No Agenda Episode 1879 - "Grace and Assurance"

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  Credits
    Grace and Assurance
    Executive Producers:
      Sir Scovee, Grand Duke of the Piedmont
      Sir Your Honest Mechanic (Easley, SC)
      Sir-Tanly The Weather Champ
      Manuka Gold
      Sir Optimus
      Michael Mohrbutter
      Lane Lamoreaux
    Associate Executive Producers:
      Dude Named Jeff
      Troy Funderburk (switcheroo from Dame Mama Thunder)
      La Jolla Salt Corporation
      Eli the Coffee Guy
      Dame Cindy of the Tito's (switcheroo from Indy NA Meetup)
      Linda Lupatkin — Imagemakers Ink
      Dakotah Walker
      Dan the Man (switcheroo from Amy Lynn)
    Knights and Dames:
      Dakotah Walker > Sir Dakotah Walker
      Sir Scovee > Grand Duke
    Order of the Heart:
      Sir Scovee
      Sir Your Honest Mechanic
    End of Show Mixes:
      Cam (Gratuitous Book of Knowledge)
      MVP (Donation Yelling)
      Molly Berry (Geopolitical Doo-wop)
    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
    00 IRAN-MOU
      Clips — 48
      📰 Articles
        CNBC — The Ghalibaf factor: why oil may flow through Hormuz faster than many believe
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Theory that Iran's parliament speaker Ghalibaf is pushing a fast Hormuz reopening to capture oil revenue quickly, so flows resume faster than the mine-clearing timeline implies.
        NBC — Strait of Hormuz to reopen as US lifts Iran sanctions in 14-point deal
        BBC — Iran / Hormuz report
        CNN live — Iran war / Trump / Israel / Lebanon
        CNBC — oil prices / supply-glut
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Oil-glut/oversupply framing (no embedded video; note only).
      1 BEIRUT-ISRAEL
        01 News Now — Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is the key to Trump's US-Iran deal - 13NewsNow
          Source
          13News Now (ABC package, Olivia Rubin): the Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon is the key to keeping the US–Iran deal intact — a 60-day deal for regional peace, with the kicker that Israel wasn't even part of drafting it.
        02 News Now — Trump on Iran deal, otherwise we will do things that won't make them happy - 13NewsNow
          Source
          13News Now: Trump SOT — the agreement was signed last night and runs 60 days; otherwise “we will do things that won't make them happy,” though he thinks “it's going to be very good” — the war-feint in his own words.
        03 CBS — Aaron MacLean, insanely the MOUs first paragraph makes the US end hostilities in Lebanon, an obvious trap - CBS
          Source
          CBS News: nat-sec analyst Aaron MacLean on the Lebanon trap — “insanely, the first paragraph of the MOU requires the United States to bring about the end of hostilities in Lebanon,” a war the US isn't in between two non-parties (Israel/Hezbollah) — “an obvious trap.”
        04 PBS — Tehran and Israeli street reaction, Iranians call America a liar, Israeli says it doesnt stop the war - PBS
          Source
          PBS NewsHour: Tehran AND Israeli street reaction to the signed deal — Iranians call America “nothing but a liar,” while an Israeli says it “doesn't stop the war”: “I really believed in Trump and that he would end the war.”
        05 PBS — Israel-Hezbollah a stumbling block, Vance rebukes Israel for attacking the only powerful ally it has left - PBS
          Source
          PBS NewsHour: Israel and Hezbollah (neither a party to the MOU) are a stumbling block as Israeli strikes kill in southern Lebanon — drawing a sharp rebuke from VP Vance for “attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.”
        06 CNN — analyst, each side hid traps to walk away, this is really about paying Iran off to open Strait of Hormuz - CNN
          Source
          CNN: an analyst dissects the “traps” each side hid to walk away — Iran's Lebanon provisions, the US's nuclear demands Iran “never agreed to before” — and the bottom line: “this is really about paying Iran off to open the Strait of Hormuz.”
      2 BEFORE-MOU-SIGNED
        01 Fox — Trump after signing MOU at Versailles, if it doesnt get done in 60 days we go back to bombing - Fox
          Source
          Fox News: after Trump signs the MOU at Versailles (with Macron/Rubio; Pezeshkian signing from Tehran), his enforcement threat — “It's a memorandum of understanding. If it doesn't get done in 60 days… we go back to bombing.”
        02 Trump — when will the MOU be released, very powerful doc not like the terrible Obama document - Z3L6roxswA8
          Source
          Trump (G7 presser): asked when the MOU text will be released — “I want it released… a very powerful document, not like the terrible Obama document”; says it comes out after Friday once the strait opens and the mines are cleared.
        03 VP Vance MOU presser — Lebanon regional peace, Hezbollah ceasefire, Rubio on point - CBS News
          Source
          CBS News: VP JD Vance presser on the MOU's Lebanon component — regional peace = Hezbollah stops firing and Israel stops striking Lebanon; ceasefires are messy, Rubio on point, the plan is an elected Lebanese govt policing the south.
        04 VP Vance — Iran couldnt sell oil because of the blockade not sanctions, lifting it opens Hormuz trade - CBS News
          Source
          CBS News: VP Vance — Iran couldn't sell oil because of the BLOCKADE, not sanctions; the core swap is the US lifts the blockade and lets Iran sell some oil while Iran opens Hormuz trade — “that's where we are today.”
