Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: December 8th, 2023
Season 4 Episode 10 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Stephen Bassett, long-time lobbyist and activist for UAP disclosure, joins us.
the California Faculty Association strikes in San Francisco for better pay, benefits. CPH faculty members were there, and we’ll have details. Also, Stephen Bassett, long-time lobbyist and activist for UAP disclosure, joins us to talk about how so many of the teeth in the new UAP legislation from Senate Majority Leader Chick Schumer just got yanked through the machinations of arms companies.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: December 8th, 2023
Season 4 Episode 10 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
the California Faculty Association strikes in San Francisco for better pay, benefits. CPH faculty members were there, and we’ll have details. Also, Stephen Bassett, long-time lobbyist and activist for UAP disclosure, joins us to talk about how so many of the teeth in the new UAP legislation from Senate Majority Leader Chick Schumer just got yanked through the machinations of arms companies.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> COMING UP NEXT ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", FACULTY FROM CAL POLY HUMBOLDT JOINED FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION THIS WEEK IN A ONE-DAY PROTEST DEMANDING BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS.
ALSO LONG-TIME UAP ACTIVIST AND REGISTERED LOBBYIST STEPHEN BASSET JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE EVISCERATION OF LEGISLATION MEANT TO DISCLOSE GOVERNMENTAL SECRETS REGARDING UFOs.
COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".
LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".
I'M JAMES FAULK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE GOTTEN CLUED IN TO THE PRESENCE IN OUR SKIES OF A PHENOMENON THAT HAS LONG EVADED RATIONAL ANALYSIS AND SUBSTANTIATION.
AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS NOW ADMITTED, FOR DECADES PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING AN UNEXPLAINED PRESENCE IN OUR SKIES THAT APPEARS TO DEMONSTRATE HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENT CONTROL.
DEBATE RAGES AS TO WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTS AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISCLOSED, BUT CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN OFFERED, GRUDGINGLY, AS TO ITS PRESENCE IN OUR SKIES.
DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR GUEST TODAY, LOBBYIST AND ACTIVIST STEPHEN BASSET, AS WELL AS FORMER GOVERNMENTAL INSIDERS LIKE LUE ELIZONDO AND DAVID GRUSCH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PHENOMENON AND EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WAY TO ALLOW FOR A MORE FULLSOME GOVERNMENT DISCLOSURE.
MOST NOTABLY, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER AUTHORED THE UAP DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2023, AN AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023.
MODELLED ON SIMILAR LEGISLATION HAVING TO DO WITH RECORDS SURROUNDING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, THIS BILL WOULD HAVE MANDATED A PROCESS OF DISCLOSURE, GIVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN OVER RECOVERED OTHERWORLDLY TECHNOLOGY, AND WOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED AN TASK FORCE TO HELP THE EXECUTIVE BRAND DECIDE WHAT SHOULD BE PUBLICLY RELEASED REGARDING UFOs AND WHEN.
THIS WEEK, HOWEVER, AT THE BEHEST OF SEVERAL CONGRESSMEN WITH STRONG LINKS TO THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, THE LEGISLATION WAS DEFANGED AND SEEMS TO HAVE LOST MUCH OF WHAT MADE IT SO REVOLUTIONARY.
IS THE BATTLE FOR DISCLOSURE, THEREFORE, LOST?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT SOME OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE PLANS FOR DISCLOSURE HAVE NOW GONE DOWN IN A PROCESS THAT REEKS OF CORPORATE MANIPULATION?
ACTIVIST AND LOBBYIST STEPHEN BASSET WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
BUT FIRST, THE NEWS.
THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY EUREKA POLICE LAST WEEK AFTER AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP AND RESULTING ALTERCATION HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED.
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, AT AROUND 9:30 A.M., A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY EUREKA POLICE AFTER OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION NEAR 2nd AND M STREETS.
WHILE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE AREA, THE 31-YEAR-OLD MAN, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER INSIDE THE VEHICLE, FLED THE SCENE AND WAS LATER FOUND NEAR THE REAR OF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY LIBRARY.
"WHILE THE OFFICER WHO CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP REMAINED WITH THE VEHICLE AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS, NEARBY OFFICERS RESPONDED TO CHECK THE VICINITY FOR THE MALE WHO FLED, SAID AN EPD PRESS RELEASE.
