FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR Presents
FIA WEEKDAY
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
editor Paul Collier
A summary of news from the day before (or weekend for Monday reports),
with breaking news added at the time of publication (released weekdays 8am eastern time).
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(News recap from 3p September 13 to 3p September 14)
“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6
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TOP STORIES
LAB CREATES SYNTHETIC HUMAN EMBRYO WITHOUT FERTILIZED EGG – The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has successfully created a synthetic human embryo without using a fertilized egg to do so. It is intended to allow embryo research that bypasses some ethical dilemmas. The synthetic embryo, according to lead research professor Jacob Hanna, has all the features and characteristics of a human embryo that is 14 days old, sans the living part.
The project is intended to help scientists understand the first month of human development, which is still, according to Hanna “largely a black box.” He said, “Our complete stem-cell derived human embryo model offers an ethical and accessible way of peering into this box.” GO DEEPER
BILLIONAIRES BUYING UP FARMLANDS, USING CHEAP IMMIGRANT WORKERS TO MAN THEM – Billionaires like Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Stan Kroenke, Phillip Anschutz, and John Malone have been buying up American farmland from independent farmers and using the H2A Via Program to replace family farmers with immigrants working at minimum-wage levels. GO DEEPER
HUNTER BIDEN AVOIDS SERIOUS CHARGES, ONLY FACES GUN CHARGES – Hunter Biden has been charges with three weapons violations by the token special prosecutor David Weiss, who also happens to be a family friend. The charges are all felonies.
The charges listed in the court record are False Statement in Purchase of a Firearm, False Statement Related to Information Required to be Kept by Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer, and Possession of a Firearm by a Person who is an Unlawful User of or Addicted to a Controlled Substance. GO DEEPER
7,000 DEAD, 20,000 FEARED DEAD AFTER LIBYAN FLOODS – After a torrent of rain from a cyclone burst multiple dams in Libya, many communities were devasted, especially the port city of Derna. So far, there are 7,000 confirmed dead, and authorities fear at least 20,000 total are dead, possibly more.
U.S. NIGER BASE BACK IN ACTION – After the July Coup that saw a Junta take over the country of Niger, U.S. troops have been held inside their base, all 1,100 of them. Now, drone flights and manned counterterrorism missions have resumed.
General James Hecker, the top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa, said of the resumption of missions, “For a while we weren’t doing any missions on the bases, they pretty much closed down the airfields. Through the diplomatic process, we are now doing, I wouldn’t say 100 percent of the missions that we were doing before, but we’re doing a large amount of missions that we’re doing before.”
ANTI-LIBERTY AGIT-PROP
With Nothing on Joe Biden, Republicans Move Toward Impeaching Him Anyway – Mother Jones – www.motherjones.com
Impeaching Biden is a desperate Republican gamble that will backfire | US politics – amp.theguardian.com
‘A very large portion of my party, really doesn’t believe in the Constitution’ – Mitt Romney – www.politicususa.com
Republicans Find A New, Non-Existent Problem To Fear-Monger Over – www.huffpost.com
White House tells media to commit acts of journalism – www.dailykos.com
Conditions On Earth May Be Moving Outside the ‘Safe Operating Space’ For Humanity – news.slashdot.org
Hoping to ban abortion Virginia Republicans try revenge porn – boingboing.net
Gasoline lights up US consumer inflation; underlying trend steadily improving – www.reuters.com
Charlie Kirk: Trump Cult Exists Because GOP ‘Wants A White Obama’ – crooksandliars.com
The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans – fivethirtyeight.com
Mitt Romney and the Doomed Nobility of Republican Moderation – nymag.com
GUEST COLUMN: When press is under assault, so is Constitution | Hillsboro Star-Journal – starj.com
Gun advocates are already suing over new California gun law – www.sfchronicle.com
TRENDING (Mon-Fri)
TRUMP TO GET SEPARATE TRIAL FROM ALLEGED CO-CONSPIRATORS – Judge Scott McAfee at the Superior Court of Fulton County has ruled on the motion by the prosecutor, Fani Willis, to have a group trial for all 19 defendants in her contrived RICO case. The Judge said in his ruling, “Defendants Chesebro and Powell will join each other at trial, however, the other 17 defendants are severed from these two. Additional severances may follow. All pretrial deadlines will proceed as scheduled without a stay of proceedings.”
