Globalism / Great Reset –
5,000 farmers are said to have taken part in a tractor rally in Slovenia in order to protest green agenda rules implemented by both national and EU officials in the country. Protests were inspired in part by the successful protests by farmers in the Netherlands.
Thousands of farmers across Slovenia reportedly took to the country’s streets in their tractors on Friday in order to protest various green agenda rules in place in the country.
The demo is reminiscent of similar events that are now regularly taking place in other EU countries, with farmers in Germany, Flanders and the Netherlands all having taken part in similar rallies protesting EU green rules.
According to a report by Euractiv, around 5,000 farmers are said to have taken part in the protest, which has largely been in response to recent ruling restricting the use of pesticides in certain areas over water pollution fears.
OBSERVATION – Under the banner of “No farms, No food”, these protests appear to be gaining traction from the local population of those countries. Definitiely a set back for the globalists.
Invasion of Illegals –
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was roasted like a pig testifying before the senate yesterday. The sad thing is there will be nothing done to him for his deliberate sabotage of US border security.
Biden / Harris watch –
Vice President Kamala Harris stumbled over her words during a speech in Ghana Monday, serving up yet another word salad on the world stage.
“There are a number of things on the issue of the economy as a whole that we must do … and a lot of that work is the work that I am here to do on the continent,”
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Video and mic capture of biden’s handler explaining to biden where to stand and how to walk up to that location.
CW2/Domestic violence –
Radical Transgenderism zone
Radical transgender activists, and their leftist allies and MSM doubled and tripled down in support of the gunwoman who attacked the Christian School in Tennessee, trying to deflect all blame onto republicans and those opposing the radical transgender agenda – especially the passing of laws to protect children from the drag show perverts and those pushing bodily mutilation of children. The examples are too numerous to note here, but in total were vile.
Second – the MSM continues to paint the whole violent trans movement as the real victims here – even while the calls continue for violence towards any opponents of their agenda.
Overall – there is a growing threat of violence by these radical transgenderists against people/organizations they perceive opposing their demonically inspired agenda. This includes feminists, center -right commentators, Christian churches and politicians. The violent components of these terrorists are deeply embedded into Antifa and Antifa has been a willing accomplice in many recent attacks on those speaking out against the trans agenda. The silence of the left and its resounding failure to condemn the violence promoted by these militant trans activists will only encourage further more violence because they will think they are untouochable.
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“Hate has consequences.”
Radical trans activist group, the Trans Resistance Network, has released a statement mourning the death of the Nashville Christian school mass shooter. The statement says there were two tragedies, the murder of the children & school staff, & also that of Aubrey “Aiden” Hale, who it warns should not be misgendered. Ahead of the mass shooting, trans activists had urged “vengeance” against Tennessee & conservatives for banning the medical transitioning of children.
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LGBTQ+ groups told Newsweek that publishing the manifesto from the perpetrator of Monday’s school shooting could have “serious consequences.” Nashville Police said it won’t make the manifesto public “during an open investigation.”
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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday defended President Biden’s intention to use federal funds through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to pay for sex changes for children.
The secretary said that “everyone in America” should have “access to the health care that they need, whether you’re a child or adult.”
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Researchers at the Department of Defense (DOD) have recommended that servicemen’s children as young as seven should have access to expanded gender transition treatments.
In the latest issue of the American Journal of Public Health, the piece titled “Caring for Military-Affiliated Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youths: A Call for Protections” argued that legislative efforts in states have created a “gender-affirming care crisis” for minors by restricting medical treatments.
According to a study in JAMA Pediatrics, a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association, at least 2,500 children actively sought gender dysphoria services through Pentagon’s insurance plan, Tricare, after it began covering puberty suppression and cross-sex hormone treatment in 2017.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-03-27-pentagon-researchers-gender-affirming-care-military-kids.html
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The new Tiktok bill, known as the RESTRICT Act, has recently been exposed to contain numerous back doors that will enable the regime to punish opposing views on the internet by declaring the posters as being “foreign adversaries”, subjecting them to 20 years in prison and a million dollar fine.
Any one surprised that the democrats are very supportive of this bill?
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
POLITICAL FRONT –
No decisions from NYC as the grand jury will not be meeting this week to address the Trump material.
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Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated on Tuesday that there has been “no progress” in the debt ceiling talks between House Republicans and the Biden administration.
