Beltway Insider: Biden/Inflation Reduction Act, Ukraine/Russia, China/Spies, COVID/Vaccine Totals, Whitey Bulger, Uvalde

Details: Category: Beltway Insider; Published on Sunday, 21 August 2022 14:20; Written by Janet Walker

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act this week, which directly benefits every family in America by lowering prescription costs and capping the price of insulin, creating solid middle class jobs, and grows the economy from the bottom up.

The President's job approval rating, according to the website fivethirtyeight.com, for the period ending August 21, 2022 increased by 0.3% to 40.3% of those polled who approve of his effectiveness as President and those who disapprove of his effectiveness decreased by 0.9% to 54.3% of those polled who disapprove of his effectiveness. A slight 3% of the population polled have no opinion. Ratings are calculated weekly.

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Inflation Reduction Act

President Biden has throughout his career been a champion of the middle class, and with the recent passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, he has continued to advance his agenda of creating more opportunities for the middle-class, the backbone of America.

In addition to all the benefits for the American families, The Inflation Reduction Act reduces the cost of insulin, capping it at $ 35.00, for the 7 million Americans who are dependent on the drug to survive.

The Biden Administration also secured another major healthcare milestone this week as the president asked the FDA to make Hearing aid available over the counter. Hearing Aids, which are cost-prohibitive for many of the 48 million Americans who experience some form of hearing loss and could benefit from use, will be available in stores and pharmacy across the country beginning in October 2022.

Biden Admin to Stop Free Covid Vaccines

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week a planning session would be held August 30, 2022, to explore the expected transfer of Covid vaccines and treatment costs from the government to the consumer, which will greatly increase profits of Big Pharma.

"Both the Trump and Biden administrations always planned to shift the bill for Covid-19 shots and treatments from the federal government to individuals eventually. With Covid-19 cases dropping, more activities resuming and funding for the pandemic response running short, officials are now working to map out that transition," reported The Wall Street Journal.

The move will astronomically increase profits of those pharmaceutical companies who are actively in the Covid Treatment space including Pfizer and Moderna, who have a combined profited of $79 billion in global covid vaccine sales.

The shift in responsibility presents many hurdles that will need to be addressed. With no end in sight for the coronavirus variants, and vaccines mandatory throughout many areas of the world, the potential for skyrocketing price hikes with consumers bearing the burden, as well as the nearly 30 million Americans who do not have medical insurance, are very real concerns, as the covid vaccine and boosters are a way of life, a must have necessity.

Ukraine-Russian War Heats Up

The Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russian in 2014, has been relatively safe throughout the six months since Russia has invaded Ukraine, that ceased this week Ukraine shelled the formerly held territory hitting major military installations.

Media reports indicate Ukraine forces were able to destroy an ammunitions depot and a military base. Plumes of black smoke and fire were recorded and sent to global media. As the Russians are calling the explosion an act of sabotage, anonymous sources explained the act was part of the Ukraine special forces.

"Around midday local time Tuesday, Oleksiy Arestovych, a military adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote in a Telegram post: "New explosions — at the military air base in Gvardeisky," referring to the apparent second attack in southern Crimea," The Washington Post reported.

U.S. Send Additional Aid Package

With the continued military aid from the United States and other NATO and European Union nations, the Ukraine is seeing some level of control against the advancement of Russian Troops. With the recent car bombing assassination of Darina Dugina, expected retaliation against Ukraine, even as Kyiv has denied any involvement, is imminent.

"The U.S. on Friday announced it will send a slew of new weapons to Ukraine as part of a $775 million package, including new drones, armored vehicles, and artillery. The shipments indicate that Washington and Kyiv expect hard fighting on the ground in the coming weeks," Politico reported.

Ukraine Invasion Mastermind's Daughter Killed

The daughter of Alexander Dugin, Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief political strategist and mastermind behind the invasion of Ukraine, was killed in a car bomb explosion as the vehicle she was driving detonated on a Moscow highway.

"A Toyota Land Cruiser "went off at full speed on a public highway" and caught fire, it said, after an "explosive device planted under the bottom of the car on the driver's side" blew up. The driver, identified by the committee as "journalist and political scientist Daria Dugina," died at the scene. It said early evidence pointed to "a murder for hire," reported The Washington Post.

Dugina was driving her father's car, and many speculate he was the target of the assassination. Ukraine has denied any responsibility for the murder. Dugin is known for his manifesto "Foundations of Geopolitics" which calls for a united Russia and Asia, to stop globalization by the United States and Europe. His manifesto is required reading for Russian military officers.

Sleepers in the City – Chinese Spy Trial Set

The espionage case against a Queens NYPD officer, Bailadajie Angwang, 35, a former U.S. Marine Corp vet, accused of spying for the Chinese government, is set for trial in New York City.

The officer "is accused of using his position as a cop in Queens to infiltrate Tibetan communities in the city and give the Chinese government a glimpse into the inner workings of the NYPD, federal prosecutors allege," reported The New York Daily News.

