Have you noticed a trend in the past few weeks? I have. I’ve noticed it’s suddenly VERY dangerous to be a world leader. Of course that’s a job that always has a high level of risk even in normal times, but it’s been significantly escalated recently, and especially if you’re part of a BRICS nation. Here’s just a short summary: Over the past two weeks: May 7th: Assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince. May 13th: Turkish President Erdoğan holds emergency meeting following warning of possible military coup. May 15th: Assassination attempt on Slovak PM Robert Fico. May 16th: Citizen arrested… pic.twitter.com/x6XLeGe9KD — Cillian (@CilComLFC) May 19, 2024 Here’s that full text: Over the past two weeks: May 7th: Assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince. May 13th: Turkish President Erdoğan holds emergency meeting following warning of possible military coup. May 15th: Assassination attempt on Slovak PM Robert Fico. May 16th: Citizen arrested for threatening to assassinate Serbian President Vučić. May 19th: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman hospitalised for second time in four weeks. May 19th: Helicopter crash involving Iranian President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian. What is going on right now? More here: Global Leaders Targeted: A Week of Intrigue In a series of alarming incidents over a two-week period, several global political figures have been targeted or have died under suspicious circumstances. On May 7, an assassination attempt was made on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed… — King of X (@KingOffX_) May 20, 2024 I’m not the only one noticing this and asking questions…. So let me get this straight. In less than a week, there’s been an assass!ation attempt on the life of Slovakia’s PM, Robert Fico, AND a fatal helicopter crash of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi? Coincidence? pic.twitter.com/DF5EqOZ5UI — Vertigo_Warrior (@VertigoWarrior) May 20, 2024 Here’s more detail from Grok: Assassination Attempt on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (May 7, 2024): An assassination attempt was made on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. No further details about the incident or the outcome are provided in the information available. Assassination Attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (May 15, 2024): Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and critically injured in the central Slovakian town of Handlová, in front of its House of Culture after a government meeting. The suspect, Juraj Cintula, was detained by police. Fico was hospitalized and stabilized after emergency surgery. Fatal Helicopter Crash Involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (May 19, 2024): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in a helicopter crash and is reportedly seriously injured. No further details about the incident or the current condition of President Raisi are provided in the information available. So….now the elephant in the room: is this all related to BRICS? And not just BRICS itself, but the BRICS currency that is going to compete against the dollar? In fact, there’s a real history here, did you know that? I asked ChatGPT and Grok to give me a list of world leaders who were killed or died shortly after announcing they would either stop using the US Dollar, compete against the US Dollar, or move to a gold standard. Take a look, first from ChatGPT: Here is a list of world leaders who planned to stop using the US dollar, compete against it, or move to a gold standard and were subsequently killed or died shortly thereafter: John F. Kennedy (USA): JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963. It is speculated that his efforts to diminish the power of the Federal Reserve and his signing of Executive Order 11110, which allowed the Treasury to issue silver certificates, might have contributed to his assassination​ (WorldAtlas)​​ (Wikipedia)​. Muammar Gaddafi (Libya): Gaddafi was killed on October 20, 2011, during the Libyan Civil War. He had proposed the creation of a gold-backed African currency (the gold dinar) to replace the US dollar in African trade. This plan was perceived as a threat to Western financial interests​ (Africa Check)​. Saddam Hussein (Iraq): Saddam was executed on December 30, 2006, after being captured by US forces. Before the 2003 invasion, he had announced plans to trade oil in euros instead of US dollars, challenging the dollar’s dominance in the oil market​ (Wikipedia)​. Hugo Chávez (Venezuela): Although not assassinated, Chávez’s death in 2013 followed his vocal opposition to the US dollar’s hegemony. He had advocated for regional integration and proposed alternatives to the US dollar, including the use of the Venezuelan petro as a cryptocurrency backed by oil reserves​ (Wikipedia)​. These leaders had proposed significant changes to the global financial system, particularly in ways that could undermine the dominance of the US dollar, and their deaths have been the subject of various theories regarding the motivations behind their removal from power. Next from Grok: Here is a list of world leaders who planned or announced they were going to either stop using the US dollar, compete against it, or move to a gold standard and were then killed or died shortly thereafter, including JFK: John F. Kennedy (JFK) – In 1963, President Kennedy issued Executive Order 11110, which authorized the US Treasury to issue silver certificates, thereby bypassing the Federal Reserve. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Ebrahim Raisi – The Iranian President was killed in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024, after Iran’s plans to de-dollarize and join the BRICS currency plans. Muammar Gaddafi – The Libyan leader was killed in 2011 after he proposed a gold-backed African currency, the dinar, to compete with the US dollar and the CFA franc. Saddam Hussein – The Iraqi President was killed in 2006 after he announced in 2000 that Iraq would no longer use the US dollar for oil transactions, instead switching to the euro. Hugo Chávez – The Venezuelan President died in 2013 after announcing plans in 2009 to de-dollarize and create a new regional currency, the Sucre, to reduce reliance on the US dollar. Salvador Allende – The Chilean President was killed in a coup in 1973 after he nationalized Chile’s copper industry and planned to use the profits to reduce the country’s reliance on the US dollar. Please note that the circumstances surrounding these leaders’ deaths are complex and may involve multiple factors. The list provided is based on the criteria you specified and does not imply a direct causal relationship between their economic policies and their deaths. So is this all related to BRICS? I can’t say for sure, but we have reported on it many times in the past. Take a look at this: BRICS Creates New Payment System, Will Compete Against US Dollar Heads up folks, this is a big one…. Just as Bo Polny has been warning you, the U.S. Dollar is under serious attack and may soon be taking a nasty plunge. It’s not by accident, it’s by design. The nations of the world, particularly the BRICS nations, are tired of the dollar-supremacy and have been wanting to dethrone it for a long time. Until recently, that’s been impossible due to our strength in America, but Joe Biden is swinging the door wide open for our fall. Or perhaps it’s an intentional implosion from within? Either way, this is real and very bad news: JUST IN: BRICS Reveals Blockchain Alternative To The Dollar Now don't tune out on me when we start talking economics.... Because this is going to affect your life in a big way. If you're a little confused about why the U.S. Dollar is so important, you need to see this. It's the "petrodollar" and it's the reason we have such a high standard of living here in the USA. But when it falls? Worse than the Great Depression -- and here's that word again: overnight. Watch this and I think you'll understand: The standard of living in America will FALL OVERNIGHT if the petrodollar falls... "Worse than the Great Depression" PREPARE NOW Watch: pic.twitter.com/bBbq9TI0oP — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) June 24, 2023 Larger video player here: The standard of living in America will FALL OVERNIGHT if the petrodollar falls... "Worse than the Great Depression" PREPARE NOW Watch: pic.twitter.com/bBbq9TI0oP — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) June 24, 2023 And here is NPR of all places, confirming exactly what Glenn Beck, Bo Polny, me and so many others have been telling you: The dollar is the world's currency: It dominates global business. The dollar is surging. This is who gets helped — and hurt — by its newfound strength Economists call it the "global reserve currency," a fancy title the dollar got about 80 years ago that has brought some pretty serious perks to the U.S. economy. But could the dollar get knocked off the top spot? There are challengers emerging, and history shows that countries whose currency dominated the globe can fall from that top spot pretty fast ... even over the course of a few days. How it started: timing + muscle + lots of gold The U.S. dollar did not luck its way into the top spot. It was a carefully engineered plan that unfolded in the mountains of New Hampshire nearly 80 years ago.At the time the British Pound Sterling was the international currency. A title it had held for decades. The dollar's rise happened pretty suddenly at the Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference in 1944. Bretton Woods was a gathering of world leaders at the end of World War II. They came together to try and establish an international system for trade and finance, to help bind the world together and increase prosperity for all. Now with that in mind, here's what's coming: JUST IN: BRICS to launch independent payment system based on cryptocurrency and blockchain. pic.twitter.com/Oozky0kjAB — Radar (@RadarHits) March 5, 2024 You HAVE to watch this one: The BIS and central banks worldwide continue to accumulate gold reserves, setting the stage for a gold revaluation in 2024 BRICS is working on a new payment system based on cryptocurrency and blockchain as they stockpile gold In the coming financial century we will… pic.twitter.com/6iyrxtReZY — ?????? (@_Crypto_Barbie) March 5, 2024 The BIS and central banks worldwide continue to accumulate gold reserves, setting the stage for a gold revaluation in 2024 BRICS is working on a new payment system based on cryptocurrency and blockchain as they stockpile gold In the coming financial century we will return to gold-backed assets, but this time valuable assets will be tokenized! #XRP will bridge valuable, gold-backed currencies - Everything has been planned for a long time... Did you catch the GOLD part? What do I keep telling you....all the big players right now are buying gold. Not just buying it but stockpiling it! Nations.... Central Banks.... They're all buying as much as they can get their hands on. That's all well and good for them but what about you?  