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SANITY VS SOROS

By John Friend

On June 6, Alexander Soros, the son of the infamous nationwrecking billionaire plutocrat George Soros and the current chairman of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), posted a photograph of himself with Vice President Kamala Harris on his personal Twitter page From all accounts, Alexander is George’s heir-apparent, so a meeting like this is certainly newsworthy.

Alexander captioned the photo: “Great to catch up Madame Vice President,” seemingly indicating this wasn’t the first nor the last time the heir to the radical far-left international influencewielding OSF would be meeting with the nation’s top officials in D.C.

Just prior to meeting with Harris, Alexander penned an op-ed published by CNN. It lauded the Biden administration’s recently announced National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism, a first-ofits-kind initiative designed to marshal the resources of the entire federal government to combat “anti-Semitism.”

What this initiative essentially amounts to is a ban on the discussion or criticism of any Jewish person or institution. The implications are astounding. (See more on page 12.)

In the future, could asking honest questions about the meeting between Soros, Vice President Harris and top officials in the Biden White House itself be characterized as anti-Semitic, as Alexander is Jewish? And, by these same rules, will news outlets be wary of criticizing the actions of Antony Blinken, Janet

Alexander Soros posted this photo with VP Kamala Harris on Twitter.

Yellen, Alejandro Mayorkas or Merrick Garland, for instance, for fear they might be committing anti-Semitism?

Not surprisingly, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) played a key role in formulating this new initiative. The ADL is a Jewish organization. Are we allowed to point that out?

Note that for decades, the Soros family has hidden behind a solid shield of “anti-Semitism,” lambasting any critical reportage on their Marxist political agendas as “anti-Semitic conspiracies.”

That base slander may finally be losing its potency, as more and more Americans wake up to the reality of the Cultural Marxist agenda of the Soros clan and their billion-dollar global network of NGOs and activist groups.

Glenn Greenwald, a leading independent journalist who himself has Jewish roots, quipped on Twitter after see-

ing the photo of Soros and Harris in D.C.: “Remember that this family—which uses its vast wealth to influence politics across the globe more than any other— is strictly off limits from being mentioned let alone criticized.”

Alan Dershowitz, a prominent Jewish attorney and law professor, recently published an op-ed defending Twitter owner Elon Musk, who found himself labeled “anti-Semitic” for comments he made about George Soros. Israel, the ADL and Soros family attacked Musk for stating that [George] Soros “hates humanity” and is actively seeking to “erode the very fabric of civilization.”

George Soros “is an active participant in politics, and his Jewishness shouldn’t shield him from criticism,” Dershowitz argued convincingly.

And more are catching on. Two leading Jewish conservatives recently launched an organization called “Jews Against Soros,” which aims to combat the worn-out charge of “anti-Semitism” any time anyone criticizes Soros.

“There is nothing anti-Semitic about condemning George Soros,” the group notes on its official website. We agree.

Indeed, people across the world awaken to the truth about the insane revolutionary Marxist agenda promoted by Soros and his minions. No amount of name calling can change that. ★

THE INSIDE SCOOP

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Concerned parents try to get books pushing perversion off the shelves. See page 4

Is Patrice Cullors’ BLM grift finally coming to an ignominious end?

See page 10

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High-ranking Russian official warns West to keep hands off Iranian ally. See page 20

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Carried on the Backs of Peasants, Proles & Peons

On May 18-21, 2023, the 69th meeting of the Biderberg group took place, as approximately 130 of the world’s richest and most powerful people gathered at the posh Pestana Palace in Lisbon, PortugalBig Industry, Big Business, Big Government or Big Bomb, aka the military/war complex.

No coincidence, on the menu this year (besides Oysters David Rockefeller) were the topics of Ukraine, Russia, and Ch in on what might be coming next. See pages 18-19 for more. ★

Paul Angel, Managing Editor

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Go Woke, Go Broke

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Wrong American History

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A ‘Book Burning’ Debate in the Bible Belt

• Parents organize to remove hyper-sexualized books from public libraries

By Mark Anderson

N“ature, to be commanded, must be obeyed,” wrote Francis Bacon, making a sound philosophical statement that the English statesman likely never realized would constitute an obstacle against those who promote “modernity.”

