FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR
Presents
FIA WEEKDAY
THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 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 by 10AM eastern time).
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(News recap from 6a December 20 to 6a December 21)
“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6
U.S. SPY VS U.S. CONGRESS, WUHAN LIED, CRISPR CURE, ASSET DEI, CANADA CURES CANCER WITH SUICIDE
For a better understanding of our standards of news reporting, read our report “The Prophetic Voice in News?”
ED.NOTE: Non-Freedomist-shared links are NOT endorsements. For the holidays, there will be no weekday report Friday December 22, Monday December 25 and Tuesday December 26, 2023, as well as Monday January 1 and Tuesday January 2, 2024
TAKING A BREAK UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
TOP STORIES
JORDAN ACCUSES DOJ OF SPYING ON CONGRESS, WANTS ANSWERS FROM GARLAND – House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is accusing the Department of Justice of spying on members of congress, and he wants the head of the DOJ, Merrick Garland, to answer for it.
He wrote a letter to Garland saying, “The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of the Justice Department’s use of its law-enforcement authority to obtain the private communications of Members of Congress and congressional staff members… On November 8, the Department informed the Committee via e-mail of ‘a change to the Department of Justice’s policies and procedures in criminal investigations involving Members of Congress and their staff’ that ‘impose[s] new requirements to consult with, or receive approval from, the Public Integrity Section.’”
WUHAN LAB LIED TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ABOUT WORKING TOWARDS GAIN-OF-FUNCTION FOR COVID-19 – Recently exposed documents have revealed that EcoHealth Alliance, headed by Peter Daszik, knowingly deceived other U.S. government agencies regarding the nature of the research into the coronavirus by the Wuhan lab, working in conjunction with the CCP and the U.S. government.
According to the documents, EcoHealth Alliance concealed the full nature of the research, that the lab was working on achieving a gain-of-function for the coronavirus to make it transmittable to humans.
CRISPR MAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS BEING A VIABLE MEDICAL THERAPY – People with Sickel-Cell Anemia can have their disease cured through the use of CRISPR, a method of altering DNA. The technique involves intensive treatment that right now makes CRISPR very expensive and very difficult for the patient, but, for sickle cell patients, it might be worth the cost, the pain, and the time.
ASSET MANAGERS BECOME NEW FRONTLINE OF DEI WARS – After non-leftists successfully fought back against the insertion of DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, a dog whistle for far-left extremism) into many corporate policies, the far left radicals are now targeting asset managers like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, demanding they punish companies that don’t conform to their anti-human, anti-American radical ideology of hate, fear, and fake hope.
ANOTHER CANCER PATIENT CHOOSES DEATH AFTER CANADA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FAILED HER – In the beginning of December this year we covered the “assisted suicide” of Dan Quayle, who choose death over facing the pain of a cancer that could have been treated but the Canadian Healthcare system didn’t have the resources available for Dan to be treated.
Now, a second person has died, Samalia Saikali, 67, who chose euthanasia rather than enduring the pain of her cancer, which also could have been treated, but which couldn’t be because Canada’s healthcare system lacked the resources to treat her. This is a de facto form of death paneling, which results when the state controls the healthcare system and also legalizes euthanasia to cut costs (while claiming they do it for “moral” reasons).
ANOTHER SOROS DA WITH BLOOD ON HIS HANDS – Jose Garza, the Soros-backed DA of Travis County, Texas, has allowed a man who had committed multiple DUI crimes, Roberto Rangel, 52, to be released early after committing another DUI, this one leading to the deaths of two individuals, Kate Garcia, 22, and Mark Narvaez, 23.
It’s not just that he released the man early, it’s that he also released him after multiple DUIs BEFORE the last offense led to the deaths of two innocent victims.
THE FRENCH LEFT IS QUITTING IN PROTEST OF MIGRATION “REFORM” – France’s Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau has resigned in protest of legislation that would finally stop the flood of “migrants” from countries with cultures that despise western culture. Other members of PM Macron’s cabinet might follow suit as the left signals to the French public its other contempt for them.
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HEADLINES
TRENDING (M-F)
ONE COUPLE, TWO PLANE CRASHES, BOTH SURVIVE, ON SAME DAY – An Italian couple survived not one, but two plane crashes, on the same day, miles apart from each other. While Stefano Pirilli, 30, was in a plane crash, a few miles away, his girlfriend, Antonietta Demasi, 22, was also going through her own plane crash. Both survived, with Stefano suffering no injuries while Antoniette suffered a minor injury to her pelvis.
POLITIFACT WANTS MORE ONLINE CENSORSHIP – The Orwellian-named disinformation giant known as “PolitiFact” wants more social media censorship of non-leftist thought online, at least that’s what the founder of the company, Bill Adair signaled in a piece he wrote at Nieman Lab.
