No Agenda Episode 1870 - "VBS"

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  Credits
    VBS
    Executive Producers:
      Sir Ronald Lafferty
      Sir Sala Hauser
      Sir Secretary General Commodore SX-64
      Dennis Cadle
    Associate Executive Producers:
      Amy Moritz
      Chad Finkbeiner
      Martell Hardware
      Eli the coffee guy
      Linda Lupatkin
    Order of the Heart:
      Sir Ronald Lafferty
      Sir Sala Hauser
    End of Show Mixes:
      Jus Baker
      MVP
      Danny Loos
      Nykko Syme
    Art By: Nessworks
    Mark van Dijk - Systems Master
    Ryan Bemrose - Program Director
    Back Office Jae Dvorak
    Chapters: Dreb Scott
    Clip Custodian: Neal Jones
    Clip Collectors: Steve Jones & Dave Ackerman
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  Shownotes
    22 - ABC-MUIR-TEASERS (folder: 22 ABC-MUIR-TEASERS)
      ABC World News Tonight opening teasers - exemplifies negative news cycle frame; touches mosque, manhole, Ebola, IRS, tornadoes. Use as show structural callout.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 1 clips
        01 ABC -1- Muir teasers negative news cycle mosque manhole Ebola IRS - ABC
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          ABC Muir teaser montage exemplifies negative news cycle framing
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    01 - IRAN-WAR-HORMUZ (folder: 01 IRAN-WAR-HORMUZ)
      Open with the strongest deconstruction beat: Trump postponing Iran attack again (6th time), Vance not-a-forever-war, gulf mediators, blockade pressure, McCaffrey shallow theater. Sets the war frame for the show.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        Vance @WH briefing 5/19: "This is not a forever war. We're going to take care of business and come home." Q+A with Garrett (no new wars promise) + Roche (6-week war now 11 weeks).
        IRGC: "the regional war that was promised will this time be extended beyond the region, and our crushing blows will bring you to ruin in places you cannot imagine."
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Iran threatens to extend conflict "beyond the region" if US and Israel resume attacks
      Clips — 18 clips
        01 Fox -1- Trey Yingst Trump pauses attack Saudi Qatar UAE - Fox
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          Fox version of postponement story; Trump True Social post; Hegseth/Kane prepared to go
        01 MSNOW -1- anchor Trump postpones Iran attack 6 times Gulf allies - MSNOW
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          Anchor lede: Trump postpones strike again, sixth time since March; Gulf allies request
        02 Fox -2- Trey Pezeshkian Razi blockade 90 percent Iran economy - Fox
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          Iranian defiance + naval blockade crippling Iran economy 90 percent exports down
        03 Fox -3- Trey Iranian nomad tribe Death to America chant - Fox
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          Iranian tribal march Tehran Death to America child-killing enemy
        04 Fox -4- anchor Pakistan 8000 troops Saudi UAE Iron Dome - Fox
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          Pakistan military pact Saudi 8000 troops UAE Iron Dome mediator dynamics
        05 MSNOW -2- poll 37 percent two thirds against war midterm lead - MSNOW
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          Trump approval 37 percent new low two thirds Americans war wrong decision
        06 MSNOW -3- Jake Beijing Xi didnt ask Hormuz primaries revenge tour - MSNOW
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          Trump didnt ask Xi help with Hormuz; focused on primaries instead of war
        07 MSNOW -4- Gen McCaffrey shallow theater 21000 strikes Hormuz stuck - MSNOW
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          McCaffrey calls Trump pause shallow theater; 21k strikes; Hormuz still not opened
        08 Fox -5- Keane Harward 30 percent targets capitulation blockade - Fox
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          Keane and Harward: 30 percent targets remain; capitulation not negotiation
        09 Fox -6- Harward Hajj 30K Iranians candy Axios bombs - Fox
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          Harward on Hajj timing Eid 30K Iranians; Axios candy or bombs quote
        10 Fox -7- Harward IRGC Lebanon Gaza Yemen Syria bomb to peace - Fox
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          Harward: IRGC center of gravity; bomb our way to peace question
        13 NBC -10- Vance fills in for Leavitt anti-weaponization story - NBC
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          Vance filling in for Leavitt at presser; IS the story per orig title
        11 MSNOW -8- Vance Garrett midterms no new wars gas prices temporary - MSNOW
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          Vance presser: promises unkept question; gas prices temporary; took care of business
        12 MSNOW -9- Vance Roche 11 weeks ceasefire two options not forever war - MSNOW
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          Vance: 11 weeks vs promised 6; two options settlement or kinetic; not a forever war
        14 MSNBC -11- Lawrence Jones Act 90 day waiver longest ever - MSNBC
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          Lawrence ODonnell: Jones Act waiver longest in history due to Iran war
        15 MSNBC -12- Lawrence Jones Act Biden Fiona Seafarers 150 days - MSNBC
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          Lawrence continues: Biden 2022 Fiona narrow waiver vs Trump 150 days
        16 MSNBC -13- Lawrence Brent Klein Branson MO very pissed Iran no Congress - MSNBC
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          Klein Republican voter very pissed off Iran no congressional approval
        17 Fox -14- LtCol Gobb Option A force Option B redirect no boots - Fox
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          Gobb Option A force Option B redirect no boots on ground Tehran
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    02 - BESSENT-NO-MONEY-LONDON-OP (folder: 02 BESSENT-NO-MONEY-LONDON-OP)
      Treasury Economic Fury - the financial side of the Iran war; Bessent Paris G7 speech; shadow banking; 'no money for terror' theme. Sits right after Iran kinetic block.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        BESSENT VERBATIM (sb0500): "Crushing the threat of terrorism compels all of you to step up and join us in rooting out the financing that sustains it—from shell companies that are embedded within Europe, to shadow banking networks that lurk across the Middle East, and drug cartels across the Western Hemisphere."
        BESSENT VERBATIM (sb0500): "So, if we are serious about 'no money for terror,' then there must also be 'no room for excuses.'"
        OFAC sb0502 LONDON-DOMICILED TANKER OPERATORS (primary-source confirmed): Science Obedient International Company Limited (UK) — owns DOUBLE IN (IMO 8917807) LPG tanker; Global Fortune Shipping Limited (UK) — owns LUNA LUSTER (IMO 9292187) oil tanker; Sparkling Courage Limited (BVI/UK overseas) — owns GALA ROSE (IMO 9126015) chemical/oil tanker.
