MINDFUL INTELLIGENCE REPORT ™
THURSDAY EDITION – MAY 9, 2024
editor Paul Gordon Collier
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Isaiah 52:7-8
TOP STORY
FBI BACK TO BACKDOOR CENSORSHIP OF SOCIAL MEDIA – The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner (D-IN), has perhaps accidently revealed that the Biden administration is back to strongly encouraging social media companies to censor content according to the direction of Biden-directed government agencies.
The Federalist garnered this comment from the FBI on this confession: “The FBI remains committed to combatting foreign malign influence operations, including in connection with our elections. That effort includes sharing specific foreign threat information with state and local election officials and private sector companies when appropriate and rigorously consistent with the law.”
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FEATURES
DID THE EEOC JUST FORCE TRANS FASCISM ON AMERICAN BUSINESSES? – A new rule by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has broadened the definition of workplace discrimination to include misgendering people. In other words, the EEOC is attempting to force American businesses to force American workers to accept the new non-binary social construct of human sexuality and gender.
AUSTIN CONFIRMS BIDEN WITHHELD MUNITIONS DELIVERY TO ISRAEL – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed the rumor that the White House was withholding munitions delivery to Israel due to Israel’s continued commitment to a Rafah offensive. The Secretary claimed the U.S. was reviewing some “near-term security assistance shipments” but U.S. support for Israel is “ironclad.”
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TOP HEADLINES
JOHNSON EASILY REBUFFS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE WITH HELP FROM DNC – U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-AR) easily rebuffed a challenge to his speakership set forth by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-LA), who submitted a motion to remove the current speaker from his office to a chorus of boos from the House chamber.
The vote was 359-43, with 7 votes abstaining. The majority of Democrats, 163, voted down the measure, joining 196 Republicans, who did the same. Donald Trump praised the vote, saying “[I]f we show DISUNITY, which will be portrayed as CHAOS, it will negatively affect everything! Mike Johnson is a good man who is trying very hard.”
STUDENTS WIN A MILLION BUCKS AFTER BEING EXPELLED FOR DOING “BLACKFACE” – Two students, Holden Hughes and Aaron Hartley, have won $500K each from St. Francis High School, California. The two students were expelled after being accused of doing “blackface” when a social media post of the two men wearing acne crème went viral.
Krista Boughman, one of the students’ lawyers, said of the victory, “This case is significant not only for our clients but for its groundbreaking effect on all private high schools in California, which are now legally required to provide fair procedure to students before punishing or expelling them. The jury rightly confirmed that St. Francis High School’s procedures were unfair to our clients and that the school is not above the law.”
College Students Don’t Care About Your “Genocide” – A new Axios poll reveals American college students don’t support the cause that’s causing them to lose class time and even miss major events, including graduation ceremonies; That cause is the Palestinian cause in its war against Israel, the Gaza war.
The poll reveals only 13 percent of college students support the Palestinian cause, and only 11 percent rate it as a top issue in this year’s national, state, and local elections.
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HEADLINES
AI WILL OFFER A FUTURE FOR RE-ANIMATED LOVED ONES? – AI ethicists Tomasz Hollanek and Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska have posited a theory based on a method of analysis called “design fiction” that has led them to conclude loved ones lost in the future, if they leave a digital footprint, including audio and video, can be recreated as an AI friend.
Nowaczyk-Basińska stated, “Rapid advancements in generative AI mean that nearly anyone with internet access and some basic know-how can revive a deceased loved one. At the same time, a person may leave an AI simulation as a farewell gift for loved ones who are not prepared to process their grief in this manner. The rights of both data donors and those who interact with AI afterlife services should be equally safeguarded.”
FANI WILLIS DISQUALIFICATION APPEAL APPROVED BY GEORGIA COURT, PUTTING HALT TO TRUMP TRIAL – “President Trump looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia Court of Appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton County DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.” – Trump’s lead defense counsel Steve Sadow
CANON HALTS TRUMP TRIAL INDEFINITELY AFTER EVIDENCE SUGGESTS FBI PLANTED EVIDENCE IN MAR-A-LAGO RAID – from thefederalist.com – In a footnote, the special counsel writes that this situation is “inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court.” In other words, the special counsel has been lying to the court, the public, and the Trump legal team this whole time about the evidence grounding its entire case.
