Saudi Energy Conference Loses Shell, Exxon, BP Execs - Who Bail After Houthi Strikes

Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of Saudi Arabia's ongoing WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh on Monday, as the kingdom insists on holding the conference despite the threat to the capital posed by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis).

The event began on October 11 and is meant to run until 15 October. The head ‌executives of ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Shell, Chevron, and BP were expected at the event.

On Monday, they were no longer listed on the agenda that the conference organizers put out.

"To everyone who traveled to Riyadh, thank you," said Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman while making the opening comments at the WPC Energy Congress.

"You know this ​country is safe and that we hold your protection at whole heart… Our gathering here ⁠does not mean the risk is gone," he said.

He said that the YAF’s operations targeting the kingdom were "serious" and deserved an "equally serious" response. The event had been planned for April but was postponed when the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran was launched in February.

"Unfortunately, due to travel ⁠disruption, we are unable to be there in person. We greatly value our long-standing partnerships across the region," said a BP spokesperson cited by Reuters. The spokesperson added that the firm made “every ​effort to participate.”

Shell declined to comment, and TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, and Chevron did not ​immediately respond.

The event is taking place 10 kilometers from Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport, which was bombarded by the YAF over the weekend, resulting in 12 deaths.

At the conference, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said pressure across the energy world will only worsen until the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened by Iran.

"Globally, the squeeze on crude oil is serious," he said. The surge in refined fuel prices is making things worse, he added.

Offshore inventories are “well below” 6 million barrels, he went on to say, warning that it could take up to two years to refill while meeting demand. Meanwhile, crude oil prices climbed to their highest level in two weeks on Monday.

Brent crude rose 1.25 percent to $106 per barrel, while US WTI crude traded at $92 per barrel, marking their highest levels since 29 September.

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/saudi-energy-conference-loses-shell-exxon-bp-execs-who-bail-after-houthi-strikes

Bipartisan Senators Challenge Trump's Russian Diesel Deal, Claim It Violates Federal Law

A bipartisan group of seven senators is demanding President Donald Trump reverse his decision to allow Russian diesel imports into the United States, arguing the agreement violates federal law and provides financial support to Moscow amid its ongoing war with Ukraine.

The lawmakers issued a joint statement Sunday citing a 2022 law prohibiting Russian energy imports, which Congress passed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"President Trump's decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law," the senators said. "The Administration has also failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute."

The group includes Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah, along with Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon.

Trump announced Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel to American and global markets. The Treasury Department subsequently authorized Russian diesel imports through April 2027.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bipartisan-senators-challenge-trumps-russian-diesel-deal-claim-it-violates-federal-law

DOJ Lacks Authority To Check Voter Lists Against Immigration Database, Judge Says

The Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot take the names of registered voters and compare them against a federal immigration database, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, based in Washington, handed down an order on Oct. 9 against the department.

The DOJ has been requesting lists of registered voters from states and, after obtaining them, checking them against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements service, which contains citizenship information.

When people are identified as registered to vote despite not being citizens - according to the SAVE database - the DOJ has been demanding that states remove them from voter rolls.

"The challenged policy represents the federal government's attempt to decide who gets to vote," Sooknanan said. "But Congress has left that authority where our Constitution has always placed it: with the states."

She also said that the department "cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were carefully crafted to protect the rights of the American people."

The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

"The Trump administration has repeatedly taken extreme measures to interfere with how elections are run, undermine confidence in the results, and create confusion," Ming Cheung, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing plaintiffs who sued over the policy, said in a statement.

"This effort to seize sensitive voter data is part of that same pattern, and today's ruling makes clear that the administration cannot use the federal government to disrupt elections or put voters' rights at risk."

Common Cause and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued in April, arguing the effort to build a national voter database with the files from states was illegal in part because the DOJ planned to disclose confidential voter data to contractors to help verify the status of the voters and force states to remove voters identified as lacking citizenship.

"No federal statute authorizes DOJ's sprawling new voter surveillance, data consolidation, and purging operation," they said.

Government lawyers said that Congress authorized the department to enforce voting laws, including the National Voter Registration Act, and that the effort was part of that enforcement.

