Globalism / Great Reset –
Ford Motor Company announced BlueOval City in 2021. BlueOval City is a $5.6 billion electric truck and battery production facility that is scheduled to be operational in 2025. To complete a roadway to the project, the state of Tennessee uses eminent domain to force farmers to sell land worth $200,000 per acre for only $3,750 per acre, the value before the project was announced.
OBSERVATION – Use of eminent domain to move ‘green’ projects forward was endorsed recently and was noted here a few days ago.
Wuhan virus –
Yesterday, Biden has acceded to a congressional resolution ending the national Covid emergency — “weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency, as the AP puts it. The AP adds that Biden signed the measure behind closed doors.
Economy –
The federal budget deficit soared to $1.1 trillion for the first half of fiscal 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, $430 billion more than in the same time frame the previous year. The rising deficit heralds a worsening budget picture for the federal government, especially as interest rates rise.
OBSERVATION – The rise of the deficit will impact talks on the national debt ceiling rise. This will only contribute further to the ecnomic chaos when the dominos start to fall.
Invasion of Illegals –
The Justice Department has said that ending the wuhan emergency would terminate the Title 42 migration policy that allows for the rapid deportation of people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border.
CW2/Domestic violence –
Slang words ‘red pill,’ ‘based’ labeled as ‘violent extremism’ by FBI.
OBSERVATION -This would appear silly on face value if it weren’t for all the other ‘triggers’ the alphabet law enforcement agencies have mustered against the right. Their standards have labeled over half the country as domestic terrorists by a dozen other standards. By publically calling out the used of these words, the regime is expecting a language change so those fearful of govt will use other words/phrases. Orwellian.
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Once again a deranged leftist democrat has gone on a shooting spree. Connor Sturgeon, the 25-year-old gunman who is suspected of killed at least four people, including a police officer, and injuring eight others on Monday in a Louisville, Kentucky bank, has been revealed to to be a registered democrat and posted anti-Trump and pro-lockdown posts on Reddit.
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Speaking of deranged leftists, Little Steven Van Zandt, E Street Band guitar player and longtime close friend of Bruce Springsteen, reportedly posted and then deleted a hate-filled rant on Twitter Sunday that called for the genocide of Republicans.
Van Zandt’s rant was screen-capped and reposted. Text: “Outrageous doesn’t begin to describe the actions of these Republican White Supremicist scumbag cowards and pussies that need guns to feel like real men. Gen Z, Gen Y, Gen X will unite and exterminate these cockroaches once and for all”
OBSERVATION – Another among many who are speaking what many of the Marxist left desire towards those on the right.
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Window boarding are being put up across Akron, Ohio ahead of the grand jury proceedings over the police officers who shot dead a black gunman following a car chase last year.
OBSERVATION - Will likely cause some local riots, but so far national coordination of protests not seen.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
Strategic Activity / Deployments –
The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China.
The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — will run up to April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military personnel.
OBSERVATION - China has increasingly been bullying the Phillippines around disputed waters for a while now. They have sought out the US as a partner to help patrol these disputed areas. Exercise also works to help heal rifts that occurred when the Phillippines kicked the US military out of the nation a couple decades ago.
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U.S. Strategic Command to hold nuclear command and control exercise tomorrow. This is an annual drill and not a sign of some impending event.
Cyber Warfare –
The FBI recently warned consumers against using free public charging stations, saying crooks have managed to hijack public chargers that can infect devices with malware, or software that can give hackers access to your phone, tablet or computer.
China –
PLA Eastern Theater Command completed patrol, military exercises around Taiwan Island. The final day’s worth of exercises yesterday reportedly were to simulate the surrounding of the Island and its blockade.
The last day saw 91 PLA aircraft and 12 vessels were detected around the nation, 54 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the SW & SE ADIZ.
OBSERVATION – A blockade of Taiwan would be preferable to China in that it relies on imports for fuel and food. It could avoid major conflict – provided that the rest of the world does not challenge the blockade. The exercises have provided a unique window into China’s tactics to blockade Taiwan. Such is the double edge of such exercises - execute your plans and give your opponent the opportunity to see some of the cards you are holding.
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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RUMINT-
Russia claiming to have hit major Ukrainian logistics centers, disrupting reported build up plans of the Ukrainian spring offensive. No confirming reports found from other sources.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over continuing over most of the forecast period.
RUMINT –
There is a massive amount of disinformation floating around out there. Much of it playing down Ukraine’s capabilities to successfully conduct its planned offensive.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting around Avdiivka and Bakhmut continues with Ukraine giving up terrain very grudgingly. Intensity at both areas appears to have declined over the last 24 hours.