THIRD BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER EMERGES – from independent.co.uk – A former quality manager for Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s largest supplier, and which builds much of the 737 Max aircraft, has claimed that he was pressured to play down any defects he found when inspecting fuselages on the plane.
JUDGE RULES CATHOLIC CHURCH CAN FIRE TEACHER FOR NOT FOLLOWING CATHOLIC BELIEFS ON SEXUALITY – from catholicherald.co.uk – In a reversal of a 2021 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a Catholic school in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, was justified in firing a substitute teacher over his same-sex relationship.
CROATIA’S RULING PARTY MUST LEAN FURTHER RIGHT TO HOLD ON TO POWER AFTER LATEST ELECTION – from apnews.com – Croatia ’s ruling conservatives on Wednesday agreed to form a coalition with an extreme party, which would push the country further to the right ahead of next month’s European parliamentary election. The governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, and the far-right Homeland Movement reached the agreement weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary vote that has stirred political uncertainty.
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MORE NEWS
ANTI-LIBERTY AGIT-PROP
ED.NOTE: Links in this category are either agitprop (be it intentionally or unwittingly) or exposing Agitprop intended to undermine American liberty values. Agitprop is not always revealed in the headlines alone.
Trump Is Scared That He Will Be Put In Prison For “A Long Period Of Time”– www.politicususa.com
Ending the Nuclear Deal With Iran Might Be Trump’s Biggest Failure– www.truthdig.com
Kristi Noem’s Career Death Spiral Worsens As She Bails On CNN– www.politicususa.com
Trump’s Wild Gestapo Remarks vs. Biden Faces ‘Jaded Electorate’– www.newsbusters.org
Tapper: MTG Motion Is ‘Kristi Noem Taking A Shotgun To Cricket’s Head’– crooksandliars.com
TRENDING & MSM WATCH
US Supreme Court reinforces police power in seized vehicle ruling – Reuters– www.reuters.com
Media Scorn Protestors for Distrust of Corporate Reporters– www.truthdig.com
COVID ‘FLiRT’ variants spreading. Chicago experts urge vaccination.– www.chicagotribune.com
American and Israeli Flags Vandalized at Harvard University– legalinsurrection.com
At least 3 dead as severe storms rip through central, southeast U.S.– www.cbc.ca
Louisiana Bill to Restrict Concealed Carry Near Parades Fails in House– www.usacarry.com
WORLD
Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins– www.thenation.com
Biden: I’ll Cut Off Arms Shipments If Israel Invades Rafah– crooksandliars.com
Biden Threatens to Withhold Weapons to Israel Over Rafah Invasion– time.com
Netanyahu’s political survival in hands of far-right ministers | Israel– amp.theguardian.com
Republicans Move to Deport Pro-Hamas Foreign Students– slaynews.com
Israeli police raid Al Jazeera office in Nazareth– www.bbc.com
Nearly 79,000 Have Fled Rafah Since Monday, UN Says– www.nytimes.com
U.S. POLITICS
Appeals court refuses to stop Hunter Biden’s gun trial– www.wesh.com
House Republicans Refer Michael Cohen To DOJ For Perjury– thefederalist.com
MTG’s Efforts to Remove Mike Johnson Fails as Democrats Vote to Save Him– www.westernjournal.com
Speaker Johnson Survives Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Ouster Attempt– www.dailysignal.com
House rejects Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Johnson, but chaos lingers– japantoday.com
Georgia Trump Case Could Be Tossed If Willis Is Disqualified– thefederalist.com
Ilhan Omar Facing Serious Censure Resolution– trendingpoliticsnews.com
MARKET
US overtakes China as Germany’s top trading partner– www.deccanherald.com
Chevron’s $52M Iran Oil Seizure Loss Not Covered, Court Told– www.law360.com
U.S. sales still down 1 year after Bud Light controversy– www.stltoday.com
Rents are rising faster than wages across the country, especially in these cities– www.cbsnews.com
Elon v OpenAI: judge disqualified after challenge from Musk’s lawyers | OpenAI– amp.theguardian.com
