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- Manuka Gold (Kelly and the Manuka Gold Family)
- Associate Executive Producers:
- Sir Cal of Lavender Blossoms
- Linda Lupatkin — Imagemakers Ink, Duchess of Jobs
- Shaun — Investor Portal Pro
- Title Changes:
- Sir Gary > Baronet Sir Gary Who Plays Taps
- End of Show Mixes:
- Bonald Crabtree — poddym0uth (rat race grifters)
- Jus Baker — Miracle Mitch
- Oystein Berge — White Habbit (NA mix)
- Sir Johnny B — Rutty Senator No More
- Mark van Dijk - Systems Master
- Ryan Bemrose - Program Director
- Clip Custodian: Neal Jones
- Clip Collectors: Steve Jones & Dave Ackerman
- 📰 Articles and Links (from prep — read / context)
- RESEARCH SOURCES - $3.8B aid vs the federal budget
- RESEARCH SOURCES - USAID examples (real vs viral-distorted)
- 00 ☢️ IRAN WAR - HORMUZ STRIKES 20PCT PIVOT
- A-story: Trump’s abrupt reversal on the 20% Strait-of-Hormuz “protection fee” — dropped 24h after announcing it when oil spiked and Gulf allies offered to “invest in America” instead — as the strait stays closed, the US bombards Iran, and the Israel-influence thread runs underneath (Vance vs the funded Time campaign).
- The 20pct toll to invest-in-America pivot
- Trump - Rescinds Hormuz toll, Gulf to invest instead of fee
- Trump (CNN): Rescinds Hormuz toll, Gulf to invest instead of fee.
- Mary Bruce - Trump drops 20pct Hormuz toll, strait closed, US strikes
- 📺 Mary Bruce — ABC News (MSM)
- Mary Bruce (ABC): Trump drops 20pct Hormuz toll, strait closed, US strikes.
- ABC - Trump changing his tune, one thing is clear the Strait is closed
- ABC (ABC): Trump changing his tune, one thing is clear the Strait is closed.
- Maleki - allies should read the toll as burden-sharing, not a US grab
- 📺 Maleki — Fox News (MSM)
- Maleki (FOX): allies should read the toll as burden-sharing, not a US grab.
- McLean - from an MOU to an IOU, borderline confiscatory
- 📺 McLean — CBS News (MSM)
- McLean (CBS): from an MOU to an IOU, borderline confiscatory.
- Trump - Reimbursed for protecting the rich Gulf, we control the oil
- 📺 Trump — WH press gaggle (pool)
- Trump (GAGGLE): Reimbursed for protecting the rich Gulf, we control the oil.
- Trump - Iran was the bully, now no navy, leaders all dead
- 📺 Trump — WH press gaggle (pool)
- Trump (GAGGLE): Iran was the bully, now no navy, leaders all dead.
- Strait closed and the workarounds
- Analyst - Blockade a negotiating tactic, oil still flows
- Analyst (CNBC): Blockade a negotiating tactic, oil still flows.
- Analyst - Gulf diverting away from Hormuz
- Analyst (CNBC): Gulf diverting away from Hormuz.
- DMCC exec - Trade adapts, moves to other routes
- DMCC exec (CNBC): Trade adapts, moves to other routes.
- DMCC exec - New Fujairah port outside the Strait entirely
- DMCC exec (CNBC): New Fujairah port outside the Strait entirely.
- The strikes and war escalation
- Trump - hit them very hard, power plants + bridges unless they negotiate
- Trump (CBS): hit them very hard, power plants + bridges unless they negotiate.
- Trump - Hormuz open, closed, we'll run it - contradiction supercut
- Trump (MSNOW): Hormuz open, closed, we'll run it - contradiction supercut.
- NBC - Iran war cost 80-100 billion, up from 30B three months ago
- NBC (NBC): Iran war cost 80-100 billion, up from 30B three months ago.
- Netanyahu - do not count on a rerun, it will be much more powerful
- 📺 Netanyahu — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Netanyahu (PBS): do not count on a rerun, it will be much more powerful.