And me? Let's talk solutions... Because I can't leave you hanging just with doom and gloom. As always, I leave you with SOLUTIONS! You may have noticed Glenn brought up gold. In fact, you've probably been hearing a LOT about gold. There are many credible rumors saying gold will back the new reserve currency that's about to emerge...wouldn't THAT be interesting! Gold has been the ONE currency to have stood the test of time. Literally "God's Money" it has never gone to zero and by all accounts never will. And the Central Banks know it. I always say: watch what they DO, not what they SAY. There's a phrase on Wall Street called "talking your book". It's a pretty evil thing... Basically what it means is while you are telling the world one thing, you are secretly doing the exact opposite behind the scenes. Why? Because if you can make the entire market panic (retirees, workers contributing to 401ks, people trying to get ahead with investments), then you can swoop in while they're panicking and buy on the cheap! Vice-versa, if you can create euphoria, you can get the public to buy in at exactly the wrong time....all while you cash out. It's what Wall Street has been doing forever. And history is repeating itself right now with Gold and Silver -- in my opinion. For the last year, central banks across the globe have been buying up as much gold (and often silver) as they can acquire without raising alarm bells. Now, we see why. The recent bank runs and ongoing collapse of the U.S. banking system was anticipated by the "elites" and the central bankers who run things behind the scenes. They saw it coming and knew the best way to protect their assets was through physical precious metals. So...the only question is, are you going to do what they TELL YOU or do what they DO themselves? It's why Jim Cramer is wrong almost EVERY time on CNBC. His job is not to give you great Financial Advice. I sure hope you didn't think that. No, his job is to "talk the books" for Wall Street and get the narrative out that they want! Even if it's wrong -- like it is over and over and over. So, what can you do? You can do what the Central Banks are doing...get some Gold and Silver. 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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition order to the United States on espionage charges, London’s High Court ruled. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled in Assange’s favor after his lawyers argued the United States government provided “blatantly inadequate” assurances on how a trial would be conducted. “Assange, 52, has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago,” the Associated Press noted. “Stella Assange speaking to reporters following today’s UK court decision to allow Julian Assange to appeal against US extradition,” WikiLeaks wrote. WATCH: Stella Assange speaking to reporters following today's UK court decision to allow Julian Assange to appeal against US extradition: "A good sign – the US administration should take this as a moment to drop this case…distance itself from this terrible prosecution" #FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/yAI09kVBv0 — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 20, 2024 The Guardian reports: Two judges had deferred a decision in March on whether Assange, who is trying to avoid being prosecuted in the US on espionage charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified and diplomatic documents, could take his case to another appeal hearing. On that occasion, Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Johnson ruled he would be able to bring an appeal against extradition on three grounds, unless “satisfactory” assurances were given by the US. The assurances requested were that he would be permitted to rely on the first amendment of the US constitution, which protects freedom of speech; that he would not be “prejudiced at trial” due to his nationality; and that the death penalty would not be imposed. There were gasps of relief from his wife and supporters at the high court in London on Monday as judges granted him leave to challenge his extradition on the grounds of whether removal would be compatible with the right to freedom of expression under the European convention on human rights, regarded as having the functional equivalent of the US first amendment, and on the grounds that he might be prejudiced at his trial or punished by reason of his nationality. “The judges grant Mr. Assange the permission to appeal on grounds 4 and 5 (related to discrimination based on his nationality and the First Amendment),” journalist Taylor Hudak stated. BREAKING: The judges grant Mr. Assange the permission to appeal on grounds 4 and 5 (related to discrimination based on his nationality and the First Amendment) — Taylor Hudak (@_taylorhudak) May 20, 2024 JUST IN – London high court grants Wikileaks' Julian Assange permission to appeal against extradition to the United States. pic.twitter.com/bE02iArWpv — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 20, 2024 From the Associated Press: Assange’s wife, Stella, said the U.S. had tried to put “lipstick on a pig — but the judges did not buy it.” She said the U.S. should “read the situation” and drop the case. “As a family we are relieved but how long can this go on?” she said. “This case is shameful and it is taking an enormous toll on Julian.” The Australian computer expert has spent the last five years in a British high-security prison after taking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for seven years. Assange was not in court to hear the ruling because of health reasons, his lawyer said. American prosecutors allege that Assange encouraged and helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to steal diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks published. Assange’s lawyers have argued he was a journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sending him to the U.S., they said, would expose him to a politically motivated prosecution and risk a “flagrant denial of justice.” The U.S. government says Assange’s actions went way beyond those of a journalist gathering information, amounting to an attempt to solicit, steal and indiscriminately publish classified government documents.