China –
Senior U.S. official: China should not “overreact” and use Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s trip to the United States as a “pretext” for aggression against the island, according to AFP.
Japan –
Japan, the Philippines, and the U.S. are in talks to develop a trilateral security framework for the East and South China Sea region. The first discussions among principals are expected to take place in April with the goal of forging closer ties between Japan and the Philippines. The new security framework will focus on boosting deterrence against China and preparing for a potential crisis over Taiwan.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Analysts are noting that the Russian offensive operations are winding down. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure - primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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NUCLEAR THREATS –
US has informed Russia that it will no longer exchange data on its strategic nuclear forces following Moscow’s decision to suspend its participation in the New START treaty cutting long-range arms: WSJ
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting intensified overnight around Bakhmut and Avdiivka with some gains by Russia.
Russian artillery strikes intensified along the Kharkiv Oblast-Russian border region.
The Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
OUTLOOK –
More of the same from past postings. Russia continues to make incremental gains in Bakhmut and Avdiivka but at a high cost of Russian lives and material. Ukrainan forces are feeling increased losses too, but it appears that the ratio of Russia to Ukraine losses is still favorable enough to cause Ukraine to continue their economy of force mobile defense of these cities as they muster the forces for an expected counter offensive later this spring.
Even if Russia can successfully (pyrrically) capture those towns, they lack sufficient forces to exploit the “win” to necessary to capture the Donbas region.
Israel –
Israel remains on the edge of the abyss staring into the darkness. Protests have calmed down significantly, likely due to the pull back by Netanyahu of the judicial reform package and called for renewed negotiations on the package.
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The establishment of a national guard force in Israel would sabotage efforts to de-escalate tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, Palestinian officials warned on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reached an agreement on the force, which is expected to be approved by the Cabinet next week.
The new force will focus on fighting criminal organizations, especially in the Israeli-Arab sector, a spokesman for the National Security Minister said on Tuesday.
OBSERVATION – Looking further into the details of the mission of this ‘national guard’. It definitely hit a Palestinian nerve.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
WAR WATCH
Assassination was attempted on Azerbaijani MP Fazil Mustafa at his residence in Baku city. The MP was shot multiple times and is known for his strong stance against the Iranian government. He was lightly wounded in the attack.
As noted last week, Dr appt and other fact of life prevented me from getting this out yesterday, so a bit longer trying to catch up.
Of course all heck breaks out in the meanwhile . . . .
Globalism / Great Reset –
China and Brazil have signed a deal to conduct bilateral trade in their own currencies. Experts estimate the trade to be worth about $150.5 billion.
The French company TotalEnergies sold 65,000 tons of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to China and conducted the sale in yuan instead of dollars.
OBSERVATION - De-dollarizing trade has been a major line of effort by China to mitigate the risk of international sanctions and fallout over action on Taiwan. Chinese efforts to undercut the dollar are also expressed in the BRIC organization (Brazil, Russia, India, China) efforts to trade in currency other than the dollar. This effort is gaining other countries, however, the dollar remains a significant currency of trade, but could get hit hard in the event of a global crisis.
This applies to the global reset because the US economy must be crushed and its global dominance ended in order for the powers that be to execute their “reset” plans. A strong and dominant US will thwart any reset effort.
Wuhan virus –
U.S. Senate votes 68-23 to end COVID-19 “national emergency” that’s been in place since 2020.
Economy –
U.S. money supply is falling at its fastest rate since the 1930s, a red flag for the economy and financial markets. Money supply (M2) has now been shrinking year-on-year since December, an unprecedented development in modern times that should make investors sit up and take notice - growth, asset prices and inflation could all weaken.
Current M2 levels are below the pre-wuhan levels.
OBSERVATION - In my understanding, the high M2 was one of the many causes of the skyrocketing inflation rates of the past several years. It took off in response to economic shocks caused by the wuhan shutdown and related chaos, with the fed printing out tons of money. Printing more money made that money worth less. Rapid shrinking could cause the opposet response – a deflationary cycle that could be equally crushing to the economy due to the rapid change in just a short year’s time. Other analysts indicate that money in the system is ‘static’, not moving around – meaning in part that banks are being hesitant in making loans. Dropping M2 could also signal a potential end of the feds increases in the prime rate and could even indicate lowering the prime could be justified. However, the sudden drop suggests that further bumpy ride for the economy as it has been given little time to make adjustments.