- Brit Hume - critics will cite the cost, was it worth it
- 📺 Brit Hume — Fox News (MSM)
- Brit Hume (FOX): critics will cite the cost, was it worth it.
- Rep Deluzio - like WWII, if Hitler bombs London we start bombing London
- 📺 Rep Deluzio — MSNBC (MSM)
- Rep Deluzio (MSNOW): like WWII, if Hitler bombs London we start bombing London.
- ABC - Trump renewing threats on power plants and bridges, a war crime
- ABC (ABC): Trump renewing threats on power plants and bridges, a war crime.
- Vance - not in the regime-change business
- JD Vance - were not in the regime-change business, keep the straits open and oil flowing
- 📺 JD Vance — Joe Rogan Experience (podcast)
- JD Vance (JRE): were not in the regime-change business, keep the straits open and oil flowing.
- The Israel influence campaign - Vance Fuentes West Bank
- JD Vance - a foreign influence campaign funded to tank my Iran deal, go to hell I represent Americans first
- 📺 JD Vance — Joe Rogan Experience (podcast)
- JD Vance (JRE): a foreign influence campaign funded to tank my Iran deal, go to hell I represent Americans first.
- Fuentes - The grift flipped
- 📺 Fuentes — Nick Fuentes / America First (stream)
- Fuentes (FUENTES): The grift flipped.
- Fuentes - Press the button for a treat
- 📺 Fuentes — Nick Fuentes / America First (stream)
- Fuentes (FUENTES): Press the button for a treat.
- Fuentes - Foreign-supercharged engagement
- 📺 Fuentes — Nick Fuentes / America First (stream)
- Fuentes (FUENTES): Foreign-supercharged engagement.
- Fuentes - The escalation ladder
- 📺 Fuentes — Nick Fuentes / America First (stream)
- Fuentes (FUENTES): The escalation ladder.
- Kasky - detained by settlers with silenced M4s, a Parkland survivor, no justice
- Kasky (CBS): detained by settlers with silenced M4s, a Parkland survivor, no justice.
- Fox Iran endgame - Hannity and Miller
- Hannity - maybe its time to unleash the countries in the region to take care of business
- 📺 Hannity — Fox News (MSM)
- Hannity (FOX): maybe its time to unleash the countries in the region to take care of business.
- Stephen Miller - Iran violated the agreement and attacked shipping, you do not cross the United States
- 📺 Stephen Miller — Fox News (MSM)
- Stephen Miller (FOX): Iran violated the agreement and attacked shipping, you do not cross the United States.
- The axis of hard men - Kennedy
- Sen Kennedy - hard men understand strength, Xi thinks all we do is debate whether a man can breastfeed
- 📺 Sen Kennedy — Theo Von / This Past Weekend (podcast)
- Sen Kennedy (THEO VON): hard men understand strength, Xi thinks all we do is debate whether a man can breastfeed.
- Israel out-classes China in cyber
- ex-CIA officer - Israel far more cyber-capable than China, how many pagers blow up, are they even an ally
- 📺 ex-CIA officer — PBD Podcast (podcast)
- ex-CIA officer (PBD): Israel far more cyber-capable than China, how many pagers blow up, are they even an ally.
- Iran reach and the war at home
- Buckley - hundreds of Iranian drones in Cuba, 90 miles from Key West
- 📺 Buckley — Fox News (MSM)
- Buckley (FOX): hundreds of Iranian drones in Cuba, 90 miles from Key West.
- Maddow - Iran War Participation Trophy statue for Trump on the National Mall
- Maddow (MSNOW): Iran War Participation Trophy statue for Trump on the National Mall.
- 01 💰 BANKING FED MONEY
- The June CPI hands the White House a victory lap (Hassett “67 economists wrong,” Trump “remember it for the midterms”) while the grocery aisle and a grilled Fed Chair Warsh (independence + the Bowman blackout-dinner corruption tell) say otherwise — plus Trump’s name going on the currency and the money-laundering plumbing.
- HEARING - Fed Chair Warsh
- Warsh - do you work for Donald Trump, Fed independence under pressure
- Warsh (CNN): do you work for Donald Trump, Fed independence under pressure.
