Freedom First Network https://freedomfirstnetwork.com There's a thin line between ringing alarm bells and fearmongering. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-Square-32x32.jpg Freedom First Network https://freedomfirstnetwork.com 32 32 178281470 China Begins Largest Military Build-Up Since 1930s Nazi Germany https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/china-begins-largest-military-build-up-since-1930s-nazi-germany/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/china-begins-largest-military-build-up-since-1930s-nazi-germany/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:41:40 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/china-begins-largest-military-build-up-since-1930s-nazi-germany/ A recent Department of Defense report has sparked concern over China’s rapidly escalating military capabilities, with one expert drawing a stark comparison to the military build-up of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. According to the report, China is expanding its military arsenal and engaging in sophisticated psychological warfare tactics.

Chuck DeVore, a former Army lieutenant colonel and now chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, highlighted this alarming trend in a piece for The Federalist. The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress paints a picture of a nation that has poured significant resources into its military while the U.S. has been focused elsewhere.

The Numbers and Strategy

China currently boasts the world’s largest navy, with plans to increase its fleet from 370 ships and submarines to 435 by 2030. Beyond sheer numbers, the report details how the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is not only expanding its reach but also refining its strategies. The PLA is heavily investing in “cognitive domain operations” (CDO), aiming at what they term “mind dominance.” This involves using information to sway public opinion and destabilize opponents without engaging in direct combat.

Psychological Warfare and Influence

The concept of CDO is described in the report as an attempt by the PLA to create conditions favorable to China, reducing both civilian and military resistance to its actions. This approach is likened to an asymmetric capability, potentially deterring U.S. or allied intervention in conflicts or shaping public perception to China’s advantage.

Economic Focus and Military Prioritization

DeVore critiques U.S. military spending, noting that $5.4 trillion was spent on the war on terror and nation-building efforts, which he argues distracted from addressing the growing Chinese threat. He urges a reallocation of Pentagon resources to bolster naval strength, nuclear deterrence, missile defense, and logistics, especially in light of the incoming Trump administration.

Looking Forward

This military expansion comes at a time when China is also accused of engaging in espionage, with recent reports of Chinese cyber operations targeting U.S. telecom companies. The strategic implications of this build-up are significant, not just for regional stability but for global security dynamics.

The warning from DeVore and the analysis within the Pentagon report suggest that the world is witnessing a military expansion that could reshape global power structures, reminiscent of historical precedents where unchecked military growth led to widespread conflict.

As this situation unfolds, it will be crucial for U.S. policymakers to adapt strategies to counterbalance this rising force, ensuring that competition does not escalate into conflict, while maintaining open lines of communication with China.

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]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/china-begins-largest-military-build-up-since-1930s-nazi-germany/feed/ 0 228469 Scott Jennings Says Biden Will “Leave Office in Disgrace” After “Disastrous” 4 Years in White House https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/scott-jennings-says-biden-will-leave-office-in-disgrace-after-disastrous-4-years-in-white-house/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/scott-jennings-says-biden-will-leave-office-in-disgrace-after-disastrous-4-years-in-white-house/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:34:11 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/scott-jennings-says-biden-will-leave-office-in-disgrace-after-disastrous-4-years-in-white-house/ DCNF(DCNF)—CNN’s Scott Jennings said Sunday that President Joe Biden will leave office “in disgrace” after former Hillary Clinton campaign senior adviser Karen Finney attempted to defend the president’s last four years.

Approval for Biden began to plummet after September 2021, hitting an all-time low in June with just 37.4% support from Americans, while his disapproval stood at 56.7%, according to data collected by FiveThirtyEight. During CNN’s “State of the Union,” Finney stated that while Biden’s mental health had recently come as a shock to her, she believed Biden would be remembered for his “accomplishments” in the Middle East and with foreign policy.

“You think the Middle East is in better shape today than when he took office?” Jennings pressed.

“Well, I think he got our hostages home. I think that’s a big deal. I think it’s important — ” Finney responded.

Jennings then jumped in to question which hostages Finney was referring to, to which she responded that Biden has “gotten a number of people home” before Jennings cut her off again.

“There’s still 100 people over there,” Jennings said. “Including some Americans. Look, I think he’s going to, I think he’s going to leave office in disgrace. The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. He’s going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan pullout.”

