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The Barnes Brief: Monday, May 8, 2023
May 08, 2023
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Schedule This Week

  • Bourbon w/ Barnes: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday at 9-ish pm est
  • The Closing Argument Today: The Brook Jackson Argument. (*Note: you are free to share this with anyone, as it has been placed into the official public record on the court docket in the pleadings in the case.)

Introduction: Top 10 Headlines

  • King Charles coronated in England. Grandkids steal the show.
  • Chelsea Clinton wants to force all kids to take all vaccines. Guess who helping? Bill Gates & WHO.  
  • Massive migrant train gathers on southern border.
  • Tyson Foods stocks drop again. Voodoo doll happy.
  • Chile elects right-leaning parties to rewrite Constitution.
  • Barr hid Biden corruption exposed by whistleblower.
  • ChatGPT panic source arrested.
  • Covid tests contaminated.
  • Georgia soon to have Florida-type power to remove DAs.
  • Biden admin using Strategic Petroleum Reserve to mask economic problems, while half of boomers report no savings.

Wisdom of the Day: “There is a growing coalition of populist forces on the left and right that are convening right now and that are finding common ground. And that really is probably the only thing that is going to rescue American democracy.” Robert Kennedy Jr.

The Evidence: Top Ten Articles from The Barnes Library

  1. Trouble in the credit system. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sloos-finds-even-tighter-credit-standards-collapse-ci-loan-demand-and-dire-outlook-rest
  2. Collapse of trust in the west. http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2023/05/once-trust-has-been-lost-theres-no.html
  3. Vaccine harm: more proof. https://metatron.substack.com/p/covid-public-inquiry
  4. Foreign aid fails. https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-limits-of-foreign-aid
  5. Stagflation cometh. https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/the-path-to-full-stagflation
  6. Vaccine inefficacy. https://jdee.substack.com/p/assessment-of-vaccine-efficacy-part
  7. Streaming caused writers’ strike. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/streaming-broke-the-career-ladder-striking-hollywood-writers-say/ar-AA1aTuAO
  8. Donors see the writing on the wall, and abandon DeSantis.https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/08/wall-street-desantis-reelection-00093736
  9. Deciphering Prigozhin: a different take. https://sonar21.com/evgeny-prigozhin-truth-teller-mad-man-or-maskirovka/
  10. Tucker considering his own Tucker-branded news network.https://www.axios.com/2023/05/07/fox-news-tucker-carlson

*Bonus: Local board member happy baby born. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/3970015/a-huge-white-pill-my-daughter-was-born

Closing Argument: Brook Jackson v. Pfizer

Pfizer's fraudulent scheme uncovered by Brook Jackson included: first, presenting a false claim to the government for payment of a product Pfizer never delivered nor ever intended to deliver; second, Pfizer's express certifications to the government the product was delivered according to the contractual terms when it wasn't; third, Pfizer's implied certification to the government the product was delivered according to the rules of clinical trials when it wasn't; and fourth, Pfizer's fraud in the inducement by Pfizer promising to deliver a product they never intended to deliver and knew they couldn't. Pfizer lied and people died. 

Fraudulent Presentment: Pfizer's invoices sought payment for delivering a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19. Pfizer never delivered the ordered product. Pfizer never delivered a safe drug. Pfizer never delivered an effective drug for the prevention of Covid-19. Pfizer never even delivered a vaccine. Pfizer expressly guaranteed each of these in their invoice by stating the product was in conformity with the contract because the contract itself compelled this language in the invoice as a precondition of payment. Pfizer knew they didn't. Additionally, the contract incorporated the EUA requirements into the contract – there had to be no effective alternative treatments before payment could issue. Pfizer lied by claiming no alternative effective treatments existed for Covid19, but hid information from the government concerning it. Worse, what Pfizer delivered was a historically dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that didn't prevent Covid19 at all, but would cause the deaths and disabilities of millions, and they knew it. Billions of taxpayer money lost, millions of disabilities and hundreds of thousands of American deaths, and this is the consequence of Pfizer’s fraud. Pfizer lied and people died. 

Fraud by Express False Certification: Pfizer certified their product complied with all the regulatory requirements explicitly included in the contract, when they used the contractually required language that required a contractually compliant product in the certification in the invoice. Pfizer's contract required they comply with all clinical testing safeguards and safety metrics required to assure their product was the required deliverable: a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19. Pfizer didn't comply with any of the clinical trial safeguards and safety metrics because they knew compliance would expose their produce as a historically dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that didn't prevent Covid19 at all, but would cause the deaths and disabilities of millions, and they knew it. Billions of taxpayer money lost, millions of disabilities and hundreds of thousands of American deaths, and this is the consequence of Pfizer’s fraud. Pfizer lied and people died. 