The act says states must make a "reasonable effort" to remove ineligible voters from voter lists and says the attorney general can sue states if they do not comply with the law.

The DOJ created the policy after President Donald Trump directed the attorney general to work with states to identify suspected violations of election laws, including voting by ineligible individuals.

Sooknanan said that the laws the government cited do not authorize the policy.

"It would turn these voter-protection laws on their head to find that they authorize DOJ's unprecedented actions," she wrote.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-lacks-authority-check-voter-lists-against-immigration-database-judge-says

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TED CRUZ PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO ISRAEL AND THE JEWS AT CHABAD-LUBAVITCH EVENT

A Chabad performer sang that Cruz “stands for Israel and the Jews.” The senator answered with a vow to do “everything humanly possible” to crush anti-Semitism on the right.

Ted Cruz took the stage at Chabad-Lubavitch’s Lamplighter Awards as the man who “stands for Israel and the Jews.” Then the Texas senator announced he would do “everything humanly possible” to fight what he called anti-Semitism on the political right.

The clip opens with a performer singing, “He follows the facts and finds the clues. He stands for Israel and the Jews. His name, that’s right, Senator Ted Cruz.” Cruz did not speak those lyrics. He stood onstage as the room celebrated them.

🎵 "He follows the facts and finds the clues, he stands for Israel and the Jews!"🎶

A bemused Sen. Ted Cruz pledges allegiance to the Jews at Chabad Lubavitch's Lamplighter Awards.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2108710077310095672

The American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) gala gave Cruz its Leadership Award on Sept. 23 at Washington’s Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, according to the Mayberg Foundation’s event record.

Cruz then made his own commitment. “I stood up and resolved that I am going to do everything humanly possible to defeat antisemitism on the right and make clear that these bigots have no place in our party,” he said in the video.

Jewish Insider reported that Cruz also warned the audience that young evangelicals were “turning systematically against Israel.” He called that shift an “existential” crisis and urged Christian leaders to fight it.

Cruz said, “We’re Americans. That’s who we are.” Yet the award-show chorus, the Israel-centered warning, and his promise to devote every possible effort to the cause put the senator’s political priorities on public display.

https://nationalfile.com/zionism/ted-cruz-pledges-allegiance-to-israel-and-the-jews-at-chabad-lubavitch-event-2

HUCKABEE HID WARNINGS ON CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AT RISK IN ISRAEL

Embassy messages flagged tax demands, property seizures, and mounting pressure on historic Christian institutions. Reporting says the warning never reached Washington.

Mike Huckabee purposely hid an urgent message about Christian Churches at risk in Israel.

He also concealed how many Americans were murdered by Israel in Gaza.

He is a traitor to both Christianity and America.

Perhaps, “Judeo-Christianity” really is a heresy.

The warnings concerned more than bruised feelings or a diplomatic misunderstanding. They described financial and legal pressure that threatened churches rooted in the Holy Land for centuries.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s August 2025 letter to Huckabee documented final collection notices demanding more than 17 million shekels from the Franciscans in Jerusalem, denied funds for Christian schools, threatened church-bank-account freezes, and foreclosure action against Armenian Patriarchate property.

“These actions pose an existential threat to Christian institutions that have been present in the Holy Land for centuries.”— Sen. Chris Van Hollen

The letter also pressed Huckabee to confront ongoing settler violence against the Christian town of Taybeh. In August, Huckabee called anti-Christian attacks “occasional but rare,” though a monitoring group cited by the Times of Israel recorded 107 incidents in the first half of 2026.

The church warning now sits beside the larger embassy-reporting scandal.

The New York Times reported that senior aide David Milstein blocked or rewrote Israel-critical diplomatic reports. It is also reported that Huckabee had to approve most major reports and decisions from Milstein, though officials said the aide sometimes acted alone.

Huckabee categorically rejected the Times investigation without addressing its specific examples.

https://nationalfile.com/israel/huckabee-hid-warnings-on-christian-churches-at-risk-in-israel

Kyiv Loses Residents: Power Infrastructure Destroyed, City Enters “Survival Mode”

Kyiv is heading into winter with damaged energy infrastructure and a growing number of residents leaving the city, prompting Mayor Vitali Klitschko to publicly urge those who can to leave the capital. The contrast with Russia is stark: there, strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted digital services; here, basic life-support systems are failing.

