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Trump Suspends Funding to CIA Front Called the National Endowment for Democracy

The Chaos Cat

The Trump administration has frozen funding to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA-funded organization that meddles in elections and pushes regime change around the world in the name of “promoting democracy.”

According to The Free Press, an order from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to the US Treasury Department that blocked the disbursement of funds to the NED has crippled the organization’s activities.

Trump Suspends Funding to the National Endowment for Democracy

He’s going to fold it into the State Department, just like he did with USAID (see NED document)!

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Via https://thechaoscat.com/2025/02/13/trump-suspends-funding-to-the-national-endowment-for-democracy/

Senate Confirms RFK Jr

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Nathaniel Weixel

Longtime vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the nation’s top health official, after the Senate on Thursday voted almost entirely on party lines to confirm him atop a department of nearly 100,000 employees that runs 13 agencies.

The 52-48 confirmation vote for the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services brings to a close a contentious three-month confirmation fight that served as a significant test of the Republican Party’s loyalty to President Trump.

Only Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cast a GOP vote against Kennedy’s confirmation, after previously bucking his party on Trump’s Defense secretary and national intelligence director.

The founder of one of the country’s most prominent anti-vaccine groups will now run the nation’s vaccine policy, which is just one part of the nearly $2 trillion federal health portfolio.

The final vote was essentially a formality after the Senate Finance Committee last week sent Kennedy’s nomination to the floor on a party-line vote. The full chamber on Wednesday voted 53 to 47 along party lines to end debate and advance the nomination.

Four Republicans would have needed to break with their party and vote with every Democrat for Kennedy’s nomination to fail. Instead, only one did. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who opposed Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, this week said they would support Kennedy despite their lingering concerns over his stance on vaccines.

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Via https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5141880-robert-f-kennedy-jr-confirmed/

Trump 2.0 Agenda Could Result in “Millions of Deaths

Blogging Hounds

[Ed Note: Bill Gates greed and vaccine experimentation already causing millions of deaths]

The billionaire and so-called “philanthropist” made this ominous statement on ABC’s The View while discussing Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exposing corruption within USAID—an agency Gates has heavily partnered with for years.

Gates admitted he’s “a little worried particularly with” the MAGA movement dismantling USAID, openly complaining that Elon Musk’s influence in the Trump administration is “insane.”

“My foundation partners with USAID on nutrition and getting vaccines out… So, hopefully we’ll get some of that work back in shape. In fact, if we don’t, you could have literally millions of deaths.”

Gates then pivoted to his favorite fearmongering tactic: pushing the next pandemic.

“Oh, certainly we’ll have one in the next 25 years. There’s even some pathogens out there that we’re watching over right now. So, maybe 10% chance in the next four years.”

With public knowledge of USAID’s ties to the Wuhan biolab, Gates’ words now carry a far more sinister weight.

He also expressed “hope” that Trump’s return to the White House “doesn’t interrupt” his global health agenda.

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Via https://theblogginghounds.com/2025/02/13/report-bill-gates-has-issued-a-chilling-new-warning-to-musk-trump-and-america-saying-that-the-trump-2-0-agenda-could-result-in-millions-of-deaths/

Grocery Chains Ration Eggs After Mass Chicken Slaughter For Bird Flu

AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhBen Bartee

The Democrats have been running the “what about egg prices?” line of attack against Trump hot and heavy lately, making the argument that egg prices are still astronomical and growing despite Trump promising to bring them down and having a full three weeks to reverse five years of economic sabotage by his predecessor.

Related :  Trump to Halt Gain-of-Function Viral Research Via Executive Order, Per Report

What they conveniently leave out of the egg price narrative is that the Public Health authorities have been busy slaughtering poultry by the hundreds of millions for at least three years now.

Via CBS News (emphasis added):

Whether it’s ducks or chickens, since the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the United States in 2022, over 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized.

“It’s a staggering number, there is no doubt,” said Jodie Guest, a professor of epidemiology with Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta. “But it is, and always has been a policy across administrations, with the USDA, that this is how they handle infections like this among poultry. And as we’ve seen bird flu move [across] species, it becomes even more important to try to contain that infection in the flocks that it’s in, so that we don’t continue to see spread.”

