Bank Lobby Threatens ‘Great Taking’ Author David Webb
David Webb, author of The Great Taking, just exposed how banks and their political allies have systematically removed your property rights over securities. You might think you own your investments, but legally, your broker does and if they collapse, you have no right to reclaim them.
Webb and G. Edward Griffin have been fighting to strike exemptions in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which prioritizes secured creditors over individual investors. But every attempt has been crushed by the banking lobby, which floods state legislatures with money, influence, and outright lies.
State lawmakers are folding under pressure. Banks have rigged the system, and most Americans aren’t lifting a finger to stop it.
The message is clear: no one is coming to save you. If you don’t take action, the banks will own everything—including what you think is yours.
The walls are closing in on your financial freedom—but not in the way most Americans believe.
While the debate rages over the future threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a far more insidious reality has already taken hold: our existing financial system already functions as a digital control grid, monitoring transactions, restricting choices, and enforcing compliance through programmable money.
For over two years, my wife and I have traveled across 22 states warning about the rapid expansion of financial surveillance. What began as research into cryptocurrency crackdowns revealed something far more alarming: the United States already operates under what amounts to a CBDC.
92% of all US dollars exist only as entries in databases.
Your transactions are monitored by government agencies—without warrants.
Your access to money can be revoked at any time with a keystroke.
The Federal Reserve processes over $4 trillion daily through its Oracle database system, while commercial banks impose programmable restrictions on what you can buy and how you can spend your own money. The IRS, NSA, and Treasury Department collect and analyze financial data without meaningful oversight, weaponizing money as a tool of control. This isn’t speculation—it’s documented reality.
Now, as President Trump’s Executive Order 14178 ostensibly “bans” CBDCs, his administration is quietly advancing stablecoin legislation that would hand digital currency control to the same banking cartel that owns the Federal Reserve. The STABLE Act and GENIUS Act don’t protect financial privacy—they enshrine financial surveillance into law, requiring strict KYC tracking on every transaction.
This isn’t defeating digital tyranny—it’s rebranding it.
This article cuts through the distractions to expose a sobering truth: the battle isn’t about stopping a future CBDC—it’s about recognizing the financial surveillance system that already exists. Your financial sovereignty is already under attack, and the last off-ramps are disappearing.
The time for complacency has passed. The surveillance state isn’t coming—it’s here.
Understanding the Battlefield: Key Terms and Concepts
To fully grasp how deeply financial surveillance has already penetrated our lives, we must first understand the terminology being used—and often deliberately obscured—by government officials, central bankers, and financial institutions. The following key definitions will serve as a foundation for our discussion, cutting through the technical jargon to reveal the true nature of what’s at stake:
Before diving deeper into the financial surveillance system we face today, let’s establish clear definitions for the key concepts discussed throughout this article:
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
A digital form of central bank money, issued and controlled by a nation’s monetary authority. While often portrayed as a future innovation, I argue in “Fifty Shades of Central Bank Tyranny” that the US dollar already functions as a CBDC, with over 92% existing only as digital entries in Federal Reserve and commercial bank databases.
Stablecoin
A type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by pegging to an external asset, typically the US dollar. Major examples include:
Tether (USDT): The largest stablecoin ($140 billion market cap), managed by Tether Limited with reserves held by Cantor Fitzgerald
USD Coin (USDC): Second-largest stablecoin ($25 billion market cap), issued by Circle Internet Financial with backing from Goldman Sachs and BlackRock
Bank-Issued Stablecoins: Stablecoins issued directly by major financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase (JPM Coin) or Bank of America, which function as digital dollars but remain under full regulatory control, allowing programmable restrictions and surveillance comparable to a CBDC.
Tokenization
The process of converting rights to an asset into a digital token on a blockchain or database. This applies to both currencies and other assets like real estate, stocks, or commodities. Tokenization enables:
Digital representation of ownership
Programmability (restrictions on how/when/where assets can be used)
Traceability of all transactions
Regulated Liability Network (RLN)
A proposed financial infrastructure that would connect central banks, commercial banks, and tokenized assets on a unified digital platform, enabling comprehensive tracking and potential control of all financial assets.
Privacy Coins
Cryptocurrencies specifically designed to preserve transaction privacy and resist surveillance:
Monero (XMR): Uses ring signatures, stealth addresses, and confidential transactions to conceal sender, receiver, and amount
Zano (ZANO): Offers enhanced privacy with Confidential Layer technology that can extend privacy features to other cryptocurrencies
Programmable Money
Currency that contains embedded rules controlling how, when, where, and by whom it can be used. Examples already exist in:
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) that restrict purchases to approved medical expenses
The Doconomy Mastercard that tracks and limits spending based on carbon footprint
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that restrict purchases to approved food items
Know Your Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Regulatory frameworks require financial institutions to verify customer identities and report suspicious transactions. While ostensibly aimed at preventing crime, these regulations have expanded to create comprehensive financial surveillance with minimal oversight.
