Weekly News-Mar-28-2024

Here are our top 5 stories of the week.

#1 – Tens of Thousands Israelis Continue to Protest in Israel Against Netanyahu as Country Descends into Chaos and is on Brink of Civil War

By Brian Shilhavy | Vaccine Impact

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Tens of thousands of Israelis continued to protest against Netanyahu in Israel today, with the country descending into chaos and standing on the brink of civil war.

Netanyahu is trying to dismantle the government and all opposition against him, as he desperately tries to hang on to power over the fallout of “Qatar-Gate”, which revealed that Netanyahu (as well as the U.S.) has been funding Hamas since before Oct. 7, 2023. See:

Israeli Media Reveals that Hamas is Actually Funded by Israel – And of Course Israel is Funded by the U.S.

Netanyahu fired the head of Shin Bet, the Israeli agency that parallels the U.S. FBI, as protests and riots broke out across Israel. Read full article >

#2 – Bankrupt 23andMe Cleared By Judge To Sell Americans’ DNA Data To Highest Bidder

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge

#3 – 25% Auto Tariffs On Canada And Mexico Go Into Effect On April 2nd

By Mac Slavo | SHTF Plan

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Ruler Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on autos from Canada and Mexico will take effect on April 2nd. The tariffs will undoubtedly drive up car prices for United States consumers and harm an already struggling domestic car-manufacturing industry.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has already responded, denouncing the tariffs as representing a “direct attack” on his country’s workers and declared that further retaliatory tariffs are likely. He also said that the “ties of kinship” and “ties of commerce” between the US and Canada were “in the process of being broken”. Read full article >

#4 – Oil Wars: Trump Announces New Sanctions And Tariffs On Venezuela Causing Oil Prices To Rise, As Trump Eyes New Proxy War

By Jacob M. Thompson | The WinePress News

President Donald Trump, in his latest round of threats and sanctions, is now going after Venezuela and its oil supply, picking up where he left off from his first tenure and continuing to apply aggression towards the oil-centric nation, something the previous Biden administration ramped up in late-2023 as it signaled it was ready to fund yet another military occupation to defend its ‘national interests’ by defending oil-rich neighboring Guyana.

#5 – Trump Nominates Biotech Insider Susan Monarez to Lead CDC

By Veronika Kyrylenko | The New American

President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Susan Monarez, currently the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for CDC director. This decision comes after the withdrawal of his initial nominee, Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman known for his anti-establishment stance in medicine. Weldon’s nomination was reportedly retracted due to insufficient support in the Senate. ​

Monarez’s nomination has raised concerns among those who believe the CDC has strayed from its stated mission, particularly in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Critics argue that her extensive background within the federal health bureaucracy and a heavy focus on technology-driven biosecurity suggests a continuation of the status quo rather than the long-overdue reform. Read full article >

Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.

#1 – Trump Quietly Signs Executive Order To Modernize Treasury Department Payment System, Eliminating Cash And Checks To Eliminate ‘Fraud’ In Move Towards CBDC And Tokenization

By Jacob M. Thompson |  The WinePress News

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While national headlines are focused on the latest now dubbed “Signalgate” drama after leaked messages from ranking White House officials discussing war plans, President Donald Trump quietly signed an executive order that modernizes the treasury department by eliminating traditional checks and money orders, going totally digital in what Trump claims is designed to clamp down on fraud and waste.

Trump signed two matching executive orders yesterday during a White House Cabinet room meeting. Trump said during the signing that this was something Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted, adding that this should have been done “25 or 30 years ago.” Read full article >

#1 (tie) – Trump Makes Astonishing Statement About U.S. Joining British Commonwealth of Nations as ‘Associate Member’

By Leo Hoehmann |  Substack

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By itself, this comment could be dismissed as mere trolling. But taken in context with other comments about Canada, some believe we should take Trump at his word. Then there’s the Curtis Yarvin factor

I have often wondered if the media persona surrounding Donald Trump as being a “Russian asset,” has been part of a grand deception.

Watching how he has played the Russia-Ukraine peace talks forces me to consider that Trump’s reputation may be part of a plot to deceive Russia and Putin. Read full article >

#2 – Digital Public Infrastructure Will Enable Public, Private Entities to Control Your Access to Essential Goods, Services & Mobility

By Tim Hinchcliffe | The Sociable

If you thought three years of COVID restrictions and lockdowns were bad, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) rollouts will enable public and private entities to use those same coercive measures again for whatever reason.

Digital Public Infrastructure is a civic technology stack comprised of three fundamental components: digital ID, fast payment systems, and data exchanges between government agencies, businesses, and citizens. Read full article >

#3  – ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

By Pamela Ferdinand  | U.S. Right to Know

Exposure to “forever chemicals” in drinking water is significantly associated with the increased risk of multiple cancers, including some not previously linked to these toxic compounds, a first-of-its-kind study shows.

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are endocrine-disrupting chemicals widely used in consumer products, from textiles and food packaging to cleaning agents. Known for their persistence in the environment, they accumulate in humans and animals and have been linked to cancer, birth defects, liver disease, thyroid disease, decreased immunity, hormone disruption, childhood obesity, and a range of other serious health problems.  Read full article >

#4 – Bill Gates: Within 10 Years, AI Will Replace Many Doctors and Teachers—Humans Won’t be Needed ‘for Most Things’

By Tom Huddleston Jr. | CNBC

Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed “for most things” in the world, says Bill Gates.

That’s what the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told comedian Jimmy Fallon during an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” in February. At the moment, expertise remains “rare,” Gates explained, pointing to human specialists we still rely on in many fields, including “a great doctor” or “a great teacher.”

But “with AI, over the next decade, that will become free, commonplace — great medical advice, great tutoring,” Gates said. Read full article >

#5 – After Thousands of Deaths and Kidnappings, Nigerian Christians Call on US to Recognize Their Persecution

By Christianity Today

Family members mourn loved one who were victims of violent persecution in Nigeria. (Photo: International Christian Concern)

Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration removed Nigeria from a list of countries whose threats to religious freedom are of “particular concern,” but continued attacks on Christians and other religious groups by Islamist militias have prompted calls from local faith leaders and members of the US Congress for the designation to be restored.

In Africa’s most populous nation, a deadly cycle of violence has unfolded for several years, with Christian clergy and laypeople as well as moderate Muslims falling victim to murder and kidnapping. The Christian nonprofit Open Doors recently reported that in 2024 some 3,100 Christians were killed and more than 2,000 kidnapped in Nigeria. Read full article >