SUNDAY DIGEST: Russian Medical Watchdog Group Reveals Data Suggesting Putin Is Being Treated for Thyroid Cancer
Russian Medical Watchdog Group Reveals Data Suggesting Putin Is Being Treated for Thyroid Cancer
A report from a Russian health watchdog group, Proekt (The Project) reveals that Vladimir Putin secretly took visits from a doctor specializing in thyroid cancer 35 times over four years, spending 166 days in each other's presence. Putin has been in the care of oncology surgeon Yevgeny Selivanov, whose nearly three dozen visits to Putin's Sochi residence appear to imply that the 69-year-old president was being treated for thyroid cancer. Putin had even more frequent visits from Igor Esakov and Alexei Shcheglov, two otolaryngologists.
If this report is valid it would go a long way to explaining some of the more questionable orders emanating from Putin’s office. If he is, in fact, backed into a health-related corner where fulfilling his perceived legacy is concerned, it is very possible Putin doesn’t much care about the consequences of his actions years down the road.
Leaks Documents Reveal Biden Abuse of Power in Lobbying DoJ to Prosecute Trump
Leaked documents claim President Biden is lobbying for former President Donald Trump to be prosecuted for events that occurred on January 6th, 2021. Democrats are executing a pressure campaign on the Justice Department to take action against Trump and people within his orbit in relation to the perceived Capitol “riot.” Biden confided to his inner circle that he believed Trump is a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted and wants Attorney General Garland to “act less like a ponderous judge and more like a prosecutor who is willing to take decisive action over the events of January 6th.”
How is this not one-hundred times more egregious than the phone call between then-President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky in which Trump asked Zelensky to simply have diligence in enforcing the laws of his country where the grifting Biden Family Clan was concerned? Mr. Biden is using his influence to pressure the Justice Department to target a private citizen who happens to be a political rival. This obliterates any notion of blind, equal justice and lands squarely in the area of political persecution.
SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Can't Comment on Whether 'Individuals Possess Natural Rights'
In a follow-up inquiry from US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), to Biden US Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Crus asked Jackson, “Please explain, in your own words, the theory prevalent among members of the Founding Fathers’ generation that humans possess Natural Rights that are inherent or inalienable; the theory that humans possess inherent or inalienable rights [that] is reflected in the Declaration of Independence.” Brown responded by saying, “I do not hold a position on whether individuals possess Natural Rights.”
Since the chief duty of a United States Supreme Court Justice is to act as a guardian to the US Constitution and, through that obligation, to the whole of the Charters of Freedom including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, Jackson has exposed herself as uniquely unqualified to serve the American people on the SCOTUS. There is no arguing away the fact that our nation was founded on the principle that each and every human being on the face of the earth is “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” That she can’t acknowledge the biological definition of a “woman” is grounds enough for her rejection. Her skirting a question about Natural Rights outs her as a far-Left ideologue and needs to be a game-changer.
California's Corporate Diversity Law Ruled Unconstitutional
A California diversity law requiring corporations to add people of color or a member of the LGBT community to their board of directors was deemed unconstitutional by a California judge Friday. The judge determined that the measure violated California's constitutional equal protection clause.
Not to mention it micromanages the managerial affairs of private companies, a realm where government should not be able to tread. The marriage of government will and private sector application is the foundational basis for fascism. We have experienced fascism before under both the Wilson and Roosevelt administrations. It has never served the country well. It has only served to enrich the elitist class and grow the power of the unaccountable Executive Branch bureaucracy; the Deep State.
Progressives' Unpopular Fascism, Extremism Finds Them Running from the Political Label
Far-Left Democrat candidates across the country are running from the “Progressive” label on the campaign trail signaling an attempt to rebrand their wing of the Democrat Party. On paper, most mesh with the fascist Left agenda being pushed by the most radical in their party; opposing fossil fuels, supporting “Medicare for All,” open borders, the use of executive action to achieve radical Left goals. While some high-profile contenders still use the moniker, others want to be thought of as “populists,” the very same moniker they bestowed upon Donald Trump.
Another reason the most radical of the radicals are running from the Progressive label is that, in the information age, it is coming to light that the Progressive movement in the United States – starting with Wilson, continuing through Roosevelt and Johnson to arrive at Obama and Biden – is a purely fascist movement by definition. Every policy enacted by the fascists of the far-Left has diminished the Natural Law rights of the individual American in deference to collectivism and expanded government – and especially the federal government – in an oligarchic-led bureaucratic autocracy. Progressives (read: fascists) are poison for freedom, liberty, and capitalism; they are poison for America.
