FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR
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MINDFUL INTELLIGENCE REPORT ™
TUESDAY EDITION – APRIL 16, 2024
editor Paul Collier
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Isaiah 52:7-8
TOP STORY
U.S. HOUSE PASSES SECTION 702 RENEWAL – By a vote of 273-147, members of the U.S. House passed legislation that renews the section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Section 702, which effectively illegally empowers Federal authorities to violate our 4th amendment and conduct warrantless spying on American citizens. The only substantive change to the amendment is the reduction of the renewal timeline from 5 years to 2 years. Only 59 Republicans voted against the bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has received pushback from the Republican wing of the Republican party, especially from Marjorie Taylor Greene, who accuses Johnson of now being a de facto Democrat. He responded to her challenge by saying “Marjorie and I agree on our conservative philosophy. We just have different ideas sometimes on strategy. The important part of governing in a time of divided government like we have is communication with members and understanding the thought process behind it, that they have a say in it.”
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FEATURES
POPULAR ORTHODOX BISHOP STABBED DURING AUSTRALIAN SERVICE – A popular Bishop on YouTube, Bishop H.G. Mar Mari Emmanuel, was stabbed multiple times during a livestreamed church service in preparation of Palm Sunday. The service was held at the Christ the Good Shephard Church, in Sydney Australia, which is an Assyrian Orthodox Church. The suspect appears to have been a radical Islamo-Fascist. It follows another stabbing in a Sydney mall just a week prior to this incident.
There were multiple victims, including a priest, with the Bishop suffering the most harm. All of the injuries are non-life threatening. The Bishop is listed in stable conditions. He remains in the hospital for treatment. The stabbing has set off a round of protests, some of which have turned violent, with the protestors blaming the Australian police for not doing enough to halt the rising violence coming from the Islamic community in their country.
UKRAINE CHANGES THE TERMS OF SERVICE, AGAIN… – The Ukraine parliament has passed a new law that changes the terms of military service. Before the new law, compulsory service was limited to three years, now the terms are indefinite, meaning once you are signed up you are compelled to serve until the military releases you.
One serviceman, Artem Osipyan, a former psychologist, might represent the overall sentiment of many other service members, writing on Facebook “Knowingly and voluntarily, I will become part of the most depraved category of citizens in my own country. Who will I be next? Do I have to always remain a serviceman? Has my life been that insignificant? What makes other people’s lives more meaningful and less worthy of sacrifice than mine?”
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TOP HEADLINES
FBI INVESTIGATES FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE DISASTER – The FBI has announced it has opened up a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key bridge disaster. According to an anonymous insider cited by ABC News, the investigation is centering around whether all the safety protocols were followed by the bridge authorities as well as the crew onboard the cargo ship that destroyed the bridge, the Dali.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said the city “will take decisive action to hold responsible all entities accountable for the Key Bridge tragedy, including the owner, charterer, manager/operator, and the manufacturer of the M/V Dali, as well as any other potentially liable third parties.”
GOOGLE PREEMPTIVELY ATTACKS CALIFORNIA’S NEWS PUBLISHERS ONLINE BILL – California’s efforts to pass a bill that will force social media companies to pay news publishers to share their links online is meeting with resistance from Google, who has announced plans to block news links from certain California residents to give the state a taste for the consequences should the bill pass.
Google’s Vice President for Global News Partnerships, Jaffer Zaidi, said of the move, “We have long said that this is the wrong approach to supporting journalism.” He said the passage fo the bill will “result in significant changes to the services we can offer Californians and the traffic we can provide to California publishers.”
CITI’S $1.8 BILLION LOSS TRIGGERS MASS LAYOFF PLAN – Citigroup has announced plans to cut more than 20,000 jobs after what it described as a “clearly disappointing” fourth quarter that saw the company lost $1.8 billion. Citi’s overall revenue fell year-over-year by more than 3 percent while revenue from markets dropped 19 percent year-over-year to $3.4 billion.
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HEADLINES
RECORD NUMBER OF OREGONIANS ARE “LEGALLY” KILLING THEMSELVES – After Oregon made assisted suicide legal in 1998, the number of people yearly that have committed suicide through the program has consistently increased. But this year, the amount of people committing “legal” suicide jumped by 32 percent over last year’s numbers, with 278 committing suicide “legally” in 2023.
Of the people that have committed suicide in 2023, almost half, 43.3 percent, chose suicide because they did not want to be a burden on their family, friends, and/or caregivers while 8.2 percent chose suicide because of the “financial implications of treatment.”
CHINA SEES EXPORTS, IMPORTS SHRINKING – China’s own numbers show the Totalitarian state is facing a significant economic downturn. The Communist state released data that shows exports have fallen 7.5 percent from last year and imports have fallen 1.9 percent during that same time period. This follows news that Ratings agency Fitch cut its outlook on China’s sovereign credit rating to “negative” in April 10 of this year.