Modernity is a media-promoted, education-sanctioned worldview that denies there’s an objective reality and therefore flouts the natural order. Conversely, hyper-modernists push decadence, anything-goes ethics and hyper-individualism while often denigrating tradition and, specifically, the Christian moral order.

Accordingly, modernity undergirds the belief that there’s no such thing as age-inappropriate children’s literature. Therefore, books on LGBTQ+ issues, even books that explicitly describe sexual acts and “exploration” involving minors and children, should, with few if any questions, be displayed in tax-funded community libraries and in the tax-supported libraries set up within the public schools at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

‘BOOK-BANNING’ CONTROVERSIES

In Prattville, Ala., a local mother, Heather Mann Rees, sparked a challenge against apparently illicit children’s books on display at the local library. “For the past several months, a growing number of Prattville residents have been calling for the Autauga-Prattville Public Library (APPL) and the Prattville City Council to remove certain books with LGBTQ+ content,” the May 30 news and commentary website “Alabama Political Reporter” (APR) noted. “It all started with The Pronoun Book.”

Another local mother allowed her son to check out that book, assuming it focused on basic grammar. But come to find out, the book indoctrinates children with the subjective view that “he” and “she” are interchangeable terms. One might call a woman who “self-identifies” as a man a “he” and vice-versa.

While the book mainly consists of illustrations, it opens by asking: “How do you know what someone wants to

be called?” The answer continues on the next page: “Ask.” The book shows illustrations of different people who could be called “he” or “she,” irrespective of their actual anatomy.

Rees and other parents identified six books to immediately submit to the library authorities for reconsideration, with an estimated 80 books in all being reviewed for content by the parents’ group. The books in question are all about youth sexuality, whereas in other U.S. communities, some popular classics such as The Great Gatsby and Charlotte’s Web have been under banning threats.

The six books in the initial Alabama complaint, besides The Pronoun Book, include: Yes! No!, a children’s book on sexual consent; Bye Bye, Binary, a children’s book on gender expression; Calvin, a children’s story about a girl who identifies as a boy; Being You: A First Conversation About Gender; and Alice Austen Lived Here, a book for ages 12-14 about a non-binary teen exploring “identity.”

Starting the challenge at the library itself, Rees met with APPL director Lindsey Milam, who disagreed with Rees and the other parents. Rees was quoted by APR as saying: “I told her about why this is biblically wrong and listed off various scientific evidence and reading I had done on why these books were completely in-

appropriate for children.” But Milam said that “not all parents feel the same way,” and refused to move the books off the public shelves—nor would she move them behind the circulation desk.

After filling out a “reconsideration of materials” form, Rees achieved limited results with the Library Board. So, the City Council that funds the library and oversees the Library Board was the next step.

At her first council meeting in May, Rees spoke publicly for the first time. The six books being presented are “filled with false ideas about gender, and force children into inappropriate conversations about sexuality,” she stated.

And while parent Matthew Clark, president of the Alabama Center for Law and Liberty, suggested several op-

tions—saying the City Council has the authority to have the books sequestered in their own section, or pass a resolution to “declare these things a public nuisance and order their abatement”—the council had largely agreed at press time not to exercise its authority.

Meanwhile, Angie Hayden, who has a gay son and opposes the parents’ group, complained that “a small vocal minority” is trying to censor the library’s offerings.

Really? Or is the LGBTQ+ community the actual “vocal minority” with the parents’ group representing the majority?

To think this radical vocal minority has energized the tax dollars of communities across the nation—from New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas and Florida to Missouri and Utah where “book-banning” controversies are flaring—to push the books of publishers whose products oftentimes amount to the sexualization of children.

The repetitive tactic, of course, is to play the victim and project your misdeeds onto your opponent in order to mask a cultural offensive against traditional values in places like Alabama within the Bible Belt. ★

A collection of books dealing with homosexuality and other mature sexual issues but written for children.