        05 VP Vance — Strait must never be a global choke point again, no tolls, no final deal otherwise, we have all the cards - CBS News
          Source
          CBS News: VP Vance — the Strait must NEVER be a global choke point again, no tolls; Oman/Iran/GCC build a security framework, and “if that's not in the final deal, there's no deal — we have all the cards.”
      3 AFTER-SIGNED-RIGHT
        01 CBS — GOP senators react to the Iran MOU, Cruz Cassidy Graham Kennedy, murder Americans to give peace a chance - CBS
          Source
          CBS News: GOP Senate reaction chorus — Cruz (“money will be used to murder Americans”), Cassidy (“Iran's stronger, we're weaker”), Graham (measured), Kennedy (the wry “let's give peace a chance”) — outrage to shrug.
        02 Fox — Trey Gowdy, we had our foot on their throat and I didnt believe this MOU, if you can down blend you can up blend, - Fox
          Source
          Fox News: Trey Gowdy on the MOU — “we literally had our foot on their throat… I didn't believe it”; if you can “down blend” you can “up blend,” Trump's gone in 2029 but the supreme leader isn't — “do you really think Iran has abandoned its nuclear ambition?”
        03 PBS — GOP ex-official Doran gives the deal the benefit of the doubt, no enrichment while negotiating is a big change - PBS
          Source
          PBS NewsHour: GOP ex-official Michael Doran (Hudson Institute) gives the deal “the benefit of the doubt” — “a mixed bag,” but no enrichment while negotiating is “a fundamentally different character… than anything since they started enriching uranium in 2006.”
        04 CBS — analyst Aaron MacLean, MOU is materially weaker than Obamas JCPOA, Iran in a much more advantageous position - CBS
          Source
          CBS News: nat-sec analyst Aaron MacLean (School of War) — now that the MOU text is out, “it is materially weaker than President Obama's JCPOA for the United States… and Iran is in a much more advantageous position.”
        05 Beck — VP JD Vance, you dont trust anybody you trust peoples actions, perform or get nothing, US still has all the cards - Glenn Beck
          Source
          Glenn Beck podcast: VP JD Vance defends the MOU's structure — “you don't trust anybody… I trust people's actions”; perform and Iran gets relief, don't and they get nothing — “the United States still has all the cards.”
        06 NBC — Trump Axios SOT, no limits on my power, MOU really probably is unconditional surrender, I think so - NBC
          Source
          NBC News airs Trump's Axios SOT: asked the limits on his power after the war, “There are no limits” — then concedes the MOU “really probably is unconditional surrender… I think so.”
      4 AFTER-SIGNED-LEFT
        01 NBC — 2015-deal architect Moniz, the MOU is an oil deal not an Iran deal, nuclear issues were punted - NBC
          Source
          NBC News: 2015-deal architect Ernest Moniz (ex-Energy Sec) says the MOU “is not really an Iran deal — it's an oil and commodities deal opening up Hormuz; the nuclear issues were just kicked down the road. They were punted.”
        02 NBC — Moniz, no enrichment is worthless without verification inspectors at covert sites, deal at great risk - NBC
          Source
          NBC News: Ernest Moniz on verification — even if Iran agrees to no enrichment, without inspectors allowed at suspected covert sites “the agreement is worthless,” and many unresolved questions put the deal “at great risk.”
        03 NBC — Moniz, MOU frees up funding that makes a billion dollars pale, plus undefined 300B fund never in 2015 deal - NBC
          Source
          NBC News: Ernest Moniz on the money — the funds freed up under the MOU “make a billion dollars pale in comparison,” plus an undefined $300B reconstruction fund never in the 2015 deal: “I really just don't understand any of those statements.”
        04 NBC — Obama assesses Trumps Iran deal to Craig Melvin, back where we were before the war, maybe worse off - NBC
          Source
          NBC News: former Pres. Obama, to Craig Melvin, grades Trump's Iran deal — happy for a ceasefire, but after a war that cost billions and lives, “it feels like we're back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off.”
        05 CBS — natsec analyst Sam Vinograd calls the Iran MOU a capitulation, a blank check to Iran, says its frightening - CBS
          Source
          CBS natsec analyst Sam Vinograd (The Takeout w/ Major Garrett) calls the MOU a “capitulation document” and a “blank check to Iran” — no new sanctions while negotiating gives Iran terror/missile/cyber latitude immediately: “I find it quite frightening.”
        06 PBS — ex-State Alan Eyre, we destroyed their Air Force and Navy but the threat was the missiles, we made it worse - PBS
          Source
          PBS NewsHour: ex-State Dept Iran-deal negotiator Alan Eyre — we destroyed Iran's Air Force and Navy (neither was the threat); the real threat was missiles/drones on Hormuz, which Iran KEEPS — “we haven't addressed the existing threat, we made it worse,” and the war “didn't touch nuclear facilities.”
        07 NBC two-way — Iran deal criticism, 300B reconstruction fund + Iran keeps missiles, even Republicans question it - NBC News
          Source
          NBC News (anchor + WH correspondent): the criticism over the $300B reconstruction fund + Iran keeping its missiles — Iran only benefits “if and when” it complies, but even Republicans question it, and Iran gets a financial benefit immediately now the deal is in effect.
