No Agenda Episode 1858 - "Nut Spread"

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  Credits
    Nut Spread
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      Tyler Obrien
      Shawn Stedman
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    02 — IRAN ROUND 2 + MAGA REVOLT (folder: 02 Iran Round 2)
      LEAD: Opens with Trump 'civilization will die' — spins into the MAGA revolt reaction (supercuts, Alex Jones, MTG) — then lands on the 10-point reality. Netanyahu finger on the trigger, Vance Lebanon clarification, ABC 'ceasefire is a pause,' Starmer showing up to take credit. The audience arc: shock → outrage → reality check → the deal is cracking.
      Rundown — 19 clips in play order
        <b>— CIVILIZATION WILL DIE —</b>
        01 Trump Civilization Will Die Power Plant Day Praise Be To Allah - Vox (1:30 trimmed)
        02 Trump Truth Social Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight War Crime - WRAL
        <b>— SUPERCUTS —</b>
        03 SUPERCUT Civilization Will Die Tonight 19 Voices
        04 SUPERCUT 25th Amendment 21 Voices With Alex Jones Kicker
        <b>— M5M MAGA REVOLT —</b>
        05 Psaki 25th Amendment MAGA Coalition Fraying Tucker Says No Carry Out Orders - MSNBC
          Psaki: 'Right-wing influencers like Alex Jones, Candace Owens, MTG now calling on Trump's cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.' Plays Tucker: 'Now it's time to say no, absolutely not. If given the order, I'm not carrying it out. Figure out the codes on the football yourself.' Psaki: 'Sound familiar? Tucker is giving the same advice Democrats gave last year that Trump called treason.'
        06 Tapper Khanna 70 Democrats Plus Pelosi Call 25th Amendment Exterminate Nation - CNN
          Rep Ro Khanna: 'Almost 70 Democrats, including former Speaker Pelosi, called for the 25th Amendment. You don't just threaten to exterminate another nation. Reagan never did that. Nixon never did that. No president in American history has done that.'
        07 Khanna What Have We Achieved 13 Americans Dead 4 Dollar Gas Iran More Control Hormuz - CNN
          Khanna: 'We used to have $2.30 gas, now $4. Iran has more control over Hormuz. A more hardline regime in power. Still has enriched uranium. 13 Americans dead. What have we achieved?'
        08 Alex Jones Tackle Trump Internal Coup 25th Amendment - Infowars
        09 MTG Voted Trump Three Times Did Not Vote For Iran War - Newsmax
        <b>— THE 10-POINT REALITY —</b>
        10 Panel Insane Jump Civilization To Charging Tolls 20 Percent World Oil - Panel News
        11 Panel Bobby 10 Point Plan Maximalist Charge Tolls Reparations - Panel News
        <b>— THE CEASEFIRE: CRACKING ALREADY —</b>
        12 AC360 Cooper Ceasefire Under Fire No Written Truce Vance Lebanon Misunderstanding - CNN
          Cooper: 'A ceasefire under fire. A truce the public has yet to see in writing.' Iran stopped tanker traffic after 2 ships. Vance: 'Iranians thought ceasefire included Lebanon, it just didn't.'
        13 AC360 Cooper No Single Written Truce 15 vs 10 Points Strait Not Quite Open - CNN
          Cooper: 'No single written truce for all to see.' Hegseth morning: 'Strait is open.' Vance afternoon: 'Starting to reopen.' Starting to. Not open.
        14 ABC Ceasefire Is A Pause Joint Force Ready Traffic Buildup Hormuz Israel Still Hitting Lebanon - Ackerman
          'A ceasefire is a pause, the joint force remains ready.' Israel still hitting Lebanon. h/t Ackerman
        <b>— BOTG: THE REGION —</b>
        BOTG from The Region (read on air):
          Multiple versions of the 10 conditions in Iranian media — nobody has seen the one the US agreed to. Both sides claim victory. Iranian propaganda gone next-level with AI: military spokesperson doing 2-min Instagram-ready videos in English, Arabic and Hebrew. Plus conspiracy theory that the airmen rescue was fake — actually 2 failed uranium extraction ops.
        <b>— EVERYONE SHOWS UP NOW —</b>
        15 Starmer Just Reached This Ceasefire Wasnt Our War Convening Countries - CTH
          Douchebag of the week. 'Well, we've just reached this ceasefire... this war wasn't our war... we've been convening a number of countries.'