DoJ Charges 12 People for Arming Gang Members in Chicago
In what can only be described as long overdue, the US Justice Department has announced a 21-count superseding indictment that charged 12 individuals with conspiring to violate federal firearms statutes after they trafficked over 90 guns from Tennessee and Kentucky areas to gangs in the City of Chicago. Among those charged, three were enlisted members of the US Army at the time of the crime. Nine of the remaining 12 individuals are members of the Gangster Disciples street gang based in the neighborhood of Pocket Town, Chicago.
I have taken to listening to the citywide Chicago Police Department scanner on some nights after midnight. What the men and women of the Chicago Police Department – and I suspect every major urban location – have to respond to on any given night is horrific. The litany of “shots fired” broadcasts from dispatchers is ongoing and it never ends. This is the dark truth about our society today: the arrogance to violence as the chief means of conflict resolution; the devaluation of life. Listen to a Friday night on the citywide Chicago Police Department band and you will come to despise those pushing the “defund the police movement” and see just how full of shit the BLM movement really is.
Judge Throws Out NY State’s Democrat Gerrymandered Congressional Map 'Unconstitutionally Drawn with Political Bias'
New York State Democrats passed one of the most absurdly gerrymandered redistricting maps in history, redistricting most congressional Republicans out of existence. It was considered a huge win for Democrats in their hope of retaining the US House of Representatives. But Judge Patrick F. McAllister of the New York Supreme Court ruled that the map violated state law, finding the new map was void ab initio because the proper procedure was not followed, and also because the maps reflected political bias, contrary to state law. The Judge ordered new maps to be submitted by April 11th or he would appoint an expert to do so.
In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can anticipate what kind of cereal you want to have in the morning, it is repulsive to think that such technology cannot be used to eliminate the partisan human element from crafting the maps that determine US congressional districts. It can be argued that because any algorithm used is not programmed to see wealth, politics, color, gender, etc., but simply voters, any bias would be immediately eliminated and congressional map gerrymandering would be exclusive to the corrupt past in history books.
Cruz Introduces Bill to Prevent Federal Reserve From Using Digital Currency as Surveillance Tool
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), has introduced legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals and competing with the private sector. Cruz warned that not only would this CBDC model centralize financial information but it could also be used “as a direct surveillance tool into the private transactions of Americans.” The bill stipulates that “No Federal Reserve bank may offer products or services directly to an individual, maintain an account on behalf of an individual, or issue a central bank digital currency directly to an individual.”
Imagine that: A modicum of common sense coming out of Washington, DC that not only restrains the federal government (shock of shocks) but also protects the decentralization of the cryptocurrency sphere at a time when the spendthrifts in the federal political class are drooling to take control. Let’s hope that Cruz’s bill makes it into law. It is a public service that would actually serve the public.
Sarah Palin Announces Run for US Congress
Former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced Friday that she is running for Congress. Palin released a statement on social media announcing that she is throwing her hat into the special election race to replace the late Republican Congressman Don Young who died in mid-March after almost 50 years in Congress.
Palin has the advantage in a crowded field. She served as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska from 1996 to 2002. Then became the chairwoman of the prestigious Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission in 2003. She then was elected as a Republican to become Alaska's ninth governor in 2006. Regardless of how the fascist Left in the media assailed her when she was milquetoast McCain’s running make in 2008, she served as a potent and dedicated governor to the people of Alaska. She can win this race easily. Funny, since everyone can now see Russia from the shores of Alaska, she doesn’t seem so sensationalist, does she?!
Bitcoin Price Could Tap $4.8M if BTC Becomes the Global Reserve Currency
Executives from Vaneck’s emerging markets bond investment team published a report last week, that touches on “extreme scenarios” where gold or bitcoin theoretically become M0 or M2 money supplies. The study’s calculations estimate that gold could reach $31,000 per ounce and bitcoin could potentially hit $1.3 million per coin. If the assets became M2 monetary supplies, then the values of bitcoin and gold could be much higher.
As much as it would pain the global elites to cede absolute control of the world’s sovereign money supply, the pure and right thing to do is to move to a decentralized economic system, where international monetary relations are concerned. Not only does this allow the individual to access the wealth generation of the international monetary system, it levels the playing field for every nation in the world, benefiting all instead of the few. It’s honest. Now, the Communist Chinese, the Federal Reserve, and the World Economic Forum won’t care for that, but let me cry some fake crocodile tears over that for them.