Energy: Dependence on a Single Node

Since early October, strikes on Kyiv’s energy hub have intensified. According to Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, ballistic missile strikes have knocked out Kyiv’s own power generation. The city now depends on power from elsewhere, primarily from the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant via the “Kyivska” substation, which is regularly targeted.

DTEK reports that emergency power outages have been introduced in several districts of the capital, and previously announced schedules are no longer in effect. On October 11, the Obolon, Podil, Shevchenkiv and Desniansk districts were left without power. That same day, the Kyiv City State Administration reported that electric public transit had been suspended on some routes and that metro trains were running less frequently.

Population Outflow

Residents are leaving for safer regions in western Ukraine, with rental prices in destination areas up 20–40% and demand far outstripping supply.

Ukrainian experts’ forecasts remain grim. Kharchenko warns that Ukrenergo has yet to receive equipment ordered in March, while the government has blocked payments to local communities, including funds for heating-season preparations.

https://southfront.press/kyiv-loses-residents-infrastructure-destroyed-city-enters-survival-mode/

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Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg breaks silence on PM bid with warning the Coalition cannot afford ‘business as usual’

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has broken his silence on whether he wants to become prime minister, warning the Coalition cannot afford “business as usual”.

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has broken his silence on whether he still wants to become prime minister, warning the Coalition faces an "existential threat".

In a special interview with News24 host Sharri Markson on Monday, the former treasurer addressed rumours he still harboured ambitions to be prime minister.

Recounting then Prime Minister Scott Morrison giving him a tour of Kirribilli, saying to his treasurer that the house would one day be his, Mr Frydenberg brushed off the importance of his words.

"He was being encouraging, and I have my own ambitions," he said.

Markson pressed him on whether he still harboured the ambition to become Prime Minister.

“I think anyone who enters the political race wants to rise up to the top," Mr Frydenberg replied.

“Certainly, they were my ambitions when I first entered into politics. But now I'm out of politics, so I wouldn't be so presumptuous to say that's my ambition today.”

https://www.news24.com.au/politics/australian-politics/former-treasurer-josh-frydenberg-breaks-silence-on-pm-bid-with-warning-the-coalition-cannot-afford-business-as-usual/news-story/0880c3e37cf524f6a1c4a4933844cbdd

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Netanyahu has lost Trump, and Israel has lost America

The reassuring hand from the White House has not reached out to Netanyahu, precisely at a time when he needs it most: a presidential blessing, a Trumpian pat on the back, some gesture that would allow Israel's prime minister to stand on the world stage as he so desperately wishes to be seen, a leader in a league of his own, rather than a pariah the world recoils from.

People close to Trump say the president is furious with the prime minister for failing to bring the war in Gaza to an end in time, thwarting his ambitions to expand the Abraham Accords, claim the credit and cement his legacy as a peacemaker. Trump is known to say one thing in the morning and the exact opposite later in the day. There are still enough days before Israel's election for him to change his mind. But for now, Trump is not betting on Bibi, and all the pleading and manipulation coming out of Jerusalem have failed to do the trick.

Netanyahu has lost Trump, and Israel has lost America. The line to Washington went dead a long time ago.

After October 7, when the world was horrified and largely sympathetic toward Israel, Netanyahu could have changed the course of events. Had he stopped, brought the hostages home and pursued the agreement that was on the table, the tide might have turned in Israel's favor. Wars must end in political settlements, not with the sword forever drawn. Instead, wars fought with neither wisdom nor strategic cunning have brought US-Israel relations crashing down. And the situation will only deteriorate further after the midterm elections, when polls suggest a Democratic blue wave could sweep through Congress.

American sympathy has now shifted toward the Palestinians. Their narrative is easier to understand and digest. At demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, which continue across the United States, protesters quote from the autobiography of Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who took part in an aircraft hijacking. She wrote: "We shall have power and we shall recover Palestine and make it a human paradise for Arabs and Jews and lovers of freedom."

