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Boston Globe
03-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Red Sox rally but can't overcome Angels' six-run first inning
Angels leadoff hitter Zach Neto smashed a slider that bisected the plate at the top of the zone into the Monster Seats to commence the Angelic aggression. An eight-pitch walk to Nolan Schanuel, a single by Taylor Ward, and a run-scoring error on a groundball botched by third baseman Abraham Toro put the visitors ahead 2-0. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up After Fitts fell behind Mike Trout, 3-1, he opted for a four-seamer against the struggling star. The middle-middle location proved ill-advised, with Trout smashing it atop a platform behind the Monster Seats in left-center for a 454-foot, three-run homer that gave the Angels a 5-0 lead before they'd recorded a single out. Advertisement Fitts finally got his first out of the frame on his 32nd pitch. However, his 33rd offering left a pothole on Landsdowne Street after Jo Adell blasted a four-seamer for a solo homer that made it 6-0. Advertisement The three-homer yield was the first by a Red Sox pitcher in the first inning since Dana Kiecker got taken deep three times by the Tigers on May 26, 1991. It also marked the first time that a visiting team hit three homers in the first inning of a game at Fenway Park in the estimable venue's 114 seasons, according to star MLB researcher Sarah Langs. With Fitts — making just his second start since returning from a pectoral strain — at 39 pitches after a single inning of work, manager Alex Cora elected to lift him in favor of long reliever Hunter Dobbins. Fitts became just the ninth Red Sox starter this century, and the first since Rick Porcello in 2019, to allow at least six runs in a start of no more than one inning. The righthander's velocity was fine — he touched 98 m.p.h. — but his lack of swing-and-miss stuff left the Angels without fear of treading in the batter's box. Fitts elicited just two whiffs among his 39 offerings. Though the start was disastrous, Dobbins quickly stabilized the contest for the Sox. He kept the Angels scoreless for the next four frames, buying time for the Red Sox offense to awaken against Angels lefthander Tyler Anderson. The veteran — a right-lane driver who didn't throw a single pitch that cracked 90 mph — unbalanced the Sox through four innings in which he allowed just one run on back-to-back doubles by Jarren Duran and Rafael Devers in the third. But in the fifth, the Sox erupted in their third look at Anderson. Duran, who snapped an 0-for-17 stretch with his prior two-bagger, kicked off the rally with a one-out double to left-center, and after a Devers walk, advanced to third on a wild pitch. Rob Refsnyder (RBI single) and Carlos Narváez (RBI double) followed with run-scoring hits to chase Anderson after 4⅓ innings, and Romy Gonzalez greeted reliever Hunter Strickland by cuing an opposite-field, two-run double down the right-field line to make it 6-5. Advertisement The Angels regained a measure of separation in the top of the sixth, when Adell ambushed a first-pitch slider from Dobbins and launched it to left for his second homer of the game and a 7-5 lead. That was the only run allowed by the reliever in five bullpen-saving innings during which he struck out four and walked one. Alex Speier can be reached at
Express Tribune
07-05-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Catherine Austin Fitts: US spent $21 trillion building underground bases for elites
Listen to article A former official in President George H. W. Bush's administration has made explosive claims that the US government secretly built a massive network of underground 'cities' to shelter the wealthy and powerful in the event of a catastrophic global crisis. Catherine Austin Fitts, who served as assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 to 1990, made the allegations in a recent interview on The Tucker Carlson Podcast, claiming the underground system was funded through more than $21 trillion in unauthorised government spending. Though her claims are unverified, Fitts pointed to research by economist Mark Skidmore of Michigan State University, who in 2017 reported uncovering trillions in unsupported budget adjustments within the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development between 1998 and 2015. One figure included a staggering $6.5 trillion in adjustments made by the US Army in a single fiscal year. 'I started looking at where the money went and found evidence pointing to the construction of underground bases, city infrastructure, and hidden transportation systems,' Fitts said. 