“We’re just getting the first draft of this now, but as we continue to learn about the massive cover-up that went on, not about his health, but about his mental acuity to cover that up, the efforts that were undertaken by the White House staff, by his family, not in the last couple of months, but for all four years, I think it’s going to be a really ugly chapter. It’s a diminished presidency because of it,” Jennings said. “I think we still don’t know the full extent of what they did to try to hide what they’ve been doing over in the West Wing.”

During Biden’s presidential campaign against President-elect Donald Trump, polls showed voter concerns over Biden’s handling of the economy, with inflation ranking among their top worries before the November election. Polls also revealed concerns about Biden’s mental fitness following his poor debate performance against Trump in June, in which he was seen freezing mid-sentence and struggling to finish his arguments.

Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have received push back for their handling of the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, which resulted in the deaths of 13 service members outside Kabul International Airport. In September, Gold Star family members criticized Harris for “gaslighting” and ignoring them for the past three years after she attempted to call out Trump for filming videos at the third anniversary event at Arlington Cemetery.

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]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/scott-jennings-says-biden-will-leave-office-in-disgrace-after-disastrous-4-years-in-white-house/feed/ 0 228466 Deep State Shill Leana Wen Calls for Regime to Launch Bird Flu Jabs Before Trump Gets In https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in-2/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in-2/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:47:33 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in-2/ Leana Wen’s career path has been a spectacle to say the least. She moved to America from Communist China when she was 8. Her first known appearance in the public eye was as a witness to the Boston Marathon Bombing. She became Baltimore Health Commissioner, then President of Planned Parenthood, then Covid mask- and vaxx-nanny.

Now, in the early stages of Bird Flu Pandemic Panic Theater 2.0, she’s taking to the airwaves to sell a ludicrous idea to the American people. She wants the Biden regime to start administering Bird Flu “vaccines” to the public before President Donald J. Trump takes office.

You can try to make this up but you won’t be successful…

Reactions on X have been brutal…

While it seems many if not most Americans are done with Plandemics, we cannot underestimate the willingness of millions of sheep to be led to the slaughter. Many simply do not learn their lesson. Let’s pray there are fewer who comply this time than with the first Pandemic Panic Theater.

]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in-2/feed/ 0 228463 Deep State Shill Leana Wen Calls for Regime to Launch Bird Flu Jabs Before Trump Gets In https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:47:33 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in/ Leana Wen’s career path has been a spectacle to say the least. She moved to America from Communist China when she was 8. Her first known appearance in the public eye was as a witness to the Boston Marathon Bombing. She became Baltimore Health Commissioner, then President of Planned Parenthood, then Covid mask- and vaxx-nanny.

Now, in the early stages of Bird Flu Pandemic Panic Theater 2.0, she’s taking to the airwaves to sell a ludicrous idea to the American people. She wants the Biden regime to start administering Bird Flu “vaccines” to the public before President Donald J. Trump takes office.

You can try to make this up but you won’t be successful…

Reactions on X have been brutal…

While it seems many if not most Americans are done with Plandemics, we cannot underestimate the willingness of millions of sheep to be led to the slaughter. Many simply do not learn their lesson. Let’s pray there are fewer who comply this time than with the first Pandemic Panic Theater.

]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/deep-state-shill-leana-wen-calls-for-regime-to-launch-bird-flu-jabs-before-trump-gets-in/feed/ 0 228461 Hate Hoaxers Caught Fabricating Racism on Another College Campus https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/hate-hoaxers-caught-fabricating-racism-on-another-college-campus/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/hate-hoaxers-caught-fabricating-racism-on-another-college-campus/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:19:12 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/hate-hoaxers-caught-fabricating-racism-on-another-college-campus/ Editor’s Commentary: Which political ideology is REALLY racist? According to Democrats, legacy media, and college professors across the nation, it’s those dastardly conservatives who are spreading hate and fueling division by expressing their “bigoted” worldviews.

This is, of course, simply not true. We know it’s not true because race hoaxers are the only ones spreading racist messages. They just get impatient waiting for “hate crimes” on their college campuses to happen so they manufacture their own.

The latest example comes from Rhodes College where an “oppressed” student decided to take the racism into their own hands…

Latest Race Hoax: Slur Posted at College ‘Fabricated’ to Make Trump Backers Look Bad

(Zero Hedge)—In the latest manifestation of a persistent phenomenon, a race hoaxer at a college stepped in to fill the gap between demand for racism and the supply — by creating fictional racism in the form of a written slur posted on the campus, school officials say.