In a conversation with a FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reporter at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention, Donald Trump said who he would consider tapping for attorney general. Trump mentioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The reporter explicitly asked if Trump would consider Paxton for the role of U.S. attorney general in his administration. “I would actually. He’s very very talented,” Trump responded. We have a lot of people that want that one and will be very good at it,” Trump continued. “But he’s a very talented guy. I fought for him when he had the difficulty [in impeachment] and he won. He had some people after him and I thought it was very unfair. He’s been a very good attorney general,” he added. WATCH (starting at 3:55): The Hill reports: The two politicians have for the past year supported each other in their legal travails. Paxton was at Trump’s hush money trial in New York last month to show his support for the former president, who is accused of improper payments related to the silencing of an adult film actor with whom he had allegedly had an affair. “With President Trump in NYC to sit through this sham of a trial,” Paxton, a three-term Republican, wrote on the social platform X. “This trial is a travesty of justice. I stand with Trump.” For his part, Trump has claimed credit for Paxton’s acquittal in last year’s trial on charges of bribery and abuse of his office. The former president wrote on Truth Social at the time that his intervention “saved Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from going down at the hands of Democrats and some Republicans.” The former president had threatened to target Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment — a threat he has made good on. With President Trump in NYC to sit through this sham of a trial. This trial is a travesty of justice. I stand with Trump. — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 30, 2024 Just in: President Donald Trump says he is considering making Ken Paxton the Attorney General of the United States if he is re-elected. Do you want @KenPaxtonTX to be the AG? pic.twitter.com/yBFokKViDK — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 20, 2024 From The Texas Tribune: Paxton has also seen his political prospects rise in recent months, after prosecutors agreed in March to drop three felony counts of securities fraud that had loomed over Paxton for nearly his entire tenure as attorney general. The resolution of the nine-year-old case, along with Paxton’s impeachment acquittal in the Senate last fall, has brought him closer than ever to a political career devoid of legal drama. Still, Paxton’s critics say he is far from vindicated. He remains under federal investigation for the same allegations that formed the basis of his impeachment, and he continues to face a whistleblower lawsuit from former deputies who said they were illegally fired for reporting Paxton to law enforcement. A separate lawsuit from the state bar seeks to penalize Paxton for his 2020 election challenge, which relied on discredited claims of election fraud. If nominated, Paxton would need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The chamber is narrowly divided along party lines, with Democrats holding a 51-49 majority. One of the most prominent Republican members, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, has been an outspoken critic of Paxton, while Paxton has openly entertained the idea of challenging Cornyn in 2026. Paxton is not the only Texan Trump has floated for a high-profile spot in his potential administration. In February, he said Gov. Greg Abbott is “absolutely” on his short list of potential vice presidential candidates. Abbott has since downplayed his interest in the job.

Long Island police returned to the Gilgo Beach murder suspect’s home in order to launch yet another search.

On Monday, the Supreme Court decided not to take up a challenge to a Maryland law that outlaws specific semi-automatic guns.

The New York Times’s Bureau Chief Farnaz Fassihi was overheard in a Clubhouse room on a hot mic instructing  a reporter named Leili to “Make sure Emma doesn’t interview the crazy Masih @AlinejadMasih.” “This isn’t the first instance of her urging reporters and journalists to boycott Alinejad. It’s time for Fassihi to openly be addressed […] The post NYT Bureau Chief Shuts Down Prominent Iran Dissident appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.