'We estimate there could be around 170 such facilities, some even beneath the ocean.' Fitts alleged the facilities were intended as secure locations for elite shelter in case of a 'near-extinction event' but could also support covert government operations, including what she described as a possible 'secret space program.' Tucker Carlson, responding to the claims, added that he had once spoken with a contractor who claimed a transformer box near Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., was actually an emergency exit linked to a hidden government tunnel system. Fitts also suggested these facilities operate on advanced 'breakthrough energy' technologies, asserting, 'I'm convinced this energy exists. Some of the ships flying around the planet aren't using classical electricity.' While her statements remain uncorroborated, they come at a time of rising interest in luxury survival infrastructure. In early 2025, Virginia-based firm SAFE (Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments) announced plans to build a $300 million private doomsday bunker named Aerie, offering AI-driven medical care and 'wellness' features. Memberships start at $20 million, and the company says it aims to construct similar bunkers in all 50 states. SAFE's founder called Virginia 'ground zero for the finest demographic in the world' — fuelling further speculation that elite shelter projects may not be just science fiction. Whether fact or fantasy, Fitts' claims have reignited debate over government secrecy, defence budgets, and what lengths those in power might go to when preparing for the worst.
Sky News AU
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
George H. Bush official claims US built secret $32 trillion underground ‘city' for rich and powerful to live in if ‘near-extinction event' happens
The federal government has secretly spent trillions building an elaborate network of subterranean 'cities' where the rich and powerful can shelter during a 'near-extinction event,' a former Bush White House official sensationally claimed. About 170 such bunkers have been built across the country since 1998 – including some resting beneath the oceans off the US coast, 74-year-old Catherine Austin Fitts told Tucker Carlson during a recent appearance on his podcast. 'It's preparation for catastrophe,' Fitts said, according to Fitts, who served as assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1990, claimed $21 trillion in taxpayer dollars were funneled into the project between 1998 and 2015. She provided no evidence for her claims, but said a 2017 report from Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore indicated that much 'unauthorized spending' had been uncovered across the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development during that time. After two years of combing through records related to already documented underground military bases, Fitts says she also looked into 'allegations' of a wider bunker network. Comparing her research against the missing cash, Fitts said she was able to make a 'guess' about how many facilities there really are. She claimed the 170 only applied to bases on US soil and around its coastline – alleging that more exist across the world. And the bases are connected by an elaborate transportation system, she added, while claiming they are powered by a secret energy system known only to the military. 'I'm convinced that this energy exists. If you look at a lot of the really fast ships, flying around the planet, they're not using classical electricity,' she said, in an apparent reference to a spate of bizarre unidentified aerial phenomena supposedly flying around the skies in recent years. Those alleged bases are used not just as doomsday bunkers for the elites, Fitts claimed, but also as places for the government to operate 'secret' operations like a 'secret space program.' The existence of elaborate underground government bases and bunkers is no secret. During the Cold War, the Cheyenne Mountain Complex was built inside a Colorado mountain to serve as a hardened base of operations for various military operations. It is currently used by the US Space Force. And from the 1950s through the 1990s, a bunker intended to house all of Congress in the event of a calamity was built and operated in total secrecy beneath the bustling Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Fitts, who worked as an investment banker before joining the Bush administration, also floated a number of other outlandish ideas while speaking to Carlson – including that the COVID-19 vaccine had DNA-modifying ingredients, and that a shadowy global cabal is trying to use mind control to enslave the world, according to the Daily Mail. Originally published as George H. Bush official claims US built secret $32 trillion underground 'city' for rich and powerful to live in if 'near-extinction event' happens
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bush official claims US built secret $21T underground ‘city' for rich and powerful to live if ‘near-extinction event' happens