This phony incident took place over Thanksgiving break at Rhodes College, a small private school in Memphis with an enrollment of about 4,000. A dozen sheets of paper that paired a racist message with support for then-recently-elected presidential candidate Donald Trump were left at the school’s National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza, which is a tribute to the school’s historically black fraternities and sororities. Blacks represent 9.7% of the school’s enrollment.

According to reported accounts, the hand-written pages said “F*CK NI**ERS, TRUMP RULES.” The school immediately issued a campus security alert about a “reported hate crime of intimidation based on racial bias,” and included a list of “resources available for survivors,” which included personal counseling, along with guidance from the college’s Institutional Equity office.

Black students conducted a silent protest in the lobby of the school’s library, wearing black clothing and posting signs with messages that included “Hold Racists Accountable,” “Stop Racists,” and “Hate speech will not be tolerated.” The university’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity held a paradoxical “open meeting” for black people only. “This is a chance for Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni to unite and develop actionable steps toward institutional change,” an announcement said.

Here’s how the “incident” was initially reported:

In what will come as no surprise to regular ZeroHedge readers, the whole thing turned out to be phony, as the school confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital:

“Thanks to the tireless efforts of our Campus Safety officers and the Memphis Police Department, the investigation into the hate crime that occurred recently on our campus has ended with the identification of the perpetrator and the conclusion this incident was fabricated. This individual has admitted responsibility…This matter has caused enormous pain to our community, and we are taking the appropriate steps to hold this individual accountable, including all legal avenues that may be available to us.”

Rhodes College’s quest for accountability has its limits: the school is keeping the culprit’s name and relationship with the institution a secret. The college did say the hoaxer reported the incident with hopes of blaming someone else for doing it.

Between the posting of the racist, Trump-supporting language and the announcement that it was a fraud, black student and Pan-Hellenic Council member Lauren Roberts complained that authorities weren’t working hard enough to find the (non-existent) bigot, telling WREG, “They are saying they are investigating and doing this and that and the third but it’s been two weeks and you still haven’t found anybody that’s kind of like a bummer to the black community, in my opinion.”

The Rhodes College episode is the latest of many campus racism hoaxes. A very small sampling of other such frauds includes:

Kentucky State University criminal justice and political science professor Wilfred Reilly wrote a book on race hoaxes and maintains a database which suggests less than a third of reported hate crimes are real. Reilly wrote that, with “absolute confidence,” it can be said that “the actual number of hate crime hoaxes is indisputably large…We are not speaking here of just a few bad apples.”

]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/hate-hoaxers-caught-fabricating-racism-on-another-college-campus/feed/ 0 228458 ‘Unprecedented’: Will Chuck Grassley Really Become U.S. President if There’s No House Speaker to Certify Trump Victory? https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/unprecedented-will-chuck-grassley-really-become-u-s-president-if-theres-no-house-speaker-to-certify-trump-victory/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/unprecedented-will-chuck-grassley-really-become-u-s-president-if-theres-no-house-speaker-to-certify-trump-victory/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:57:02 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/unprecedented-will-chuck-grassley-really-become-u-s-president-if-theres-no-house-speaker-to-certify-trump-victory/ (WND)—Despite Donald Trump’s landslide victory over Kamala Harris in November, it’s possible he may not become president on Jan. 20 if there’ still no speaker of the House who has certified the election results.

That alarm is being sounded on national TV as Mike Johnson, the current speaker of the House, is facing the threat of not being voted as speaker again this Friday.

On “Sunday Morning Futures” on the Fox News Channel, host Jason Chaffetz quoted Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram who said:

“The House absolutely, unequivocally cannot do anything until it elects a speaker, period. This also means that the House cannot certify the results of the Electoral College, making trump the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 6. What happens if the Electoral College isn’t sorted out by Jan. 20? Well, President Biden is done, so he’s gone. The same with Harris. Next in the presidential line of succession is the speaker of the House.

“Well, there’s no speaker, so who becomes the president? If the House is still frittering away time trying to elect a speaker on Jan 20, [president pro tempore of the Senate Chuck] Grassley, likely becomes ‘acting president.’ I write likely because this gets into some serious, extra-constitutional turf. These are unprecedented scenarios. Strange lands never visited in the American political experience.”

