>>24483056 CNN Airs Premature Death Tribute for Actor Michael J. Fox — Who Is Very Much Alive and Fires Back with HumorPN

CNN Airs Premature Death Tribute for Actor Michael J. Fox — Who Is Very Much Alive and Fires Back with Humor

By Margaret Flavin Apr. 9, 2026

A very much alive Michael J Fox, famous for his movie role in Back to the Future and on TV as the Reagan-loving briefcase-toting Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties,mocked CNN for sharing a tribute video implying the actor had passed away.

Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991,but he has maintained his acting career, with roles as recently as AppleTV+’s Shrinking in 2026.

The network released a video package titled “Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox,” which prompted him to reassure worried fans.

Fox wrote on hisThreads account, “How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death?”

“Do you…

A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days,

(B) Pour scolding hot water on your lap, if it hurts your fine,

(C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring,

(D) Relax, they do this once every year,

(E) Ask yourself wtf ?”

“I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”

The network apologized for the error.

Entertainment Weekly reports:

A spokesperson for the network told Entertainment Weekly, “The package was published in error; we have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family.”

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The video in question showed viewers clips of Fox’s work over the years, as well as interview excerpts.

“He came into our living rooms on the small screen each week as Alex P. Keaton[on Family Ties] and eventually onto the big screen as Marty McFly in [Back to the Future],” the narrator said. “But Michael J. Fox had a compelling third act as Parkinson’s sufferer and stem cell research advocate.”

In 2025, Fox received the Presidential Medal of Freedomprimarily for his decades of advocacy and work through The Michael J. Fox Foundation to advance Parkinson’s disease research.

He is married to actress Tracy Pollan, who he met on the set of Family Ties.

They were married in 1988 and have been since having four children: one son and three daughters.

(There is no freakin way CNN did this by accident… the question is why?. Did he need publicity?)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/cnn-airs-premature-death-tribute-actor-michael-j/

Failing British PM Starmer Attacks Trump and Putin, Tries to Avoid Blame for His Own Energy Fiasco– PLUS: Scandal Erupts as It’s Revealed He Was ON A HOLIDAY as Iran War Escalated

by Paul Serran Apr. 9, 2026 6:00 pm38

Maybe ‘U-Turn’ Starmer could drill some North Sea oil wells and calm down.

Even as he follows suicidal energy policies by shunning North Sea oil and sanctioning cheap Russian gas, today (9)British Prime Minister Keir Starmer decided to shift the blame for his energy fiasco to others.

Starmer snapped at President Donald J. Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putinfor the surging energy bills hitting London.

The struggling Premier said he was ‘fed up’ with conflicts affecting oil prices.

The New York Post reported:

“’I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energybecause of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world’, Starmer told ITV News on Thursday.

The British prime minister has repeatedly criticized Trump, blaming him for global turmoil driven by the Iran war hammering households with sky-high energy costs —even as his own response remains limited.”

In the meantime, yet another scandal has broken,as it arises that both Starmer and his Defense Secretary John Healy were OUT ON A HOLIDAY as the situation in Iran escalated.

The New York Post reported:

“’I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world’, Starmer told ITV News on Thursday.

The British prime minister has repeatedly criticized Trump,blaming him for global turmoil driven by the Iran war hammering households with sky-high energy costs— even as his own response remains limited.”

In the meantime, yet another scandal has broken,as it arises that both Starmer and his Defense Secretary John Healy were OUT ON A HOLIDAY as the situation in Iran escalated.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/failing-british-pm-starmer-attacks-trump-putin-tries/

)Do you think the City of London are completely embarrassed to plant Starmer in charge. Sounds like the City of London has lost their Mojo on blaming others for something they control! The Prometheum people are right.)

(Starmer is a faggot and has been fucked and f’ing by foreign spies, that are very, Very young, which makes him a pedophile.)

==Mamdani’s Proposed Racial Equity

Tax Targeting White Neighborhoods==

By Antonio Graceffo Apr. 9, 2026 5:40

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The mayor of America’s largest city, socialist Zohran Mamdani,has a plan to tax white people more. . This appears to bean egregious violation of the 14th Amendmentto the Constitution,which calls for all races to have equal protection under the law.

On April 7, 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdanireleased the Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan, described as thefirst government-wide racial equity framework in the city’s history, along with a “True Cost of Living” measure. The plan spans 45 agencies and includes more than 200 agency-level goals, over 800 strategies, and roughly 600 performance indicators.