- Warren - did you ask her about the secret meeting, invites corruption
- Warren (CNN): did you ask her about the secret meeting, invites corruption.
- Al Green - I'll pray for you, stand firm
- 📺 Al Green — House hearing (C-SPAN) (official)
- Al Green (HOUSE): I'll pray for you, stand firm.
- Al Green - Interested in war, or speculative bubbles
- 📺 Al Green — House hearing (C-SPAN) (official)
- Al Green (HOUSE): Interested in war, or speculative bubbles.
- Al Green - Lower rates fuel speculative bubbles, your purview
- 📺 Al Green — House hearing (C-SPAN) (official)
- Al Green (HOUSE): Lower rates fuel speculative bubbles, your purview.
- The CPI spin vs the grocery aisle
- Hassett - best inflation report in six years, 67 economists got it wrong
- 📺 Hassett — Fox News (MSM)
- Hassett (FOX): best inflation report in six years, 67 economists got it wrong.
- Trump-Lempert - prices way down for the midterms vs ground beef highest ever
- 📺 Trump-Lempert — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Trump-Lempert (PBS): prices way down for the midterms vs ground beef highest ever.
- Trumps name on the money
- Bessent vault - Trump signature on the new currency for the first time
- 📺 Bessent vault — Fox News (MSM)
- Bessent vault (FOX): Trump signature on the new currency for the first time.
- Crypto self-dealing - the CLARITY Act
- Sen Lummis - We cant legislate for one person, capitalist premise
- 📺 Sen Lummis — Fox Business (MSM)
- Sen Lummis (FBN): We cant legislate for one person, capitalist premise.
- Sen Lummis - Trump would veto, I dont blame him
- 📺 Sen Lummis — Fox Business (MSM)
- Sen Lummis (FBN): Trump would veto, I dont blame him.
- The money-laundering plumbing
- Epstein - 25 million bank fixer fee for doing very little
- 📺 Epstein — CBS News (MSM)
- Epstein (CBS): 25 million bank fixer fee for doing very little.
- Browder - 17-year-old tracks Russian A7A5 crypto sanctions evasion
- Browder (MSNOW): 17-year-old tracks Russian A7A5 crypto sanctions evasion.
- Browder - what he found - A7A5 enablers and 26 UK MPs push sanctions
- Browder (MSNOW): what he found - A7A5 enablers and 26 UK MPs push sanctions.
- 02 🩺 HEALTH PHARMA
- Explosive-diarrhea Cyclospora spreads to 34 states (lettuce/Taco Bell), a fast Ebola outbreak already half of 2018’s, two vaccine-politics hearings (CDC flu nominee, Cassidy vs anti-mRNA), and Hegseth’s low-T troop screening.
- 📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
- Explosive diarrhea - the Cyclospora outbreak
- Dr Awan - cyclosporiasis in 31 states, explosive diarrhea for weeks not days
- 📺 Dr Awan — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Dr Awan (PBS): cyclosporiasis in 31 states, explosive diarrhea for weeks not days.
- Stephanie Ramos - Taco Bell pulls ingredients, lettuce eyed, 34 states
- 📺 Stephanie Ramos — ABC News (MSM)
- Stephanie Ramos (ABC): Taco Bell pulls ingredients, lettuce eyed, 34 states.
- Anne Thompson - Michigan lettuce signal, Taco Bell probed, 34 states
- 📺 Anne Thompson — NBC News (MSM)
- Anne Thompson (NBC): Michigan lettuce signal, Taco Bell probed, 34 states.
- Ebola - half of 2018 in two months
- Dr Sutton - Ebola already half the 2018 outbreak in two months, no vaccine, US risk low
- 📺 Dr Sutton — ABC News (MSM)
- Dr Sutton (ABC): Ebola already half the 2018 outbreak in two months, no vaccine, US risk low.
- HEARING - CDC director nominee kids flu vaccine
- CDC nominee wont refuse an order to stop promoting the flu vaccine for kids
- CDC nominee wont refuse an order to stop promoting the flu vaccine for kids. (CNN)
- HEARING - HHS nominee and the mRNA fight
- Cassidy - flabbergasted youd stop mRNA research over adverse events, like my Aleve
- 📺 Cassidy — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Cassidy (PBS): flabbergasted youd stop mRNA research over adverse events, like my Aleve.
