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Date Sent: 2026-04-17
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Saturday, April 18, 2026

Testing the 1,000hp Carbon Fibre Motor That Fits Inside a Wheel

Dr. Jack Kruse Exposed Every Fraud in Bitcoin -- Testing the 1,000hp Carbon Fibre Motor That Fits Inside a Wheel -- Bombshell Trump Family Owns 30% of Salem Media, a Registered Agent of Israel -- Iran Announces the Strait Is Fully Open, Oil Prices Plunge, Stocks Soar -- Donald Trump Pulls the Trigger -- Iran War: Sleepwalking into Starvation -- Iran opens Hormuz for commercial ships, but US continues blockade until final deal -- House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30 -- US Chemists Turn Natural Gas Into Liquid Fuel Without High Heat And Pressures -- How Many Scoundrels Like Swalwell in Washington DC? -- Critical Metals Shares Surge 40% After Expanding Rare Earth Mining Position In Greenland -- Certificate of Need Laws: How Government Permission Slips Restrict Care and Raise Costs -- States Propose Reining In Direct Democracy -- The funding engine of the entire global financial system is breaking. -- Narrative Warfare, Iran, and the Looming Energy Shock: Markets in Polarized Times -- Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A "Summer Of Shortages"... -- Dead Los Alamos chief's secret UFO files revealed in stunning drop: '100% proof' -- Interview 2012 ?" US Nuke Scientists Are Mysteriously Disappearing! (NWNW #626) -- SHOCKING SYMBOLISM on 2026 US Dime, I got Chills. -- Former California boom town with population of just 30 begs for young people to move in... -- Humiliating real reason Erika Kirk pulled out of JD Vance Turning Point USA event... -- Iran Israel War Live Updates: Trump says Iran agreed to hand over enriched uranium; -- Iran Bats Down 'Baseless' Trump Claim On Handing Over Enriched Uranium To US,... -- From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces... -- Department Of War In Talks With Automakers To Build More Weapons -- Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push... -- The Most Unpopular War in American History? -- They're not even hiding it.. -- Anthropic's Nuclear Bomb -- Alarm bells follow new report of looming US plan to attack Cuba --

Reference Link • Bitcoin
Dr. Jack Kruse Exposed Every Fraud in Bitcoin
Youtube - TFTC
Dr. Jack Kruse joins Marty Bent to unpack how political power players and financial criminals are corrupting Bitcoin from the inside. The conversation highlights an uncovered base?chain attack that most users ignore, the danger of loading extra dat
Entered by: Mike Dugger
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News Link • Transportation
Testing the 1,000hp Carbon Fibre Motor That Fits Inside a Wheel
04-17-2026 • https://www.youtube.com, Ziroth
Last month we looked at the record breaking motor from YASA, delivering 1000 hp in just 12kg - made possible by their advanced composite rotors and magnets. Today, we see how it integrates into the complete system, and how that is all tested to make Read Full Story
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News Link • Trump Family
Bombshell Trump Family Owns 30% of Salem Media, a Registered Agent of Israel
04-17-2026 • By Max Blumenthal and Glenn Diesen
Max Blumenthal revealed Lara Trump and Don Jr. own a 30% stake in Salem Media that is registered as an Israeli foreign agent through Clock Tower. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran Announces the Strait Is Fully Open, Oil Prices Plunge, Stocks Soar
04-17-2026 • https://mishtalk.com, By Mish
It appears we are finally on the verge of a deal. Terms still unknown. Read Full Story
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News Link • Trump Administration
Donald Trump Pulls the Trigger
04-17-2026 • https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Philip Giraldi
Many Americans are coming around to the view, based on what comes out of President Donald Trump's mouth and what he writes down on his Truth Social site, that the US Head of State is insane. Read Full Story
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News Link • Food Shortages
Iran War: Sleepwalking into Starvation
04-17-2026 • https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Kurt Nimmo
According to Oxford Economics, an independent economic advisory firm, in late March the price of the two main fertilizer ingredients, ammonia and urea, spiked 20% and 50% respectively in response to disruptions in the Persian Gulf. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran opens Hormuz for commercial ships, but US continues blockade until final deal
04-17-2026 • https://www.firstpost.com, FP News Desk
Iran on Friday said the Strait of Hormuz has been opened to all commercial vessels for the remaining duration of the ceasefire, stating that the move is in line with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement. Read Full Story
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News Link • Surveillance
House Votes To Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30
04-17-2026 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - which was notoriously abused so spy on the 2016 Trump campaign, and has been used for "backdoor searches" targeting Am Read Full Story
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News Link • Energy
US Chemists Turn Natural Gas Into Liquid Fuel Without High Heat And Pressures
04-17-2026 • by Prabhat Ranjan Mishra
Chemists in the United States have discovered a new way to turn natural gas into liquid fuel. Read Full Story
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Opinion  • Politics: General Activism
CONNECTING THE DOTS
How Many Scoundrels Like Swalwell in Washington DC?
