Congress passed the REPO Act Saturday, which empowers the Biden administration to seize some $6 billion in Russian assets and send it to Ukraine for reconstruction. But there will be consequences for the US and Europe.
114 massive floodgates along the Arizona border that allow water to flow freely during monsoon season have been welded open, allowing an average of 1,400 migrants daily to illegally enter the US from Mexico.
Six new member states will be added to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in January. The combined GDP of the expanded bloc will be about $65 trillion, or 37% of global GDP, compared to 30% for the G7, which includes the US and UK.
Corporate media is going out of its way to characterize ‘Sound of Freedom,’ a film based on a true story about rescuing children from traffickers, as a movie for crazy right-wing conspiracy theorists—which means it’s right on target.
Some 85,000 unaccompanied minors have disappeared after being delivered by the government to sponsors—many of whom, according to a whistleblower, are members of criminal organizations that traffic children.Continue Reading
SCHOOL DISTRICTS across the country, some in cities as large as Chicago and Detroit, are enrolling high school students in mandatory JROTC programs.Continue Reading
Last week, China and Brazil agreed to settle payments for trade in yuan and real, bypassing the US dollar. This is the latest in a series of events pointing to the imminent end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
Al Gore is obviously impervious to irony and/or hypocrisy. Click here for this week’s PID Radio.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt plan to join BRICS, the economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The timing is awkward for President Biden as he prepares to meet with the Saudis, but Turkey’s membership is potentially more significant.Continue Reading