"AN OFFICER LOCATED THE MALE AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SCALE A FENCE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CLARA MAYBERRY PARK, WHICH WAS CLOSED.
UTILIZING VERBAL COMMANDS, THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE MAN TO STOP.
HE REFUSED TO COMPLY AND A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION ENSUED.
DURING THAT FIGHT OR ALTERCATION, THE MAN PRODUCED A GUN AND CHAMBERED A LIVE ROUND, ACCORDING TO POLICE.
THE MALE THEN PRODUCED A PISTOL WHICH HE HELD IN HIS RIGHT HAND DURING THE ALTERCATION.
HE WAS ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE FIREARM'S SLIDE, CHAMBERING A LIVE ROUND.
AS A RESULT, OFFICERS FIRED THEIR WEAPONS.
THE SUSPECT WAS WOUNDED, AND THOUGH LIVE-SAVING EFFORTS WERE UNDERTAKEN HE DIED AT THE SCENE.
IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SUSPECT MANAGED TO FIRE HIS WEAPON.
HE HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MATTHEW ROBERT WILLIAMS, CUTTEN.
HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF 42 GRAMS OF FENTANYL, A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH, AND HAD SEVERAL OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST.
ALL BODY-WORN CAMERA AND AUDIO FOOTAGE WILL BE RELEASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE SECOND OFFICER HAS OVER FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BOTH OFFICERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ALTERCATION.
THE HUMBODT COUNTY CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM, LED BY THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED TO INVESTIGATE.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL 441-4215.
MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY REPRESENTING THE STAFF AND FACULTY OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TOOK TO PICKET LINES THIS WEEK IN A ONE-DAY PROTEST MEANT TO UNDERLINE THEIR CONCERNS AND ASSERT THEIR DETERMINATION.
A PRESS RELEASE PRIOR TO THE STRIKE OUTLINED ITS REASONS.
WITH THE AUTHORITY OF 95% OF OUR MEMBERS WHO VOTED, WE CFA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO CALL A STRIKE OVER CSU MANAGEMENT'S FAILURE TO SETTLE RE-OPENER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FAIRLY.
IT READ, "FACULTY IN ALL RANGES AND RANKS NEED BETTER PAY, BETTER PARENTAL LEAVE, WORKLOAD SUPPORT, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY RIGHTS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR ANTI-RACIST AND SOCIAL JUSTICE VALUES."
SCORES OF PROTESTERS WAVED SIGNS AND CHANTED AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THREE OTHER CAMPUSES.
STAFF MEMBERS FROM CAL POLY HUMBOLDT WERE ONSITE AND SPOKE TO "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".
>> THIS IS ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS FOR FACULTY.
I'M HERE AS TENURED FACULTY AND IT IS OUR RESPONSE BLTS TO SHOW UP AND REPRESENT AND LET THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE KNOW WHY WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE WE WANT BETTER POSITIONS FOR FACULTY AND PAY.
IN TERMS OF CHILD CARE, IN TERMS OF HAVING SUPPORT FOR THOSE WORKING IN OUR SYSTEM.
>> JOINING US NOW VIA ZOOM IS STEPHEN BASSET, A LOBBYIST AND UAP ACTIVIST FROM PARADIGM RESEARCH GROUP WHO HE LEADS AND HAS HELPED FOUND, I BELIEVE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
WHAT IS UFO DISCLOSURE AND ARE WE CLOSER TO IT NOW THAN WE HAVE BEEN OR ARE WE FURTHER AWAY?
IS >> CLOSURE AS BEING USED AS CAPITAL C, AN EVENT, THE CONFIRMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE KNOWN BBTS THE GOVERNMENT FOR 76 YEARS.
IT IS A TRUTH EMBARGO, NOT A COVER UP.
WHILE, OF COURSE, THE AWARENESS OF IT HAS GROWN WORLDWIDE.
ON JUNE 5, MAJOR DAVID GRUSCH RETIRED WORKING FOR THE UAP TASK FORCE AND STATED THAT FIRSTHAND WITNESSES HAD TOLD HIM THEY WERE WORKING WITH NON-HUMAN TECHNOLOGY, CRASHED VEHICLES AND AWARE OF NINE HUMAN BODIES OBTAINED FROM THOSE VEHICLES.
