FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR Presents

FIA WEEKDAY

WEDNESDAY August 23, 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).

“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6

China’s Illinois, China’s Debt Collapse, Christians Can Deadname, Plandemic 2, Argentina Rights Itself

ED.NOTE: Non-Freedomist shared links are NOT endorsements

TOP STORIES

ILLINOIS TO BE RULED BY FOREIGN POWERS? – Billionaire seditionist J.B. Pritzker appears to have bought himself a state, Illinois by buying his way into the governor’s office, a power he is now using to transform Illinois from an American state to a socio-fascist one. We’ve been covering his numerous laws he’s passed over just the past two months. Among them is a law that allows non-citizens to be cops, a move all police associations are against in his state. Now that he has passed the law, foreign nationals will be able to infiltrate our police departments in Illinois with ease, and there’s nothing that can be done so long as Pritzker is governor and his “laws” are not rightly struck down. GO DEEPER

CHINA’S DEBT ECONOMY RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS – A Deputy Dean of the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shu Ning, finally said the quiet part out loud when addressing the dramatic rise of the Chinese economy over the past 50 years and the dilemma it now faces. Ning said, “The traditional way of stimulating the economy, through a credit boom and leveraging, has reached an end.” The collapse of China’s property sector and the fast-approaching bankruptcy of its local governments is the fruit of this fact, that China’s days of gaming the system is over.  GO DEEPER

CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST CANNOT BE CENSORED FOR “DEADNAMING” TRANS “WOMAN” – A Federal Judge from the U.S. District Court in Wyoming ruled that a Christian Activist was not harassing a trans “woman” by listing his name in a sign that read “God created male and female and Artemis Langford is a male.” The activist, Pastor Todd Schmidt, was protesting a decision by the University of Wyoming to force a sorority to allow a male posing as a female to be allowed to become a member. The Judge ruled that the debate could not be made, that a man is not a woman, without mentioning the fact that Langford is a man and not a woman. GO DEEPER

TEAM BIDEN APPEARS TO BE EQUIPPING FOR ANOTHER COVID-19 SHUTDOWN – It appears that the Biden administration is hiring the kind of experts one needs and buying the equipment one needs to implement another Covid-19 shutdown. With new Covid-19 variants being reported, more and more people are beginning to worry governments around the world, including America’s, are getting ready to take another bite at the plandemic apple.

ARGENTINA ELECTION SEES TWO RIGHT-LEANING PARTIES FINISH 1^ST and 2^ND – A run-off election will occur in Argentina after the recent election that saw Javier Milei representing the libertarian party take first place with 30 percent and the center right bloc coming in second at 28 percent. The left-center coalition, the ruling party, finished third. No matter the outcome of the run-off election, Argentia is about to throw off the burden of the left.

TRENDING

AUSTIN, TEXAS LOSES ITS POLICE CHIEF AS CITY TURNS ON POLICE – Austin Police Department Chief Joseph Chacon has abruptly resigned from the police force, citing the unwillingness of the city council to come to an agreement on a new union contract and the anti-American far left governments of the city that have sought to undermine the police department at every turn.

JAPAN KILLS “NINJA BEAR” THAT KILLED 66 COWS – Hunters in Japan called a possie together to track down a brown bear named “Ninja” who was responsible for the slaughtering of 66 cows in the eastern area of Hokkaido island. They found the bear and quickly shot and killed the serial cow killer. In May, a man was found mauled to death by a brown bear but that is not believed to be the same bear that was killing the cows.

more:

British Columbia in state of emergency while 19,000 flee Yellowknife fire – www.carbonbrief.org

Tropical Storm Harold live updates: Cyclone makes landfall in South Texas as California reels from Hilary –

Trump’s bond in Georgia election interference case set at $200,000 – www.nbcnews.com

Trump says he will turn himself in to Atlanta jail on Thursday: ‘Can you believe it?’ – www.theblaze.com

‘The public knows who I am’: Donald Trump skips Republican debate – www.dailytelegraph.com.au

Jury selection begins in final trial over foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 – www.dailykos.com

After Lahaina fire, 16 relatives crowd into one Maui house – www.latimes.com

USDA loosens SNAP for Hawaiians as grocers step up fire relief efforts – www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com

Biden Leaves Jaws on the Floor With Corvette Joke During Tone-Deaf Maui Speech – RedState – redstate.com

Newspaper plans to file lawsuit following raid – rssfeeds.usatoday.com

Bicyclist sets ‘Trump Won’ sign on fire; suspect identified – americanmilitarynews.com

ICE Agents Still Arresting Many Foreign Criminals Thousands of Miles from the Border › American Greatness – amgreatness.com

Illinois could adopt new state flag for first time in decades – NBC Chicago – www.nbcchicago.com

Secretary of Pennsylvania DEP says agency determined to find cause of Plum house explosion – www.cbsnews.com

Binge drinking hits record high among adults 35 to 50 years old in US – www.newscientist.com

WORLD

NIGER JUNTA KICKED OUT OF AFRICA UNION – The AU Peace and Security Council came together to decide on what to do about the coup in Niger. They decided to remove Niger from the Union and issued a statement asking for no nation to legitimize the Junta. They also left open the door of military intervention but expressed a desire for no one outside of Africa to decide to involve themselves in that process.