The framework is inseparable from a property tax proposal Mamdani advanced during his mayoral campaign,in which he called for shifting tax burdens from outer-borough homeowners to “more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,” arguing the current system undertaxes high-value real estate.

The proposed estate tax threshold of $750,000, whichwould impose a 50 percent state estate tax on homes above that value, potentially raising thecombined federal and state rate to 70 percent, closely matches the median home value for white homeowners in New York City, as documented in thecity comptroller’s own racial wealth gap report.

The threshold is not limited to luxury properties. Modest homes inStaten Island, Brooklyn, and the Bronx can exceed $750,000, meaning ordinary families could facetax bills ranging from a few thousand to over $40,000upon transferring property to the next generation.

Because a home is typically a family’s primary asset,economists warn that estate taxes at these rates can force asset liquidation, compellingfamilies to sell property to cover the liability. The measure follows apatternin which taxes initially targeting the wealthy gradually expand to reach middle- and working-classhouseholds as thresholds fail to keep pace with rising home values.

When challenged on injecting race into the proposal, Mamdani retreated, saying,“It’s not driven by race. It’s more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being undertaxed versus overtaxed.” He subsequently moved the proposal to a less prominent place on his campaign website.

The proposal conflicts with constitutional precedent. Passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified in 1868,the 14th Amendment-extended liberties and rights to formerly enslaved people, with its Equal Protection Clause intended to stop state governments from discriminating against Black Americans.

The amendment prohibits race-conscious government action unless it survives strict scrutiny, requiring a compelling interest and narrow tailoring. Mamdani now invokes that same frameworkto justify race-conscious tax policy targeting white homeowners, which is precisely the inversion the courts have repeatedly rejected.

The most directly applicable precedent is City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989),in which the Supreme Court struck down Richmond, Virginia’s minority set-aside programgiving preference to minority businessesin municipal contracting. The Court held thatwithout a showing that a race-based initiative wascreated to remedy specific past discrimination and serves a compelling governmental interest,it cannot withstand strict scrutiny, and that the city had failed to consider race-neutral alternatives.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/mamdanis-proposed-racial-equity-tax-targeting-white-neighborhoods/

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Theparallel to Mamdani’s plan is direct: a city government using racial composition as the basis for allocating financial burdens, justified by generalized claims of historical inequity, is precisely what Croson rejected. In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), the Supreme Court reaffirmed that principle, with Chief Justice Roberts writing that“eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”

Mamdani’sdefense is that he is correcting an existing racially discriminatory assessment systemand thatrace-neutral fixes have failed. That underlying disparity is real and predates him. The question iswhether there must be a remedy at all.

Thewealth gap is well-documented, and white people in New York are, on average, richer than black people. They also have higher levels of education, better jobs, and are more likely to live in two-parent households.Mathematically, it is logical for them to be richer on average. Being richer than minorities in New Yorkdoes not represent a crime or an injustice.

There isno evidence that the government needs to “correct” this disparity. There is no law stating that people with more education and higher incomes are not allowed to be richer.

Additionally,a disproportionate percentage of minorities receive public benefits. People with professional jobs earn more than those on benefits. One could argue that benefits are given, while higher salaries are earned through education and hard work rather than granted by the generosity of the state.

The current Supreme Court’s direction suggests that Mamdani’s plan will not survive a constitutional challenge, which is why DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon responded to the equity plan on X: “Sounds fishy/illegal. Will review!”

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” In May 2025, the DOJ announcedits Civil Rights Fraud Initiative to investigate federal fund recipientsthat knowingly violate civil rights laws, opening civil investigations into multiple companies’DEI programs using the False Claims Act.

On March 26, 2026, Trump signed a furtherexecutive order requiring federal agencies to prohibit racially discriminatory DEI practices by all contractors and subcontractors. Mamdani is moving in the opposite direction in acity that receives substantial federal funding, creating direct exposure to federal enforcement action.

The fiscal context compounds the problem.The city faces a budget shortfall of $5.4 to $7.1 billion over the current and next fiscal year, with City Comptroller Mark Levine warning thatoperating expensescouldexceed revenuesby between $4.5 and $6.3 billion.