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) / Patriot Act
US laws mandate financial surveillance, eliminate transaction privacy, and grant government agencies broad powers to monitor financial activity without warrants. These laws form the legislative foundation of the current financial control system.
STABLE Act / GENIUS Act
Proposed legislation would restrict stablecoin issuance to banks and regulated entities, requiring comprehensive KYC/AML compliance and effectively bringing stablecoins under the same surveillance framework as traditional banking.
Understanding these terms is essential for recognizing how our existing financial system already functions as a mechanism of digital control, despite the absence of an officially designated “CBDC.”
The Digital Dollar Reality: America’s Unacknowledged CBDC
The greatest sleight of hand in modern finance isn’t cryptocurrency or complex derivatives—it’s convincing Americans they don’t already live under a Central Bank Digital Currency system. Let’s dismantle this illusion by examining how our current dollar already functions as a fully operational CBDC.
The Digital Foundation of Today’s Dollar
When most Americans picture money, they imagine physical cash changing hands. Yet this mental image is profoundly outdated—92% of all US currency exists solely as digital entries in databases, with no physical form whatsoever. The Federal Reserve, our central bank, doesn’t create most new money by printing bills; it generates it by adding numbers to an Oracle database.
This process begins when the government sells Treasury securities (IOUs) to the Federal Reserve. Where does the Fed get money to buy these securities? It simply adds digits to its database—creating money from nothing. The government then pays its bills through its account at the Fed, transferring these digital dollars to vendors, employees, and benefit recipients.
The Fed’s digital infrastructure processes over $4 trillion in transactions daily, all without a single physical dollar changing hands. This isn’t some small experimental system—it’s the backbone of our entire economy.
The Banking Extension
Commercial banks extend this digital system. When you deposit money, the bank records it in their Microsoft or Oracle database. Through fractional reserve banking, they then create additional digital money—up to 9 times your deposit—to loan to others. This multiplication happens entirely in databases, with no new physical currency involved.
Until recently, banks were required to keep 10% of deposits as reserves at the Federal Reserve. Covid-19 legislation removed even this minimal requirement, though most banks still maintain similar levels for operational reasons. The key point remains: the dollar predominantly exists as entries in a network of databases controlled by the Fed and commercial banks.
Already Programmable, Already Tracked
Those who fear a future CBDC’s ability to program and restrict money use miss a crucial reality: our current digital dollars already have these capabilities built in.
Consider these existing examples:
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs): These accounts restrict spending to approved medical expenses through merchant category codes (MCCs) programmed into the payment system. Try to buy non-medical items with HSA funds, and the transaction is automatically declined.
The Doconomy Mastercard: This credit card, co-sponsored by the United Nations through its Climate Action SDG, tracks users’ carbon footprints from purchases and can shut off access when a predetermined carbon limit is reached.
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards: Government assistance programs already use programmable restrictions to control what recipients can purchase, automatically declining transactions for unauthorized products.
These aren’t theoretical capabilities—they’re operational today, using the exact same digital dollar infrastructure we already have.
Surveillance and Censorship: Present, Not Future
The surveillance apparatus for our digital dollars is equally established. The Bank Secrecy Act mandates that financial institutions report “suspicious” transactions, while the Patriot Act expanded these monitoring requirements dramatically. The IRS uses artificial intelligence to scrutinize spending patterns across millions of accounts, while the NSA bulk collects financial data through programs revealed by Edward Snowden.
This surveillance enables active censorship, as demonstrated during Canada’s trucker protests in 2022, when banks froze accounts of donors without judicial review. Similar account freezes have targeted individuals ranging from Kanye West to Dr. Joseph Mercola—all using the existing digital dollar system.
In March 2025, the Treasury intensified this framework, lowering the cash transaction reporting threshold from $10,000 to $200 across 30 ZIP codes near the southwest border, subjecting over a million Americans to heightened scrutiny under the guise of curbing illicit activity.
The Semantic Shell Game
When politicians and central bankers claim we don’t have a CBDC, they’re playing a game of definitions. The substantive elements that define a CBDC—digital creation, central bank issuance, programmability, surveillance, and censorship capability—are all present in our current system.
The debate over implementing a “new” CBDC is largely a distraction. We’re not discussing whether to create a digital dollar—we’re discussing whether to acknowledge the one we already have and how to modify its architecture to further enhance surveillance and control.