UAW LAUNCHES STAND-UP STRIKES AS DEADLINE PASSES– The UAW (United Auto Workers) deadline for a new contract has come and gone. Immediately after the deadline passed UAW President Shawn Fain sent out this message: “A few minutes ago, thousands of UAW members at Ford, GM, and Stellantis, walked out, marking the beginning of the Stand Up Strike. This fight is our generation’s defining moment. Not just at the Big Three, but across the entire working class. We will stand up for ourselves. We will stand up for our families. We will stand up for our communities.”
“Stand-Up-Strikes” are done through selective walkouts that break down the whole operation rather than a broad strike of all autoworkers.
more:
REPORT: 7,000 Dead, Up To 20,000 Feared Lost To Biblical Floods In Libya – dailycaller.com
Libya floods: ‘Every time they pick up debris, they uncover more bodies’ – observers.france24.com
Why Hurricane Lee Is Growing Bigger – www.scientificamerican.com
Gov. Janet Mills declares state of emergency as Hurricane Lee looms – www.pressherald.com
Ford’s former CEO has a stark warning for both the UAW and automakers – amp.cnn.com
Sky-high CEO pay is in focus as UAW workers demand higher wages : NPR – www.npr.org
177,000 Illegal Aliens Released into the U.S. with Missing, Faulty Addresses › American Greatness – amgreatness.com
Gen Z Has Very Little Trust in Major U.S. Institutions – www.breitbart.com
BREAKING: Judge strikes down Emperor Michelle’s suspension of the Second Amendment – hotair.com
CBS Reports Judge Striking Down New Mexico Gun Ban, ABC & NBC Ignore – www.newsbusters.org
U.S. reopens troubled facility for migrant children in Texas amid spike in border arrivals – www.cbsnews.com
Elon Musk to meet with Bibi Netanyahu over antisemitism on X – www.washingtonpost.com
Fentanyl-Stimulant Mix Leading To New Phase In Overdose Crisis – kffhealthnews.org
Explorer thought he would die while trapped 1,000 metres underground in a Turkish cave – www.euronews.com
Candidate Who Livestreamed Sex Videos Draws Support From Women, Democratic Leader – GV Wire – gvwire.com
Leftist writer slams Eric Adams As ‘Black Trump’ For Saying Migrant Crisis Destroying NYC… Will Destroy NYC – www.louderwithcrowder.com
Bizarre moment Kim Jong-un’s bodyguards sweeps his chair before meeting with Putin – www.mirror.co.uk
Delaware man gets 7 1/2-year federal term in carjacking of congresswoman’s SUV in Philadelphia – www.myjournalcourier.com
Pa. Gov. will replace stolen Eagles hoodie killer had when caught – www.delawareonline.com
WORLD (Mon-Fri)
NATO MILITARY DRILL IN WESTERN EUROPE TO BE BIGGEST SINCE COLD WAR DAYS – NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has announced plans to conduct a military drill in Western Europe that is intended to practice for a potential Russian invasion. The size of the drill hasn’t been seen since Cold War days.
The name of the operation is called “Steadfast Defender,” which will involve 41,000 troops, 50 plus ships, and also conduct over 500 combat missions. Financial Times quoted an unnamed NATO official who gave what might be the real reason for the drills, to be “seen as a key part of demonstrating to Moscow that the alliance is prepared to fight.”
