A Good Day To Bury Bad News
“A good day to bury bad news.”
That’s what 11 September 2001 was to a British civil servant by the name of Jo Moore. You’ve probably never heard of her.
As news began to reach Britain of the events of that September day, and politicians and civil servants scrambled to make sense of them—scheduling briefings, closing the airspace over London, making transatlantic phonecalls—all Jo Moore could think about was how to use the day’s unfolding tragedy to manipulate the news cycle, and public opinion, in Britain.
“Today is now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury. Councillors’ expenses?” she wrote in an email to senior members of the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLGR).
The publication of the email, some time later, was greeted with widespread disgust. The sentiment was bad enough, and would hardly have been redeemed if Moore had wanted to bury serious news—a royal affair, say—but the pathetic contrast between the flaming deaths of thousands of innocent people and the fudged expense accounts of a few Labour councillors was just too much for anyone to stomach.
Moore was forced to resign, and so was her superior and, eventually, the secretary of state. To complete the salting of the earth, the DTLGR itself was abolished.
Of course, the faces and the names changed, but nothing much else did.
Today, nearly a quarter century later, the phrase “a good day to bury bad news” stands as a testament to the enduring cynicism of modern politics, where spin is more important than anything else. Where the appearance of truth, and not the truth itself, is enough. Where any tragedy, however dismal, can be put to some good use, and the last thing that really matters is the people politicians claim to represent.
I’d say 30 May 2024 was also a good day to bury bad news. All eyes were on New York again, as former president Donald Trump was found guilty in his “hush money” trial. A sensational, unheralded event. Just like 11 September.
The verdict was either the darkest day in America’s history, a sham befitting a communist kakocracy; or it was a shining moment, proof that all Americans, even a former president, stand equal before the law. Either way, it was all anybody could talk about.
The Biden administration seems to have agreed with my assessment, because they chose 30 May 2024 to announce a significant escalation in the US role in the war in Ukraine. After months of pleading from Kyiv, the US finally agreed to allow the use of American weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
But there was no press conference. Instead, the White House gently slipped the news to regime rag Politico, via a back channel. Unnamed officials told Politico that the policy change would only affect the region around Kharkiv, in the north of the country, where the Ukrainians are particularly hard-pressed at the moment.
“The president recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine is able to use US weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkiv so Ukraine can hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them,” one of the officials said, adding that there was no change to the US policy of preventing “long-range strikes inside Russia.”
The reaction from Moscow was furious. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev gave his strongest warning that the Ukraine war will end in nuclear exchange.
“This is not ‘military assistance’ at all, but participation in a war against us. And such actions of theirs may well become a casus belli,” he said.
Medvedev railed against “NATO farts” who had miscalculated about Russia’s intentions time and again, first of all in their arrogant confidence that Russia would never invade Ukraine. If Western leaders believe Russia is not prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend its interests, they would be proven wrong again.
“The current military conflict with the West is developing according to the worst possible scenario,” he said.
“There is a constant escalation in the power of applicable NATO weapons.
“Therefore, today no one can rule out the transition of the conflict to its final stage.”
Putin’s warnings have been somewhat more measured than Medvedev’s, but no less minatory. On Tuesday, just two days before Washington’s quiet announcement, Putin told reporters in Uzbekistan, “This constant escalation can lead to serious consequences.”
“If these serious consequences occur in Europe, how will the United States behave, bearing in mind our parity in the field of strategic weapons?”
“Do they [the US] want a global conflict?”
Putin went on to warn Europe’s NATO members to “be aware of what they are playing with.”
“Countries with small territory and dense populations” should be particularly careful, Putin said.
Unlike his predecessor, Putin didn’t use the N word, but his reference to “small territory” and “dense populations” made clear that he only meant one thing.
The pretence that we are simply offering aid to the Ukrainians must end. We are engaged in a proxy war with Russia that’s fast becoming a direct war. The direction of travel is only one way. The Russians can see this.