NEW 3D-PRINT MATERIAL STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER NATURAL MATERIAL ON EARTH – Researchers from Australia have used lasers and metal powder to create a new super material, a “metamaterial” that is stronger than anything you can find in nature.
Ma Qian, a lead researcher on the project, conducted out of RMIT University, said “We designed a hollow tubular lattice structure that has a thin band running inside it. These two elements together show strength and lightness never before seen together in nature. By effectively merging two complementary lattice structures to evenly distribute stress, we avoid the weak points where stress normally concentrates.”
JAPAN COMES OUT OF AMERICA’S DEFENSIVE SHADOW – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used his time spent to address the joint chambers of the U.S. congress to announce to the world that Japan’s relationship with the U.S. has changed, from being a support system for American-led defense to being a co-equal working in shared partnership for a common defense.
The Prime Minister declared “I’m here to say that Japan is already standing shoulder to shoulder with the United States. You are not alone. We are with you. The Japanese people are fully committed to these values. I do not want to leave our children a society where human rights were oppressed, where political self-determination is denied, where our lives are monitored by digital technology. I know you don’t either,”
BIDEN AWARDS FORMER SOLYNDRA BOSS AND DNC SUPPORTER $6.6 BILLION – It turns out the Biden plan to fund TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) to the tune of $6.6 billion could be just another Democrat Party kickback. The President of the firm, Brian Harrison, is the same man who helmed the solar energy company Solyndra, the same company that received $500 million in loans from the Obama administration just before the company went bankrupt.
It should be noted that an inspector general said of the Solyndra failure that the “actions of certain Solyndra officials were, at best, reckless and irresponsible or, at worst, an orchestrated effort to knowingly and intentionally deceive and mislead the Department [of Energy].”
JANUARY 6 DEM ACTIVIST JUDGE MOVES TO PROTECT MEDIA MATTERS – Amit Privayadan Mehta, a U.S. District Court Judge in D.C. who is regularly pronouncing draconian sentences against January 6 protesters is now moving to protect Media Matters against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who wants to investigate the Democrat Campaign firm for illegally taking grants intended for non-partisan, non-profit groups.
The quisling judge issued an order to block Paxton from continuing his investigation into Media Matters, triggering an approving response from Media Matters. DNC campaign outlets like Rolling Stone are only including Media Matters’ response to the ruling, while coloring Paxton as an extremist rogue who is violating the First Amendment rights of the press.
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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. Agitprop is not always revealed in the headlines alone.
The Supreme Court abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states — www.vox.com
How Trump and Mike Johnson’s election voting attack echoes America’s racist past — www.msnbc.com
Check | How Much Fake News Did You Fall For? Take Our Quiz and Find Out! — www.thequint.com
Trump Shows Serious Signs Of Cognitive Decline At Pennsylvania Rally — www.politicususa.com
DEI Must Be Woven into the Fabric of Business — njbmagazine.com
Women share horror stories caused by red state abortion bans — cardinalpine.com
Rachel Maddow Blasts Buffoonish Trump For Falling Asleep In Court — www.politicususa.com
Trump Whines That His Criminality Is ‘An Assault On America’ — crooksandliars.com
Could Trump become president after being convicted of a crime? — www.latimes.com
Dictatorships have never been closer — it’s time for democracies to do the same — www.euronews.com
Leaders, faith groups meet to address Lansing gun violence — news.yahoo.com
Billionaires Fund the GOP’s Senate Takeover Attempt, With Tax Cuts at Stake — readsludge.com
‘Civil War’ movie raises disturbing themes in era of Trump and Biden — www.usatoday.com
House GOP pauses infighting to move forward on key surveillance bill – Axios — www.axios.com
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MSM STORIES
Trump may be arrested if he skips court, judge warns — americanmilitarynews.com
Anti-Israel Activists Blocking Roads, Airports in Major Cities — legalinsurrection.com
Big Brother Is Watching Amazon and Walmart Warehouse Workers — jacobin.com
20 states sue Biden admin for flying illegal immigrants into the US — americanmilitarynews.com
Trump Fell Asleep During New York Trial — trendingpoliticsnews.com
‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Sentenced In Fatal Shooting — dailycaller.com
Mass Shooting Outside New Orleans Nightclub Leaves One Dead and 11 Injured — loyalconservatives.com
Robots Must Now Get Sundays Off To Rest, German Court Rules — www.louderwithcrowder.com
Guatemala’s president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on – CTV News —
WORLD
Somalia Says It Will Never Accept Ethiopian Naval Base in Somaliland — english.aawsat.com
