by Ellen Brown

North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boasts the only state-owned bank in the nation? Has it secretly gone socialist?

No. The Bank of North Dakota (BND) operates on the same principles as any capitalist bank, except that its profits and benefits serve the North Dakota public rather than private investors and executives. The BND provides a unique, innovative model, in which public ownership is leveraged to enhance the workings of the private sector. It invests in and supports private enterprise — local businesses, agriculture, and economic development – the core activities of a capitalist system where private property and enterprise are central. Across the country, small businesses are now failing at increasingly high rates, but that’s not true in North Dakota, which was rated by Forbes Magazine the best state in which to start a business in 2024.

The BND was founded in 1919, when North Dakota farmers rose up against the powerful out-of-state banking-railroad-granary cartel that was unfairly foreclosing on their farms. They formed the Non-Partisan League, won an election, and founded the state’s own bank and granary, both of which are still active today.

The BND operates within the private financial market, working alongside private banks rather than replacing them. It provides loans and other banking services, primarily to other banks, local governments, and state agencies, which then lend to or invest in private sector enterprises. It operates with a profit motive, with profits either retained as capital to increase the bank’s loan capacity or returned to the state’s general fund, supporting public projects, education, and infrastructure.

According to the BND website, more than $1 billion had been transferred to the state’s general fund and special programs through 2018, most of it in the previous decade. That is a substantial sum for a state with a population that is only about one-fifteenth the size of Los Angeles County.

The BND actually beats private banks at their own game, generating a larger return on equity (ROE) for its public citizen-owners than even the largest Wall Street banks return to their private investors.

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Dr. Althea Mentes

An Exposé of The Brain Police

Mental health care has always been in conflict and dispute, struggling with deep-seated cultural perceptions, changing medical practices, and a growing tide of mighty industry profit. What is often portrayed as an altruistic mission of healing and support is, in many instances, steeped in a long history of exploitation, control, and harm. From the days of crude bloodletting to corporate-driven over-medication of vulnerable people, one sees how, time and again, the mental health industry has failed to live up to its ethical obligations. This article tries to look into these disturbing histories and present practices to see how mental illness has been commodified, manipulated, and even weaponized for profit. At the same time, millions of people are still marginalized, labeled, and left to suffer.

Every large extended family has an eccentric person, Alzheimer’s patient, or a Type-A driven high achiever, or an Obsessive-Compulsive controller, etc. The stigmatization today is far worse, thanks to Big Pharma and Health Care Corporations raking in obscene profits and running astroturf “community-based” pill-pusher movements.

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By David Swanson

Like the Republican Party whose senators will make Pete Hegseth the next U.S. Secretary of War, Hegseth is a bad joke. The Democratic minority in the horribly unrepresentative Senate is a joke you might hear at an amateur mic night.

Hegseth is a guy who has reportedly shouted “Kill all Muslims.” Nobody asked him if he had done that or if he agreed with it — not even when he claimed to have been labeled an extremist purely for having a Christian tattoo. He’s a guy who has told troops in Iraq to disobey an order and shoot on sight rather than only when threatened. No senator asked who was included in acceptable targets or why. He’s said the Geneva Conventions should be ignored. One Republican senator asked him how many pushups he could do and how many human genders there are.

Several asked if he’d be sure to spend a lot on weapons. (He would.) While Hegseth denounces government spending and has appeared in photographs wearing “Big Government Sucks” on his chest, on Tuesday he repeatedly claimed — falsely and laughably — that Congress had cut military spending during Biden’s years in the White House. Asked by Senate Armed “Services” Chairman Roger Wicker if spending less than 3% of GDP on militarism endangered the United States (Wicker seemed to falsely suggest that the United States does spend less than that) Hegseth agreed.

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Tracy Turner

Albertsons Safeway Vons GMOs Pesticides Chemicals Article

A Case Study of Zionist Globalism

The real question in the 21st century is not "Are we living in a simulation?" but "Are we living in a prison?" Welcome to the Digital Matrix-a highly interconnected web of surveillance, AI, predictive analytics, and corporate greed that seeks to trap every aspect of our lives for profit. While in the movie version of The Matrix, human beings were physically plugged into an artificial simulation, the real Digital Matrix operates invisibly through our devices, the networks we navigate, and the data we provide. It feeds into an ecosystem in which your smartphone, laptop, credit card transactions, and patterns on social media coagulate in effect to serve and reinforce control-pervasive and insidious, franken-dystopian constructions more nightmarish than any Hollywood ever dreamed of.