04-17-2026
Frosty Wooldridge
   Answer: PLENTY, AND MORE THAN THAT!
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News Link • Greenland
Critical Metals Shares Surge 40% After Expanding Rare Earth Mining Position In Greenland
04-17-2026 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Critical Metals Corp. shares have surged as much as 45% in trading today after the company significantly expanded its position in Greenland's Tanbreez rare earth project, tightening its grip on a resource it sees as central to a US-friendly supply Read Full Story
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News Link • Healthcare
Certificate of Need Laws: How Government Permission Slips Restrict Care and Raise Costs
04-17-2026 • https://thedailyeconomy.org, Richard Menger
CON laws give regulators -- and incumbent providers -- the power to block new competition, at the expense of access and affordability. Read Full Story
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News Link • Political Theory
States Propose Reining In Direct Democracy
04-17-2026 • https://needtoknow.news, The New American
Direct democracy is a form of government where citizens vote directly on laws, policies, and initiatives rather than electing representatives to vote. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - International
The funding engine of the entire global financial system is breaking.
04-17-2026 • https://www.linkedin.com, Tuli (Nate) Urbach
Japan's bond yields just hit all time highs across every single maturity. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Narrative Warfare, Iran, and the Looming Energy Shock: Markets in Polarized Times
04-17-2026 • Doug Casey's Take - YouTube.com
Doug and the host discuss how a gloomy zeitgeist has flipped inspirational "hard work pays off" stories into reminders that most people aren't Will Smith, reflecting young people's uncertainty and widening social division that could escalate Read Full Story
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News Link • Oil
Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A "Summer Of Shortages"...
04-17-2026 • https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A "Summer Of Shortages" Looms On The Horizon Read Full Story
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Dead Los Alamos chief's secret UFO files revealed in stunning drop: '100% proof'
04-17-2026 • https://www.dailymail.co, By STACY LIBERATORE
A senior cybersecurity official at one of America's most secretive nuclear laboratories left behind files after his death that an insider has claimed reveal the US government has long been studying UFOs. Read Full Story
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News Link • Corbett Report
Interview 2012 �" US Nuke Scientists Are Mysteriously Disappearing! (NWNW #626)
04-17-2026 • https://corbettreport.com, by Corbett
Welcome to New World Next Week �" the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Read Full Story
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News Link • Gold and Silver
SHOCKING SYMBOLISM on 2026 US Dime, I got Chills.
04-17-2026 • Local Silver Mint - Dave Breger - YouTube.com
Read Full Story
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News Link • California
Former California boom town with population of just 30 begs for young people to move in...
04-17-2026 • https://www.dailymail.co, By LAURA PARNABY
Former California boom town with population of just 30 begs for young people to move in and snap up its cheap homes Read Full Story
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News Link • Charlie Kirk
Humiliating real reason Erika Kirk pulled out of JD Vance Turning Point USA event...
04-17-2026 • https://www.dailymail.co, By STEVE HELLING
Humiliating real reason Erika Kirk pulled out of JD Vance Turning Point USA event... and her mortifying realization Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran Israel War Live Updates: Trump says Iran agreed to hand over enriched uranium;
04-17-2026 • https://www.firstpost.com, FP News Desk
Iran Israel War Live Updates: Trump says Iran agreed to hand over enriched uranium; US House rejects bid to curb war powers Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran Bats Down 'Baseless' Trump Claim On Handing Over Enriched Uranium To US,...
