This Week in the New Normal #102
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. The UK’s “Toxic air”
A new report from the Royal College of Physicians claims the UK’s air is so polluted it will kill 30,000 people this year.
Well, not actually kill. Rather, the “toxic air” will be “linked to” 30,000 deaths.
What exactly that “link” is we don’t yet know, but thanks to Covid we can make some fairly educated guesses.
This is a potentially…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/23/this-week-in-the-new-normal-102/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. The UK’s “Toxic air”
A new report from the Royal College of Physicians claims the UK’s air is so polluted it will kill 30,000 people this year.
Well, not actually kill. Rather, the “toxic air” will be “linked to” 30,000 deaths.
What exactly that “link” is we don’t yet know, but thanks to Covid we can make some fairly educated guesses.
This is a potentially…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/23/this-week-in-the-new-normal-102/
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Digital Harvest: BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street – Shareholders in the Shadows
They don’t sell seeds. They don’t own tractors. They don’t run warehouses or ship grain. But BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are among the most powerful actors in global agriculture.
Together, these three asset managers control more than $26 trillion in assets—more than the GDP of the United States and India combined. They are shareholders in nearly every major agribusiness: Bayer, Cargill, ADM, Nestlé, Deere & Co and more. They don’t compete. They co-own. And through that ownership, they govern.
This is not capitalism as competition. It’s capitalism as quiet coordination.
These firms don’t need to dictate policy. They…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/24/digital-harvest-blackrock-vanguard-state-street-shareholders-in-the-shadows/
They don’t sell seeds. They don’t own tractors. They don’t run warehouses or ship grain. But BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are among the most powerful actors in global agriculture.
Together, these three asset managers control more than $26 trillion in assets—more than the GDP of the United States and India combined. They are shareholders in nearly every major agribusiness: Bayer, Cargill, ADM, Nestlé, Deere & Co and more. They don’t compete. They co-own. And through that ownership, they govern.
This is not capitalism as competition. It’s capitalism as quiet coordination.
These firms don’t need to dictate policy. They…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/24/digital-harvest-blackrock-vanguard-state-street-shareholders-in-the-shadows/
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3 Uncomfortable Facts about Israel’s War on Civilization that You Won’t Learn from Mainstream Media
And all this time you thought Israel was fighting something called “Hamas”! Poor dears, what else could you think, what with all the U.S. news outlets and “experts” and talking heads telling you the same thing?
But they lied.
They told you that Israel was fighting a “war.” They lied. What Israel is doing in Gaza isn’t a “war.” It’s a genocide.
They told you the carnage was only intended to affect the Middle East. They lied. They didn’t tell you that you could be among the casualties. That’s right: while Israel is piling…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/25/3-uncomfortable-facts-about-israels-war-on-civilization-that-you-wont-learn-from-mainstream-media/
And all this time you thought Israel was fighting something called “Hamas”! Poor dears, what else could you think, what with all the U.S. news outlets and “experts” and talking heads telling you the same thing?
But they lied.
They told you that Israel was fighting a “war.” They lied. What Israel is doing in Gaza isn’t a “war.” It’s a genocide.
They told you the carnage was only intended to affect the Middle East. They lied. They didn’t tell you that you could be among the casualties. That’s right: while Israel is piling…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/25/3-uncomfortable-facts-about-israels-war-on-civilization-that-you-wont-learn-from-mainstream-media/
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Bunker-busting bunkum: events, conspiracies and the inversion of truth
Originally published by Unity News Network
‘Events, dear boy, events’. So said British prime minister Harold Macmillan on the fallibility of leaders due to unanticipated, uncontrollable factors. ‘Shit happens’, to use a slang version. But what if events are neither incidental nor – in some cases – real?
Topically, should we believe that Iran had a nuclear weapon base deep in a mountain that was destroyed by American bunker-busting bombs?
Coincidence and cock-up are not as credible or reliable as conspiracy in explaining what is happening in the world today. Critical thinkers are joining the dots, and seeing…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/26/bunker-busting-bunkum-events-conspiracies-and-the-inversion-of-truth/
Originally published by Unity News Network
‘Events, dear boy, events’. So said British prime minister Harold Macmillan on the fallibility of leaders due to unanticipated, uncontrollable factors. ‘Shit happens’, to use a slang version. But what if events are neither incidental nor – in some cases – real?
Topically, should we believe that Iran had a nuclear weapon base deep in a mountain that was destroyed by American bunker-busting bombs?