U.S. GOVERNMENT TO PAY POLES TO COVER UKRAINE WAR POSITIVELY – The U.S. Consulate General in Krakow is willing to pay a Polish media outlet $50,000 to write stories about Ukrainian refugees “returning and rebuilding.” The project is intended to last one year. The goal of the project is to “promote in-depth reporting by local and regional Polish media of the return of Ukrainian families from Poland to Ukraine and their social and physical rebuilding efforts, particularly those built on partnerships between Poles and Ukrainians.”
more:
Mexico’s Sheinbaum leads 2024 presidential race -poll – www.reuters.com
‘Myanmar junta depriving Suu Kyi of medical care’ – www.manilatimes.net
China alert as Kim capable of giving Putin ‘good quality’ munitions | World | News – www.express.co.uk
Thailand’s New Government Aims for Balance Amid US-China Rivalry – www.voanews.com
Wagner Group sustains significant losses in clashes with Central African Republic rebels – www.middleeasteye.net
More than 3,000 arrested as massive climate protests block major Netherlands motorway for fifth day – www.independent.co.uk
Trials begin in Brazil for pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed capital | Courts News – www.aljazeera.com
US muddies Cyprus conflict by lifting arms embargo on the Greek side -TRT World – www.trtworld.com
South Korean and Polish leaders visit an air base in eastern Poland, discuss defense and energy ties – ca.style.yahoo.com
US approves $389mln military sale to Poland – english.almayadeen.net
Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation – www.euronews.com
Romania summons head of Russian diplomatic mission after new drone debris are found on its territory – www.reddit.com
Ukrainian Forces successfully hit shipyard in Russian-occupied Crimea – defence-blog.com
A Saudi Defense Contractor Courted Russia and China. Then, Its U.S. Business Partners Fled. – www.wsj.com
Saudi Arabia Is Murdering Ethiopian Migrants. Washington Is Silent. – foreignpolicy.com
Jamaat calls for nationwide protests Friday demanding release of party leaders – www.tbsnews.net
Over Four Million Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants Struggle to Meet Basic Needs across the Americas – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – reliefweb.int
Rising gang violence and organized crime in Sweden – www.police1.com
Rohingya Say No Return to Myanmar Without Guaranteed Citizenship – www.voanews.com
Sweden Brings More Books and Handwriting Practice Back To Its Tech-Heavy Schools – news.slashdot.org
POLITICS (Mon-Fri)
ANOTHER FBI AGENT TESTIFIES DAVID WEISS DID NOT HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO CHARGE HUNTER BIDEN – A Baltimore Field Office female FBI agent testified to the House Judiciary Committee that now-Special Prosecutor David Weiss was hampered by both U.S. Attorneys and California in his efforts to bring charges against Hunter Biden.
When asked about Weiss’ charging authority, the agent said, “I’m aware that obviously charging discussions were happening, and, yes, there was a difference in the venue for some of those charges. I remember learning at some point in the investigation that Mr. Weiss would have to go through his other processes because the U.S. Attorney’s Offices had, I guess, in that sense, using that terminology, wasn’t going to partner.”
FORMER TRUMP AID SUED FOR PUBLISHING HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP CONTENT – Hunter Biden’s attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler, a former White House aid to then-Trade advisor Peter Navarro, for publishing content from his misplaced laptop. The lawsuit him, his company, and 10 unnamed defendants of improperly “accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging computer data that they do not own.”
more:
Trump Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Charges in Georgia, Following Giuliani Strategy – conservativebrief.com
Minnesota Voters Sue To Bar Trump From Ballot – www.politicususa.com
GOP rep calls for impeachment inquiry into Biden energy secretary Granholm: ‘she lied, under oath’ – globeecho.com
Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government – www.arabnews.com
Biden Hopes for a Michigan Repeat Rides on Strike he Can’t Avert – www.bloomberg.com
US Senate committee passes bill to cut taxes on Taiwanese firms operating in US – amp.scmp.com
Whitmer team, Michigan Democrats tied to Marshall money in Ford fight – www.freep.com
House GOP fires back at ‘smear merchant’ Dem operative targeting families of lawmakers investigating Bidens – Fox News –
Americans split on Biden’s role in son’s business – spectrumlocalnews.com
‘Revenge Porn’? A Virginia Democrat Gaslights the Public – freebeacon.com
Report Reveals Backroom Deals Between Unions and Louisiana Schools – www.dailysignal.com
Senator Actually Complains Supreme Court Follows 2nd Amendment | The Gateway Pundit – www.thegatewaypundit.com
Climate bill on Newsom’s desk would force companies to reveal carbon footprint – thebusinessjournal.com
KJP Rips Reporter Over Question About Whether Biden Lied: ‘Incredibly Inappropriate’ – conservativebrief.com
Georgia Governor Suspends Fuel Tax for One Month – www.rigzone.com
Oklahoma Lawmakers Weigh Restrictions on Ranked-choice Voting – oklahomawatch.org
EDITOR’S CHOICE (Tues & Fri)
X NOW CENSORING ANTI-WOKE CONTENT CREATORS – Another sign that the Elon Musk hiring of a WEF executive was a signal of intent to bring Twitter, now X, back into the control of the censorship machine came with the report by The American Accountability Foundation has seen most of its content censored on the platform. The organization works on exposing woke idealogues.
In their Substack, they wrote “… after we posted images of the LGBTQ books they are pushing on our children, X (Twitter) hit our account with a ‘sensitive content’ warning on ALL OUR MEDIA POSTS, and shadowbanned our account so that you won’t find us in a search on X.”
BIDEN WORKING TO CONVERT MARINE SANCTUARY TO WIND FARM FOR BILLIONAIRE DONOR – The Biden administration is looking to cut 1,400 square miles of ocean and coastline out of an Indian tribe’s proposed marine sanctuary to repurpose it to a wind farm involving Invenergy. That company’s founder and CEO is Michael Polsky, who happens to be a DNC-CCP megadonor, giving $400K to the party since 2016, and has paid more than $2.4 million to lobby the DNC-controlled government.
more:
Court rules NHS hospital can condemn teen with rare disorder to death, even though the teen wants to “try to live” – www.louderwithcrowder.com
G20 proposes digital ID similar to COVID-19 passport system to ‘further financial inclusion’ – www.theblaze.com
Federal Judge Again Rules DACA Is Illegal – www.nytimes.com
Harvard student newspaper calls new 200-word limit on admissions essays racist – www.thecollegefix.com
State Department Panics When Asked About Funding for Wuhan Institute – townhall.com
Fox Sued by New York City Pension Funds Over Election Falsehoods – www.nytimes.com
COVID-19 Lockdown Fallout: We May Have Failed School Kids – www.science20.com
Tuberville’s hold on military promotions would take hundreds of hours to process individually, memo says – www.cbs58.com
Controversial group aims to limit immigration for Black Americans – www.washingtoninformer.com
City officials push for gun law reform before Pa. Supreme Court – NBC10 Philadelphia – www.nbcphiladelphia.com
N.M. Governor Seeks to ‘Name-and-Shame’ Firearm Manufacturers Through Emergency Order • NSSF – www.nssf.org
America’s ‘most extreme’ gun control law heads to court – www.foxnews.com
Rothschild Admits ESG Failure As Globalists Shift To “Inclusive Capitalism” Agenda – alt-market.us
Missouri AG Opens Probe of Liberty Safe in Wake of Code Release Scandal – townhall.com
Federal Judge Upholds State Department Rule Requiring Visa Applicants to Disclose Social Media Information – www.eff.org
United Nations declares US-Mexico border the deadliest land migrant route in the world – www.theblaze.com
Exclusive: Democrat Judge BLOCKS $15,000 Donation to Texas Border Law Enforcement as Biden Border Crisis Rages (Video) | The Gateway Pundit – www.thegatewaypundit.com
Facebook Wages Legal War on Company that Claims Its AI Can Predict Crimes – www.breitbart.com
Amazon’s Whole Foods Defends Its Right to Ban BLM Masks at Work – Bloomberg – www.bloomberg.com
San Francisco Hires Tourism Boss To Battle ‘Ongoing Narrative’ About Surging Crime (No Plan To Tackle Crime, Though) – www.louderwithcrowder.com
DC Teens Are Committing Crimes in Droves. Punishment Is Light. – freebeacon.com
Organized Shoplifting a $100 Billion Problem, Costing Jobs and Even Lives – www.dailysignal.com
Marx’s Strawman of Capitalism – New Discourses – newdiscourses.com
Liberals on the same path of self-inflicted ruin as the Soviets – financialpost.com
EFF to Michigan Court: Governments Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Use a Drone to Spy on You Without a Warrant – www.eff.org
‘Too rock heavy,’ too ableist, too white: Geoscience students identify concerns in field – www.thecollegefix.com
Law Firm Representing Hunter Biden Offers Diversity Scholarship Explicitly Designed For Minority Students – dailycaller.com
DHS probing prosecutions of migrants from Muslim-majority countries exposed by Times investigation – www.latimes.com
New York’s gun background checks survive another legal challenge | New York – www.thecentersquare.com
OPINION | Docs offer glimpse inside Censorship Industrial Complex | Op-Ed – www.livingstonparishnews.com
Professor to ‘hold space’ for students of color: ‘I see your pain, grief, anger’ – www.thecollegefix.com
SCI-TECH (Tues & Fri)
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AFFECTS YOUR VERY BEHAVIORS – A Yale-led research paper published in the journal Nature suggests the immune system can affect you far more than previously believed. Ruslan Medzhitov, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine, investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and senior author of the study, said “We find immune recognition controls behavior, specifically defensive behaviors against toxins that are communicated first through antibodies and then to our brains.”
ORIGAMI DRONES FOR DRONES? – Researchers at the University of Washington are working on drones that are launched by drones. They move through the air through origami-like motions as they descend, meaning they require no batteries to power them to their destination.
From sciencedaily.com: When these “microfliers” are dropped from a drone, they use a Miura-ori origami fold to switch from tumbling and dispersing outward through the air to dropping straight to the ground. To spread out the fliers, the researchers control the timing of each device’s transition using a few methods: an onboard pressure sensor (estimating altitude), an onboard timer or a Bluetooth signal.
more:
FTX gets green light to sell $3.4B in bitcoin, ethereum, solana (Cryptocurrency:FTT-USD) – seekingalpha.com
WATCH: ‘Overwhelming consensus’ for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting – PBS NewsHour –
Leaving Google’s search engine isn’t easy, government witness says in antitrust case – Boston Herald – www.bostonherald.com
World-first nuclear fusion device to be built by students – cosmosmagazine.com
Team develops new gold nanocluster-rich titanium dioxide photocatalyst for the oxidative coupling of methane – phys.org
Material kills viruses with heat but stays cool to the touch – www.futurity.org
US court upholds rulings for Apple in Masimo smartwatch patent fight – www.reuters.com
“Digital Humans” Quietly Being Developed by Disney as AI Becomes the Way of the Future – www.disneydining.com
Astronomers Observe Blobs of Dark Matter Down to a Scale of 30,000 Light-Years Across – www.universetoday.com
Experiment at Newport News’s Jefferson Lab gives insight into building blocks of the universe – The Virginian-Pilot – www.pilotonline.com
Ancient Shoes: Tracks On A South African Beach Offer Oldest Evidence Yet Of Human Footwear – www.discovermagazine.com
Humans can feel empathic embarrassment towards robots, finds virtual reality study – techxplore.com
White House secures AI safeguard agreements from eight additional tech companies – amp.cnn.com
California firefighters use AI to battle wildfires – phys.org
Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon and others sue OpenAI • The Register – www.theregister.com
Will batteries usher in a new era of global energy sovereignty? – techcrunch.com
How AI agents are already simulating human civilization – venturebeat.com
Huawei and Xiaomi sign global patent cross-licensing agreement – en.pingwest.com
Carbon Capture Technology Is Running Out of Time to Prove Itself – www.bloomberg.com
How AI agents are already simulating human civilization – venturebeat.com
Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command. – 1 Chronicles 12:32
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