He cites as an example for the need to censor thought “Republicans'” skepticism for “fact checking,” which is rooted in the FACT that leftist-run “fact checkers” like PolitiFact don’t actually check facts, they propagandize for the party they serve, the DNC-CCP.
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WORLD (M-F)
HOUTHIS DOUBLE DOWN ON THREATING U.S. WARSHIPS IN RED SEA – After the U.S. activated a 10-nation naval task force to confront the Houthi assault on world trade in the name of their death cult religion, the Houthis have declared they will directly attack U.S. warships, even though they’ve already being doing that.
MYANMAR JUNTA LOSES MORE SIGNIFICANT GROUND – Another major crossing for trade between China and Myanmar has been seized by a northwestern ethnic group resisting the Junta’s coup after it failed to get the election results it wanted in 2021. The territory lies in Luakkaing township, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, which lies in the northern part of the Shan state. The seizure is the 5th of its kind.
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U.S. POLITICS (M-F)
XI TOLD BIDEN THAT TAIWAN WILL BE ABSORBED – The borg-fascist state that is the People’s Republic of China, will be re-absorbing Taiwan into its death cult, Chairman Xi informed Biden at their San Fransisco meeting, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do about it. This information was only just now disclosed. Biden gave no meaningful pushback to the declaration.
AFTER CO SUPREMES’ ACT OF INSURRECTION, GOP HAS CAUCUS WORKAROUND – After the Colorado Supreme Court turned traitor and declared Trump was not allowed on a Colorado State Primary ballot for being accused but never convicted of being an “insurrectionist,” the Colorado GOP declared they can hold a caucus instead of a ballot primary, thus assuring Trump can still be selected by members of their party that choose to do so.
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FINANCE (M & TH)
AMERICA’S HOMELESS SPIKE – In just one year, homelessness in America has jumped 12 percent, hitting record high numbers, according to a report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The report claimed, “On a single night in 2023, roughly 653,100 people – or about 20 of every 10,000 people in the United States – were experiencing homelessness. Six in ten people were experiencing sheltered homelessness—that is, in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or safe haven program—while the remaining four in ten were experiencing unsheltered homelessness in places not meant for human habitation.”
EXXONMOBIL AND PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES MERGE – In another energy sector mega-merger, it was announced that ExxonMobil and Pioneer Natural Resources were forming one entity through an all-stock transaction. The combined value of the merger tops off at $59.5 billion.
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CULTURE (M & TH)
NY DEMS WANT TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR CHICK-FIL-A TO CLOSE ON SUNDAYS – As much to punish Chick-fil-A for daring to oppose the endorsement of homosexuality, New York Democrat lawmakers are looking to punish the fast-food chain by passing a law that forces restaurants with space in rest stops on the state Thruway to remain open seven days a week, and they’re not even hiding their intentions.
Assemblyman Tony Simone, D-Manhattan, the lawmaker sponsoring the legislation, stated, “Not only does Chick-fil-A have a long shameful history of opposing LGBTQ rights, it simply makes no sense for them to be a provider of food services in busy travel plazas,” If you don’t worship the rainbow cult, you can’t do business in America, which is why, in part, this writer refers to the whole “movement” as the rainbow fascist death cult.
UN ACCUSES UKRAINE OF VIOLATING RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH – The Ukrainian government is moving to make the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) illegal, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, claims is a violation of the principle of freedom of religion.
Turk stated during a UN Himan Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, “I note also my concerns regarding freedom of religion and belief in Ukraine, given continuing action by the authorities against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. These proposed restrictions to the right of freedom of religion do not appear to comply with international human rights law.”
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EDITOR’S CHOICE (T & FRI)
BEING PRO-PALESTINE IS GETTING ACADEMICS, DOCTORS CANCELLED – Under the broad rubric of “antisemitism,” professionals like doctors, academics, lawyers, and more are finding their online support of Hamas or Palestine is leading to them losing jobs and/or opportunities for advancement, with many law firms and medical institutions creating a “zero tolerance” for “antisemitism,” which includes just supporting Hamas and/or Palestine. The trend is largely supported by the American “right,” even as it continues to resist other forms of “cancel culture.”
ED.NOTE: This month’s issue of FIA will feature a report on this growing trend and what it means for America’s culture of individual liberty.
AI CAN’T HOLD PATENT RIGHTS, ACCORDING TO U.K. COURT – The United Kingdom’s Judiciary has determined that artificial intelligence machines cannot hold patents for their inventions. The ruling came from the country’s Supreme Court, who denied American entrepreneur Stephen Thaler, patent rights for inventions created by his “creativity machine” called DABUS.
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SCI-TECH (T & FRI)
3D-METAL IMPLANTS ARE NOW INFECTION-RESISTANT – One of the biggest threats to people that receive metal implants is the threat of infection, which can lead to the necessity for more surgery, or even death. A husband/wife team out of Washington State University’s school of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose, have developed a metal allow that can be used in 3D printing to create metal implants that are infection resistant.