IRAN CLAIMS IT FORCED U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTERS TO TURN BACK – The Department of Defense is denying claims by the Iranian government that they successfully turned back U.S. Marine and Navy helicopters conducting operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh stated in a press conference, “We’ve seen this from them before pushing out, I don’t know if it’s propaganda, but I would say like, untrue statements, and that just is not accurate.”

more:

NIGER : New oil minister ponders options for exporting CNPC crude – Africa Intelligence – www.africaintelligence.com

Taiwan’s Naval Buildup Against China, Explained – www.popularmechanics.com

India, Chinese officials wary of political protests at BRICS summit – www.news24.com

Pakistan Arrests Prominent Rights Activist, Pashtun Leader – www.rferl.org

Britain moves to deploy more troops in eastern Yemen: Report – www.presstv.ir

US approves $12 bn Apache helicopter sale to Poland – amp.france24.com

Greece to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jet fighters, Zelenskyy says | Russia-Ukraine war News – www.aljazeera.com

Ukraine war latest: Russia closes major airports as drone strike hits Moscow apartments – www.independent.co.uk

Ukraine on brink of second major gain as counteroffensive continues | World | News – www.express.co.uk

Russia makes reported advance near Kupyansk as north continues to be a concern – www.dailykos.com

Israeli Air Force Strikes Syrian Targets Near Damascus – Reports – www.i24news.tv

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to announce referendum date ‘within the next two weeks’ – www.dailymail.co.uk

Netanyahu Points Finger At Iran For Monday’s Terror Attack – www.iranintl.com

Zimbabwe Voters to Elect President While Trained Workers Flee – www.nytimes.com

Zimbabwe urged to guarantee Internet and social media access, not obstruct reporters during elections – rsf.org

Cambodian Parliament Approves Leader’s Son as Prime Minister – time.com

Finnish foreign minister Valtonen: “Russia has ruined its relationship with Finland” – www.reddit.com

UN Security Council condemns attack against peacekeepers in Cyprus-Xinhua – english.news.cn

Can Mexico’s isthmus train be an alternative to the Panama Canal? – mexiconewsdaily.com

Slovak Opposition Claims Sep Election Will Be Stolen – And Too Many Believe It – Balkan Insight – balkaninsight.com

Japan to start releasing Fukushima plant’s treated radioactive water to sea – www.ctvnews.ca

Bahrain to build walls against rising sea – japantoday.com

POLITICS

THANKS TO BIDEN EO, BELIEVE ALL WOMEN IS BACK IN COLLEGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES – The Mass Mailer President Joe Biden committee (aka the President) signed an executive order that undoes a lot of the changes the Trump administration made to Title XI. The most damaging change is the removal of due process provisions that affords individuals accused of sexual assault of getting a fair hearing to determine the efficacy of the claims.

Now, accusers will, if they happen to be female, almost always be assumed to be telling the truth (believe all women), making males attending college vulnerable to vendetta false accusations such as was occurring before the Trump administration gave the accused the right to a fair hearing.

GEORGIA GOVERNOR WON’T BACK CALLS TO IMPEACH LAWFARE ASSASSIN – Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) has responded by calls from the Georgia State Senate to conduct an emergency session to assess whether the lawfare assassin, Georgia DA Fanni Willis, should be impeached for her gross violation of rule of law in bringing far-reaching and legally “creative” charges against Donald Trump and 18 other high-ranking republicans.  He has stated he sees no evidence there is any need to conduct such a session. It should be noted he was also subpoenaed by the same lawfare assassin related to these indictments of republican leadership.

more:

Biden taps new White House counsel to thwart GOP probes – www.washingtontimes.com

House panel subpoenas senior IRS officials over Hunter Biden tax case – www.cbsnews.com

A Draft Of TikTok’s Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power – www.forbes.com

Factbox-Who is Eligible for the Republican Presidential Debate This Week? – thebharatexpressnews.com

What The GOP Primary Looks Like In The Early States – fivethirtyeight.com

GOP Candidate Asa Hutchinson Says Trump May Be Disqualified From Presidency – www.huffpost.com

DeSantis-appointed board asks state to probe $2M paid to Disney for perks – www.clickorlando.com

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signs ‘ghost gun’ regulations, fentanyl crackdown, other public safety bills – ktvz.com

Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Indiana Despite Scope Question – news.bloomberglaw.com

Abortion divides Iowa GOP voters ahead of crucial first primary debate – www.cbs58.com

Conservative group sues Wisconsin secretary of state over open records related to her appointment – www.kttc.com

CHINA WATCH

CHINA’S MEGA-PORT IN PERU IS CATASTROPHIC FOR THE LOCALS – China’s massive port project in Chancay, Peru is causing landslides that are destroying people’s homes and roads as well. The work is being called into question as numerous collapses and other such catastrophes have occurred.

From dialogo-americas.com: “We are ceding sovereignty in the sea and on land. Why does China have to be the one in control of this strategic place and not the Peruvian government?” Miriam Arce, secretary of the organization Frente de Defensa de Chancay, the neighborhood group most closely following the port’s progress, told Todo Noticias.