        08 MSNBC — Rubio said destroy Irans missiles, now Trump says its unfair for them not to have some - MS NOW
          Source
          MS NOW (MSNBC): the missile about-face — Rubio DURING the war said the purpose was “to destroy that missile capability,” but Trump now says it's “a little bit unfair” for Iran not to have some; WSJ calls the MOU “a recipe for the surrender of the Strait of Hormuz.”
      5 HORMUZ-OIL
        01 CBS cold open — Hormuz reopens, Trump signs 14-pt accord, Vance real fruits, record 12.5M barrels - CBS News
          Source
          CBS News cold open: the Strait of Hormuz is officially back open, CENTCOM declares the blockade over; Trump signed a 14-point accord (60-day clock, to be finalized in Switzerland), VP Vance touts “real fruits” — a record 12.5M barrels moved through overnight.
        02 CBS reporter Weijia — MOU omits Iran ballistic missiles, Trump now says unfair if neighbors have them - CBS News
          Source
          CBS News (reporter Weijia): the MOU omits Iran's ballistic missiles — a key war objective was to dismantle them — and Trump now says it'd be “unfair” if Iran didn't have some when its neighbors do.
        03 CBS — RAND engineer Scott Savitz on the Hormuz mine-clearing timeline, full normal traffic within a few weeks - CBS
          Source
          CBS News: RAND engineer Dr. Scott Savitz on the realistic Hormuz mine-clearing timeline — appreciable traffic within days, narrow corridors soon, but full normal traffic “within a few weeks,” the whole strait taking “weeks, possibly months” to de-mine.
        04 CNBC — Iran deal reopens Hormuz, analysts say oil flows take months to normalize - CNBC
          Source
          CNBC (energy desk, Vienna): the deal reopens Hormuz, lifts the blockade and grants a 60-day oil waiver — but named analysts (Argus' David Fyfe, Energy Aspects' Rita Sand) say it could take months before oil flows normalize.
      6 VANCE-SWITZERLAND
        01 MS NOW — Vance postpones Switzerland Iran talks, Iranian official blames Israeli strikes on Lebanon - MSNBC
          Source
          MS NOW (MSNBC, Zurich corr. Ines de la Cotera): VP Vance abruptly postpones the Switzerland technical talks (Kushner/Witkoff were to meet Iranian officials); WH cites logistics, but a senior Iranian official ties the delay to Israeli strikes on Lebanon.
      7 SUNDAY SHOWS
        01 ABC TW - Tom Soufi Burridge - Vance in switzerland for nuclear talks
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week (Tom Soufi Burridge): VP Vance opens the first US–Iran nuclear talks since the truce at a Swiss resort — “historic day, turn over a new leaf” — but with Hormuz reopening and the Lebanon ceasefire shaky, the 4-day-old MOU already looks at risk.
        02 ABC TW - Britt Clennett - tenuous ceasefire israel and hezbollah
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week (Britt Clennett): the southern-Lebanon Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire is tenuous (arguably never began) — 28+ killed, the US accused of failing its MOU duty to pressure Israel; Lebanon is where the deal could collapse.
        03 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl - intro 06-21-26
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week cold open (Jonathan Karl): Hormuz closed again and the ceasefire broke and was reinstated twice in 48 hours; Trump calls the MOU a triumph while Republicans (Cassidy “worst blunder in decades,” Cruz) and the NY Post savage it.
        04 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan - intro 06-21-26
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation cold open (Margaret Brennan): the first face-to-face US–Iran meeting since the truce opens a daunting 60-day nuclear window, with an official's “turn over a new leaf” soundbite.
        05 NBC MTP - Garrett Haake, intro 06-21-26
          Source: NBC Meet the Press (06-21-26)
          NBC Meet the Press cold open (Garrett Haake): a fragile peace holds as the MOU reopens Hormuz and lifts the US blockade; Trump claims “no limits” to his power and “we defeated them totally militarily.”
        06 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -1 MOU is a jaw dropping horrific surrender
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week: ex-NSA Susan Rice calls the MOU a “jaw-dropping, horrific surrender” — Iran can immediately sell oil, use the banking system, and access tens of billions in frozen assets within 60 days.
        07 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -2 iran will be able to charge fees for the strait
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week: Susan Rice — Iran can charge Hormuz transit fees, gets a $300B promise and across-the-board sanctions relief, and the US commits to pull forces back from Iran's vicinity and Gulf bases.
        08 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -3 iran can hold the world hostage anytime it wants
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week: Susan Rice — she opposed the “stupid war,” but calls this a “very bad outcome”: a weaker US hand and an Iran that can hold the global economy hostage by closing Hormuz anytime.
        09 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -4 israel's concerns are not ours
          Source: ABC This Week (06-21-26)
          ABC This Week: Susan Rice calls Vance's “only sympathetic head of state” line “extraordinary” — Iran's nuclear program is left intact and the administration effectively told Israel “your concerns are not ours.”
        10 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -1 US Iran peace talks
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: NSA Mike Waltz defends negotiating with ex-IRGC speaker Qalibaf as a pragmatic first-ever direct-talks step aimed at no Iranian nuke.
        11 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -2 iran has 6 US hostages
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Mike Waltz — “no trust, all verify,” backed by force and a devastated Iran; pressed on 6 Americans still held (left out of the goodwill gesture), he touts Trump's hostage record.
        12 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -3 Iran to invite inspection of nuclear sites
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Mike Waltz says DOE physicists are on-site from day one to down-blend uranium and the program is “destroyed” and will stay so; Brennan counters that the JCPOA shipped the stockpile to Russia and presses for real limits.