Understanding this reality is the first step toward recognizing that the battle for financial privacy and autonomy isn’t about stopping some future implementation—it’s about confronting and reforming a system already firmly in place.
The Weaponization of Financial Surveillance
The government justifies financial surveillance under the guise of fighting terrorism, money laundering, and organized crime, but the data tells a different story. Since the passage of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in 1970 and the Patriot Act in 2001, the US government has accumulated trillions of financial records on ordinary Americans, yet these laws have failed to curb financial crime. Instead, they have been used to target political dissidents, seize assets without due process, and criminalize cash transactions.
The US Treasury admitted it cannot track $4.7 trillion in spending, yet demands compliance from individuals over transactions as small as $600.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has harvested billions of transaction records but has failed to demonstrate any meaningful reduction in financial crime.
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are used to justify asset seizures without charges, while banks like JPMorgan and HSBC have laundered billions for drug cartels with no consequences.
The US Dollar remains the primary currency for terrorism, human trafficking, and war financing—yet the government wants to blame privacy coins.
These financial laws were never about stopping crime—they were about controlling the people. Meanwhile, the same government that demands total visibility over our money has lost track of trillions and even funneled taxpayer dollars directly to terrorist groups. If financial transparency is so important, perhaps the US Treasury should be the first to comply.
Defining the Real Threat: The Government’s Surveillance Machine
Before we delve deeper, let’s cut through the noise and define the true stakes—because the focus on banning a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and vilifying the Federal Reserve misses the bigger picture. President Trump and others have zeroed in on the Federal Reserve as the architect of digital tyranny, with a public blame game unfolding as the Fed, federal government, and commercial banks point fingers at each other like squabbling overlords.
But this distraction obscures the real enemy: a government surveillance apparatus that already tracks, programs, and censors our money, paving the way for digital tyranny—social credit systems, digital IDs, vaccine passports, and more. The Federal Reserve is just one cog; the government’s machinery, backed by the banks that own the Fed, is the true enforcer.
The End Goal: Digitizing Everything
My two-year crusade against Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) stems from a chilling realization: the endgame isn’t just controlling our money—it’s digitizing all our assets—money, stocks, bonds, real estate, and more—under a global ledger with the same tracking and programmability as CBDCs.
As I detail in my book The Final Countdown, this vision involves CBDCs paired with Regulated Liability Networks (RLNs), systems designed to tokenize every financial instrument—stocks, bonds, and beyond—settling only in CBDCs. Countries like the US, those in Europe, the UK, and Japan are developing their own RLNs, engineered to interoperate, creating a seamless global ledger. The ultimate aim, rooted in the technocracy movement since the 1930s, is a single digital currency backed by energy credits, tying our wealth to resource consumption and a social credit system.
This isn’t speculation—it’s a deliberate blueprint. RLNs enable central banks and governments to monitor and program every asset, ensuring compliance with policies like carbon limits or social scores. The technocracy movement, founded by figures like Howard Scott in the 1930s, envisioned energy as the basis of economic value, a concept now resurfacing in digital form. This global ledger threatens to erase ownership and freedom, a reality already taking shape as governments and banks tighten their grip. This sets the stage to uncover how the US government’s surveillance machine, already in motion, accelerates this dystopian future.
The Government’s Surveillance Arsenal
The US government has perfected financial surveillance long before any CBDC label was applied, as I detailed in my Brownstone Institute article “Fifty Shades of Central Bank Tyranny.” The National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collects financial data on domestic and international transactions, a revelation from Edward Snowden exposing its access to phone calls, internet communications, and undersea cable intercepts—turning your bank account into a government peephole.
The IRS, wielding artificial intelligence, scrutinizes spending patterns with chilling precision, as seen in Rebecca Brown’s 2015 case, where $91,800 was seized via civil asset forfeiture for no crime, or the IRS’s recent mandate forcing Venmo and PayPal to report transactions over $600, ensnaring even the smallest earners. These AI tools transform every purchase into a potential target for government scrutiny.
The Patriot Act amplifies this overreach, authorizing warrantless wiretapping and data collection, while National Security Letters (NSLs)—like the one silencing Nick Merrill in 2004, gagging him from consulting a lawyer about FBI demands—ensure silence under threat of law. The Bank Secrecy Act compels banks to report “suspicious” activity, fueling Operation Chokepoint 2.0, where commercial banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America froze accounts of dissenters—Kanye West, Melania and Barron Trump, Dr. Joseph Mercola—often exceeding federal directives. Congress, not the Fed, drives this surveillance juggernaut, embedding it through bipartisan laws like the Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act, CARES Act, and the addition of 87,000 armed IRS agents poised to audit the average citizen.