        <b>— TAPPER GRILLS RUTTE (4 clips from CNN The Lead) —</b>
        16 Tapper Rutte Meeting With Trump Disappointed But Majority Lived Up Starmer Coalition 34 Countries - CNN
          Rutte post-Trump meeting. 'Clearly disappointed but majority lived up. Starmer bringing 34 countries for Hormuz. A very frank discussion between two good friends.'
        17 Tapper Rutte Withdraw NATO Moving Troops Spain France Didnt Live Up - CNN
          WSJ: Trump weighing MOVING US TROOPS out of unhelpful NATO countries. 'Spain, France' named as blocking bases/airspace. Rutte trying to have it both ways.
        18 Tapper Rutte Leavitt They Were Tested And Failed Not Black Or White Illegal War - CNN
          WH: 'They were tested and they failed.' Tapper asks about illegal war. Rutte: 'No no no, widespread support.'
        19 Tapper Rutte Hormuz Italy School By Zoom Gas Crisis Threaten Civilization Bother You - CNN
          🤣 Italy doing SCHOOL BY ZOOM from gas crisis. Tapper: 'Did threatening civilization bother you?' Rutte: 'I'm not commenting on everything.' Peak diplomatic dodge.
        <b>— BOTG: THE REGION —</b>
        Lex BOTG
          Zojuist heeft Fariba gebeld met zus Leila en met alle familieleden in Iran gaat het goed, geen schade, genoeg te eten. Momenteel alles rustig in Teheran, alles is gesloten, behalve de supermarkten.
        BOTG from The Region (read on air):
          Multiple versions of the 10 conditions in Iranian media — nobody has seen the one the US agreed to. Both sides claim victory. Iranian propaganda gone next-level with AI: military spokesperson doing 2-min Instagram-ready videos in English, Arabic and Hebrew. Plus conspiracy theory that the airmen rescue was fake — actually 2 failed uranium extraction ops.
      Articles — Iran Round 2 / Ceasefire / 10-Point Plan
        Al Jazeera: Iran's 10-Point Plan
        France 24: What We Know About Iran's 10-Point Plan
        France 24: Ceasefire Major Problem for Netanyahu
        The New Republic: Netanyahu Declares Not the End
        Times of Israel: Netanyahu Asked Trump NOT to Ceasefire
        NBC News Live Updates: Iran War Ceasefire
        CNN: Fragile Ceasefire Tested
        PBS NewsHour: Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes, Ceasefire Threatened
        Reuters: Trump Abrupt Iran Reversal Exposes Limits of Leverage
        Reuters: Trump Pushes Hormuz Reopening WITHOUT Tolls
        Reuters: US Senate Vote on War Powers Resolution
        Reuters: Oil Rises, Investors Wary Ceasefire Will Open Supply
        France 24: Iran Sea Mines Chart in Strait of Hormuz (BREAKING Apr 9)
        DW: Trump Criticizes NATO in Meeting with Rutte
        Al Jazeera: Ceasefire Terms — What's Next
        Conservative Treehouse: Starmer Takes Credit for Ceasefire
        Al Jazeera: Pakistan Two-Phased Truce / Islamabad Accord
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    03 — BOARD OF PEACE: THE SPIDER IN THE WEB (folder: 03 Board of Peace)
      LEAD: Bessent admits the financial war was pre-planned at Treasury months before the kinetic war. The toll at Hormuz gets paid in stablecoins. The stablecoins are backed by US Treasuries custodied by Cantor (Lutnick). Trump's sons profit via World Liberty Financial / Sheikh Tahnoon. DFC backstops the whole thing with $20B. The puzzle forms a picture. h/t This Week in Bitcoin ep 99 / Chris Fisher for surfacing the Bessent hearing.
      THE CLOSED LOOP — Adam reads on air as the frame before/between clips:
        'Here's how the whole thing works. It's a closed loop.'
        Step 1: WAR destroys the existing financial infrastructure of the target country. Iran. Gaza. Ukraine is next.
        Step 2: The BOARD OF PEACE controls reconstruction. Trump is chairman for life — in his personal capacity, not as president. That means this survives his presidency. Permanent seats cost one billion dollars. France, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and the Vatican all declined. Canada's invitation was rescinded after Mark Carney refused to pay.