        13 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -1 iranian deal is akin to marshall plan for germany with the nazis still in charge
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Sen. Lindsey Graham walks back his “Marshall Plan with the Nazis still in charge” line — he only objects to Western money; Sunni-Arab (Saudi/Qatar/UAE) funding would prove Iran changed, which he doubts.
        14 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -2 the MOU is problematic
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Graham dismisses fellow Republicans' warnings and concedes the MOU is “problematic,” but argues the money can't rebuild Iran and he'd rather try diplomacy than another war.
        15 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -3 'i think it will fail', the MOU
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Graham expects the deal to fail — and says, per 4.5 hours with Trump, the US would then seize Hormuz by force, charge fees, expand the Abraham Accords to Saudi in 2026, and “obliterate” Iran if it resists.
        16 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -3 lindsey toots his own horn
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Graham pitches himself as the broker of Saudi–Israel normalization (recounting his pre-Oct-7 Biden-era shuttle diplomacy), appeals to “Bibi” and Lebanon — “Iran will be in a box.”
        17 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -4 reathorizoing FISA
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Graham says Trump sabotaged DNI nominee Jay Clayton (told him to skip the hearing), leaving Pulte in charge, and warns anyone who lets FISA Section 702 lapse will “own a future attack.”
        18 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -5 Iran in a BOX
          Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
          CBS Face the Nation: Graham says Pulte (accused of weaponizing mortgage data) is “fine right now” only if FISA is reauthorized, pushes Clayton, and warns of people who “want to blow us all up” — get Iran “in a box.”
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    01 AI-BUBBLE
      Clips — 3
      📰 Articles
        CNBC — AI buildout giving tech investors new reasons to watch the bond market
        CNBC — Trump tells Axios he no longer views Anthropic as a national-security threat (06/19)
        CNBC — NetJets first fatal crash kills Texas VC founder
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>News note, no clippable SOT.
        Asia Times — Why Xi is walling in China's money — and why it won't work
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Pesek: Beijing pressing HK/Singapore brokerages to wind down cross-border flows chills legit investment; property crisis + $22T household savings; PBOC eyeing an overnight-rate framework.
      01 Trump (Axios) — no longer views Anthropic-Amodei a national-security threat, he responded very responsibly - Axios
        Source
        Axios (The Axios Show): Trump says he no longer views Anthropic / CEO Dario Amodei as a national-security threat — “not now, but a week ago, maybe… he responded very responsibly.”
      02 Trump (Axios) — a competitor and part-owner turned Anthropic in, DPA on AI, worked out very well - UuxNyX7We5U
        Source
        Axios: Trump's kicker — “a competitor and a part owner that turned Anthropic in” (Amazon/Google are part-owners), plus that he could use the Defense Production Act on AI but isn't sure he has to — “it worked out very well.”
      03 CNBC — AI data-center buildout debt binge, 750B capex, free cash flow lowest since dot-com era - CNBC
        Source
        CNBC: the AI data-center buildout is a debt binge — ~$750B capex this year, giants (Nvidia/Oracle/Meta/Amazon/Alphabet, OpenAI) tapping debt, free cash flow at its lowest since the dot-com era — “tech investors learning what it's like to be an old-economy industrial business.”
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    02 HEALTH-PANDEMIC
      Clips — 7
      📰 Articles
        ODNI — Press Release PR-11-26
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Companion ODNI release to the Gabbard/Fauci COVID-origins doc dump (gov bot-blocked for fetch; text note).
      01 CBS anchor + Harvard epidemiologist Saira Madad — DRC Ebola could be worst ever, 3rd largest on record, 900 cases - CBS News
        Source
        CBS News: anchor + Harvard epidemiologist Saira Madad — the DRC Ebola outbreak could be the worst ever, already the 3rd largest on record (~900 cases across 31 health zones / 3 provinces) and still expanding.
      02 Saira Madad — contact tracing falling behind, 33k should be traced only 4k are, outbreak in conflict zone - CBS News
        Source
        CBS News: epidemiologist Saira Madad — DRC Ebola contact tracing is falling behind (only ~4,000 of ~33,000 contacts traced per WHO), and the outbreak sits in a conflict zone, confounding the response.
      03 CBS — corr Remy Innocencio in Uganda, Ebola cases up nearly 40pct in a week, on track to be worst fastest outbreak - CBS
        Source
        CBS News (corr. Remy Innocencio, western Uganda): Ebola cases are up nearly 40% in a week (~500 to ~900) with CDC activating $100M+ — “on track to be the worst, fastest outbreak.”
      04 Texas Air Force base flu outbreak after Hegseth dropped shot mandate - GARY EMAIL
        Source: Producer submission (Gary)
        Producer clip (Gary): a flu outbreak at a Texas Air Force base after SecDef Hegseth dropped the military flu-shot mandate — the anti-mandate “told you so” public-health angle.
      05 TV News — Medicare cut-rate GLP-1 program, $50-month on the taxpayers dime - glp1-cutrate
        Source: TV News (outlet not named in audio)
        TV news package: a new Medicare program gives ~14M recipients cut-rate Ozempic/Wegovy at $50/month (Trump's November “most favored nation” deal with GLP-1 makers) — critics bristle at taxpayer-funded weight loss; pilot in July, permanent in 2028.