A Distinction Without a Difference
Focusing solely on the Federal Reserve as the villain is a distinction without a difference. The Fed, a private entity veiled in secrecy, is owned by the largest commercial banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, and others—forming a cartel that profits from the system, as G. Edward Griffin’s The Creature from Jekyll Island exposes. Its digital money creation feeds these banks, which multiply it through fractional reserves. Eliminating the Fed and letting the government issue currency directly, as Senator Ron Wyden advocates—a stance I challenged at a conference where he opposed CBDCs but endorsed government control—wouldn’t end surveillance; it would intensify it. Wyden’s vision centralizes power further, removing the Fed’s buffer and amplifying government oversight with no accountability.
The real threat lies in the system’s design: digital money is already tracked and censored by government decree. Whether it’s the Fed’s Oracle databases or banks’ Microsoft systems, the infrastructure is programmable, enabling control without new laws—just new rules, crafted daily in backrooms. This surveillance machine, not the Fed alone, drives us toward a dystopian future where every transaction fuels tyranny. With this system already entrenched in the US, the global race for CBDCs—and the US’s pivot to stablecoins under the STABLE and GENIUS Acts—only accelerates the spread of this control, amplifying the threat both abroad and at home. We must confront this escalating reality head-on to grasp the full scope of the battle for our financial freedom.
Global CBDC Development Accelerates Despite Trump’s Ban
Even with President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14178, signed on January 23, 2025, banning the Federal Reserve and other US agencies from pursuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the global race to develop CBDCs has not slowed down—it’s actually speeding up. Before the EO, 134 countries and currency unions, representing 98% of global GDP, were actively exploring CBDCs, according to the Atlantic Council’s Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker. With the US stepping back from explicit CBDC work, that number drops to 133 countries.
The US accounts for approximately 26% of global GDP (based on 2024 World Bank estimates of a $105 trillion global GDP, with the US contributing $27 trillion). Subtracting the US share, the remaining 133 countries still represent about 72% of global GDP—a massive portion of the world economy—continuing their CBDC efforts. Meanwhile, the US has shifted its focus to a backdoor approach through stablecoins, empowering commercial banks and the Federal Reserve to extend digital control at the expense of privacy and decentralized finance (DeFi).
The US pivot isn’t just about stablecoins like Tether and USDC—it’s a broader strategy codified in two legislative proposals: the STABLE Act (House, February 6, 2025) and the GENIUS Act (Senate, February 4, 2025). These bills restrict stablecoin issuance to insured depository institutions, federal nonbanks, and state-regulated entities, effectively handing the reins to big banks like JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve’s network of member banks.
The STABLE Act bans unauthorized issuers, while the GENIUS Act prohibits unapproved payment stablecoins, ensuring only the financial elite can play. Both mandate strict Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, turning every transaction into a surveillance opportunity. Algorithmic stablecoins used in DeFi platforms, which thrive on anonymity and decentralization, are effectively sidelined, as banks and the Fed tighten their grip on the digital dollar ecosystem. This isn’t innovation—it’s a power grab, cloaked as financial stability.
The pace of global CBDC development remains striking. In May 2020, only 35 countries were exploring CBDCs. By early 2025, that number had ballooned to 134 before the US exit, with 65 in advanced stages—development, pilot, or launch. Every G20 country except the US is now involved, with 19 in advanced stages and 13 running pilots, including Brazil, Japan, India, Australia, Russia, and Turkey. Three countries—the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Nigeria—have fully launched retail CBDCs, and 44 pilots are ongoing worldwide. This momentum persists despite Trump’s ban, as other nations see CBDCs as a way to modernize payments, enhance financial inclusion, and compete geopolitically, especially with China’s digital yuan (e-CNY) pilot, the largest globally, reaching 260 million people.
Recent developments underscore this acceleration. In Israel, the Bank of Israel released a 110-page design document in early March 2025, detailing plans for a Digital Shekel. This follows years of research and aligns with Israel’s participation in a 2022 project with the Bank for International Settlements to test international retail and remittance payments using CBDCs. The Digital Shekel aims to improve transaction efficiency and financial access across its tech-savvy population, marking a significant step toward implementation.
In the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB) is pressing forward with its digital euro, targeting a rollout by October 2025. ECB President Christine Lagarde has been vocal about this timeline, stating in a recent address, “We are on track to introduce the digital euro by October this year, offering a secure and programmable complement to cash that ensures financial inclusion while maintaining privacy standards.” This follows the ECB’s October 2023 decision to enter the preparation phase for a digital retail euro, with a focus on both retail and wholesale applications. The EU’s push reflects a broader European trend, with countries like Sweden and the UK also advancing CBDC pilots, aiming to reduce reliance on US-dominated payment networks like Visa and Mastercard.