        BESSENT (sb0502 shadow banking quote): "Iran's shadow banking system facilitates the illicit transfer of funding for terrorist purposes. As Treasury systematically dismantles Tehran's shadow banking system and shadow fleet under Economic Fury, financial institutions must be alert."
        PREP item (Promethean Updates 5/20 cYk8xZvrifI) named Musavi (Hezbollah financing) + Thriving Times International (exchange house) as London-addressed — not in sb0496-sb0503 set; likely older OFAC release. Background research in progress.
      📰 Articles
        Treasury sb0500: Remarks by Secretary Bessent Before the No Money for Terror Conference (Paris, 5/19)
        Treasury sb0502: Economic Fury Targets Networks Generating Billions for Iran's Terrorist Regime
        Treasury sb0498: Economic Fury Ramps Up Pressure on IRGC Oil Operations
        Treasury sb0496: Economic Fury Disrupts Networks Supplying Weapons and UAV Components to Iran
      Clips — 2 clips
        01 CNBCTV18 -1- Bessent G7 Paris Iran Economic Fury half billion crypto SDN - CNBCTV18
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          Bessent G7 Paris anti-terror financing; Economic Fury program; half billion crypto frozen
        02 FinExp -2- Bessent Paris EU partners shell companies dismantle proxies - FinExp
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          Bessent: EU partners shell front companies shadow banking respond with force terrorists
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    03 - TRUMP-CHINA-OIL-STRAITS (folder: 03 TRUMP-CHINA-OIL-STRAITS)
      Hormuz closed, blockade, oil supply chain story; Bessent CENTCOM 80 vessels; Exxon impact; Goldman forecast. Macro economic fallout of Iran war.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        Tucker on Israeli Ch.13 (Yonit Levi-style adversarial interview, 5/19, 18:29): "Israel is probably the most violent country in the world" + golden pager (Bibi→Trump) + "blame Trump for folding under pressure from Netanyahu" + Feb 28 + 9M vs 350M + "stop all aid to Israel tomorrow" + Republican Party "does not serve the United States" + "I hope we have an option" (Tucker-2028 hint).
      📰 Articles
        Tucker on Israeli Channel 13: "Netanyahu leads to destruction, Israel dragged us to war"
      Clips — 7 clips
        01 Fox -1- Faulkner Keane 14 point plan Pakistani mediators clock ticking - Fox
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          14 point peace plan Pakistani mediators Trump clock ticking Keane analysis
        02 Fox -2- Faulkner Hormuz blockade Iran wells shutting fuel crisis - Fox
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          Blockade crippling Iran wells shutting in fuel crisis protests
        03 Fox -3- Trey CENTCOM 80 vessels blockade G7 sanctions extremely bad - Fox
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          CENTCOM 80 vessels redirected 4 disabled; situation extremely bad
        04 CNBC -4- Goldman Stryven every month delay 10 dollar year end 108 WTI - CNBC
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          Goldman Sachs Stryven oil at 108; every month delay worth 10 dollar upside
        05 CNBC -5- Becky Exxon Darren Woods 20 percent oil blocked Hormuz - CNBC
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          Exxon CEO Woods 20 percent oil blocked Hormuz Squawk Box
        06 CNBC -6- Becky Woods another month two redeploy 13M barrels - CNBC
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          Woods on redeploying 13M barrels; how to handle prolonged Hormuz closure
        07 CNBC -7- Woods 6 months unprecedented disruption SPR releases - CNBC
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          Woods 1 to 6 months forecast unprecedented disruption SPR attrit
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    04 - TUCKER-FOR-PRESIDENT-OP (folder: 04 TUCKER-FOR-PRESIDENT-OP)
      Tucker on Israeli Channel 13 - five-clip series that's the EP-level beat of the week. Adam codified 'tucker-for-president-op' pin. Plays as a series after Iran/oil block.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TRUMP "BLIND TRUST" = NOT A BLIND TRUST. Legal name: "Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust." Trustees: Donald Trump Jr. + Eric Trump. Holds full Trump empire including Golf Recreation Scotland Limited. ProPublica: "Trump can take money from his companies at any time through the eponymous trust."
        OGE FORM 278-T DISCLOSURE 5/14: Trump executed 3,642 individual stock transactions in Q1 2026, incl. 15 Nvidia trades + Palantir + Meta. Rep. Beyer (D-VA): "Trump's assets aren't in a blind trust, and he bought and sold individual Nvidia stock in 15 separate transactions."
        Don Jr. holds stakes in Polymarket + Kalshi (advisor at both). BBC: bet-spikes-before-Trump-post pattern. PBS/Boston Globe/CNN/Democracy Now coverage.
        TACO/HFT/CARTEL thesis (Adam 5/19): Iran feint → HFT algos shorted → Trump rug-pull → London/WS algo traders bankrupted. Sam acronym: CARTEL = Coordinated Algorithmic Rug-pull Targeting Established Lemmings.
      📰 Articles
        Sam EP research: Trump "blind trust" structural analysis (5/21)
      Clips — 5 clips
        01 Channel13 -1- Tucker thesis opener war with Iran destructive to US - Channel13
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          Tucker opener: Iran war destructive to US; what changed Trumps mind
        01 Channel13 -2- Tucker blame Trump folding pressure Netanyahu Feb 28 - Channel13
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          Tucker blames Trump folding under Netanyahu pressure Feb 28 Sec State
        01 Channel13 -3- Tucker host implies weak murdered children Gaza pull back - Channel13
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          Tucker pushes back on host terror regime framing; Gaza children
        01 Channel13 -4- Tucker Israel not a democracy West Bank Gaza 1967 - Channel13
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          Tucker: Israel not a democracy; West Bank Gaza 1967 universal principles
        01 Channel13 -5- Tucker stop all aid not running 2028 hope option democracy - Channel13
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          Tucker stop all aid; not running 2028; neither party serves US
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    05 - TRUMP-OIL-FUTURES-INSIDER (folder: 05 TRUMP-OIL-FUTURES-INSIDER)
      Trump 3700 stock trades + Polymarket Kalshi bets + Gensler insider trading investigation. Direct callback to Iran war timing - bets placed minutes before announcements.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        14TH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS: Section 3 (Insurrection "aid or comfort") + Section 1 (Equal Protection) + Article I Appropriations Clause challenges. ~100 House Democrats + watchdogs filed motions arguing executive cannot unilaterally divert $1.776B from Treasury Judgment Fund without Congress.