These are the messages echoing through most of the demonstrations. For the American public, it is easier to identify with such messages, even when they come from a former terrorist, than with Israeli battle cries about crushing, erasing and starving, with what the world sees as genocide in Gaza and with the brutal abuse of Palestinians in the West Bank.

Trump failed Israel twice: He could have saved Israel from itself, by force if necessary, had he pursued a policy of imposed peace. But he made little effort to do so

Trump failed Israel twice. He could have saved Israel from itself, by force if necessary, had he pursued a policy of imposed peace. But he made little effort to do so, because a peaceful Middle East leaves no testing grounds for America's defense industries, which make vast sums of money as long as the flames keep rising into the sky.

On the other hand, he also failed to deliver on his promises to remove Iran's uranium and establish a new regional order. No expanded Abraham Accords, no deal of the century between Israel and the Palestinians, as he had sworn he would achieve. He was no friend of Israel. And perhaps now, not necessarily through any great awareness or careful planning, his decision to turn his back on Netanyahu will prove to be his one noble act: saving Israel from the hands of a prime minister who has led it from colossal disgrace to catastrophe. It will not save relations between the United States and Israel. But it may still offer the faintest glimmer of hope.

https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sybwgyjsge

Elon Musk has spent $276 million on midterms to help Republicans retain control of Congress

There is a lot at stake for Musk with Democrats in the House of Representatives calling for investigations into his government contracts as CEO of SpaceX as well as his work running the Department of Government Efficiency under President Donald Trump

Elon Musk has spent roughly $366 million in the 2026 US midterm election cycle so far, $276 million of ⁠it since July to help Republicans retain ⁠control of Congress, even as Democrats' chances of retaking the US House and Senate have improved.

Musk's largess, which was reported earlier by the New York Times, makes the world's richest person likely the single-biggest political donor in this year's races, according to campaign finance records.

There is a lot at stake for Musk with Democrats in the US House of Representatives calling for investigations into his government contracts as CEO of aerospace company SpaceX as well as his work running the Department of Government Efficiency under President Donald Trump.

Musk has spent $366 million so far this election cycle, which began January 1, 2025. At least $276 million so far has gone to Republican groups and his own super PAC since July.

Here is a breakdown of his political spending, which was confirmed by a spokesman for his super PAC America PAC.

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Of the $276 million in third-quarter donations:

• $158 million went to the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC set up to help elect Republicans to the Senate that is aligned ⁠with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota.

• $20 million went to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC set up for House Republicans that is aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican.

• $76 million went to Musk's America PAC.

• $10 million went to the Lone Star Liberty PAC, which is supporting Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton's run for ⁠the US Senate in Texas, where recent polls have him in a dead heat against Democrat James Talarico.

• $10 million went to the Republican Governors Association.

• $2 million went to the Republican Attorneys General Association.

America PAC is helping Republican candidates in seven battleground states and nearly three dozen House races.

The new giving will be publicly disclosed when many super PACs are required to disclose their ⁠third-quarter spending on Thursday.

Musk has also donated more money through groups that do not disclose their donors, according to the New York Times report.

Roughly $90 million spent this cycle paid for work done in the prior election or supported other issues, including an unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and a controversial program paying $1 million to registered voters who signed a petition supporting free speech and gun rights, according to an America PAC spokesman.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkbkap9ife

‘Breaking Bad’ Star RJ Mitte Dead at 34

According to TMZ, RJ Mitte died by suicide on Monday in Texas.

RJ Mitte played Walter White Jr. on “Breaking Bad,” the highly popular television series created by Vince Gilligan.

Mitte was diagnosed with a mild case of cerebral palsy when he was a child.

Breaking Bad ran from 2008 to 2013 and won nearly 100 awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards.

RJ Mitte was engaged to his longtime partner Kennedy Suarez. He proposed to her last year.

TMZ reported:

RJ Mitte — who played Walter White Jr. on “Breaking Bad” — is dead … TMZ has learned.

A county official confirmed to TMZ that RJ died Monday in Texas. We’re told he died by suicide.

Law enforcement tells us the death investigation is ongoing.