        Step 3: Reconstruction money flows through the GRAD Fund — that's a World Bank pass-through. 'Financial Intermediary Fund for Gaza Reconstruction and Development.' The World Bank is a LIMITED trustee — no responsibility after funds transfer. No Palestinian involvement. No spending restrictions. Seventeen billion dollars pledged. Ten billion from the US, seven from member states.
        Step 4: ALL transactions settle in a dollar-backed STABLECOIN. Either USD1, which is issued by World Liberty Financial — co-founded by Trump's sons and Steve Witkoff's son — or USDT, which is Tether. The stablecoin is location-locked, geofenced via phone GPS and merchant terminals. It only clears inside approved zones. This is a CBDC field-tested on a captive population.
        Step 5: The GENIUS Act — signed into law last year — MANDATES that every stablecoin issuer hold US Treasuries as backing. Tether alone holds a hundred billion dollars in Treasuries. More than Germany. More than Australia. If stablecoins grow to two or three trillion — which is Bessent's own projection — that's two to three trillion in mandatory Treasury demand.
        Step 6: Cantor Fitzgerald — Howard Lutnick's company — CUSTODIES those Treasuries. The same Lutnick who is Commerce Secretary. The same Lutnick who ordered the DFC Hormuz backstop. The same Lutnick who was on Epstein's island in 2012 with his wife and his children.
        Step 7: The Gulf sovereign wealth funds buy billion-dollar Board of Peace seats AND invest in the stablecoin infrastructure. Sheikh Tahnoon — the 'Spy Sheikh' — bought 49 percent of World Liberty Financial for five hundred million dollars.
        'The same eight people negotiate the wars, control the reconstruction, AND own the settlement layer. The conflicts of interest aren't bugs — they're the architecture. Kushner said it on camera: What people call conflicts of interest, Steve and I call experience and trusted relationships.'
        'And now you just heard Bessent admit on camera that Treasury created the dollar shortage in Iran MONTHS before the first bomb dropped. The rats were leaving the ship in December. The war started in March. This was not Israel dragging us in. This was a business plan.'
      Rundown — 6 clips in play order
        <b>— THE PRECEDENT: IRAQ 2003 —</b>
        00 Chris Fisher Iraq Oil DFI New York Fed Dollar System - TWIB 99 (1:04)
          🎙️ Chris Fisher / This Week in Bitcoin ep 99. 'It's really about the dollar system... After 2003 invasion, US imposed a new financial structure mandating Iraqi oil revenue be paid into the Development Fund for Iraq at the New York Federal Reserve. Legally this money belongs to Iraq, but operationally it passes through American financial systems. Ensuring the flow of the dollar system.' TYFYC Chris Fisher.
        <b>— BESSENT ADMITS IT ON CAMERA —</b>
        01 Bessent Dollar Shortage FinCEN Rats Leaving Ship End May Be Near - Senate Banking (1:31)
          🔥 Britt asks about pressure on Iran → Bessent: 'What we have done is created a dollar shortage... grand culmination in December when one of the largest banks went under... We can see it with our FinCEN — Iranian leadership wiring money out like crazy. The rats are leaving the ship.' h/t TWIB / Chris Fisher.
        <b>— THE INSURANCE MECHANISM —</b>
        02 Essay Opening + Lloyds List Seven Insurance Companies Strait Closed By Shipping (0:31)
          'Seven insurance companies filed paperwork. Not missiles, not mines, not blockades. Paperwork.' + 'The Strait of Hormuz was closed not by Iran but by shipping itself.'
        03 DFC Chubb Lead Underwriter 20 Billion Rolling Basis (0:19)
          Lutnick's DFC orders Chubb to backstop $20B in maritime insurance.
        <b>— PETRAEUS: IRAN'S PANAMA CANAL IN CRYPTO —</b>
        04 Petraeus Iran Crypto Fees Hormuz Panama Canal Stronger Strategically - AC360 CNN
          🔥 General David Petraeus on Anderson Cooper: 'Could Iran actually end up in a STRONGER position strategically? The situation with the Strait of Hormuz suggests that is possible.'
          'Apparently they're even going to charge in CRYPTOCURRENCY to navigate the strait. They want to turn this into their Panama Canal.'
          A four-star general on CNN just said it. The crypto toll. The Panama Canal comparison. And he connects it to Trump possibly forcing Netanyahu to stop Lebanon operations — 'one reason you saw such intense operations today was Israel taking advantage of whatever remaining time they have.'