U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the House Oversight Committee chairman, addressed the concern, saying: “No one ran against Mike Johnson. To this day, and here we are inside a week of the speaker’s vote, there is still not a single declared candidate.

“But as you know, we have five Republicans that won’t commit to voting for Mike Johnson, and he can only lose one or two votes. So I sure hope we don’t repeat this, and I’m strongly encouraging my colleagues and go ahead and elect Mike Johnson, and let’s get started on passing President Trump’s agenda.”

Chaffetz brought up Rep. Andy Harris, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, who is not necessarily fully committed to Johnson as speaker, and asked if the Republicans can stay united.

“It’s a terrible challenge. We’ve seen it play out over the past two years,” Comer noted. “It was very difficult for Kevin McCarthy, it’s been very difficult for Mike Johnson. It would be very difficult for whomever would be elected speaker of our conference.

“But at the end of the day, the difference between the 119th Congress and the 118th Congress is we’ll have a Republican president, a strong Republican president who’s very popular with Republican congressmen’s constituents back home, and that’s Donald Trump.

“I strongly encourage Donald Trump to to get on the phone with those five or six members who won’t commit to voting for Mike Johnson, because all this is going to do is delay us.

“It’s going to delay the certification of President Trump’s election, it’s going to delay the start of his first hundred days in office which is the most important time frame of his whole presidency. That’s when you get the most done, historically. So I strongly encourage President Trump to get on the phone and try to get everyone united so we can work together as a team and make America great Again.”

Later in the broadcast, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, the incoming House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said: “In the end I think Mike Johnson will be a great speaker, he’s going to be known as the DOGE speaker.”

“I think he’s gonna do a damn good job.”

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]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/unprecedented-will-chuck-grassley-really-become-u-s-president-if-theres-no-house-speaker-to-certify-trump-victory/feed/ 0 228456 MAGA’s H-1B Debate Is Healthy for America https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/magas-h-1b-debate-is-healthy-for-america/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/magas-h-1b-debate-is-healthy-for-america/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:08:53 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/magas-h-1b-debate-is-healthy-for-america/ The left sees an opportunity. They are watching division within the MAGA movement over H-1B visas and are trying to fan the flames of discontent as conservative and populist allies trade barbs. But as someone who is getting messaged from both sides I can assure you that outside of a tiny handful of “influencers” who are taking advantage of the moment to advance their own brand, nobody’s trying to split the MAGA movement apart.

In fact, this is all extremely healthy in a way that groupthinking leftists could never understand.

The so-called ‘civil war’ within Trump’s MAGA movement over H-1B visas isn’t really a war at all. It’s a testament to the process of political ideological debate where differing opinions are not just aired but are essential in shaping policy.

At the heart of this discussion are two sides: one advocating for an expansion of the H-1B visa program, supported by figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, and the other opposing it, concerned about the impact on American workers.

Elon Musk, a key player in this debate, has notably suggested changes to the visa program. He advocates for a system where companies pay more to hire foreign workers, ensuring that only exceptional talent benefits from the visa, thus protecting American jobs.

Interestingly, Donald Trump, who once criticized H-1B visas, has now shown support for reform, a move influenced by his own positive experiences with the program. This shift has not been without backlash, as many in his base feel this might prioritize business interests over the welfare of American workers.

However, this isn’t a sign of division but rather of a healthy political ecosystem. The debate exemplifies how politics should function – by bringing diverse viewpoints to the table, leading to a consensus or at least a compromise that serves America. That compromise seems to already be forming with Musk recommending raising minimum salaries and adding a yearly cost for companies to maintain H-1B, making it more expensive for them to hire foreign workers than American citizens. This theft of jobs from Americans has been the main sticking point for people like conservative commentator Steve Bannon.

Some on the left might see this internal conflict as a chance to exploit divisions, but what we’re witnessing is the opposite. It’s a process where through debate and discussion, a more coherent policy stance can emerge.

This internal dialogue within the MAGA movement shows that politics isn’t about maintaining a monolithic stance but about engaging in the messy, necessary work of governance through debate and eventual agreement. This ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas represents politics at its best – dynamic, contentious, but ultimately constructive.