This exposé explores this digital prison that is set up and well-developed by pivotal entities such as Palantir, Google, Apple, Boeing, NSA, Mossad Unit 8200, Amazon, Microsoft, and many others. It's not just a data collection; they use it to control you. The question is no longer if we are being watched but how much of our lives are being analyzed, commodified, and sold back to us, masquerading as "convenience" and "innovation." The world of Surveillance Control Capitalism is here already, and it is in full bloom.

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Paul Craig Roberts

I am being asked if the issuance by the dreadful Biden regime of a new package of sanctions against Russian oil exports are a gift to the incoming Trump presidency or a poisoned chalice. My answer is neither. The sanctions, if the incoming Trump regime leaves them in place, are a poisoned chalice for the American consumer and for America’s European allies or puppets. If the sanctions succeed, reducing the world’s supply of oil in the market will drive up prices. The demand for oil is inelastic with respect to price. A higher price of oil will increase Russian oil renevues and hurt everyone else.

In Germany industry is already leaving to locate in countries with less costly energy. This will leave Germans unemployed. American commute times mean that higher energy prices cut into discretionary income and consumer spending, reducing the outlook for growth and profits. For Russia it means a higher oil revenues. If I were in charge in Russia, I would not sell energy to enemies conducting war against Russia. Russia can finance its domestic developments without foreign exchange. Michael Hudson and I have explained this many times. We are amazed that Putin tolerates the incompetence or worse of his central bank director, whose 21% interest rates are a worse threat to Russia than NATO, American sanctions, and the remnants of the Ukrainian army.

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PACIFIC PALISADES — On one side of the street lie the ashes of ruined houses, lost to the huge blazes that defeated Los Angeles firefighters when hydrants ran dry. On the other side, a small village of shops is still intact, watched over by tanker trucks and an army of private firemen. More than a week after enormous blazes spread unchecked through swathes of America's second largest metropolis, questions are being asked about how some of the city's super-rich seem to have survived almost unscathed. "All I can say is that we got hired and we have been ordered to stay here. I'm not allowed to tell you more than that." a man in a yellow and green uniform told AFP in front of the commercial development. The men, along with their pick-up trucks with Oregon licence plates, were stationed at property owned by billionaire developer Rick Caruso. Please credit and share this article with others using this link: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2941765/private-firefighters-highlight-wealth-divide-in-ruined-los-angeles. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.

Tucker interviewed investigative reporter and author Michael Shellenberger. They discussed the California fires. The first warning came out from a local reporter on January 1. Broad warnings were announced on Jan. 2, and a public announcement was made. Despite explicit knowledge that fires were coming, the mayor went to Ghana, and the governor did not prepare. It should have been immediate mobilization. There was zero doubt that the fires were coming. It’s all about prevention. After the fires come, it’s too late. Homeless people set half the fires in LA, and it’s allowed. [One also has to wonder about the armies of illegal aliens, military-age men, coming in from enemy countries. No one knows how the fire started.]

President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration could be the most militarized in U.S. history, according to a report released Monday. Citing U.S. officials, The Telegraph reports that nearly 7,800 soldiers will join approximately police officers to patrol Washington, DC during the “peaceful transfer of power.” The newspaper also reveals that two FBI field offices, a swarm of drones, and at least 30 miles of fencing will be used to keep Trump and inauguration guests— including world leaders and top U.S. lawmakers from across the country—safe from a series of potential violent threats. Despite receiving no specific threats targeting Trump, law enforcement officials are “prepared” for the worst, according to the outlet. Additionally, National Guard members from all 50 states will operate checkpoints, where inauguration observers will enter the National Mall in front of the Capitol building, while the federal government will enact a no-fly zone over D.C. A host of items have been barred from the inauguration area, including laptops, water bottles, and even selfie sticks.

The U.S. is increasingly fractured along cultural, political and geographic lines, with rural vs. urban, red vs. blue, and citizens vs. government tensions creating irreconcilable divisions. Geopolitical analyst Doug Casey predicts the U.S. breaking down into regional nation-states, with areas like Texas seceding to form self-governing entities, citing the inefficiency of governing 350 million people under one system. Modern immigration, coupled with government welfare policies, is seen as exacerbating cultural divides, as newcomers often lack traditional American values, leading to societal friction. Casey also warns of the U.S. dollar's impending decline due to government bankruptcy, with global central banks shifting to gold and BRICS nations proposing alternative currencies, further destabilizing the economy. Casey advocates for technological solutions like blockchain and decentralized energy systems to empower individuals and communities, reducing reliance on a collapsing centralized government.