Parents don’t want their little kids to be exposed to books with mature sexual themes.

A Petition to Congress to enact . . .

The Federal Reserve Overdraft Protection Act AND TO Issue “United States Notes” and “Gold or silver coins”

Whereas the growth of the national and private debts of farmers, small businesses and all Americans grows exponentially with the interest charged for the use of credit; and the Governments National Debt now exceeds $31.7 Trillion, with mortgages and credit card debt that has now reached astronomical levels, and, whereas the Constitutional authority to coin money are powers granted to the US Government; Congress can and must offer leadership by considering for enactment the proposed reforms contained herein; and whereas the banking system uses its own records as defacto digital dollars that are stored in their computers to make loans and for the payment of debts; and whereas the U.S. Government Budget requires substantial amounts of money (cash) or credit to deliver public services and security, we propose the following:

The Federal Reserve Overdraft Protection Act

(Part One - sub a and b)

a. Overdraft Protection as Credits. This is a Petition to Congress to amend the Federal Reserve Act and pass a law requiring the Federal Reserve Bank(s) to enter digital bookkeeping dollars* as credits to the U.S. Treasury checking account at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) at a minimum sum of $100 Billion to prevent default on the U.S Budget or bonds; to maintain normal working capital for all budgeted needs; and to deposit in the U.S. Treasury’s checking account on a recurring basis additional sums or $100 Billion on any day the account balance drops below $100 Billion. All credits advanced to the US Treasury account(s) shall be backed by currency and cash.

b. Overdraft Protection backed by Cash. The credits advanced to the US Treasury’s bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) shall be legal tender “money” backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government. This backing shall include the delivery, at no cost to the Federal Reserve Banks, of coins and currency (lawful money) minted at the Bureau of Mint and Engraving, in an amount and in denominations as requested by the Federal Reserve Board up to the total monetary value of the credits that the Federal Reserve Banks have credited to the U.S Treasury’s bank account.

d. Gold and Silver Coins: The U.S. Treasury shall use bullion stored at Fort Knox and mint $100 Billion dollars worth of gold and silver coins in denominations chosen by the Secretary of the Treasury. The face (legal tender) value of each coin shall be a minimum of 150% above the cost of production but not exceed 200% of the cost of production. Designs shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury or as directed by Congress.

c. United States Notes: President Abraham Lincoln issued United States Notes (Greenback dollars) during the Civil war, and the Constitutional authority to do so was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Therefore, under the authority granted by our forbearers in the U.S. Constitution, we seek a legislative directive from Congress to the U.S. Treasury to print $200 Billion dollars worth at face value of “United States Notes” in the following denominations: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000. The Sec. of the Treasury shall choose the images to be placed on each denomination except that one billion of these notes shall be printed with a value of $100 each and have on each note the image of former President John F Kennedy.

e. Low Interest Credit Cards: Congress should also make available to the public loans and credit cards at an interest rate of 3% per year and backed by currency in quantities that support public demands for cash. The availability of low interest loans will provide immediate financial relief for small businesses, farmers, homebuyers, students, car buyers, and consumers.

f. Repeal the Borrowing Authority: Subject to approval by the States, Congress should amend the US Constitution and repeal Sec 8, (2) that gives Congress the power “to borrow money on the credit of the United States.” This is to permanently end the creation of burdensome government debt. Once all these reforms are enacted, they will provide the necessary funds to support free enterprise and prosperity for all the people. For all the foregoing reasons, we urgently seek public hearings on these proposals.

This proposal was drafted by Conrad Lebeau, PO Box 270041, West Allis, WI 53227 Phone: 414-231-9817 Your questions

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ESG: A Means of Absolute Control

• Powerful companies embrace ‘Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance’

By S.T. Patrick

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) sounds innocuous on its face. It’s a streamlined way for corporations to stay socially conscious as most corporations now have allocated more resources to charitable causes and social initiatives. However, upon closer look, there appears to be a determination to force the implementation of the core of the Green New Deal upon companies, governments, and consumers nationwide. Whether citizens support it or not appears inconsequential now. It’s coming in the form of mandates, shrouded in bureaucracy.