Coincidence and cock-up are not as credible or reliable as conspiracy in explaining what is happening in the world today. Critical thinkers are joining the dots, and seeing…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/26/bunker-busting-bunkum-events-conspiracies-and-the-inversion-of-truth/
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WATCH: How the EU Manufactures Misinformation with Norman Lewis
Dr Norman Lewis is a writer, speaker and consultant on innovation and technology and a visiting research fellow for MCC Brussels. He joins James Corbett to discuss his new report, “Manufacturing Misinformation: The EU-funded propaganda war against free speech,” detailing how the European Commission is attempting to regulate the boundaries of legitimate public debate in Europe through a covert campaign of linguistic control and censorship.
Sources, show notes plus download and audio only options are availableHERE....
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/27/watch-how-the-eu-manufactures-misinformation-with-norman-lewis/
Dr Norman Lewis is a writer, speaker and consultant on innovation and technology and a visiting research fellow for MCC Brussels. He joins James Corbett to discuss his new report, “Manufacturing Misinformation: The EU-funded propaganda war against free speech,” detailing how the European Commission is attempting to regulate the boundaries of legitimate public debate in Europe through a covert campaign of linguistic control and censorship.
Sources, show notes plus download and audio only options are availableHERE....
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/27/watch-how-the-eu-manufactures-misinformation-with-norman-lewis/
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Trusting the People Who Love You
You’ve read a lot from me about this topic. How can the people who love you treat you the way they do? This is, of course, assuming you are on this side of things (critical thinkers) and they are on the other (sheep).
Sorry about the “division.” I know a lot of you have said over the years that you don’t like the idea of “sides.” Neither do I. But I think it is pretty obvious there is some sort of division here. Clearly, it is not as distinct as everyone (including me) wants to make it, but if…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/28/trusting-the-people-who-love-you/
You’ve read a lot from me about this topic. How can the people who love you treat you the way they do? This is, of course, assuming you are on this side of things (critical thinkers) and they are on the other (sheep).
Sorry about the “division.” I know a lot of you have said over the years that you don’t like the idea of “sides.” Neither do I. But I think it is pretty obvious there is some sort of division here. Clearly, it is not as distinct as everyone (including me) wants to make it, but if…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/28/trusting-the-people-who-love-you/
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The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, and a Dying Republic
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider), bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/29/the-real-national-emergency-endless-wars-failing-infrastructure-and-a-dying-republic/
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (April 16, 1953)
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider), bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/29/the-real-national-emergency-endless-wars-failing-infrastructure-and-a-dying-republic/
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One Register to Rule them All: the privacy implications of person-level tracking
Part two of a four part series, you can read part one HERE.
- The Statistical Register being created by Stats NZ doesn’t appear to fit with the Privacy Principles
- Stats NZ has certain exemptions from the Privacy Act in order to fulfil its statistical and policy functions
- AI can easily re-identify anonymised data with a few data points, so anonymity can’t be guaranteed
- Stats NZ would be in a position to engage in data matching (cross-referencing identifiers across databases)
- An explanation of terms can be found here
A persistent ID that links data…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/30/one-register-to-rule-them-all-the-privacy-implications-of-person-level-tracking/
Part two of a four part series, you can read part one HERE.
- The Statistical Register being created by Stats NZ doesn’t appear to fit with the Privacy Principles
- Stats NZ has certain exemptions from the Privacy Act in order to fulfil its statistical and policy functions
- AI can easily re-identify anonymised data with a few data points, so anonymity can’t be guaranteed
- Stats NZ would be in a position to engage in data matching (cross-referencing identifiers across databases)
- An explanation of terms can be found here
A persistent ID that links data…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/30/one-register-to-rule-them-all-the-privacy-implications-of-person-level-tracking/
One Register to Rule them All: the privacy implications of person-level tracking
Part two of a four part series, you can read part one HERE.
- The Statistical Register being created by Stats NZ doesn’t appear to fit with the Privacy Principles
- Stats NZ has certain exemptions from the Privacy Act in order to fulfil its statistical and policy functions
- AI can easily re-identify anonymised data with a few data points, so anonymity can’t be guaranteed
- Stats NZ would be in a position to engage in data matching (cross-referencing identifiers across databases)
- An explanation of terms can be found here
A persistent ID that links data…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/30/one-register-to-rule-them-all-the-privacy-implications-of-person-level-tracking/
Part two of a four part series, you can read part one HERE.