      06 Gabbard (DNI) — Fauci funded Wuhan gain-of-function, releasing docs exposing IC coverup of lab-leak - ECK3G64geW4
        Source
        DNI Tulsi Gabbard (ODNI statement): on her final day as DNI she releases never-before-seen docs — Fauci funneled millions to dangerous gain-of-function bat-coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (now seen as the lab-leak source) and worked with a politicized IC to suppress the truth.
      07 Gabbard (DNI) — Deep State Playbook, Fauci lied to Congress, undermined a duly elected president - ECK3G64geW4
        Source
        DNI Gabbard (ODNI): “straight from the Deep State Playbook” — Fauci manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress, and undermined a duly elected president by restricting his access to vital facts: “It's time you know the truth.”
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    03 DYING-WORLD-ORDER
      Clips — 7
      01 NPR — Snapchat TikTok YouTube Instagram X blocked, Starmer says its making children unhappy and unsafe - NPR
        Source
        NPR: the UK is banning social media for under-16s — Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and X blocked by early next year; PM Starmer calls it “a big step… because social media is making children unhappy and unsafe.”
      02 CNN — Labour Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, vows to fight Reform UK populism, knocks divided dark US politics - CNN
        Source
        CNN: Labour's Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election and vows to fight Reform UK populism, knocking the “divided, dark politics of the kind we see in the United States.”
      03 Newswire — von der Leyen seeks mandate to negotiate w Russia, Kremlin backchannel sparks EU backlash - ZczQYnZ_FsY
        Source
        Newswire: EC President von der Leyen seeks a mandate to negotiate with Russia (says sanctions are working) as it emerges Council President Costa opened a secret Kremlin backchannel — sparking eastern-flank backlash; Zelensky insists no ceasefire without security guarantees.
      04 Obama — no kings or lords dig at Trump, 250th birthday self-government speech - alr4-xl1VJg
        Source
        Obama (250th-birthday self-government speech): contrasts history's conquest/caste/hierarchy with the Declaration's promise of “no kings or lords, no serfs or subjects, but only citizens” — the pointed “no kings” dig at Trump.
      05 Trump-Meloni begging spat (G7 photo-op) - GARY EMAIL
        Source: Producer submission (Gary)
        Producer clip (Gary): Trump told Italian TV that PM Giorgia Meloni “begged him for a photo op” at the G7; Meloni fires back “Italy and I do not beg… completely made up,” and Italy's FM cancels a US trip — the rift traces to her refusal to back the Iran war.
      06 France24 — Norway crown princess's son sentenced 4 years for rape, prosecutor says no one above the law - France24
        Source
        France 24: Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is sentenced to 4 years for rape (2 counts + 32 other offences) — the prosecutor: no one is above the law regardless of who they're related to.
      07 NY Post — UC misgendering policy free-speech lawsuit - ERmNsDn4K7U
        Source
        NY Post: the University of California is sued (by Defending Education) over a policy punishing intentional misgendering as harassment — argued as unconstitutionally overbroad free-speech restriction, with expulsion/degree-revocation penalties.
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    04 CANADA
      Clips — 3
      01 Global News — Alberta separatism referendum could cost $120-130M, 60,000 workers - DSha1XJcCAM
        Source
        Global News: a former Alberta chief electoral officer pegs October's separatism referendum at $120–130M and 60,000 workers — ~3x the cost and 4.5x the staffing of the 2023 provincial election.
      02 Global News — Alberta referendum a glorified polling exercise, $90M could build schools instead - DSha1XJcCAM
        Source
        Global News: critics (incl. Thomas Lukaszek) call the Alberta separatism referendum “a really expensive glorified polling exercise” — at least $90M that could instead build three elementary schools or two large senior facilities.
      03 Global News — Alberta two-tier dual-practice and the Lancet data that says public waits get worse - pPIePT4CAE0
        Source
        Global News: starting this fall Alberta lets doctors work public + private and sell private surgeries at home, promising shorter waits — but a U of Calgary researcher cites a Lancet study (Ireland/Australia/UK/Brazil/Chile) finding public waits LENGTHENED.
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    05 UKRAINE-RUSSIA
      Clips — 3
      01 G7 Wire — Macron begs US to stay in, Europe now carries Ukraine - g7-ukraine-scramble
        Source
        G7 wire package: Macron tells French TV that even with Europe now carrying Ukraine's war burden, US engagement is “still indispensable” — pleading for Washington to say “we're with you” and for any negotiation to include both Europeans and Americans.
      02 G7 Wire — Zelensky offers to meet Putin at G7, says Russia not ready - g7-ukraine-scramble
        Source
        G7 wire package: Zelensky, speaking at a monastery bombed overnight, says he offered to meet Putin at the G7 (Trump/Macron/Starmer/Merz all there) and that Russia again proved “not ready” — he arrives Tuesday holding more cards (battlefield gains, a 90B-euro EU loan, Gulf deals).
      03 Global News — Russia strike on 1,000-yr-old UNESCO monastery a challenge to the whole world - Global
        Source
        Global News: a Russian strike damaged the ~1,000-year-old Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (UNESCO monastery) for the 2nd time since 2022; director general Maxim Ostapenko says Russia is targeting it to destroy world heritage — “a challenge to the entire world.”
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    06 AMERICA-250-TRUMP
      Clips — 8
      📰 Articles
        NY Post — Paranoid Dem lawmakers claim Trump will steal 2026 elections (yt AQ27WS_bu-4, not cut)
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Article/clip note, not cut — election-integrity beat.