Fraud by Implied False Certification: Pfizer implicitly certified their product complied with all the regulatory requirements included in the contract, when they used the contractually required language that required a contractually compliant product in the certification in the invoice. Pfizer's contract required they comply with all clinical testing safeguards and safety metrics required to assure their product was the required deliverable: a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19. Pfizer didn't comply with any of the clinical trial safeguards and safety metrics because they knew compliance would expose their produce as a historically dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that didn't prevent Covid19 at all, but would cause the deaths and disabilities of millions, and they knew it. Billions of taxpayer money lost, millions of disabilities and hundreds of thousands of American deaths, and this is the consequence of Pfizer’s fraud. Pfizer lied and people died. 

Fraud in the Inducement: Pfizer induced the contract in the first instance by promising a particular deliverable: a safe, effective, vaccine, for the prevention of covid19, produced at both extraordinary speed and exceptional scale. At the time Pfizer made that promise, it never intended to, and knew it could not, deliver. The means of measurement of the safety, efficacy, immunization capacity and preventative capability of their product were clinical trials conducted in accord with the FDA rules. Pfizer induced the contract by fraud in the inducement, knowing it could not deliver a safe product, an effective product, a vaccine, or a drug for the prevention of Covid19 at speed and scale. Pfizer knew accurate clinical testing data would reveal those lies. Pfizer knew accurate clinical testing data would reveal a dangerous, ineffective product that was not a vaccine and didn't prevent Covid19. Pfizer knew accurate clinical trial data would show its product caused death, disability and disease, not prevented it. Brook Jackson uncovered this when she uncovered the clinical fraud. Pfizer didn't comply with any of the clinical trial safeguards and safety metrics because they knew compliance would expose their produce as a historically dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that didn't prevent Covid19 at all, but would cause the deaths and disabilities of millions, and they knew it. Billions of taxpayer money lost, millions of disabilities and hundreds of thousands of American deaths, and this is the consequence of Pfizer’s fraud. Pfizer lied and people died. 

False Records & False Claim: As part of the fraud, Pfizer falsified records, fabricated data, perjured statements and submitted fraudulent certifications. Pfizer did so to hide their fraud in inducing the contract in the first instance, to mask their fraudulent invoices, and to deceive the government about their fraudulent certifications to the government about what they were delivering to the government and how the product came to be developed contrary to contractual compliance, regulatory requirement, and ethical stricture, as well as the very essence of the bargain. Billions of taxpayer money lost, millions of disabilities and hundreds of thousands of American deaths, and this is the consequence of Pfizer’s fraud. Pfizer lied and people died. 

Materiality: Pfizer fooled both the Defense Department and the Food and Drug Administration. Neither the Defense Department nor the FDA knew Pfizer lied. Though later aware of allegations of fraud, both the DOD and FDA believed Pfizer's lies, and did not believe the fraud allegations against Pfizer. Pfizer lied when they claimed they could produce a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19 at speed and scale. Pfizer lied when they said they would comply with the clinical trial standards necessary to assess and predict efficacy, safety and immunization capacity. Pfizer lied in their invoices, their certifications, their statements, their records, their data, and their public reports. Pfizer even lied by claiming no alternative effective treatments existed. Pfizer continued to lie to this day, including hiding adverse events reporting occurring to this very day. Indeed, Pfizer, to this day, often delivers a different chemical compound than the one ordered, altering or adulterating their delivered product. These lies mattered because the FDA and DOD bought the lies – hook, line and sinker. And they still do. That doesn’t make them any less a lie, nor any less material to the outcome of the matter. Does anyone sincerely think an objectively reasonable agency would buy a dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that disables millions, kills hundreds of thousands, costs billions of dollars, and doesn’t even prevent Covid19?

Essence of the Bargain: Pfizer induced the contract itself by promising to deliver a clinically-test, data-documented, medically-proven, ethically-compliant, safe, effective, vaccine, for the prevention of Covid19, at speed and scale, without any other alternative available for either treatment or prevention of Covid19. Pfizer knew they couldn't do that. Indeed, Pfizer knew there were effective alternatives available that precluded Pfizer from ever obtaining authorization for their product. So Pfizer lied. A lot. Pfizer, were it Pinocchio, would have a nose that travels across galaxies by now. Instead, Pfizer delivered a dangerous, ineffective, gene therapy that didn't prevent anything, when Pfizer knew there were effective alternatives available. Pfizer's product caused more harm than good. Pfizer lied to induce the contract, then lied to induce EUA, and then lied to induce payment. Brook Jackson witnessed this fraud, reported it to her superiors, expressed concern to her employer that this was fraud on the government, and when she blew the whistle to the government, she was quickly fired because her employer knew the scale of the fraud on the government she was exposing and wished to silence her instead. Pfizer’s counsel even tried to call her on her personal phone number at her private home the day she blew the whistle to the FDA. The effect of Pfizer's action is the worst fraud on the government in public health history, and the biggest public health debacle of American history. Pfizer, which falsely advertised the product as a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19 and secretly paid other organizations to lobby for their product to be mandated upon the public as a condition of employment, caused the deaths and disabilities of millions of Americans, while defrauding the American people of billions of dollars. Pfizer lied and people died. Are the courts as dead as a Pfizer vaccine victim?