04-17-2026 • Zero Hedge
...As He Declares Hormuz 'Never Again' Closed Read Full Story
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces...
04-17-2026 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces Anthropic's Mythos AI Read Full Story
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News Link • DOD-Department of Defense
Department Of War In Talks With Automakers To Build More Weapons
04-17-2026 • https://www.infowars.com, by Sean Miller
Senior officials at the Department of War have spoken to several automakers in hopes they will build more weaponry and military equipment. Read Full Story
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push...
04-17-2026 • https://www.zerohedge.com, Via Headline USA
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push For US Privacy Protections Read Full Story
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Most Unpopular War in American History?
04-17-2026 • by Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.
The night before l voted against going to war in Iraq, my sister, Beverly, told me that a Knoxville television station had run a poll and found that in East Tennessee, 74 percent were in favor of going to war, 9 percent were against it, and 17 percen Read Full Story
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News Link • Ireland
They're not even hiding it..
04-17-2026 • https://rumble.com, Russell Brand
I'm looking at the Irish fuel protests and what they represent, because once ordinary people start shutting down roads over costs, taxes, and spending priorities, it stops being a single-issue protest and starts to look like a broader rejection of Read Full Story
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic's Nuclear Bomb
04-17-2026 • https://warontherocks.com, Naveen Krishnan
A few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of AI-enabled cyberattacks. Read Full Story
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News Link • Cuba
Alarm bells follow new report of looming US plan to attack Cuba
04-17-2026 • https://asiatimes.com, by Brett Wilkins
Pentagon reported 'quietly ramping up' preparations to wage war if Trump gives the order Read Full Story
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
KLAUS SCHWAB: Prepare for a "CYBER PANDEMIC" that makes COVID look like "small distur
04-17-2026 • Linkedin
.by "halting our power supply, transportation, and hospitals." Read Full Story
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
RFK's UNIVERSAL VACCINE PLAN for YOU!
04-17-2026 • The Healthy American Peggy Hall - YouTube
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Universal Vaccines Have Eluded Scientists for Years. RFK, Jr., Is Betting This Approach Will Succeed
04-17-2026 • Scientific American
Trump's HHS and NIH are planning to invest $500 million in a killed-whole-virus approach to universal vaccines, including such vaccines for flu and COVID. Here's why that's challenging Read Full Story
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
KLAUS SCHWAB: Prepare for a "CYBER PANDEMIC" that makes COVID look like "small distur
04-17-2026 • https://www.linkedin.com, Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
KLAUS SCHWAB: Prepare for a "CYBER PANDEMIC" that makes COVID look like "small disturbance" by "halting our power supply, transportation, and hospitals." Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - International
Hong Kong banks dependent on SWIFT are warned of new US sanctions
04-17-2026 • https://asiatimes.com, by Jeff Pao
As Trump tries to strangle Iran's oil trade payments, Beijing's bag of counter-moves includes enforcing ban on extraterritorial jurisdiction Read Full Story
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News Link • Deep State- Shadow Government
Trump Prepares "Hypersonic Clarity" Declassification Bomb �" Could This Be the Massive Take
04-17-2026 • https://www.rightjournalism.com, Mark Van der Veen
Trump Prepares "Hypersonic Clarity" Declassification Bomb �" Could This Be the Massive Takedown of the Deep State We've Been Waiting For? Read Full Story
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Opinion  • New World Order
The World We Knew Is Gone Forever!
04-17-2026
Chuck Baldwin
   As long as the United States is tied at the hip with Israel, we will never know peace.
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Host: Ernest Hancock
2026-04-16 -- Ernest Hancock interviews Andrew Caleb Doughty - MP3&4
Andrew Caleb Doughty comes on the show to discuss his new book The Missing Curriculum: 50 Things You Should've Learned In School, But Didn't
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