Against that backdrop, the racial equity offices are funded at $10.2 million annually,a 42% budget increase, with no published cost-benefit analysis justifying that expansion. The plan’s 800 strategies and 600 performance indicatorsspread across 45 agencies represent an administrative apparatuswhose price tag extends well beyond the equity offices themselves.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/mamdanis-proposed-racial-equity-tax-targeting-white-neighborhoods/

Mamdani and NYC will be dealing with lawsuits till the end of time, even when his id kicked out by his stupid followers. He will have the highest record of being the stupidest mayor of all time. And even his racial family want to hang him.

'Game of Thrones' actor Michael Patrick dies at 35

The actor's wife said in an Instagram post that he died three years after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease.

Michael Patrick, an actor who appeared in "Game of Thrones," has died three years after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease. He was 35.

Patrick’s wife, Naomi Sheehan, shared news of his death on Instagram on Tuesday,saying he died after being admitted to hospice care in Northern Ireland 10 days prior. He was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in February 2023.

"Words can’t describe how broken-hearted we are," Sheehan captioned a photo of the couple on their wedding day. "He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends."

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, motor neuron disease, also called MND, is a group of conditions that destroy motor neurons, which control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking and swallowing.

'There is no cure for most MNDs, although new treatments are under development," the website reads.

It remains unclear which type of motor neuron disease Patrick had. Patrick's final social media post came on Feb. 6, when he revealed that a neurologist had told him he had a year to live.

“It’s been said more than once that Mick was an inspiration to everyone who was privileged enough to come into contact with him, not just in the past few years during his illness but in every day of his life,” Sheehan said in the Instagram post. “Patrick lived a life as full as any human can live—joy, abundance of spirit, infectious laughter. A titan of a ginger-haired man.”

Patrick studied science at the University of Cambridge and performed with the Cambridge Footlights comedy troupe. He also appeared as a wildling rioter in a season six episode of the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” according to IMDb.

The actor and writer also co-wrote the BBC series "My Left Nut," based on his personal teenage experiences, which won three Royal Television Society awards and the Summerhall Lustrum Award, according to his website.

His additional acting credits include appearances in three episodes of "This Town," a drama from "Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight; "The Spectacular"; and "Blasts From the Past."

In his native country, Northern Ireland, he is known for taking the role of Richard III in a wheelchair in Shakespeare's "Richard III," according to the BBC.

In the Instagram post,Sheehan shared a quote from Irish writer Brendan Behan that Patrick loved: "The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you."

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/game-thrones-actor-michael-patrick-dies-35-rcna267430?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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Trump urges Iran to stop charging fees to tankers passing Hormuz Strait

Summary

• US President Donald Trump said on Thursday there are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that such measures “better not be” happening and must stop immediately.

• A long message attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to “not let go” of attackers, seek compensation and “avenge” the dead, warned it would take Hormuz Strait “to a new phase,” and urged Arab neighbors to “stand in the right place” and turn away from Western powers.

• Iran's leaders are "agreeing to all the things that they have to agree to. Remember, they’ve been conquered. They have no military. If they don’t make a deal, it’s going to be very painful,” Trump told NBC on Thursday.

• Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, said Tehran may consider entering negotiations with the United States if Washington stops what he described as repeated violations of commitments, while warning that hostilities could resume otherwise.

• Iran’s nationwide internet blackout has entered its 41st day, with disruption exceeding 960 hours, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

• Iran’s nuclear chief said on Thursday that demands by adversaries to limit the country’s uranium enrichment program would fail.

No Iraqi oil tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the ceasefire between Iran and the United States was announced, Iraq’s oil ministry said on Thursday.

• The Strait of Hormuz has been fully closed, forcing oil tankers to turn back, Iran's state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday.

• Vice President JD Vance said Tehran’s negotiators thought the US-Iran ceasefire agreed on Tuesday included Lebanon, but Washington had ​in ⁠fact not ‌agreed to ​that.

• Iran’s parliamentary speaker said several key clauses of Tehran’s proposed framework for negotiations with the United States have already been violated, casting doubt on the basis for talks expected to begin in Pakistan.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202604067622

Israeli oil tankers not allowed to pass through Strait of Hormuz, Iranian parliamentarian says

Alicia Victoria Lozano

• Israeli oil tankers are not permitted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said today, according to the SNN news agency.

