The Merchant of Death Rides Again

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's the most wonderful time of the year! There'll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glories of war criminals from long, long ago!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week's Gaslit Nation tells two stories. One is about the imprisoned Russian mercenary arms trader who enabled the most brutal people in the world for decades only to be freed in a trade for an American basketball player and released to his homeland to likely help carry out logistics in an imperial war. The other story is about a hammer-wielding maniac and his girlfriend – a "nudist activist" imprisoned for child abuse who roamed the US drugging people while her siblings immersed themselves in sex cults, artificial intelligence and the occult, with one of them single-handedly reviving the Freemasons of San Francisco before going on to work for the Trump and Biden administrations. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is because life in America is fine and normal, and everything is normal and going to plan, and we should not be at all alarmed because clearly our institutions have got it under control!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyway, this episode of Gaslit Nation – a deep dive into war criminal Viktor Bout and then into Paul Pelosi attacker Dennis DePape and his girlfriend, Gypsy Taub, and her family – is a series of strange tales to share around the fire this holiday season. That's because we are living in a real-life scifi dystopia. Might as well record it before Elon Musk inserts a chip in our brains and replaces it with his own!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our weekly bonus episode, available to Gaslit Nation subscribers at the Truth-Teller level or higher, we discuss crypto and attacks on democracy, book banning, Jack Smith's backstory, the Hunter Biden laptop fiasco, the MeToo backlash, and more. If you are a subscriber at the Democracy Defender level or higher, stay tuned because you are invited to a special live taping of Gaslit Nation on January 24! Details to come. Thank you to everyone who subscribes to our podcast and keeps it going. We know economic times are tough and we very much appreciate your support – we could not make this show without you!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes Galore! </span></p> <p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/arms-dealer-bout-seeks-trial-hires-ashcroft-law-174556988--finance.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Arms dealer Bout seeks new U.S. trial, hires Ashcroft law firm (yahoo.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-stock-trades-congress-investments-2022-7"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">See Every Stock Trade Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Husband Has Made Since 2021 (businessinsider.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-unlikely-banned-trading-stocks-for-now-2022-12"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawmakers Unlikely to Be Banned From Trading Stocks, at Least for Now (businessinsider.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/RELIGION-AND-SEX-The-Immoral-Majority-Finding-2553044.php"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">RELIGION AND SEX / The Immoral Majority / Finding sexual ethics in the godless masses (sfgate.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.jerrygarciafamilyclinic.org/bio.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jerry Garcia Family Clinic</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/dennisfr.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MASONIC PAPERS by W.Bro. Dennis V. Chornenky - President, Masonic Restoration Foundation. (freemasons-freemasonry.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_mn/8c826dca-90d4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Women's Temple LLC :: Minnesota (US) :: OpenCorporates</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-my-ukranian-family"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fundraiser by Diana Soline : Please help my Ukranian family! (gofundme.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/16/daily28.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Freemasons charter new San Francisco lodge - San Francisco Business Times (bizjournals.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/chornenky.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Initiation, Mystery and Salvation: The Way of Rebirth by Bro.Dennis Chornenky 32° (freemasons-freemasonry.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://presidentialinnovationfellows.gov/fellows/dennis-chornenky/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dennis Chornenky | Presidential Innovation Fellows</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/technology/optums-chief-ai-officer-ai-driving-value-based-care-improvements"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Optum's Chief AI Officer: AI is Driving Value-Based Care Improvements | HealthLeaders Media</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://milestones.marquiswhoswho.com/milestone/victor-chornenky/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Victor Ivan Chornenky, PhD - Marquis Who's Who Milestones (marquiswhoswho.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53228ba6e4b0a11842c6a464/t/565fd0d5e4b071b01537ab94/1449119957865/taub.pdf"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">taub.pdf (squarespace.com)</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/who-is-viktor-bout-russian-arms-dealer-swapped-griner-2022-12-08/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer swapped for Griner?</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-14-fg-bout14-story.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Blacklisted Russian Tied to Iraq Deals</span></a></p>