The federal government has secretly spent trillions building an elaborate network of subterranean 'cities' where the rich and powerful can shelter during a 'near-extinction event,' a former Bush White House official sensationally claimed. About 170 such bunkers have been built across the country since 1998 – including some resting beneath the oceans off the US coast, 74-year-old Catherine Austin Fitts told Tucker Carlson during a recent appearance on his podcast. 'It's preparation for catastrophe,' Fitts said, according to A former housing official made an astonishing claim that the U.S. government spent years funneling money into the creation of a secret underground 'city' where the rich and powerful can shelter in the event of a 'near-extinction event.' SAFE Fitts, who served as assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1990, claimed $21 trillion in taxpayer dollars were funneled into the project between 1998 and 2015. She provided no evidence for her claims, but said a 2017 report from Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore indicated that much 'unauthorized spending' had been uncovered across the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development during that time. After two years of combing through records related to already documented underground military bases, Fitts says she also looked into 'allegations' of a wider bunker network. Comparing her research against the missing cash, Fitts said she was able to make a 'guess' about how many facilities there really are. Catherine Austin Fitts, who served as the assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing between 1989 and 1990, made the shocking allegations during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast. YouTube/Tucker Carlson She claimed the 170 only applied to bases on US soil and around its coastline – alleging that more exist across the world. And the bases are connected by an elaborate transportation system, she added, while claiming they are powered by a secret energy system known only to the military. 'I'm convinced that this energy exists. If you look at a lot of the really fast ships, flying around the planet, they're not using classical electricity,' she said, in an apparent reference to a spate of bizarre unidentified aerial phenomena supposedly flying around the skies in recent years. Those alleged bases are used not just as doomsday bunkers for the elites, Fitts claimed, but also as places for the government to operate 'secret' operations like a 'secret space program.' The existence of elaborate underground government bases and bunkers is no secret. During the Cold War, the Cheyenne Mountain Complex was built inside a Colorado mountain to serve as a hardened base of operations for various military operations. It is currently used by the US Space Force. And from the 1950s through the 1990s, a bunker intended to house all of Congress in the event of a calamity was built and operated in total secrecy beneath the bustling Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Fitts, who worked as an investment banker before joining the Bush administration, also floated a number of other outlandish ideas while speaking to Carlson – including that the COVID-19 vaccine had DNA-modifying ingredients, and that a shadowy global cabal is trying to use mind control to enslave the world, according to the Daily Mail.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
US has a $21 trillion underground network for only the wealthy to hide out in a ‘near-extinction event,' official says
The U.S. has built a secret underground 'city' costing $21 trillion where the ultra-wealthy can hide out druing a 'near-extinction event,' a former government official has claimed. Catherine Austin Fitts, who served as the assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development under president George H.W. Bush, made the shocking allegation on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's podcast, according to A stunning $21 trillion in 'unauthorized spending' occurred in the department between 1998-2015, according to a 2017 report released by Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore. Skidmore's report had been prompted by Fitts referring 'to a report which indicated the Army had $6.5 trillion in unsupported adjustments, or spending, in fiscal 2015.' 'Given the Army's $122 billion budget, that meant unsupported adjustments were 54 times spending authorized by Congress. Typically, such adjustments in public budgets are only a small fraction of authorized spending,' the report noted. While on 'The Tucker Carlson Show,' Fitts said she spent years investigating where the $21 trillion had gone – and discovered there were 170 secret underground bases across the U.S. 'One of the things I've looked at in the process of looking at where all this money is going is the underground base, city infrastructure, and transportation system that's been built,' she said. 'We have built an extraordinary number of underground bases and, supposedly, transportation systems,' including bases located below oceans, she claimed. It was not immediately clear where the secret bunkers are located – or who among the elite might have access to them should disaster strike. It's also unknown the scope of the bunkers or the features of everyday life they include. The bases would be used if a 'near-extinction event' were imminent – or for the government to carry out 'secret' projects, including a secret space program, Fitts claimed. Carlson noted he assumed such bases would only exist in Washington, D.C., to be used in the case of a 'nuclear war,' to which Fitts responded: 'Some of it is. It's preparation for catastrophe.'
