Your Sunday News Assembly, for 4-21-24!
Breaking news, contextual information, and video links to carry away long-term lessons supporting liberty!
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This week, we have 20 news stories and a lot of contextual info to split those stories open and draw out long-term lessons that can support freedom any time! We also have two video links that you might want to see!
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ONE!
I got to mention this on my show Friday night. It's clearly, clearly FAKE NEWS! It must have been made up by those unscrupulous cads who insist on REAL data from the Climate Cultists. How could we possibly accept the idea that the Climate Cult would be lying to us – with OUR MONEY? 😉 Hidden Behind Climate Policies, Data From Nonexistent Temperature Stations | The Epoch Times
Hidden Behind Climate Policies, Data From Nonexistent Temperature Stations
Hundreds of ‘ghost’ climate stations are no longer operational; instead they are assigned temperatures from surrounding stations.
www.theepochtimes.com
TWO!
Here's another really bad economic idea, from the central planners who brought us EV subsidies and Ukraine funding, to name a few of their big hits! Biden vows to shield US steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs (msn.com)
Biden vows to shield US steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The Democratic president’s pitch comes as Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent, tries to...
www.msn.com
And a reminder of the laws of economics, from ye olde Mises Institute! Tariffs Are Taxes on Americans—But Protectionists Pretend Otherwise | Mises Institute
Tariffs Are Taxes on Americans—But Protectionists Pretend Otherwise | Mises Institute
Tariffs are nothing more than taxes, which means that protectionists believe high taxes create prosperity. This is an absurd claim.
mises.org
THREE!
I got to talk about this Friday night, as well, which is why Liberty Conspiracy is part of a balanced breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The seriousness of this, and what it hints for more to be revealed, are stunning. But since the NHS already has been caught using aborted babies as fuel for hospital furnaces and they continued to practice their "Liverpool Pathway" to withhold hydration and food from terminally ill young and very old patients (allowing the hospitals to see the patients die faster, and lower their NHS expenses to keep the poor people alive), this is not surprising... Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials (msn.com) No image on this so I'll offer this: The NHS was taking kids with blood disorders and intentionally infecting them with Hepatitis C and HIV.
FOUR.
This is another issue I got to mention on my ol' streamin' show. These state AGs are fighting the Biden Admin's plans to use the CAFE "regulation" to push internal combustion engines out of the fleets that most automobile makers offer for sale. It's tied to legislation that Joe Manchin and others proposed (and saw passed, but only as a Resolution, last week), pertaining to the mandates being applied to state transportation departments to do the "measuring"... and I'll post that info, as well – if the feds still allow that. 😉
Half of US states revolt against EPA crackdown on gas cars with major legal challenge (msn.com)
Half of US states revolt against EPA crackdown on gas cars with major legal challenge
FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 25 states filed a federal legal challenge against the Biden administration on Thursday, arguing its crackdown on gas-powered cars is illegal.
www.msn.com
Manchin's bill, when he proposed it in Feb: Manchin Leads Bipartisan Effort To Overturn Federal Highway Administration’s Unlawful, Impractical Emissions Rule | U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia (senate.gov)
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia
www.manchin.senate.gov
The Result: Senate votes to overturn Biden rule on state transportation emissions (msn.com)
Senate votes to overturn Biden rule on state transportation emissions
The Senate passed a disapproval resolution overturning a Transportation Department rule requiring states to measure and set goals for reducing carbon emissions from cars and trucks on the road. The measure, introduced by Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), passed 53 to 47 vote, sending the resolution to the […]
www.msn.com
The video as the Resolution came up for a vote:
Manchin Speaks On Senate Floor In Support Of Bipartisan Effort To Overturn FHWA's Emissions Rule
The official YouTube Channel of Senator Joe Manchin. Proudly serving the people of West Virginia and working to bring people of all political parties togethe...
www.youtube.com
FIVE!
Johnson. Unscrupulous, unconstitutional, unbelievable. First, he tries to use immigration as a bargaining chip for funding foreign wars a few months ago, then he works with Dems to do this tomfoolery. He's an insult to the Founders, and to Natural Rights. Zelensky 'Personally' Thanks Mike Johnson for $61 Billion Gift from U.S. (breitbart.com)
Zelensky 'Personally' Thanks Mike Johnson for $61 Billion Gift from U.S.