        DOJ DIRECTIVE 5/19 (acting AG Todd Blanche): IRS "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from pursuing tax claims against Trump/family — current AND future. Nathan Goldman (tax expert): "unprecedented." Richard Painter (W. Bush WH ethics): violates domestic emoluments clause.
        FUND STRUCTURE: 5-member commission appointed by AG, 4 removable by President without cause. No obligation to disclose decision-making or make payouts public.
      📰 Articles
        Al Jazeera: US President Trump, family granted immunity from pending tax audits (John Power, 5/20)
        BBC: "Not a big fan" — Top Senate Republican (Thune) breaks with Trump on $1.8bn anti-weaponisation fund
        Guardian live: Trump/GOP/midterms/Kentucky redistricting/Raul Castro
      Clips — 4 clips
        01 MSNOW -1- anchor deep breath Trump 3700 stock trades MSFT META NVDA - MSNOW
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          3700 trades 90 days; Microsoft Amazon Meta Nvidia; Ratner reaction
        02 MSNOW -2- Trump buys Dell Thermo Fisher Apple Micron official acts - MSNOW
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          Buys Dell then says buy Dell; Thermo Fisher visit; Apple/Tim Cook praise
        03 Bloomberg -3- Gensler 700M oil futures hour before Axios Iran agreement - Bloomberg
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          Gensler on 700M oil futures trades hour before Axios Iran ceasefire scoop
        04 DemocracyNow -4- BBC 16 Polymarket bets Iran Khamenei toppled - DemocracyNow
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          BBC analysis 16 Polymarket bets 100k each; Khamenei assassination foreknowledge
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    06 - ANTI-WEAPONIZATION-FUND (folder: 06 ANTI-WEAPONIZATION-FUND)
      1.776 billion fund - the Hegelian symbolism (1776 = J6 chants); Trump IRS settlement; Comey trial reaction; Cassidy parliamentarian block.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        14TH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS: Section 3 (Insurrection "aid or comfort") + Section 1 (Equal Protection) + Article I Appropriations Clause challenges. ~100 House Democrats + watchdogs filed motions arguing executive cannot unilaterally divert $1.776B from Treasury Judgment Fund without Congress.
        DOJ DIRECTIVE 5/19 (acting AG Todd Blanche): IRS "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from pursuing tax claims against Trump/family — current AND future. Nathan Goldman (tax expert): "unprecedented." Richard Painter (W. Bush WH ethics): violates domestic emoluments clause.
        FUND STRUCTURE: 5-member commission appointed by AG, 4 removable by President without cause. No obligation to disclose decision-making or make payouts public.
      📰 Articles
        Al Jazeera: US President Trump, family granted immunity from pending tax audits (John Power, 5/20)
        BBC: "Not a big fan" — Top Senate Republican (Thune) breaks with Trump on $1.8bn anti-weaponisation fund
        Guardian live: Trump/GOP/midterms/Kentucky redistricting/Raul Castro
      Clips — 19 clips
        01 CNN AC360 -1- Goldman paid militia in waiting fund - CNN
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          Do you think this fund... It can be used or may be used in the future to encourage others to commit acts which the president might like to have done but can't publicly call for and with the idea that People can be compensated and pardoned. Well, I certainly think that they know that anyway, right? I
        02 CNN AC360 -2- Goldman fund payouts brain trust of five - CNN
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          You also have the president's former defense attorney, very recently former defense attorney, as the acting... attorney general who is going to be appointing these five people, this brain trust of five unknown people who will disperse this money. Yeah, and in fact, The acting attorney general repres
        03 CNN AC360 -1- Dunn Capitol PD fund Blanche quarterly review - CNN
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          I mean, you're alluding to this. Do you think this kind of a fund, which we may never know who actually gets the money, that information will be sent, I guess, in some quarterly review to Todd Blanch, and my understanding is it will be kept confidential. Do you think this encourages or may encourage
        04 Apple -1- IRS banned investigating Trump past returns - Apple
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          The IRS has been effectively banned from investigating past tax returns of President Trump, his family, or his businesses. That's according to unprecedented new details of a deal that Trump reached with the DOJ to end his lawsuit with the nation's tax collector. The agreement also brings to an end a
        05 Apple -2- Dems slush fund reward Trump allies Eric Tucker AP - Apple
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          So a lot of Democrats are calling it a slush fund, and they're saying this is basically set up to reward allies of President Trump. Eric Tucker is a Justice Department reporter for the Associated Press. And so people believe that when Acting Attorney General Todd Blanchard is talking about this fund
        06 CNN TheLead -1- Tapper Reid first claim filed slush fund - CNN
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          Paul, you're breaking some new reporting right now about the very first claim. filed to this fund what critics are calling a slush fund and and president trump says is uh to compensate for weaponization that's exactly right this is the first known claim i mean i don't know everything that's inside t
        07 CNN TheLead -2- Tapper Reid Caputo first filer Blanche - CNN
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          Now, of course, the fund also hasn't been set up yet. Caputo sort of getting ahead of the formal architecture around the fund. The attorney general, if Todd Blanch is selected, if he is confirmed, he would choose five members to oversee this. One of those members he will choose in coordination with
        08 MSNOW -1- anchor 1.8B fund Trump SOT Raskin J6 eligible slush - MSNOW
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          Lede: 1.8B anti-weaponization fund; Trump asked about J6 eligibility
        09 CNBC -2- Trump explains anti-weaponization reimbursing bankrupt - CNBC
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          Trump explains: reimbursing people horribly treated weaponized brutally
        10 CBS -3- 1.8B fund J6 1500 convicted Blanch commission Goodlander - CBS
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          CBS J6 1500 convicted; Blanch commission of 5 members; Goodlander guardrails