        <b>— THE TOLL + WHO PROFITS —</b>
        05 Iran Hormuz Toll Paid In Yuan Or Stablecoins - Arirang 1858 Carryover (1:48)
          From NA-1858. '$1/barrel in Chinese yuan or stablecoins.' Iran's 'victory toll' gets paid in USDT — backed by US Treasuries custodied by Cantor Fitzgerald. Iran's toll funds American debt. The dollar wins even when it loses.
        06 Trump Sons Witkoff WLF 49 Percent Sheikh Tahnoon Spy Sheikh - ABC (1:17)
          ABC/WSJ bombshell. 49% of World Liberty Financial purchased for $500M by Sheikh Tahnoon. Trump family: $187M upfront. Witkoff family: $31M. Then UAE got the AI chip export approval.
      Articles — Board of Peace / Stablecoin / Bessent
        Board of Peace — Wikipedia
        NPR: $1B Permanent Membership
        Times of Israel: Stablecoin for Gaza
        Gizmodo: Gaza on the Blockchain
        Carnegie: On Whose Account
        JURIST: International Org or Sole Proprietorship?
        Bloomberg: Tether Loaned Lutnick's Children
        CNN: UAE 49% of WLF
        American Prospect: Board of Profits
        Escape Key Substack: Kushner and Witkoff — The Operator Cell
        Middle East Monitor: Smokescreen for War in Iran
        Black Agenda Report: Bessent Admits Engineering Dollar Shortage
        Al Jazeera: US Dollar Shortage Iran Protests Explainer
        Geopolitical Economy Report: US Sanctions Collapsed Iran Economy
        PolitiFact: Bessent Iran Currency
        Semafor: Bessent Point on Iran Messaging
        Sen. Katie Britt Questions Bessent — Press Release + Video
        This Week in Bitcoin ep 99 — Empire in Denial
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    04 — CESAR CHAVEZ & THE H-2A GAMBIT (folder: 04 Cesar Chavez H-2A Gambit)
      LEAD: Five Hegelian operations converging on March 18, 2026. The same template as the Board of Peace, applied to American farmworkers. 28 clips pruned to 14 — faster pace, tighter story.
      Rundown — 14 clips in play order
        <b>— THE BOMBSHELL —</b>
        01 Dolores Huerta Did Cesar Chavez Rape You Devastating - ABC News (0:39)
        02 Dolores Huerta Why I Stayed Silent 60 Years Protect Movement - ABC News (0:37)
        <b>— THE 48-HOUR CANCELLATION CASCADE —</b>
        03 Newsom Farm Workers Movement Much Bigger Than One Man - Fox 10 (0:27)
        04 Abbott Texas Removes Cesar Chavez Day Dismantle Myth - Fox 10 (0:37)
        05 Bass Proclamation UFW Foundation Joining Decision - ABC7 (trimmed from 1:33, ~0:48) — mentions UFW joining the decision
        <b>— MULLIN: THE THIRD THING ON MARCH 18 —</b>
        06 Mullin Reason Youre Here Not Noem Petty Should Have Been Retracted - Senate Confirmation
        07 Mullin Blumenthal Judicial Warrant Place Of Business - Senate Confirmation (trimmed to 1:02)
        <b>— THE POLICY FIGHT NOBODY COVERED —</b>
        08 Durbin Asks ICE Raid Farms Rollins Cannot Answer - Senate Confirmation
        09 Grassley Witness Mass Legalization Does Not Solve Labor Shortage - Senate Judiciary
        <b>— THE REAL PLAN: H-2A FAST TRACK + VOUCHING —</b>
        10 Trump Admin H-2A Fast Track Visa Not Amnesty - Fox Business
        11 Trump Farmers Vouch For Workers Christie Going To Be Good - Press Conference
        12 Trump Were Not Targeting Farmers Hotels Order Coming Soon - Press Conference
        <b>— THE MONEY: $24 BILLION IN WAGE CUTS —</b>
        13 Chris Schulte H-2A Methodology Different Data Set 24 Billion Savings - Farm News
          Pro-cut attorney. Fisher Phillips. 'Different data set, skill adjustments. This will lower wages by four or five dollars an hour or more. $24 billion in savings for farm employers over 10 years.'