Anyone with eyes can see it.
The French are now talking about assembling a “coalition of the willing” to send military personnel to Ukraine to train and direct Ukrainian forces on the ground. We know such personnel, including US and UK special forces, are already in Ukraine and have been for some time. But the arrival of “advisors” in large numbers will only be interpreted in one way by Moscow. And as the Ukrainians are beaten back further, pressure will only grow to provide fighting troops to hold the line…
None of this is to denigrate the Ukrainians, who have fought incredibly bravely in a desperate fight. But the Biden administration is dragging the US and its allies head on into a war with Russia. A war where nobody wins and everyone loses. The White House should make its intentions clear to the American people, but instead it just wants to make sure they’re not looking.
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone Responds To Trump Conviction In New York Show Trial
Germany: Swimming Pool Staffers Hospitalized After Brutal Attack by Mob of ‘Youths’
German police are searching for half a dozen “youths” who launched a brutal attack on employees of an aquatic facility this week.
The incident unfolded on Wednesday morning in Neustadt, a city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Staffers ejected a group of teens who were behaving inappropriately and banned them from the premises.
In response, one of the suspects struck a 31-year-old male employee in the neck.
“The other youths then attacked other staff and beat them with their fists. The four to six youths then fled in the direction of Schulstrasse,” Bremen Police explained in a press release.
Two male staffers and a 26-year-old woman were treated for injuries at the scene and then taken to hospital for additional medical care.
Police describe all of the suspects as being between 16 and 18 years old with “dark hair” and “wearing shirts.”
An investigation is ongoing.
Top conservative political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) just released a political advert calling to make ‘outdoor swimming pools safe’ again.
This is an official political ad by the AfD.
— Martin Sellner ? (@Martin_Sellner) May 28, 2024
Public Pools became no-go areas for Europeans since 2015. What do you think about this anime style?#remigration #afd pic.twitter.com/R4C3BRCjI8
Infowars has documented a steady stream of sexual assaults, violence, and mass brawls at swimming pools and beaches across Germany in recent years.
In most cases, these incidents involve suspects of foreign background.
Video: ‘Covid Experts’ Are Back Peddling
The following video is a reminder of what the ‘covid experts’ (doctors, politicians and even celebrities) were saying when the covid jabs were first rolled out. The anti vaxxers/conspiracy theorists have at last been vindicated […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Fuentes Responds To Trump Conviction And Looming WWIII
Alex Jones and Nick Fuentes discuss President Trump’s unprecedented conviction by Democrat operatives in Manhattan and the looming threat of World War III as Western leaders show no signs of pressing for peace in Israel or Ukraine.
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Fuentes Responds To Trump Conviction And Looming WWIII@NickJFuenteshttps://t.co/H1uLn5JrJc — https://t.co/hlPoE4Sv0k pic.twitter.com/l5x0N0jB0O
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) May 31, 2024
Border Patrol Agent Arrested for Human Smuggling
A U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agent has been arrested in Texas on human smuggling charges, according to reports.
On Friday, an employee of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified as Jorge Alonso was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant for charges of smuggling and conspiracy to commit smuggling.
Alonso was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector at the time of his arrest, according to a CBP statement provided to NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley.
Statement via CBP regarding arrest of Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agent: pic.twitter.com/2YRXBJqBV5
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) June 1, 2024
“The DA in Cameron County saying Jorge Alonso encouraged/coached an undocumented immigrant to cross a port of entry using false claims including a fraudulent U.S. birth certificate,” Bradley reported on X.
“Authorities said that the goal of the conspiracy was to establish a basis for further illegal crossings based on the birth certificate.”
An investigation is being conducted by the Cameron County Attorney’s Office, the Department of Homeland Security, and CBP.
Alonso’s arrest comes after two American soldiers were busted for smuggling illegal aliens along the southern border in April.