Across the Atlantic, Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, who assumed office in March 2025, brings a pro-CBDC stance to the table. Carney, a former Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, has long advocated for digital currencies as a tool for financial innovation. During his tenure at the Bank of England, he oversaw early CBDC research, including the July 2019 CBDC Technology Forum, which laid the groundwork for the digital pound.
Carney’s alignment with the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he has been a prominent figure pushing for sustainable finance and digital transformation, further underscores his support for CBDCs. The WEF has been a strong advocate for CBDCs, hosting roundtables through 2023 to promote interoperable designs. Under Carney’s leadership, Canada is likely to accelerate its CBDC efforts, building on the Bank of Canada’s 2023 analytical note emphasizing offline payment functionality—a move that could deepen digital control over Canadian finances.
Despite Trump’s EO, the global CBDC train is charging ahead, with the US taking a detour through stablecoins that empower banks and the Fed while stifling privacy and DeFi. The Digital Shekel, the EU’s October rollout, and Canada’s new leadership under Carney show that the world isn’t waiting for the US to catch up—it’s forging a digital future where control, not freedom, may be the ultimate prize.
Stablecoin Legislation: Backdoor CBDCs by Design
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The Grotesque Bird Flu Scam and How to Actually Treat Colds and Flus
How the cruelty and mismanagement we are seeing with avian influenza is directly reflected within the practice of medicine
FEB 23, 2025
Story at a Glance:
•A massive industry exists to protect us from pandemics. Unfortunately, this industry is largely a grift which receives billions for failed cures, routinely suppresses competing therapies that could end pandemics and frequently causes the pandemics it is supposed to prevent.
•This industry routinely engages in cruel and completely unnecessary animal experimentation (which often then shapes the mentality of modern medical practices). Because of this, one group has recently been able to shift this longstanding cruelty by connecting it to the immensely wasteful spending which often accompanies that research.
•The current “war against bird flu” embodies many of the major problems in the pandemic prevention industry, as over the last few years, we’ve spent billions of dollars killing over a hundred million birds, but all this has accomplished is significantly raising the price of eggs.
•While viruses are typically treated as being “incurable” by modern medicine, many highly effective, frequently over the counter, and unpatentable treatments exist for viral illnesses that have been used for over a century (including for some of the most severe and “incurable” ones). This article will review those therapies and how they can both be used for severe illnesses and to rapidly eliminate common viral conditions (e.g., flus and colds).
In late 2019, I predicted that COVID-19 would turn into a disaster. I told many of my colleagues, who all thought I was crazy and simultaneously were confused by these remarks as I was typically the dissenting voice against getting worked up over the annual “pandemic.” While many things at work by late 2019 suggested this could happen, the primary reason I was willing to put my reputation on the line to claim this was due to the media coverage surrounding the pandemic.
Specifically, it’s a longstanding tradition for both the media and federal health apparatus to massively hype up each potential “pandemic,” but in the case of COVID (called Sars-Cov-2 at the time), the exact opposite happened. There was a consistent push to downplay it (e.g., “it’s just a flu bro” flooded the internet at that time) to the point many of my colleagues who typically got the most up in arms about (minor) infectious diseases laughed me off when I suggested COVID was something to be concerned about.
All of this was a red flag to me as I initially could not believe the pandemic industrial complex would be silent when the pandemic they had been waiting decades for finally arrived. Then, once it became very clear (from reports circulating on the internet in Dec 2019) that COVID was very different and actually had a high likelihood of causing a true pandemic, I inferred that only two things could explain why it was being suppressed—either it was known that it would turn into a huge problem and health authorities wanted time to prepare for it before the public panicked, or they wanted it to spread under the radar as much as possible so it could turn into an actual global disaster.
In my eyes, there are four central reasons why pandemics are always hyped up:
•They give federal agencies (e.g., the CDC) a way to justify their necessity and get Congressional funding (which is most likely the primary motivation).
•The ideal content for the media are things that emotionally agitate and hook viewers but do not challenge any vested interests that do not want to be exposed (e.g., major media advertisers like the pharmaceutical industry). Fear-mongering about the next pandemic hence is an excellent way to sustain those companies.
•A multibillion-dollar industry has been created around pandemic preparedness (e.g., lots of virology research and making vaccines) that succeeds because it has no accountability for abjectly failing to prevent pandemics. In turn, hyping up pandemics is vital for this industry.
•Tackling many of the real health issues facing our country requires confronting the vested interests responsible for those issues existing (e.g., pharmaceutical companies) and addressing the underlying causes of chronic illnesses in the country—all of which is a lot of work and gets a lot of pushback. In contrast, having an aggressive and drastic top-down response to an infectious disease takes relatively little effort to do and allows the government to present the facade of safeguarding our health.