CHINA’S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SEEK TO SELL $206 BILLION IN DEBT TO PAY FOR DEBT– Now that the credit method of growing your economy has come to an end for China, local governments are feeling the heat the most, laden with debt for bloated projects designed to make the CCP look good. Now, they’re looking to sell $206 billion in debt in a desperate bid to remain solvent.

more:

Congressman Bacon Says His Emails Were Hacked in Campaign Linked To China – news.slashdot.org

China’s Xi calls for patience as Communist Party tries to reverse economic slump – kstp.com

Xi Jinping Is Running China’s Economy Cold on Purpose – www.bloomberg.com

US hedge funds stampede out of China in Q2 – ca.finance.yahoo.com

Country Garden to be removed from Hang Seng Index on Sept. 4 – www.cnbc.com

China Ramps Up Fight With Yuan (CNY USD) Bears to Stop Selloff Spiraling – www.bloomberg.com

China Is Hiding More and More Data From the Rest of the World as Economy Stalls – www.bloomberg.com

China helping to arm Russia with helicopters, drones and metals – www.telegraph.co.uk

Water Cannons and Lasers: South China Sea Standoff Around World War II-Era Ship Heats Up – The Wall Street Journal – www.wsj.com

Hong Kong police detain and question sister-in-law of pro-democracy activist – JURIST – www.jurist.org

Xinhua issues research reports in South Africa on Xi Jinping’s economic thought, Communist Party of China’s (CPC) ‘Second Integration’ theory – african.business

China And Russia Execute A Pincer Movement Around Iraq’s Biggest Oil Assets – oilprice.com

Report to Congress on South China Sea Disputes – news.usni.org

China’s Constant Spying On Australian Drills From Space A Sign Of Shifting Orbital Balance – www.thedrive.com

China renews crackdown on corruption in healthcare | China – amp.theguardian.com

Booming Trade With China Helps Boost Russia’s War Effort – The Wall Street Journal – www.wsj.com

China interested in strengthening bilateral cooperation with Ethiopia – www.plenglish.com

China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comprehensive Analysis of China’s strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region – smallwarsjournal.com

China Wants to Control the Latin American Electricity Sector – dialogo-americas.com

China Adds World’s Biggest Energy Sector to Anti-Spy Push – financialpost.com

Chinese fishing boats set sail after ban in East, South China seas lifted – www3.nhk.or.jp

PEOPLE ADVANCE

NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR’S VETO OF LAWS PROTECTING KIDS, WOMEN’S SPORTS – The North Carolina Legislature overrode 2 major vetoes by Democrat Governor Roy Cooper. HB 574 protects women’s sports from trans “women” invasion. HB 808 protects children from being chemically and physically castrated in the name of the trans ideology. The media is calling these laws “anti-LGBTQ,” exposing their advocacy of rainbow fascism, something these bills are justly fighting against.

AFTER STARBUCKS FIRED EMPLOYEE FOR RIGHTLY HAVING PATRONS ARRESTED, THEY NOW OWE HER $2.7 MILLION MORE – Shannon Phillips was fired from Starbucks and publicly excoriated by the company, who accused her of being racist for calling the cops on two men who were making a disturbance in her store. She was following company policy and they were breaking the law.

Because the men happened to be black, and she was white, Starbucks decided to attempt to destroy her. It turns out that plan did not work out. In June, Phillips was awarded $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. Now, a U.S. district Judge has added $2.73 million for lost past and future wages.

more:

Transgender Care Ban Allowed to Take Effect in Alabama, Appeals Panel Says – www.nytimes.com

Another California Soros-Backed DA is Potentially Facing a Recall Vote – legalinsurrection.com

Democratic County Official in Texas Switches to GOP Citing ‘Unprecedented’ Border Crisis – legalinsurrection.com

Oregon rejected foster application of woman who didn’t agree with LGBTQ child respect rule. Now she’s suing – www.oregonlive.com

School board votes to fire teacher who read book on gender identity to Georgia fifth-graders – krdo.com

Orange Unified may be latest to adopt transgender-child policy – www.latimes.com

Students blocked from campus when COVID hit want money back. Some are getting refunds – americanmilitarynews.com

Novak Djokovic Outlasts Biden’s Unvaccinated Ban, Returns to U.S. with ‘Zero Regrets’ – www.breitbart.com

Thirteen imprisoned Eritrean Christians released after global prayer campaign – mbcpathway.com

Harvard loses $15 million in affirmative action legal fees in appeal – www.thecollegefix.com

Target says ‘negative reaction’ to ‘Pride’ merch contributed to first quarterly sales decline in years – www.theblaze.com

New College enrolls more students, looks to cut gender studies – www.thecollegefix.com

Urban Farming in Copenhagen Grows Relationships in the City — Grady Newsource – gradynewsource.uga.edu

Kenya: City women fighting high cost of living with urban farming – hortidaily.com – www.hortidaily.com

Wife Fatally Shoots Man Who Was Holding a Gun to Her Husband’s Head – www.usacarry.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

FIA Weekday is a link aggregation, news analysis, and editorial commentary report designed to give the public an understanding of the times, compiled and reported on from a Christian biblical perspective.

For a better understanding of our standards of news reporting, read our report “The Prophetic Voice in News?”

FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR Presents

FIA WEEKDAY
TUESDAY August 22, 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).

