Link: https://sputniknews.com/20230313/biden-administration-approves-alaska-oil-drilling-project-1108346475.html

The US Interior Department said on Monday that it is approving three out of five drill sites proposed by ConocoPhillips as part of its Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. | The Biden administration’s decision to grant partial approval to the energy development project comes despite objections by environmental activists, who cite concerns about potential climate impacts by drilling activities. 💬 "The Record of Decision denies two of the five drill site pads proposed by ConocoPhillips, reducing the project’s drill pads by 40%," the Interior Department said in a statement. "[The actions] significantly scale-back the Willow Project within the constraints of valid existing rights under decades-old leases issued by prior administrations." ● The reduction of the plan’s scope reduces its freshwater use and eliminates infrastructure that could impact caribou migration and subsistence users, the statement said. The actions also create an additional buffer from exploration and development activities near the calving grounds and migratory routes of nearby caribou, the statement said.

■ Biden sides with oil over climate activists (RT.com)

Link: https://t.me/MID_Russia/26414

Link: https://americanwirenews.com/the-office-actor-calls-out-hollywoods-anti-christian-bias-a-character-reads-a-bible-is-a-horrific-villain/

Speaking to both the failing creativity of the industry and the inherent biases of Hollywood heathens, an alum from “The Office” called out his entertainment peers after a recent example of how a “Bible-reading preacher” predictably turned out to be “a horrific villain.” | The list of successful celebrities who openly promote faith is notably short including the likes of Chris Pratt, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson and Jim Caviezel. Even rarer are those with notoriety taking shots at their peers for their portrayal of Christians in media, which is precisely what actor Rainn Wilson did Saturday after watching the HBO series “The Last of Us.” ● Taking to Twitter, the actor known for playing Dwight Schrute wrote, 💬 “I do think there is an anti-Christian bias in Hollywood. As soon as the David character in ‘The Last of Us’ started reading from the Bible I knew that he was going to be a horrific villain. Could there be a Bible-reading preacher on a show who is actually loving and kind?” Wilson’s comment referenced a character from the post-apocalyptic video game adaptation that leads a group of cannibals and uses Bible quotes to justify their behavior.

Link: https://legitgov.org/catholic-student-arrested-charged-after-saying-men-and-women-are-different

Catholic student arrested, charged after saying men and women are different | Attorney James Kitchen says options for legal recourse are 'limited' | Arrested for holding Christian beliefs at a Christian school? Canadian Catholic high school student Josh Alexander claims that's the story behind authorities arresting - and charging - him for trying to attend class last month. Alexander was a student at a Canadian Catholic high school in Ontario until he spoke his mind over concerns of men in women's restrooms at the institution. Distinguishing men from women and believing God created only two genders, he suggested, eventually led authorities to arrest and charge him for the offense. [This is where we are, folks. This is where we are. Unless we start fighting back, we're done.]

■ Canadian Catholic Student Arrested after Saying Men and Women Are Different (Slay News) (VIDEO)

Link: https://ria.ru/20230313/ssha-1857620999.html

The U.S. military department has requested $30.6 billion for ammunition purchases. The requested amount is 5.8 billion more than the amount appropriated last year. Of the total amount, the plan is to provide for the purchase of:

 ● Tactical missiles - $17.3 billion;
 ● Strategic missiles, $7.3 billion;
 ● Ammunition, $5.6 billion.

Besides, 600 million dollars will be spent on the technological development and more than 1 billion dollars on the producing base of the military equipment. Washington [also] will spend $6.2 billion to build a second Columbia ballistic missile submarine. Investments to modernize the country's nuclear complex will total $37.7 billion. [Not to be outdone,] the Pentagon has also requested $5.3 billion for the development and purchase of the B-21 strategic bomber. "Procurement of 24 hypersonic missiles," reads the line item as part of an $11 billion investment in high-flying precision-guided weapons. As Department head Lloyd Austin, whose words are cited in the publication, noted, deterrence remains the cornerstone of U.S. defense. (Translation: DeepL.com)

■ Ukraine is third-largest global arms importer – study (RT.com)

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-crisis-migrants-rush-bridge-linking-mexico-u-s-el-paso-texas-video

Customs and Border Protection increased number of agents at border in response to sudden rush | A group of at least 1,000 migrants rushed the Paso Del Norte bridge linking Mexico to the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, to gain access into the United States, video shows. Crowd control measures were used when the group of mainly Venezuelan migrants continued to press forward, though according to sources at the border, the efforts were thwarted. Videos show migrants of all ages pressing toward the fenced border, with some putting their hands in the air to encourage others to continue moving forward.