- Hegseth low-T troop screening
- Hegseth screens troops 30+ for low testosterone, Fat Troops crackdown
- 📺 Good Morning America (ABC) (MSM)
- Hegseth screens troops 30+ for low testosterone, Fat Troops crackdown. (GMA)
- 03 🏛️ TRUMP ADMIN DOJ
- Todd Blanche’s AG hearing (the “now I’m the deputy AG” slip + the $1B IRS fund + abortion-pill retreat), the WH Air-Force-One leak hunt → NYT subpoenas → 1st-Amendment fight, governing-by-tweet on ICE, DNI nominee Jay Clayton dodging “who won 2020,” and SCOTUS security.
- HEARING - Todd Blanche AG confirmation
- Blanche - AG nominee slips Im his lawyer now Im the deputy AG, billion-dollar IRS fund
- 📺 Blanche — NBC News (MSM)
- Blanche (NBC): AG nominee slips Im his lawyer now Im the deputy AG, billion-dollar IRS fund.
- David Urban - Blanche will be AG confirmed or not, acting till term end
- 📺 David Urban — CNN (MSM)
- David Urban (CNN): Blanche will be AG confirmed or not, acting till term end.
- Sen Whitehouse - Blanche full faith in Kash Patel, obnoxious question
- 📺 Sen Whitehouse — CNN (MSM)
- Sen Whitehouse (CNN): Blanche full faith in Kash Patel, obnoxious question.
- Blanche - Trump DOJ wont defend Bidens abortion pill rule, the Biden rules were wrong
- 📺 Blanche — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Blanche (PBS): Trump DOJ wont defend Bidens abortion pill rule, the Biden rules were wrong.
- The WH leak hunt and NYT subpoenas
- Evan Perez - Air Force One leak, phones seized, Patel and Wiles orchestrate
- Evan Perez (CNN): Air Force One leak, phones seized, Patel and Wiles orchestrate.
- Evan Perez - president furious, subpoenas to NYT reporters
- Evan Perez (CNN): president furious, subpoenas to NYT reporters.
- Evan Perez - FBI director setting up shop, at least one refused
- Evan Perez (CNN): FBI director setting up shop, at least one refused.
- Todd Blanche - reporters are material witnesses like a car crash
- 📺 Todd Blanche — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Todd Blanche (PBS): reporters are material witnesses like a car crash.
- Will Creeley - a leak doesnt strip 1st Amendment, subpoenas are chilling
- 📺 Will Creeley — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Will Creeley (PBS): a leak doesnt strip 1st Amendment, subpoenas are chilling.
- 📎 Context / research
- Does the 1st Amendment actually protect reporters from being forced to reveal sources? Strictly — NO.
- Branzburg v. Hayes (1972, 5–4): SCOTUS declined to grant newsmen a testimonial privilege other citizens don’t enjoy; the grand-jury interest outweighs the “incidental burden” on the press. Justice White: “This we decline to do.”
- Justice Powell’s concurrence muddied it — lower courts since recognize a “qualified privilege” (may protect in civil, almost never in criminal/grand-jury).
- Protection today is a patchwork: 40+ state shield laws; NO federal shield law (PRESS Act still not passed as of mid-2026); DOJ policy (Garland 2022) restricts subpoenas but is administrative, not constitutional.
- Bottom line: the 1st Amendment shields the right to PUBLISH (no prior restraint), not the right to withhold WHERE you got it if a court demands.
- Will Creeley - Pentagon Papers, protect the governed not the governors
- 📺 Will Creeley — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Will Creeley (PBS): Pentagon Papers, protect the governed not the governors.
- Will Creeley - a pattern of press attacks, dont normalize it
- 📺 Will Creeley — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Will Creeley (PBS): a pattern of press attacks, dont normalize it.