Earlier this month, RJ hung out with his ‘Breaking Bad’ costar Luis Moncada and they looked to be in good spirits … they were all smiles in social media posts.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte-dead-34/

Metallica frontman James Hetfield told a packed Las Vegas Sphere crowd that the legendary metal band has zero interest in lecturing fans or pushing political agendas from the stage.

https://x.com/gatewaypundit/status/2109728508952166506

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The Founder of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz ibn Abd al-Rahman Al Saud (1876-1952)

The King of Saudi Arabia was literally on the payroll of the US and Britain.

Were they leaving him so little from the sale of oil that he depended on an allowance?

Wahhabism and the Legacy of Ibn Saud: 17 Shocking Revelations from British and US Secret Records

Some of the 17 revelations presented in Daniel Haqiqatjou's essay (drawn from declassified British and U.S. records) are:

Ibn Saud's Secret Agreement to Become a Permanent British Vassal

He offered to place himself and his country under permanent British vassalage in exchange for support against the Ottomans. The relationship was later adjusted (e.g., the 1927 Treaty of Jeddah) but retained close alliance and dependence.

Ibn Saud's Alliance with the British against the Ottomans

He rejected Ottoman overtures and pledged to stand with Britain (and the Sheikh of Kuwait) in any conflict with Turkey, despite shared religious affiliation with the Ottomans.

Ibn Saud's Commitment to Fulfill British Wishes

He assured British officials that he would use his efforts on behalf of their common interests and expressed confidence in the British government, even when it constrained his actions.

Ibn Saud as a Paid British Vassal

From 1917 he received a regular monthly subsidy (initially £5,000), plus additional cash payments, loans (often written off), rifles, machine guns, ammunition, tents, and food. Total British payments in the late 1910s-early 1920s reached substantial sums relative to the resources of Najd.

The U.S. Plan to Ally with Ibn Saud to Control Saudi Oil and Use the Country as a Military Base

U.S. records (including 1944-1945 War Department and State Department materials) treat Saudi oil as a strategic prize and the country as a potential base for airfields and operations against the Soviet Union. Officials planned close ties and substantial aid to secure this position.

Ibn Saud Becomes a Paid Vassal of the United States

After the war the United States replaced Britain as the primary patron, providing joint U.S.-UK supplies, supplementary aid (commodities, silver), and development loans to stabilize the kingdom until oil revenues flowed, in exchange for influence and access.

Ibn Saud Killed His Own Muslim Subjects to Preserve the British Relationship

When the Ikhwan (his Wahhabi tribal fighters) revolted in 1929-1930 because he forbade them from attacking British-protected territories (Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, etc.), he suppressed the revolt and killed many of them in order to maintain the alliance with Britain.

Support for Britain in World War II under British Control of His Foreign Policy

He maintained close wartime coordination with Britain, accepted advice to remain publicly neutral (or limited in action) when that served British interests, expressed emotional solidarity with British fortunes, and publicly aligned against the Axis by the end of the war.

Ibn Saud Affirms That the British and the U.S. Desire the Good of Muslims, Endorses U.S. Ideals Such as Democracy, and Promises to Uphold the American Reputation

In correspondence (including a 1946 letter to President Truman), he expressed appreciation for American friendship and "humanitarian and democratic principles," stated confidence that the U.S. did not intend aggression against Arabs, opposed further Jewish immigration on democratic/self-determination grounds, and promised to defend the U.S. reputation among Muslims and Arabs–despite ruling as an absolute monarch and despite Wahhabi opposition to liberal democratic ideals.

https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/10/11/wahhabism-legacy-ibn-saud/

Masonic infiltration of Vatican exposed by Fr. Murr in viral video

'After the (forced) resignation of Pope Benedict, they began to remake the episcopate throughout the world. The new bishops (are) all liberals,' said Fr. Murr.

Father Charles Murr recently discussed the infiltration of Freemasonry into the highest levels of the Vatican, the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I, and how history is repeating itself with the allegedly forced resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the installation of liberal bishops by Popes Francis and Leo XIV.