THIS AMOUNTED TO CONFIRMATION OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENTATION.
THAT CREATED A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE WRITING, PUTTING TOGETHER THE 2024 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE UAP SECTION, RIGHT.
THE UAP, UNIDENTIFIED ANONYMOUS PHENOMENON IS THE PHRASE USED.
HE CONFIRMED THE ET PRESENCE.
HE CONFIRMED ROSWELL.
AS A RESULT, 39 DAYS LATER AND 12 DAYS BEFORE DAVID GRUSCH RESTATED WHAT HE HAD GIVEN TO "NEWS NATION" UNDER OATH BEFORE A HOUSE OVERSITE COMMITTEE SUB COMMITTEE CHUCK SCHUMER MADE A BOLD MOVE.
HE INDICATED THEY WERE PUTTING A HUGE ADDITIONAL SECTION INTO THE BILL WHICH IT ALREADY HAD AN INITIAL SECTION PUT IN, I THINK, JULY 14.
THIS SECTION WAS A SIGNIFICANT THING IN WHICH IT GETS INTO THE DOMAIN, THE EMINENT DOMAIN OF ANY NON-HUMAN TECH.
LITERALLY, THAT NON-HUMAN TECH OUT THERE THAT DAVID GRUSCH IS REFERRING TO, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OWNS IT AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE IT.
THE LANGUAGE WAS GOING INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ABOUT 300 DAYS TO REPORT FROM DEEP INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT ANYBODY THAT HAS THAT AND ANY CIVILIANS TO REPORT THAT TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AT ARROW, THE ENTITY MANNING THIS FROM DOD, AND THEN THEY WOULD DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
ALSO IT INDICATED THERE WAS GOING BE A HUGE SECTION CALLED DISCLOSURE CONTROL PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A RESPONSIBLE WAY FOR EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT HAS ON THIS ISSUE COME FORWARD THROUGH SEVERAL REVIEW PROCESSES AND END UP IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
IT WAS BASICALLY THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD COMPLETE WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE DISCLOSURE FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENT.
IT IS THE FOURTH PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE PREVIOUS BILLS, EACH ONE TWICE AS LARGE AS THE OTHER, THIS ONE WAS THE LARGEST AROUND 73 PAGES.
THIS WAS ALL BEING DONE AND HAS BEEN DONE, I MEAN, PUTTING TOGETHER FOR YEARS, NOT SO THE GOVERNMENT COULD FIND OUT WHAT THAT THING IS YOU ARE SHOWING, THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE HAS HAD NON-HUMAN CRAFTS, STUDIED THEM FOR DECADES.
PART OF NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS.
EVERYTHING GOING ON NOW, THE LEGISLATION, THE CREATION OF ARROW, ALL OF THIS IS TO PREPARE FOR DEALING WITH WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STEPS FORWARD IN THE EAST ROOM AND CONFIRMS THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE.
BUT GRUSCH HAS INFORMALLY DONE THAT IN FRONT OF NEWS NATION AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE UNDER OATH.
AN AMENDMENT CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE.
>> TO DRILL DOWN ON THAT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER THAT HE AND HIS STAFF CRAFTED, THIS IS NOT FANTASY OR FICTION LIKE "INDEPENDENCE DAY" MOVIE.
THIS IS A LAW WRITTEN BY THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER ANY TECH OVERWORLDLY IN POSSESSION OF AEROSPACE COMPANIES COULD BE SEIZED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
LO AND BEHOLD THE GROUP MOST OPPOSED TO THE UAP DISCLOSURE ACT, IF I'M NOT WRONG, IS THE AEROSPACE COMPANIES, IS THAT TRUE?
>> THIS BILL WAS MAJOR.
THE FIRST THREE BILLS DIDN'T RATTLE ANY CAGES.
THIS ONE DID.
HE PUNCHED THE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS IN THE NOSE.
AND THEY BASICALLY STAYED BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY DON'T WANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS, BUT THEY HAD NO CHOICE.