UN Chief Acts to Ensure Private Companies Obey Globalist Organization's Climate Orders
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrogantly appointed a panel to ensure private companies obey climate directives with “every business, investor, city, state, and region” targeted for compliance. Guterres wants private enterprises to be held to the same unlegislated strictures of globalist compliance, control, and obedience via the grandly titled “High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of NonState Entities.”
First, the United Nations has no power to issue edicts to sovereign nations about anything. Second, any thinking elected official from any country would immediately see Guterres as grotesquely overstepping his authority in unilaterally creating such a panel. The two put together warrant a brash, loud, and declarative dress down of the UN Secretary-General to remind him and his globalist body of unelected bureaucrats that they are nothing more than an over-glorified discussion group just one step above social media. The UN – as well as the World Economic Forum and International Monetary Fund – is not chartered to be a global governing body. It is time we make that perfectly clear.
Ukraine Regains Control of Whole Kyiv Region as Russian Forces Shifts Focus to East
The Ukrainian armed forces have retaken the whole Kyiv area, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier in the day that Russian armed forces are withdrawing from northern Ukraine in a “slow but noticeable” mode and being accumulated in Donbas, a disputed area. The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed that Ukrainian forces are retaking territory on the outskirts of Kyiv.
This is a good development and one that validates the claim that Putin grossly underestimated the effectiveness of both the Ukrainian military and the will of the Ukrainian people not to be steamrolled by his military. But I would caution people to both not take their eye off a re-constituting Russian military and a frustrated Putin. Further, in a best-case scenario, now that we have gone all-in with the Ukrainian people, we – the international community – must insist that the Ukrainian government purge the corruption that allowed people like the Bidens to grift millions from the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian government is not squeaky clean, structurally or ethically.
Mass Graves, Executed Civilians Uncovered as Russian Troops Retreat from Kyiv
As the Russian military retreated from the suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, evidence of war crime atrocities committed by the invading forces have come to light. Corpses of executed civilians and mass graves were found in the town of Bucha, 14 miles northwest of Kyiv and a mass grave was found on the grounds of the one church that was still open; hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped on top. Nearly 300 civilians were buried in the shallow grave. “We found mass graves. We found people with their hands and with their legs tied up...and with shots, bullet holes, in the back of their head,” senior Ukrainian government spokesman, Sergey Nikiforov, said. “We found half-burned bodies as if somebody tried to hide their crimes but they didn’t have enough time to do it properly.”
At the very beginning of this conflict, I was rebuked for reporting on the Russian military’s use of unconventional and banned weapons in Ukraine. Some, in Republican, Trump-supporting, and conservative social media groups, cawed, “Don’t believe it! It’s fake WMD propaganda all over again!” I shamed these lemming followers then and I stand by my declaration now. If all you do is read the headlines and think you understand the story you are not informed. If all you do is read one reporting source, you are ill-informed. You must consume information from all sides of every story and divine the facts for yourself; put together the common elements and consume those as the facts, then learn to recognize slant, spin, opinion, and partisan agenda.
Human Rights Watch: Russian Military Has Committed 'Apparent War Crimes' in Ukraine
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a nongovernmental organization, has documented several instances in which Russian soldiers have committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people; instances of violent crimes include rape, murder, and violence committed against civilians. After interviewing 10 people, including victims, local civilians, and witnesses of the offenses, HRW found that Russian soldiers had committed these violent acts between February 27th and March 4th, with one severe instance occurring in Bucha (see above story).
While many would argue that war, in and of itself, is a crime against humanity, there are instances when pure evil exists in armed conflict with peaceful people. These moments warrant the waging of war to stand for morality, ethics, justice, and freedom. Not all who wage war are evil. This is not the case with Vladimir Putin and, obviously, some within his supportive military ranks. War is meant to be limited to the warriors. The acts documented by HRW, if proven to be true, should warrant the ultimate judgment for those who perpetrated them and, perhaps even those who allowed them to happen.
China Recruited Private Investigator's in the US to Harass, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents
China recruited and hired private investigators to harass US-based dissidents and forcibly repatriate them. Federal law-enforcement officials and unsealed court cases reveal the Chinese government recruited private investigators at US trade associations and through cold calls, hiring them to pressure individuals located in the United States and elsewhere outside of China, to return to the People’s Republic of China to face charges or reach financial settlements with the Communist Chinese government.