- The Statistical Register being created by Stats NZ doesn’t appear to fit with the Privacy Principles
- Stats NZ has certain exemptions from the Privacy Act in order to fulfil its statistical and policy functions
- AI can easily re-identify anonymised data with a few data points, so anonymity can’t be guaranteed
- Stats NZ would be in a position to engage in data matching (cross-referencing identifiers across databases)
- An explanation of terms can be found here
A persistent ID that links data…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/30/one-register-to-rule-them-all-the-privacy-implications-of-person-level-tracking/
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Control, Crisis and Compliance: Endgame Logic of Late Capitalism
It must be made clear from the start that, drawing on the work of sociologist Max Weber, capitalism is an ‘ideal type’ concept. An ideal type is a conceptual tool that highlights certain key characteristics of a phenomenon by accentuating some elements while omitting others. It is not meant to perfectly correspond to any specific real-world instance but serves as a construct to analyse and compare social or economic phenomena.
This framing is critical: while capitalism is often described as a system of free markets and voluntary exchange, in reality, it frequently relies on collusion, corruption and state-corporate coercion…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/01/control-crisis-and-compliance-endgame-logic-of-late-capitalism/
It must be made clear from the start that, drawing on the work of sociologist Max Weber, capitalism is an ‘ideal type’ concept. An ideal type is a conceptual tool that highlights certain key characteristics of a phenomenon by accentuating some elements while omitting others. It is not meant to perfectly correspond to any specific real-world instance but serves as a construct to analyse and compare social or economic phenomena.
This framing is critical: while capitalism is often described as a system of free markets and voluntary exchange, in reality, it frequently relies on collusion, corruption and state-corporate coercion…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/01/control-crisis-and-compliance-endgame-logic-of-late-capitalism/
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The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, and a Dying Republic
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider), bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/29/the-real-national-emergency-endless-wars-failing-infrastructure-and-a-dying-republic/
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (April 16, 1953)
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider), bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/06/29/the-real-national-emergency-endless-wars-failing-infrastructure-and-a-dying-republic/
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Control, Crisis and Compliance: Endgame Logic of Late Capitalism
It must be made clear from the start that, drawing on the work of sociologist Max Weber, capitalism is an ‘ideal type’ concept. An ideal type is a conceptual tool that highlights certain key characteristics of a phenomenon by accentuating some elements while omitting others. It is not meant to perfectly correspond to any specific real-world instance but serves as a construct to analyse and compare social or economic phenomena.
This framing is critical: while capitalism is often described as a system of free markets and voluntary exchange, in reality, it frequently relies on collusion, corruption and state-corporate coercion…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/01/control-crisis-and-compliance-endgame-logic-of-late-capitalism/
It must be made clear from the start that, drawing on the work of sociologist Max Weber, capitalism is an ‘ideal type’ concept. An ideal type is a conceptual tool that highlights certain key characteristics of a phenomenon by accentuating some elements while omitting others. It is not meant to perfectly correspond to any specific real-world instance but serves as a construct to analyse and compare social or economic phenomena.
This framing is critical: while capitalism is often described as a system of free markets and voluntary exchange, in reality, it frequently relies on collusion, corruption and state-corporate coercion…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/01/control-crisis-and-compliance-endgame-logic-of-late-capitalism/
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Quick Take…The Musk/Trump split and the new “third party”
There’s an episode of Mad Man – great series, highly recommend – where the Madison avenue ad executives of Sterling Cooper are tasked with rescuing the public reputation of a pet food brand which was just been revealed to be using horse meat in its recipes.
They suggest changing the name, which the owner flatly refuses to contemplate. He argues ALL pet food uses meat from retired horses, and people will forget in time. They executives respond by letting him sit in on a focus group. Having witnessed the violent dislike of his brand from pet owners in person,…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/02/quick-take-the-musk-trump-split-and-the-new-third-party/
There’s an episode of Mad Man – great series, highly recommend – where the Madison avenue ad executives of Sterling Cooper are tasked with rescuing the public reputation of a pet food brand which was just been revealed to be using horse meat in its recipes.
They suggest changing the name, which the owner flatly refuses to contemplate. He argues ALL pet food uses meat from retired horses, and people will forget in time. They executives respond by letting him sit in on a focus group. Having witnessed the violent dislike of his brand from pet owners in person,…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/02/quick-take-the-musk-trump-split-and-the-new-third-party/
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The MSM want you afraid of your “indoor air quality”. Here’s why.
A new report has just been published, urging the United Kingdom’s government to “take action” on the country’s air quality.
This is not the first time that the “air quality” talking point has hit headlines in recent years.
Back in June of 2023, during the Canadian wildfires “crisis”, we saw warnings about air pollution. Then last week, they repeated the story again.