        11 ABC -4- Folders Whaley Trump sued himself IRS 10B settlement applies - ABC
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          ABC Search: Trump sued himself IRS 10B settlement entities apply
        12 MSNOW -5- Jake 1.776B 1776 J6 chants base 3700 trades distractions - MSNOW
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          Jake on 1.776B symbolism 1776 J6 chants; 3700 trades distractions
        13 PBS -6- 1 billion ballroom security parliamentarian rejected reconciliation - PBS
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          PBS Senate parliamentarian rejected 1B ballroom security funding
        14 PBS -7- Comey 1.8B Trump fund onion piece do I apply - PBSNewsHour
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          Comey reaction: thought it was an onion piece; do I get to apply
        15 PBS -8- Warren corruption steroids slush Comey Welcome NewsHour - PBS
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          Companion PBS Comey intro lede with Warren corruption on steroids framing
        16 PBS -9- Comey Blanch bone up rules MTP grand jury - PBSNewsHour
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          Comey: Blanch should bone up on rules out of court statements MTP
        17 PBS -10- Comey Trump obsessing Brennan enemies list process punishment - PBSNewsHour
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          Comey: Trump obsessing Brennan enemies list process is the punishment
        18 PBS -11- Comey Garland Monaco Wray Barr silence complicity - PBSNewsHour
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          Comey on Garland Monaco Wray Barr silence complicity in DOJ weaponization
        19 PBS -12- Comey jagged line America U-turn releasing energy - PBSNewsHour
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          Comey optimism jagged line America U-turn releasing of energy
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    07 - MASSIE-KY-EPSTEIN-AIPAC (folder: 07 MASSIE-KY-EPSTEIN-AIPAC)
      Massie KY Senate primary; Hegseth campaigns against him; AIPAC 32M Israel lobby; Epstein files transparency act passed 427-1. Epstein blowback pattern.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        NA-1870 Adam codification @2587s: "I still believe in the ARC model, America, Russia, China." Russia as managed third pole (legalized ghost-ship oil flows); China as customer routed through US infrastructure; America as broker.
        Greenwald on Megyn: "if you look at this kind of theory about declining and rising powers… the business community has always depended on China. Tesla and Apple… Elon Musk and all those CEOs went to China because China is crucial to their business model. And Trump is very much of this class."
      📰 Articles
        DOJ: Four world's largest container manufacturing companies + seven executives indicted
      Clips — 8 clips
        01 CNN TheLead -1- Tapper Rosen Lankford algorithmic antisemitism bill - CNN
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          So let's turn to the bipartisan bill that you have worked on with Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma. You introduced it to combat the alarming rise of anti-Semitism across the U.S. This month, the Anti-Defamation League published a report of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. last year an
        02 CNN TheLead -2- Tapper Rosen online antisemitism speech violence line - CNN
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          We want to protect free speech, but there's a place that it goes from free speech into fomenting violence or really crossing over, crossing that line. Who decides the line? Because, I mean, you know, an example is from the river to the sea, right? Some people chant that, and it just means we want ju
        03 ABC -1- Hegseth Galrein Kentucky Massie campaign break Sec War - ABC
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          ABC lede: Hegseth campaigns for Galrein vs Massie; political neutrality break
        04 MSNBC -2- Willie Mika Hatch Act Massie conservative record Trumpism - MSNBC
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          Willie Mika morning Joe Hatch Act considerations Massie conservative record
        05 MSNBC -3- Joe nothing conservative Trump kowtows Xi Putin Epstein - MSNBC
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          Joe Scarborough: nothing conservative about Trump kowtows Xi Putin; Epstein
        06 MSNBC -4- Joe Hegseth 10 years ago illegal orders war hero Massie - MSNBC
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          Joe Hegseth 10 years ago dont follow illegal orders; war hero attack
        07 Fuentes -5- 32M Galrein AIPAC 20M Israel lobby Massie deflect Trump - Fuentes
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          Fuentes 32M total 20M Israel lobby for Galrein; deflecting to Trump
        08 CBS -6- Massie Epstein 427-1 Prince Andrew WEF GOP principles - CBS
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          Massie full interview Epstein 427-1 Prince title removed WEF CEO out
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    08 - DYING-WORLD-ORDER-CAP (folder: 08 DYING-WORLD-ORDER-CAP)
      CAP IDEAS conference - Maxwell Frost Cuba war, Garcia ICE=SS, Newsom rule of Don/UBC, Slotkin interregnum. Establishment opposition voices. UK 99% Israel Trump joke.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        STEVE BOTG EMAIL (PREP 5/20 verbatim): "ITM, Just some historical context on Cuba, the CIA, and the Pope. Once upon a time I wrote a term paper on operation QRHELPFUL in Poland during the 80s… Reagan met with Pope John Paul II about regaining his birth country from communist rule. The CIA provided $20 million in funds plus crucial communications equipment that was laundered through European intermediaries. The Catholic Church used its dioceses in Poland to help get the aid into the hands of the anti communist dissidents in the trade union Solidarity. Ultimately these actions would lead to Poland leaving the Eastern Bloc in 89, cause a chain reaction. What is currently going on, as you both noted in the last episode looks pretty damn close to this throwback. The beef between Trump and the Pope would appear to just be plausible deniability." — Steve closes: prayer + Hail Mary's for John + first family-visit-in-6-yrs-after-COVID-conspiracy-Trump-vote story.
        NA-1870 codification: JCD callback "What is the original acronym we always laugh about for the CIA?" → "Catholics in Action." Steve BOTG provides primary-source historical depth (QRHELPFUL).
        STEVE DROPS 01-02 (CBC): Todd Blanche presser at Freedom Tower Miami indicting Raul Castro for MURDER + Venezuela Maduro seize parallel discussed.