• "Passage of Israeli oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz is absolutely prohibited," he said. "The movement of vessels and cargo related to the Zionist regime, whether military or non-military, in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz is absolutely prohibited."

• Other countries that are hostile to the Islamic Republic are also prohibited from passing through the strait, he said.

• "Hostile countries and those that cooperate with them against Iran’s security do not have the right to pass through the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-ceasefire-trump-hormuz-israel-lebanon-rcna267390#rcrd107445

Germany urges Iran to respect ceasefire and ensure safe Hormuz navigation

4 hours ago

(Who here thinks Iran and their proxies, would respect or even regard what Germany says?)

Germany’s foreign minister said he spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and called on Iran to respect the ceasefire, engage in constructive negotiations, and ensure free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post on X, he said the discussion also covered the need to maintain regional stability and keep diplomatic channels open.

I spoke today with the Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. I called on #Iran to respect the ceasefire, engage in constructive negotiations, and ensure free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. @AussenMinDE

— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) April 9, 2026

(The arrogance of the leaders, and their Nazi parents will not be considered by Islamists as a race they would listen to. It’s just ridiculous. They only fear Trump because he is unpredictable.)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604091855

White House warns staff on prediction market bets amid Iran war - WSJ

3 hours ago

The White House warned staff not to place bets on prediction markets related to the Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

KEK

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604091933

Netanyahu adviser says attacks on Hezbollah will continue after Trump call to scale back

(When this is over the relationship between the U.S. and Israel will be very different, is my guess)

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Chief Foreign Policy Adviser Ophir Falk discusses the status of U.S.-Iran peace talks amid ongoing Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. World Central Kitchen Chef Aline Kamakian describes humanitarian needs on the ground in Beirut. NBC News correspondents Garrett Haake, Keir Simmons and Brian Cheung discuss the fragility of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal and its impacts on the global economy.

28:19

https://youtu.be/PvgMvnCG7RM

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Direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon could take place as early as next week, U.S. and Israeli officials say

Abigail Williams

Direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon are under discussion to take place as early as next week, two State Department officials and an Israeli official told NBC News.

Two of the sources said the first meetingcould take place at the State Department in Washington with Israel represented by its ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, and Lebanon represented by its U.S. ambassador, Nada Hamadeh-Moawad.A State Department official said theU.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Michael Issa, would represent the U.S.

“We can confirm that the department will host a meeting next week todiscuss ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel and Lebanon,” the other State Department official said.

The Lebanese and Israeli governments did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Axios first reported the meeting.

Netanyahu said today he had instructed his Cabinet to open direct negotiations with Lebanon with the aim of “disarming Hezbollah” and achieving “a historic and sustainable peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon.”

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun agreed that the only solution is a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon followed by direct negotiations, according to a readout from the president’s office.

Netanyahu made it clear, however, that until an agreement is reached, military operations in Lebanon would continue.

“There is no ceasefire in Lebanon,” he said in another statement today directly addressing Israeli civilians on its northern border. “We continue to strike Hezbollah with force, and we will not stop until we restore your security.”

​In​ an interview today with NBC News, Trump said the Israelis were “scaling back” operations in Lebanon, and two senior administration officials saidNetanyahu told Trump in a phone call yesterday that they would pull back on strikes to ensure the success of opening negotiations with Iran.

“I spoke with Bibi, and he’s going to low-key it. I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key,” Trump said. Vance also told reporters yesterday thatIsrael had agreed to “check themselves a little bit”in Lebanon as the IDF’s military operations continue.

“Given the level of the negotiators — ambassadors all — and the apparent lack of urgency, [next week] these talks are likely largely performative,” former U.S. diplomat and Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller said of the potential talks. “The big question — will Trump press Netanyahu to stand down in Lebanon — will be answered in a different conversation.”

At least 250 civilians were killed in Lebanon yesterday, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, in what Israel described as its largest offensive yet against Hezbollah.

“Today we dealt Hezbollah the greatest blow it has suffered since the pagers,” Netanyahu said yesterday. “We attacked 100 targets in 10 minutes in places Hezbollah was certain were immune.”

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on X he was in Beirut yesterday to commend the Lebanese government for offering to begin negotiations when the Israeli attacks took place.

“Israel launched, with no previous warning, one of the most massive strikes since the beginning of the hostilities, allegedly causing hundreds of civilian victims," he wrote.