The Svatove-Kreminna, Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
OUTLOOK –
Expect fighting in Avdiivka and Bakhmut to continue.
A lot of Russian related propaganda on the extensive defensive lines constructed to thwart the anticipated Ukrainian offensive. This is WW2 design and technology. As with obstacles, Russia has to be able to respond to penetrations and I think that Ukraine will keep them pretty well spread out trying to defend all.
I am still evaluating the so called classified leak(s) as being largely disinformation.
Belarus -
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko requested a formal mutual defense pact with Russia on Monday during a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Lukashenko asked for guarantees that Moscow would defend his country if attacked by the West.
ping above
SMH, news comes in surges.
Globalism / Great Reset –
(CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release strict new proposed federal emissions standards for light-duty vehicles that, if implemented, would move the US car market decisively toward electric vehicles over the next decade.
The EPA is considering emissions standards that could make up to two-thirds of new passenger vehicles sold in the US electric by 2032, according to a source familiar with the proposal.
If implemented, the new greenhouse gas performance standards would start for light-duty vehicles that are model year 2027 and gradually increase through model year 2032.
By 2032, the rules would ensure that 64% to 67% of all new-car sales in the US would be electric vehicles, according to the source.
OBSERVATION – I think I noted this move recently. Basically a reset of the automotive industry and an elimination of a large portion of the population from owning an automobile.
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New Zealand – dubbed the Saudi Arabia of milk for its dominant role in global dairy trade – wants its farmers to pay a world-first levy on agricultural emissions by 2025 to help reduce agriculture’s climate footprint.
OBSERVATION - Globalists going after farmers and ranchers again. Starve the world into population reduction.
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The Federal Ministry of Economics, headed by Robert Habeck (Green party) has “GROSSLY MISCALCULATED” the cost of removing oil and gas heating systems from homes and buildings, and installing heat pumps in their place by 2045. Instead of 132 billion euros cost by 2045 for citizens, the real price tag will be a whopping 621 billion euros! The total real price tag for all buildings will be 776 billion euros.
OBSERVATION – This is in part why there will be a global ‘reset’ as all these initiatives are designed to kill the global economies with totally unrealistic mandates. You can’t reset something until it is broken.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), similar to the private Federal Reserve here in the United States, has launched 14 different central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot programs in an effort to shift the country entirely to a cashless society.
The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) reportedly partnered with Grollo Carbon Ventures (GCV) to launch the trading of so-called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), which are tokens backed by “nature-based and real-world assets,” according to Reclaim the Net.
“When applied to carbon markets, tokenization has the potential to improve efficiency and transparency, reduce risk and preserve the unique characteristics of underlying projects to incentivize investment in climate solutions,” announced Nigel Dobson, ANZ’s banking services head about the venture.
OBSERVATION – The movement towards a global, CBDC programmed currency moves forward in incremental steps. In the land down under, they are more aggressive – having stronger WEF trained minions. Here they appear to be accelerating the merger of the digital currency with carbon credits, only a step away from monitoring carbon footprint of the individual and individual social credit scoring. Some have been noting that the WEF minions are tackling the CBDC issue on a regional basis, working to eventually bring all into a common, global system. Remember back in the Before Years of the efforts to bring the Americas into a common economic pool. The EU has already been working that side for a while. Now BRICS is being formed to tackle other aspects of economic unity.
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In a broad sense, much of Europe is moving away from its ties with the US and drifting towards what French President Macron calls “strategic autonomy” . This move is also coupled with a move towards increasing ties with China and a reluctance to get involved with any Taiwan-related disputes.
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The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday trimmed its 2023 global growth outlook slightly as higher interest rates cool activity but warned that a severe flare-up of financial system turmoil could slash output to near recessionary levels.
The IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook report that banking system contagion risks were contained by strong policy actions after the failures of two U.S. regional banks and the forced merger of Credit Suisse. But the turmoil added another layer of uncertainty on top of stubbornly high inflation and spillovers from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The IMF is now forecasting global real GDP growth at 2.8% for 2023 and 3.0% for 2024, marking a sharp slowdown from 3.4% growth in 2022 due to tighter monetary policy.
OBSERVATION – WEF/GGR minions will be examining this info for more ways to manufacture their global shut down of the economy in order to implement their reset.
Wuhan virus –
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that three individuals who sued the Kentucky governor for their right to assemble for worship during COVID-19 must be paid over $270,000 in attorney’s fees.