As such, we will constantly see “pandemics” that are hyped up by the media and typically are accompanied by mass slaughtering of livestock along with a variety of aggressive sales pitches for that year’s vaccine and in certain years, Tamiflu as well. Inevitably however, in one way or another, the whole thing ends up being a scam (e.g., the pandemic never materializes or the therapies for it don’t really work).
Note: as I show here, Tamiflu is a scam, as despite governments having spent billions stockpiling it, there is no evidence it works (but significant evidence it frequently has side effects).
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The Biodefense Industry
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Patrick Wood of Technocracy.news wrote an article using artificial intelligence for a report on people who were appointed in 2025 by Trump and are considered technocrats. The shared objectives of the technocrats are AI supremacy, cryptocurrency normalization and federal privatization. The AI program concluded, “As these technocrats consolidate power, the long-term implications for regulatory integrity and public trust in governance remain deeply uncertain.”
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The article is behind a paywall , but the audio version may be accessed here. Patrick Wood wrote this article using Perplexity.ai using a feature called Deep Research. It scoured hundreds of sources to analyze his prompt to list all of the people from the tech sector who are considered technocrats and were appointed by Trump in 2025. This included members of the ‘PayPal Mafia’ that is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in Silicon Valley, such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Affirm, Slide, Kiva, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer.
AI reported that that the shared objectives of the technocrats are AI supremacy, cryptocurrency normalization and federal privatization. The Silicon Valley technocrats in advisory positions share a vision centered on deregulation, technological dominance and the restructuring of federal institutions to align with Libertarian-leaning tech industry priorities.
AI listed the following names of tech advocates surrounding Trump: Michael Kratsios, David Sacks, Sriram Krishnan, Bo Hines, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Peter Thiel (who mentored VP JD Vance), Mark Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Blake Masters, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Emil Michael, Russell Vaught and Brendan Kerr.
The AI program concluded, “As these technocrats consolidate power, the long-term implications for regulatory integrity and public trust in governance remain deeply uncertain.”
Greetings.There is a new energy in all that is going on, and we are to you something of a new energy, but nonetheless, we know you well.So hearken to out words
There is change in the atmosphere, and that change encompasses the totality of the Universe.It is not caused by any one thing, one person, one cabal, what have you, but rather the change is part of a general movement n the totality.You see, as many have predicted, there is a shift to a new dimension, a new element, a new (reality- ?), a movement of the 3d from the 5d.The shift is being made and has been made by many already, and many are not yet aware that they have done this shifting, moreover they are not aware of their place in the whole thing.Trying to hold onto the old will not be of benefit to anyone for the old is like a rock, like an anchor that will hold them down in the 3d when they do have the potential to move on
Know this, everyone has to the potential to make the shift, but not everyone will do this.They cannot for their lives are so rooted in the here and now in the possibilities of this world and in the links and banners they have created in that energy. …
There is this shift, and the love of one for another can only take them so far for as the planet of free will, their choices are what they are and you cannot change them, nor do you have the right —- yes, the right —- to force them into your way of thinking.That is not within the realms of what is best for their souls and their development also.
Yes for what is a choice today for some can in the future be overridden by another choice. As circumstances change, so often do choices and opinions change.The best to do in these circumstances is to stop within your own power and your own way and let them act out their trajectory.
We see a grey cloud encompassing much of your planet and that is a battle in the skies — perhaps in your weather which would be part of the usual circumstances you are dealing with, and you know, the planet, the goddess, Gaia, can only deal with the evil of those of the cabal to a certain point.At which time she needs to let them know that ultimately she is in charge. Watch for weather patterns to hit and watch for there is be much unexplained phenomena in the air.
Things are in a place of falling apart right now, as old systems show their true value and the evil that is being perpetrated on the planet, even on the galaxy, is being torn apart by a wave of light.The light warriors are on the rise and the dark ones will be torn down.It is happening; .Be aware.
With what you eat — stay away from processed foods and eating out at places that cannot guarantee quality.
DO NOT FALL INTO DESPAIR.
Trust the light; walk in steps of light and stay connected to the higher good.
My bad memory: I omitted 2 panels from our New World Order graphic
David Schonbrunn took my list of issues and organized them in the most useful way, making what is being done to us and what must be fixed, so much clearer
Thank you, David! Let’s use this scorecard as a measure of success (and what else needs to be accomplished) as we turn all these anti-human policies around, say Goodbye to Globalism and Hello to Individual Liberties and the Rule of Law.
