Iraqi National Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to smuggle Islamic State allies into the U.S. and form a team to assassinate former President George W. Bush. In light of President Biden’s current Executive orders that have created a de facto open border with Mexico, the news is causing some to wonder just what else has been left in under Biden’s watch.
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.
The organization No College Mandates has conducted a national survey of colleges and discovered that 48 American colleges and universities are still requiring students to take a Covid-19 vaccine in order to attend their college. The organization is against mandates, stating on its website “the coercive nature of college vaccine mandates completely disregards students’ individual freedom and right to bodily autonomy.”
BlackRock has just lost $8.5 billion after the Permanent School Fund, run by the Texas State Board of Education, announced plans to divest itself of all involvement with the alleged Marxist-spreading investment firm BlackRock, costing the social activist corporation billions in investment dollars from the organization.
Excerpt from townhall.com
… Led by Chairman Aaron Kinsey, the Texas State Board of Education found that BlackRock was not in compliance with a provision in Texas state code that prohibits state investment in companies that boycott energy companies, a practice that Kinsey found BlackRock’s emphasis on ESG has created.
As a result, the Permanent School Fund (PSF) took action on Tuesday, notifying BlackRock that it was divesting a whopping $8.5 billion from the firm — the largest single divestment from BlackRock since state leaders began rejecting asset management firms with values that run opposite their states’ priorities.
A release from the State Board of Education explains the legal basis for the divestment and how BlackRock ran afoul of Texas code:
Today, PSF leadership delivered an official notice to global asset manager BlackRock terminating its financial management of approximately $8.5 billion in Texas’ assets. Terminating BlackRock’s contract ensures PSF’s full compliance with Texas law.
The PSF’s relationship with BlackRock was not in compliance with Texas Government Code Section 809, commonly referred to as Senate Bill 13, which prohibits state investment in companies like Blackrock that boycott energy companies.
BlackRock’s dominant and persistent leadership in the ESG movement immeasurably damages our state’s oil & gas economy and the very companies that generate revenues for our PSF. Texas and the PSF have worked hard to grow this fund to build Texas’ schools. BlackRock’s destructive approach toward the energy companies that this state and our world depend on is incompatible with our fiduciary duty to Texans.
Today represents a major step forward for the Texas PSF and our state as a whole. The PSF will not stand idle as our financial future is attacked by Wall Street. This bold action helps ensure our PSF remains in fact permanent and will continue to support bright futures and opportunities for generations of Texas students.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs envoy, Wang Kejian, joined Hamas’ political head, Ismail Haniyeh to praise the organization and reiterate China’s shared vision with Hamas. He called Hamas “part of the Palestinian national fabric” while echoing Hamas’ talking points, stating their support for “the Palestinian people’s just demands for freedom, independence, and the establishment of the Palestinian state.”
Excerpt from freebeacon.com
A top Chinese diplomat emphasized China’s relationship with Hamas during the first meeting between a Chinese official and a Hamas leader since the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel…
“The two parties discussed political and field developments related to the situation in the Gaza Strip and ways to stop the war and deliver urgent aid, especially in light of the killing, starvation, massacres, and attempts to create chaos,” Hamas added in the statement.
Haniyeh, meanwhile, expressed his “pride in the close relationship between the friendly Palestinian and Chinese peoples,” while praising the Chinese government for trying to broker a ceasefire and sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The Hamas leader also stressed “the need to quickly stop the aggression and massacres” and “achieve the political goals and aspirations of establishing an independent Palestinian state.”
Washington State’s Supreme Court has ruled that the state bar exam is no longer a requirement for people seeking to practice law in their state. The reason given for the ruling is the exam “disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks” people in leftist preferred groups from becoming lawyers.
Excerpt from resistthemainstream.com
Washington State’s Supreme Court has declared that the bar exam is no longer a requirement for becoming a lawyer within the state, according to a pair of orders released on Friday.
This landmark ruling approves alternative methods for demonstrating competency and acquiring a law license, following a 2020 initiative where a task force was established to explore this matter.
The Bar Licensure Task Force discovered that the conventional exam “disproportionally and unnecessarily blocks” individuals from marginalized groups from entering the legal profession and deemed it “at best minimally effective” in ensuring competency, as per a news announcement from the Washington Administrative Office of the Courts.