“We were at the embassy with my delegation, just a few hundred meters from where the missiles struck,” he said. “This must stop. The ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran must include Lebanon!”

A flurry of statements from senior U.N. officials offered a similar message.

“A grim day for Lebanon. This is not a ceasefire. This is not restraint,” U.N. humanitarian relief chief Tom Fletcher said on X following the attacks.
“As I told Security Council from Beirut last week, we must stop the violence, protect civilians, choose dialogue.”

The Israeli military warned civilians in at least eight suburbs of southern Beirut today to evacuate as Israel continues its attacks against Hezbollah.

“Our message is clear: whoever acts against Israeli civilians will be targeted,” Netanyahu said today on X. “We will continue to strike Hezbollah wherever necessary, until full security is restored to the residents of the north.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-ceasefire-trump-hormuz-israel-lebanon-rcna267390#rcrd107434

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Trump urges Iran to stop charging fees to tankers passing Hormuz Strait

Summary

• US President Donald Trump said on Thursday there are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that such measures “better not be” happening and must stop immediately.

• A long message attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to “not let go” of attackers, seek compensation and “avenge” the dead, warned it would take Hormuz Strait “to a new phase,” and urged Arab neighbors to “stand in the right place” and turn away from Western powers.

• Iran's leaders are "agreeing to all the things that they have to agree to. Remember, they’ve been conquered. They have no military. If they don’t make a deal, it’s going to be very painful,” Trump told NBC on Thursday.

• Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, said Tehran may consider entering negotiations with the United States if Washington stops what he described as repeated violations of commitments, while warning that hostilities could resume otherwise.

• Iran’s nationwide internet blackout has entered its 41st day, with disruption exceeding 960 hours, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

•Iran’s nuclear chief said on Thursday that demands by adversaries to limit the country’s uranium enrichment program would fail.

• No Iraqi oil tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the ceasefire between Iran and the United States was announced, Iraq’s oil ministry said on Thursday.

• The Strait of Hormuz has been fully closed, forcing oil tankers to turn back, Iran's state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday.

•Vice President JD Vance said Tehran’s negotiators thought the US-Iran ceasefire agreed on Tuesday included Lebanon, but Washington had ​in ⁠fact not ‌agreed to ​that.

• Iran’s parliamentary speakersaid several key clauses of Tehran’s proposed framework for negotiations with the United States have already been violated, casting doubt on the basis for talks expected to begin in Pakistan. (Their lies are constant)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202604067622

NATALIE WINTERS APR 09, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: WHO Tests Pandemic “Strategy Game” Simulating Ebola Outbreak

A dress rehearsal for the next global outbreak.

The World Health Organization is no longer just issuing guidance during outbreak.

It’s gaming them out in advance.

In a newly disclosed exercise, WHO unveiledwhat it calls a pandemic “strategy game” designed to pressure-test how quickly governments can detect, report, and respond to emerging health threats.

The pitch is harmless: preparedness.The optics are harder to ignore: global authorities rehearsing the mechanics of emergency rule before the next crisis arrives.

The exercise centers on WHO’s “7-1-7” doctrine — detect an outbreak within seven days, notify authorities within one, and mount a response within seven more.On paper, it sounds efficient. In practice,it embeds internationally defined timelinesand response structures into national decision-making chains.

WHO explains:

“Achieving these benchmarks requires coordinated action across surveillance, laboratories, emergency operations, risk communication, and leadership.

Developed bythe Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation (CAPTRS)in collaboration with 7-1-7 Alliance and WHO’s Emergency Preparedness Department,the game translates the 7-1-7 target into a hands-on experience to test how such coordination plays out under pressure.

On February 23, 2026, WHO convened insiders to test the game behind closed doorsfor a “playtest session with staff familiar with the 7-1-7 framework to stress-test the game’s design ahead of broader country-level piloting planned later this year.”

The Chosen Crisis: Ebola In Uganda

The simulation scenario was not mild.

Participants navigated an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus diseasein Uganda — one of the deadliest pathogens on earth.

“The scenario focused on an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda,prompting players to grapple with real-world challengessuch as delayed case recognition, reporting breakdowns, and operational constraints.”

Delayed case recognition. Reporting breakdowns. Operational constraints.

Those were precisely the justifications used during COVID-19 to centralize authority, silence dissenting voices, fast-track emergency powers, and pressure governments into uniform action.