VERY QUICKLY, TWO MAJOR PUSHBACKS OCCURRED AGAINST THE BILL.
ONE WAS DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO GIVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DONATED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR CAMPAIGNS, LEANING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE REPUBLICANS, NOT THE DEMOCRATS, ALL RIGHT?
THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THAT TECH AND DEVELOPING THAT TECH WAITING FOR THE TIME TO CASH IN AND CONVERT IT INTO EXTRAORDINARY NEW BUSINESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES AND MAKE BILLIONS.
AND SUDDENLY CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS, NO WE OWN IT.
INTERMEDIARIES INTERFACED WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE TO SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS.
WE WEREN'T THAT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
WE FELT THAT CHUCK SCHUMER PROBABLY PUT THAT IN AS A BARGAINING CHIP TO KEEP THE DISCLOSURE CONTROL PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE NINE-PERSON APPOINTED WHITE HOUSE REVIEW BOARD.
>> YEAH.
>> HOWEVER, THREE MORE PEOPLE JUMPED IN.
MIKE TURNER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE.
AND THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE JUMPED IN ON BEHALF OF THE CONTRACTORS AND BEHALF OF THOSE PEOPLE INSIDE OUR GOVERNMENT WHO BELIEVE THE EMBARGO THIS TRUTH, THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE, AND THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM CRASH VEHICLES MUST REMAIN A NATIONAL SECURITY SECRET INDEFINITELY.
THEY DO NOT WANT DISCLOSURE.
THEY PUSHED BACK AND GOT JOINED BY MITCH McCONNELL.
NOW IT GOT REALLY SERIOUS.
SO McCONNELL IS LEADING ON THE SENATORS IN GENERAL AND THE HOUSE DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
HE IS ALSO INTERFACING WITH MIKE JOHNSON, MIKE ROGERS AND MIKE TURNER, WHO I CALL THE THREE MIKE-ATEERS, TO TRY TO GET THEIR SUPPORT.
THE PRINCIPLE LEVERAGE THAT WAS GOING BE USED IN THAT CONFEREE MEETING, IF YOU DON'T TAKE THIS OUT, IT WON'T GET PASSED.
THE NDA BILL, THEY ULTIMATELY WON.
THEY GOT RID OF EMINENT DOMAIN, DISCLOSURE CONTROL POWER WHICH INCLUDED SUBPOENA POWER WHICH THEY WERE SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT THAT AND GOT RID OF THE REVIEW PANEL.
THEY GUTTED IT.
WHAT IS LEFT IS NOT PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT IS THERE AND WE DO HAVE A FOURTH BILL.
NOW, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN NEXT.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE GUTTING OF THIS BILL DOES NOT IN ANY WAY IMPEDE THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY MARCO RUBY ROW AND MIKE WARNER TO CALL HEARINGS THAT SEVERAL DOZEN WITNESSES READY TO TESTIFY, GRUSCH OR BETTER, 10, 15, 20 WITNESSES ARE PREPARED TO GO IN FRONT OF THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SIT DOWN, TAKE AN OATH AND TELL THINGS EVERY BIT AS POWERFUL AS GRUSCH SAID AND MORE.
THOSE HEARINGS WILL BLOW THE TRUTH EMBARGO APART.
THE PRESIDENT IN A NONPARTISAN WAY, WILL, AFTER 76 YEARS, ACCEPT INTO THE EAST ROOM, AND SAY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I HAVE WATCHED THIS, DISCUSSED WITH MY TOP OFFICIALS AND COME TO A CONSENSUS THAT, YES, WE ARE NOT ALONE.
WE HAVE EX-TRA TERRESTRIAL OR NON-HUMAN ENGAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND I'M SURE YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL START THE PROCESS OF TELLING YOU STARTING MONDAY MORNING.
BECAUSE THIS WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN ON A FRIDAY.
NOW, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
ONCE THE PRESIDENT HAS CONFIRMED THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE, THEY'LL JUST REINTRODUCE THE BILL AS A STAND ALONE.
