April 16, 2025 - ISRAEL'S CONTINUED GENOCIDE

I’ve been saying it for years. I’ve even stated it on my podcast long before the attacks of Hamas on Israel. Israel has been subjecting Palestinian people to abuse, theft of lands, denial of basic human rights, and much more, for decades. Attacks on Palestinian lands has very little to do with defense of Israel, but occupation and annexing of more territory.

The Israeli response to the wrongful Hamas attacks which should have never happened, has gone far beyond defending Israel and eliminating Hamas, both of which are legitimate aims. Anyone who can’t see the action of the last 18 months as genocide, needs a checkup from the neck up. There is no crueler, more appalling actions happening in the world today. The proof?

Israel has said it will keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, as it vowed to force Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages from the October ‘23 attacks. In other words, all your innocent civilians can die. That’s like denying food to an entire city because one of the city’s sociopathic gangs committed an attack in your town's public park. To make matters worse, Israel has targeted hospitals and medical personnel working in Gaza, with two hospitals struck, and severely hampered by airstrikes this week.

Aid supplies including food, fuel, water and medicine, have been blocked by Israel from entering Gaza since more than two weeks before the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian territory.

The medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières, stated Gaza was becoming a “mass grave for Palestinians”. The Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, declared: “Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and… no one is currently planning to allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza, and there are no preparations to enable such aid.”

Doctors and aid groups on the ground said the humanitarian situation in Gaza was becoming graver by the day. “The situation is the worst it has been in 18 months in terms of being deprived of your basic necessities and the resumption of hostilities and attacks against Palestinians in all of Gaza,” said Mahmoud Shalabi, a director at Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Amnesty International, one of several aid agencies, described Israel’s blockade on all supplies destined for Gaza as a crime against humanity and a violation of international humanitarian law. The Israeli government, being the heartless bastards they are, of course, has denied any violations.

I still believe all of this could end with a simple phone call that Biden didn’t make, and Trump won’t make. It would take about 15 seconds. “Your country [Israel] will not receive a single penny in aid from the US until you completely pull out of all Palestinian territory and allow all humanitarian aid in. Oh… and the aid will be lost for good, not just delayed.”

February 20, 2025 - FEDERAL LAYOFF SCARE TACTICS

That weather app you refer to uses data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a small organization which could see as much as 10% of its workforce cut this week. The safety of the food you feed your family is regulated and inspected by a host of federal employees, including the FDA, whose leader quit.

The safety of that flight to see family or your favorite vacation spot is overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration, which experienced layoffs this month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were hit with a first round of layoffs this week, which could allegedly affect outbreak response and reporting. Oh, and you’re working on your taxes – while thousands of Internal Revenue Service probationary employees are expected to be laid off during tax season.

These are just some of the scare tactics used by liberals, some conservatives, and everyone who has been brainwashed into thinking only the Overlords can provide worthwhile services. If one follows their logic, mankind should have died off thousands of years ago. It must truly be a miracle that anyone ever survived without the latest of government programs, agencies, and other wasteful spending. Certainly, if government didn’t provide something, there would never be a single soul who would step up and get rich off consumers desiring such services.

Government didn’t create Ford, Amazon, Facebook, Target, Kodak, Nike, and all the other companies that have come and gone over decades. I had a fairly successful career as a flooring sub-contractor without a single dollar of help from the government. Thousands of people have beautiful floors because of me, and Shaw, another company not created by Congress. Where there is money to be made, someone almost always will be there to step in and provide the services and/or products consumers demand.

Governments everywhere, are among the most inefficient entities in existence. They waste your money and are inundated with fraud. If not for the much abused “general welfare” clause of the Constitution, most agencies wouldn’t even exist. Americans have outsourced their common sense to those agencies, apparently, because learning for oneself is too difficult.

It's truly amazing. Neanderthal man survived, yet a small percentage of federal workers losing their jobs is going to be the end of the world. Apparently, mankind has morphed into invertebrates – no backbone.

February 13, 2025 - AMERICA, THE WORLD'S HEALTHCARE "SUGAR DADDY"

International health organizations have warned that Donald Trump’s push to dismantle US foreign aid, as well as orders barring diversity, equity and inclusion, are destroying programs that once provided healthcare to millions of women and girls worldwide.

Oh, the horrors! Foreigners may no longer have the US as their “sugar daddy” anymore. What a shame! People may actually have to fend for themselves and fight for their own beliefs. What a shame! All I have to say is… it’s about time! Freedom and rights aren’t free and we’ve been giving assistance to foreign countries free of charge for too damn long.

Providers said a 90-day stop-work order imposed by the Department of State to review contracts for compliance means many clinics, which operate on shoestring budgets, may never reopen. Excuse me! It’s a pause – not a termination. Have you been “sugar daddied” for so long that you can’t bear a temporary “sugar diet”?

“The whole ecosystem is crumbling,” said a doctor in Uganda, who’s a senior director for Africa with MSI Reproductive Choices, a UK-based non-profit that provides family planning services around the world - and which expects to lose $14m in US funding. Excuse me! It’s UK-based! If you don’t like it complain to the UK, not America. Or maybe you’re forgetting. What you are getting is charity. You haven’t earned it.

The US provides $8.2bn each year for foreign humanitarian aid, about 1% of total US spending. $607.5m of that is to aid family planning - funding that experts estimate would have provided modern contraceptives to 47 million women and girls.

The state department did later clarify that “life-saving” humanitarian aid was not subject to the pause. Despite that, mainstream media outlets are basically calling the pause the end of the world. The pause is no different than a family sitting down at dinner and having a serious discussion on whether they truly need to be spending money on everything they do, then prioritizing. It’s what every money-smart person does at least once per year.