Senators who privately oppose Israel’s brutal war on Gaza will vote to advance Israel’s interests over the will of their constituents because they know that AIPAC will destroy their political careers if they do otherwise, according to Senator Bernie Sanders.In an interview last month that’s only now going viral, Sanders (D-VA) told Jon Stewart that fear of having one’s political career destroyed by the Israel Lobby is “the root of everything” when it comes to the will of the public not being reflected by our representatives — only to catch himself and walk it back.
“I introduced legislation that would stop arms sales to Netanyahu,” Sanders said. “We got 19 votes, which observers thought was very significant.”
“A significant majority of people who consider themselves Democrats agree with us — I got 19 votes, OK?” he continued. “The American people do not believe that we should be supporting a government that is starving children right now as we speak. But if you stand up, you’re going to find that AIPAC and other billionaire-funded Super PACs are going to go to war against you, putting huge amounts of money in a primary in your general election.”
“So it’s not a question of not understanding,” Sanders said. “There are many members of the Senate who will come to you privately and say, my God, what Netanyahu is doing is outrageous. I just can’t vote, because money is going to come and destroy my political career. So you’ve got to get at the root of everything– not of everything — but a key part of this whole discussion.”
Politicians claim that they want to ban TikTok because it is a Chinese company that may manipulate or gather data on American users, but the law undercuts the free speech of the 170 million Americans who use it.
The Jewish Daily Forward reported that the government authorities leading the charge against TikTok, like Marco Rubio, Mike Gallagher and Mitt Romney, have stated that anti-Israel videos are a reason to ban TikTok. The Forward revealed that TikTok users were still seeing the pro-Israel videos proportionately more, indicating, if any bias, one toward pro-Israel content.
Candace Owens said that TikTok is being banned on behalf of Israel that controls the US government through aggressive lobbying.
Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the ADL, was featured in a leaked phone call about criticism of Israel and was recorded saying, “we have a major, major, major generational problem.” He added, “…we really have a TikTok problem, the Gen Z problem.”
.In November 2023, Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL), was featured in a leaked phone call about Israel’s war on Gaza and was recorded saying, “we have a major, major, major generational problem.” Greenblatt added, “…and so we really have a TikTok problem, the Gen Z problem.” He urged directing energy toward the younger generation and said, “the useful idiots in the West are falling in line in ways that are terrifying.”
Candace showed a clip of Amihay Chikli, the Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism, boasting that they were able to curb Americans’ free speech on college campuses and on TikTok.
Is the TikTok ban about China — or is it really about Gaza?
The Supreme Court is set to rule this week on whether or not to ban TikTok, the short-form video app. Those promoting the ban say it poses a national security threat and could allow the Chinese government to mine Americans’ data; ByteDance, which owns the app, is a Chinese company.
But many users on the platform think that’s a coverup. The real reason to ban TikTok, they say, is to suppress news about Gaza.
The consequences of a ban for TikTok users could be far-reaching — entire economic ecosystems have developed and influencers have built livelihoods on the platform. But most importantly, for many TikTokers, the app is their primary source of news. Particularly news they believe more mainstream media sources are hiding.
“Fascist countries ban apps and websites under the guise of threats to national security, when every other country knows it’s about suppressing the free speech of its citizens,” said one popular TikToker in a viral video about the ban, calling the app “the most popular news and media outlet that the government cannot control.”
Since Oct. 7, commentators and Jewish figures such as Sascha Baron Cohen have noted a strong bent toward pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli content on the platform; some lawmakers accused the app of purposefully biasing its algorithm to favor pro-Palestinian content as part of an anti-Israel agenda.
TikTok repeatedly denied endorsing an anti-Israel agenda, meeting with Jewish influencers, celebrities and organizations including the Anti-Defamation League to reassure them that the platform was not biased. The company pointed out that videos with the hashtag #standwithIsrael received more views than those tagged #freepalestine; though there are more of the latter, users were still seeing the pro-Israel videos proportionately more, indicating, if any bias, one toward pro-Israel content.
And analysts pointed out that support for the Palestinian cause, even before Oct. 7, was growing among the younger generations who make up the vast majority of TikTok’s user base — they argued that the app’s videos supporting Palestinians or criticizing Israel were likely an accurate reflection of the beliefs shared by the majority of users using the platform.
Nevertheless, even as early as fall 2023, largely Republican lawmakers referenced TikTok’s anti-Israel videos as a reason to ban TikTok in the U.S. “TikTok is a tool China uses to spread propaganda to Americans, now it’s being used to downplay Hamas terrorism,” wrote Sen. Marco Rubio on X in November 2023. (Rubio is now under consideration for Secretary of State in the Trump administration.)
Former house representative from Wisconsin, Mike Gallagher, wrote an article arguing that the app was “brainwashing our youth against the country and our allies” with “rampant pro-Hamas propaganda.”