Related:  Bird Flu Engineered to Infect Humans Could Be Lab-Produced ‘in Months,’ Former CDC Director Says

Now major grocers have begun limiting egg purchases due to these shortages.

Look at the deceptive framing by even allegedly conservative Fox Business.

Via Fox Business (emphasis added):

Costco, Kroger and Whole Foods are among the growing list of grocers that are putting a purchasing limit on eggs as supply shortages persist.

Companies started imposing limits on the product as the shortage caused by outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)*, or bird flu, persists, causing a frenzy among shoppers. Droves of viral videos have surfaced in recent weeks, showing shoppers stockpiling eggs. One video posted on TikTok claimed that an entire section of eggs at a Costco was gone in less than 10 minutes.

Amazon-owned Whole Foods posted signs on its shelves notifying customers that customers can only buy three cartons of eggs at one time.

“We are currently experiencing difficulty sourcing eggs that meet our strict animal welfare standards,” a sign posted at one of its stores in New York City read.

*It wasn’t bird flu that killed hundreds of millions of chickens — it was the Public Health response to the alleged bird flu positives (scared up through inaccurate and often fraudulent PCR testing). This is the exact same scam they ran with COVID: lock everyone down, destroy the economy and society, and blame a virus instead of draconian government policy.

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Via https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/02/11/grocers-ration-eggs-after-mass-chicken-slaughter-for-bird-flu-n4936908

Gaza ceasefire in peril as Israel’s non-compliance sparks diplomatic crisis with Qatar

Middle East Monitor

Qatar has issued a stark warning to Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct is jeopardising the current hostage deal, as mounting evidence reveals multiple violations of the ceasefire violations by the occupation state.

According to Haaretz, Qatar has conveyed “angry messages” to Israel after Netanyahu’s controversial statements about ethnically cleansing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and his failure to send a high-level delegation to Doha for negotiations. The Qataris emphasised that their role is guarantors of the agreement and they are not merely intermediaries between Israel and Hamas.

Israel’s violations of the ceasefire terms are extensive and well-documented. The agreed humanitarian aid target of 12,000 trucks has fallen dramatically short, with only 8,500 reaching Gaza. The shelter crisis continues as Israel has delivered just 10 per cent of the promised 200,000 tents, while none of the pledged 60,000 mobile homes have materialised.

The medical evacuation programme has largely failed, with only 120 patients permitted to leave Gaza instead of the anticipated 1,000. Gaza’s Health Ministry reports ongoing Palestinian casualties during the ceasefire period, while Israel continues to block both the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza and the entry of essential equipment needed for the removal of debris and the recovery of dead bodies. At least 48,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, mainly women and children, and thousands more are missing, believed dead, under the rubble.

Israel’s violations of the ceasefire agreement have been confirmed by three Israeli officials and two mediators. Speaking anonymously to the New York Times they said that Hamas’s claims about Israel’s non-compliance with the agreement terms were accurate.

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has taken the unusual step of publicly condemning Netanyahu’s recent television interview proposing the transfer of Gaza’s Palestinian population to Saudi Arabia, describing it as “a flagrant violation of international law.” The diplomatic crisis deepens as Hamas threatens to pause the implementation of the agreement which in turn has been met with threats by US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu.

US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to visit the region, including stops in Israel and Doha, to assess the deteriorating situation first hand. Sources suggest that without swift progress in negotiations for the second stage, further delays in hostage releases could lead to a complete collapse of the agreement’s first phase.

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Via https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250212-gaza-ceasefire-in-peril-as-israels-non-compliance-sparks-diplomatic-crisis-with-qatar/

No NATO Membership, NO return to pre-2014 borders and NO more relying on US

By JAMES REYNOLDS and CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC

NO NATO membership, NO return to pre-2014 borders and NO more relying on US: America’s bombshell blow to Ukraine as Trump agrees to begin negotiations with Putin immediately

America will no longer front the lion’s share of aid to Ukraine, the Trump administration said today in a devastating blow to Kyiv that will pile pressure on Europe to fill the void.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Washington will ‘no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship’ with its allies, adding that ‘Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine’.

He stressed that the United States was no longer ‘primarily focused’ on Europe, and said that the old continent would have to fund most of Ukraine’s defense itself in a turn away from a 75-year role as the ‘primary guarantor of security in Europe’.