        Polymarket faces WSJ scrutiny over fake-win videos
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>WSJ scrutiny: Polymarket allegedly paid creators for fake-win/simulated-trade promos to US users while the platform stays inaccessible to Americans.
      01 PBS Liz Landers — America 250 vs Freedom 250 explained, nonpartisan nonprofit vs Trump WH task force - PBS NewsHour
        Source
        PBS NewsHour (Liz Landers): explainer on the two 250th orgs — “America 250” (nonpartisan nonprofit set up by Congress in 2016) vs “Freedom 250” (born from Trump's WH Task Force 250 by executive order, Jan 2025).
      02 PBS Liz Landers — Freedom 250 politicized, June 24 + July 4 become Trump rallies, McBride and Bret Michaels pull out - PBS NewsHour
        Source
        PBS NewsHour (Liz Landers): “Freedom 250” is under scrutiny as politicized — Trump declared its June 24 and July 4 events his own rallies on Truth Social, and artists incl. Martina McBride and Bret Michaels pulled out.
      03 Trump — new Air Force One 747 unveiling, thanks Qatar Tamim, nobody even comes close - YT-XpO1w04DNpY
        Source
        Trump (Air Force One unveiling): the old 747 was ~35 years old and made the US look “ridiculous” — brags on the new (Qatari-gifted) jet, thanks Qatar's emir “Tamim,” and lands on “Nobody. Even comes close.”
      04 France24 — Trump 100pct tariff threat on French wine, Paris refuses - trump-tariff-french-wine__OOr7JUYFJxU
        Source
        France 24: ahead of the G7, Trump threatens 100% tariffs on French wine unless Paris drops its 3% digital services tax — France refuses on camera: “the US does not decide on the laws of Europeans.”
      05 Fox — Obama library stiffs minority contractors, $100M owed, 4yrs late double budget - Fox
        Source
        Fox (Brian Kilmeade): the Obama presidential center stiffs its minority contractors — ~$100M owed, the project 4 years late and nearly double budget ($300M planned, now $850M+ headed past $1B).
      06 Fox — Contractors muzzled by NDAs face ruin, shameful pay us as they celebrate - Fox
        Source
        Fox (reporter Michael Dorgan + Omar Sharif): the Obama-center subcontractors — many minority/black-owned — are muzzled by NDAs and facing ruin: “a very shameful project… they should pay us as they celebrate” with Springsteen, Bono and Oprah.
      07 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan - opening of the obama presidential center
        Source: CBS Face the Nation (06-21-26)
        CBS Face the Nation (Margaret Brennan): the Obama Presidential Center dedication on Chicago's South Side, all living presidents and first ladies present — Obama urges rejecting cynicism, Michelle tributes “eight years in the crucible”; a 19-acre park, library branch, NBA-sized court.
      08 Fox News — FBI thwarts WH drone-swarm UFC plot, motive to hit AIPAC-funded politicians - Fox
        Source
        Fox News: the FBI thwarts an explosive-drone plot on the White House UFC Freedom 250 event (5 in custody) — a panic→sniper→gate-storm plan coordinated on Signal by 23 users, motive to hit “capitalist elites… politicians who receive money from AIPAC.”
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    07 UFO-UAP
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      01 ABC — China & Russia reverse-engineering downed UAPs, surveilling US programs - Ackerman1879
        Source
        ABC: an anchor floats “Did China and Russia reverse-engineer alien technology?” — citing Jordan Flowers of the UAP Disclosure Foundation and a fresh declassified-doc batch claiming adversaries retrieved downed UAPs and are surveilling US UAP programs.
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    08 SERENDIPITY
      Clips — 4
      📰 Articles
        Independent — World Cup: England fans / guns
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>World Cup / England fans / guns (embedded clip not yet sourced).
        ABC News — Tesla allegedly in autopilot crashes into Texas house, kills woman
          Open
          <b>Summary: </b>Source article for the KHOU Tesla clip (article itself text-only).
      01 Dutch soccer song — GO LEFT GO RIGHT, time to party the roof is coming off - X @Lessio_Ro99
        Source
        Dutch stadium song (X): “It's time to party, pull out all the stops… the roof is coming off” → the “GO LEFT, GO RIGHT… DO DO DO” chant — a World Cup crowd bumper Adam asked to clip.
      02 Kamala — asked her thought process on running in 2028, word salad about debris and breaking systems - X @IfindRetards
        Source
        Kamala Harris (X interview clip): asked about her 2028 thought process — a word salad about “a lot of debris,” rebuilding without “nostalgia,” and people wanting things “broken” but “not through destruction… it has to be better.”
      03 Schwarzenegger — California gas costs more because refining ships to Texas and back - schwarzenegger-cali-gas
        Source: Schwarzenegger SOT (outlet not named in audio)
        Schwarzenegger: California gas costs ~$2/gallon more because legislators won't allow in-state refineries, so crude ships to Texas and back (more pollution) — “contradictory… legislators are a little confused, which is not unusual.”
      04 Tesla crashes into Katy home, kills 76yo woman, investigators digging into autopilot - KHOU 11
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        KHOU 11: a Harris County constable details a Tesla that failed a turn and slammed at high speed into a Katy-area house, killing a 76-year-old woman; the 44-year-old driver is cooperating and autopilot is a live line of investigation.