- Governing by tweet - ICE traffic stops
- Trump reverses DHS by tweet, ICE cannot give up traffic stops, caught ICE off guard
- Trump reverses DHS by tweet, ICE cannot give up traffic stops, caught ICE off guard. (NBC)
- CNN Enten - ICE net favorability collapses, -42 with independents
- CNN Enten (CNN): ICE net favorability collapses, -42 with independents.
- HEARING - DNI nominee Jay Clayton
- Jay Clayton - wont say who won 2020, Ossoff calls it humiliating
- 📺 Jay Clayton — CNN (MSM)
- Jay Clayton (CNN): wont say who won 2020, Ossoff calls it humiliating.
- Sen Mark Kelly - disappointing, will he stand up to Trump on intel
- 📺 Sen Mark Kelly — CNN (MSM)
- Sen Mark Kelly (CNN): disappointing, will he stand up to Trump on intel.
- SCOTUS security threats
- Ed OKeefe - justices seek 14.6M for 24-7 protection, threats up 38pct
- 📺 Ed OKeefe — CBS News (MSM)
- Ed OKeefe (CBS): justices seek 14.6M for 24-7 protection, threats up 38pct.
- 04 ⚰️ LINDSEY GRAHAM
- Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death at 71 (aortic tear), his sister Darlene appointed to finish the term, the FBI search of his DC home, and The View litigating his complicated legacy.
- Death cause and succession
- Dr Siegel - Lindsey Graham died at 71 of an aortic dissection, chest pain the warning
- 📺 Dr Siegel — Fox News (MSM)
- Dr Siegel (FOX): Lindsey Graham died at 71 of an aortic dissection, chest pain the warning.
- Jay OBrien - sister Darlene to fill seat, died of an aortic tear
- 📺 Jay OBrien — ABC News (MSM)
- Jay OBrien (ABC): sister Darlene to fill seat, died of an aortic tear.
- FBI search of his home
- Ryan Nobles - FBI search DC home, Tuberville final chest-pains call
- 📺 Ryan Nobles — NBC News (MSM)
- Ryan Nobles (NBC): FBI search DC home, Tuberville final chest-pains call.
- The View - the complicated legacy
- The View - remembering Lady G, celebrating a death is inhumane
- 📺 The View — The View (ABC) (MSM)
- The View (VIEW): remembering Lady G, celebrating a death is inhumane.
- The View - Schmidt pilot fish, betrayed country for power, the flip-flops
- 📺 The View — The View (ABC) (MSM)
- The View (VIEW): Schmidt pilot fish, betrayed country for power, the flip-flops.
- The KY Senate succession law
- LEX18 - Kentucky changed its Senate succession law, now a special election
- 📺 LEX18 — LEX18 (NBC affiliate) (MSM)
- LEX18 (LEX18): Kentucky changed its Senate succession law, now a special election.
- 05 🤖 AI TECH
- AI marches into the classroom (Anthropic’s Claude for Teachers) as the maker admits it can’t vouch for the developing brain; OpenAI’s home device + Apple’s IP suit; Chamath names the hype-financing game; Apple shrinks AI onto the iPhone.
- AI into the classroom - Amodei
- Amodei - Anthropic Claude for Teachers, we dont know AIs impact on the developing brain
- 📺 Amodei — ABC News (MSM)
- Amodei (ABC): Anthropic Claude for Teachers, we dont know AIs impact on the developing brain.
- OpenAI home device and Apples IP suit
- OpenAI - screen-free Alexa clone as Apple sues for stealing IP, 6.5 billion for Jony Ive
- OpenAI (CNBC): screen-free Alexa clone as Apple sues for stealing IP, 6.5 billion for Jony Ive.
- The bubble hype-financing tell - Chamath
- Chamath - AI hype oscillates super-god vs weapon, trillion-dollar ripple
- Chamath (CNBC): AI hype oscillates super-god vs weapon, trillion-dollar ripple.
- Apple shrinks AI onto the iPhone
- CNBC Segalos - Prism ML shrinks AI, could disrupt the semis trade
- 📺 CNBC Segalos — CNBC (MSM)
- CNBC Segalos (CNBC): Prism ML shrinks AI, could disrupt the semis trade.