It comes as Trump revealed he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin at length on Wednesday about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine.

‘We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,’ Trump said in a post on his social media platform.

Earlier, in a huge boost for Putin, Hegseth added that the US would not deploy troops to Ukraine to uphold any peace deal with Russia – one of the key security guarantees requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Hegseth also said that it was implausible for Ukraine to expect to return to a pre-war state, assessing that any peace process ‘must start by recognising that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective’.

‘The United States remains committed to the NATO alliance and to the defence partnership with Europe, full stop,’ he said. ‘But the United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency.’

Washington’s allies have been waiting nervously for clarity from Trump’s administration after the he demanded that NATO more than double its defence spending target and vowed to end the war in Ukraine.

Hegseth’s comments will compound Ukrainian fears and hand leverage to Russia, after Trump suggested the country ‘may be Russian someday’ in unsettling comments during an interview with Fox News, aired Monday.

Speaking to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the NATO HQ in Belgium, Hegseth sought to clarify Trump‘s positions on whether NATO should accept Ukraine as a member, Europe’s role in Ukraine’s defense, and territorial changes.

‘Honesty will be our policy going forward,’ Hegseth stated during his speech on Wednesday.

He repeated that Trump was committed to ending the war and bringing about a negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine.

‘The bloodshed must stop and this war must end,’ Hegseth said.

But he caveated that a return to pre-war borders was an ‘illusionary goal’ that would ‘only prolong the war and cause more suffering’.

Russia says it has annexed five regions of Ukraine – Crimea in 2014 and then Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia in 2022 – though it does not have full control over them.

Putin said last year that a deal would hinge upon Ukraine’s recognition of Russia’s claim to four regions in its east and south, including areas not currently controlled by Russia.

Zelenskyy has rejected any territorial concessions to Moscow, though he has acknowledged that Ukraine might have to rely on diplomatic means to secure the return of some territory.

In an interview with The Guardian yesterday, he stressed that that Europe will not be able to completely meet Ukraine’s military needs or provide adequate security guarantees without US involvement.

Kyiv has expressed in the past that any settlement that does not include hard military commitments – such as NATO membership or the deployment of peacekeeping troops – will just allow the Kremlin time to regroup and rearm for a fresh attack.

NATO is founded on the principle that an attack on any ally must be considered an attack on them all and met with a collective response. Membership is considered to be the ultimate security guarantee, and it’s one that Ukraine is trying to secure.

Zelenskyy said last month he would speak to the leaders of Britain and France to discuss a plan that would see troops from both countries stationed in Ukraine to held uphold and oversee a ceasefire agreement.

But speaking on Wednesday, Hegseth ruled out  the idea of NATO accepting Ukraine as a member, or sending U.S. troops as peacekeepers to uphold a ceasefire.

‘Any security guarantee must be backed by capable European and non-European troops,’ he said, adding that ‘to be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be US troops deployed to Ukraine.’

The comments play into Putin’s hands, with Moscow opposing both Ukraine’s NATO ambitions and the proposal to deploy NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he had spoken to Putin and agreed to ‘have our respective teams start negotiations immediately’

Ukrainian soldiers of the 505th marines battalion receive training in trench digging, medical care and drone operations as the war between Russia and Ukraine continue in Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on January 16, 2025

Europe will fear the dangerous precedent of allowing a belligerent dictator to absorb territory through wars of aggression on its border.

But most pressingly, the demand to find cash and aid for Ukraine will hamper smaller economies.

The U.S. State Department reported last month that the U.S. had contributed $65.9bn towards helping Ukraine since February 2022, over three years.

American GDP last year alone was around $29trn.

By comparison, Britain, with a GDP of around £3.34trn ($4.15trn), has shelled out an average of about £4.3billion a year for Ukraine, equivalent to around 0.14 per cent of GDP.

Ukraine’s security needs and defense spending are set to be discussed on Thursday.

European allies have hiked their military budgets since Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine, and 23 are estimated to have reached or exceeded last year the target of spending 2% of gross domestic product.

However, a third of members still haven’t reached that threshold, and Trump is almost certain to target them again.