DOES AI THINK LIKE HUMANS DO? – Researchers from the Center for Cognition and Sociality and the Data Science Group within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) are claiming the found that the way in which artificial intelligence processes memory of similar to how the hippocampus of the human brain processes memory.
- Justin LEE, a member of the team, said of the discovery, “This research makes a crucial step in advancing AI and neuroscience. It allows us to delve deeper into the brain’s operating principles and develop more advanced AI systems based on these insights.”
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MSM/ALT MEDIA NEWS AGGREGATION:
ANTI-LIBERTY AGIT-PROP
ED.NOTE: Links in this category are either agitprop (be it intentionally or unwittingly) or exposing agitprop intended to undermine American liberty values. The agitprop is not always revealed in the headlines alone.
from www.newsbusters.org – Censors Save Us from ‘Risky’ Right-Wing Websites?
from www.politicususa.com – Judge Engoron Makes It Clear That Trump Is Heading For Financial Doom
from amp.cnn.com – Opinion: Why the Colorado decision disqualifying Trump was absolutely right
from www.dailykos.com – Trump’s Hitler fantasies put Senate Republicans on defense
from www.nytimes.com – Indicted or Barred From the Ballot: For Trump, Bad News Cements Support
from www.newsbusters.org – CNN Cheers Trump Booted Off Colorado Ballot
from www.salon.com – The Supreme Court is now perfectly set up to save Donald Trump
from crooksandliars.com – Mystal: Colorado’s Court Quotes Gorsuch For A Reason
from www.dailykos.com – Republicans plot revenge after court kicks Trump off Colorado ballot
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TRENDING
from www.ndtv.com – 12 Dead, 13 Injured In Coal Mine Accident In Northeast China: Report
from slaynews.com – Lincoln Memorial Steps Vandalized with Pro-Hamas Graffiti
from www.newsweek.com – Hunter Biden Accused of Sneaking Into White House
from www.jpost.com – Roger Waters loses Argentina hotel bookings after Israel-Hamas comments
from ticker.tv – FBI Raid on Safe Deposit Boxes Sparks Controversy Over Civil Asset Forfeiture
from freebeacon.com – More Than 75,000 People Left California This Year, Census Estimates Show
from slaynews.com – German Health Minister Admits Covid Shots Don’t Work
from apnews.com – Court date set in Hunter Biden’s California tax case
from thenewamerican.com – Report: U.S. Population Growth Returns to Pre-pandemic Level
from www.bbc.co.uk – Porn viewers in EU may have to prove their age
from www.cnbc.com – U.S., EU reach deal to suspend taxes (50% Tariff on U.S. Whiskey)
from theshaderoom.com – Family Of Five Passes Away While Dad Was Christmas Shopping
from www.wunc.org – New Washington Post CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up – WUNC
from www.breitbart.com – Comcast Admits Data Breach Impacting 36 Million Xfinity Customers
WORLD
from www.nytimes.com – E.U. Countries Reach Major Deal on Migration After Years of Wrangling
from www3.nhk.or.jp – High court orders Okinawa to approve Tokyo’s reclamation plan for US base move
from www.reuters.com – Polish government eyes state media, judiciary reform – Reuters
from www.euronews.com – Widespread protests in Slovakia continue against proposed penal code changes
from www.breitbart.com – IDF Uncovers ‘Elite’ Tunnels Used by Hamas Leaders
from www.pbs.org – Congo presidential election goes on despite conflict and logistical challenges
from www.bloomberg.com – Sierra Leone Lifts Nighttime Curfew Imposed After Foiled Coup
from www.thenation.com – Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender
from www.barrons.com – Ivory Coast’s Main Opposition Party To Hold Congress Friday
from www.ctvnews.ca – Ex-Haitian senator sentenced to life in prison over president’s assassination
from www.ndtv.com – UN Vote On Gaza Delayed By A Day Amid Talks To Avoid US Veto
POLITICS
from americanmilitarynews.com – Ramaswamy makes pledge after Trump disqualification
from www.ndtv.com – Joe Biden After Colorado Ruling
from www.louderwithcrowder.com – Wage Bill Proposed By Sanders Would Kill 700,000 Jobs
from www.washingtonpost.com – Judge again turns over Rep. Perry’s phone records to DOJ Jan. 6 probe
from thefederalist.com – White House Pushes Nazi-Style Propaganda Saying Trump Is Hitler
from www.ajc.com – Fate of Georgia’s new GOP-drawn political maps lies with federal judge
from www.washingtonexaminer.com – Biden, despite rhetoric to the contrary, rakes in lobbyist cash
FINANCE
from www.dailyherald.com – Walgreens CEO exits less than 3 years after taking over drug store chain
from hotair.com – Doom Loop? Nearly 36% of San Francisco’s Office Space is Currently Vacant – HotAir