I have mentioned... many times... how The Avatar sweeps clean the planes above this one, and forces the dark entities outward into The Material Plane where they are dealt with. Surely you have noticed the massive increase in The Insane... over recent decades. When you factor in The Gender Bender Crazy... and the vast sea of other sexually distorted personalities... along with the murderous religious fundamentalists... The Climate Crazies... The Social Justice Unhinged... The Politically imbalanced... The Racially Charged Psychos... The Drug and Alcohol Deranged, and... no doubt; I am leaving many of them out. It can easily be presumed that their numbers run into the tens of millions... if not hundreds of millions. These are all hijacked physical vehicles that were occupied by these evicted entities. Well, you might ask; where does The Avatar get off with causing all this mayhem? Good question. Well... the truth is that they were already influencing existence from the less visible planes and it's harder to eliminate what you can't see.

A January 13th Haaretz news-report, “Trump’s Mideast Envoy Forced Netanyahu to Accept a Gaza Plan He Repeatedly Rejected”, indicated that Witkoff had basically shoved aside the Biden team (Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken, etc.) who, all along, have been backing Netanyahu’s plan to add Gaza to Israel, and that whereas until now Biden has been doing Netanyahu’s bidding on the entire Gaza matter, Netanyahu is now doing Trump’s bidding on it.

An alarming peer-reviewed study has confirmed that Covid mRNA “vaccines” caused a staggering 112,000% surge in deadly blood clots in the brain. The major study involved one of the world’s leading cardiologists, Dr. Peter McCullough. During the study, the team of leading American researchers found that Covid mRNA injections carry a risk of brain clots that is 1,119.6 times higher than the flu shot. Dr. McCullough and his team published their study’s results in the prestigious International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science (IJIRMS). The study was conducted by Doctors McCullough, Kirstin Cosgrove, James Thorp, and Claire Rogers.

US President-elect Donald Trump has demanded “all records” be preserved for potential review. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the closure of its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in a statement to Fox News. The sudden announcement prompted President-elect Donald Trump to call for transparency regarding the office’s activities and funding. The FBI did not specify the exact reason for the closure, but the move aligns with Trump’s campaign pledge to reduce DEI initiatives across federal agencies as soon as he is sworn in as the 47th US president on Monday. “In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024,” the agency said in a statement first cited by Fox News on Thursday.

According to Baiba Braze, putting European boots on the ground in Ukraine would cause escalation for the EU that has been shying away from it. NATO troops are not prepared to engage in combat operations in Ukraine, and the alliance sticks to the strategy of supporting Kiev, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze revealed. "Currently, NATO is not ready to enter the war, because the clear concept is that Ukraine’s self-defense is supported, everybody provides what is necessary, but nobody wants to be part of the war, fighting the war," Latvia’s top diplomat told The Kyiv Independent in an interview. According to her, putting European boots on the ground in Ukraine would cause escalation for the EU that has been shying away from it.

Maria Zakharova stressed that Washington and Kiev are indeed working together, doing "everything to halt supplies of stable, reasonably priced and high quality Russian gas to Europe. The terrorist attack against the Russkaya compressor station in the Krasnodar Region was made at the prompting of the US, official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said. "Grounds are in place to believe that the terrorist attack at the compressor station; this refers to the TurkStream gas pipeline, in the Krasnodar Region, on January 11 was made at the prompting of Washington," the diplomat said. Washington and Kiev are indeed working together, doing "everything to halt supplies of stable, reasonably priced and high quality Russian gas to Europe and clear the market for expensive US LNG," she stressed.