Invasion of Illegals –
Record numbers of Chinese being intercepted at the border.
Biden / Harris watch –
No statement of grief for the families affected by the murdering transgender killer. Only a statement on how wonderful transgenders are and what a contribution to the nation they have made.
CW2/Domestic violence –
MSM and other leftist mouthpieces have worked to bury the radical/violent transgender movement as being the ‘victims’ of transgender ‘hate’. Even going as far as erasing that it was a CHRISTIAN school that was attacked and that is was the fault of Christian that their children were killed because of their transphobia. In an exclusive report on Thursday, The New York Post revealed CBS News executives sent out a memo demanding staff purposefully ignore the shooter’s gender identity, even though police indicated her transgender identity was most likely a motivating factor in the shooting spree.
Add to this the poke in the eye of the recognition of a national day of trans recognition / visibility and all the great contributions the trans community has made to the nation – all the while the trans community continues to call for violence against all opponents.
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US Marshals assigned to protect Supreme Court justices’ homes following the reversal of Roe v. Wade last year were directed “not” to arrest protesters “unless absolutely necessary,” according to newly revealed documents.
OBSERVATION – This places AG Garland in threat of perjury after testifying before congress that no such orders were given.
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Our Rights DC, the group behind Saturday’s “Trans Day of Vengeance” protest outside the Supreme Court, has announced that the event has been cancelled due to a “credible threat to life and safety.”
The event, which was originally scheduled for the “Transgender Day of Visibility,” as designated by President Joe Biden, was widely criticized following Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville in which trans-identified 28-year-old Audrey Hale murdered six people, including three children.
“This action will not be taking place Saturday due to a credible threat to life and safety,” Our Rights DC wrote on Twitter. “The safety of our trans community is first priority.”
They went on to suggest that the threat was “the direct result of the flood of raw hatred directed toward the trans community after the Tennessee shooting.”
That cancellation has apparently not affected other protests around the nation with SoCal Antifa and other Far Left activists organizing their Trans Day of Vengeance along with other Transactivism rallies to be held at numerous other large (blue) cities across the country.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary said she is resigning after posting a Twitter post that appeared to suggest violence against “transphobes” following the deadly mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school that left three children and three adults dead.
Hours after the mass shooting took place on Monday, Hobbs press secretary Josselyn Berry wrote: “Us when we see transphobes.” It included a GIF image of an actress pointing two handguns from a scene in the 1980 film, “Gloria.”
OBSERVATION - Forced out due to political damage from the pushback - NOT from the actual abhorrent content of the tweet.
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The Tennessee and Kentucky state capitol buildings were taken over by radical leftists trying to pressure legislators to adopt stronger gun control as well as not ban gender mutilation of children.
OBSERVATION – Can the left say ‘insurrection’?
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
POLITICAL FRONT –
The Manhattan grand jury came down with 38 felony counts against Trump yesterday before adjourning for a month’s time off. The indictment was a surprise for a number of reasons. For starters, on Wednesday, it was reported that the grand jury would be going on break for a month “largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus.” Secondly, the indications reportedly were that the grand jury was not convinced of the allegations due to the weakness of the evidence
Former President Donald Trump is “likely” to turn himself in to authorities as early as Tuesday of next week, but he won’t be placed in handcuffs at the time of his arrest, according to his lawyer.
OBSERVATION – The US has entered the Banana republic realm with these indictments. Given how the Manhattan DA has twisted the law to gain this makes it questionable if the charges will actually succeed in court. But to the democrat faithful, this is not essential – seen by their bogus impeachments of Trump.
Alan Dershowitz regarding indictment: ‘They’ve Made a Foolish, Foolish Decision’.
The Manhattan DA had better watch how Trump is handled VERY, VERY carefully, as any attempt to frog march trump, etc may well trigger kinetic responses from the right. So far, the Secret Service appears to be on top of all this to prevent any shows.
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Related - Ron DeSantis just released a statement shortly after Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, calling the indictment a “weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda” and saying that Florida, Trump’s home state, “will not assist in an extradition request”
OBSERVATION - Better performance by DeSantis given the blow back from earlier statements.
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The RESTRICT Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Thune (R-SD), is aimed at blocking or disrupting transactions and financial holdings linked to foreign adversaries that pose a risk to national security, however the language of the bill could be used to give the US government enormous power to punish free speech.