And Mitt Romney drew a direct line between his support for the ban and pro-Palestinian content on TikTok. “Some wonder why there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down potentially TikTok or other entities of that nature,” he said at a forum in May, going on to allege that “the number of mentions of Palestinians” is far higher on TikTok “relative to other social media sites.”
But that’s not true; nearly every social media platform tilted toward “Free Palestine” content in the wake of Oct. 7. A study from The Washington Post in November 2023 found a similar proportion of pro-Palestine posts on Facebook and Instagram, yet no one is trying to ban Meta.
All of this means: It makes sense that TikTokers feel as though the ban on their favorite app is an attempt to limit their free speech about Palestine, and prevent criticism of Israel, all in an attempt to influence American thinking away from supporting Palestinians and toward supporting Israel. After all, the governmental figures leading the charge against the platform have said as much.
G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island; A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, has responded by saying: “I enthusiastically support this bill because it could bring to light so many unconstitutional activities that we instinctively know are commonplace at the Fed but cannot prove. But I am concerned that the government may do what it usually does in such cases, which is that it investigates itself, takes so long to do so that the public eventually loses interest, eventually it publishes a 2,000 page book of meaningless minutia, and concludes that, aside from a few minor infractions of the law by low-level personnel, everything is fine.
So, I strongly urge Representative Massie and others with influence over this investigation to ensure that all the appointed members of the investigating committee once again declare allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and can prove that they are familiar with Article One that defines the limitations on the issuance of money. Another wise provision would be to require that no more than 50% of the appointees may be dependent on government funding as their primary livelihood income. Furthermore, all actions, documents, and substantive conversations between investigators and/or witnesses should be recorded and, within 24 hours of occurrence, published online for public access. There should be a hard deadline of no more than four months to produce and publish the unredacted findings of the committee. To make this meaningful, it also should include the clear statement that there can be no exceptions to this rule including the claim of national security, for the simple reason that full transparency in matters of this magnitude is essential for national security.
Many politicians will most likely not be willing to endorse such a proposal, but they are the same ones who will do nothing to seriously challenge the Federal Reserve power regardless of the disclosures of the committee. They are talkers, not doers. Their mission is to give us hope, but they will betray us eventually when they fail to support meaningful change. So, let’s not play political games any longer. Investigate, yes, But then eliminate! That’s our goal, and time to do so is running out!”
Summary by JW Williams from excerpts taken from JBS New American and Thomas Massie
Congressman Thomas Massie reintroduced H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2025, also known as “Audit the Fed.” The bill would require the Comptroller General to conduct a full examination of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Banks.
The American public deserves more insight into the practices of the Federal Reserve,” Rep. Massie said. “Behind closed doors, the Fed crafts monetary policies that devalue our currency, slow economic growth, and make life harder for the poor and middle class. The American people benefit when we work to increase government transparency.”
H.R. 24, titled the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act,” is cosponsored by 41 other representatives.
In a 2023 interview, Congressman Massie pointed out that if the Federal Reserve were audited, and its secret activities were revealed, it would likely be abolished.
In May 2024, Massie issued this press release that explains that the Federal Reserve is to blame for inflation:
“Americans are suffering under crippling inflation, and the Federal Reserve is to blame. During COVID, the Federal Reserve created trillions of dollars out of thin air and loaned it to the Treasury Department to enable unprecedented deficit spending. By monetizing the debt, the Federal Reserve devalued the dollar and enabled free money policies that caused the high inflation we see today.
Monetizing debt is a closely coordinated effort between the White House, Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Congress, Big Banks, and Wall Street. Through this process, retirees see their savings evaporate due to the actions of a central bank pursuing inflationary policies that benefit the wealthy and connected. If we really want to reduce inflation, the most effective policy is to end the Federal Reserve.”
There was, in fact, a partial audit of the Federal Reserve in 2010, that revealed that the Fed gave over $16 trillion in secret bank bailouts during the Great Recession.
The Federal Reserve’s creation in 1913 remains one of the most egregious violations of the US Constitution. In addition to blatantly violating the Constitution by its very existence, the Fed has the ability to single-handedly manipulate the economy and devalue the US dollar.
A sound monetary policy is necessary for a nation’s economy to be stable and enable material prosperity. Already, the Federal Reserve and the Deep State have caused far too much damage through their inflation of the U.S. dollar and issuance of fiat currency. It is imperative that Congress follow the Constitution and put an end to this.
Senators who privately oppose Israel’s brutal war on Gaza will vote to advance Israel’s interests over the will of their constituents because they know that AIPAC will destroy their political careers if they do otherwise, according to Senator Bernie Sanders.