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      01 13News Now — Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is the key to Trump's US-Iran deal - 13NewsNow.mp3
      02 13News Now — Trump on Iran deal, otherwise we will do things that won't make them happy - 13NewsNow.mp3
      03 CBS — Aaron MacLean, insanely the MOUs first paragraph makes the US end hostilities in Lebanon, an obvious trap - CBS.mp3
      04 PBS — Tehran and Israeli street reaction, Iranians call America a liar, Israeli says it doesnt stop the war - PBS.mp3
      05 PBS — Israel-Hezbollah a stumbling block, Vance rebukes Israel for attacking the only powerful ally it has left - PBS.mp3
      06 CNN — analyst, each side hid traps to walk away, this is really about paying Iran off to open Strait of Hormuz - CNN.mp3
      01 Fox — Trump after signing MOU at Versailles, if it doesnt get done in 60 days we go back to bombing - Fox.mp3
      02 Trump — when will the MOU be released, very powerful doc not like the terrible Obama document - Z3L6roxswA8.mp3
      03 VP Vance MOU presser — Lebanon regional peace, Hezbollah ceasefire, Rubio on point - CBS News.mp3
      04 VP Vance — Iran couldnt sell oil because of the blockade not sanctions, lifting it opens Hormuz trade - CBS News.mp3
      05 VP Vance — Strait must never be a global choke point again, no tolls, no final deal otherwise, we have all the cards - CBS News.mp3
      01 CBS — GOP senators react to the Iran MOU, Cruz Cassidy Graham Kennedy, murder Americans to give peace a chance - CBS.mp3
      02 Fox — Trey Gowdy, we had our foot on their throat and I didnt believe this MOU, if you can down blend you can up blend, - Fox.mp3
      03 PBS — GOP ex-official Doran gives the deal the benefit of the doubt, no enrichment while negotiating is a big change - PBS.mp3
      04 CBS — analyst Aaron MacLean, MOU is materially weaker than Obamas JCPOA, Iran in a much more advantageous position - CBS.mp3
      05 Beck — VP JD Vance, you dont trust anybody you trust peoples actions, perform or get nothing, US still has all the cards - Glenn Beck.mp3
      06 NBC — Trump Axios SOT, no limits on my power, MOU really probably is unconditional surrender, I think so - NBC.mp3
      01 NBC — 2015-deal architect Moniz, the MOU is an oil deal not an Iran deal, nuclear issues were punted - NBC.mp3
      02 NBC — Moniz, no enrichment is worthless without verification inspectors at covert sites, deal at great risk - NBC.mp3
      03 NBC — Moniz, MOU frees up funding that makes a billion dollars pale, plus undefined 300B fund never in 2015 deal - NBC.mp3
      04 NBC — Obama assesses Trumps Iran deal to Craig Melvin, back where we were before the war, maybe worse off - NBC.mp3
      05 CBS — natsec analyst Sam Vinograd calls the Iran MOU a capitulation, a blank check to Iran, says its frightening - CBS.mp3
      06 PBS — ex-State Alan Eyre, we destroyed their Air Force and Navy but the threat was the missiles, we made it worse - PBS.mp3
      07 NBC two-way — Iran deal criticism, 300B reconstruction fund + Iran keeps missiles, even Republicans question it - NBC News.mp3
      08 MSNBC — Rubio said destroy Irans missiles, now Trump says its unfair for them not to have some - MS NOW.mp3
      01 CBS cold open — Hormuz reopens, Trump signs 14-pt accord, Vance real fruits, record 12.5M barrels - CBS News.mp3
      02 CBS reporter Weijia — MOU omits Iran ballistic missiles, Trump now says unfair if neighbors have them - CBS News.mp3
      03 CBS — RAND engineer Scott Savitz on the Hormuz mine-clearing timeline, full normal traffic within a few weeks - CBS.mp3
      04 CNBC — Iran deal reopens Hormuz, analysts say oil flows take months to normalize - CNBC.mp3
      01 MS NOW — Vance postpones Switzerland Iran talks, Iranian official blames Israeli strikes on Lebanon - MSNBC.mp3
      01 ABC TW - Tom Soufi Burridge - Vance in switzerland for nuclear talks.mp3
      02 ABC TW - Britt Clennett - tenuous ceasefire israel and hezbollah.mp3
      03 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl - intro 06-21-26.mp3
      04 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan - intro 06-21-26.mp3
      05 NBC MTP - Garrett Haake, intro 06-21-26.mp3
      06 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -1 MOU is a jaw dropping horrific surrender.mp3
      07 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -2 iran will be able to charge fees for the strait.mp3
      08 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -3 iran can hold the world hostage anytime it wants.mp3
      09 ABC TW - Jonathan Karl, Susan Rice -4 israel's concerns are not ours.mp3
      10 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -1 US Iran peace talks.mp3
      11 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -2 iran has 6 US hostages.mp3
      12 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Mike Waltz -3 Iran to invite inspection of nuclear sites.mp3
      13 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -1 iranian deal is akin to marshall plan for germany with the nazis still in charge.mp3
      14 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -2 the MOU is problematic.mp3
      15 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -3 'i think it will fail', the MOU.mp3