There was also the “ban gas stoves” push, which evolved into a compromise to “regulate indoor air quality”.
Then there was the “wood-burning stoves cause cancer” and the…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/03/the-msm-want-you-afraid-of-your-indoor-air-quality-heres-why/
A new report has just been published, urging the United Kingdom’s government to “take action” on the country’s air quality.
This is not the first time that the “air quality” talking point has hit headlines in recent years.
Back in June of 2023, during the Canadian wildfires “crisis”, we saw warnings about air pollution. Then last week, they repeated the story again.
There was also the “ban gas stoves” push, which evolved into a compromise to “regulate indoor air quality”.
Then there was the “wood-burning stoves cause cancer” and the…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/03/the-msm-want-you-afraid-of-your-indoor-air-quality-heres-why/
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The Blarney and The Carney
Oh dear Mr. Carney, I thought we’d handled this little matter of yours that’s certainly not your fault but definitely a little verbal peccadillo you seem to have.
Remember?
When you kept over-using the word “crises” in your speeches to the point where people actually felt compelled to count how many times—apparently 26 times in one outing. That was during the election phase of course. Perhaps that’s why.
I think you’ve pretty much managed that by having a summer vacation for Parliament so that any horrific crises is no longer worth talking about; but now I’m afraid it’s the…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/04/the-blarney-and-the-carney/
Oh dear Mr. Carney, I thought we’d handled this little matter of yours that’s certainly not your fault but definitely a little verbal peccadillo you seem to have.
Remember?
When you kept over-using the word “crises” in your speeches to the point where people actually felt compelled to count how many times—apparently 26 times in one outing. That was during the election phase of course. Perhaps that’s why.
I think you’ve pretty much managed that by having a summer vacation for Parliament so that any horrific crises is no longer worth talking about; but now I’m afraid it’s the…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/04/the-blarney-and-the-carney/
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The View of the Shrew – available now!
Dear Off-Guardian readers, as someone who has been honoured to share my thoughts with you through these pages, I’m excited to invite you to dive into my book, The View of the Shrew: Unmasking the Truth in a Confused World, 2022–2024.
This collection of 42 Shrew Views articles, born from my work at www.shrewviews.com, tackles the issues we wrestle with together: the rise of transhumanism, the subtle pull of psychological control, and the battle against authoritarian tides. With the same unyielding curiosity and defiance you’ve come to know in my Off Guardian pieces, this book…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/04/the-view-of-the-shrew-available-now/
Dear Off-Guardian readers, as someone who has been honoured to share my thoughts with you through these pages, I’m excited to invite you to dive into my book, The View of the Shrew: Unmasking the Truth in a Confused World, 2022–2024.
This collection of 42 Shrew Views articles, born from my work at www.shrewviews.com, tackles the issues we wrestle with together: the rise of transhumanism, the subtle pull of psychological control, and the battle against authoritarian tides. With the same unyielding curiosity and defiance you’ve come to know in my Off Guardian pieces, this book…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/04/the-view-of-the-shrew-available-now/
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WATCH: The 9/11 Timeline – #SolutionsWatch
The 9/11 Timeline is back! As dedicated researchers will know, the Complete 9/11 Timeline was an invaluable repository of 9/11-related information that became inaccessible several years ago. But now it’s back, thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Justice. Joining us today is IC911 Executive Director Ted Walter to talk about the 9/11 timeline, demonstrate how to use it, and inform people how they can support 9/11 truth by spreading the word about this important research tool.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/05/watch-the-9-11-timeline-solutionswatch/
The 9/11 Timeline is back! As dedicated researchers will know, the Complete 9/11 Timeline was an invaluable repository of 9/11-related information that became inaccessible several years ago. But now it’s back, thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Justice. Joining us today is IC911 Executive Director Ted Walter to talk about the 9/11 timeline, demonstrate how to use it, and inform people how they can support 9/11 truth by spreading the word about this important research tool.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/05/watch-the-9-11-timeline-solutionswatch/
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Game Up for Polo? Syngenta Faces Swiss Court Over Pesticide Poisoning in India
This article highlights what happens when wealthy corporations export hazardous pesticides to Global South countries, where weaker regulatory protections allow them to prioritise shareholder profits over public safety.
In 2017, the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra in India experienced a mass poisoning incident: hundreds of cotton farmers and farm workers suffered severe symptoms after spraying pesticides, with at least 23 deaths reported.
Official police records linked 96 poisoning cases—two fatal—directly to Syngenta’s insecticide Polo, with 36 cases involving only Polo and the rest involving it in combination with other pesticides.