Washington thus becomes the second state, after Oregon, to eliminate the bar exam requirement, with Oregon having made the change at the beginning of this year. Other states like Minnesota, Nevada, South Dakota, and Utah are also considering alternative licensure pathways.
“These recommendations come from a diverse body of lawyers in private and public practice, academics, and researchers who contributed immense insight, counterpoints and research to get us where we are today,” Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, who chaired the task force, said.
The National Security Innovation Base (NSIB) Report Card for America’s Defensive Tech was released this week, giving the sector alarmingly poor marks. The report suggests there are “major warning signs” the defensive tech industry has reached a critical fail point as innovation appears to have ground to a halt, with no signs the innovation advantage can be regained anytime soon.
Excerpt from www.washingtontimes.com
“Major warning signs” in the national security sector could hold back America’s ability to innovate at a crucial moment in the intensifying global competition with adversaries such as Russia and China, according to a report made public Tuesday.
The National Security Innovation Base (NSIB) Report Card, released by the Ronald Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace Through Strength, offers a deep dive into the overall health of American defense innovation. The Reagan foundation’s National Security Innovation Base Program said the report card examines “national security agencies and organizations, various research centers and laboratories, universities and academia, traditional defense ‘primes,’ commercial sector disruptors, venture capital and the innovative systems of American allies and partners” around the world, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the national security sector.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas can enforce its law that grants law officers the power to arrest illegal aliens since the Biden administration refuses to enforce national law. The vote was 6-3, with the 3 dissenting votes coming from the far-left Judges. But just hours after the ruling, a U.S. 5th Circuit panel seemed to somehow reverse the SCOTUS ruling 2-1 to lift the administrative state.
Excerpt from www.nbcnews.com
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants.
The conservative-majority court, with three liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request made by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over.
That means the law can go into effect while litigation continues in lower courts.
The law in question, known as SB4, allows police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border from Mexico and imposes criminal penalties. It would also empower state judges to order people to be deported to Mexico.
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TUESDAY EDITION – March 19, 2024
editor Paul Collier
(News recap from 12a March 18 2024 to 12a March 19 2024)
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
MEDIA MELTS DOWN OVER TRUMP’S “BLOODBATH” COMMENT – After President Donald Trump commented at a rally that if he didn’t get elected there would be a “bloodbath,” the media shared a narrative that Trump was calling for violence if he didn’t get elected. Upon reviewing the clip, the listener can hear Trump is referring to the economic cost of another four years of Biden and not calling for violence should he not get elected.
The media stories have been community-noted on X, showing the context of the Trump quote and the long history of the media’s use of the term bloodbath in exactly the same way Trump used it. Among those who only filter their news through DNC-serving outlets, however, they will be led to believe that half the country wants a violent civil war if their side doesn’t win, which is sure to produce more left on right violence, an effect this writer theorizes is JUST what the media is hoping to create.
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FEATURES
WOKE MAKES YOU SAD? – A new study conducted by researchers in Finland concludes that people who adopt the ideology of “woke” are at a higher risk of also suffering from depression and anxiety. The study was conducted doing a survey of 5,800 college students and faculty to first determine who was “woke” and then who was suffering from anxiety and/or depression.
The lead study author, Oskari Lahtinen, said they conducted the study because “the arrival of a critical social justice (often called ‘woke’) discourse sparked much debate in Finnish media in the last couple of years. This debate was largely data-free and it could thus be considered a worthwhile question to study how prevalent these attitudes are.”
SPY SATELLITE NETWORK BEING BUILT BY MUSK’S SPACEX – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is apparently building a network of spy satellites for an American intelligence agency according to a report run by Reuters. In the report, Reuters cites unnamed sources within the U.S. intelligence community who are making the claim Musk’s SpaceX is building the spy satellite network.
While Musk’s company, SpaceX, builds surveillance equipment for the U.S. government, his social media company, X, continues to create a brand narrative that seems opposed to the very kind of powers his other company is enabling. In response to the rumors, the National Reconnaissance office told Reuters they are developing “the most capable, diverse, and resilient space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system the world has ever seen.”