      16 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -3 lindsey toots his own horn.mp3
      17 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -4 reathorizoing FISA.mp3
      18 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan, Sen. Lindsey Graham -5 Iran in a BOX.mp3
      01 Trump (Axios) — no longer views Anthropic-Amodei a national-security threat, he responded very responsibly - Axios.mp3
      02 Trump (Axios) — a competitor and part-owner turned Anthropic in, DPA on AI, worked out very well - UuxNyX7We5U.mp3
      03 CNBC — AI data-center buildout debt binge, 750B capex, free cash flow lowest since dot-com era - CNBC.mp3
      01 CBS anchor + Harvard epidemiologist Saira Madad — DRC Ebola could be worst ever, 3rd largest on record, 900 cases - CBS News.mp3
      02 Saira Madad — contact tracing falling behind, 33k should be traced only 4k are, outbreak in conflict zone - CBS News.mp3
      03 CBS — corr Remy Innocencio in Uganda, Ebola cases up nearly 40pct in a week, on track to be worst fastest outbreak - CBS.mp3
      04 Texas Air Force base flu outbreak after Hegseth dropped shot mandate - GARY EMAIL.mp3
      05 TV News — Medicare cut-rate GLP-1 program, $50-month on the taxpayers dime - glp1-cutrate.mp3
      06 Gabbard (DNI) — Fauci funded Wuhan gain-of-function, releasing docs exposing IC coverup of lab-leak - ECK3G64geW4.mp3
      07 Gabbard (DNI) — Deep State Playbook, Fauci lied to Congress, undermined a duly elected president - ECK3G64geW4.mp3
      01 NPR — Snapchat TikTok YouTube Instagram X blocked, Starmer says its making children unhappy and unsafe - NPR.mp3
      02 CNN — Labour Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, vows to fight Reform UK populism, knocks divided dark US politics - CNN.mp3
      03 Newswire — von der Leyen seeks mandate to negotiate w Russia, Kremlin backchannel sparks EU backlash - ZczQYnZ_FsY.mp3
      04 Obama — no kings or lords dig at Trump, 250th birthday self-government speech - alr4-xl1VJg.mp3
      05 Trump-Meloni begging spat (G7 photo-op) - GARY EMAIL.mp3
      06 France24 — Norway crown princess's son sentenced 4 years for rape, prosecutor says no one above the law - France24.mp3
      07 NY Post — UC misgendering policy free-speech lawsuit - ERmNsDn4K7U.mp3
      01 Global News — Alberta separatism referendum could cost $120-130M, 60,000 workers - DSha1XJcCAM.mp3
      02 Global News — Alberta referendum a glorified polling exercise, $90M could build schools instead - DSha1XJcCAM.mp3
      03 Global News — Alberta two-tier dual-practice and the Lancet data that says public waits get worse - pPIePT4CAE0.mp3
      01 G7 Wire — Macron begs US to stay in, Europe now carries Ukraine - g7-ukraine-scramble.mp3
      02 G7 Wire — Zelensky offers to meet Putin at G7, says Russia not ready - g7-ukraine-scramble.mp3
      03 Global News — Russia strike on 1,000-yr-old UNESCO monastery a challenge to the whole world - Global.mp3
      01 PBS Liz Landers — America 250 vs Freedom 250 explained, nonpartisan nonprofit vs Trump WH task force - PBS NewsHour.mp3
      02 PBS Liz Landers — Freedom 250 politicized, June 24 + July 4 become Trump rallies, McBride and Bret Michaels pull out - PBS NewsHour.mp3
      03 Trump — new Air Force One 747 unveiling, thanks Qatar Tamim, nobody even comes close - YT-XpO1w04DNpY.mp3
      04 France24 — Trump 100pct tariff threat on French wine, Paris refuses - trump-tariff-french-wine__OOr7JUYFJxU.mp3
      05 Fox — Obama library stiffs minority contractors, $100M owed, 4yrs late double budget - Fox.mp3
      06 Fox — Contractors muzzled by NDAs face ruin, shameful pay us as they celebrate - Fox.mp3
      07 CBS FTN - Margaret Brennan - opening of the obama presidential center.mp3
      08 Fox News — FBI thwarts WH drone-swarm UFC plot, motive to hit AIPAC-funded politicians - Fox.mp3
      01 ABC — China & Russia reverse-engineering downed UAPs, surveilling US programs - Ackerman1879.mp3
      01 Dutch soccer song — GO LEFT GO RIGHT, time to party the roof is coming off - X @Lessio_Ro99.mp3
      02 Kamala — asked her thought process on running in 2028, word salad about debris and breaking systems - X @IfindRetards.mp3
      03 Schwarzenegger — California gas costs more because refining ships to Texas and back - schwarzenegger-cali-gas.mp3
      04 Tesla crashes into Katy home, kills 76yo woman, investigators digging into autopilot - KHOU 11.mp3
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      CA House tax scam.mp3
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      CARS abd right to fix rant.mp3
      CIA Stooge 2 wtf.mp3
      CIA Stooge on Pulte 1.mp3
      CIA Stooge on Pulte 3 CNN.mp3
      CLIMATE DrPatrickMoorw greenpeace .mp3
      COVID Vax Oz story mcCullough.mp3
      DeBecker on Tetanus shot - Copy.mp3
      Enpla bigger messone npr.mp3
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      IRAN FAIL Israel Anal 3 SSNPR.mp3
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      IRAN FAIL Leanon ss NPR.mp3
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      ISO Cruise 1.mp3
      ISO new Biden 1.mp3
      MN Dead boters.mp3
      Mormons vs democrats npr.mp3
      Republican FAIL npr Moose story.mp3
      Terrorism in Canada CBC 1.mp3
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