It may sound cruel, but those in need around the rest of the world are not America’s problem. On the other hand, helping is the moral thing to do, and we should. However, it should be done through voluntary contributions to organizations such as the Red Cross, CARE, Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corp., and others. Governments should not be a “sugar daddy” through forced taxation. Real charity doesn’t require theft of people’s hard labor.

If one would like to help, donate to one of the aforementioned charities. See the following links:

https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=496970&p=3626027

January 24, 2025 - POLICE CAMERAS VS PUBLIC ACCESS

Nothing will bring back Rebecca Duran’s son, 20-year-old Donovan Lewis, shot dead by a police officer while in his bed in August ‘22. Getting at the truth involving his murder in Columbus, Ohio, relied on one piece of crucial evidence: the officers’ own body-camera footage.

“Up until the moment that I saw the video, I was under the impression that he had fought them back. Their whole spin on the story was fabricated.”

At 2am, officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran of the force, pulled his weapon and fired at Lewis, killing him. The footage has played a pivotal role in charging, and indicting, Anderson with homicide and reckless endangerment, which he denies.

However, a recently signed new law means that police departments in Ohio will be able to charge up to $750 for access to body-camera, or other video footage. It’s a move causing outrage among civil rights advocates, family members of victims of police interactions, and media advocates. The proposal was not made public in advance, nor was it subject to a hearing by lawmakers. It was put into an omnibus bill in the final hours of the outgoing Ohio legislature last month. Those opposed say it’s an effort by law enforcement to restrict access to public records.

To make matters worse, the fee seems to be charged… per camera, so multiple officers could mean thousands of dollars. That’s money most people can’t afford, especially when funeral costs come due.

Columbus isn’t the only place this is happening. In 2022, the Indianapolis metro police department began charging up to $150 per video, and Washington state allows police departments to charge 49 cents per minute of footage. The Washington law is supposed to waive fees for individuals “directly involved” in the footage, their attorneys, and certain state government organizations.

Citizens in Ohio, as well as other states, already get taxed billions of dollars for funding law enforcement. In 2021, Ohio stood at $3.9bn, or $322 per capita, more than any of its surrounding states except Pennsylvania.

Ohio’s governor, R - Mike DeWine, said he believed the law would help smaller police departments manage their workloads better. Police departments also claim charging for video footage would lessen requests from YouTube, TikTok and other content creators.

So where do we draw the line in the sand between taxpayers’ right to know, and those in it to stuff their pockets? Government needs to be open if they expect us to have any respect for them as being trustworthy. On the other hand, it’s basically impossible to protect the right to privacy of those involved in police interactions, while spitting out copy after copy to every wannabe looking to use it for monetary gain.

My solution: Family members, and their lawyers, directly involved in the “incident” should get free access, no matter how many cameras are involved. Beyond that, police departments should release footage after it’s been edited to protect victim’s rights. Imposing excessive fees suggests the effort to hide something, which destroys taxpayer trust of the Overlord’s enforcers.

January 23, 2025 - TRUMP'S BIRTHRIGHT CRAZINESS

A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear opening arguments in a multi-state lawsuit attempting to block President Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for those born here without at least one parent being a legal citizen. Considering it’s a federal judge in liberal Seattle, it’s a virtual guarantee how that judge will rule… as he should.

The 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” What part of “All persons…” does not Trump understand? The Amendment doesn’t say “Some”, nor does it give a definition. It simply says “All”. Even a child can interpret that correctly. Why can’t Trump?

Trump’s order asserts that the children of non-citizens are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Then my question is this? How are they not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States? If they manage to live here long enough to become an adult, will they not be arrested for committing a murder? Will they not be arrested for stealing, for fraud, and for other crimes? Of course, they will be. Why? Because they are within the jurisdiction of the United States. Trump’s assertion is idiotic.

The administration’s attorneys clarified that the executive order only applies to people born after Feb. 19, when it’s set to take effect. So it’s not an ‘ex post facto’ law, meaning that anyone born here prior to that date should be perfectly safe. Also, if true, claims that hundreds of thousands would suddenly lose citizenship, is nothing but a scare tactic.

The Trump administration argued in papers filed Wednesday that the states don’t have grounds to bring a suit against the order and that no damage has yet been done, so temporary relief isn’t called for. I am certainly not a lawyer, but I do believe that actual damage must occur prior to any lawsuit being brought… unless there’s a clear violation of the Constitution, which, in this case, there is.

For the record, out of the approximately 200 nations in the world, only about 30 recognize birthright citizenship, most of them being in the North and South American continents.

December 6, 2024 - SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP

UPDATE: I am back to posting content on YouTube, though I continue to be on "probation"-like status till the end of February. My private account cloud storage will only be used for "banned news" - the definition of which I'll describe as what YouTube will not accept.

Due to recent issues with YouTube and Facebook, I am moving more of my podcast storage to my private account cloud storage as opposed to the more popular "we don't like what you have to say" sites. YouTube recently gave me a strike for "medical misinformation" despite the fact that I was quoting RFK Jr., and DISAGREEING with his statement. Facebook recently removed posts claiming it was spam, despite the fact that I was not linking to any sites that required payments, any of your data, or any other requirement... other than viewing/listening to my podcast. Is this a Trump retaliation? I am not a Trump supporter and I never had issues before.

Till these matters are fixed to my satisfaction, I will simply provide a link to my website, via my FB page, whenever I put out a new podcast audio/video. Both links can be found on the main page. You may want to save newsfolder19.com in your browser.