- 06 🕰️ TIME AND SPACE SUNSHINE
- Congress passes permanent Daylight Saving (the Sunshine Protection Act) — paired with the startup selling sunlight-on-demand from orbit.
- The Sunshine Protection Act permanent DST
- Scott Yates - House passed permanent DST, biggest step yet
- 📺 Scott Yates — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Scott Yates (PBS): House passed permanent DST, biggest step yet.
- Scott Yates - clock change is deadly, two-year state implementation
- 📺 Scott Yates — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Scott Yates (PBS): clock change is deadly, two-year state implementation.
- Scott Yates - answering Cotton, permanent DST safer, states-right
- 📺 Scott Yates — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Scott Yates (PBS): answering Cotton, permanent DST safer, states-right.
- Scott Yates - the farmer myth, it was a Boston retailer
- 📺 Scott Yates — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Scott Yates (PBS): the farmer myth, it was a Boston retailer.
- Sunlight on demand from orbit
- Anchor - Reflect Orbital space mirror, sun on demand vs astronomers
- 📺 Anchor — newscast (MSM)
- Anchor (NEWS): Reflect Orbital space mirror, sun on demand vs astronomers.
- 07 ⚽ CULTURE
- The World Cup grift, Balogun owning the media pressure, the Fuentes-grift media read, the Platner vetting mess, Khanna’s moderate mask, and Trump’s Reflecting-Pool “vandalism” vs the algae.
- The World Cup grift - Kuper
- Kuper - World Cups dont boost the economy, FIFA takes the money and hosts pay
- 📺 Kuper — PBS NewsHour (MSM)
- Kuper (PBS): World Cups dont boost the economy, FIFA takes the money and hosts pay.
- Balogun owns the pressure
- Balogun - the pressure wasnt just internal but from the whole footballing world, but its not an excuse
- 📺 Balogun — NBC News (MSM)
- Balogun (NBC): the pressure wasnt just internal but from the whole footballing world, but its not an excuse.
- The Platner vetting mess
- Vetting team - We paid a firm, missed the tattoo, none of this stops him
- 📺 Vetting team — X / social (clip)
- Vetting team (X): We paid a firm, missed the tattoo, none of this stops him.
- Ro Khanna the moderate mask
- Fox Outnumbered - Khanna a DSA member masquerading moderate, eyes governor or president
- 📺 Fox Outnumbered — Fox News (MSM)
- Fox Outnumbered (FOX): Khanna a DSA member masquerading moderate, eyes governor or president.
- Trumps Reflecting-Pool vandalism vs the algae
- Trump vandalism claim - a 300-foot box-cutter slit vs the Reflecting Pool algae reality
- 📺 Trump vandalism claim — NBC News (MSM)
- Trump vandalism claim (NBC): a 300-foot box-cutter slit vs the Reflecting Pool algae reality.
- 08 🌅 DYING WORLD ORDER
- The deliberate managed decline of the sovereign nation-state — Rupert Lowe on the JRE — and Londongrad as the laundromat that just swaps Russian money for Gulf/China money.
- Rupert Lowe - the managed decline JRE
- Rupert Lowe - Diminish the nation-state, a long deceitful plan
- 📺 Rupert Lowe — Joe Rogan Experience (podcast)
- Rupert Lowe (JRE): Diminish the nation-state, a long deceitful plan.
- Rupert Lowe - Lose your currency, lose your sovereignty
- 📺 Rupert Lowe — Joe Rogan Experience (podcast)
- Rupert Lowe (JRE): Lose your currency, lose your sovereignty.
- Rupert Lowe - My mission, Restore Britain reverse the tide
- 📺 Rupert Lowe — Joe Rogan Experience (podcast)
- Rupert Lowe (JRE): My mission, Restore Britain reverse the tide.
- Londongrad - the laundromat and its reckoning
- Fareed - London laundromat golden visas for oligarch cash, US now too
- Fareed (CNN): London laundromat golden visas for oligarch cash, US now too.
- Fareed - reckoning, non-dom rolled back but Gulf and China money replaces Russians
- Fareed (CNN): reckoning, non-dom rolled back but Gulf and China money replaces Russians.