The exact opposite of what Kagan posited is true: Russia can’t militarily control Ukraine indefinitely; a Russian-American brinksmanship scenario is terrifyingly realistic; and Putin is indeed interested in compromising but only under certain conditions. Hugely influential neoconservative thinker Robert Kagan recently published a lengthy diatribe at The Atlantic fearmongering about Russia’s total and indefinite control of Ukraine, which he takes for granted if Trump doesn’t redouble aid to Ukraine. It’s premised on the presumptions that Russia can military control all of Ukraine indefinitely, there’s no realistic Russian-American brinksmanship scenario over that country, and Putin is unwilling to compromise. The following three arguments tear apart his claims:

Alex Jones breaks down how many of the political prisoners indicted and imprisoned by the corrupt Biden DoJ will have their cases reviewed by the incoming Trump administration and receive full pardons. Learn Why Trump MUST Pardon All J6 Political Prisoners & Indict The Ringleaders Of The Deep State Democrat Cabal That Staged The False Flag

A court has cited “transphobia” as a factor in a shockingly lenient sentence handed pedophile man who identifies as a woman. Autumn Tulip Harper, 25, was sentenced to just four years after being found guilty of molesting his five-year-old daughter in Australia. Reduxx states that Australian law enforcement identified Harper after American law enforcement arrested another pedophile he had been chatting with online in 2023. Harper sent the arrested American child abuse material (CSAM) over the platform Discord.

The Justice Department granted a plea deal to a gang leader in MS-13, allowing him to avoid both the death penalty and a life sentence despite his admission to committing seven heinous murders. Jairo Saenz, 28, known by the nickname “Funny,” will face “up to 60 years in prison, and a minimum sentence of 40 years in prison under the terms of his plea agreement” when he is sentenced, per a Tuesday release from the Justice Department. Saenz and his brother, Alexi Saenz, led a branch of MS-13 in Suffolk County, New York, known as the Sailors. The pair developed a reputation for brutality.

The catastrophic fires raging across Los Angeles have exposed a harsh reality: years of Democrat mismanagement and budgetary neglect have left the city’s fire department woefully unequipped to handle the crisis. Freddy Escobar, president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles and a 35-year veteran of the LA Fire Department, broke down in tears recounting his futile attempts to warn city leaders of the inevitable disaster. https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=302050

Every other journalist in the room watched and did nothing. America the free world!

Sam Husseini forcibly removed from the briefing room after interrupting Blinken's final press conference. pic.twitter.com/6ff6Qz1WXV

— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) January 16, 2025

Sam Husseini was dragged out by armed guards after trying to ask a question about Gaza. Independent journalist Sam Husseini was dragged away from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press briefing after trying to ask a question about the Gaza ceasefire. Blinken claimed that the past four years have seen successful diplomacy, including the truce, even though both Israel and Hamas gave President-elect Donald Trump the credit for the deal. In a video posted by Ryan Grim of DropSite News, several uniformed Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) officers can be seen approaching Husseini, who is seated in the briefing room. “Get your hands off me!” Husseini cried out as the guards seized him. “Answer my damn question.” “You pontificate about a free press!” he called out. “I am asking questions after being told by [State Department spokesman] Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions.” Every other journalist in the room watched and did nothing. America the free world!Sam Husseini forcibly removed from the briefing room after interrupting Blinken's final press conference. https://www.rt.com/news/611039-state-department-husseini-blinken/

Democrats in Congress have shown their colors loud and proud as a staggering 145 of them voted against the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. This morning, the House of Representatives passed a commonsense bill called H.R. 30, the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). The legislation amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to enhance restrictions on illegals who have committed serious felonies, especially those against women, children, or related to sexual offenses. Under the bill, these aliens would not be permitted to enter America and would be deported if they committed a sex offense. These include domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, neglect, or abandonment, and a violation of a protection order regarding threats of violence or harassment. But what should have been a unanimous vote broke partly along party lines. 145 pro-crime Democrats decided to vote to let illegals stay in America even if they sexually assaulted or beat women. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/victor-reacts-democrats-vote-against-protecting-women-children/

CIVIL WAR Alert! The Democratic Party / Deep State Are Publicly Attempting To Strip Trump Of His Constitutional Control Of The US Military As Commander In Chief.

Frighteningly, at the same time they are trying to strip Trump’s control over the armed forces, they are openly… pic.twitter.com/reiEiaGKsv

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 14, 2025

CIVIL WAR Alert! The Democratic Party / Deep State Are Publicly Attempting To Strip Trump Of His Constitutional Control Of The US Military As Commander In Chief.

Frighteningly, at the same time they are trying to strip Trump’s control over the armed forces, they are openly promoting national uprisings and even succession of blue states once he is sworn in on January 20th 2025

DISGUSTING: Watch Gavin Newscum Beg President Biden To Censor Trump, Musk, & Jones For Exposing The Leftist Death Cult's Deliberate Torching Of Los Angeles