Advertized as attacking Tic Tok, in reality, the RESTRICT Act has very little to do with TikTok and everything to do with controlling online content.
In very specific terms a lot of U.S. websites would be impacted. Why? Because a lot of websites use third-party ‘plug-ins’ or ‘widgets’ or software created in foreign countries to support the content on their site. The “Restrict Act” gives the DNI the ability to tell a website using any “foreign content” or software; that might be engaged in platform communication the U.S Government views as against their interests; to shut down or face a criminal charge. The RESTRICT Act can also be used to punish people using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) if they’re used to access banned websites, and directs the Secretary of Commerce to “identify, deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, or otherwise mitigate” that which is deemed a national security risk associated with technology linked to the above countries.
OBSERVATION – Rather than coerce Twitter, FB, Youtube, etc, the feds can now by declaration go after counter regime narratives with the force of law via the very flexible language of the bill/law.
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The scandal regarding the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee’s improperly acquiring and using the private military records of Republican candidates for Congress took a turn for the worse as more information has come out.
Well, guess who runs the Veterans Affairs tech department? The DCCC’s chair’s husband.
Coincidence? She improperly acquired–through a “contractor”–the military records of people against whom she was running political campaigns.
Her husband runs the department that controls those records.
OBSERVATION – As with most of the other corruption running through the democrat machine – absolutely nothing will be done – no punishment what so ever.
China –
On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China firmly opposed Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the U.S and her scheduled public appearances. Chinese embassy Charge d’ Affairs Xu Xueyuan, said Tsai’s planned meeting next week with the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy would have significant repercussions and result in a “serious, serious, serious” impact on U.S.-China relations.
OBSERVATION – Standard rhetoric from China but may result in a similar ‘soft’ blockade of Taiwan via surrounding it with exclusion zones for military exercises, an action that occurred after pelosi’s visit to the island.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he is preparing his country for a future war, and announced a 7.2 percent increase in China’s defense budget, which has doubled over the last decade. He said this at the annual meeting of China’s parliament.
OBSERVATION – This preparation has been obvious given the substantial increase in military production and developments.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Analysts are noting that the Russian offensive operations are winding down. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure - primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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Secretary Blinken – “We are deeply concerned over Russia’s announcement it has detained a U.S. citizen journalist. The State Dept’s highest priority is the safety and security of U.S. citizens abroad. If you are a U.S. citizen living or traveling in Russia – please leave immediately.”
Logistics –
According to White House spokesperson John Kirby, Russia is seeking to acquire additional weapons and munitions from North Korea. Kirby added that Russia would likely send a delegation to Pyongyang to work out a weapons-for-food exchange.(FO)
Russian Personnel Issues –-
Putin signed decree on spring military enlistment campaign. 147,000 men this spring, instead of 134,500 last spring. Russia conducts two conscription cycles per year with the spring conscription cycle usually conscripting 134,000 Russian men.
Russia may use Belarus’ training capacity to support the increase of 13,000 conscripts from previous years.
Additionally, The Kremlin is preparing to mobilize 400,000 soldiers under the guise of “volunteers”. British intelligence notes that Russia wants to organize the campaign as an alleged recruitment of volunteers, and not as a mandatory mobilization.
NOTE – Some analysts suspect that most of this crop of conscripts will not go to Ukraine and that putin will keep them close in the event of threats against his power.
Economic Impact –
The Central Bank of Russia hit by sanctions, deprived of half of its reserves and cut off from transactions with world currencies, ended the year 2022 with a record loss in its history. For the year, the Central Bank lost 721.7 billion rubles (more than $9.3 billion), 27 times more than the year before, according to its annual report, which was earlier sent to the State Duma.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting intensified overnight around Avdiivka while Bakhmut remained steady with some gains by Russia.
The Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
Russian Territory –
Saboteurs have set fire to relay boxes throughout Russia’s Saratov region. This area is a crucial link in Russia’s military transport network, bringing soldiers & supplies from central & eastern Russia to Ukraine, and also acting as a supply route for Engel’s airbase.
OUTLOOK –
More of the same from past postings. Ukraine is having to expend more resources in Bakhmut to maintain the defense, forcing Russia to expend resources that they will desperately need to counter an Ukrainian offensive.