“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6

CCP Owns Texas, Left’s New Language Game, No AI IP Owners, Spain’s Catalan Compromise, Target’s Theft Spikes

ED.NOTE: Non-Freedomist shared links are NOT endorsements

TOP STORIES

DID THE CCP KILL A TEXAS BILL BANNING THEM FROM BUYING LAND?  –Texas State Senator Lois Kokhorst (R-Brenham) filed a bill (SB 147) that would not allow foreign nationals from anti-American nations like China from purchasing land in Texas. Protestors were gathered and coordinated by the DNC using wechat, a CCP-owned and operated app, to blunt the bill before it ever reached the Senate floor. The plan worked to send a message to the republican in charge of the committee the bill would be coming out of. The bill died in the House State Affairs Committee, chaired by DNC-CCP plant Representative Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) who let the bill die in the committee after passing the House. GO DEEPER

CNN EXPOSES DNC-CCP’S NEWEST LANGUAGE WAR GAMES TO DEFEAT AMERICANS WITH; USE THE REVERSE JIU JITSU CARD – A CNN contributor named John Blake, who is listed on CNN as a Senior Writer who “writes about race, religion, politics, and other assorted topics, wrote a sophistic piece of language war he called an analysis. This piece is either a signal by the DNC-CCP on how their agit prop soldiers are to now fight the war against the American republic, or an unintentional exposure by a hubristic bit hitman who just telegraphed to Americans what they should be prepared for next in the language wars. GO DEEPER

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE RULES AI ART CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED – U.S. District judge Beryl Howell ruled that art created by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted. The judge was ruling in a case involving Stephen Thaler who had filed for U.S. patents that were created by his AI program called DABUS (Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience). Thaler has also filed in other countries and met with similar outcomes. GO DEEPER

SPAIN’S LEFT BENDS TO CATALAN PARTY IN BID TO RETAIN PM POSITION – After the indecisive Spanish elections that left neither major left or right parties with enough votes in parliament to claim the Prime Minister position and form a government, the Catalan party became the kingmaker. They have been looking for more rights to self-rule for the region and amnesty for previously convicted and charged Catalans. The Catalans may not get what they want, but they might be willing to settle for the compromise offer. They wanted their previous leader Carles Puigdemont to be given full amnesty, but that appears to be off the table.

TARGET CEO REPORTS SPIKES IN THEFT AND VIOLENCE ARE REACHING “UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS” – Target CEO Brian Cornell told investors in an earnings call that theft and violence in their stores are up over 120 percent over last year, and the trend is still spiking upwards. He said, “Our team continues to face an unacceptable amount of retail theft and organized retail crime. Unfortunately, safety incidents associated with theft are moving in the wrong direction.”

TRENDING

HURRICANE HILARY HITS WEST COAST – On Sunday, Hurricane Hilary hit California where it became a tropical storm that has led to widespread life-threatening flooding and power outages. Dodgers’ stadium was apparently flooded, with scheduled games on Monday being postponed due to storm damage. The storm has affected Mexico, California, Oregon and Nevada so far, with all three states reporting widespread flooding. In Mexico, one death was reported. Just before the storm hit, southern California was also hit by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

CANARY ISLANDS WILDFIRE IN TENERIFE WAS INTENTIONALLY STARTED – Authorities have declared the Tenerife wildfire to be the result of arson after an investigation was conducted. The fire has hit the popular UK tourist destination of Tenerife on the Canary Islands. 12,000 people have been evacuated. The Canary Islands have experienced drought, which exasperated the fire that appears to be the work of an arsonists. The fires have burned for five plus days and are the worst the islands have experienced in decades.

more:

In Hawaii, Lahaina Baptist Church ‘Untouched’ by Fires – www.dailysignal.com

Russia’s lunar lander crashes into the moon – www.gfwadvertiser.ca

Georgia DA proposes arraignment, March trial date in Trump case | News – www.valdostadailytimes.com

Canadian Firefighters Wage Epic Battle to Save Communities – time.com

The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says – www.wabi.tv

Pentagon deploys nearly 700 responders to fight Hawaii wildfires – americanmilitarynews.com

Spain’s Soccer President Criticized After Grabbing His Crotch, Kissing Player Post-World Cup: ohnotheydidnt — LiveJournal – ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com

Showrunner Does Not Hold Back, Calls Amazon ‘Cowardly’ And More After A League Of Their Own Cancelation – www.cinemablend.com

Americans Have Breathed More Wildfire Smoke in Eight Months Than in Entire Years – www.scientificamerican.com

WORLD

SAUDIS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HUNDREDS OF ETHIOPIAN MIGRANTS – Human Rights Watch is accusing Saudi border guards of opening fire on Ethiopian migrants who were seeking to exit Yemen and enter Saudi Arabia. The rights group said they have numerous eyewitness accounts that can testify to the killings which, they say, could number in the thousands. So far, the House of Saud has yet to respond to a UN inquiry on the matter.

U.S. ENTERS INTO INFORMAL NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN – The United States is entering into what is called an informal and limited deal with Iran that will see Iran not process uranium beyond the 60 percent level, release Iranian Americans from their jails, stop attacking American forces, and stop transferring ballistic missiles to Russia. In exchange, the U.S. will not increase sanctions, seize oil tankers, or seek punitive resolutions in the UN over Iran’s Nuclear Energy program.

more:

Ecuador election heads to run-off vote, with González to face surprise second-place Noboa – ktvz.com

Guatemala elects progressive Arévalo as president but there are legal moves to block him from office – abcnews.go.com

Report: Talks yield little as Niger’s junta continues to resist reinstating president – thegrio.com

Niger Is Ours! Say Russia’s Imperialists (But it Isn’t) – cepa.org

Ukrainian pilots begin training on much sought after F-16 fighter jets, Kyiv says – cnn.com