No longer Now those friction points are being modeled== — and optimized against — inside a structured global rehearsal.

From Simulation To Script?

This is not the first timepandemic “exercises” have preceded seismic global events.

Weeks before COVID-19 dominated headlines, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, alongside the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ran Event 201—a coronavirus pandemic simulationthat eerily mirrored real-world debatesover lockdowns, censorship, vaccine allocation, and information control.

Officials insistthese exercises are coincidence. Critics argue they look more like rehearsal.

The new WHO strategy game goes a step further. It operationalizes speed. It operationalizes coordination. It operationalizes communication control. And it does so under the premise that international benchmarks should define domestic response.

The Real Question

WHO describes the exercise as a way to “improve outbreak response speed.” That may be true.

But speed toward what — and under whose authority?

As the organization prepares to pilot the game at thecountry level later this year, governments may find themselves rehearsingnot just outbreak containment, but compliance with a globally harmonized emergency framework.

Pandemics create fear. Fear accelerates power.

And when the next outbreak hits, the world may not just be improvising its response.

It may be executing a playbook already run through — move by move — in a controlled simulation room in Geneva.

https://nataliegwinters.substack.com/p/exclusive-who-tests-pandemic-strategy

Natalie is beyond brilliant!

>>24484137. Much less red print!

NATALIE WINTERS APR 09, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: WHO Tests Pandemic “Strategy Game” Simulating Ebola Outbreak

A dress rehearsal for the next global outbreak.

The World Health Organization is no longer just issuing guidance during outbreak.

It’s gaming them out in advance.

In a newly disclosed exercise, WHO unveiledwhat it calls a pandemic “strategy game” designed to pressure-test how quickly governments can detect, report, and respond to emerging health threats.

The pitch is harmless: preparedness. The optics are harder to ignore: global authorities rehearsing the mechanics of emergency rule before the next crisis arrives.

The exercise centers on WHO’s “7-1-7” doctrine — detect an outbreak within seven days, notify authorities within one, and mount a response within seven more. On paper, it sounds efficient. In practice, it embeds internationally defined timelines and response structures into national decision-making chains.

WHO explains:

“Achieving these benchmarks requires coordinated action across surveillance, laboratories, emergency operations, risk communication, and leadership.

Developed by the Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation (CAPTRS) in collaboration with 7-1-7 Alliance and WHO’s Emergency Preparedness Department, the game translates the 7-1-7 target into a hands-on experience to test how such coordination plays out under pressure.

On February 23, 2026, WHO convened insiders to test the game behind closed doors for a “playtest session with staff familiar with the 7-1-7 framework to stress-test the game’s design ahead of broader country-level piloting planned later this year.”

The Chosen Crisis: Ebola In Uganda

The simulation scenario was not mild.

Participants navigated an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda — one of the deadliest pathogens on earth.

“The scenario focused on an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda, prompting players to grapple with real-world challenges such as delayed case recognition, reporting breakdowns, and operational constraints.”

Delayed case recognition. Reporting breakdowns. Operational constraints.

Those were precisely the justifications used during COVID-19 to centralize authority, silence dissenting voices, fast-track emergency powers, and pressure governments into uniform action.

No longer Now those friction points are being modeled — and optimized against — inside a structured global rehearsal.

From Simulation To Script?

This is not the first time pandemic “exercises” have preceded seismic global events.

Weeks before COVID-19 dominated headlines, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, alongside the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ran Event 201 —a coronavirus pandemic simulation that eerily mirrored real-world debates over lockdowns, censorship, vaccine allocation, and information control.

Officials insist these exercises are coincidence. Critics argue they look more like rehearsal.

The new WHO strategy game goes a step further. It operationalizes speed. It operationalizes coordination. It operationalizes communication control. And it does so under the premise that international benchmarks should define domestic response.

The Real Question

WHO describes the exercise as a way to “improve outbreak response speed.” That may be true.

But speed toward what — and under whose authority?

As the organization prepares to pilot the game at the country level later this year, governments may find themselves rehearsing not just outbreak containment, but compliance with a globally harmonized emergency framework.

Pandemics create fear. Fear accelerates power.

And when the next outbreak hits, the world may not just be improvising its response.