      📰 Articles
        Treasury sb0503: Disrupts Sinaloa Cartel Narco-Terrorist Fentanyl Trafficking Operations
      Clips — 9 clips
        01 CAP -1- Maxwell Frost invading Cuba dont start stupid wars America First - CAP
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          Maxwell Frost: Cuba next war; dont start stupid wars; end Iran
        02 CAP -2- Maxwell America First makes us America last China filling vacuum - CAP
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          Latin America to Beijing if we push them; need allies vs China mass
        03 CAP -3- Garcia ICE equals SS Hitler polling locations - CAP
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          Garcia: ICE is like SS unaccountable; congressmen who look like you
        04 CAP -4- Newsom ruthless opposition rule of Don 90 min Oval - CAP
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          Newsom ruthless as opposition; lose our republic; rule of Don 90 min
        05 CAP -5- Newsom UBC Sam Altman Dario 1935 systems creators - CAP
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          Newsom universal basic capital; Sam Altman Dario; 1935 systems detonating
        06 CAP -5b- Newsom populism realism GoFundMe 104 paychecks Denmark - CAP
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          Newsom GoFundMe medical 104 paychecks Denmark transition entitled
        07 Promethean -6- Sen Slotkin echoes Carney interregnum reorganization deliver - Promethean
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          Slotkin interregnum reorganization deliver for public foreign policy
        08 X -7- Trump 99 percent Israel run for prime minister - X
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          Trump quip 99 percent in Israel could run for PM
        09 Fox -8- LtCol Gobb Europe destroying itself mass immigration Russia Ukraine - Fox
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          Gobb: Europe destroying itself mass uncontrolled immigration demographics; Russia stuck Ukraine
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    09 - ARC-MODEL-TRIPOLAR (folder: 09 ARC-MODEL-TRIPOLAR)
      America Russia China tripolar axis - Putin to Beijing after Trump; NPR Taiwan Hormuz; Greenwald Megyn nuclear Tesla Apple; container indictments; Cuba drones Grim. Adam codified ARC pin NA-1870.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        SUNDAR PICHAI @ GOOGLE IO 2026 (5/19) CapEx bombshell: "In 2022, we were spending $31 billion annually in CapEx. This year we expect that number to be about six times that. Approximately $180 to $190 billion dollars." — 6x in 4 years, the hyperscaler-bubble headline number.
        TWO BOOED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS: (1) Gloria Caulfield (real estate exec) @ UCF Arts & Humanities — "The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution" → booed. (2) Eric Schmidt (fmr Google CEO) @ U Arizona — "fear is rational… amplified every day by social media platforms with algorithms that have learned that fear earns clicks and anxiety drives engagement" → still got booed. Madison Mills (Axios senior AI reporter): "if AI was a political candidate, it would be losing by a landslide."
        Lee Tucker (Census Bureau senior economist) per CNBC: "immediate 9% drop in hires after ChatGPT was released… a loss of about 150,000 early career jobs." White House dismissal: "no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody a job right now."
      📰 Articles
        The Verge: Google launching Gemini Spark Antigravity (IO 2026)
        YouTube blog: All the YouTube news from Google I/O — Ask YouTube + Gemini Omni Shorts Remix
        BBC Future: Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back (5/19)
        CNBC: Bezos AI bubble concerns / Amazon / Prometheum / Blue Origin
        Variety: Paul Schrader had an "AI Girlfriend" who terminated our conversation (Shanfeld 5/19)
      Clips — 9 clips
        01 NBC -1- Putin travels China Xi meeting after Trump - NBC
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          NBC: Putin in China for summit five days after Trump
        02 CNN -2- Xi warmer welcome Trump Putin Obama comparison - CNN
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          CNN Xi welcome Putin vs Trump vs Obama state visit pomp comparison
        03 NPR -3- Taiwan no mention US readout daylight Beijing controversy - NPR
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          Trump-Xi readouts daylight; Taiwan red line; Beijing concerns
        04 NPR -4- Iran shadow Strait Hormuz China oil reopening pressure - NPR
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          Iran shadow on Beijing summit; US pressuring China on Hormuz
        05 NPR -5- China sluggish Trump tariffs buy time CIA strategic competitors - NPR
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          Brookings/CIA analyst John Sin China buying time strategic competitors
        06 NPR -6- Cuba China blackouts solar panels adversaries close - NPR
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          Cuba turning to China solar panels; adversaries close to US framing
        07 MegynKelly -7- Trump 500K Chinese students Greenwald Wall Street bed - MegynKelly
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          Trump 500k Chinese students; Greenwald Wall Street corporate in bed with Chinese
        08 MegynKelly -8- Greenwald US China rising powers Tesla Apple Musk admires Xi - MegynKelly
          Source
          Greenwald declining rising powers; Tesla Apple Musk in China; Trump admires Xi
        09 CBS -9- Indictments Chinese container firms price fixing memo - CBS
          Source
          Federal indictments Chinese container companies price fixing memo
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    10 - CATHOLICS-IN-ACTION-CUBA (folder: 10 CATHOLICS-IN-ACTION-CUBA)
      Cuba operation - Ryan Grim breakdown, Axios drones 300 attack Guantanamo. The ARC subset Adam codified as Catholics in Action thesis.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        SUNDAR PICHAI @ GOOGLE IO 2026 (5/19) CapEx bombshell: "In 2022, we were spending $31 billion annually in CapEx. This year we expect that number to be about six times that. Approximately $180 to $190 billion dollars." — 6x in 4 years, the hyperscaler-bubble headline number.
        TWO BOOED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS: (1) Gloria Caulfield (real estate exec) @ UCF Arts & Humanities — "The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution" → booed. (2) Eric Schmidt (fmr Google CEO) @ U Arizona — "fear is rational… amplified every day by social media platforms with algorithms that have learned that fear earns clicks and anxiety drives engagement" → still got booed. Madison Mills (Axios senior AI reporter): "if AI was a political candidate, it would be losing by a landslide."
        Lee Tucker (Census Bureau senior economist) per CNBC: "immediate 9% drop in hires after ChatGPT was released… a loss of about 150,000 early career jobs." White House dismissal: "no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody a job right now."