70% of Germans want a new chancellor – poll — RT World News – www.rt.com

New Leaders Take Charge of Africa’s Largest Economy Today – www.thisdaylive.com

Thailand’s Pheu Thai party joins with pro-military parties in coalition to form new government – www.kron4.com

Russian-Occupied Crimea Facing Gasoline Shortages Following Ukrainian Bridge Strike – www.rferl.org

Azerbaijan prevents Armenian armed groups from strengthening … – Trend News Agency – en.trend.az

Ecuador votes to stop oil drilling in the Amazon reserve in “historic” referendum – www.cbsnews.com

Gabon Opposition Cries Foul Over Rule Change For President Vote – www.barrons.com

Liberia extradites Sierra Leone’s purported coup leader, as presidential candidate cries foul – www.theafricareport.com

POLITICS

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING HUNTER WORKED WITH HIS LATE BROTHER – The U.S. Attorney assigned to investigate Hunter Biden, David Weiss, was once a coworker with Beau Biden, Hunter’s late brother. He even worked on cases with Beau, assuring Hunter will not face charges at the end of his face-saving investigation. It would appear the investigation is about taking the heat off the corrupt DOJ and “disproving” political opponents’ accusations of wholesale corruption by America’s first grifter family.

TWITTER LOOKS TO REACTIVATE 2024 CENSORSHIP TEAM, HIRING PRO-GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP HEAD – The announcement of the formation of a Civic Integrity/Elections team led by Aaron Rodericks has caused users to prepare for a new round of oppression of tweets to protect the DNC in the 2024 election. Rodericks had previously supported the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s CISA program (which worked with social media to throttle dissent from the DNC) and the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board (which is probably still in existence in a black hole in the bureaucracy somewhere).

more:

David Weiss Wasn’t Planning to Charge Hunter Biden Until After Whistleblowers Came Forward › American Greatness – amgreatness.com

Three More Hunter Biden Lawyers Move to Withdraw from Case – www.breitbart.com

Trump Maintains Strong GOP Primary Lead – www.rasmussenreports.com

CNN’s Acosta Appears Stunned Trump Polling So Well Against Biden Despite Indictments – conservativebrief.com

Could the South Dakota Governor be Trump’s Running Mate? – loyalconservatives.com

GOP Establishment Donors Take ‘None of the Above’ Approach and Quietly Woo Govs. to Challenge Trump – RedState – redstate.com

Asa Hutchinson announces he has qualified for the Republican debate – amp.cnn.com

Richard Baris On Democrats’ Lawfare: “They Wouldn’t Do This If They Thought They Could Beat Trump” – warroom.org

The identities behind the 30 unindicted co-conspirators in Trump’s Georgia case – abc17news.com

Republican feud over ‘root canal’ spending cuts raises US government shutdown risk – www.reuters.com

Mayor Adams takes three-day Israel trip, suring up support with city’s Jewish community – www.amny.com

Biden administration announces more new funding for rural broadband infrastructure – news.yahoo.com

Political campaigns need to be wary of running afoul of copyright law – www.newstalkzb.co.nz

Get Paid to Strike? California Dems Push Bill to Give Unemployment to Striking Workers – freebeacon.com

EDITOR’S CHOICE

AS U.S. MILITARY RECRUITMENT GOALS FAIL, PENTAGON LOWERS STANDARDS AGAIN – The U.S. Military has been failing to meet its recruitment goals, so the solution has been generally to lower standards and requirements. The Defense Department has announced a new lowering of standards, recruits can now use a calculator during the entrance exam to assure more people can pass the exam.

X LOOKING FOR CENSORS AHEAD OF 2024 ELECTION – X, the platform formerly known as Twitter has listed job opportunities for people to help them protect “information integrity” and “civic conversations. The job ad says applicants must “have a deep understanding of geopolitical, disinformation, and cybersecurity trends.”

more:

Residents say Christian churches attacked by junta in Myanmar’s Chin state – americanmilitarynews.com

Thailand threatens Facebook with legal action over alleged scams – www.reuters.com

‘Defund the police’ AOC, ‘Squad’ spent $1.2M on security – nypost.com

Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel to JPMorgan as client – www.nbcnews.com

‘Folks should expect a different kind of year,’ RPS School Board member says safety is key ahead of first day of school – www.wric.com

California Mom Claims She Lost Her Job After Speaking Out Against Gender Ideology Taught in School – legalinsurrection.com

More than a dozen women used firearms to protect against violent exes, criminals over 2-week stretch – www.foxnews.com

Judge rules in YouTube’s favor, dismissing racial discrimination suit  – Tubefilter

Writers Guild Demands Government Intervention of Disney – insidethemagic.net

Disinformation, gold mines and ‘coup proofing’: behind Wagner’s ‘new journey’ in Africa – www.sbs.com.au

Mindfulness Myth? Philosopher Challenges Its Core Principles – scitechdaily.com

‘Only the elites have the ability to have bank accounts all over the world’: Small businesses battle Fed for master account access. – www.morningstar.com

Lehigh Valley homeschool hybrid program grows post-pandemic – The Morning Call –

The US Destroyed Iranian Democracy to Uphold British Imperialism – jacobin.com

Pakistan: What are the amendments made to Army Act and Official Secrets Act? – www.dawn.com

SCI-TECH

CANADA ACCUSES FACEBOOK OF COSTING LIVES BY NOT ALLOWING NEWS SHARING DURING WILDFIRES – Canadian officials are calling on Facebook to reverse its decision to not allow Canadians to share news on their platform due to Canada’s news tax (which the U.S. is protesting).

