Today’s show focuses on Biden’s 11 minute announcement he’s withdrawing from election 2024 and fact checks Biden’s 3 claims: 1. there’s no crisis at the US border…as 2m illegals/yr enter the USA; his claim US has not been at war anywhere during his term… vs. US forces today in Ukraine, Israel, & Yemen; and his claim the US economy is ‘best in the world’… vs. reality re. US inflation, jobs, household debt, surging US deficits-debt-interest, and actual GDP first half 2024 after statistical adjustments are removed.  Show concludes with US wars Update for Ukraine (Zelensky-Trump phone call & Beijing’s diplomacy) and Yemen (Israeli escalation) and with latest news for BRICS on eve of their forthcoming announcement of an alternative global financial structure…and what it means for US domestic economy and empire.