Conclusion: Pfizer promised a safe, effective, vaccine for the prevention of Covid19. Pfizer promised they could prove it with strict compliance to the rigorous rules and restrictions of the FDA clinical trial safeguards. Pfizer promised honest data from clinically-compliant testing. Pfizer lied. Pfizer lied from the inception, and kept lying to cover up the first lies to keep the checks flowing. Pfizer lied, people died, and Pfizer got billions for it. That is what Brook Jackson uncovered. That is what she told her employer she uncovered: fraud upon the government for billions of dollars. Pfizer lied. People died. Does Pfizer get to get rich off it?

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A.  Art of the Week

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  • A reminder: links are NOT endorsements of the authors or their interpretation of events, but intended to expand our library of understanding as well as expose ideas of distinct perspective to our own. 

A. Barnes Library: Curated Weekly Articles of Interest

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*Bonus: Bald eagle rescued. https://abc7ny.com/post/nypd-officers-describe-rare-rescue-trapped-american-bald-eagle-icy-hudson-river-nyc/18616678/

B. Best of the Board: Five Fantastic Posts of the Week

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  3. Meme magic. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7704745/title
  4. Bountiful art. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7704798/title
  5. Board thoughts on Iran war. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7700010/board-poll-war-in-iran

*Bonus: Bondi mockery. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7703469/spotted-all-over-washington-dc-while-i-normally-don-t-share-the-political-views-of-people-in-dc

**Bonus: Weekly Wisdom. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7704649/the-intersection-of-politics-youtube-commentary-and-critical-traffic-infrastructure-https-you

C. Homework: Cases of the Week for Sunday

  1. SCOTUS: Tariffs. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf
  2. Facebook trial. https://courthousenews.com/safety-was-someone-elses-problem-ex-facebook-vp-says-in-teen-social-media-trial/
  3. Jury bias in Musk case. https://courthousenews.com/contempt-for-musk-clouds-jury-selection-in-twitter-takeover-trial/
  4. Amazon death. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/amazon-nitrite-washington-supreme-court-2.pdf
  5. Virginia redistricting stalls. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/tazewell-injunction.pdf
  6. British ex-royal arrested. https://courthousenews.com/ex-prince-andrew-arrested-on-suspicion-of-sharing-sensitive-documents-with-epstein/
  7. Firetruck monopoly. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mke-v-fire-truck-manufacturers.pdf
  8. ICE churches. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/synod-v-dhs-ice-injunction.pdf
  9. Tina Peters denied bond. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/people-tina-peters-order-bond.pdf
  10. Slushie fraud. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/slush-puppie-forged-email-with-icee.pdf
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  12. Tunney Act Trump DOJ risks. https://prospect.org/2025/07/29/2025-07-29-law-could-blow-open-trump-antitrust-corruption/

*Lobbyist disclosure laws. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/chapter-26

**Lobbying disclosure guidelines. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/resources/pdf/S1guidance.pdf

***Transanity in Canada. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7704549/tribunal-ruling-out-of-british-columbia-canada

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  • Article I, section 8, clause 1 enumerates the power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises” to the legislative branch in Congress. 
  • Article I, section 8, clause 3 enumerates the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations” to the legislative branch in Congress. 
  • Article I, section  8, clause 5 enumerates the power to “fix the standard of weights and measures” to the legislative branch in Congress. 
  • Article I, section 8, clause 10 enumerates the power to “define and punish” those “offenses against the law of nations” to the legislative branch in Congress. 
  • Article I, section 8, clause 11, enumerates the power to “declare war” as well as “grant letters of marque and reprisal” and “make rules concerning captures on land and water,” to the legislative branch in Congress. 
  • Article I, section 8, clause 18 enumerates the power to “make all laws” that “shall be necessary and proper” for effectuating those other enumerated powers itemized above in the tariff context. 
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II. THE EVIDENCE

A reminder: links are NOT endorsements of the authors or their interpretation of events, but intended to expand our library of understanding as well as expose ideas of distinct perspective to our own. 