]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/magas-h-1b-debate-is-healthy-for-america/feed/ 0 228454 The Best or the Worst of Times? https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/the-best-or-the-worst-of-times/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/the-best-or-the-worst-of-times/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:38:21 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/the-best-or-the-worst-of-times/ Now that Christmas Day has passed, I have put down my beloved copy of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and picked up his masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities.  As I have argued before, that novel’s opening sentence perfectly captures the contradictions of our time:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

And you thought that I struggled to locate a terminal period for some of my longest sentences!  In Dickens’s defense, it is one hell of a sentence!  It is also a sophisticated description of the tumultuous events that accompany transformative eras such as our own — what many have come to regard as a “Fourth Turning,” when crisis and social upheaval dominate life for a generation.

Will we be able to “Make America Great Again”?  Will this be the beginning of a new American “Golden Age,” as President Trump suggests?  Or will we soon endure economic collapse and war the likes of which none of us has ever seen?  As 2024 comes to an end, it is fair to say that uncertainty is only accelerating and that the prospects for peace and prosperity are running neck and neck with their opposites.

We are surrounded by creature comforts that our relatives living during the First World War would have struggled to imagine.  Flat-screen televisions with enough high-definition detail to transport us onto athletic fields of live sporting events or into realistic scenes of whatever shows we happen to be watching.  Handheld computers that allow us to track down information and interact with strangers from all over the world.  Online markets that link buyers and sellers who never would have found each other even twenty years ago.  For most of human history, the wealthiest kings and queens never lived as luxuriously as many of the poorest people in the West live today.

Yet there is a darkness burbling beneath all this technological magic.  Even before our televisions were “smart,” the programs on their screens provided manipulative actors the means to “program” what we believe.  I refer not to the glitzy celebrities, but rather to those agents in boardrooms and committee rooms who use those celebrities to push messages we don’t always consciously see.  Situational comedies have made us laugh for eighty years, but their product placements have subtly influenced what we buy.  Their storylines have subtly influenced our opinions regarding politics, morality, and war.  We turn on televisions to be entertained, but corporations and governments use television to shape our thoughts and keep us under their control.  Mass propaganda does not work without our willingness to disengage our brains and let the “boob tube” do our thinking for us.  There’s nothing “smart” about that.

These handheld computers that we call phones are similarly Janus-faced.  On the one hand, I have felt fortunate to live during a time of intellectual nirvana, when no branch of knowledge lies beyond my reach.  Esoteric subjects that once required me to seek out small collections in far-flung libraries are now instantly available in the palm of my hand.  If knowledge is nourishment, then the rapid evolution of the internet combined with inexpensive mobile computers has given us an incomparably delectable feast.

On the other hand, we now see how those who manipulate us for a living will use the tantalizing smorgasbord of information at our fingertips to poison our minds and keep us in the cages they built for us long ago.  For a while there, it seemed as if we had broken free from those cages.  Governments’ monopolies over both mass communication and the availability of information appeared to have been shattered, as if Prometheus had stolen fire from the globalist gods and given it to the eight-billion-strong human rump that the infinitesimally small number of planetary “elites” prefer to keep in the dark.

Now that fire is slowly dying.  Libraries and newspapers are retreating behind paywalls.  Sources of information that conflict with governments’ preferred “narratives” are disappearing from corners of the internet.  Government censors work with secretive “non-governmental” organizations to bankrupt independent news sites and criminalize dissent.  Once-contrarian websites (such as the Drudge Report) have started toeing the Establishment line — as if they were quietly taken over by ideological enemies or their owners were threatened into submission.  “Misinformation” and “disinformation” — words that meant little to Westerners two decades ago — have been elevated to national security bogeymen on par with nuclear weapons, so that governments can justify censorship on an industrial scale.  We live both in a “Golden Age” of free speech and access to information and an unstable cauldron of viewpoint discrimination, intellectual suppression, “woke” bowdlerization, and State-sanctioned propaganda.

In this stomach-churning stew of technology-enabled propaganda and censorship, our favorite devices are also our jailers.  Our “smart” phones and televisions spy on our conversations, monitor our movements, record our social interactions, and scrutinize our purchases.  Our daily “selfies,” retinal and fingerprint security verifications, and health-tracking apps collect our biometric information while logging changes in our physical and psychological well-being.  Technology companies and their government partners have complete access to our phone calls, text messages, emails, and social media histories.  Our digital contacts provide intelligence agencies with a tidy list of our “known associates.”  And these same devices that permit corporate and government spies to watch everything we do simultaneously allow those agents to bombard us with a constant stream of propaganda in the form of fake news (actual “disinformation” in government parlance).