from www.washingtontimes.com – Poll: Majority of Swedes back Tesla strikes
from www.cnbc.com – GM has cut its Buick dealership network in half through buyouts
from www.upi.com – Treasury tightens Russian price cap oil controls with additional sanctions
from finnoexpert.com – General Mills echoes FedEx with a warning about weaker demand
from www.insurancebusinessmag.com – State Farm’s homeowners loss ratio hits record high
from www.bloomberg.com – China Is Under Pressure to Keep Exporting Electric Cars to the EU
from www.blacklistednews.com – Rolls-Royce In Talks To Build Mini-Nuke Plants In Ukraine
from www.ndtvprofit.com – Fed’s Barkin Suggests Rate Cuts Possible If Inflation Keeps Falling
from www.businessdailyafrica.com – IMF opens more zero-interest funding to Kenya
from www.infowars.com – Fed Tries to Temper Rate Cut Enthusiasm
from www.energy-storage.news – US Treasury and IRS clarify 45X manufacturing tax credit rules
from techreport.com – Amazon Workers in Spain Plan Three-Day Strike Over Wages Ahead of Epiphany
CULTURE
from brooklyneagle.com – New York State courts enhance anti-bias training
from www.nytimes.com – U.S. Catholics Split on Pope’s Blessing for Same-Sex Couples
from www.lifenews.com – Ireland and Scotland May Prohibit Prayer Outside Abortion Centers
from www.newsbusters.org – University of Pittsburgh Under Fire for Fetal Tissue Research Grants
from www.dailysignal.com – Pa. School District Warns Bus Drivers About Christmas Decorations
from www.louderwithcrowder.com – FBI Adopts LGBTQIA+ Acronym – Louder With Crowder
from www.bloomberg.com – California Ends $54M Walgreens Deal Over Abortion Pill, Newsom Says
from www.theblaze.com – Child sexual abuse material found in AI training dataset: Report
from fortune.com – Native American languages increasingly feature on U.S. road signs
EDITOR’S CHOICE
from thefederalist.com – WI State Bar’s ‘Diversity Clerkship’ Racially Discriminates
from www.killerstartups.com – Generative AI Raises Election Misinformation Concerns
from thenewamerican.com – UN ‘Climate’ Deal to Phase Out Oil… or the Free World?
from www.buckeyefirearms.org – Gun control advocates wonder why New Yorkers turn to Second Amendment
from www.firstpost.com – Thailand halts new gun licences for a year after deadly shootings
from www.breitbart.com – Study Blames Flight from Democrat-Run Cities on Climate Change
from www.nytimes.com – Baltimore Sues A.T.F. Over Access to Gun Data
from fee.org – Why Karl Marx Supported Gun Rights—but Marxists Don’t
from www.dallasnews.com – How to stop patent trolls from gaining access to sensitive information
from news.bloomberglaw.com – 10th Circuit Says SCOTUS Didn’t Invalidate Gun Bans for Felons
from www.nyu.edu – Alexa, am I happy? How AI emotion recognition falls short – New York University
from www.eenews.net – ‘Latest battleground’: How politics seized the electric grid
from www.usatoday.com – Cartoon criticized Hamas terrorists. And then Washington Post blinked
from www.nationalreview.com – Satanic Temple Mocks Religious Freedom
SCI-TECH
anwire – from thehill.com – OpenAI unveils framework to protect against ‘catastrophic’ AI risks
from www.newscientist.com – Famous quantum experiment could be shrunk to the size of a single atom
from techxplore.com – Alexa, am I happy? How AI emotion recognition falls short
from phys.org – Fish display distinct individual behaviors when swimming to find food, finds study
from www.hklaw.com – Generating a Body of Generative AI Case Law | Insights
from phys.org – Scientists provide recipe to halve pollution from food production
from scitechdaily.com – Oral Contraceptive Pill Linked to Lower Depression Rates
from www.thedefensepost.com – Lockheed, Verizon Showcase 5G-Powered 3D Streaming Tech
from www.cnbc.com – GPT and other AI models can’t analyze an SEC filing, researchers find
from astrobiology.com – Giant Bacterium Epulopiscium viviparus Uses Unique Processes To Power Itself
from www.witn.com – Sodium-ion battery technology continues to expand
from cleantechnica.com – Tesla Win In Court Exposes Potential For Cyber Abuse In A Connected World
from scitechdaily.com – A New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breaskthrough
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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 an American Christian biblical perspective.
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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
About Author
Paul Collier
Paul Collier is the editor of The Freedomist newsite, our Weekday Reports, and our Monthly Publication, Freedomist Intelligence Advisor (previously McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). He has been involved in news publishing since 2003.