GIVEN THE FACT THE WORLD HAS JUST BEEN TOLD BY THE PRESIDENT AND PROBABLY THE REST OF THE WORLD LEADERS, WE ARE NOT ALONE, THAT BILL WILL FLY THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE LIKE THAT AND GET ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST A LITTLE LATE, HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T WAIT TOO LONG BECAUSE ONCE THE PRESIDENT MAKES THE ANNOUNCEMENT I ASSURE YOU ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THE PROCESS OF DISCLOSURE AND INFORMATION THE MEDIA HAS IS GOING BE CHAOS.
I'M SAYING WE WILL GET DISCLOSURE IN JANUARY, THE BILL WILL BE REENTERED AND PASSED AND WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION OUT OF OUR DEEPEST SECRET FACILITIES THROUGH A RESPONSIBLE PROCESS WITH REVIEW ABILITY, WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE REVIEW BOARD HAVING THE EXACT HIGHEST ES CLEARANCE YOU CAN HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE EVERYTHING.
THERE WILL BE NO PROJECT, NO DOCUMENT THEY CANNOT SEE.
THEY WILL HAVE SPECIAL PROCESS AND WE WILL GO FORWARD IN POST DISCLOSURE WORLD.
WE HAVEN'T LOST.
WE HAVE HAD A SLIGHT SETBACK.
NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THREE MEN, SENATOR MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER, INTEL SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MIKE WARNER AND RANKING MEMBER MARCO RUBIO.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABSOLUTE MOST AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO CALL THAT HEARING.
THE PRESIDENT CAN'T CALL IT AND NOBODY ELSE CAN CALL IT.
ONLY THEM.
WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN NOW IS I'VE LAUNCHED AN ACTIVIST PROJECT CALLED SHIFT STORM.
IT HAS ALREADY GONE OUT THROUGH THE INTERNET IN THE HANDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
THAT IS ABOUT SENDING 100,000 E-MAILS AND 100,000 WHAT WE CALL TAGGED TWITTER MESSAGES TO EACH OF THESE OFFICES.
THAT WOULD BE 200,000 MESSAGES TO ALL THREE OF THESE GENTLEMEN, INTO THEIR OFFICES.
THEY ARE THE HEROES.
THEY ARE NOT THE ENEMY HERE.
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO GUTTED THE BILL.
POLITELY, BY STERNLY SAYING WE WANT THOSE WITNESSES TO TESTIFY BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE IN JANUARY.
WE WANT THE DISCLOSURE HEARINGS IN THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE YOU PROMISED AND WITH WANT THEM IN JANUARY.
AND WE'RE THINKING 600,000 MESSAGES WILL GET THEIR ATTENTION.
THAT IS CALLED SHIFT STORM.
IT IS BASED ON MY WEBSITE PARADIGMRESEARCHGROUP.ORG AND MY TWITTER PAGE@STEVE BASSET.
>> PEOPLE CAN GO THERE AND SEE THE TEMPLATES OF THE MESSAGE SOMETHING >> NO TEMPLATES.
PEOPLE MAKE UP THEIR OWN MESSAGES.
IF YOU SEND 10, MAKE UP 10 DIFFERENTLY.
DON'T SEND THE SAME MESSAGE TO THE SAME MEMBER.
BE RESPECTFUL.
THE PROTOCOLS WILL BE LAID OUT AND WE ARE GOING MAKE SURE WE GET THE HEARINGS IN JANUARY AFTER THEY RETURN, RIGHT.
I ASSURE YOU THAT LEADS TO THE PRESIDENT'S CONFIRMATION AND REINTRODUCTION OF THE UAP BILL THAT WAS JUST GUTTED AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH EMINENT DOMAIN AND THE REVIEW PROCESS WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
THE TRUTH EMBARGO IS BASICALLY A DEAD POLICY WALKING.
IT IS OVER AFTER 76 YEARS.
IT IS TIME FOR THE WORLD TO LEARN THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN.
>> THE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND IS WE WERE ALL RELATIVELY HOPEFUL AND OPTIMISTIC WITH THE DISCLOSURE ACT AND AT THE LAST MINUTE RALLYING FOLKS, POWERFUL AND HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE LIKE THE SENATOR MINORITY LEADER CAME OUT TO OPPOSE IT.