        14 Chris Schulte H-2A Tail Wagging Dog Inflation American Farms - Farm News
          'The tail was wagging the dog — H-2A wages were pulling up US worker wages. This will help keep American farms going. More than half of supermarket food is imported.'
      Articles — Cesar Chavez / H-2A / Farm Labor
        ABC News: Dolores Huerta Says Cesar Chavez Sexually Assaulted Her (exclusive)
        New York Times: Investigation into Cesar Chavez sexual abuse allegations (Mar 18, 2026)
        CalMatters: UFW Sues Trump Admin Over H-2A Wage Cut (Fresno Federal Court, Mar 18)
        Capital Press: UFW Lawsuit H-2A Wage Rule Eastern District California
        Fox 10: Abbott Removes Cesar Chavez Day from Texas State Law
        NBC4 / ABC7: Karen Bass LA Landmarks Renamed, Chavez Family Supports
        KSEE 24: Fresno Council Member 'She's Never Picked Cantaloupes'
        KSEE 24: Manuel Cunha 1998 Clinton Welfare to Work — 560 Applicants, 3 Said Yes
        Fox Business: Trump Admin H-2A Fast Track Visa, New Office of Immigration Policy
        Farm News: Chris Schulte Fisher Phillips — $24 Billion Wage Savings Over 10 Years
        Federal Register: DOL Interim Final Rule Revising AEWR Methodology for H-2A (Mar 27, 2026)
        Federal Register: DOL NPRM RAISING H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 Prevailing Wages (same week — opposite direction)
        Senate Judiciary Hearing: Grassley, Sequera, Carr Testimony on Agricultural Labor
        Senate Confirmation: Mullin / Blumenthal Exchange on Judicial Warrants (Mar 18)
        Senate Confirmation: Brooke Rollins / Schiff / Durbin on H-2A and Mass Deportation
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    05 — BONDI DOJ FRAUD PIVOT (folder: 05 Bondi DOJ Fraud Pivot)
      LEAD: The DOJ pivot. Bondi's deposition is scheduled for April 14 — same day as the UFO disclosure deadline. Bill Gates testifying. House Oversight calendar booked through June. Then Vance creates a brand-new fraud czar position with nationwide jurisdiction, run out of the White House. Then Bondi gets fired. Then Blanche — Trump's personal attorney — takes over DOJ and immediately creates the National Fraud Enforcement Division with 93 prosecutors per district. The fraud agenda replaces the Epstein agenda. Bondi needed to go.
      Rundown — 3 clips in play order
        01 Bondi Deposition April 14 Bill Gates UFO Day - Scripps News
          Calendar booked March through June. Bondi April 14 deposition. Bill Gates testifying. Lutnick 'volunteered but has not scheduled.' NOTE: April 14 = same day as Trump's UFO file release deadline. Coincidence?
        02 Vance Fraud Task Force New AG Position White House Supervision - Presser (1:48)
          Vance at presser: 'We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud.' 1,500+ DOJ subpoenas. ~100 indictments. Then the kicker: 'It has all the benefits, all the resources, all the authority of a special counsel, but with two crucial differences. Number one, it will be run out of the White House under the supervision of me and the President. Number two, it's actually constitutionally legitimate.'
          NOTE: In this clip Vance THANKS BONDI for starting the investigation. This was recorded BEFORE Bondi was fired. The architecture was set up → then Bondi was removed → then Blanche took over and activated it.
        03 Blanche DOJ National Fraud Division 93 Prosecutors Financial Integrity - Recut (1:18)
          Acting AG Todd Blanche: 'The creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. Its core mission: zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal taxpayer dollars.' Healthcare fraud, tax fraud, benefits fraud, corporate fraud — all under one roof. 93 additional prosecutors per district. 'To protect the financial integrity of our entire government and the tax system that supports it.'
          THE FRAME: Same Blanche who is Trump's personal criminal defense attorney. Now running DOJ. Fraud division replaces Epstein focus. ActBlue is reportedly top priority. The pivot is complete.