Randall Daniel, Theodore Roberts, and Sally O’Boyle sued in August 2020 after they received notices logging their attendance at Maryville Baptist Church’s Easter Service and informing them they must quarantine or face “further enforcement measures.” The group alleged Democratic Governor Andrew Beshear’s bans on religious gatherings and interstate travel violated their constitutional rights, which the Sixth Circuit affirmed in May 2020, according to court documents.
On Monday, the Sixth Circuit upheld a district court ruling awarding the congregants $272,142.50 in attorney’s fees, rejecting the governor’s challenges.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/11/governor-shut-down-church-pay-fee-kentucky-andrew-beshear/
OBSERVATION – Excellent news. Govt allowed Walmarts to be widely open, but restricted clearly established constitutional rights otherwise. More and more of these lawsuits are coming out against city/state gvts for their abuse of religious rights. It may or may not serve as a deterrent to future rights grabs.
Economy –
The Biden administration proposed actions Tuesday that would significantly reduce water supplies in seven western states amid severe drought conditions that stretch back decades.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) released a draft proposal that highlighted two potential actions it could take to combat the Colorado River Basin’s deteriorating water levels. The two proposals would each consist of federally-mandated supply reductions for states that are dependent on the river system which provides water for more than 40 million Americans and is vital for western states’ economies.
OBSERVATION – The proposals being looked will impact numerous economic sectors in varying degrees. Kalifornia could either benefit or have its agriculture smacked hard – depending on the proposal implemented. Urban dwellers will see their sunny oasis’s forced to cut way back.
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Small business credit availability is reportedly dropped to 20 year lows. Analysts are linking this to a potential commercial real estate collapse and its impacts on small banks.
OBSERVATION – I’m not a financial wiz, but clearly if small businesses are seeing credit drying up, then if/when the recession hits they will be the first to go and that will suck the air out of a large segment of the economy. Some could associate that with an effort to force people to rely on the big box store economic model – similar to the wuhan lockdowns that shut these same small businesses down, but permitted the biggies like Walmart to stay open. The rumbling are out there
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The CPI rose 0.1 percent in March, lower than the expected 0.2 percent. The largest contributor to the rise was the shelter index, offsetting a decline in the energy index.
OBSERVATION – The energy index is on the rise now in April, with spot reports of increases in natural gas and gasoline.
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Walmart is closing four stores in Chicago. Walmart said that the stores have never been profitable and that their Chicago area operations are losing tens of millions each year.
OBSERVATION – Not that any of the attendees of the DNC Nat Con will be visiting walmarts during their bash. Most likely the cause of the losses are theft – reason Walmart and other chains are closing stores in democrat strongholds like Portland and San Fran.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attempted to reassure Americans about the state of the global economy at a press conference on Tuesday. While acknowledging the possibility of an economic downturn, she said she did not anticipate one and believes that the U.S. banking system remains strong.
“I’ve not really seen evidence at this stage suggesting a contraction in credit, although that is a possibility,” Yellen said. “I believe our banking system remains strong and resilient; it has solid capital and liquidity.”
“So I’m not anticipating a downturn in the economy, although of course that remains a risk.”
OBSERVATION – Cannot grant much credibility to her claims, remembering just how far off the mark she was when she said inflation was only ‘transitory’ a couple of years ago, and we are still suffering thru its impacts.
Biden / Harris watch –
Biden in Ireland for no apparent reason.
CW2/Domestic violence –
House Republicans said Monday they have new information showing the FBI has been trying to develop undercover sources inside Catholic Church parishes throughout the U.S. in search of radical elements within the religious faith. The allegation follows a former FBI agent recently revealing a since-retracted field office memo, characterizing Catholics with a devotion to the traditional Latin Mass as possible domestic threats.
OBSERVATION – Connect this with the VA cancelling Catholic priests from serving parishioners at VA hospitals and you see where this regime is headed. Cut off one pieces at a time.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
POLITICAL FRONT –
The Democratic National Committee announced that their 2024 national convention would be held in Chicago from 19 to 22 August after a concerted lobbying effort by Illinois politicians.
OBSERVATION – Less than two years for Chicago’s uber leftist mayor to get crime under control – or not.
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Manhattan’s district attorney has sued Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), alleging the top Republican member has launched a campaign meant to intimidate. Jordan, a Republican, has launched “a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack District Attorney Bragg, making demands for confidential documents and testimony from the District Attorney himself as well as his current and former employees and officials,” Bragg, a Democrat, claimed in the new suit, lodged in federal court in New York.
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, shot back at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday over what the lawmaker said was a naked effort to obstruct congressional oversight.