During an interview on the WORLDCA$T YouTube channel, which premiered October 8, Fr. Murr discussed the Masonic infiltration of the Vatican in the 1970s following the appointment of Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops who Murr has claimed was a 33rd-degree Mason, and Baggio’s alleged role in the death of Pope John Paul I just 33 days into his pontificate. This is the subject of Murr’s book, Murder in the 33rd Degree: The Gagnon Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry.

Toward the end of the interview, Murr emphasized that history is repeating itself today, claiming Pope Benedict’s 2013 resignation was forced and discussing how that resignation marked the liberal reshaping of the episcopate under Pope Francis and now Pope Leo XIV. The priest also noted that Francis’ final prefect of the Congregation for Bishops was the future Leo XIV, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2109687823095747046

“Today, all of that (infiltration) is repeating itself. After the resignation of Pope Benedict, who was forced by men in the Vatican to resign, they began to remake the episcopate throughout the world. The new bishops (are) all liberals,” Murr said. “And the last person in charge of the Congregation for Bishops, who was it? Robert Prevost from Chicago. Cardinal Prevost, who came to be Pope Leo.”

“All the bishops that the Vatican is appointing, all of them, are liberals. There is a very big conflict, a war that is happening within the Church that could’ve happened under Paul VI and John Paul II, but it is happening today. With the majority mentality of the liberal bishops ‘changing the Church from within.'”

Murr continued with a word of encouragement, reminding viewers that despite the deep infiltration of the Church, Our Lord will win in the end.

“How is it going to end? I only know one thing: Christ is going to win. I have His word that He will be with the Church until the end of time,” the priest said. “How will the salvation of this Church that is in crisis come about? I do not know… but I do know that it will be remedied, that is called faith… And I have faith in Christ, my Christ is no liar, what He said will come to pass.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-masonic-infiltration-of-vatican-exposed-by-fr-murr-in-viral-video/

Universal Healthcare in the US Overruled By Big Pharma

Ted Cruz is on the media interview path to implant his great wealth of knowledge as an attorney.

Today, he was mocking blue states for not implementing universal healthcare unilaterally. Apparently, he is wholly unaware of the pitfalls:

States cannot easily redirect existing federal funds from programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into a unified state pot without federal waivers or legislative changes, i.e., Medicare is a federal tax that would amount to double taxation.

The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) makes it very difficult for states to tax or alter employer-sponsored health insurance plans, which cover a huge portion of the working population.

Under constitutional rulings like Sáenz v. Roe, states cannot easily deny benefits to out-of-state residents, raising fears that a state with generous coverage would face an influx of patients from neighboring states (“medical tourism”).

The nightmare of putting forward such a package and navigating the hurdles would become a veritable legal mess with lawsuits on both sides in high gear. Lawyers drooling over large class-actions, and backlogs in court. Medical tourism would drive up lead times for care, and create a shortage of beds. Yet, Cruz in all his bombast thinks he is hilariously outing the Democrats. In Cruz’s entire legal career which lasted seven years he won three cases including one he brought to the Supreme Court to help politicians recoup ‘campaign loans’, i.e., the suit was brought by Cruz personally. Cruz argued that money he used in his own campaign was not a pledge but a ‘loan’ and therefore reimbursable.

The socialized medicine of both Canada and the UK has gone through dramatic pitfalls of the course of its implementation. The UK’s National Health Service was implemented in 1948, Canada’s in 1966 under the Medical Care Act. Their biggest challenge has always been attracting doctors and nurses. In the UK, junior doctors rate of pay is 41,000 pounds to 55,000 pounds. Specialty trained ranges from 64,000 to 115,000 pounds. As a result, foreign trained doctors make up 42% of the workforce. Given India’s recent scandal over medical exams… Not Stellar.

By comparison, physicians in the US make $386,000 to $463,000 while neurosurgeons command $750,000. Yet we are to believe it is all about ‘billing’ and ‘administration’ that has created a Healthcare windfall. Obviously the first pushback toward universal healthcare comes from the physicians – secondarily it is insurance which makes a tidy sum given the cost can reach upwards of $200,000 per year for high risk specialties. If Universal Healthcare were implemented in the US – that insurance would plummet! Attorneys would lobby as their 33% to 40% cut for every malpractice claim is the third most prolific cost passed to US citizens.