It may be executing a playbook already run through — move by move — in a controlled simulation room in Geneva.

https://nataliegwinters.substack.com/p/exclusive-who-tests-pandemic-strategy

Natalie is beyond brilliant!

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Says Congressional Budget Office’s Calculations Have More Holes Than Swiss Cheese1/2April 9, 2026

A REPORT FROM A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION RELEASED THURSDAYHIGHLIGHTS INACCURATE PROJECTIONS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO).

The report released by Open the Books spotlights decades of CBO projections and finds thatwhile routine estimates were normally reliable, projections tied to larger legislation missed the mark. According to the report, the CBO’s scoring is generally accurate,although projections for major legislation frequently are missed by wide margins, with revenue estimates showing larger deviations over time.

The report notes that CBO’smiscalculations have continued to grow over the years. From 1983 to 2024, the average error in CBO projections was 6%, according to the report.

In February 2009, the CBO projected that a $25 weekly unemployment insurance bonus would cost taxpayers $39.2 billion over a ten-year period. After six years, the CBO issued a revised estimate showing it would actually cost $64 billion, a 63% increase over initial projections.

Notably, theAffordable Care Act, passed under the Obama administration, became one of the largest federal expenditures and was more expensive than the initial CBO cost estimate in 2010, which projected $788 billion. When the CBO conducted another estimate two years later,it ballooned to $1.76 trillion, a 123% jump.

Michael Solon, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the issue may extend beyond legislative scoring alone, arguing that broader economic forces often outweigh policy changes.

“The economic factors are far more important than the legislative factors,” Solon said, noting that shifts in economic growth can have a significantly larger impact on federal revenues than individual pieces of legislation.

Solon noted that legislative estimates draw the most attention,but they represent only a small slice of what drives budget outcomes.

“Scoring is not forecasting.”Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the CBO, told the DCNF. Holtz-Eakin argued thatthe process guarantees to make the CBO marginally inaccurate.

When asked about the large miscalculation with the ACA, Holtz-Eakin noted, “The baseline they were scoring off was more than a year and a half old. Of course it was going to be wrong.”

“The ACA looks different in 2012 than it did when it was first passed,” Holtz-Eakin said“There’s no way CBO can anticipate that,” he further stated.

The CBO didn’t immediately respond to questions from the DCNF about the report.

https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/04/09/exclusive-watchdog-says-congressional-budget-offices-calculations-have-more-holes-than-swiss-cheese/

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The report also notedthat the CBO plays a significant role in shaping legislation, as the office works directly with legislators during the bill-writing process.

The costs for running the CBO ballooned to $75.8 billion in fiscal year 2026, an 8.2% jump from the previous year.The CBO is also exempt from complying with the Freedom of Information Act; information such as salaries remain hidden from the public according to the report.

The CBO’s primary focus on budgetary projections has shifted slightly since the early 2000s,as it has become involved in climate-related policy. Over the years thebudget has become inflated with climate-related funds, and currently nears $1 trillion.

The report highlights the CBO’s flaws in analyzing climate data. In 2021, the CBO released “Budgetary Effects of Climate Change and of Potential Legislative Responses to It”. In the report, the CBO flagged climate change as a risk to budget deficits, adding that mitigation or adaptation could reduce climate change costs, but that the “benefits of successful investments would generally accrue gradually over many years and might be only partially reflected in future savings to the federal budget.”

As the rising national debt approaches $40 trillion,unfunded liabilities including Social Security and Medicare will increase as baby boomers continue to retire, further straining the federal budget. These mandatory spending programsaccount for approximately 60%of federal spending.

A decline in the U.S. Labor force participation rate is expected to further strain the already bloated federal budget, with the rate dropping to its lowest level since 1977, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The report calls for greater transparency, higher accuracy and reduced reliance on the CBO as the sole authority for budgetary and economic information in Congress.

Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr introduced legislation in 2025 to strengthen budget accountability, requiring the CBO to publish supplemental analyses of major legislation before major legislation receives a vote. “Washington’s budget process is broken, and part of the problem is that there’s no accountability when reality doesn’t match the promises made to get legislation passed,” Barr said in a statement.

(https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/04/09/exclusive-watchdog-says-congressional-budget-offices-calculations-have-more-holes-than-swiss-cheese/

Bottom line: they always lie to us intentionally. They know it, but will never tell us the truth

>>24484167. You get the credit. I didn’t see it