A. Barnes Library: Ten of the Top Curated Weekly Articles

  1. The Epstein elite. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/unsettling-truths-epstein-files-reveal-about-power-and-privilege
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  3. Israel 1st wants to end Free Speech. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/13/is_free_speech_really_the_highest_value_153834.html
  4. Nobody likes Newsom. https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/gavin-newsom-youre-no-bill-clinton
  5. Hawley-Warren bill seeks to end monopoly in medicine. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/senators-seek-to-smash-big-medicine
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  10. Dollar Tree death. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/max-antonio-garay-v-dollar-tree.pdf
  11. Boasberg latest insanity. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0766-247
  12. Trump immigration win. https://www.phelps.com/a/web/r5pKxiJkFZ7QKozjTbS8V2/ca5detention.pdf

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**Bonus: NCAAF eligibility suit. https://www.knoxnews.com/picture-gallery/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2026/02/13/joey-aguilar-eligibility-hearing-tennessee-vs-ncaa/88659399007/

***Bonus: AI plagiarism win. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/adelphi-university-ai-plagiarism-lawsuit-oh07enyz

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  2. Life on the line. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7687846/god-bless-and-protect-thomas-massie
  3. Prayer & a cute dog. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7688117/daily-prayer-2-0-heavenly-father-give-us-comfort-and-wisdom-allow-us-to-trust-your-judgement-and-y
  4. Surf. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7688060/pipeline-hawaii
  5. Real diversity. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7688513/title
  6. Hush Hush ideas. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7688104/robertbarnes-just-saw-a-news-article-talking-about-the-great-chicago-fire-being-started-by-communis
  7. Wisdom. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7687331/title
  8. Bill Brown Proverbs. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7686413/title
  9. Truth. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7684892/title
  10. My answer is Yes. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7687202/does-god-answer-your-prayers-i-ask-because-i-pray-everyday-whether-typed-down-here-or-mentally-reci

III. CLOSING ARGUMENT: Constitution Masterclass Series — Article I, Elections

  • Article I, section 4 empowered the legislative branch of the federal government — the Congress — “may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations” otherwise set by the legislatures of the state governing the “elections for Senators and Representatives” except to the Places of chusing Senators, later modified by the Seventeenth Amendment. Each House can further be the “Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members” including the power to expel “with the Concurrence of two thirds.” The Constitution affords no express power to Congress to elect the President or elect those to state or local office. And remember, Article I powers are constricted to those “herein granted” explicitly within the Constitution. 
  • Representatives must be “apportioned” amongst the States “according to their respective Numbers”, a determination made by “adding to the whole Number of free Persons” certain individuals no longer referenced after the Fourteenth Amendment. The “actual enumeration” of this apportionment “shall be made…within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” The original intention was that there were at least one representative for “every thirty Thousand”.
  • The Fourteenth Amendment modified these provisions by stating representatives be apportioned “to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed.” Of note, the provision also stripped representation of any state which limited Presidential electors beyond the limits of gender, age, citizenship, crime, or rebellion. 
  • The Fifteenth Amendment modified these provisions further by providing a “right of citizens of the United States to vote” and that such a right could not be denied on basis of race. 
  • The Seventeenth Amendment modified these provisions further by providing that the “people thereof” elect the Senators instead of the legislative branches of those state governments. 
  • The Nineteenth Amendment modified the provisions even further by expanding the Fifteenth Amendment’s right of citizens to vote to women. 
  • The TwentyFourth Amendment modified these provisions even further by holding the right of the citizens to vote in federal elections could not be limited based on taxes, including poll taxes. 
  • The Twenty-Sixth Amendment expanded these voting rights to include those 18 years of age or older that are citizens. 
  • Each of these Amendments repeated: “the right citizens of the United States to vote” as the entire premise of these Amendments to the Constitution for governing elections. Yet, somehow, the courts held in 2020 no such right existed to even afford standing to request judicial relief from stolen elections for the highest office in the land, and even when brought between states for the only nationally elected office? 
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I.   INTRODUCTION

A.   Art of the Week

·      One of the first superb memes for the Brief, recollecting a device many youngsters might not even recognize: the old typewriter, with its diligent use of the keys that moved like a an old cash register before recording its mark onto the page, and the ever needful Whiteout to fix the inevitable error, stacking the pages neatly somewhere nearby because once lost, never recovered. A time when writing required a different kind of dedication.

B.   Wisdom of the Week

·      “Civility is not a sign of weakness, but of strength.” President John Kennedy.

C.   Recommendation of the Week

·      Current book club reading over at People’s Pundit on the important virtue of a return to civil society. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17974854-our-virtuous-republic

D.  Appearances of the Week

·      Chatting w/ Stanislav.

II.   The Evidence

 

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