Talks for some kind of a peace settlement are increasing. Right now Russia will not settle for anything less that what they’ve conquered from their campaign. Ukraine will not settle for anything less that all Russians off Ukrainian soil – and that includes Crimea. The success or failure of the Ukrainian offensive will likely set the major conditions for any kind of peace talks.
Finland’s application has now been ratified by all members and we will join NATO.
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France continues to be rocked by protests and work stoppages/strikes being conducted in opposition to the raising of the retirement age unilaterally by Macron.
Israel –
Netanyahu has said yesterday he plans to appoint Avi Dichter to the role of Defense Minister for the next three months, but he has not yet made a final decision.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
WAR WATCH
Armenian telegram channel reports that there was a skirmish with Azerbaijani forces in the vicinity of Vardenis last night.
“We have been receiving news since early morning that the Azerbaijani armed forces have invaded Armenian territory several kilometers since yesterday and reached the outskirts of Tegh village” - Armenian news outlet Hraparak.
OBSERVATION – So far just smaller skirmishes with Russia proactively working to diplomatically coerce the Azeri’s to back off. This tactics may not work much longer as the Azeri’s are assessing the weaknesses in the Russian position and capabilities to stop a concerned Azeri invasion.
As noted last week, Dr appt and other fact of life prevented me from getting this out yesterday, so a bit longer trying to catch up.
Of course all heck breaks out in the meanwhile . . . .
Globalism / Great Reset –
China and Brazil have signed a deal to conduct bilateral trade in their own currencies. Experts estimate the trade to be worth about $150.5 billion.
The French company TotalEnergies sold 65,000 tons of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to China and conducted the sale in yuan instead of dollars.
OBSERVATION - De-dollarizing trade has been a major line of effort by China to mitigate the risk of international sanctions and fallout over action on Taiwan. Chinese efforts to undercut the dollar are also expressed in the BRIC organization (Brazil, Russia, India, China) efforts to trade in currency other than the dollar. This effort is gaining other countries, however, the dollar remains a significant currency of trade, but could get hit hard in the event of a global crisis.
This applies to the global reset because the US economy must be crushed and its global dominance ended in order for the powers that be to execute their “reset” plans. A strong and dominant US will thwart any reset effort.
Wuhan virus –
U.S. Senate votes 68-23 to end COVID-19 “national emergency” that’s been in place since 2020.
Economy –
U.S. money supply is falling at its fastest rate since the 1930s, a red flag for the economy and financial markets. Money supply (M2) has now been shrinking year-on-year since December, an unprecedented development in modern times that should make investors sit up and take notice - growth, asset prices and inflation could all weaken.
Current M2 levels are below the pre-wuhan levels.
OBSERVATION - In my understanding, the high M2 was one of the many causes of the skyrocketing inflation rates of the past several years. It took off in response to economic shocks caused by the wuhan shutdown and related chaos, with the fed printing out tons of money. Printing more money made that money worth less. Rapid shrinking could cause the opposet response – a deflationary cycle that could be equally crushing to the economy due to the rapid change in just a short year’s time. Other analysts indicate that money in the system is ‘static’, not moving around – meaning in part that banks are being hesitant in making loans. Dropping M2 could also signal a potential end of the feds increases in the prime rate and could even indicate lowering the prime could be justified. However, the sudden drop suggests that further bumpy ride for the economy as it has been given little time to make adjustments.
Invasion of Illegals –
Record numbers of Chinese being intercepted at the border.
Biden / Harris watch –
No statement of grief for the families affected by the murdering transgender killer. Only a statement on how wonderful transgenders are and what a contribution to the nation they have made.
CW2/Domestic violence –
MSM and other leftist mouthpieces have worked to bury the radical/violent transgender movement as being the ‘victims’ of transgender ‘hate’. Even going as far as erasing that it was a CHRISTIAN school that was attacked and that is was the fault of Christian that their children were killed because of their transphobia. In an exclusive report on Thursday, The New York Post revealed CBS News executives sent out a memo demanding staff purposefully ignore the shooter’s gender identity, even though police indicated her transgender identity was most likely a motivating factor in the shooting spree.
Add to this the poke in the eye of the recognition of a national day of trans recognition / visibility and all the great contributions the trans community has made to the nation – all the while the trans community continues to call for violence against all opponents.
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US Marshals assigned to protect Supreme Court justices’ homes following the reversal of Roe v. Wade last year were directed “not” to arrest protesters “unless absolutely necessary,” according to newly revealed documents.