That any government in the world is still doing business or executing trade with the Communist Chinese is a testimony to greed. The Communist Chinese have manipulated their currency against every other nation of the world, stolen proprietary technology from every other nation of the world, committed genocide against their own people, enslaved their own people, and now seek to impose their economic model – to their advantage – on the world. It is well past time we condemn and boycott private sector companies for enabling the “red menace” and we need to do it forcefully before it is too late.
Soaring Gas Prices Lead California Drivers to Mexico for Cheaper Fuel
Sky-high gas prices – driven to records in part by taxes – are finding many in Southern California to fill up their tanks in Mexico. Drivers with license plates from the Golden State are traveling as far as Tijuana, where gas is being offered at prices at least $2 less per gallon.
With gas averaging just under $7 per gallon in Southern California, what do you expect? Only a fool would willingly add approximately $30 to the cost of a fill-up only to feed the state government that has been taxing its populace to death. This is just another example of how the emotional far-Left never thinks anything through to the end. In a state where there are rolling blackouts, the eco-government attacks the fossil fuel industry to affect these hideously high prices even as they can’t guarantee enough utility to charge their preferred electric vehicles. So, tell me again why an all-of-the-above energy approach doesn’t make sense?
Farmers Turn to Soybeans Over Corn As Fertilizer Prices Spike
For just the third time in recorded history, farmers will be planting more soybeans than corn as they grapple with the rising cost of fertilizer. Russia previously accounted for 15percent of US fertilizer imports. Prices for some types of fertilizer cost a record $1,520 per ton, an increase of 127 percent this year. Corn is up 4 percent, at nearly $7.67 per bushel. As a result, 4 million fewer acres of corn will be planted, while soybean crops will increase by the same amount.
As the report reveals, “soybeans put nitrogen back into the ground rather than extract it, so they only need a small amount of fertilizer when compared to corn.” And while it is a good thing that farmers can rotate their crops so as not to completely deplete the soil of nutrients for the long haul, it is unacceptable that the United States, rich in just about every natural resource but for massive amounts of lithium, should see its farmers wanting for anything. America First may evoke partisan ire, but the concept is solid and it isn’t isolationism. We should always be self-sufficient. It is that state of existence that makes trade with us valuable at all.
UCLA Race and Equity Officer Wishes for the Death of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
On March 25th, Jonathan Perkins, the race and equity director for UCLA's Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, wished death to US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – the second Black American to serve on the Supreme Court. The controversial remarks were made the same day that the 73-year-old Thomas was released from the hospital after experiencing flu-like symptoms. “No one wants to openly admit [we all] hope Clarence Thomas dies. Whatever you need to tell yourselves," Perkins tweeted.
First, the idea that a university needs to have an Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion proves that the administration has failed to execute a proper setting for education. Education knows no skin color, no gender. Basic education is about cultivating critical thinking and basic function skills. Higher education is about the cultivation of advanced critical thinking and specialized skills. Education is not about picking winners or losers or placing labels on groups of students. Education today in the United States is failing on all levels at every level. Regarding Perkins, he’s a hate-filled human being who should never have been hired at an educational institution in the first place. He should be terminated and publicly ostracized for his hate. He is the problem in the United States today.
Court Upholds Verdict: Woke Oberlin College Must Pay $31M to Bakery It Smeared as Racist
Oberlin College must pay a record $31 million to Gibson’s Candy, Ice Cream & Bakery, a Mom & Pop bakery in Oberlin, Ohio, that accused the school of ruining its business with false accusations of racism, according to three judges on the Ninth District Court of Appeals. The court ruled 3-0 to uphold a 2019 ruling, that started with three Black Oberlin College students stealing from the store and trying to deflect from their crime crying “racism.” The college backed the student’s false allegations. The award is the largest defamation verdict in Ohio history.
Good. Justice prevails. Further, Oberlin College should be prohibited from covering that award burden with any taxpayer dollars from any level. The victimhood era in which those with falsely elevated self-esteem feel they are owed something; who believe that because they aren’t given everything they desire they are “victims,” must end. The endless cries of aggrievement – racism, discrimination, non-inclusion, inequity – should be exposed for what they are, tools of the grifter seeking to opportunistically gain from the division of our society. It’s E Pluribus Unum, not “grab what you can, it’s everyone for themselves.”