Pablo Rodriguez, Canada’s transportation minister, said at a news conference “What Meta is doing currently is unacceptable. We’ve seen that, throughout this emergency, Canadians have not had access to the crucial information they need. So, I ask Meta to reverse its decision, allow Canadians to have access to news on their platforms.”

FIRST-EVER ROBOT-ASSISTED LIVER TRANSPLANT SUCCESSFUL, PATIENT FULLY RECOVERED – Washington University’s School of Medicine has announced the follow-up success of the U. S’s first ever whole liver transplant. The surgery happened in May at Barnes-Hewish Hospital (which we covered). Now, the man has successfully recovered from the surgery and is already resuming playing golf.

more:

Scientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US – CENTRAL – central.newschannelnebraska.com

Cancer could soon be self-diagnosed through simple urine test – uk.news.yahoo.com

Google announces new algorithm that makes FIDO encryption safe from quantum computers – arstechnica.com

World’s 1st “Superfast” Electric Car Battery Offers 400 Km Range From 10 Minutes Of Charge – www.ndtv.com

Somalia orders ban on TikTok, Telegram – www.arabnews.com

Scientists discovered for the first time how the ALS gene destabilizes neuron structure – www.techexplorist.com

This advanced zinc-air battery can further electric mobility – interestingengineering.com

The best AI story generators to help you write your next novel – www.androidauthority.com

Platelets in the brain can duplicate the advantages of exercise – www.techexplorist.com

Physicists Just Synthesized Crystals Of The Material We Think Is in Earth’s Core : ScienceAlert – www.sciencealert.com

Scientists identified new genes that contribute to breast cancer susceptibility – www.techexplorist.com

Marine scientists discovered a terrifying new sea creature with 20 arms – bgr.com

Scientists recreate Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” using patient brainwaves and AI – www.techspot.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

FIA Weekday is a link aggregation, news analysis, and editorial commentary report designed to give the public an understanding of the times, compiled and reported on from a Christian biblical perspective.

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FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR Presents

FIA WEEKDAY
MONDAY August 20, 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).

“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6

DNC’s California GOP, Junta Hates Wagner, Multimillionaire Penis God, Mortgage Spikes, Big Guy Justice for Hunter

ED.NOTE: Non-Freedomist shared links are NOT endorsements

TOP STORIES

CALFORNIA GOP TO CONSIDER EMBRACING ABORTION, “GAY RIGHTS” – The California GOP is considering changing its party platform to embrace same-sex marriage and abortion, though the move has some within the party ready to break away. The showdown will happen at this year’s state convention, scheduled at Anaheim this fall. The California GOP is going through a civil war currently as some “leaders” have decided that in order to win elections in California, you must stop being conservative and be liberal-light, embracing abortion and gay marriage so you can finally get non-conservatives to vote for you. GO DEEPER

NIGER JUNTA NEEDS THREE YEARS TO TRANSITION POWER AND WAGNER GROUP CAN POUND SAND? – Two developments emerged this past weekend out of the overthrow of the Nigerien government by American-trained military junta leaders. The first one is the statement by the coup leaders that they will need three years to transition rule to civil authorities. The second one is the statement by the coup leaders that they will not be working with the group that helped bring them to power, the Wagner group, Russia’s mercenary group that once tried to overthrow Putin. GO DEEPER

MULTIMILLIONAIRE WORKING ON BECOMING A GOD CHOOSES PENIS SHOCK THERAPY – Lifted from the badly written pages of Marvel or DC Comics comes the most benign villain in the world, Bryan Johnson, a multimillionaire who has been working on attempting to de-age himself so he can live forever. He made his millions with a sports betting app called Braintree and has been using his wealth to search for the chemical elixir that will reverse aging. Having so far failed to deliver this immortality to himself, the cheesy benign villain is now turning to shock therapy of the penis in an attempt to rejuvenate his sex life. GO DEEPER

MORTGAGE RATES REACH 21-YEAR HIGH – Freddie Mac has released mortgage data that shows the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has reached 7.09%, reaching 21-year highs. The rise in the mortgage rate also hasn’t been this accelerated since the 1980s.

HUNTER BIDEN AND DOJ COLLUDED TO LESSEN CHARGES FOR PRESIDENT’S SON – Emails reveal the Hunter Biden legal team threatened to call President Joe Biden to the stand in defense of Hunter, a move that soon produced the sweetheart deal Hunter received, a deal that Judge Maryellen Noreika nuked after asking some basic questions about blanket immunity. The allegation is the Defense team used the “Big Guy” to intimidate the DOJ to back off, which they appeared to do.

TRENDING

RUTGERS WANTS THE UNVAXXED UNPERSONED – Rutgers University has announced its intentions to disenroll students who choose not to receive one of the Covid-19 vaccines in a move that is sure to bring multiple lawsuits to the captured university.