      Articles — Bondi / Epstein / DOJ Fraud Pivot
        Scripps News: Bondi Deposition April 14, Bill Gates Testifies, Calendar Booked
        CBS News: Trump Taps Personal Attorney Blanche as Interim AG After Bondi Removal
        CNBC: Democrats Grill Bessent — 'Stop Covering for the President'
        NBC News: RFK Jr Rewrites CDC Panel Rules Amid Vaccine Lawsuit
        The Hill: FBI Data Breach / Salt Typhoon / Surveillance System Major Incident
        Slate: OpenAI Podcast / Sam Altman / Lehane / TBPN
        HuffPost: Erika Kirk / Sydney Sweeney / MAGA / Trans
        House Oversight Committee: Epstein Files Investigation — ongoing hearings through June 2026
        Reuters: Anthropic Pentagon Blacklisting Court Ruling
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    07 — ANTHROPIC MYTHOS + AI BUBBLE (folder: 07 Anthropic Mythos AI Bubble)
      LEAD: Anthropic's Mythos is 'too dangerous to release.' Project Glasswing — 40 partners. Found 30-year-old vulnerabilities. Offered to collaborate with the government while being designated a Pentagon supply chain risk. Marketing? Or a religion's fundraising drive? Because the people who built Anthropic are the same people who built Effective Altruism — the ideology that told Sam Bankman-Fried it was rational to commit eight billion dollars of fraud.
      Rundown
        CLIP: 01 CNBC Tech Check Anthropic Claude Mythos Project Glasswing 30 Year Vulns - CNBC
          Kate Rooney: 'Trained for code, side effect is cyber.' 40 partners including Apple, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AWS. JP Morgan: 'essential layers in the defense stack.' Anthropic offered to collaborate with US government — locked in legal battle with Pentagon over supply chain risk designation.
        02 SBF Alameda 500M Biggest Investor Anthropic FTX Bankruptcy Google Despite Ties - TTS News (2:54)
          TTS news reading (not broadcast quality, but substance is airtight). 'Alameda Research is the BIGGEST investor in the AI startup — put in $500 million before filing for bankruptcy.' Google invested $300M DESPITE the SBF ties. FTX bankruptcy estate flagged the Anthropic stake as a recovery asset. 'Co-mingling of funds between the two companies... backdoor that allowed the loan to fly under the radar.'
          THE PUNCHLINE: The stolen FTX depositor money funded the 'AI safety' company that now says its model is too dangerous for you to use. SBF's $500M bought the seat at the table.
      <b>THE EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM CONNECTION — Adam reads on air:</b>
        'Now let me tell you who built this company. Anthropic didn't come out of nowhere. It came out of a specific ideological movement called Effective Altruism — EA. The whole inner circle is literally married into it.'
        'Daniela Amodei, the president of Anthropic — Dario's sister — is married to Holden Karnofsky, who co-founded GiveWell and was CEO of Open Philanthropy, the leading EA grantmaker. Karnofsky now works AT Anthropic on AI safety and responsible scaling. Amanda Askell, an early Anthropic employee, was previously married to Will MacAskill — one of EA's founding philosophers, co-founder of Giving What We Can.'
        'The early investors are a who's-who of EA money. Jaan Tallinn — Skype co-founder, EA supporter. Dustin Moskovitz — Facebook co-founder, biggest individual funder of EA causes. And Sam Bankman-Fried. Yes, THAT SBF. FTX-related funds invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Anthropic before SBF's fraud conviction. When FTX collapsed and the depositor refunds came due, the Anthropic stake had to be sold — but the ideology stayed in the building.'
        'The founders have collectively pledged to donate 80 percent of their wealth — framed as "addressing AI-driven societal risks." Anthropic's governance includes a Long-Term Benefit Trust designed to prioritize responsible AI over profit. Some trustees have direct EA connections.'
        'Recently, Daniela Amodei said EA is "a bit of an outdated term" and she's "not an expert" on it. Sound familiar? When EA became toxic after FTX collapsed, Anthropic stopped using the label but kept doing the work. That's the SBF playbook — rebrand the religion, keep the church.'
        'So when Anthropic says Mythos is too dangerous to release and offers to "collaborate with the government" — that's not a safety culture talking. That's EA longtermism talking. The same ideology that told Sam Bankman-Fried it was rational to commit fraud because the expected utility of preventing AI extinction outweighed the cost of stealing eight billion dollars from depositors. The Mythos launch isn't a product. It's a religion's fundraising drive.'
