Weekly News Wrap

Weekly News-March22-2024

Here are our top 5 stories of the week.

#1 – Gaza on Brink of Mass Starvation and Death, UN-Backed Monitor Reports

by Chris Menahan | Information Liberation

Child starvation

Gaza is on the brink of mass starvation and death due to Israel’s blockade of food and water against the besieged strip, a UN-backed global hunger monitor reports.

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#2 – The Dangerous Language and First Amendment Challenges of the Rushed Anti-TikTok Bill

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net

US proposes Tik Tok ban

The question of the TikTok “ban” in the US has jumbled the political landscape, creating unusual alliances and stirring passionate debates across the nation. Although there is a striking unity in Congress supporting a TikTok ban, differing perspectives persist among the American populace.

If the legislation passes in its current form, Bytedance will have a 180-day window to divest TikTok or else it will face prohibition.

While supporters of the ban highlight TikTok as a national security threat, opponents argue that the proposed ban is a covert means of controlling other social media platforms. This is mostly due to some of the wording of the rushed bill. Read full article >


#3 – Musk’s SpaceX is Building Spy Satellite Network for US intelligence Agency

By Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert  | Business Insider
SpaceX

SpaceX’s substantial ties to US national security are deeper than previously known, according to a new Reuters report.

The astronautics company inked a $1.8 billion deal in 2021 with an American intelligence agency to create a network of spy satellites, the outlet reported, citing five sources familiar with the terms of the program. Read full article >


#4 – “Invasion”: Riot Erupts After Migrant Swarm Breaches US Southern Border, National Guard Left Helpless

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge

Shocking scenes were caught on tape in El Paso – which technically is in Texas but may as well be in Mexico – on Thursday afternoon when a massive swarm of angry illegal aliens stormed the key chokepoint to the US southern border, breaking through the border wall and steamrolling National Guard troops.

For those still unconvinced, this nation is being invaded, this video of illegals storming the border today should convince you otherwise.

The illegal immigrants are seen pulling the barrier open as four National Guardsmen try to keep them from crossing the border in the video posted on X by New York Post reporter Jennie Taer Thursday. The illegal immigrants rush through the gap opened, almost tramping the National Guard personnel, until coming up against a second, sturdier barrier.

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#5 – USAID’s Disinformation Primer: Global Censorship in the Name of Democracy

By Alan Macleod | MintPress News

USAID

A report from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) outlines how the government agency has been encouraging governments, tech platforms, establishment media outlets and advertisers to work together to censor huge swaths of the Internet. The 97-page “disinformation primer,” obtained by conservative firm America First Legal under the Freedom of Information Act, purports to be fighting fake news. However, much of the organization’s focus appears to be on preventing individuals from finding information online that challenges official narratives and leads to increased questioning of the system more generally.

The document calls for regulating video games and online message boards, steering individuals away from alternative media and back towards more elite-friendly sites, and for governments to work with advertisers to cripple organizations that refuse to toe official lines financially. Furthermore, it highlights government-backed fact-checking groups like Bellingcat, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council as leaders in the fight against disinformation, despite the fact that those groups have close connections to the national security state, which is an overwhelming conflict of interest. Read full article >

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

#1 – New Study of mRNA Toxicity which Shows ‘Issues That Could Have Fatal Consequences’ was ‘Hidden.’

by Patricia Harrity | The Daily Exposé

mRNA

A new study has been published regarding the “Strategies for reducing the risks of mRNA drug and vaccine toxicity.” but in contrast to other articles about “Covid” or the Covid jabs which have been open to the public, has been hidden from public reading. “Is this because there is something in it that may enrage people and make them want to hold those responsible accountable?” asks biomedical scientist, Dr Lidiya Angelova who has analysed the study after she was able to obtain it. Following her analysis she found that there is ‘no data to two major issues that could have fatal consequences” and as many of us have known from the outset, she says “Covid vaccines should never be given to a humans.”

Unfortunately, as the former President of the U.S. Barrack Obama recently admitted at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center “We’ve now essentially, clinically tested the vaccine on billions of people worldwide.” Obama, is also therefore admitting that world leaders and their minions who were and still are touting the “safe and effective” line, were lying, as many of us knew. Others, however, trusted their words resulting in 70% of people worldwide being coerced into taking these Covid mRNA products, a previously untested technology, becoming the lab rats in the” biggest human experiment ever.” Read full article >


#2 – “Disabling Cyberattacks” are Hitting Critical US Water Systems, White House Warns

by Dan Goodin | Ars Technica

cybercrime, ransomware, cyber attack

The Biden administration on Tuesday warned the nation’s governors that drinking water and wastewater utilities in their states are facing “disabling cyberattacks” by hostile foreign nations that are targeting mission-critical plant operations.

“Disabling cyberattacks are striking water and wastewater systems throughout the United States,” Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, and Michael S. Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, wrote in a letter. “These attacks have the potential to disrupt the critical lifeline of clean and safe drinking water, as well as impose significant costs on affected communities.” Read full article >


#3 – These 220+ Bank Branches Have Closed SO FAR in 2024

by Daisy Luther | The Organic Prepper

Bank branch closing sign

It’s not a great sign if your bank is closing branches all over the country. And that’s the case for many banks in the United States in 2024, in particular Bank of America, US Bank, and Citizens, which have had the most closures thus far. In all, 222 bank branches have closed in the first two months of the year, and if it keeps up at this rate, we’ll be looking at the closure of around 1300 branches.

Why are these branches closing?

If you’re wondering why the branches are closing, the answer, of course, is money. With each branch closure, they save on salaries and overhead. There are no employees to pay, no rent is owed, and no utility bills are racked up.

It’s been estimated that Bank of America’s 41 branch closures saved them over $100 million.

I think it’s also a worrisome sign that these changes have needed to occur. We’ve talked often on this website about the looming failure of our American economy, and this seems to be a signal that things aren’t as great as President Biden wants us to believe… Read full article >


#4 – ‘Allah is Displeased’: Islamic Extremists Leave Warning Note on Body of Christian Slain for Sharing the Gospel

by Morning Star News | Christian Post

Cross and crown of crucifixion

NAIROBI, Kenya — Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda killed a Christian for leading Muslims to faith in Christ, sources said.

Kiisa Masolo, 45, had returned to his home in Nakitiku village, Bunabuka parish, Bubeza Sub-County in Sironko District at 7 p.m. on March 8 after preaching on the streets of Nakaloke and Busajjabwankuba when seven masked men dressed in Islamic attire broke in and took him away, said his mother, Norah Nandege.

“After whisking him away, three men remained behind and told me that, ‘Allah is very displeased with your son, and we’re out to punish him,’” Nandege told Morning Star News. “Then the three men left.” Read full article >


#5 – Planet Fitness Revokes Christian Woman’s Membership Over Complaint About Man in Girls’ Locker Room

by Samantha Kamman | Christian Post

Planet Fitness

Libs of TikTok has accused Planet Fitness of neglecting the safety of its female members following a report that the company revoked the gym membership of a Christian woman who complained about a man shaving in the women’s locker room while a 12-year-old girl wrapped in a towel was present.

In a March 11 post on X, the now-former Alaska Planet Fitness member shared a photo she took of the adult man shaving at a sink in the women’s bathroom area. In a video recapping the incident, the woman said she understands the man identifies as a woman, but he is still a man in a private space for women. She added that she “love[s] [the man] in Christ,” but she isn’t comfortable having a man in the women’s locker room. Read full article >

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