Link: https://t.me/VanessaBeeley/13203

Link: https://sputniknews.com/20230312/second-largest-bank-collapse-in-us-history-what-happened-to-svb-and-what-comes-next-1108312203.html

California-based commercial lending giant Silicon Valley Bank had its charter revoked and was transferred into receivership on March 10 after a bank run – which occurs when too many clients try to get their money out at once. The collapse sent shockwaves rippling across the financial world. What exactly happened? And what’s next? Sputnik explains. | At the beginning of the workweek, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was, on paper, America’s 16h largest bank, with some $209 billion in assets and $175.4 billion in reported deposits, and more than 8,500 employees at branch offices around the world. ● On Friday, the bank’s doors were closed and it was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which set up a new entity – the ‘Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara’, and told SVB employees that they would be kept on for 45 more days before being booted out the door. The DINBSC will open up on Monday, and over the coming month and a half, will gradually liquidate itself, making dividend payments to uninsured deposit holders (which account a whopping 93 percent of all deposits, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings), and payouts to clients with holdings of less than $250,000 (the standard deposit insurance amount). After that, after nearly forty years in the business, SVB will be no more. ● It’s too early to say whether foul play had any major role in SVB’s collapse. It is known that the bank’s chief executive officer, Greg Becker, offloaded $3.6 million in company stock just two weeks before SVB folded, and that he outlined the financial scheme enabling him to do so on January 26. Becker wasn’t alone. Through the month of February, chief financial officer Daniel Beck, general counsel Michael Zucker and chief marketing officer Michelle Draper Michelle Draper each sold a large percentage of their stocks in the bank as well.

■ Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: The Liquidity Crunch We Predicted Has Now Begun (Activist Post)
■ Failed Silicon Valley Bank Funded Democrats, Establishment Republicans (National File)

Link: https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/the-coming-spring-offensives-in-ukraine/

Stephen Bryen (Asia Times) Both sides readying to go big militarily with nature’s thaw & place Europe on the brink of a great catastrophe | After the thaw comes the crunch for soldiers on both sides – including these Ukrainians – and Europe, perhaps the world. As it looks now, there are two potential spring offensives in Ukraine. Either of these offensives would be laden with significant risks for both sides. Predicting the outcome is difficult because outside players may intervene, especially US and NATO forces. ● The first offensive is fairly well known. It is the spring offensive being organized by the Russian army. Considerable preparations have been made over many months. The Russians have honed their tactics, brought in new offensive weapons and replaced equipment so far lost in the war, especially tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. [...] What isn’t known is how the Russians will use the large force they have assembled, numbering between 200,000 to 300,000. One theory is they will move out from the south and east in a wide encirclement trying to trap Ukrainian forces. ● The other spring offensive is the one that Ukraine is preparing for in earnest. This offensive probably has been planned in the Pentagon rather than in Kyiv. NATO is rapidly bolstering its forces. This past Saturday the US-flagged vehicle carrier Liberty Pride sailed into the port of Alexandroupolis, Greece, carrying military equipment destined for NATO forces. How many other US ships are in the ocean at the moment or arriving at other ports, isn’t yet known. But what is known is that NATO is girding itself for a spillover, once the Ukrainian offensive gets underway. The main focus of the Ukrainian spring offensive likely is an assault on Crimea and on Russian forces in the south. The objective is to cut them off (Kherson area across to Zaphorizia) and systematically destroy them, followed by a big push into Crimea. [...] Ukraine will have its hands full in such an operation and is dependent on US intelligence and, very likely, US airpower. There is not enough time to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s, and there are not any spare up-to-date F-16s to throw into the battle – unless, of course, US fighter squadrons are in the mix. One can expect that US aircraft will be painted over with Ukrainian insignia and flown by US or NATO pilots. [Ephasis-TPV] These planes will operate as standoff assets, firing long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons. ● If these prognostications on the two spring offensives are anywhere near correct – and there is plenty of evidence suggesting both offensives are being prepared – then Europe is on the brink of a great catastrophe.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/572818-us-democrats-republicans-syria/

The latest resolution by Rep. Matt Gaetz was a missed opportunity | On March 8, Representative Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution that would have forced congressional oversight to be applied to the continuation of America’s military occupation of Syria. In total, 47 Republicans joined with 56 Democrats – primary members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) – in favor of the legislation. It also had support from Robert Ford, who was the Obama administration’s ambassador to Syria and formerly a major hawk in favor of ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ● Despite this unexpected bipartisan support, it was still shot down by the overwhelming majority of status quo hawks in Congress, representing a major lost opportunity for Washington to fall in line with international law – and its own domestic law. As Ford noted in his letter to Congress, “there is no definition of what the ‘enduring’ defeat of ISIS would look like,” and that Washington owes “our soldiers serving there in harm’s way a serious debate about whether their mission is, in fact, achievable.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/572827-pope-warns-of-gender-ideology-dangers/