Recently, Trump called for NATO members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, a level that no member has reached so far – not even Poland, which is the closest, spending more than 4% and expected to approach 5% this year.

Despite this, Hegseth wouldn’t commit to having the U.S. increase its own defense spending to 5% of GDP. The U.S. spends about 3.3% of GDP on defense.

He said on Tuesday that he believes that the U.S. should spend more than it did under the Biden administration and ‘should not go lower than 3 percent.’

NATO leaders are expected to agree on new spending targets at their next planned summit, in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 24-26.

Hegseth also warned Europe that the United States would have to do more to defend itself in the future, citing ‘stark strategic realities’ of their priority to compete with China.

His two days of talks in Brussels are part of a flurry of visits to Europe by top US officials, culminating with Vice President JD Vance meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a security conference in Munich on Friday.

A British military think-tank warned today that the demands placed on NATO allies by the U.S. were ‘unachievable at this time’.

‘With budget pressures in most European countries continuing, sustaining increased spending is likely to be challenging,’ the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said.

The annual Military Balance report noted that European defense spending surged by 11.4 percent in real terms last year, but the rise looks unlikely to continue.

Germany’s defense expenditure rose a whopping 23 percent in 2024 to $86 billion, according to the yearly assessment of the militaries and defence economics of over 170 countries.

German defense budget is now the largest in Europe, ‘surpassing that of the UK, which has been the largest spender in Europe and the second largest in NATO for the last three decades,’ the IISS said.

The IISS said Europe currently accounts for less than one third of total NATO defence spending, with its share at $442 billion.

Raising Europe’s commitment to three percent of GDP would see the figure grow by more than $250 billion, and by almost $750 billion if five percent is achieved, the study said.

‘However, such figures are unachievable at this time, with some countries already using off-budget instruments to bolster budgets,’ the think-tank said.

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Via https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14389607/pete-hegseth-ukraine-europe-nato-donald-trump.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

Just The News

Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the nation’s next Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday. The final vote was 52-48. The vote was mostly along party lines, though a lone Republican broke ranks to oppose her. The former Hawaii Democratic House member left the party after her 2020 presidential run and ultimately joined the Republicans on the 2024 campaign. She has emerged as a stalwart privacy advocate and supporter of reining in the intelligence community. Her nomination was contentious, largely due to her foreign policy views on Russia and Syria, which clashed with Washington consensus.

DeepSeek, AI, and the New Cold War

DeepSeek, AI, and the New Cold War

DiEM25 (2025)

Film Review

Deepseek, the Chinese version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, seems to have fallen out of the headlines. Released as free open source software (unlike OpenAI’s for-profit ChatGPT), Deepseek was developed at one-thirtieth of the cost. Its release on January 25, 2025 wiped $1 trillion in value from US tech stocks.

This video is a really interesting dialogue between former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Malaysian-based entrepreneur and economics and geopolitics commentator Arnaud Bertrand.

Both agree that China’s surprise release of Deepseek is this generation’s Sputnik moment. Based on the US ban on microchip exports to China, both the US government and Silicon Valley were counting on China being far behind the US in developing AI. According to Bertrand, the Chinese used their vast superiority in software design to build Deepseek from old fashioned microchips.

There are two versions of Deepseek: one a downloadable application to use on a computer or phone, the other an online version available at the Deepseek website. The latter collects information keystrokes and cross device uses and sends them to China. For this reason (allegedly), Italy, South Korea, Australia, New York state and the US Senate have all banned Deepseek.* As both Varoufakis and Bertrand point out, Google, Facebook and presumably ChatGPT collect exactly the same information and readily share it with the FBI, CIA and NSA.

Varoufakis and Bertrand are both excited about Deepseek, mainly because it 1) makes free open source AI accessible in the Third World and 2) undermines moves by OpenAI to use its monopoly to assist governments to surveil and control civilian populations (as Israel currently uses it in Gaza).

*See Which Countries Have Banned Deepseek and Why and Which Countries Have Banned Deepseek Already

 

Look what they did to our antibodies – Vaxed Are Sicker – Predicted Population Collapse

World Council for Health

Have you heard about the IgG4 antibody switch? It’s been glossed over in official discussions about Covid-19 ‘vaccines’, but it’s the elephant in the room. Let’s break it down and explore why this may matter more than we’re being told.