      Articles — Anthropic / Effective Altruism / SBF / AI Bubble
        CNBC: Anthropic Mythos 'Too Powerful' — Project Glasswing 40 Companies
        Gizmodo: Anthropic Mythos 'So Scarily Powerful' It Won't Be Released
        Reuters: US Court Declines to Block Pentagon Anthropic Blacklisting
        GiveWell — Dario Amodei guest post on donations
        Open Philanthropy — Holden Karnofsky (Daniela Amodei's husband) CEO history
        Giving What We Can — Will MacAskill co-founded (Amanda Askell's ex-husband)
        Bloomberg: FTX/SBF Invested Hundreds of Millions in Anthropic (pre-conviction)
        Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust — corporate governance docs
        Daniela Amodei: 'EA is a bit of an outdated term' — interview
        Anthropic co-founders pledged ~80% of wealth to 'AI-driven societal risks'
        SBF Fraud Trial — expected utility / longtermism defense
        Full research note in segment folder: RESEARCH - Anthropic Effective Altruism SBF Roots.md
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    08 — BIG PHARMA (folder: 08 Big Pharma)
      LEAD: Wegovy weight-loss pill — once daily, $149 cash, no needles. Same active ingredient as Ozempic. Cash-paying consumer market is the new business model — health insurance no longer required.
      Rundown — 1 clip
        01 Wegovy Pill FDA Approved 16 Percent Weight Loss 149 Cash Eli Lilly - ABC News (1:38)
          Trimmed: starts at 'Some big news in weight loss treatment.' Ends after 'Eli Lilly.' 16.6% body weight loss over 15 months in clinical trials. $149 cash for self-paying. Pill doesn't need refrigeration. Once daily vs once-weekly injection. Eli Lilly competitor pill coming next summer.
      Articles
        CNBC: Teen Social Media Ban, Tech Experts Warning
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    09 — SOROS BUYS MEIDASTOUCH (folder: 09 Soros MeidasTouch)
      LEAD: Bloomberg confirmed April 7. Soros Fund Management led an investment round in MeidasTouch Network. Same fund that bought Crooked Media. MeidasTouch built its brand on 'completely organically, without outside investment' — that line is retired. No clips exist — MeidasTouch went SILENT about their own deal. The silence IS the story.
      Adam reads on air: 'Bloomberg confirmed it two days ago. Soros Fund Management led the investment round. Same fund that bought Crooked Media. And what did MeidasTouch do when it was announced? Nothing. No video. No celebration. No explanation. The network that makes a video about EVERYTHING went silent about the one thing that changes what they are. When independent voices get bought, they stop being independent.'
      Articles
        Bloomberg: Soros Fund Invests in Progressive MeidasTouch Network
        MeidasTouch announcement on meidasplus.com: 'Expanding... Time to GROW ALL INDEPENDENT MEDIA!!!'
        Semafor Oct 2025: Soros Fund in Talks to Invest
        Semafor Apr 2024: Soros Fund Building an Audio Empire
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    10 — TRAINS GOOD, PLANES BAD (folder: 10 Trains Good Planes Bad)
      LEAD: California High Speed Rail now $126 billion — nearly FOUR TIMES the $33 billion voters approved in 2008. And we called it in 2010, episode 235.
      Rundown — 3 clips
        00 Jingle - Trains Good Planes Bad
        01 California High Speed Rail 126 Billion Triple Original Train To Nowhere - Ackerman
          60 Minutes/CBS: $126 billion. Triple the original. Earliest opening 2033. Trump pulled $4M in federal funding. Sean Duffy called it 'a ridiculous train to nowhere.'
        02 NA-235 Callback 8 Billion To 46 Billion Magic 2010 With Harp - Archive (0:23)
          🎵 HARP → Episode 235, September 16, 2010. Adam + JCD: 'The press is no longer talking about several billion, now it's 46 billion dollars! How did it go up? I don't know, it's MAGIC! It was first eight billion and now 46 billion.' → HARP. Sixteen years. Four times the price. We knew.
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    11 — OUT THERE (folder: 11 Out There)
      LEAD: Remaining clips from the Out There folder — Adam picks on the fly. Trump Artemis astronauts call (6 min source, needs cut), gas prices, German conscription carryover, Kanye UK, Looksmaxxing, Bukele Mega Prison, Trump Easter Eggs, and more in the folder.
      All clips in the folder — Adam browses and plays as needed.
  Clips and Docs
    Art
    Clips
      01 Trump Civilization Will Die Power Plant Day Praise Be To Allah - Vox.mp3
      02 Trump Truth Social Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight War Crime - WRAL.mp3
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