OBSERVATION – This places AG Garland in threat of perjury after testifying before congress that no such orders were given.
**
Our Rights DC, the group behind Saturday’s “Trans Day of Vengeance” protest outside the Supreme Court, has announced that the event has been cancelled due to a “credible threat to life and safety.”
The event, which was originally scheduled for the “Transgender Day of Visibility,” as designated by President Joe Biden, was widely criticized following Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville in which trans-identified 28-year-old Audrey Hale murdered six people, including three children.
“This action will not be taking place Saturday due to a credible threat to life and safety,” Our Rights DC wrote on Twitter. “The safety of our trans community is first priority.”
They went on to suggest that the threat was “the direct result of the flood of raw hatred directed toward the trans community after the Tennessee shooting.”
That cancellation has apparently not affected other protests around the nation with SoCal Antifa and other Far Left activists organizing their Trans Day of Vengeance along with other Transactivism rallies to be held at numerous other large (blue) cities across the country.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary said she is resigning after posting a Twitter post that appeared to suggest violence against “transphobes” following the deadly mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school that left three children and three adults dead.
Hours after the mass shooting took place on Monday, Hobbs press secretary Josselyn Berry wrote: “Us when we see transphobes.” It included a GIF image of an actress pointing two handguns from a scene in the 1980 film, “Gloria.”
OBSERVATION - Forced out due to political damage from the pushback - NOT from the actual abhorrent content of the tweet.
**
The Tennessee and Kentucky state capitol buildings were taken over by radical leftists trying to pressure legislators to adopt stronger gun control as well as not ban gender mutilation of children.
OBSERVATION – Can the left say ‘insurrection’?
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
POLITICAL FRONT –
The Manhattan grand jury came down with 38 felony counts against Trump yesterday before adjourning for a month’s time off. The indictment was a surprise for a number of reasons. For starters, on Wednesday, it was reported that the grand jury would be going on break for a month “largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus.” Secondly, the indications reportedly were that the grand jury was not convinced of the allegations due to the weakness of the evidence
Former President Donald Trump is “likely” to turn himself in to authorities as early as Tuesday of next week, but he won’t be placed in handcuffs at the time of his arrest, according to his lawyer.
OBSERVATION – The US has entered the Banana republic realm with these indictments. Given how the Manhattan DA has twisted the law to gain this makes it questionable if the charges will actually succeed in court. But to the democrat faithful, this is not essential – seen by their bogus impeachments of Trump.
Alan Dershowitz regarding indictment: ‘They’ve Made a Foolish, Foolish Decision’.
The Manhattan DA had better watch how Trump is handled VERY, VERY carefully, as any attempt to frog march trump, etc may well trigger kinetic responses from the right. So far, the Secret Service appears to be on top of all this to prevent any shows.
**
Related - Ron DeSantis just released a statement shortly after Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, calling the indictment a “weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda” and saying that Florida, Trump’s home state, “will not assist in an extradition request”
OBSERVATION - Better performance by DeSantis given the blow back from earlier statements.
**
The RESTRICT Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Thune (R-SD), is aimed at blocking or disrupting transactions and financial holdings linked to foreign adversaries that pose a risk to national security, however the language of the bill could be used to give the US government enormous power to punish free speech.
Advertized as attacking Tic Tok, in reality, the RESTRICT Act has very little to do with TikTok and everything to do with controlling online content.
In very specific terms a lot of U.S. websites would be impacted. Why? Because a lot of websites use third-party ‘plug-ins’ or ‘widgets’ or software created in foreign countries to support the content on their site. The “Restrict Act” gives the DNI the ability to tell a website using any “foreign content” or software; that might be engaged in platform communication the U.S Government views as against their interests; to shut down or face a criminal charge. The RESTRICT Act can also be used to punish people using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) if they’re used to access banned websites, and directs the Secretary of Commerce to “identify, deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, or otherwise mitigate” that which is deemed a national security risk associated with technology linked to the above countries.
OBSERVATION – Rather than coerce Twitter, FB, Youtube, etc, the feds can now by declaration go after counter regime narratives with the force of law via the very flexible language of the bill/law.
**
The scandal regarding the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee’s improperly acquiring and using the private military records of Republican candidates for Congress took a turn for the worse as more information has come out.
Well, guess who runs the Veterans Affairs tech department? The DCCC’s chair’s husband.
