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Date Sent: 2026-04-17
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, April 17, 2026 |
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 -- KLAUS SCHWAB: Prepare for a "CYBER PANDEMIC" that makes COVID look like "small distur -- RFK's UNIVERSAL VACCINE PLAN for YOU! -- Universal Vaccines Have Eluded Scientists for Years. RFK, Jr., Is Betting This Approach Will Succeed -- KLAUS SCHWAB: Prepare for a "CYBER PANDEMIC" that makes COVID look like "small distur -- Hong Kong banks dependent on SWIFT are warned of new US sanctions -- Trump Prepares "Hypersonic Clarity" Declassification Bomb ?" Could This Be the Massive Take -- The World We Knew Is Gone Forever! -- Live Now, Must-Watch: POTUS Press Conference Addresses Iran War, Ukraine/Russia & Much More! -- Lindsey Graham's Primary Fight Heats Up -- California Supreme Court Disbars Former Trump Attorney For Aiding Challenge Of 2020 Election... -- Gadgets For People Who Don't Trust The Government -- Steam Banned Just Backfired -- Bank of America, Citi, Kiyosaki… They ALL Say Triple Digit Silver! - Dr. Kirk Elliott --
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News Link • Iran
Narrative Warfare, Iran, and the Looming Energy Shock: Markets in Polarized Times
04-17-2026
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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
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News Link • Oil
Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A "Summer Of Shortages"...
04-17-2026
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https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A "Summer Of Shortages" Looms On The Horizon
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Robert Lee
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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
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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.
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News Link • Corbett Report
Interview 2012 â€" US Nuke Scientists Are Mysteriously Disappearing! (NWNW #626)
04-17-2026
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https://corbettreport.com, by Corbett
Welcome to New World Next Week â€" the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
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Robert Lee
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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
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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
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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
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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
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News Link • Iran
Iran Israel War Live Updates: Trump says Iran agreed to hand over enriched uranium;
04-17-2026
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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
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran Bats Down 'Baseless' Trump Claim On Handing Over Enriched Uranium To US,...
04-17-2026
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Zero Hedge
...As He Declares Hormuz 'Never Again' Closed
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Donna Hancock
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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
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces Anthropic's Mythos AI
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Robert Lee
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News Link • DOD-Department of Defense
Department Of War In Talks With Automakers To Build More Weapons
04-17-2026
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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.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push...
04-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, Via Headline USA
Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push For US Privacy Protections
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Most Unpopular War in American History?
04-17-2026
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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
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News Link • Ireland
They're not even hiding it..
04-17-2026
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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
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News Link • Cuba
Alarm bells follow new report of looming US plan to attack Cuba
04-17-2026
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https://asiatimes.com, by Brett Wilkins
Pentagon reported 'quietly ramping up' preparations to wage war if Trump gives the order
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Robert Lee
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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
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Linkedin
.by "halting our power supply, transportation, and hospitals."
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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News Link • Economy - International
Hong Kong banks dependent on SWIFT are warned of new US sanctions
04-17-2026
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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
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Deep State- Shadow Government
Trump Prepares "Hypersonic Clarity" Declassification Bomb â€" Could This Be the Massive Take
04-17-2026
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https://www.rightjournalism.com, Mark Van der Veen
Trump Prepares "Hypersonic Clarity" Declassification Bomb â€" Could This Be the Massive Takedown of the Deep State We've Been Waiting For?
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News Link • Trump Administration
Live Now, Must-Watch: POTUS Press Conference Addresses Iran War, Ukraine/Russia & Much More!
04-17-2026
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https://www.infowars.com, by Infowars.com
President Donald Trump held a press conference alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other officials on Thursday.
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News Link • Senate/Senators
Lindsey Graham's Primary Fight Heats Up
04-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Armageddon Prose
Eternal shame of South Carolina and sitting Senator Lindsey Graham -- the childless, *alleged* (no lawsuits, please) closeted homosexual recently photographed traipsing through Disneyworld with a two-foot fairy wand in hand as respite from his day j
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News Link • California
California Supreme Court Disbars Former Trump Attorney For Aiding Challenge Of 2020 Election...
04-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Brad Jones
California Supreme Court Disbars Former Trump Attorney For Aiding Challenge Of 2020 Election Results
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News Link • DIY-Do it yourself
Gadgets For People Who Don't Trust The Government
04-17-2026
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Benn Jordan - YouTube.com
Kick off the new year by ripping data from weather satellites and talking to your friends through a lawn light.
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News Link • Surveillance
Steam Banned Just Backfired
04-17-2026
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jacson - YouTube.com
California just passed a law that could accidentally kill SteamOS and every Linux distribution in the state. Assembly Bill 1043 requires EVERY operating system - Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Steam Deck, and yes, even volunteer-run Linux distros - to
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Bank of America, Citi, Kiyosaki… They ALL Say Triple Digit Silver! - Dr. Kirk Elliott
04-17-2026
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Banned.video - Flyover Conservatives
We sat down with Dr. Kirk Elliott to break down the growing consensus among major financial institutions and global experts that silver could be headed for a massive breakout. From Bank of America to Citigroup and Robert Kiyosaki, the message is alig
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The $40 Trillion Debt Bomb and the Fix That DC Won't Touch w/ Bill Still
04-17-2026
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Man in America Substack
The Hidden Masters of Your Money: What Bill Still Has Been Trying to Tell You for 30 Years
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Agriculture
9 Flowers EVERY Vegetable Gardener Should Grow (And Why)
04-17-2026
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Epic Gardening - YouTube.com
Join Kevin, Jacques, and special guest Nicole from Flower Hill Farm as they reveal their top flower picks that every veggie gardener should consider. Just because it's not edible doesn't mean it's not important!
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
JOBY WEEKS VS THE GOVERNMENT - The Live Q&A You Won't Want To Miss Out On
04-17-2026
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YouTube.com Shorts
[April 13] On The Raging Tomato, a Live Interview followed by an open panel Q&A session. Calling all lawyers, first amenders, anti-government, and conspiracy theorists to the deck to join the open panel and lead the charge to diving into this puzzlin
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News Link • Impeachment
House Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
04-17-2026
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MSN
The impeachment push almost certainly won't go anywhere in the House this year, since Republicans have a narrow majority. But its Democratic sponsors could renew their efforts if the party takes control of the chamber following the midterm elections.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
How Blockades Affect Economic Stability and Growth
04-17-2026
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Ron Paul Liberty Report - YouTube.com
Blockades significantly disrupt economic stability and hinder growth by restricting the flow of goods, services, and resources. When trade routes are cut off, businesses face shortages of raw materials and products, leading to reduced production and
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News Link • Australia
Fuel problem in Australia just got MUCH WORSE...Major refinery fire happening now.
04-16-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, southernprepper1
Fuel problem in Australia just got MUCH WORSE...Major refinery fire happening now.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The $40 Trillion Debt Bomb and the Fix That DC Won't Touch w/ Bill Still
04-16-2026
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https://banned.video, Man in America
Thirty years ago, Bill Still made The Money Masters and changed how millions of people understand who really controls money.
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News Link • Political Theory
What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other.
04-16-2026
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https://thefreethoughtproject.com, Truthout
The most reliable form of resilience is not individual wealth or distant institutions, but solidarity.
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