The concept of the Chinese government positioning its citizens in various positions throughout the U.S. hierarchy of professional, governmental, academia and political power is not unusual. To further Chinese dominance, professionals must be in place within governments to access to cutting-edge technologies which will

Perception bias and even political agenda have worked tandemly to create a smoke screen which inadvertently protects certain Chinese nationals from suspicion. The arrest and expected prosecution of a low-level NYPD officer, should be seen as the stage in the platform build of well-placed individuals who, like the NYPD officer, are managed and depending on rank in the spy organization, length of term would be indicative of how often one's handler is involved.

The higher the cover profession, such as a corporate attorney or dentist, the less frequent the communication with Beijing.

Justice Watch: And They Got Away With It (Part 4)

Former National Security director John Ratcliffe, wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "As Director of National Intelligence, I am entrusted with access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president. . . . If I could communicate one thing to the American people from this unique vantage point, it is that the People's Republic of China poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II."

As global espionage heats up, the tactics to gain information will advance also. As the U.S. furthers its spyware programs, these technology advances will eventually be communicated with Beijing. Concepts such as undetectable communication tools which can be implanted will also see modification to further advance these ultimate spyware tools that will usher in a cutting-edge and radical modernization in espionage.

This is not new information, fabricated or taken from a James Bond novel. This style of implanted device, even molar implants through a compound solution, has been in development within the U.S. Defense Department and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for two decades.

The possibility of its use could revolutionize the counter-terror program and create a network of intelligence across the world that could produced exact location of every terrorist training camp, escape route, hiding place, every point in every global terror network would be exposed. Of course, if the U.S. had this compound, they it can be expected that the Chinese have it also.

A more palatable version has been developed called The Lifelog program. An Associated Press article from 2003, "Pentagon Diary Gets Personal" explains the use and alleged shelving of the program to satisfy the ACLU.

Vaccine Totals

Bloomberg.com has built a vaccine tracker which can be seen here. "In the US, 608 million doses have been given so far. During the last week, shots were administered at an average rate of 85,822 doses a day," Bloomberg.com reported.

Coronavirus Totals

Mandates have been altered or lifted in most urban areas with limited exceptions, and the population is encouraged to maintain personal protective practices. Masks are optional and tolerated. Vaccines and boosters are still considered the most effective agents against contracting the Coronavirus.

For the one-week period ending August 21, 2022, coronavirus cases globally increased by 5,748,607 new confirmed cases, bringing the total of confirmed cases worldwide to 595,334,862 people with a total worldwide death toll of 6,447,880 deaths, and a 7-day death rate increase of 17,097. (Data from The New York Times).

COVID U.S. Totals

Infections rates in the United States are also on the rise. For the seven-day period ending August 21, 2022, the total confirmed cases rose to 93,318,680 people with new confirmed cases increasing by 663,570 with a 7-day average of 94,795 cases per day. The coronavirus has claimed 1,036,360 total deaths, adding 3,165 more deaths over the 7-day period. (Data from The New York Times).

Pentagon's Diary Gets Personal

Protecting for gain of function knowledge only aides those who initiated the constitutional violations. It does nothing to combat the homegrown terrorism or the narcissistic above the law belief. The best obtainable version of the truth.

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Finland PM Party Video Leaked

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Martin, 36, attended a party over the weekend. Why is this news? Oddly that is what the world is asking as a leaked video showing the Prime Minister engaged in normal behavior with a group of her friends.

Perhaps that is the reason this leaked video that shows that prime minster laughing, and dancing at a private party with her friends. No drugs, no alcohol, she isn't pictured in various stages of undress, or dancing in her bra, or worse. However, she is the Prime Minster of Finland, a nation that has just become a member of NATO, and one must assume her sedate party behavior will be under scrutiny and further review.

As her authority came under question, she took a drug test and "she also acknowledged that she and her friends celebrated in a "boisterous way" and that alcohol - but, to her knowledge, no drugs – was involved. She said Friday that she took a drug test to put an end to speculation about illegal substances," USAToday reported.

Whitey Bulger Murderers Charged

Federal authorities have formally charged three inmates at Hazleton, in West Virginia, a prison known for extreme violence, in the 2018 bludgeoning murder of notorious mobster Whitey Bulger, 89, who died within hours of his transfer.

"Four inmates were immediately placed in solitary confinement. They included the three men who were ultimately charged — Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 55; Paul DeCologero, 48; and Sean McKinnon, 36 — as well as Bulger's cellmate at the time, Felix Wilson," NBCnews.com reported.

Bulger, who was considered the leader of the Winter Hill gang of South Boston, was serving two life sentences for his role in 11 murders. On the eve of his indictment, in 1994, he famously disappeared and hid in plain sight, living in Santa Monica, California with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig. The pair were arrested in 2011.

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Uvalde School Shooting

The Uvalde School Board has called a special meeting for Wednesday, August 24, 2022, to determine if they will terminate police chief Pete Arredondo, who failed to act when a gunman stormed Robb Elementary school on May 24, 2022 and massacred 19 students and two educators.

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