TRANS “WOMAN” SHATTERS WOMEN’S LIFTING RECORD, WOMEN NOT HAPPY –  Anne Andres, the trans “woman” who entered women’s powerlifting competitions starting in 2020, has won another competition and shattered more records. April Hutchinson, a fellow competitor, noted the wide disparity between second place, an actual woman, SuJan Gill, who finished with 387.5 kilograms, and the “woman” who finished with 597.5 kilograms. She said of the win that it was “disgusting,” noting “My boyfriend could basically walk in tomorrow, identify as a female, compete, and then the next day, go back to being a man again. No proof, no ID required, just basically going on how you feel that day or whatever gender you want to it.”

more:

Hawaii wildfires death toll rises to 114 as governor pledges to rebuild fire-ravaged Maui – www.independent.co.uk

Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency As Hurricane Hilary Approaches California – www.gov.ca.gov

Bus Engulfed in Flames After Crash, Killing At Least 20, Wounding 11 Others – dailycaller.com

British Columbia Declares Fire Emergency With Thousands Evacuated – financialpost.com

25 dead, 39 missing after massive landslide at jade mine in northern Myanmar – americanmilitarynews.com

Maui Fire Lays Bare Utility Missteps Mirrored Across the Country – www.bloomberg.com

Maui County Filed Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies In 2020 – crooksandliars.com

Man disparages Pride flag, then kills shopkeeper in California – www.bbc.com

Judge Throws Out Confession of Bombing Suspect as Derived From Torture – www.nytimes.com

Bus Engulfed in Flames After Crash, Killing At Least 20, Wounding 11 Others – dailycaller.com

Hunter Biden’s Tax Charges Dismissed Will He Face New Ones? – loyalconservatives.com

Migrants entering US through new route popularized on social media – nypost.com

Meadows seeks dismissal of Georgia charges against him – news.yahoo.com

‘Squad’ Members Who Advocated To Defund The Police Spent Over $1 Million On Private Security – dailycaller.com

Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature – www.bbc.co.uk

State Marijuana Regulators Tell Congress To Focus On More Than Just CBD By Regulating Other Cannabinoids Like Delta-8 THC – www.marijuanamoment.net

Tragedy as two Ironman competitors die after Storm Betty batters coast | World | News – www.express.co.uk

WORLD

IT’S OFFICIAL, UKRAINE’S OFFENSIVE HAVE FAILED – A recent U.S. intelligence report suggests the Ukraine offensive to cut Russian troops in the Crimea off from mainland Russia has failed. The report claims that Ukraine has made small gains, many of which have already been lost, and the push has cost many lives and equipment.

AFGHAN REFUGEES WHO AIDED U.S. MILITARY STILL NOT GIVEN PERMANENT STATUS – A number of Afghan refugees who left after the catastrophic fall of Afghanistan are still awaiting news of their status in the United States where they fled seeking asylum. So far, the Biden administration has not moved to give these heroes the certainty they deserve after risking their lives to help us.

more:

China launches drills around Taiwan in angry response to V-P Lai’s US trip – timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Ecuador Votes In Presidential Election Dominated By Security Woes – www.barrons.com

Niger demonstrators stage pro-coup rally after junta warns against intervention – amp.france24.com

Niger Junta ‘Snub’ Wagner; Warn West Against ‘Pushing Nigeriens To Partners They Don’t Want…’ – www.hindustantimes.com

Denmark, Netherlands Get US Approval to send F-16s to Ukraine – www.bloomberg.com

Myanmar junta arrests 14 including Swiss national for film deemed offensive to Buddhism – theprint.in

Russian scientist who worked on failed moon mission suddenly hospitalised after demanding ‘no cover up’ over crash – www.thesun.co.uk

Pakistan ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi detained in Islamabad – www.businesstoday.in

Two Moscow airports shut down over ‘drone threat’ hours after nuclear bomber damaged in strike on Russian air base – www.thesun.co.uk

U.S., Japan, South Korea form historic defence pact to counter China – National – globalnews.ca

Kenya, South Sudan commit to strengthen bilateral ties – www.the-star.co.ke

In sign of weakness, pro-PRC Solomons PM avoids meeting US Congress members – sundayguardianlive.com

Russian court charges jailed U.S. citizen with espionage: reports – National – globalnews.ca

Russian, Chinese Warships in East China Sea After Sailing Near Alaska – news.usni.org

How Nigerian, Cameroonian Forces Blocked Pro-Biafra Militants From Bombing Vessels – 247ureports.com

Pyongyang’s armed drones pose new threat to Seoul – m.koreatimes.co.kr

POLITICS

GOP ACCUSES CITIBANK OF COLLUDING WITH DNC TO TARGET AMERICANS – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is accusing Citibank of giving Biden’s FBI private information about U.S. citizens without having a justified reason for doing so. The allegation is the bank provided the FBI information about citizens without being compelled legally to do so. The committee has subpoenaed the unamerican corporation to turn over records that will reveal exactly what information the police state informant bank gave to the DNC in pursuit of eliminating political opposition to the party.

NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF REPUBLICANS NOW WANT TRUMP AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT– So far, the indictments haven’t hurt former President Donald Trump who has surged to 62 percent among Republican voters for their primary choice for President, while DeSantis has fallen back to 16 percent. The poll was a CBS News/YouGov Poll that was conducted between August 16-18.

more:

Obama Admin Comments Supporting ‘Alternate Email’ Accounts Resurface – okmagazine.com

Donald Trump to appear with Tucker Carlson rather than face opponents at first Republican debate – amp.smh.com.au

Trump Cancels News Conference on Georgia Election Fraud Report – www.bloomberg.com

Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas – abcnews.go.com

Dem. Senator Manchin fuels further speculation about third party presidential bid – www.theblaze.com

US Senate Republican says Trump should drop out of presidential race – www.reuters.com

Democrats Want Private Security Watching GOP Poll Watchers – thefederalist.com

MAGA Rages After DeSantis Called Trumpers ‘Listless Vessels’ – crooksandliars.com

Massachusetts to Fund Tuition Assistance for Illegal Immigrants – legalinsurrection.com

Youngkin urges Republicans to embrace early voting – msnNOW – www.msn.com

Colorado’s governor fails to persuade federal judge to lift block on new state law raising age to purchase all guns to 21 – coloradosun.com

‘Undermining the integrity of Congress:’ Four more GOP lawmakers just violated a federal law – Raw Story – www.rawstory.com

FINANCE WATCH

MAJOR WIRELESS CARRIERS LOSE BILLIONS IN SMARTPHONE SALES – Wireless carriers are experiencing a sudden plummet in smartphone sales as consumers seem inclined to hold on to their smartphones longer than they ever did before. This has resulted in billions of lost revenue compared to last year. The current state of the economy is one factor, but the lack of noticeable differences from one year model to the next is also factoring in.

U.S. INCHING TOWARDS TRADE WAR WITH MEXICO OVER CORN – The U.S. government is protesting Mexico’s stance on banning the import of genetically modified corn, saying it is a violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade agreement (USMCA). Mexico has countered that “the measures under debate have no effect on trade.”

more:

China’s Debt Crisis Mounts As Everything Goes Wrong; S&P 500 Risk Limited – www.investors.com

Mexico expands tariffs to protect domestic markets – mexiconewsdaily.com

Indexes Fall as Treasury Yields Climb to Highest in More Than 10 Years – www.investopedia.com

US Bank Freezing Accounts, Denying Customers Access to Funds – btcpeers.com

Verizon showing interest in possible ESPN partnership – www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

Argentina sets grocery price controls for 90 days to tame inflation – www.reuters.com

Argentina government: IMF had wanted “100%” peso devaluation – www.reuters.com

FTX and Genesis reach $175 million settlement as the crypto bankruptcies drag on – fortune.com

Capital One sells $1B of office loans to Fortress Investments … – The Business Journals – www.bizjournals.com

Transnet CEO Fears Major Job Losses in Trucking Industry After … – Bloomberg – www.bloomberg.com

Minneapolis Sets Minimum Wage for Uber and Lyft Drivers – krocnews.com

New Mexico Secretary of State condemns Kroger-Albertsons merger – www.krqe.com

IMF praises Digital Real, Brazil’s CBDC expected in 2024 – www.fintechnexus.com

Retail CBDCs and the Limits of Spending Limits – www.pymnts.com

Libya’s central bank reunifies after almost a decade – www.reuters.com

Disney Lays Off 150+ Crew Members From Upcoming ‘Tron: Ares’ Movie Amid Ongoing SAG-AFTRA And WGA Strikes – boundingintocomics.com

Egypt to keep electricity prices unchanged for consumers until Jan. 2024 – www.reuters.com

CULTURE WATCH

HHS SEEKS TO CRIMINALIZE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE TRANSGENDER LAWS – We covered how HHS is attempting to change privacy rules to “protect” women who choose to murder their unborn children from prosecution in states where the crime of murder is actually a crime. Now, the extreme left department is investigating Vanderbilt University’s compliance with Tennessee laws on transgender treatment. HHS seeks to subvert the will of the people of the states to impose its far left agenda on states that clearly have rejected it.

FEDERAL COURT PROTECTS MEN BEATING WOMEN AT THEIR OWN GAME – A three-judge panel of the 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to place an injunction on a 2020 Idaho law banning  transgendered “women” from playing women’s sports. The anti-American court said of the law that it “perpetuates historic discrimination against both cisgender and transgender women by categorically excluding transgender women from athletic competition and subjecting all women to an invasive sex dispute verification process.”

The telltale sign these judges are basing their ruling on their ideology of feat, hate, and fake hope (the DNC narrative) rather than constitutional law is the use of the insulting and sub-humanizing term of “cisgender” to describe a woman. Let us hope SCOTUS rescues us from this ungodly ruling, and let us hope these judges someday face impeachment and removal for such a vulgar violation of the U.S. Constitution.

more:

Court Slaps Down FDA Again for Illegally Dropping Abortion Pill Rules – www.dailysignal.com

With advances in in vitro models, group proposes refined legal definition of an embryo — ScienceDaily – www.sciencedaily.com

Medical school professor says children can be ‘gender hybrids’ like a ‘gender minotaur’ – www.washingtonexaminer.com

Don’t believe the headlines: a Nebraska teen didn’t go to jail for having an abortion – www.americamagazine.org

Fairfax County Virginia schools defy governor over trans students – www.losangelesblade.com

Feds paid $300,000 to study why white, male physicists don’t fight racism, sexism in STEM – www.thecollegefix.com

Art scholar teaches kids to ‘summon’ ‘demons’ – www.thecollegefix.com

Michigan looks to lure out-of-state workers with ads touting LGBTQ and reproductive rights – www.wkar.org

Texas university students brace for LGBTQ resource center closure – www.losangelesblade.com

High Court rules against an Arkansas anti-evolution law – www.arkansasonline.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

FIA Weekday is a link aggregation, news analysis, and editorial commentary report designed to give the public an understanding of the times, compiled and reported on from a Christian biblical perspective.

For a better understanding of our standards of news reporting, read our report “The Prophetic Voice in News?”