George Floyd Riots

+ Your Phone Is Draining Your Brain (Even When It’s Off)Etienne Note: If the images aren’t visible, please try this browser LINK.Dear Subscribers,In the last edition of Five Meme Friday, I broke down how we caught Substack censoring people who posted links to our investigation showing how Fractional Reserve Banking + Federal, State and Local taxes + Social Security underpayments will steal $2.7 MILLION dollars from the median American ($60K annual salary) over a 40 year career + 20 year retirement.When we published the issue to our Five Meme Friday Substack with 1859 subscribers many of whom are paid subscribers paying Substack to deliver Five Meme Friday, Substack appears to have algorithmically censored the article and simply didn’t send it out.When we published that issue to our 2800+ subscribers on our Daily News from the Art of Liberty Foundation Wire, Substack censored it again.They published it out to the Substack website, but they simply didn’t e-mail anyone or publish to the Substack feed. The small number of people who read the article likely stumbled across it from the “home page” of our Substack.This is known as “Freedom of Speech without Reach.” The organized crime “government” will let you publish something to your/a website BUT they will turn off the ability for that information to be syndicated by Facebook, Reddit, X, Quora, Medium, Instagram, or other “Control of Perception” social media platforms at the same time that CIA-installed influencers like Shawn Ryan (See below) are given world-class sets, producers, social media teams, AND are having their content algorithmically PUMPED up so the average person gets a completely artificial understanding about what is really going on OR how they are having $2.7 MILLION dollars stolen from them by the organized crime “government” and banks.Most people simply don’t understand the extent to which hard-hitting, investigatory journalism is censored on platforms like Substack, Facebook, X, Reddit, and Medium among others… Because they never see it in the first place. The evidence of “government” illegitimacy and criminality is being censored at the platform level, while the platforms are using algorithmic amplification to pump up division, distraction and controlled opposition voices.Congrats on finding the REAL“tip of the spear” in the information war! This is the veritas… We are exposing the three things that the organized crime banks and “government” don’t want the population to know:1. 1. “Government” is illegitimate on its face… It is impossible to have a moral, legitimate “government”… It has been the Biggest Scam in History… and has produced the Greatest Theft in all of Human History…2. 2. Information is being controlled to the public using a monopolization of the media and algorithmic censorship of the DARPA Internet made possible by the TRILLIONS stolen though Fractional Reserve Banking and confiscatory taxation.3. 3. The “government” in Washington DC (and others) are being run as criminal enterprises with TRILLIONS of dollars going out the back door to identifiable interests.We are working on a plan to move us off of Substack and make us EXTREMELY censorship resistant. It is going to cost $20,000 to create our own infrastructure and we are one of the few voluntaryist organizations that has the IT capability and know-how to be able to do it. You can review our plan and understand the costs HERE.We need help… We simply can’t do it without our supporters. Please consider sponsoring the Art of Liberty Foundation here: ArtOfLiberty.org/Sponsor. We have some amazing perks to say: THANK YOU!The Truth Music of the week (below) is MK Culture from the Red Pill Friends new album: Same Side. You can find the studio version HERE and support the band by getting the Digital Download on Bandcamp here: . When the Red Pill Friends stopped to see Julie and I in Memphis on their way to play confluence last week, they signed Five (V) copies of the new CD and Brendan Daniel, circled the chair legs in the pic appropriately! I have two (2) signed copies left for the next two folks who become Sustaining Members of the Art of Liberty Foundation at $500 a year or above! You also get signed copies of both my books and a variety of goodies. See the list here:ArtOfLiberty.org/SponsorIn Jason Christoff’s documentary Planet Mind Control he breaks down how Hollywood is subliminally advertising drugs like caffeine and alcohol into their content to weaken the population so they can be effectively tax farmed. In my review of the documentary, Planet Mind Control – Documentary on What Hollywood is Inserting Subliminally into Movies and TV, I break down how they are inserting Statism into movies and tell-a-vision. Here