Coincidence? She improperly acquired–through a “contractor”–the military records of people against whom she was running political campaigns.
Her husband runs the department that controls those records.
OBSERVATION – As with most of the other corruption running through the democrat machine – absolutely nothing will be done – no punishment what so ever.
China –
On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China firmly opposed Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the U.S and her scheduled public appearances. Chinese embassy Charge d’ Affairs Xu Xueyuan, said Tsai’s planned meeting next week with the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy would have significant repercussions and result in a “serious, serious, serious” impact on U.S.-China relations.
OBSERVATION – Standard rhetoric from China but may result in a similar ‘soft’ blockade of Taiwan via surrounding it with exclusion zones for military exercises, an action that occurred after pelosi’s visit to the island.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he is preparing his country for a future war, and announced a 7.2 percent increase in China’s defense budget, which has doubled over the last decade. He said this at the annual meeting of China’s parliament.
OBSERVATION – This preparation has been obvious given the substantial increase in military production and developments.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Analysts are noting that the Russian offensive operations are winding down. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure - primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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Secretary Blinken – “We are deeply concerned over Russia’s announcement it has detained a U.S. citizen journalist. The State Dept’s highest priority is the safety and security of U.S. citizens abroad. If you are a U.S. citizen living or traveling in Russia – please leave immediately.”
Logistics –
According to White House spokesperson John Kirby, Russia is seeking to acquire additional weapons and munitions from North Korea. Kirby added that Russia would likely send a delegation to Pyongyang to work out a weapons-for-food exchange.(FO)
Russian Personnel Issues –-
Putin signed decree on spring military enlistment campaign. 147,000 men this spring, instead of 134,500 last spring. Russia conducts two conscription cycles per year with the spring conscription cycle usually conscripting 134,000 Russian men.
Russia may use Belarus’ training capacity to support the increase of 13,000 conscripts from previous years.
Additionally, The Kremlin is preparing to mobilize 400,000 soldiers under the guise of “volunteers”. British intelligence notes that Russia wants to organize the campaign as an alleged recruitment of volunteers, and not as a mandatory mobilization.
NOTE – Some analysts suspect that most of this crop of conscripts will not go to Ukraine and that putin will keep them close in the event of threats against his power.
Economic Impact –
The Central Bank of Russia hit by sanctions, deprived of half of its reserves and cut off from transactions with world currencies, ended the year 2022 with a record loss in its history. For the year, the Central Bank lost 721.7 billion rubles (more than $9.3 billion), 27 times more than the year before, according to its annual report, which was earlier sent to the State Duma.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting intensified overnight around Avdiivka while Bakhmut remained steady with some gains by Russia.
The Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
Russian Territory –
Saboteurs have set fire to relay boxes throughout Russia’s Saratov region. This area is a crucial link in Russia’s military transport network, bringing soldiers & supplies from central & eastern Russia to Ukraine, and also acting as a supply route for Engel’s airbase.
OUTLOOK –
More of the same from past postings. Ukraine is having to expend more resources in Bakhmut to maintain the defense, forcing Russia to expend resources that they will desperately need to counter an Ukrainian offensive.
Talks for some kind of a peace settlement are increasing. Right now Russia will not settle for anything less that what they’ve conquered from their campaign. Ukraine will not settle for anything less that all Russians off Ukrainian soil – and that includes Crimea. The success or failure of the Ukrainian offensive will likely set the major conditions for any kind of peace talks.
Finland’s application has now been ratified by all members and we will join NATO.
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France continues to be rocked by protests and work stoppages/strikes being conducted in opposition to the raising of the retirement age unilaterally by Macron.
Israel –
Netanyahu has said yesterday he plans to appoint Avi Dichter to the role of Defense Minister for the next three months, but he has not yet made a final decision.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
WAR WATCH
Armenian telegram channel reports that there was a skirmish with Azerbaijani forces in the vicinity of Vardenis last night.
“We have been receiving news since early morning that the Azerbaijani armed forces have invaded Armenian territory several kilometers since yesterday and reached the outskirts of Tegh village” - Armenian news outlet Hraparak.
OBSERVATION – So far just smaller skirmishes with Russia proactively working to diplomatically coerce the Azeri’s to back off. This tactics may not work much longer as the Azeri’s are assessing the weaknesses in the Russian position and capabilities to stop a concerned Azeri invasion.