of the night after a credible death threat from the Channel people-smuggling gangs he continues to expose in Calais. The threat-to-life notice from the Metropolitan Police left Christys and his heavily pregnant wife, fellow GB News presenter Emily Carver, packing bags and fleeing to a safe house. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gb-news-host-forced-home-migrant-gang-death-threats
A retired British police officer has been handed a criminal conviction and more than £1,000 in fines for resharing a satirical Facebook meme poking fun at Islam...
..The case has sparked fresh warnings that blasphemy laws, abolished in England in 2008, are being revived by the back door - but only for one religion.....The second image showed a man in a turban next to a rasher of bacon with the caption: "Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9-year-old!" That post led to the conviction. The judge decided it was about religion rather than politics and was therefore "grossly offensive." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blasphemy-law-back-retired-british-police-officer-fined-islam-joke
National and local youth sports leagues are harvesting children’s biometric data for profit while telling parents it’s a requirement for their child to play, according to Michelle and Doug Bottoms. Attorney Greg Glaser said the practice violates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/no-guardrails-youth-sports-leagues-mandate-digital-id-sell-kids-biometrics-profit/
Just weeks after suffering a massive legal defeat in New Mexico, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is now defending itself in a California federal court against a bipartisan coalition of 29 states. The states say Meta deliberately designed its platforms to addict children and harvested their data in violation of federal law. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/meta-faces-unprecedented-legal-reckoning-over-youth-mental-health-massive-multistate
An executive order signed Monday gives the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines 90 days to produce a report that could shape the nation’s childhood vaccination policy. After decades of ignoring a legal requirement that the task force evaluate and report on vaccine safety, HHS reestablished the task force just months after attorney Ray Flores, with funding from Children’s Health Defense, sued the agency. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/trump-executive-order-task-force-on-safer-childhood-vaccines-90-days-produce-safety-report/
Dr. Anthony Fauci just refused a private transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson's subcommittee. The same week, a former ABC News correspondent revealed that the network gutted a 2021 Wuhan lab leak investigation after the script was sent to Fauci for review. https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fauci-hiding-abc-censorship-bombshell-explodes
Meryl Nass MD, Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock (who killed HCQ) asked Fauci and Francis Collins to help study reported vaccine injuries in May 2021 - Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson released another tranche of Fauci documents over the weekend. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/acting-fda-commissioner-janet-woodcock
Celia Farber is dubious, but there are a lot of facts to legally discover: I've Changed My Mind: The Fauci Hearings Were Just Political Fish-In-Barrel Shooting: Beware Of Half-Heroes
Did You Know The Zelenko Protocol Was Invented By Ralph Baric To Protect THEM In The Event Their Bio- Weapon Sickened Them? What Did David Martin Hand-Deliver To Paul and Johnson, And When? https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/ive-changed-my-mind-the-fauci-hearings Steve Kirsch with evidence that is strictly avoided: The average age that parents noticed their children became autistic shifted dramatically after the MMR shot rolled out - Listen to this testimony in Congress on April 3, 2000 by Dr. Bernard Rimland. As soon as they rolled at the MMR shot, the average age parents noticed autism shifted to when the MMR was given. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-average-age-that-parents-noticed
Steve Kirsch, The autism survey that "they" will never do - Bret Weinstein replicated my autism survey results using his followers. Will any pro-vaccine group show we got it wrong? No. Never. They won't even try. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-autism-survey-that-they-will
President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for separating the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine into three single-disease vaccines administered at separate medical visits is a long-overdue step in the right direction, according to doctors, scientists and medical freedom advocates who spoke with The Defender. However, it could be years before separate vaccines become available. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/breaking-up-mmr-vaccine-single-shots-benefit-kids-could-take-years/
MMR is typically given at 1 & 4 years of age. Measles morbidity and mortality increase after puberty. I'd wait 10 years. Vaccine-Maker Claims Splitting MMR Shot Could Take Up To 10 Years https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/splitting-mmr-vaccine-could-take-10-years-merck
Franklin O'Kanu, The Complete Vaccine Harm Profile: A Comprehensive Reference Guide - A systematic documentation of vaccine injuries, mechanisms of harm, historical coverups, and real-world evidence https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-complete-vaccine-harm-profile
Celia Farber, 2013 Study Found Lipid Nano-Particles Accumulate In The Ovaries Of Every Species Tested: Dr. Michael Yeadon https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/2013-study-found-lipid-nano-particles
Paul Marik MD, with a topic that is a burning question for some people: Unproven Cancer Treatments: Separating Hope From Evidence - Part 1 https://paulmarik.substack.com/p/unproven-cancer-treatments-separating
Stored agricultural surpluses were worth murdering for, worth defending, and could feed an army. Patrilineal clan societies formed raiding parties, defensible towns and armies. Genghis Khan's Y chromosome flourished. Most Y chromosomes died out. When Our Simplest Invention Killed 95% Of All Men Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXd-iGbxdPE
Horticulturalist (pictured with Mrs. Horticulturalist and bean-patch with electric fence wire)