1. The antibody switch: what’s the big deal?

Our immune system is like a well-trained army, with different types of antibodies serving as its soldiers. Among them, IgG antibodies are the frontline warriors, designed to neutralize viruses and protect us from infections. But here’s the catch: not all IgG antibodies are created equal. Think of IgG4 antibodies as the peacekeepers of the immune system. They’re not fighters like the other IgG subclasses—they’re more about tolerance, calming things down. They’re certainly not about launching an attack.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting (and worrying).

Studies have shown that repeated Covid-19 mRNA injections—especially after the second dose or booster—cause the body to switch from producing the more effective IgG3 antibodies to producing IgG4. Essentially, the immune system is shifting toward tolerance rather than attack.

Sounds harmless, right? Well, not so fast. Here’s a look at what this shift might mean:

More COVID, less immunityPotentially worse outcomesrisk for other conditionsPathologies associated with high igG4 levels & igG4-related disease including:repeated infectionsautoimmune diseasecancer riskidiopathic interstitial lung diseasesystemic vasculitis

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/report-a-new-peer-reviewed-study?

2. REPORT: A New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds COVID-Vaccinated People Are SICKER Than Their Unvaccinated CounterpartsLioness of Judah MinistrySource: RogerHodkinson

The study, based on a survey of over 1,000 people in Germany, found:

42% of vaccinated individuals needed a doctor’s visit, compared to just 30% of the unvaccinated.30% of vaccinated respondents caught COVID-19, while only 23% of unvaccinated people did.21% of vaccinated individuals reported muscle and joint problems, compared to 15% of the unvaccinated.

https://slaynews.com/news/shock-cbo-report-america-facing-population-collapse-deaths-soon-outnumber-births/

3. Shock CBO Report: America Facing Population Collapse as Deaths Will Soon Outnumber Births

Frank Bergman 

An alarming report from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a chilling warning of a looming population collapse in America.

The CBO predicts that the number of American deaths will surpass births just 8 years from now.

The warning is based on the U.S. population’s current below-replacement fertility rate of 1.6 births per woman.  A replacement level of 2.1 births per woman is necessary to keep the population stable.

However, deaths are also surging, meaning, that by 2033, more Americans will be dying per year than babies are being born.

Gee, could all of this possibly have anything to do with:

the fact in 2020 a GSK whistleblower stating the clot shots cause sterility in 97% of women confidential Pfizer documents showing a miscarriage rate between 82% and 97%, which we were warned about in January by Dr. Bruchet who was promptly handcuffed, imprisoned, and drugged.a Pfizer scientist admitting COVID antibodies pass through the umbilical cord which means the toxic spike protein known to cause antibody dependent enhancement, which enters heart cells within 48 hours, does as well. This also means Pfizer knew babies would be poisoned by spike protein transplacentally and through breast milk causing respiratory distress, convulsions, and death.a 2,000% increase in women shedding their uterine liningSaudi scientists finding ‘vaxxed’ men develop anti-sperm antibodiesinfants suddenly having heart attacksthe breaches of CDC and FDA safety signals across 37 adverse events, that are statistically significant and include miscarriage, fetal malformations, preeclampsia, stillbirth, fetal growth restriction, and newborn death

Despite the horrific findings, ‘the powers that be’ continue to peddle the clot shots with abandon.  All babies are expected to get THREE shots by 9 months of age.  Patients are still being denied transplants over ‘vaccination’ status.

Wastewater measurements show the shots give NO benefit.  But we’ve been told this all before:

The Cleveland Clinic (CC) study and the second CC study showed the vaccines increased your risk of contracting COVID. Other studies found the same effect: here, here, here, here, here, here, here.A new Japan study confirmed the CC results that more vaccines→more cases: “The odds of contracting COVID-19 increased with the number of vaccine doses: one to two doses (OR: 1.63, 95% CI: 1.08-2.46, p = 0.020), three to four doses (OR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.35-3.08, p = 0.001), and five to seven doses (OR: 2.21, 95% CI: 1.07-4.56, p = 0.033).” This is consistent with Table 2 in the CC study.A sixth study confirms NEGATIVE efficacy of the clot shots.Linear regression on the US data show the slopes are all positive (meaning it increases your risk of getting infected).