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HEADLINES
GERMANY, FRANCE, AND POLAND FORM ANTI-RUSSIA PACT – The heads of Germany, France, and Poland met in Berlin this week and vowed to stick with Ukraine in the war against Russia to the end, which includes expanding their efforts to buy war resources in the world market for Ukraine’s use against their common enemy.
Germany’s PM Olaf Scholz said, “Our three states are among the greatest political, military and financial supporters of Ukraine’s struggle against the Russian imperialist aggressor. We are closely and unshakably by the side of Ukraine. … Solidarity and common action are essential to defend liberty and peace in Europe. More than ever, our unity is what gives us strength.”
JAPAN’S INTEREST RATES TURN POSITIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS – The seemingly perpetual negative interest rates of Japan came to an end suddenly after the Bank of Japan raised their overnight borrowing lending rate from minus 0.1% to 0% to .1%. This was the first rate hike since 2017 when the negative interest rate policies began.
TEAM TRUMP CAN’T SECURE BOND TO APPEAL NY LAWFARE JUDGEMENT – The judgment against Donald Trump for the crime of allegedly overclaiming property value to secure loans might not be appealable because Donald Trump cannot afford to pay the required bond. The bond is to secure the $464 million judgment made against him by NY Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump’s lawyers claimed in the filing, “Defendants’ ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is ‘a practical impossibility. These diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through 4 separate brokers.” They are appealing to the courts for relief.
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ANTI-FREEDOMIST 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. The agitprop is not always revealed in the headlines alone.
Whistleblower says Facebook put profit before reining in hate speech — ca.news.yahoo.com
Russia Returns To Trump’s Campaign With Paul Manafort Comeback — www.politicususa.com
Christine Blasey Ford on Death Threats That Followed Kavanaugh Hearing — www.rollingstone.com
Adam Schiff Turns Up The Heat On SCOTUS Over Trump Immunity — www.politicususa.com
Tucker Carlson Pranked By YouTubers Posing As Whistleblowers — crooksandliars.com
Elon Musk Thinks Cannibals Are Invading the United States — futurism.com
Opinion: Is the US on the brink of another civil war? — amp.cnn.com
Papa Biden On Debating Trump: ‘It Will Depend On His Behavior” — crooksandliars.com
‘Fake news is an epidemic’ — www.thenews.com.pk
Lewiston report lands amid broader Maine gun law conversation — www.bostonglobe.com
Slate of GOP extremists has Democrats excited for North Carolina fight — www.dailykos.com
How Trump Is Scrambling to Raise Cash — www.nytimes.com
Russian cyberattacks, disinformation rampant as key elections cycle begins — www.army-technology.com
The Vice President That Trump Tried To Have Killed Will Not Endorse Him — www.politicususa.com
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MSM & TRENDING STORIES
DID BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER TELEGRAPH HIS OWN DEATH? – The Boeing Whistleblower, John Barnet, 62, who was found dead with a single gunshot to his head in his pick-up truck outside a hotel in South Carolina, may not have killed himself if one person’s claim is true. The alleged suicide happened soon after he had just testified in a case against Boeing. A woman only calling herself “Jennifer” made a claim to ABC News that, just before his death, he told her he wasn’t scared “but if anything happens to me it’s not suicide.”
Jennifer added, “I know he did not commit suicide there’s no way. He loved life too much, he loved his family too much, he loved his brothers too much to put them through what they’re going through right now…I think somebody didn’t like what he had to say and wanted to shut him up and didn’t want it to come back on anyone so that’s why they made it look like a suicide.”
Progressive Caucus demands end to Chicago migrant evictions — www.cbsnews.com
Federal Judge: Illegal Immigrants Can Carry Guns – Newsmax — www.newsmax.com
Nearly 20,000 Missed Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Due To Covid-19 Pandemic — www.forbes.com
Another incident involving a Boeing plane; CO man accused of committing disgusting act — www.aol.com
Delays in Trump’s criminal cases are increasing. Which trials are delayed and why? — apnews.com
Video Cockpit mishap on Boeing 787 leads to in-flight plunge – ABC News — abcnews.go.com
Schumer’s anti-Netanyahu speech strengthens Bibi in Israel’s war to defeat Hamas — www.foxnews.com
21 dead, 38 injured in bus collision with tanker in Afghanistan — www.news24.com
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WORLD
U.S. LOOKS TO DELAY ORDER BY NIGER JUNTA TO LEAVE COUNTRY – The Pentagon has announced it has no plans to withdraw its troops despite an announcement by the Niger Junta that the military agreement between the two countries was now over. Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said, “We want to see our partnership continue if there is a path forward.” The Pentagon also claimed it was seeking “clarification” on the order.