Survivors described symptoms including temporary blindness, unconsciousness, nausea and respiratory…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/08/game-up-for-polo-syngenta-faces-swiss-court-over-pesticide-poisoning-in-india/
This article highlights what happens when wealthy corporations export hazardous pesticides to Global South countries, where weaker regulatory protections allow them to prioritise shareholder profits over public safety.
In 2017, the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra in India experienced a mass poisoning incident: hundreds of cotton farmers and farm workers suffered severe symptoms after spraying pesticides, with at least 23 deaths reported.
Official police records linked 96 poisoning cases—two fatal—directly to Syngenta’s insecticide Polo, with 36 cases involving only Polo and the rest involving it in combination with other pesticides.
Survivors described symptoms including temporary blindness, unconsciousness, nausea and respiratory…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/08/game-up-for-polo-syngenta-faces-swiss-court-over-pesticide-poisoning-in-india/
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LIVESTREAM: The Encroachment Of The Bio-Digital Control Grid & The Epstein Overlap
Today the Independent Media Alliance (IMA) brings you a panel focusing on the newest steps taken in the direction of the bio-digital control grid and how this overlaps with many of the current media focal points and political agendas. We also discuss in-particular the Epstein story, currently consuming the news cycle, and how this relates to the larger technocratic agenda being rushed into reality, as well as how the MAM is reacting to this wholly expected development.
Panelists: Ryan Cristian – Last American Vagabond, Catherine Austin-Fitts – The Solari Report, Steve Poikonen –…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/09/livestream-the-encroachment-of-the-bio-digital-control-grid-the-epstein-overlap/
Today the Independent Media Alliance (IMA) brings you a panel focusing on the newest steps taken in the direction of the bio-digital control grid and how this overlaps with many of the current media focal points and political agendas. We also discuss in-particular the Epstein story, currently consuming the news cycle, and how this relates to the larger technocratic agenda being rushed into reality, as well as how the MAM is reacting to this wholly expected development.
Panelists: Ryan Cristian – Last American Vagabond, Catherine Austin-Fitts – The Solari Report, Steve Poikonen –…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/09/livestream-the-encroachment-of-the-bio-digital-control-grid-the-epstein-overlap/
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The Rise of the Prison State: Trump’s Push for Megaprisons Could Lock Us All Up
America is rapidly becoming a nation of prisons. Having figured out how to parlay presidential authority in foreign affairs in order to sidestep the Constitution, President Trump is using his immigration enforcement powers to lock up—and lock down—the nation.
After all, a police state requires a prison state. And no one is cheering louder than the private prison corporations making money hand over fist from Trump’s expansion of federal detention.
Under…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/10/the-rise-of-the-prison-state-trumps-push-for-megaprisons-could-lock-us-all-up/
“You think we’re arresting people now? You wait till we get the funding to do what we got to do.”
Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar
America is rapidly becoming a nation of prisons. Having figured out how to parlay presidential authority in foreign affairs in order to sidestep the Constitution, President Trump is using his immigration enforcement powers to lock up—and lock down—the nation.
After all, a police state requires a prison state. And no one is cheering louder than the private prison corporations making money hand over fist from Trump’s expansion of federal detention.
Under…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/10/the-rise-of-the-prison-state-trumps-push-for-megaprisons-could-lock-us-all-up/
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Explained: The UK’s Potentially Terrifying Criminal Justice “Reforms”
Plans to reform the UK’s criminal justice system – including the scrapping of jury trials for some offences and reduced sentences for those who plead guilty – are all part of larger “reforms” that would empower tyrannical authoritarianism.
Former senior judge and current Investigatory Powers Commissioner Brian Leveson made the news this week with the publication of his report recommending, among other things, “jury-free” trials, in order to “prevent the collapse of the criminal justice system”.
Note the language, by the way. “Jury-free“, not “jury-less“, as if juries are a food additive we…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/11/explained-the-uks-potentially-terrifying-criminal-justice-reforms/
Plans to reform the UK’s criminal justice system – including the scrapping of jury trials for some offences and reduced sentences for those who plead guilty – are all part of larger “reforms” that would empower tyrannical authoritarianism.
Former senior judge and current Investigatory Powers Commissioner Brian Leveson made the news this week with the publication of his report recommending, among other things, “jury-free” trials, in order to “prevent the collapse of the criminal justice system”.
Note the language, by the way. “Jury-free“, not “jury-less“, as if juries are a food additive we…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2025/07/11/explained-the-uks-potentially-terrifying-criminal-justice-reforms/
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