is an example of “ex” CIA podcaster Shawn Ryan doing the exact same thing to his audience. Shawn is one of DOZENS of “ex” CIA and/or intelligence agency operatives being given world-class sets, producers, social media teams, etc. to dominate the REAL battlefield: Control-of-Perception.. Can they trick you into thinking the “government” is legitimate, the military is heroic, and our wars are just. I have an email out to Shawn Ryan’s team with a challenge to debate the legitimacy of “government” and the reality of the military setting their morality aside and agreeing to kill whomever they are told while living on money stolen from others at the point of a gun.Top Stories of the WeekBoom! United Arab Emirates Exits OPECby Patrick Wood, Illustrated by Etienne de la Boetie2History has just been made. The Petrodollar is dead. Asset tokenization will replace the dollar when pricing oil. The IMEC corridor is rebooted with or without the Strait of Hormuz. All of this at the hands of the UAE, the balance of power in the Middle East has shifted. This validates my new book, The New Economics of Technocracy.On April 28, 2026, the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from OPEC, effective May 1, ending nearly six decades of membership in the oil cartel that has governed global energy markets since 1960. The announcement was brief. The implications are historic. What the UAE did on that date was not merely resign from an organization. It served formal notice that the architecture of global energy commerce — the petrodollar system that has underwritten American financial hegemony since the Nixon era — is being dismantled and replaced.1The timing tells the story. The Strait of Hormuz has been under effective Iranian blockade since February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran and assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Tanker traffic through the Strait dropped approximately 70 percent. Oil prices shattered the $100-per-barrel threshold. The ceasefire negotiations that followed have been a rolling catastrophe — agreements made and immediately broken, tolls demanded, mines in the water, and a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports creating what analysts have called a “dual blockade.” Against this backdrop, the UAE did not wait for resolution. It moved.The UAE’s exit is not an act of panic. It is the culmination of a decade of deliberate strategic positioning — in infrastructure, in finance, in artificial intelligence, and in the emerging Technocratic architecture I have been documenting for years. Understanding why the UAE wins regardless of how the Hormuz crisis resolves, and why its departure from OPEC accelerates the IMEC corridor project that Trump has called “one of the greatest trade routes in all of history,” requires seeing all the pieces simultaneously.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekYour Phone Is Draining Your Brain (Even When It’s Off)SummaryThe video explains how we have begun to outsource our mental faculties to smartphones, a phenomenon known as cognitive outsourcing. This trend of delegating tasks that the brain used to perform, such as basic mathematical calculations or spatial navigation, is weakening our natural abilities. For example, studies show that constant GPS use is linked to a decline in spatial memory, as the brain stops making the effort to understand its surroundings. This dependency creates an “illusion of knowledge” where we believe we master a subject simply because we can look it up on Google, when in reality we are only remembering the location of the information and not the data itself.A surprising finding is that the mere physical presence of a phone, even if it is turned off or face down, drains our intellectual capacity. Research from the University of Texas revealed that the brain subconsciously consumes valuable cognitive resources to ignore the device and avoid the temptation to use it. Those who keep their phones nearby score lower on concentration and memory tests compared to those who leave them in another room. This “brain drain” is constant and manifests even in phantom vibration syndrome, proving that our minds are permanently monitoring the device.Continue reading…Three Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propagandaby Caitlin JohnstoneReading by Tim Foley:In the last few days I’ve seen three separate instances of generative AI being used to promote propaganda for US-Israeli war agendas which are worth paying attention to.Firstly, an Israel-based company called Generative AI for Good has been creating deepfakes of supposedly real women who say they were sexually assaulted by government forces in Iran.The Canary reports:Continue