Zelensky said he was "personally" grateful to Speaker Johnson after Johnson shepherded a $61 billion Ukraine aid package through the House.
www.breitbart.com
For added enjoyment: Exclusive — Jim Banks on Mike Johnson: I've 'Never Seen a Bigger Flip-Flop in Politics' (breitbart.com)
Exclusive — Jim Banks on Mike Johnson: I've 'Never Seen a Bigger Flip-Flop in Politics'
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said he has "never seen a bigger flip-flop in politics" than he has with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
www.breitbart.com
More, with deets about Israel and Taiwan, the 51st and 53rd state, with Ukraine in between: House passes $95 billion in foreign aid with support for Ukraine and Israel, ending stalemate - Washington Examiner
Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor of foreign aid during a rare weekend vote series on Saturday.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
By the way, here's this quaint facet of the Johnson staff choices. Speaker Johnson's Policy Chief Worked as Lobbyist for Pro-Ukraine Firms. (thenationalpulse.com)
And Victor Orban, of Hungary, has deep concerns: Orbán Says West Preparing to Send Military Into Ukraine - The New American
Orbán Says West Preparing to Send Military Into Ukraine
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned NATO is preparing to enter Ukraine, stating, “We are one step away from the West sending the military to Ukraine.”Orbán claimed the majority of NATO members are pro-war, stating, “Today in Brussels there is a pro-war majority. The mood in Europe is bellicose. The logic of war dominates politics. ...
thenewamerican.com
SIX!
What a shock. Also, according to the NYT, a "National Security Court" granted the feds a year-long extension prior to all the politicians screaming that if this FISA renewal was not passed we would all explode from lack of their beloved "spy-based security". Forget the Fourth Amendment, and don't tell people about this NYT story, either. Here is a screenshot
Senate renews FISA spy powers after late-night breakthrough - Washington Examiner
Senate renews FISA spy powers after late-night breakthrough - Washington Examiner
The Senate reauthorized a controversial FISA spying program on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Here is Thomas Massie on it, and the ugly chant offered by that Congress of criminals. https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1781763094621868138
ALX noticed, as well https://x.com/alx/status/1781750725820694691
Here are the 30 GOP Senators who voted for the FISA renewal. All of FISA is unconstitutional, regardless of whether the target is a foreigner or American, or a member of the band Foreigner... Here Are The 30 GOP Senators Who Voted To Reauthorize Warrantless Spying Tool | The Daily Caller
SEVEN!
In Massachusetts, the head of their Dept of Transporation is delighted to suck more out of anyone who "has money." https://x.com/HowieCarrShow/status/1781697287283990991
Howie Carr wrote his new column about this Howie Carr: Massachusetts' Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt is quite nutty (bostonherald.com)
EIGHT!
The fact that the DC busybodies can imagine that they have any constitutional or moral authority to ban a website indicates how utterly dangerous and arrogant they are. This protest won't mean anything to them, but it might show how intransigent the powerful are. We’ve got more on the TikTok Ban, down the list! Furious Gen-Zers Threaten DC Protest Ahead Of TikTok Ban Vote | ZeroHedge
Furious Gen-Zers Threaten DC Protest Ahead Of TikTok Ban Vote
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
www.zerohedge.com
NINE!
The Soros-backed DA in San Fran who replaced the previous Soros-backed DA who was allowing criminals to go free, over and over, she, like he was, is now hanging on, ready to be recalled. Soros-Backed, Super-Woke, California Bay Area Prosecutor Faces Recall (legalinsurrection.com)
Soros-Backed, Super-Woke, California Bay Area Prosecutor Faces Recall
Hopefully, the golden age of misguided social justice policies, especially those implemented by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, is coming to an end.
legalinsurrection.com
San Fran is the dirtiest and most debased place I have seen.
TEN!
More revelations that folks "in positions of authority" during this top-down-lockdown period were lying, over and over and over... Bombshell Testimony Reveals WHO Pushed for COVID Vaccine Passports Despite Knowing They Were a Scam (townhall.com)
Bombshell Testimony Reveals WHO Pushed for COVID Vaccine Passports Despite Knowing They Were a Scam
townhall.com
ELEVEN!
More UK insanity. Thought police in Scotland, and a bit farther south in the British Isles... Thought Police: Home Visit For UK Man Who Expressed Anger Online About Sydney Bishop Being Stabbed by Islamist - modernity Orwell, Terry Gilliam... eat your hearts out...
"People raised concerns about your views."
modernity.news
TWELVE!
As I got to mention Thursday night on Liberty Conspiracy Live, since my father met the natives in New Guinea and New Caledonia, and played volleyball against the natives in the latter, this statement from Biden struck me as incredibly dumb, but typical of his fantasy-replete claims. Papua New Guineans express outrage at Biden’s ‘very offensive’ claim about deceased uncle and cannibals - Washington Examiner
Papua New Guineans are outraged over Biden's comments implying his uncle was eaten by cannibals in World War II.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
THIRTEEN!
This is nice to see. As radio guys, we had to compete against the NPR stations we were forced to fund with our taxes. How about this indoctrination system NOT get our money and, instead, the stations have to compete in a private market? EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jim Banks Introduces Legislation To Defund NPR | The Daily Caller
And this related item: Wikipedia Founder Says Website Is Corrupted By NPR's Katherine Maher, Who May Have Worked With Intel Agencies. (thenationalpulse.com)
Seven of Nine, she is not, though she does work for the Borg.
Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, says the massive open-source online encyclopedia is likely ideologically corrupted due to the efforts of its
thenationalpulse.com
But don't ask her for comment: NPR CEO Katherine Maher Is Not Taking Questions About Her Tweets (reason.com)
NPR's Katherine Maher is not taking questions about her tweets
"I am not in the newsroom," the embattled NPR chieftain said over and over again.
reason.com
BORG.
FOURTEEN!
Oh, man... How about seeing the bigger picture of offense, that all of Title IX and most of the public accommodations portions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act are unconstitutional? Biden Admin Adds Trans Protection to Title IX | Newsmax.com
Biden Admin Adds Trans Protection to Title IX
The Biden administration expanded the definition of sex to include transgender with its Friday release of updated Title IX rules.
www.newsmax.com
And there's a lot more to the new "rules" Biden's New Title IX Rules Erase Due Process Protections in Campus Sexual Assault Cases (reason.com)
New Title IX rules erase campus due process protections
The new rules allow students to be found guilty of assaulting a classmate without ever seeing the full evidence against them.
reason.com
FIFTEEN!
Evidently, Finland likes the way the Brits treat speech. They are pushing this case to their highest court, forcing this member of their parliament to pay even more to defend herself... for publishing Bible verses. Top Finnish Court To Hear Case On Politician Charged Over Sharing Bible Verse | The Daily Wire
Top Finnish Court To Hear Case On Politician Charged Over Sharing Bible Verse | The Daily Wire
www.dailywire.com
SIXTEEN!
Here's a pertinent question. Where do the DC politicians find some enumerated constitutional "authority" to fund ANY charitable org. And then they can tell us how the Constitution has any “authority” over us at all... Nonprofit Misused Taxpayer Dollars To Fly Migrants Around US, Dem Rep Alleges | The Daily Caller
Nonprofit Misused Taxpayer Dollars To Fly Migrants Around US, Dem Rep Alleges
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar is alleging that Catholic Charities of San Antonio is misusing taxpayer dollars to fly migrants across the country.
dailycaller.com
SEVENTEEN!
Californians can thank the federal government and its claims to own and run land, the CA govt for the same, and PG and E for running lines over those lands, lines that have caused numerous cataclysmic fires... California loses two more property insurers in growing crisis | Fox Business
This is completely typical of California: Andrew Gruel
Chef Andrew Gruel discusses how California's minimum wage hike is resulting in layoffs on ‘The Bottom Line.’
www.foxbusiness.com
EIGHTEEN!
As Gerald Celente, of Trends Journal, predicted almost two years ago: Commercial real estate foreclosures jumped 117% in March as trouble looms | Fox Business This trend cannot be stopped, and it is the tip of the liquidation iceberg (pun intended).
Commercial real estate losses are going up, expert says
Thomas Michaud, CEO of KBW, a Stifel Company, assesses the stability of regional banks, commercial real estate and the Basel III proposals.
www.foxbusiness.com
NINETEEN!
Hello, Sydney, Australia. Can I say "Hello," or is that up to you, now? Orwellian Sydney Police: We Will Be the “Source of Truth” (reclaimthenet.org)
TWENTY!
The House passed its incredible TikTok ban, and yet the AP underplays this stunning and offensive move. Just incredible. House votes for possible TikTok ban. Will the app go away? | AP News
The House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don't expect the app to go away anytime soon
The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year.
apnews.com
One wonders what they would do if the House of Criminals passed a bill to force divestment/sale of AP or face a US ban...
BONUS! Super-Secret Number 21! This is something one easily could infer or deduce from the Biden Admin’s empty statements about “we expect Israel to do the right thing” as the Admin immorally and unconstitutionally handed the Israeli government more weapons, without question. Here, we see what is obvious. The US opposes a Palestinian state, which means that they embrace one of two options. First, they want the Palestinians to remain corralled in an occupied zone. Second, they want the Israelis to take over the area completely and remove the remainder — or close to it — of the Palestinian population. Either way, it is illegitimate, and leans towards genocide and ongoing war crimes. Here’s the Intercept piece on these uncovered cables reflecting the US position in favor of more occupation or a complete takeover…
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood (theintercept.com)
And, how about some video info?
Here’s a great chat, from Del Bigtree and the ICAN team, to remember what some folks experienced during the lockdowns and government-backed fibs about the improperly labeled “pandemic” that was not really a pandemic at all… The death stats showed no connection to reality, and even with their inflated PCR test narrative, the disease was no more deadly than the seasonal flu. https://rumble.com/v4qer7n-breaking-through-shannon-joy.html
And… this also is key, thanks to Sabrina Salvati and Max Blumenthal, on the subject of Israel’s genocidal occupation in Gaza, the Israeli attacks on Syria and Iran, and the US involvement.
And that does it for this Sunday! I hope all is well!
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