“First, they indict a president for no crime,” Jordan tweeted after Bragg sued to block House GOP subpoenas of prosecutors who might have conflicts of interest with their office’s efforts to hang charges on former President Donald Trump.
“Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.”
OBSERVATION – Key pivot point of congressional leverage is that Bragg is prosecuting a federal level offense and has reportedly spent federal funds in his investigative and prosecutorial efforts. Both actions place him squarely within the purview of federal oversight by Jordan’s committee.
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The Biden administration involved itself in the raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home despite reports that its officials were “stunned” to find out about the news on social media, according to the group America First Legal, which obtained internal government documents related to the raid through a Freedom of Information Act request.
“The evidence further suggests that Biden officials in the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Justice unlawfully abused their power and then lied about it to the American people,” said Reed D. Rubinstein, America First Legal senior counselor and director of oversight and investigations, in a post on social media Tuesday. “This government, it seems, acknowledges no limits on its power to harass, intimidate, and silence its political opponents.”
Rubinstein’s comments come after a Freedom of Information Act request by America First Legal found the FBI initially obtained access to Trump records through a “special access request” from the Biden White House.
OBSERVATION – biden et al LIED, who would have thought.
China –
See Iran on rumored secret talks.
North/South Korea –
Eyes on Saturday for any military parade and missile/nuclear test as it is the Day of Sun - the founder of North Korea’s Birthday (Kim Il Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un). USAF ISR aircraft active in the region again this week. Increasing indications North Korea may be about to conduct further missiles or nuclear tests. Communications have gone dark between the North and South despite routine diplomatic calls from the south. A USAF RC-135V is currently up over the region on ISR.
OBSERVATION – in the past, NK would do something spectacular like this, but recent parades have not resulted in major weapons tests. With NK refusing to pick up the hot line and other factors, this may change this time. Needless to say a lot of intel eyes are watching.
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 –
Russia launched an ICBM carrying dummy warheads into Kazakhstan, according to Russian media.
Logistics –
See Iran on secret talks.
Russian Personnel Issues –-
- Russian State Duma approved a law on electronic register of military eligible men. Those who were summoned to military enlistment office will be banned from traveling abroad and driver’s license will be suspended.
- Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, currently doesn’t have a crew. This adds another hurdle to getting the ship, which finally departed its drydock at the Sevmorput Naval Shipyard in Russia’s northwestern Murmansk region in February, into any kind of real service. Since 2017, Admiral Kuznetsov has been undergoing a labored overhaul effort, during which time it has suffered multiple fires and a drydock sinking.
The Russian newspaper Izvestia first reported on April 10 that Admiral Kuznetsov’s crew is in the process of being reformed. According to a machine translation of the article, anonymous sources within the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed to the newspaper that preparations for the formation of Admiral Kuznetsov’s new crew have begun, although when exactly this started remains unclear. It’s also uncertain when this process will be finalized, owing to the significant challenges of finding and training the personnel needed to man the vessel.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over continuing over most of the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting around Avdiivka and Bakhmut. The head of Russia’s Wagner Group paramilitary organization, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed on Tuesday that his fighters controlled over 80% of the Ukrainian city Bakhmut. I expect that he is overstating his success for PR purposed, Russia has progressively been eating away Ukraine control of the town. Remember too, Russia has been trying to take this small town for nearly 9 months now. Russia has been using its tactics of heavy artillery and aerial bombardments to clear sectors of the cities. However, to do so they have stripped artillery from other sectors of the front, thus their offensives in Svatove-Kreminna and Zaporizhizhia Oblast have gotten no where.
It appears that Russian effort is shifting to Avdiivka with reports of Russian attempts to squeeze around the city from the north and south to cut it off. Also renewed operations south of the city to push further on the M-04 highway.
Russian telegram channels spread a video showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded live. The video is associated with forces from the Wagner Group.
The Svatove-Kreminna, Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
OUTLOOK –
Expect fighting in Avdiivka and Bakhmut to continue. Widely spread video of russians beheading an Ukraine POW is generating blowback and may harden the resolve of the west to support Ukraine.
Iran –
Politico reports China and Russia are in advanced secret talks with Iran to replenish the Islamic Republic’s supply of ammonium perchlorate, which could also help Moscow replenish its depleted stock of missiles and would violate UNSCR 2231
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
WAR WATCH
Fire was exchanged between Azerbaijan and Armenia forces, mortar fire has been reported as well. 6 Azeri forces have reportedly been killed. Azerbaijan has reportedly deployed additional forces near the border.