Yet the best and worst features of modern technology merely distract us from a far more serious problem.  For more than a century, the Federal Reserve System has printed paper money and constructed an unsustainable world of unfathomable debt.  We cannot avoid the financial tribulation headed our way; we can only delay its arrival, just as Ponzi-scheming bankers and profligate politicians have done for decades.

In order to postpone economic collapse, the fraud-inducing Fed and its fraud-enabling partners in government have (1) placed downward pressure on wages by encouraging women to join the workforce, (2) decoupled from the gold standard, (3) imposed the petrodollar upon global markets to stimulate artificial dollar demand, (4) offshored entire industries to slave-labor nations, (5) regulated markets, (6) spent recklessly, (7) started wars, (8) used COVID lockdowns to contain inflation, (9) imposed “climate change” taxes, and (10) completely opened U.S. borders to illegal aliens willing to work for slave wages.

These policies were never about feminism, “free trade,” health, security, or multiculturalism.  They were implemented to slow the catastrophic (and mathematically inevitable) inflation naturally resulting from a century of money-printing.  Nevertheless, the U.S. dollar has lost 99% of its value since 1971.  We have “fundamentally transformed” from a society in which a single breadwinner could earn enough to support a large family to a society in which two parents must work multiple jobs even for a small family to stay afloat.

As 2024 ends, we should be filled with determination and hope.  But we have much to do if we are to survive the consequences of a century of government malice, predation, and foolishness.

]]> https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/the-best-or-the-worst-of-times/feed/ 0 228450 Majority of Young Adults Say Health Insurance Companies Share the Blame for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Murder https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/majority-of-young-adults-say-health-insurance-companies-share-the-blame-for-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder/ https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/majority-of-young-adults-say-health-insurance-companies-share-the-blame-for-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:00:54 +0000 https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/majority-of-young-adults-say-health-insurance-companies-share-the-blame-for-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder/ DCNF(DCNF)—Most young adults believe discontent with the nation’s health insurance system and the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, share equal responsibility in the executive’s murder, according to a new poll.

Nearly 70% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 29 said “a great deal” or “moderate amount” of responsibility for the Thompson’s murder can be attributed to “denials for health care coverage by health insurance companies,” “profits made by health insurance companies” and “the individual who committed the killing,” according to a survey from NORC at the University of Chicago conducted between Dec. 12-16 with 1,001 adults participating.

Adults between the ages of 18-29 are also the least likely age cohort to believe “a great deal” of the blame for Thompson’s murder falls on Luigi Mangione, the executive’s suspected killer, according to the AP’s interpretation of the poll results. Though roughly 80% of adults over the age of 60 believe “a great deal” of responsibility falls on the Thompson’s killer, only about 40% of adults under 30 state the same.

The majority of adults under 30 also stated that “wealth and income inequality in general” has at least a “moderate amount” of responsibility for Thompson’s murder.

Roughly three in ten of the poll’s participants answered that their immediate family or close friends experienced difficulties in getting coverage from their health insurer over the past year, according to page three of the survey.

The poll’s findings follow a wave of public support for Mangione and fury at the American healthcare system that has spread online since the executive was gunned down walking into a midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4.

Social media users have fawned over Mangione’s looks and scrutinized whether the suspected killer and his attorney wore matching outfits during an appearance in court.

Saturday Night Live’s crowd cheered for Mangione following SNL Weekend Update host Colin Jost mentioning the suspected killer’s name during an episode on Dec. 21.

Several left-wing lawmakers have attempted to place Thompson’s assassination in the context of Americans’ alleged broader discontent with the healthcare system.

“What I see happening in this country, though, is a real, visceral anger that the outrage at Brian Thompson’s death, or the outrage at the death of any powerful person, isn’t matched by the anger over the thousands of people who die often anonymous deaths every single day in this country at the hands of a healthcare industry that mostly doesn’t give a sh*t about people and only cares about profits,” Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said in a video posted to social media on Dec 16.

“The business model of the healthcare industry is to deny care — necessary medical care — to people who need it and force them into bankruptcy, or worse, let them die, in order to grow profit,” Murphy added.