The pontiff has warned that transgenderism is one of the “most dangerous ideological colonizations” | Pope Francis reiterated his opposition to transgenderism on Friday, warning that it’s a “dangerous ideology” and arguing that its proponents are naïve if they believe they’re on the “path to progress.” “Gender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,” the pope said in an interview to Argentina’s La Nacion newspaper. “Why is it dangerous? Because it blurs differences and the value of men and women.” The pontiff has repeatedly spoken out against gender theory over the years, even as he has emphasized the need to be welcoming and provide pastoral care for transgender people. For instance, he has likened gender ideology to nuclear arms and genetic manipulation, and he has warned that it’s part of a “global war” against marriage and the family.

Link: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287067.shtml

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the US to immediately stop its illegal military presence and looting in Syria and lift illegal unilateral sanctions, stop making and exacerbating man-made humanitarian crisis in the country. | Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a routine press briefing when asked to comment on US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley's visit to American bases in northeastern Syria where he tied the deployment of US troops to the security of the US and its allies. Syria's foreign ministry Sunday condemned the visit as "a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity" of Syrian territory and called on the US government to "immediately cease its systematic and continued violation of international law and support for separatist armed groups." The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down a bill to withdraw US troops from Syria.

Link: https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/10/dcnf-reporter-describes-how-millions-of-migrants-pour-over-the-border-under-biden/

A Daily Caller News Foundation reporter said Friday “millions” of people have poured over the U.S. border since President Joe Biden took office. 💬 “Under the Biden administration, we’ve seen millions of illegal immigrants pour over the border,” DCNF investigative reporter Jennie Taer told Sky News Australia host James Morrow. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered over 2.3 million migrants in fiscal year 2022, while another 600,000 migrants evaded CBP that fiscal year, Fox News reported. CBP data noted that 1.66 million encounters took place in Fiscal Year 2021. CBP also reported encountering 230,000 people in October, the first month of fiscal year 2023, another 233,470 people in November, the second month of fiscal year 2023 and over 250,000 in December. 💬 “It is a really, really, bad situation down there,” Taer said. “You see people from all over the world now, the globe is aware, they are aware the border is open to them.”

Link: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/03/10/carney-on-kudlow-silicon-valley-banks-failure-signals-the-end-of-the-cheap-money-ecosystem-fueling-ca-tech-start-ups/

Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney said in an interview Friday with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow 💬 “The sudden implosion of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is sending shock waves through the financial system and the technology sector,” Carney wrote in Friday’s Breitbart Business Digest. “SVB plays a central role in the start-up economy of San Francisco. According to Bloomberg, it does business with about half of venture capital backed start-up firms in the U.S.” “One of the problems [for SVB] was when money was so freely available to all these start-ups, they didn’t borrow a lot,” Carney told Kudlow. “So, they had a ton of deposits coming in and not a lot of opportunity to make loans out to people. I mean, yeah, you can lend money so people can buy a yacht or a fancy mortgage on some tech start-up billionaire’s fancy mansion, but they really had way too much money. So, they invested it in bonds. Bank of America I think has 25 percent of its assets in bonds, but this bank had over 50 percent of its assets in bonds.”

Link: https://legitgov.org/madness-vaccine-mandates-colleges-ivy-league-universities-charge-75k-year-are-still-refusing-teach

Madness of vaccine mandates in colleges: Ivy League universities that charge up to $75k a year are STILL refusing to teach students in-person who are not up to date with their Covid vaccines - with Harvard demanding up to FIVE | Students must receive a bivalent booster dose on top of their other Covid shots --If they don't without exemption, they will not be able to access in-person classes --Most Americans with bivalent booster are not protected against latest variant | Ivy League schools are still refusing to teach students in-person who are not up to date with their Covid vaccines [mRNA clot shots] -- in a move slammed as "senseless" and "non-scientific." Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania have the most stringent mandates that make having the new bivalent booster a condition of entry. This means students at those schools who have already received four of the older shots would still need to get the new shot to continue their studies.The rest of the Ivy League universities demand at least two Covid jabs, with some requiring a booster too. Multiple experts told DailyMail.com the mandate "does not make sense" now that evidence shows the vaccines do not prevent transmission on a large scale.