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Via https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2025/02/10/look-what-they-did-to-our-antibodies-vaxxed-are-sicker-predicted-population-collapse/

FBI finds 2,400 secret JFK assassination records after Trump order

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Marc Caputo

The FBI just discovered about 2,400 records tied to President Kennedy’s assassination that were never provided to a board tasked with reviewing and disclosing the documents, Axios has learned.

The still-secret records are contained in 14,000 pages of documents the FBI found in a review triggered by President Trump‘s Jan. 23 executive order demanding the release of all JFK assassination records.

Why it matters: The discovery — 61 years after Kennedy was killed in Dallas — follows decades of government reluctance to release all documents related to the assassination, which fueled a mountain of conspiracy theories.

The existence of the new documents was disclosed Friday to the White House, when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence submitted its plan to disclose the assassination records under Trump’s order.

Zoom in: The contents of the newly found records are closely held secrets. The three sources who relayed their existence to Axios said they hadn’t seen the documents.

But the discovery of thousands of records on one of the most scrutinized events in U.S. history is likely to raise questions about the procedures for vetting and releasing information across the entire government.“This is huge. It shows the FBI is taking this seriously,” said Jefferson Morley, an expert on the assassination and vice president of the nonpartisan Mary Ferrell Foundation, the nation’s largest source of online records of Kennedy’s killing. He sued the U.S. government for more records.“The FBI is finally saying, ‘Let’s respond to the president’s order,’ instead of keeping the secrecy going,” Morley said.

Reality check: The remaining records to be disclosed — as well as the newly discovered tranche of 2,400 reports — are unlikely to definitively prove whether Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone-wolf assassin or was part of a broader conspiracy, experts say.

Catch up quick: Under the 1992 JFK Records Act, assassination records were supposed to be handed over to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and then to the National Archives. The archive maintains a collection of documents that were supposed to be fully disclosed in 2017.

Administration officials determined these newly discovered records hadn’t been submitted to or vetted by the assassination review board or the National Archives.When Trump was president in 2017, he delayed disclosure of the records the government had identified, on the advice of the CIA. President Biden then ordered limited releases of records that still didn’t fully comply with the spirit of the JFK Records Act.Government secrecy advocates argued to Trump and Biden that full disclosure of the assassination documents could compromise “sources and methods” of intelligence gathering, and unfairly implicate officials involved in the controversy.

The big picture: Trump has regretted for years not releasing all the JFK records in his first term, according to those who have discussed the matter with him.

During the 2024 campaign, Trump promised his supporters and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the late president’s nephew, that he’d release the records on JFK’s assassination in 1963, as well as those related to the 1968 killing of Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy.RFK Jr., named by Trump to be Health and Human Services secretary, has called for full disclosure for years, and believes both assassinations were part of a broader conspiracy.

Trump’s order calls for a plan to release assassination records of RFK and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by March 9.

“PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ENDING THE ENDLESS DELAYS,” a White House fact sheet issued Jan. 23 says: “President Trump promised during his campaign to release assassination records to give Americans the truth.”

What’s next: Despite Trump’s order, sources say, the various intelligence agencies with records of the assassination are still recommending redactions.

“When POTUS hears about this stonewalling, he’s gonna hit the roof,” a White House official told Axios.“This is total Deep State bulls**t,” said another.“Don’t be surprised if all these records just suddenly wind up online,” a Trump adviser said. “He wants to move on and call this a promise kept.”

The intrigue: The newly discovered FBI files could have relevance in the ongoing federal lawsuit filed by the Mary Ferrell Foundation against the Biden administration in 2022. It alleges federal agencies had more documents related to the assassination that they weren’t turning over to the National Archives. They include:

Jailhouse recordings of mobster Carlos Marcello, who claimed he was involved in the assassination.CIA files of George Joannides. He was the chief of covert action at the CIA station in Miami and was a case officer for a New Orleans-based CIA-funded exile group that had a series of encounters with Oswald before the shooting. Joannides also was accused of misleading a House committee investigating the assassination by failing to disclose his ties to Oswald. “The Joannides file sounds exactly like the newly discovered FBI files,” Morley said. “It’s something assassination-related that was never turned over to the Archives.”

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Via https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-jfk-assassination-records