Taylor Lorenz, a high-profile internet trends reporter who has frequently courted media controversies, also made derogatory comments about Thompson and the health insurance industry following the executive’s murder.

“And people wonder why we want these executives dead,” Lorenz posted in a now-deleted tweet in response to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield releasing a now-retracted policy to deny claims for certain anesthesia procedures.

Lorenz also tweeted out a photo and the name of Blue Cross Blue Shield’s CEO shortly after Thompson was murdered.

President-elect Donald Trump criticized Americans glorifying Mangione during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 16.

“I think it’s a terrible thing. It’s really terrible some people seem to admire him,” Trump said.

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  • Fraudulent meat suppliers are using meat muscle scraps and toxic glue to create fake prime cuts, deceiving consumers and putting their health at risk.
  • The toxic powder, transglutaminase enzyme, is made from cultivating bacteria and animal blood, raising concerns about its safety and potential health impacts.
  • Meat glue is not limited to beef but is also used in pork, lamb, fish, and chicken, compounding health risks for consumers.
  • The deceptive practices extend to labeling, with glued meat products often ambiguously labeled, leading to unknowing consumption by consumers.
  • Urgent action is needed to address the fraudulent use of meat glue, protect consumers, and ensure transparency and safety in the food industry.

    • (Natural News)—Fraudulent meat suppliers are using meat muscle scraps and literally glueing them together to make them look like prime cuts, then selling them for top prices to unsuspecting consumers, who then swallow the toxic meat, if they can even chew it, and get sick. This is poisonous glue used to bind together parts of the animal most people would never buy or eat. Surprise, surprise. Welcome to Big Food of America, where it’s all about the money, and never about the health of the consumer.

    The fake steak makers call the meat glue a “special enzyme” while they wear protective masks so they won’t breathe in the fumes from the poisonous glue. One of these fake steak makers was caught on video telling an interested party that it’s dangerous and “don’t breathe that in” when he spreads the toxic enzyme powder on the muscle tissue chunks of animal carcass.

    Fake steak makers should be sued, prosecuted, and put out of business for good, but the FDA in America is so corrupt, they’re probably “in on it” too

    The toxic powder is called transglutaminase enzyme made by cultivating bacteria and from a coagulant from the blood of animals that causes blood to clot. So, do humans who eat this meat glue get blood clots? No research has been done on this because the FDA doesn’t care. As long as it makes the meat industry more money, that’s all that matters in the USA. “Meat glue, it’s what’s for dinner!”

    This meat glue is being used for more than just beef, meat glue is being mixed into pork, lamb, fish and chicken parts. Add this in with spike proteins that are now being created inside animals that are injected with mRNA jabs, and you’ve got a health nightmare happening to every person who eats conventional meat.

    Thanks to the Alliance for Natural Health-USA (ANH-USA), the dark truth behind “meat glue” has been uncovered, raising serious concerns about the fraud and toxicity associated with this deceptive practice. Meat glue is banned in Europe, by the way. Of course, the FDA calls it GRAS, which stands for generally regarded as safe, even though it is not.

    The ANH-USA has sounded the alarm on the dangers of meat glue, emphasizing the toxic nature of this enzyme. Not only is meat glue made from the blood plasma of pigs and cows, but it also poses significant health risks to consumers. The enzyme is so toxic that workers handling it must wear masks to prevent inhalation.

    Furthermore, the deceptive labeling of meat products formed with glue adds another layer of concern. While supermarkets are required to label such products vaguely as “formed from pieces of whole muscle meat,” the restaurant industry often serves glued steaks without disclosure to customers.

    The implications of consuming glued meat go beyond deception. Pathogens present on the surface of different meat cuts can contaminate the entire glued steak, increasing the risk of foodborne illnesses. Additionally, individuals may develop immune reactivity to meat glue, potentially triggering autoimmune disorders.

    As the new administration led by Trump and RFK Jr. prepares to take office in January, urgent action is needed to address this fraudulent and hazardous practice. It is imperative that measures are taken to halt the use of meat glue and protect consumers from the risks associated with its consumption.

    Stay informed, stay vigilant, and demand transparency in the food industry to ensure the safety and integrity of the food on your plate. The time to put an end to the meat glue deception is now.

    Tune your food news frequency to FoodSupply.news and get updates on more toxic foods and food shortages coming to stores near you.

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