China Faces New Sea Dispute With Another Neighbor — www.newsweek.com
US Navy aircraft carrier faces relentless battle against Houthi attacks — www.aol.com
Niger revokes military cooperation with US, junta spokesperson says — www.france24.com
Poland’s right-wing leader questioned over Pegasus spyware — www.thehindu.com
Daughter of North Korea’s Kim might be heir apparent – Seoul — www.sinardaily.my
B.C. ports outfitted with Chinese cranes under U.S. probe — www.vancouverisawesome.com
(INDIA) Govt to not tolerate anti-state use of social media: Ata Tarar — arynews.tv
Yemen working with Russia, China to dismantle unipolar world: Official — www.presstv.ir
Iraq seeks to purchase anti-aircraft weapons – Rudaw Media Network — www.rudaw.net
Sweden closing Nordsteam investigation a shocking coverup -investigator — thegrayzone.com
Netanyahu says Israel to press on with Rafah assault plan By Reuters — www.investing.com
Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty threatened — abcnews.go.com
Germany backs French push to arm Ukraine with long-range weapons — RT World News — www.rt.com
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U.S. POLITICS
ARIZONANS COULD SOON VOTE ON MEASURE TO PROTECT GUN COMPANIES FROM “DEBANKING” – Republicans in Arizona are hoping to pass legislation that will give the voters a chance to decide if they’d like to protect firearms companies from being de-banked, from having their bank accounts cancelled by banks that disapprove of Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms.
Banks have threatened the public with higher bond rates if the measure passes because banks will simply leave the state rather than allow gun companies to do legal, constitutionally-protected business providing a constitutionally-protected service for American citizens.
Trump Union Dream Dies As Steelworkers To Endorse Biden — www.politicususa.com
Trump Rules Out Vivek Ramaswamy As Running Mate As He Eyes New Team — www.ndtvprofit.com
Trump says US will see economic ‘bloodbath’ if he’s not re-elected: Live — www.independent.co.uk
Donald Trump warns of ‘bloodbath’ if he loses presidential election — www.telegraph.co.uk
Asa Hutchinson says he won’t endorse Trump and won’t vote for Biden – KTEN — www.kten.com
AOC’s District On The Verge Of Becoming ‘Third World Country’ — trendingpoliticsnews.com
Kari Lake Asks US Supreme Court to Outlaw All Electronic Voting — www.vanityfair.com
Scandalous Disney District Allegations Creates Major Setback for Ron DeSantis — insidethemagic.net
SCOTUS upholds mandatory minimums for some drug dealers — thegrio.com
Lewiston Commission Interim Report raises red flags about Maine’s Yellow Flag Law — www.wmtw.com
Schiff: Supreme Court delaying Trump immunity case would be ‘terrible decision’ — thehill.com
Biden Labor Department Relies on Union-Funded Think Tanks To Push Pro-Union Message — freebeacon.com
US Supreme Court to weigh NRA free speech fight with New York official – Reuters — www.reuters.com
U.S. Senate legislation would solidify critical fertilizer minerals — drgnews.com
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CULTURE
COLLEGE PROFESSOR WINS BACK JOB AFTER BEING FIRED FOR BEING CHRISTIAN – Dr. Johnson Varkey has won back his job that was lost after St. Philip’s College fired him for teaching students men are men and women are women, both in keeping with scientific fact and his own Christian beliefs. First Liberty Institute filed the case for Varkey after his firing.
Varkey said of the victory, “I was so excited. And thank the Lord for that outcome. I am excited to go back and teach.” He added, in response to a question from CBN about what he hopes others take from this story, “I would say, don’t quit, because there are people very supportive just like First Liberty. Stand for the truth.”