The Biden administration wants free speech for Big Labor, not businesses– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Vietnam’s China ties loom large in U.S. hearing on market economy upgrade– www.japantimes.co.jp
Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes, amid inflation– www.ctvnews.ca
Feds Target Tesla Over Autopilot & Full Self Driving Claims– cleantechnica.com
CULTURE
Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge – Yahoo! Voices– www.yahoo.com
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Auschwitz during March of the Living– www.reddit.com
A Gay Couple Is Suing New York City Over IVF Denial – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com
Pro-Life Group Will Target Arizona Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Pro-Life Law– www.lifenews.com
The Left is Totally Obsessed With Race– lidblog.com
Cancel Culture Prevents The Best Researchers From Engaging With The Food Industry– www.science20.com
University of Pennsylvania student says Jews are unsafe on campus– www.jpost.com
SCI-TECH
Hemispherical Solar Cells Unleash Unmatched Absorption– scitechdaily.com
U.S. banks undertake blockchain experiment – Investment Executive– www.investmentexecutive.com
Once-Hidden Hydrogen Gas Deposits Could Be a Boon for Clean Energy– www.scientificamerican.com
Being in two places at once could make a quantum battery charge faster– www.newscientist.com
Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation– arstechnica.com
Elon Musk Aims To Deploy Tesla Robotaxis In China: Report– news.abplive.com
Facebook will now let your business create entire ad campaigns using AI– www.techradar.com
DeepMind is experimenting with a nearly indestructible robot hand– www.newscientist.com
Federal cyber leaders proceed with caution on AI as a defensive tool– fedscoop.com
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‘“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. ‘ Ezekiel 3:17-19
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TOP STORIES
College Students Don’t Care About Your “Genocide”
Students Win a Million Bucks After Being Expelled for Doing “Blackface”
Johnson Easily Rebuffs Leadership Challenge with Help from DNC
Austin Confirms Biden Withheld Munitions Delivery to Israel – freedomist.com
Did the EEOC Just Force Trans Fascism on American Businesses? – freedomist.com
FBI Back to Backdoor Censorship of Social Media
MORE TOP STORIES
AI Will Offer a Future for Re-Animated Loved Ones?
Croatia’s Ruling Party Must Lean Further Right to Hold on to Power After Latest Election
Judge Rules Catholic Church Can Fire Teacher for Not Following Catholic Beliefs on Sexuality
Third Boeing Whistleblower Emerges
Canon Halts Trump Trial Indefinitely After Evidence Suggests FBI Planted Evidence in Mar-A-Lago Raid
Fani Willis Disqualification Appeal Approved by Georgia Court, Putting Halt to Trump Trial
WIRES
Appeals court refuses to stop Hunter Biden’s gun trial– www.wesh.com
US Supreme Court reinforces police power in seized vehicle ruling – Reuters– www.reuters.com
House Republicans Refer Michael Cohen To DOJ For Perjury– thefederalist.com
Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins– www.thenation.com
US overtakes China as Germany’s top trading partner– www.deccanherald.com
Biden: I’ll Cut Off Arms Shipments If Israel Invades Rafah– crooksandliars.com
Hemispherical Solar Cells Unleash Unmatched Absorption– scitechdaily.com
U.S. banks undertake blockchain experiment – Investment Executive– www.investmentexecutive.com
Once-Hidden Hydrogen Gas Deposits Could Be a Boon for Clean Energy– www.scientificamerican.com
MTG’s Efforts to Remove Mike Johnson Fails as Democrats Vote to Save Him– www.westernjournal.com
Speaker Johnson Survives Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Ouster Attempt– www.dailysignal.com
House rejects Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Johnson, but chaos lingers– japantoday.com
Biden Threatens to Withhold Weapons to Israel Over Rafah Invasion– time.com
Media Scorn Protestors for Distrust of Corporate Reporters– www.truthdig.com
Being in two places at once could make a quantum battery charge faster– www.newscientist.com
Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation– arstechnica.com
Elon Musk Aims To Deploy Tesla Robotaxis In China: Report– news.abplive.com
Facebook will now let your business create entire ad campaigns using AI– www.techradar.com
DeepMind is experimenting with a nearly indestructible robot hand– www.newscientist.com
Federal cyber leaders proceed with caution on AI as a defensive tool– fedscoop.com
Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model– www.aol.com
Ultra-processed food tied to higher risk of early death, study finds. What to avoid– globalnews.ca
Renewable energy responsible for 30% of the world’s electricity supply in 2023– eandt.theiet.org
Apple’s iPad Ad Boasts Of Replacing The Real With The Fake– thefederalist.com
Jury finds Activision Blizzard liable in $23.4M patent infringement case– arstechnica.com
Researchers target spermidine production to combat emerging drug resistance in Salmonella– phys.org
Ozempic Face to Ozempic Breasts– people.com
Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge – Yahoo! Voices– www.yahoo.com
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Auschwitz during March of the Living– www.reddit.com
A Gay Couple Is Suing New York City Over IVF Denial – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com
Pro-Life Group Will Target Arizona Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Pro-Life Law– www.lifenews.com
The Left is Totally Obsessed With Race– lidblog.com
Cancel Culture Prevents The Best Researchers From Engaging With The Food Industry– www.science20.com
University of Pennsylvania student says Jews are unsafe on campus– www.jpost.com
New York’s Abortion Rights Amendment Removed from Ballot– slaynews.com
The death cult in American classrooms– www.americanthinker.com
The ‘Death to America’ Crowd– lidblog.com
Alaska Supreme Court schedules date for homeschool lawsuit appeal • Alaska Beacon– alaskabeacon.com
Chevron’s $52M Iran Oil Seizure Loss Not Covered, Court Told– www.law360.com
U.S. sales still down 1 year after Bud Light controversy– www.stltoday.com
Rents are rising faster than wages across the country, especially in these cities– www.cbsnews.com
Elon v OpenAI: judge disqualified after challenge from Musk’s lawyers | OpenAI– amp.theguardian.com
The Biden administration wants free speech for Big Labor, not businesses– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Vietnam’s China ties loom large in U.S. hearing on market economy upgrade– www.japantimes.co.jp
Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes, amid inflation– www.ctvnews.ca
ARCHIVES
Honduras Supports President Petro in the Face of a Coup Attempt|News|teleSUR– www.telesurenglish.net
Trump says Biden is ‘leading world into WW3’ in scathing Truth Social post– www.hindustantimes.com
Suspect who shot, killed 3 children at Gwinnett park identified – WSB-TV Channel 2– www.wsbtv.com
Can We Detect Doomsday Asteroids in Time?– scitechdaily.com
Northwest Schools evacuated after receiving bomb threats– www.wcpo.com
Ex-Palestinian Militant Obliterates Pro-Hamas Stooge on Piers Morgan’s Show– townhall.com
Boeing skids off runway at Senegal’s main airport, injuring at least 10– www.euronews.com
Miss Teen USA gives up title days after Miss USA resigned | US News– news.sky.com
Rat parts in sliced bread spark wide product recall in Japan– www.cbsnews.com
The House Boos Marjorie Taylor Greene As She Initiates Motion To Vacate– www.politicususa.com
The Age of Big Powerhouse U.S. Navy Warships Is All Over Now– nationalinterest.org
Large Families With Save the Planet From Terribly Low Birth Rates– www.lifenews.com
Kamala Harris sits down with White House foe to trash Clarence Thomas– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Apple’s Unionized Maryland Store to Vote on Possible Strike – MSN– www.msn.com
Louisiana’s governor wants to rewrite his state’s constitution—but won’t say why– www.dailykos.com
Laken Riley’s Accused Killer May Have Committed Another Crime the Same Day – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
