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Vol. 15 · No. 123 · Wednesday, 14 October 2026

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Jade helm 2020 canceled over COVID-19 concerns

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have derailed Deep State plans to use Army special operations forces to invade the southwestern region of the United States to implement mass gun seizures, open FEMA detention camps, and enact martial law.

“It’s unfortunate, but even when implementing the wholesale suspension of civil and human rights for our fellow citizens, we need to look out for the welfare of our troops,” spokesfascist Col. Dwight Turner said.

Sources close to the operation say the hundreds of military vehicles being transported by railway into Texas and other states will likely just be turned around and sent back to the undisclosed locations whence they came

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