I’m back and a bit overwhelmed so lets get summarizing it.
Globalism / Great Reset -
The WH will be hosting a global warming conference including the likes if Bill Gates. There continues to be calls to institute wuhan like global shutdowns to force green goals and standards.
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Economy -
WH is beginning to direct aid to drought stricken areas of the west.
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Biden watch -
Wednesday, Biden warned that Americans may be forced to cancel their plans for celebrating the 4th of July this year if too many Americans choose to not get a coronavirus vaccine, as reported by the New York Post.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
The United States Postal Service is running a “covert operation program” to monitor the social media activity of American citizens without their knowledge or consent, according to official documents.
The documents, obtained by Yahoo News, reveal a program called Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) which hasn’t previously been made public, that’s meant to monitor the activity of conservatives and “right-wing” Americans.
OBSERVATION - This operation spells out all kinds of illegalities and potential abuses. Its charter calls for actions and threats sent by mail - not screening internet social accounts. Civil rights leaders are sounding the alarm over this supposedly innocuous government agency spying on American citizens instead of focusing on mail -related issues. But it makes perfect sense in that it is taking an obscure unit and turning it into a spy on Americans - circumventing the the traditional intelligence collection agencies and associated laws.
There is a schism developing between BLM and Antifa in Portland after Antifa destroyed a number of businesses and organizations that provide support to the black community. Leaders from Portland’s Black community write an open letter calling on white protesters to stop “doing damage to us.”
More sporadic violence following the Floyd verdict. BLM activists continue to warn that ‘reform’ and defunding the police haven’t gone far enough as they continue to look for more incidents to bring their riots to bear upon.
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Cyber Warfare -
The Chinese Communist Party is believed to be responsible for newly found hack attacks on the U.S. government, businesses and American infrastructure, cybersecurity company Mandiant said Wednesday. This is the third major cybersecurity breach to hit the U.S. in recent months — including two in March blamed on hackers linked to China’s government: one targeting 30,000 U.S. victims, including small businesses and local governments, the other hitting Microsoft.
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Russia - POTENTIAL FOR WAR IN UKRAINE
Russia’s defense minister on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills in Crimea that involved dozens of navy ships, hundreds of warplanes and thousands of troops in a show of force amid tensions with Ukraine. After watching the drills, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu declared the maneuvers over and ordered the military to pull the troops taking part in maneuvers in Crimea and western Russia back to their permanent bases. It is also being indicated that the heavy equipment / armor will remain at the forward bases that were set up at Pogonovo firing range in the southwestern Voronezh region and Crimea.
CLOSELY MONITORING - This could be a head fake or a real pull back of the approximately 150,000 Russian forces that were deployed the border region of Ukraine.
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Israel -
Syria launched a SA-5 surface-to-air missile toward Israel from Syria and that it exploded in the southern Negev. Initial concern was that it was targeting the Israeli nuclear research facility in the area. There was much initial confusion as to the nature of incident. Israel just prior to the SA-5 launch was striking Iranian bases around Damascus. IAF units conducted counter strikes against Syrian ADA batteries including the one suspected of firing the rocket.
OBSERVATION - uncertain if this was a rogue that missed an earlier target and didn’t preemptively self destruct or was designed to travel ballistically.
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Iran -
The UN atomic agency on Wednesday said Iran has installed additional advanced centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear plant, the site of a recent blast blamed on Israel. According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, seen by Reuters, Iran added two more cascades of IR-4 centrifuges and six clusters of IR-2m at its underground facility. The IAEA also confirmed that some of the centrifuges were in use and said the Islamic Republic plans to install another four cascades of the IR-4 at Natanz. Iran said it began enriching a small amount of uranium up to 60 percent purity at the site — its highest level ever, and a short step from weapons-grade. The UN atomic agency confirmed the enrichment, saying it was being done in an above-ground facility at Natanz.
OBSERVATION - Iran has accelerated getting its underground facility back in operation. Initial estimates of 9 months now appear to be too long and could be fully operational again in far less time.
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Wuhan virus -
India’s medical system is reportedly in collapse due to a surge in wuhan infections/hospitalizations.
CDC is claiming that the Moderna or Pfizer shots are safe for pregnant women, with complications no different than pre-shot.
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Economy -
Biden will propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals to 39.6%, which, coupled with an existing surtax on investment income, means that federal tax rates for investors could be as high as 43.4%, according to people familiar with the proposal. The plan would boost the capital gains rate to 39.6% for those earning $1 million or more, an increase from the current base rate of 20%, the people said on the condition of anonymity because the plan is not yet public. The dow dropped when this news came out.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Biden’s administration may provide immigration rights and citizenship to many foreign “climate migrants” who claim they are being displaced by climate change, the Associated Press (AP) reported this week.
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Biden watch -
Biden will give his first address to Congress as commander in chief on Wednesday, though not an official ’SOTU’ address. Increasing numbers of Republican will likely be absent from the address.
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POLITICAL FRONT -
Anger over the spying program is known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, continues to grow as new information on its activities come out.
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Strategic Developments /Deployments -
The whole fleet of B1 bombers (45 aircraft) has been grounded after a hole was is found in the fuel system. Individual aircraft will return to flight when they are deemed safe to fly by Air Force officials.
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Russia - THREAT STANDING DOWN
Russia says it will end its military drills along border with Ukraine on April 23rd according to the Russian defense minister. Ukraine spokespersons ”welcomes” the drawdown of troops from the border. NATO says it has taken note but remains vigilant, U.S. looking to see if withdrawals actually occur.
OBSERVATION - Russia is claiming that the equipment is in storage for another exercise later this summer. The pre-positioning of the equipment will make any future aggression easier and quicker provided Russia is able to properly store/maintain the weapon systems they left behind. Putin was also able to get a good fix in the clown act from the US and NATO response. Weakness only promotes future adventurism and war.
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Israel -
Israel is evaluating why a Patriot missile failed to destroy the SA-5 missile that strayed in from Syria. Iran is trying to take credit for it as an attack on Israel’s nuclear facility whereas the evidence shows it to have been a stray missile.
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