Army reservist Brandon Broadhead was reportedly apprehended while transporting a pair of illegal aliens after he attempted to evade a Border Patrol checkpoint in Kinney County, TX.
#EXCLUSIVE Two American soldiers in less than two weeks busted for human smuggling in Kinney County, Texas.
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) April 17, 2024
23-year-old Branden Broadhead is an Army Reserves soldier and was arrested Saturday after he approached a pop up tactical Border Patrol checkpoint and turned around—He… https://t.co/DdCf0gd7m8 pic.twitter.com/FIEuk6d8Hw
“Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe says the cartels are going after everyone and are having success because they’re promising quick, easy money,” Bradley reported at the time.
“Broadhead says he was promised $5k to transport the two individuals and because his mom was sick and not working, he said yes.”
Days prior, Texas guardsman Savion Johnson was arrested while allegedly smuggling illegals in an official government vehicle and leading authorities on a dangerous high-speed pursuit in Kinney County, as InfoWars previously reported.
Obama Adviser David Axelrod: Trump & His Supporters ‘Inviting Violence’ After Conviction
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod claimed Donald Trump and his supporters are “inviting violence” following the former president’s conviction in the hush money case.
“One of the things about this apocalyptic language that you hear from all of these, the…chorus, is, they really are inviting violence and that’s a big concern of mine, and Trump is completely unrestrained in suggesting that maybe that’s appropriate,” Axelrod said on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday.
Bill Maher and David Axelrod both believe that Trump should not be jailed, because they assume that MAGA will cause a ‘civil war’ and a ‘race war’:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) June 1, 2024
BM: “Is he going to jail? And should he?”
DA: “I think there is something about jailing a former president that is worrisome for… pic.twitter.com/Wx18BmGOD4
“I mean, he hints that all the time,” Axelrod continued. “That’s how he got in trouble on January 6th, and he’s doing it again because I think he’s more desperate now than he was then.”
Axelrod, now a CNN political correspondent, didn’t elaborate on how Trump leading big in the polls against Joe Biden, most notably in the swing states, makes him more “more desperate” than in 2021.
Axelrod also said that he would be “shocked” if Trump gets a prison sentence over the hush money case, but said he thinks “there is something about jailing a former president, especially on something like this, that is, to me, worrisome for our country.”
Trump blasted the “rigged” trial outside the Manhattan courtroom Thursday after the jury found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels.
“This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people, and they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here,” Trump said.
THIS WAS A DISGRACE—A RIGGED TRIAL BY A CONFLICTED JUDGE WHO IS CORRUPT. WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUTION—THIS IS LONG FROM OVER! pic.twitter.com/Fe1x83fp4V
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) May 30, 2024
In line with Axelrod’s talking point that Trump is somehow “inviting violence”, Joe Biden also called Trump’s criticism of the trial as “dangerous.”
“It is reckless, dangerous, and irresponsible to say that the [Trump trial] was rigged,” Biden said Friday.
Biden: “It is reckless, dangerous, and irresponsible to say that the [Trump trial] was rigged.” pic.twitter.com/4ScJXPlAU5
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 31, 2024
Alex Jones warned Friday that the Democrats are trying to paint Trump supporters as unhinged and violent ahead of planned Deep State false flags to blame the MAGA movement for violence ahead of the 2024 election given his continued strong polling against Biden.
A Daily Mail “snap” poll found Trump’s approval rating shot up by 6 points in the wake of his conviction.
His campaign also raised over $53 million in the first 24 hours after his conviction, a fundraising record.
Why would Trump supporters resort to violence when they’re more unified than ever and Trump is still polling way ahead of Biden despite the Democrat lawfare crusades?
In these situations, it’s wise to ask, cui bono? Who would benefit most from Trump supporters becoming violent, with Biden trailing in the polls?
Certainly not Trump or the MAGA movement.
Watch Axelrod’s full remarks: