9/11 25 Years of Lazy Lies
Jason Bermas' Film "Loose Change: The Final Cut," an Invaluable Exploration of Everything Not Disclosed in the Official 9/11 Commission Report
The tragic attacks on September 11, 2001 are 25 years old this month. This issue's cover story author Jason Bermas co-produced and edited Loose Change: The Final Cut, an exceptional, timeless documentary released in 2007. Jason and crew catalogue the overwhelming amount of evidence that defies the hopelessly uninspired official fairytales, scripted for public consumption by our government and mainlined into our emotionally susceptible brains via media devices using a relentless “rinse and repeat” strategy of high-strung propaganda designed to anchor the official fiction as the real story. If you have not watched Loose Change, you should and can at RCReader.com/y/loose-change.
We published Silence Is Consent. What Have We Learned Since 9/11? a year ago regarding the lazy lies we've been told for over two decades.
We lauded Jason's efforts at the first Turning the Tide confernce last year held in D.C. On this 25th year since 9/11, Jason provides our readers a prelude to this year's confrence held in New York at: Turning the Tide for 9/11 Truth and Accountability 25 Years Later.
The implausibility of official expert conclusions proffered as gospel by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), and used in the 9/11 Commission Report, are simply not credible, according to Richard Gage, one of 30,000 architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. Mr. Gage has been compelled to continue investigating 9/11 with an intense devotion to solving the myriad mysteries that still prevail. His decades long research can be accessed at the link below, where Mr. Gage provides professional perspective that grounds those of us who cover this horrific event so its never forgotten. RichardGage911.org
The sheer volume of contradictions, insurmountable inconsistencies, and anomalies have not aged well, too many going unanswered for these past 25 years. How did all three towers fall perfectly into their own footprints in approximately 10 seconds, resembling a controlled demolition, and not as the result of commercial airplanes crashing into corners of two towers? How did the necessary structural damage occur evenly, at the exact same time, to all the support beams on every floor to cause two of the towers to drop so rapidly into their own footprints, less than an hour after plane impact and fires appeared to be burning out – not expanding and getting hotter, a physical impossibility for jet fuel alone? What happened to the enormous amount of debris that should have been present at ground zero after the towers fell? How did 110 stories of cement floors and walls seemingly evaporate into fine dust, full of metals, foreign particulates, and compounds such as thermite, a pyrotechnic explosive? What has been learned about the hundreds of eyewitness and earwitness testimonies regarding the explosions heard coming from the various floors in cascading order, as would be heard during a planned demolition, from boots on the ground at the time of the towers' collapse? Emphasizing the veracity of these ordered explosions was pulverized debris literally shooting hundreds of meters from each of the towers.
And what about the millions of Americans who watched as each of the towers collapsed in the exact same manner within hours of one another, in a destructive process that was horrifyingly similar in the near perfect symmetry, especially the famously tall twin towers?
Along with the New York World Trade Center Towers, the simultaneous airplane crash into the Pentagon and plane crash in Pennsylvania, both the same morning, are equally fraught with bizarre and mysterious anomalies, such as the missing plane debris that should have been found at the entry point and inside the Pentagon crash site, but was instead incinerated, leaving no evidence of the offending aircraft. Or the lack of a crashed plane; no cabin or fuselage, no wings or wheels, no bodies, no luggage, no sign of flight 93, where the plane is said to have gone down. Again, the plane was incinerated, leaving no evidence of the passengers or the aircraft. Weird, right?
The 9/11 Commission Report was rife with such incongruities, glaring contradictions and inconsistencies, implausible explanations, and inexplicable conclusions that have left more than 3,000 families bereft and inconsolable for the disgraceful lack of accountability. Yet our government refuses to investigate further, despite the mountains of evidence that have emerged since the Official Report was published (link below), along with an ever growing number of unanswered questions that haunt the 9/11 families, and many curious, compassionate Americans nationwide. GovInfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf
Panama Papers Update: Who Went to Jail for Which Financial Crimes?
Recall the Panama Papers scandal, a scandal of unfathomable proportions, inspiring more than 120 journalists worldwide to come together in a decades long collaboration, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), of fact finding by delving into a massive trove of leaked documents to deconstruct them, separate the legitimate finances from the less so, in an effort to expose corruption. In other words, illegitimate transacting using legal financial mechanisms to shelter what would otherwise qualify as criminal conduct.
In 2016, the world was stunned by a comprehensive report culled from a massive leak of 11.5 million documents (2.6 terabytes of data), detailing the participants, dollar amounts, and myriad financial vehicles (mostly legal instruments called “Trusts” after the Knights of the Crusades, who left their wealth with trusted stewards to crusade abroad on behalf of the Vatican and Church).
Secret Offshore Jurisdictions, in this case Panama, along with trusted steward Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, crafted the financial trust instruments that sheltered income, capital and assets belonging to more than 200,000 of the world's wealthiest individuals and companies.
Panama, a Secret Offshore Jurisdiction, but former Dependency of Britain, is no longer one of the 14 Secret Offshore Jurisdictions controlled by the 10-mile square City of London. The 14 British affiliated Secret Offshore Jurisdictions are now governed under the modern moniker “Overseas Territories,” replacing “Dependencies” via the British Overseas Territories Act of 2002, and include: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn-Henderson-Ducie-and Oeno Islands; Saint Helena-Ascension-and-Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia-and-South Sandwich Islands; Sovereign-Base-Areas-Akrotiri-and-Dhekelia; Turk-and-Caicos-Islands. Current Crown dependencies include Guernsey; Isle of Man; and Jersey (England).
The remaining registered Jurisdictions mimicking the 14 Secret Offshore Jurisdictions are as follows: Aruba; Belize; Bahamas; Brunei; China; Costa Rica; Cook Islands; Cyprus; Ghana; Grenada; Dubai; Hong Kong; Ireland; Labuan; Latvia; Lebanon; Liberia; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Malta; Marshall Islands; Monaco; Netherlands; Netherlands Antilles; Nevada; New Zealand; Niue; Ras Al Khaimah; Saint Kitts-and-Nevis; St Vincent-and-Grenadines; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; St. Lucia; Delaware; Switzerland;Thailand; US Virgin Islands; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States of America; Uruguay; and Vanuatu.
A charter governing the rules of the road for these 14 Secret Offshore Jurisdictions was devised and implemented behind closed doors in the City of London, quickly becoming the unparalleled cash cow of Britain's City of London holdings, giving it ironclad control of capital, debt, and interest (the “vig” as the all important King Maker, or in this case King Sustainer), and solidifying centuries of British financial hegemony in the West.
It should be noted that the City of London has its own police force and city administration, much like the 10 miles square of Washington D.C., and 10 miles square of the Vatican in Rome. The leaders of the City of London wield great unseen power and can arrange member banks financials to assert their narrow interests over those of their countrymen with impunity. It is interesting to note that the pecking order for the City of London requires that all the Royals, including the late Queen Mother Elizabeth and her son King Charles, first seek permission for an audience with the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Secret Offshore Jurisdictions are exempt from laws of all countries that each serves. No qualifications, no registry, no certification are required to establish a trust account, and holders are secure that these Jurisdictions are bound by nondisclosure of financial activities on behalf of account holders.
As the ICIJ rightfully acknowledges, there are legitimate reasons/uses for financial asset shelters. By hiding capital and assets in these legal secret offshore jurisdictions, where nondisclosure is sacrosanct, individuals and companies are able to avoid their tax burdens while simultaneously growing their wealth. Or worse, criminal prosecutions for any illegal activities related to the capital and assets being sheltered in these offshore accounts are of little concern.
All that changed with the unprecedented leak of Mossack Fonseca's confidential financial records belonging to more than 220,000 clients/account holders. Exhaustive reviews of the leaked Panama Papers resulted in 28 distinct indictments against Mossack Fonseca account/trust holders for sheltering undeclared assets, such as administrative theft from national treasuries, bank and corporate fraud, tax evasion, drug cartel deposits, in a vast spectrum of financial malfeasance that in any other circumstance would be considered prosecutable criminal conduct.
The Panama Papers shook the banking/investment industries for obvious reasons. But it shook the rest of us because the estimated lawless looting and pillaging of hundreds of millions of innocents, using lawful financial instruments as old as time such as trusts, was estimated to be $50 trillion in stolen booty on a global scale. Resolution for greed soaked practice could be achieved quickly with a public registry of “beneficial ownership” to provide sunlight on this shadows transacting.
And if that isn't maddening enough, as of 2024, not a single Panamanian conviction was been secured. All 28 prosecutions were dismissed by the judge for lack of clear attributable evidence. Only two convictions were obtained in U.S. federal court, with one four-year prison sentence and one year- year prison sentence.
According to the data-rich ICIJ website, in addition to the Panama Papers leaks and subsequent investigation, four additional massive leaks followed:
“This ICIJ database contains information on more than 810,000 offshore entities that are part of the Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks investigations. The records cover more than 80 years up to 2020 and link to people and companies in more than 200 countries and territories.
“The database strips away the secrecy that cloaks companies and trusts incorporated in tax havens and exposes the people behind them. This includes, when available, the names of the real owners of those opaque structures. In all, the interactive application reveals more than 750,000 names of people and companies behind secret offshore structures. They come from leaked records and not a standardized corporate registry, so there may be duplicates, including in the same leak. In some cases, companies are listed as shareholders for another company or a trust, an arrangement that often helps obscure the flesh-and-blood people behind offshore entities.”
Visit this amazing compendium of information and learn things at PanamaPapers.org/criminal-cases-and-prosecutions
Congress Provides Obscure Escape Clause(s) for Legislation Unlawfully Violating Their Oaths of Office and Americans' Rights
The House of Representatives voted against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that allows for warrantless surveillance of foreigners communications from U.S. Internet providers, in response to the overwrought systematic abuse by the NSA, FBI, CIA, et al, in the warrantless collection of Americans' domestic data as an ipso facto cost of doing business, regardless of the extreme violations of government's primary directive to protect every Americans' natural rights.
The Senate Reauthorization came up for its vote on the matter on June 5, 2026, and in a 47-52 vote, also blocking reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA, thereby leaving Section 702 to lapse on June 12, 2026 … but for a sneaky protocol, “Statutory Lapse vs. Operational Continuity.”
Who knew a pesky little “transition” provision provided in the FISA Amendment Act that perpetuates Section 702 for any acquisition authorized by a certification that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) had approved before the 702 statute expired, allowing it to continue unabated until that certification itself lapses. FISC approved the most recent certifications in March 2026, so FISA Section 702 remains intact for one more year until it expires. This means warrantless spying on Americans is still a go, never mind Congress expressly voted to terminate FISA's unconstitutional Section 702, mindful and regardless of any such viability of current annual certifications.
13 States' Attorneys General, Including Iowa's, File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street for Manipulating Energy Markets as a Cartel Using Combined Proxy Votes
In November 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with 12 additional State AGs, including Iowa AG Brenda Byrd, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street, alleging the three largest fund managers formed a cartel to manipulate energy companies to not produce energy. Because these three fund managers combined own 88 percent of all stocks listed on the Standards & Poor's 500, their proxy votes can influence companies' policies to their preferences.
“Texas will not tolerate the illegal weaponization of the financial industry in service of a destructive, politicized ‘environmental’ agenda. BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street formed a cartel to rig the coal market, artificially reduce the energy supply, and raise prices,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Their conspiracy has harmed American energy production and hurt consumers. This is a stunning violation of State and federal law,” according to a presser released in 2024 by AG Paxton's office.
As of February 2026, Vanguard settled its part in the 13 State AG's antitrust lawsuit, agreeing to pay $29.5 million and adopt “passivity commitments” (i.e. backing away from climate agendas and investments that advocate ESG and DEI policies). Blackrock and State Street are continuing to pursue a court ruling to resolve the matter.
TexasAttorneyGeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Settlement_1.pdf
Too many of our leaders leaders continue to make long-term decisions contrary to the interests of residents and taxpayers. Most of the time, we residents and taxpayers do absolutely nothing to course correct. So I ask you, why should leaders ever represent our interests when we ignore them ourselves? Why should any servant bow to our authority if we have no intention of enforcing it? America is specifically not designed as a democracy, in which 51 percent of the population lords it over the remaining 49 percent. America is specifically designed to represent the minority, equally. Clearly, we the people have forgotten the designated pecking order enshrined in our republican form of government to our shame. Catch up by brushing up on your very real authorities memorialized in the Declaration of Independence and your State and U.S. Constitutions.