In other words, in the US – Universal Healthcare will never happen. It is a dead topic before it reaches the mouth of babes. If Ted Cruz is unaware, he is an incompetent fool. If he knows and pretends not to, he is a belligerent arse.

Today, the US is the world’s largest user of Big Pharma.

The highest spender on Big Pharma.

Big Pharma spending in the US is highest among diabetes, oncology, autoimmune, and respiratory diseases.

On the other hand, antihypertensives and mental health drugs are the leading classes based on the number of prescription filled.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/universal-healthcare-us-overruled-big-pharma/5943432

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A PRIMER ON HOW WALL STREET PULLED OFF THE GREATEST MORTGAGE INVESTMENT SWINDLE IN HISTORY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE US GOVERNMENT!

11-09-10 GREENSPAN ADMITS ON VIDEO FRAUD AND CRIMINALITY IN US BANKING SYSTEM!

1. SOME HISTORY

This story begins back before the United States was the United States.

The original thirteen colonies printed their own currency, and it worked very well at empowering commerce and turning the young America into a powerful growing economy, free of the poverty and unemployment that even then crippled London. The public currency was operated as a public utility. But the bankers of Europe, long used to private banks issuing the public currencies as loans at interest, were horrified by the American approach and saw it as a threat to their deeply cherished religious belief that the gods intended for the bankers to have all the wealth of the world. So, the Bank of England lobbied King George III to impose the Currency Act on the colonies, which forbade the colonies to use their own money and required them to borrow their lawful tender from the Bank of England, at interest. This was the public currency as a private for-profit operation.

It took only a few years for this scheme to reduce the formerly prosperous and productive colonies down to the poverty and unemployment typical of London at the same time period, as depicted in the literature of Charles Dickens, among others.

While the state-run American schools teach that the revolution was about the Stamp act and the Tea tax, it was primarily the rage created by the enforced impoverishment of the Currency Act which fueled the rebellion. Why the Currency Act is not mentioned in the public schools will become apparent further on.

1. THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN ECONOMY

Following the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers reverted back to the system which had worked so well before the Currency Act.

As the above diagram shows, the Founding Fathers of this nation set up a simple economic system that did not rely on a private central bank. Government issued the public currency and spent it into circulation where it was used by the public free of interest. Then the money was taxed back into the government's hands, then to be re-spent back into circulation. For each fiscal year the money issued equaled the money collected. Nothing was lost. The dollar was based on a weight measure of silver, which meant the value of a dollar was fixed and not subject to the whims of government or bankers.

1. THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

"Everything predicted by the enemies of banks, in the beginning, is now coming to pass. We are to be ruined now by the deluge of bank paper. It is cruel that such revolutions in private fortunes should be at the mercy of avaricious adventurers, who, instead of employing their capital, if any they have, in manufactures, commerce, and other useful pursuits, make it an instrument to burden all the interchanges of property with their swindling profits, profits which are the price of no useful industry of theirs." –Thomas Jefferson

By 1811, the owners of the First Bank of the United States had become rich while ruining the lives of ordinary Americans. Congress had prudently limited the charter of the bank to 20 years and it expired in 1811. A move to re-charter the bank failed due to public opposition.

"The Bank of the United States is one of the most deadly hostilities existing, against the principles and form of our Constitution. An institution like this, penetrating by its branches every part of the Union, acting by command and in phalanx, may, in a critical moment, upset the government. I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries. What an obstruction could not this bank of the United States, with all its branch banks, be in time of war! It might dictate to us the peace we should accept, or withdraw its aids. Ought we then to give further growth to an institution so powerful, so hostile?" –Thomas Jefferson

1. THE WAR OF 1812

The following year, with the conclusion of Britain's wars with Napoleon, the Bank of England demanded King George re-invade the United States to force them back into the clutches of private central banking, this time with the Bank of England. Thus was initiated the war of 1812, a war like any other war; created and waged for profit.

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>>25135188

same Rothschild same British empire

and yes they did replace the royals, this was to control oil, create radical Islam and set up the petrodollar system

Just as they set up Israel to be the antithesis of the above

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>>25135200