Like many supposedly socially conscious initiatives, ESG will be about controlling access to the business world, from demanding adherence to manipulating markets to limiting access to the stock indexes for companies that do not comply. It could even limit access to financial capital, which can be the backbone of any business’s plans for expansion.

The process of control is called “greenwashing,” but the green in greenwashing isn’t only the modern reference to environmentalism. It’s the green of financial capital. At the top of the pyramid pulling the strings of ESG is BlackRock, Larry Fink’s multi-national investment company, along with State Street Corporation, a financial services and bank holding

company. Vanguard is the leading shareholder in both BlackRock and State Street, but Vanguard is, itself, a bit of a mystery.

According to Aron Vaughn at “Innovation & Tech Today,” Vanguard “has a unique structure that makes its ownership more difficult to discern, but many of the oldest, richest families in the world can be linked to Vanguard funds.”

Why is Vanguard simultaneously dangerous as well as expansive and why is their mystery troubling? Together, Vanguard and BlackRock are the two leading shareholders in Time Warner, Disney, Comcast, and NewsCorp. That is four of the six media companies that own 90% of the American media. Vanguard and BlackRock, together, own 18% of Fox, 16%

of CBS, 13% of Comcast (NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Sky), 12% of CNN, and 12% of Disney. ESG is not only about how corporations do business. It’s also about controlling what you see as information and the way you think about that information.

Corporations, however, are not trying to avert their glare from Vanguard and BlackRock. Instead, they are courting them.

“As soon as BlackRock appears as one of your shareholders, your company stands out from the crowd and gains a huge amount of prestige,” French journalist Grégoire Favet wrote. “When you are Larry Fink, you can talk as equals with the director of the IMF or a head of state. Mr. Fink has already been received twice at the Élysée [Palace, i.e., the French White House] since the election of Emmanuel Macron.”

It’s like the difference between being a Rhodes Scholar and securing a regular college scholarship. There is prestige that comes with being the Rhodes Scholar and there is prestige that comes with being ESG-approved.

One of the means of control will be the assigning of ESG cores. Doing well in these ratings can mean lower interest rates on large-scale loans for smaller corporations and, eventually, nations. However, this will be no different than the predatory loans so freely given in the post-Cold War rebuilding of the Third World by organizations like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The loans will have sturdier strings and

those strings will be pulled, ultimately, by Vanguard and BlackRock. In these ways, whoever pulls the strings of Vanguard and BlackRock will be stronger and more influential than most nations. The president of the United States will have less power than the CEO of BlackRock. It can be argued that this is the case today.

Though the ESG initiative is portrayed as a greenwashing of corporations, the environmentalists have looked behind the curtain to discover the truth at the top. Environmentalists now protest BlackRock offices on-site, and former execs have resigned and written essays about the fraudulent practices.

The greenwashing behind ESG is most likely also temporary. It’s the cause du jour. If the cause was antiterrorism, as it was after 9/11, the same strings would be attached to a company’s acceptance of anti-terrorism measures. In three to five years, you can be sure that some level of “security measures” installed by all the companies who want to raise their ESG scores will be dependent on acquiescing to measures to stop “fake news” and “domestic terrorism.”

There is a fear that the oncoming wave of artificial intelligence (AI) will also impact the financial industry. There will be no decisions made by people. Global financial managers like Vanguard and BlackRock will dump initiatives into the AI, which will then approve and deny the ability of a corporation to move, borrow, and act in a very binary, yes/no way, totally dependent on acceptance of the standards set by Vanguard and BlackRock at the top

It’s a social credit score for businesses, one that will eventually apply to people wishing to do the same things in their lives.

ESG may be temporary in name only before the public relations blowback is so devastating that it will be renamed and rebranded. Yet, the concepts aimed at the global control of markets will continue.

When financial corporations become rulers and masters, governance becomes a sideshow to the masses working to benefit the top. ESG is a high-speed rail system to that world and it’s not coming. It’s here. ★

Black Rock CEO Larry Fink speaks at the World Economic Forum.