TikTok Supporters Blame Jews for Congressional Ban — freebeacon.com
The GOP Is Too Scared to Let South Dakota Vote on Abortion – Mother Jones — www.motherjones.com
India’s Muslims See Discrimination in New Religion-Based Citizenship Law — www.voanews.com
Over 1,100 Pro-Life People Join Maryland March for Life to Protest Abortion — www.lifenews.com
Trump says he favors abortion ban after certain number of weeks — japantoday.com
American Individualism May Be A Negative In Old Age — www.science20.com
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BUSINESS
CALIFORNIA TRUCKERS REMAIN UNPROTECTED FROM STATE’S CONTRACTOR LAWS – Judge Roger T. Benitez of the US District Court for the Southern District of California declined an appeal of a newly-passed California law that makes it more difficult for companies to designate employees as being eligible for independent contractor status.
The lawsuit appealing the constitutionality of the law was brought by the California Trucking Association and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. The ruling by the Judge means the trucking industry as a whole in California could potentially become much more expensive to utilize and develop in the loss of employment of thousands of California truckers.
Trian Sends Letter to Fellow Disney Shareholders Outlining the Need for Change — finance.yahoo.com
US DoD stabilises critical metal supply chains in nickel and cobalt — www.army-technology.com
Exxon CEO says not trying to buy Hess but eyes its Guyana stake — finance.yahoo.com
Amazon violated workers’ rights at crucial air hub, labor regulators allege — finance.yahoo.com
Disney Star Launches Attack Against Zee Entertainment Over Failed Cricket Deal — insidethemagic.net
Apple settles pension lawsuit with English council for $490 million — www.techspot.com
Apple will face lawsuit over how stalkers use AirTags — qz.com
Japan’s scallops, spurned by China, head to high-end U.S. market – Nikkei Asia — asia.nikkei.com
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SCI-TECH
WORLD’S MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR CELL CREATED – Researchers from the National University of Singapore claim to have created the world’s most efficient solar cell, which registered a power conversion efficiency of 27.1%, a new world record. The researchers created what is called a triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell.
“Remarkably, after 15 years of ongoing research in the field of perovskite-based solar cells, this work constitutes the first experimental evidence for the inclusion of cyanate into perovskites to boost the stability of its structure and improve power conversion efficiency,” says Assistant Professor Hou Yi, a lead researcher on the team.
Apple $490M Settlement in Lawsuit over CEO’s China Comments — www.industryleadersmagazine.com
Biden social media case heads to Supreme Court — thehill.com
El Salvador president reveals surprise $406 million bitcoin profits – TheStreet — www.thestreet.com
This New Map of 1.3 Million Quasars Is A Powerful Tool — www.universetoday.com
Researchers achieve >99% photoluminescence quantum yield in metal nanoclusters — www.nanowerk.com
Musk’s Grok AI goes open source — venturebeat.com
British Army decide to employ more firepower more cheaply — www.army-technology.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
Researchers from the National University of Singapore claim to have created the world’s most efficient solar cell, which registered a power conversion efficiency of 27.1%, a new world record. The researchers created what is called a triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell.
“Remarkably, after 15 years of ongoing research in the field of perovskite-based solar cells, this work constitutes the first experimental evidence for the inclusion of cyanate into perovskites to boost the stability of its structure and improve power conversion efficiency,” says Assistant Professor Hou Yi, a lead researcher on the team.
Judge Roger T. Benitez of the US District Court for the Southern District of California declined an appeal of a newly-passed California law that makes it more difficult for companies to designate employees as being eligible for independent contractor status.
The lawsuit appealing the constitutionality of the law was brought by the California Trucking Association and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. The ruling by the Judge means the trucking industry as a whole in California could potentially become much more expensive to utilize and develop in the loss of employment of thousands of California truckers.
Excerpt from news.bloomberglaw.com
A federal judge declined to block a California law that makes it harder to classify freight hauling drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
Judge Roger T. Benitez of the US District Court for the Southern District of California rejected the California Trucking Association and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association motions for a new injunction to block the state law known as AB 5. The law, which codified a 2018 California Supreme Court ruling, was enacted to address the widespread problem of classifying certain workers as independent contractors who usually lack benefits such as workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, etc…