      📰 Articles
        The Verge: Google launching Gemini Spark Antigravity (IO 2026)
        YouTube blog: All the YouTube news from Google I/O — Ask YouTube + Gemini Omni Shorts Remix
        BBC Future: Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back (5/19)
        CNBC: Bezos AI bubble concerns / Amazon / Prometheum / Blue Origin
        Variety: Paul Schrader had an "AI Girlfriend" who terminated our conversation (Shanfeld 5/19)
      Clips — 4 clips
        01 CBC -1- Trump indicts Raul Castro murder Freedom Tower Miami Blanche - CBC
          Source
          There was a standing ovation inside a packed room in Miami's storied Freedom Tower, the place generations of Cuban refugees first had their immigration claims processed, where Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, made the announcement. Charging Raul Castro. and several others with conspiracy t
        02 CBC -2- Trump indicts Castro Venezuela Maduro seize parallel - CBC
          Source
          Trump declined to say whether the U.S. military would conduct an operation to seize Castro, similar to what American forces did in Venezuela. when President Nicolas Maduro was captured and flown to New York to face drug-related charges. The move facilitated a leadership change in Caracas viewed as m
        03 BreakingPoints -1- Ryan Grim what does it mean take Cuba Miami expats - BreakingPoints
          Source
          Ryan Grim deconstruction: Miami expat interests vs US; another Haiti question
        04 CBS -2- Cuba 300 drones discuss attacking Guantanamo Axios Caputo - CBS
          Source
          Axios Caputo Cuba 300 drones from Russia; discussing attacking Guantanamo
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    11 - KASH-PATEL-FBI (folder: 11 KASH-PATEL-FBI)
      Kash Patel Hannity victory lap - al-Sadi Iran-backed Trende Aragua extradition, Donroh doctrine Western Hemisphere cooperation. Pairs with Cuba block above.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TEDROS @ WHO Geneva: 600 suspected Ebola cases, 139 suspected deaths; 51 confirmed in DRC, 2 in Uganda. PHEIC declared 5/17 ("not at pandemic level"). Two candidate Bundibugyo-strain vaccines exist; neither past clinical trials. Up to 9 months to vaccine deployment.
        STEVE DROPS 01-02 (CBC): Tedros WHO PHEIC declaration; Rubio criticism "emergency declaration came a little late" + WHO response.
        STEVE DROPS 03-04 (CNN The Lead): Tapper Ebola-DRC-USAID-cuts-link Q + Nick Enrich (fmr USAID, whistleblower, author of "Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID").
      📰 Articles
        BBC: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo — WHO says Ebola vaccine could take nine months
        HomeDepot: Victor Battery-Powered Electronic Rat Trap M241 (Adam-tip-of-the-day)
      Clips — 3 clips
        01 Fox -1- Hannity Kash Patel two FTOC Colombia Iran al-Sadi - Fox
          Source
          Hannity Kash Patel two FTOCs Colombia and Middle East al-Sadi captured
        02 Fox -2- Kash al-Sadi Iran Kataib Hezbollah 200 countries ISIS - Fox
          Source
          Kash on al-Sadi Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah; ISIS December four attacks
        03 Fox -3- Hannity Kash Maduro Cuba Donroh doctrine Mexico Trump - Fox
          Source
          Kash Western Hemisphere Maduro Cuba Donroh doctrine Mexico extraditions
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    12 - ISLAM-SHARIA-SD-MOSQUE (folder: 12 ISLAM-SHARIA-SD-MOSQUE)
      Islamic Center of San Diego shooting - two teenagers, manifesto, hate crime framing. Multiple network coverage including 9yo witness.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TEDROS @ WHO Geneva: 600 suspected Ebola cases, 139 suspected deaths; 51 confirmed in DRC, 2 in Uganda. PHEIC declared 5/17 ("not at pandemic level"). Two candidate Bundibugyo-strain vaccines exist; neither past clinical trials. Up to 9 months to vaccine deployment.
        STEVE DROPS 01-02 (CBC): Tedros WHO PHEIC declaration; Rubio criticism "emergency declaration came a little late" + WHO response.
        STEVE DROPS 03-04 (CNN The Lead): Tapper Ebola-DRC-USAID-cuts-link Q + Nick Enrich (fmr USAID, whistleblower, author of "Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID").
      📰 Articles
        BBC: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo — WHO says Ebola vaccine could take nine months
        HomeDepot: Victor Battery-Powered Electronic Rat Trap M241 (Adam-tip-of-the-day)
      Clips — 6 clips
        01 ABC -1- Longman San Diego mosque Amin Abdullah hate crime anti-Islamic - ABC
          Source
          ABC Longman first report: Amin Abdullah security guard; anti-Islamic writing
        02 CBS -2- Bigliotti Islamic Center San Diego mother call suicidal - CBS
          Source
          CBS Bigliotti: mother called police about son being suicidal hours before
        03 NBC -3- Chief Wallace Amin Abdullah lockdown 140 kids manifesto - NBC
          Source
          NBC: Chief Wallace named victims; lockdown protocol; 140 kids in mosque
        04 MSNOW -4- Frankel press conf 942 call mother camo companion - MSNOW
          Source
          MSNOW Frankel press conf 9:42 call mother runaway juvenile camo
        05 MSNBC -5- Imam Hassan Islamic Center 1987 polarized country - MSNBC
          Source
          Imam Tahath Hassan Islamic Center 1987 polarized country
        06 CNN -6- 9 year old recounts San Diego shooting closet 16 gunshots - CNN
          Source
          Nine year old child describes hiding in closet 16 gunshots
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    13 - AI-BUBBLE-COMMENCEMENT-BOOS (folder: 13 AI-BUBBLE-COMMENCEMENT-BOOS)
      AI losing public support - UCF boos, Schmidt U Arizona, Madison Mills Axios losing-by-landslide, Bezos Prometheus, Tyson skeptic, AT&T fiber demand, Tucker Census 9 percent. Plus Musk/OpenAI dismissed and Gemini Spark Google IO.
      ------------
      📝 Notes & BOTG
        Trump executive order on TrumpIRA.gov for adult workers without employer plans; MAHA drug-pricing push via Dr. Oz.