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/572792-kiev-mulls-renaming-russia/

The issue needs to be “carefully worked out,” President Vladimir Zelensky has claimed | Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has instructed his government to consider renaming Russia as ‘Moscovia’, an unofficial designation used centuries ago. The move comes after a petition insisted that by using the word ‘Russia’, Ukraine is endorsing a “dangerous claim” that its neighbor is a direct descendant of Kievan Rus. ● In a statement on Friday, Zelensky said he had turned to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal with a request for the “comprehensive processing” of the petition, which had gathered the necessary 25,000 votes to be considered. The issue “needs to be carefully worked out both in terms of the historical and cultural context, and from the perspective of possible international legal consequences,” with scientific institutions taking part in the process, the Ukrainian president added. ● The name ‘Moscovia’ dates back to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, one of principalities of Kievan Rus in the late Middle Ages. The modern Russian state formed around this center of power while retaining historic and cultural roots stemming from Rus. ● Commenting on the move, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that it was 💬 “further evidence of an attempt to create an ‘anti-Russia’ out of Ukraine.”

Объясняет Readovka | "Russians don't exist!" - Zelensky wants to lead the movement to decolonize Russia | Today, the head of the Kiev regime has instructed the government to look into the possibility of renaming Russia into "Muskovia." Laugh as much as you like: isn't there any other problem in Ukraine but to change the names from "aggressor country" to "Muscovia" and back? Except that these efforts by Kiev to "cancelling" the Russians are not as harmless as they may seem. ● "Decolonization" of our country is the maximum program for the West. To solve the "Russian question" once and for all. All these maps with dozens of microstates created by the "free peoples of Russia," however ridiculous and detached from reality they may be, are an unimaginable threat to the very existence of our people. ● And the proclamation of Russia as "Muscovy" is just another step on the road to "decolonization. There are no Russians, there is no state of the Russian people, "Russia is a social construct. There is only "Muscovy" - a kind of bloody Mordor, that seized the lands of free Ingria, that ruined the Khanate of Kazan, that committed genocide against the indigenous peoples of Siberia... and so on. ● Nonsense, you say? But these are exactly the narratives that the West is now going to push forward, both in the territories under its control, and in our homes. That is why they are making an "anti-Russia" out of Ukraine, which will serve as an "assemblage point" for centrifugal political processes on the territory of our country. We can already see how the "outposts" of neo-Nazi militants in the service of the GUR are trying to declare the creation of a "Bryansk People's Republic," but this is only the beginning. ● How do we counter something like this? First, it is necessary to protect against subversive activities of ethno-separatists inside the country. The circles of "Ingrian," "Turan" and "Free Siberians" must be suppressed in the most brutal way, just like any other separatist organizations in a belligerent country. ● As for the external influence, everything is clear. If there is no Ukraine, there will be no "anti-Russia" to which the adherents of decolonization could look. (Translation: yandex.ru & DeepL.com)

Link: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/11725

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/twitter-files-federal-government-demanded-censorship-anti-ukraine-narratives/

The latest installment of the “Twitter Files” has revealed that Democrat President Joe Biden’s federal government demanded that the Big Tech company censor content that it deemed to be “anti-Ukraine narratives.” | The findings from Twitter’s internal communications files were published by journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger. The new Twitter Files release comes ahead of Taibbi and Shellenberger’s testimony to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Thursday’s release has revealed that federal government entities flagged “anti-Ukraine narratives” to Twitter for censorship. Additionally, it revealed that a project which has partnered with several state entities and urged tech platforms to take action against “stories of true vaccine side effects” was onboarded to Twitter’s Jira ticketing system. The new information was provided in a new batch of Twitter Files.

Link: https://justthenews.com/government/congress/banks-biden-admin-seeking-purge-conservative-unvaccinated-service-members

The Biden administration is seeking to "purge conservative service members" from the armed services for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine despite the lifting of the military's mandate, says Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. | Members of the military who refused the COVID-19 vaccine prior to the elimination of the mandate are still eligible for firing on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon told the House Armed Services Committee chairman in a letter Banks released Thursday. A total of 69,000 troops did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and 53,000 sought a medical or religious accommodation, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros wrote to Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers in the Feb. 27 letter.

Link: https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/4955

Maria Zakharova (Мария Захарова) (Russian MFA) For the second year in a row, Zelensky was denied a performance at the Academy Awards. | What a bunch of bastards! Not only should Zelensky [be permitted to] appear at the Oscars, he should be given an award for his starring role in an American horror series. He embodies the monster dependent on Washington and the drugs in a hyperrealistic way. Unlike President Goloborodko in "Servant of the People." (Translation: DeepL.com)