Iran launched a Cyberattack Against Critical Infrastructure in Israel — cybersecuritynews.com
China helping Moscow in biggest military expansion since Soviet times, US says — www.france24.com
EU Military Committee Chairman Discusses Common Defense Policy in Budapest — hungarytoday.hu
Ukrainian parliament adopts law to expand military draft — www.washingtonpost.com
China’s Aircraft Carrier Nightmare Is Just Getting Started — nationalinterest.org
Apple CEO Cook visits Socialist Republic of Vietnam — macdailynews.com
Ghana fails to reach debt deal with international bondholders – Reuters — www.reuters.com
Iranian Activist Blasts Islamic Regime for Pushing War with Israel: ‘We Want Peace’ — slaynews.com
Russian weapons help Iran harden defenses against Israeli airstrike — www.washingtonpost.com
Nuclear inspections cancelled in Iran amid fears of attack — www.telegraph.co.uk
Pakistan hopes to secure new IMF loan as quickly as possibly: Aurangzeb — dunyanews.tv
Soros Foundation – Kyrgyzstan to cease operations in country » English » www.24.kg — 24.kg
U.S. POLITICS
Federal Judge Upholds GA Citizenship Verification Process: Officials — patch.com
Judge Blocks Orthodox Jews, Who Overwhelmingly Back Trump, from Trial Jury. — thenationalpulse.com
Biden Exposed In Bombshell Report Related To Robert Hur’s Investigation — trendingpoliticsnews.com
This Poll on Latinos Is Not Good News for Biden — townhall.com
Baldwin edges Hovde in Wisconsin Senate race fundraising — thehill.com
Rand Paul accuses Mike Johnson of ‘siding with Democrats’ on FISA warrants – Voz Media — voz.us
Donald Trump’s Backpedaling Over FISA Warrantless Surveillance — reason.com
Lawmakers Fold WH Proposals Into Sweeping Pandemic Fraud Bills – MeriTalk — meritalk.com
Planned New York City subway body scans for weapons draw Fourth Amendment concerns — www.newsday.com
Soros Group Gives $60 Million to Super PAC That Boosts Democrats — financialpost.com
Senate bill would study high rates of cancer among US Armed Forces aircrew members — www.knau.org
Gordon Vetoes Rule Requiring Proof Of WY Residency To Register To Vote — thefederalist.com
John Kirby Blames Trump for Iran’s Attack on Israel – HotAir — hotair.com
CULTURE
Supreme Court OKs Idaho Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Teens — au.news.yahoo.com
Father Fights Against Son’s Forced Transgender Transition — www.newsbusters.org
Pro-Abortion Terrorist Gets Lighter Sentence Than Pro-Life Activists — thefederalist.com
BlackRock CEO Melts Down as Profits Plummet over Woke ESG Agenda — slaynews.com
Doctors Fight Back Against Biden Rule Forcing Them to Promote Abortions — www.lifenews.com
Most Colleges Demand DEI Requirements in Order to Graduate › American Greatness — amgreatness.com
Christian bishop stabbed in violent attack during church — americanmilitarynews.com
Polish lawmakers debate easing near-total abortion ban | National News — www.kulr8.com
More evidence of anti-white bias at Google — www.americanthinker.com
BUSINESS
Czechoslovak Group Reiterates Intention to Buy U.S. Ammo Makers — www.breitbart.com
Teamsters Extend Largest Strike Against Amazon in the U.S. — teamster.org
As US bank profits drop, focus shifts to interest income outlook – Reuters — www.reuters.com
Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency surges amid market skepticism-Xinhua — english.news.cn
UPS Gearing Up for Mass Layoffs at Pennsylvania Facility — www.breitbart.com
GM CEO says chip shortage could hit profits by $2 billion — uk.movies.yahoo.com
Biden has a story to tell about the economy. Inflation gets in the way. — www.spokesman.com
European Central Bank might beat the Fed to interest rate cuts – Axios — www.axios.com
US Supreme Court declines Visa, Mastercard appeal in ATM class action – Reuters — www.reuters.com
China’s new South China Sea oil rig helps it drill deep for energy security — amp.scmp.com
Comcast, Paramount Global Held Early Talks About a Peacock-Paramount+ Combination — www.imdb.com
Apple’s New Jersey store workers file petition for unionization – MSN — www.msn.com
SCI-TECH
US lawmakers angry after Huawei unveils laptop with new Intel AI chip — finance.yahoo.com
Team finds new source for sleep-related brain waves — www.futurity.org
Researchers Develop Simple Way To Harvest More “Blue Energy” From Waves — scitechdaily.com
US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race — www.wdio.com
U.S.-China tech rivalry on display in Utah drone plant — www.washingtonpost.com
America hits Chinese biotech—and its own drugmakers — www.economist.com
How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds — www.sciencenews.org
Japan’s Rapidus chip foundry opens U.S. subsidiary in Silicon Valley — venturebeat.com
Paris Olympics Anti-drone System Fails To Convince As Clock Ticks — www.barrons.com
Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S. — www.nytimes.com
Facebook bans politician of India’s ruling party for violating hate speech — ca.movies.yahoo.com
3D Printing Human Organs In Healthcare – Goreville Gazette — gorevillegazette.com
US, Japan Team Up for Commercialization of Fusion Energy — www.rigzone.com
Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first time — www.sciencedaily.com
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