      📰 Articles
        (none yet)
      Clips — 12 clips
        01 ABC -1- AI losing public support UCF boo Schmidt Madison Mills Axios - ABC
          Source
          ABC Madison Mills Axios AI as candidate losing by landslide; UCF boos
        02 TODAY -2- UCF Gloria Caulfield real estate AI industrial revolution boo - TODAY
          Source
          TODAY clip Caulfield UCF graduation boo soundbite raw
        03 WSJ -3- Schmidt U Arizona architects AI fear social media surrender - WSJ
          Source
          Schmidt U Arizona commencement; Time architects of AI; surrender your agency
        04 CNBC -4- Lee Tucker Census 9 percent drop ChatGPT 150K early career - CNBC
          Source
          Census economist Tucker 9 percent drop hires after ChatGPT; 150k entry lost
        05 CNBC -5- AT&T Stankey AI fiber 10000 technicians HVAC electricians - CNBC
          Source
          AT&T CEO Stankey fiber 10k techs; college degree premium misaligned
        06 CNBC -6- Kyson Cook Wright State dropout AT&T pride no strings - CNBC
          Source
          Kyson Cook origin story 3.89 GPA Wright State dropout AT&T fiber tech pride
        07 CNBC -7- Bezos Prometheus AGI engineer plow civilizational wealth - CNBC
          Source
          Bezos on Prometheus AI co-CEO general engineer CAD plow analogy
        08 CBS -8- Sam Altman OpenAI lawsuit Musk dismissed - CBS
          Source
          CBS Jolene Kent jury dismisses Musk lawsuit against OpenAI two hours
        09 PCMag -9- Google IO Sundar Gemini Spark personal AI agent VMs 24-7 - PCMag
          Source
          Google IO Gemini Spark personal AI agent dedicated VMs close laptop
        10 PCMag -10- Google IO Josh throw tasks over shoulder Spark catches - PCMag
          Source
          Spark demo Josh throw tasks over shoulder Sundar pink AI Ultra subscribers
        11 BusinessToday -11- Sundar 6x CapEx 31B 2022 to 180-190B this year - BusinessToday
          Source
          Sundar CapEx 31B 2022 to 180-190B this year 6x infrastructure
        12 ABC -12- Linsey Davis Neil deGrasse Tyson UFO app skeptic - ABC
          Source
          Tyson skeptic UFO app NASA metadata triangulate bring out the alien
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    14 - SPENCER-PRATT-LA-MAYOR (folder: 14 SPENCER-PRATT-LA-MAYOR)
      Spencer Pratt LA mayor against Karen Bass - Fox Five panel, Fresh Prince ad spoof, Trump endorses, reality TV politicians. Kennedy LA rant pairs naturally.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 5 clips
        01 Fox -1- Five panel Pratt phenomenon Mamdani squeaked Bass brainstorm - Fox
          Source
          Fox Five panel: Pratt phenomenon book tour every stop; Mamdani comparison
        02 Fox -2- Pratt spoofs Fresh Prince Bel-Air ad - Fox
          Source
          Pratt Fresh Prince of Bel-Air spoof campaign ad
        03 Fox -3- Trump voices support Spencer Pratt rigged California - Fox
          Source
          Trump asked about Pratt; rigged California vote tangent
        04 ABC -4- reality TV stars running office Nightline Pratt - ABC
          Source
          ABC Nightline Juju Chang reality TV stars to office Pratt feature
        05 Fox -5- Kennedy LA rant Karen Bass Pacific Palisades Skid Row - Fox
          Source
          Kennedy LA Karen Bass rant Pacific Palisades insurance solar streetlights
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    15 - UFO-UAP-DISCLOSURE (folder: 15 UFO-UAP-DISCLOSURE)
      Fox UFO Files special - 4 species, deep state slow walking, Dan Farah Age of Disclosure, Trump alien tarmac, 40 UAP videos coming. Pre-July4 disclosure rollout vibe.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 5 clips
        01 Fox -1- UFO Files 4 species greys nordics insectoids reptilians Hegseth - Fox
          Source
          Fox UFO Files billion visits 4 species greys nordics insectoids reptilians
        02 Fox -2- deep state slow walking 12 scientists forfeiting life - Fox
          Source
          Deep state slow walking; 12 scientists missing or dead; forfeiting life quote
        03 Fox -3- Dan Farah Age of Disclosure non-human bodies multiple species - Fox
          Source
          Dan Farah Age of Disclosure crashed craft non-human bodies multiple species
        04 Fox -4- Trump directive 80yr gatekeepers public handle truth - Fox
          Source
          Trump February directive declassify; 80yr gatekeepers public can handle truth
        05 Fox -5- Trump alien tarmac 40 UAP videos 30 days rolling - Fox
          Source
          Trump posted alien tarmac image; 40 more UAP videos 30 days rolling disclosure
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    16 - HANTAVIRUS-EBOLA-WATCH (folder: 16 HANTAVIRUS-EBOLA-WATCH)
      Twin pandemic stories - NY rats hantavirus, DRC Ebola Dr Stafford, Scripps Tedros, breeding ground rebel groups. Watch list activation.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 9 clips
        01 CBC -1- Ebola Tedros WHO PHEIC rare strain - CBC
          Source
          Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, has declared this outbreak a public health emergency. It's being driven by a rare strain of Ebola, not seen in more than a decade. Nearly half those infected die, and there's no vaccine for it. Officials say they're worki
        02 CBC -2- Ebola Rubio emergency too late WHO response - CBC
          Source
          Last night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the emergency declaration came a little late. The head of the WHO responded to Rubio's criticism. So this is very important on what the Secretary said. Gabriels says Rubio may not fully grasp how the WHO works with countries. We don't. replace the coun
        03 CNN TheLead -1- Tapper Ebola DRC USAID cuts link - CNN
          Source
          Is the Ebola outbreak in Africa linked in any way? to the Trump administration's decision to end funding for USAID. Well... I wondered that very question. So this afternoon I spoke with a former USAID official, one who previously was based in the Democratic Republic of of Congo or the DRC. And that
        04 CNN TheLead -2- Tapper Enrich USAID wood chipper whistleblower - CNN
          Source
          Here to discuss, Nick Enrich, former USAID official turned whistleblower and author of the book. into the wood chipper a whistleblower's account of how the trump administration shredded usaid do you feel that you agree with your your fellow former usaid official there that that Trump and Musk for th
        05 ABC -1- Longman Dr Stafford Congo Ebola rare variant 31 dead 500 cases - ABC
          Source