Myanmar Junta Rebuffs Cambodia Ex-leader’s Request To Meet Suu Kyi– www.barrons.com
Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion– arstechnica.com
USMC testing Amphibious Combat Vehicle with Protector remote turret– www.army-technology.com
Budget impasse may be over in Missouri Senate– www.stltoday.com
Illinois Dems Supersize Power With Actual Attack On Democracy– thefederalist.com
News Corp misses quarterly revenue estimates – Reuters– www.reuters.com
Growing Africa’s share of global trade– www.businessdailyafrica.com
Don’t overestimate China’s ambitions in the Arctic– www.aspistrategist.org.au
Disney Quietly Allows Guests To Bring Guns Into Theme Parks– insidethemagic.net
Biden taps Florida judge for Atlanta-based federal appeals court– www.ajc.com
Girl, 17, fatally stabbed in neck outside Queens subway station– www.nydailynews.com
These birds break the sex binary like it’s nothing– www.popsci.com
Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan`s wife moved to jail on her request. Here`s why– www.wionews.com
North Korean Propaganda Chief Who Served All Three Leaders Dies– www.ndtv.com
New York judge tosses abortion-related Equal Rights Amendment from state ballot– thehill.com
After Disastrous Day In Court, Trump Demands Campus Protesters Be Arrested– www.politicususa.com
Israel’s Closure Of Gaza Crossings ‘”Unacceptable”: US– www.ndtv.com
Scientists Discover New Property of Light– www.sci.news
Podcast: Tesla Pulls the Plug on Supercharger – Bloomberg– www.bloomberg.com
Georgia’s ruling party stages mass rally to counter anti-government protests– uk.news.yahoo.com
King Charles III is ‘very good’ amid cancer treatment– www.latimes.com
Evidence of Ancient Human Activities Discovered in Lava Tube Caves– scitechdaily.com
Turkey to collaborate with Iran-backed Shiite militia force in Iraq– nordicmonitor.com
Italian PM Meloni Signs Cooperation Deals In Libya Visit– en.wenews.pk
Sperm whales ‘modulate clicks in similar way to human speech’ – The Irish News– www.irishnews.com
Nissan CEO: committed to staying in China but strategy there must change – WHBL– whbl.com
U.S. refiners throttle back Q1 output after record 2022 runs– au.news.yahoo.com
What Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron want from each other– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars– www.sciencedaily.com
Exxon, Chevron CEOs seek clear rules on US clean energy subsidies – Reuters.com– www.reuters.com
Neuralink Co-Founder Suggests He Left Elon Musk’s Company Over Safety Concerns– gizmodo.com
Around 1,000 Afghan Migrants Deported from Pakistan, Iran– english.aawsat.com
Deadly SA building collapse leaves dozens trapped– www.bbc.co.uk
US, UAE, and Saudi forces begin Exercise Native Fury 2024– www.army-technology.com
Kristi Noem insists she loves dogs after dog killing story backlash– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Five people killed in Italian sewage plant accident– www.channelnewsasia.com
NBC’s Kristen Welker Asks Tim Scott SIX Times to Accept 2024 Election Results– www.newsbusters.org
Media Goes Ape Over Trump’s Plan To Send Illegal Migrants Home– thefederalist.com
How are AI and crypto intersecting in exciting ways?– buffalonews.com
YouTube’s new AI-powered ‘Jump Ahead’ feature lets you skip to the good part– www.zdnet.com
US biofuels groups oppose EU regulations limiting SAF– www.world-grain.com
Wisconsin Supreme Court Agrees To Review Case Over Early Voting Sites– www.democracydocket.com
What Will Ukraine Do To Stay in the Fight this Year?– warontherocks.com
British Army currently has 221 in-service Challenger 2 tanks– www.army-technology.com
Will abortion turn Florida from red to blue? – www.informnny.com
Huge number of Chinese tourists in Laos during May Day holidays– www.thestar.com.my
New Claim Puts ‘WaPo’ Boss Will Lewis in Crosshairs of Murdoch Scandal– sg.news.yahoo.com
About Author
Paul Collier
Paul Collier is the editor of The Freedomist newsite, our Weekday Reports, and our Monthly Publication, Freedomist Intelligence Advisor (previously McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). He has been involved in news publishing since 2003.