IT IS INTERESTING TO ME A LOT OF THEM CLUCK THEIR TONGUES AND CALL THE WHOLE TOPIC RIDICULOUS BUT THEY SPEND THEIR TIME MAKING SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ENSURE IT IS RIDICULOUS, TO GO THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT FILES AND SAY HERE IT IS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
IF IT WAS ONLY RIDICULOUS, WHY WOULDN'T THEY SHARE THOSE FILES?
>> THAT'S IN THE PATH.
LOOK, THE STIGMA IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETELY GONE.
>> I'LL FIND OUT.
>> ON MY WEBSITE I HAVE LOGGED 15,000 ARTICLING ABOUT THIS, 1800 THIS YEAR ALONE IN PROFESSIONAL MEDIA.
1,800, THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON THIS EVER.
WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS.
THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK.
HEY, THERE IS OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
SCHUMER AND WARNER ARE TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN CONGRESS, RIGHT?
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THEY ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN TURNER OR ROGERS.
>> YEAH.
>> NOW THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT MITCH McCONNELL IS A POWERFUL GUY, BUT HE IS IN THE MINORITY NOW.
THERE'S BEEN A HEARING IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE.
I TALKED TO TIM BIRCHETT.
THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS FROM THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF ACTION IN THE SENATE.
THIS IS A TEMPORARY SETBACK THAT I ASSURE YOU TURNER AND ROGERS WILL REGRET AND I ASSURE YOU THE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BASICALLY BEEN OUTED.
THEY ARE SAYING YOU CANNOT TAKE OUR NON-MUSEUM -- NON-HUMAN TECHNOLOGY.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY HAVE MADE IT KNOWN.
IT BECOMES AWKWARD, WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION LOCKHEED MARTIN?
ARE YOU HERE TO MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF OF TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES FROM OTHER PLANETS OR ARE YOU HERE TO HELP THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SERVE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
WHICH IS IT?
I SURE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE COMING.
>> MARK WARNER SEEMS LIKE THE DARK HORSE.
MARCO RUBIO HAS SAID WE HAVE THINGS IN OUR SKIES, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED THAT ARE HIGH UP AND SECRET PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE CLAIMING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS AND NOT MADE ANY BONES ABOUT THAT FACT.
MARK WARNER HAS BEEN QUIETER.
IT WORRIES ME WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE STANDS IN PUSHING THE BALL IN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> OH, WE DO.
HE IS QUIETER BECAUSE OF THE POSITION HE HOLDS.
THE INITIAL BILL WAS AUTHORED BY MARCO RUBIO.
THE SECOND BILL IN 2021 WAS AUTHORED BY KRISTIN GILLIBRAND.
THE THIRD BILL WAS AUTHORED BY MARK WARNER.
HE IS TOTALLY THERE.
HE IS TRYING TO STAY CAREFUL AND SO IS RUBIO, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE.
THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE IS THE MOST POWERFUL COMMITTEE AND THERE IS NO NONSENSE AND THEY ARE HANDLING THIS RESPECTFULLY.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED OR WAITING FOR THE BILL TO BE SIGNED BEFORE CALLING THE HEARING.
IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.
THAT IS WHAT YOU DO.
THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR BUT EVENTS THIS YEAR PUSHED THINGS FORWARD.
THE BILL IS GOING BE SIGNED.
IT IS JUST NOT GOING HAVE AS MUCH IN IT.
REMEMBER, THE STUFF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT WAS PUT IN BY CHUCK SCHUMER WHO WAS GOING BE HELPING TO BRING THAT HEARING.
I'M PRETTY IS SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY DIDN'T NEED THE FULL UAP DISCLOSURE ACT, BUT THEY CAN GET IT LATER.
THIS IS POLITICS EXTRAORDINAIRE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY DISCUSSIONS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
IT IS THE MOST PROFOUND HISTORY IN HUMAN HISTORY AND THE DISCLOSURE EVENT OUR PRESIDENT WILL TRIGGER SOON WILL BE THE MOST PROFOUND EVENT IN OUR TIME.
AND SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED AND I HOPE PEOPLE GET ONBOARD AND PAY ATTENTION.
THIS IS REALLY A BIG DEAL.
BEING ALIVE WHILE IT HAPPENS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT FROM THE COSMOS.
>> YEAH.
ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WITH THE SCHUMER LEGISLATION THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT WHETHER SCHUMER WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND A PRESIDENT OF THE SAME PARTY.
ARE THEY COMMUNICATING ABOUT WHAT BILLS GET INTRODUCED?
>> THEY COMMUNICATE.
WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
THE CONGRESS IS A SEPARATE BRANCH.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT COULD LEAN ON A COMMITTEE CHAIR TO DO SOMETHING, HE CAN'T MAKE HIM DO IT.
>> MY QUESTION IS WOULD HE HAVE OBJECTED TO SCHUMER'S AMENDMENT IF HE WAS NOT IN SUPPORT IS OF IT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
PUBLICLY OBJECTED, NO.
HE HAS BEEN STAYING OUT OF THIS.
HE IS REALLY STAYING OUT OF IT.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO POLITICIZE IT.
HE IS STAYING OUT OF IT AND LETTING CONGRESS BRING THE THEM TO HIM.
WHAT DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND?
WE DON'T KNOW.
IF, IN FACT, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OPPOSED TO THIS.
HE HASN'T COME PUBLIC.
IF IT IS LEARNED HE IS OPPOSED TO THIS, IT WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR HIM, DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND HIS LEGACY.
SO LET US HOPE HE IS IN NO WAY OPPOSING.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO ASK IS THERE'S BEEN 76 YEARS OF SECRECY OF THIS TOPIC AND SIGHTINGS SINCE THE LATE 1940s.
THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, CAUSING A LOT OF ALARM.
SO THIS STORY WAS DEVELOPED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALL BASICALLY DEMENTED WITNESSES OR PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR GORD, THAT SORT OF THING.
IS IT A POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEWHAT IS TO BE DISCLOSED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PRODUCTIVE FOR THE PUBLIC?
IT MAY CAUSE EXISTENTIAL OR ONTOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT COULD DISTURB SOCIETY?
>> SURE.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF CONTACTEES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CONTACTEES HAVE SUBMITTED REPORTS.
WE HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING FOR SEVEN YEARS AND KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT IT.
I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE IS THE LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS IS ONTOLOGICAL SHOCK, WHAT SHOULD CONCERN YOU IS THE BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS PLANET RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE OUT OF CONTROL, WORSE THAN EVER, GENOCIDE, ATROCITIES, RISKING NUCLEAR WAR, THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE LOSING SLEEP OVER, NOT WHAT YOU ARE GOING LEARN AFTER THE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS THE ET PRESENCE.
I FEEL PRETTY SURE ABOUT THAT, SO SLEEP WELL, BUT KEEP AN EYE ON UKRAINE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND DARFUR AND TAIWAN.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE DANGER LIES, NOT UP THERE IN THE SKY.
>> A LOT OF THE POLITICAL ENERGY FOR THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AT CONTACTED PEOPLES REPRESENTATIVE SAYING I WANT YOU TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.
IT SOUNDS THE ISSUE HAS MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE SO PEOPLE SHOULD DIRECT TO THEIR CORRESPOND DENS TO THE SENATE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT, GO AT YOUR WEBSITE.
>> PAIRDIMERESEARCHGROUP.ORG.
I WILL HAVE A BIG LINK THAT IS COMING.
IF YOU GO TO MY TWITTER, PLEASE FOLLOW@STEVE BASSET.
YOU WILL SEE THE POSTS FOR THE SHIFT STORM AND A LINK TO THE MAILER.
SOON I WILL HAVE A LINK TO IT ON THE WEBSITE.
>> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE LET YOU GO.
>> ADD ASTRA.
>> I LIKE THAT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?
>> I SAW THE MOVIE.
>> TO THE STARS.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING, FOLKS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU, STEVE, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND DOING THIS.
>> MY PLEASURE.
BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME OUT THIS SATURDAY TO A RUM IMAGINE SALE BEING HELD ACROSS J STREET FROM EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE EHS PLAYERS DRAMA GROUP IS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A TRIP LATER THIS YEAR TO NEW YORK CITY.
MY DAUGHTER SOPHIA IS AMONGST THIS GROUP, AND THEY COULD REALLY USE THE HELP.
2022J STREET THIS SATURDAY.
STAY TUNED.
STAY INFORMED.
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