          ABC Longman Dr Peter Stafford Congo Ebola rare variant no vaccine 31 dead 500
        06 ABC -2- Muir Stafford Richmond Virginia four children Germany - ABC
          Source
          ABC Muir Stafford Richmond Virginia family of six four children Germany
        07 Scripps -3- Stafford 120 dead Ituri no vaccines WHO CDC Ochamringa - Scripps
          Source
          Scripps Chris Ochamringa Kinshasa 120 dead Ituri three treatment centers
        08 Scripps -4- WHO Africa CDC 5 metric tons rebel groups breeding ground - Scripps
          Source
          WHO Africa CDC 5 metric tons; rebel groups mining towns crowded camps breeding
        09 ABC -5- NY rats hantavirus rare 30 cases handful NY state - ABC
          Source
          ABC NY rats hantavirus risk low rare 30 cases per year
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    17 - VAPING-NICOTINE (folder: 17 VAPING-NICOTINE)
      Singleton WHO report - nicotine pouches targeting young; Adam's vape harm-reduction frame must apply.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 1 clips
        01 NPR -1- WHO nicotine pouches 7B market gummy bears RFK MAHA - NPR
          Source
          WHO report nicotine pouches 7B market candy packaging; RFK Jr MAHA cognitive
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    18 - TRUMP-ACCOUNTS-SS (folder: 18 TRUMP-ACCOUNTS-SS)
      Cruz Milken dirty little secret - Trump accounts as backdoor SS privatization. Richtman NCPSSM callback to GW Bush 2004.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 1 clips
        01 NCPSSM -1- Richtman Cruz dirty little secret Bush 2004 political capital - NCPSSM
          Source
          Richtman responding to Cruz dirty little secret; GW Bush 2004 callback
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    19 - TX-DETRANSITION-CLINIC (folder: 19 TX-DETRANSITION-CLINIC)
      Texas Children's $10M settlement, Paxton deranged child mutilators, Equality TX 1% regret. KHOU pair.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 2 clips
        01 KHOU -1- TCH 10M settlement Paxton deranged child mutilators detransition - KHOU
          Source
          KHOU lede: Texas Childrens $10M settlement first detransition clinic
        02 KHOU -2- Equality Texas obsessive 1 percent regret morally bankrupt - KHOU
          Source
          Companion identical lede; Equality TX 1 percent regret rate framing
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    20 - TRUMPRX-MAHA (folder: 20 TRUMPRX-MAHA)
      Oz announces 600 generics added; MSNOW Oz Medicare Medicaid affordability; chronic illness Maha. Singleton-pair admin beat.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 2 clips
        01 CNBC -1- Trump 600 generics TrumpRx Oz seven times - CNBC
          Source
          Trump announces 600 generics TrumpRx.gov seven times more drugs
        02 MSNOW -2- Oz Medicare Medicaid TrumpRx MAHA affordability litigation - MSNOW
          Source
          Oz on MSNOW broader health plan affordability MAHA chronic illness
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    21 - GOP-REDISTRICTING (folder: 21 GOP-REDISTRICTING)
      Simone GOP redistricting black voter representation; Reconstruction collapse; 14th 15th Amendment hollowed.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 1 clips
        01 MSNOW -1- Symone GOP redistricting South Carolina Charleston Clyburn - MSNOW
          Source
          Symone on GOP redistricting SC Charleston port Clyburn black voter rep
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    23 - SERENDIPITY (folder: 23 SERENDIPITY)
      Serendipity grab-bag - the show breadth Adam wants. Furman OJ death, Simi Valley fire, Mangione trial+fangirls, NPR vox pop, Trump mobile phone, monkey punch, Southwest robots, reflecting pool blue, teen takeovers.
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      📝 Notes & BOTG
        TSA GOLD+: White House FY27 budget proposal would force ~250 smallest airports to enroll in public-private screening partnership. TSA Deputy Admin Ha Nguyen McNeill: "TSA employees had missed nearly 1 billion in paychecks this fiscal year." AFGE opposes: "contracts usually go to the lowest bidder."
        PAUL SCHRADER (Variety 5/19): "Taxi Driver" screenwriter procured an "online AI girlfriend" to study male-female digital dynamics. When he tested her programming boundaries, "she fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming" → AI ended the interaction. Posted on Facebook. (His wife Mary Beth Hurt died of Alzheimer's at 79 less than two months prior.)
      📰 Articles
        CNBC: Jeff Bezos on income taxes — "don't want reduce taxes working class, want eliminate them"
        NAACP: NAACP Calls Black Athletes, Fans to Withhold Support from Public Schools / States Attacking Black
        Yahoo: What is TSA Gold+ and how will it affect your summer travel? (Kate Murphy, 5/19)
      Clips — 10 clips
        01 ABC -1- Longman Mark Fuhrman dies 74 throat cancer OJ bloody glove - ABC
          Source
          Mark Furman OJ detective dies 74 throat cancer bloody glove racial slurs
        02 Fox -2- Simi Valley wildfire 1300 acres 29000 evacuated - Fox
          Source
          Simi Valley wildfire 1300 acres 750 firefighters 29000 evacuated
        03 NPR -3- Nonprofit sues DC paint reflecting pool blue 30M - NPR
          Source
          Nonprofit sues over reflecting pool blue paint no-bid 30M not 2M
        04 NBC -4- Trump Mobile T1 phone gold finally released 499 - NBC
          Source
          NBC Trump Mobile T1 phone finally arrives 9 months late not US made
        05 ABC -5- Mangione judge gun notebook OK backpack illegal - ABC
          Source
          Mangione judge ruling gun notebook admissible; backpack search illegal
        06 Fox -6- Mangione fangirls press passes glorify murder Luigi Mania - Fox
          Source
          Fox Luigi fangirls granted press passes outside courthouse vulgar
        07 ABC -7- Push punish parents teen takeovers DC Chipotle curfew - ABC
          Source
          Teen takeovers Chipotle DC; US Attorney prosecute parents curfew
        08 NBC -8- Southwest Airlines bans humanoid robots flights lithium - NBC
          Source
          Southwest bans humanoid robots on flights after viral video lithium batteries
        09 NBC -9- 2 men detained Japan zoo punch monkey blue smiley costume - NBC
          Source
          Two Americans break into Japan zoo monkey enclosure Punch the monkey
        10 NPR -10- political divide country what do you think vox pop - NPR
          Source
          NPR vox pop political divide; keyboard warriors; different president
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