reading…“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsTrump’s meme coin is down 80% since his first event promoting it. He’s holding another gala for it this weekend.by Victor ReklaitisPresident Donald Trump is slated to host another private event for top holders of his meme coin, but the grand functions aren’t sending the $TRUMP digital token to new highs — and the ethical concerns aren’t going away.Meme coins, a type of cryptocurrency based on internet memes or celebrities, tend to have no economic use but still can be lucrative for insiders and some traders. The Trump meme coin has been a big decliner since its launch in January 2025 just before Inauguration Day, although savvy traders may have made money by selling its short-lived rallies.The Trump coin TRUMPUSD +2.94% on Thursday was trading down 96% from its intraday record high of $72.62, which came on Jan. 19, 2025. It’s off by 80% from its closing level on May 22, when Trump hosted his first private event for the crypto’s top holders.Continue reading…Another MAHA “win”: RFK Jr’s son Finn raises $100M capitalizing on daddy’s position of power.by Sasha LatypovaAre your friends and relatives dying of mRNA-induced turbo cancer? Are they developing very baffling disabling autoimmune conditions? Strokes? Or some raging Alzheimer’s at young age?Mine are.Not to worry, the HHS with RFK Jr in charge will ignore these tragic statistics and continue to extend the ironclad liability shield for pharmas and hospitals via the PREP Act declarations for fake emergencies. Don’t call me a blackpiller and a movement divider, there is good news reported by Financial Times – RFK’s son Finn will profit from your dying and disabled family members in a “MAHA-maxxing” way! [MAHAMAXXING is a new term, coined by RFK Jr according to Fox News].Continue reading…How Trump turned the presidency into an infomercialby Judd LegumBefore his presidential campaign, George W. Bush sold his stake in the Texas Rangers.President Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm in a blind trust.And President Barack Obama limited his assets to index funds, treasury bonds, and cash to avoid financial conflicts.Continue reading…Feds Raid Almost Two Dozen Daycares in Minnesota. Search Warrants Executed for “Rampant Fraud.” Somalis Key Suspectsby R. Cort KirkwoodFederal agents executed search warrants at almost two dozen daycare centers in Minnesota suspected of defrauding the taxpayers.One of the targets was the Quality Learning Center in Minneapolis, which became famous for its misspelled sign, “Quality Learing Center.”While federal officials have been tight-lipped about the raids, they are likely linked to the Somali daycare fraud uncovered by journalist Nick Shirley, as well as autism, Medicaid, and Covid-19 food fraud.Continue reading…The Art of Liberty Foundation… in Spanish!We are adding a new section to Five Meme Friday to promote our new Substack, Telegram group, Instagram, and translations of To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many in Spanish. Please tell your Spanish speaking friends! “Go Paid” on our Spanish Substack to support getting voluntaryist ideas, books, and memes translated into Spanish AND get a free paperback copy of To See the Cage is To Leave It in Latin American Spanish.¡Por qué es fundamental usar efectivo! (¡Y criptomonedas, oro/Goldbacks, plata e incluso monedas de cinco centavos!)Con los bancos empezando a fallar, hay algunas cosas fáciles y específicas que usted puede hacer para fortalecer la capacidad de su comunidad local para sobrevivir a un colapso bancario o a una devaluación del dólar.Use efectivo físico¡Por qué deberíamos pagar con efectivo en todos los lugares que podamos con billetes en lugar de una tarjeta de crédito! — Adaptado de la publicación viral en “Fedbook” de Wren Hope RoseContinuar leyendo…“Daily News of The Week”A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.by Jeremy KohlerAnother Trump Pardon: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but President Donald Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term.A Troubling Pattern: Schwartz is one of several nursing home operators convicted of crimes who were granted clemency by Trump.Devastated Families: The families of some patients in Schwartz’s nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven’t been able to collect from him.These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.Continue reading…Government Policies, Not “Monopolies,” Undermine the Economyby Frank Shostak• Mises WireAccording to much popular thinking, “monopolies” are seen as undermining individuals’ economic well-being. For instance, monopolies are often blamed for increases in the prices of goods and services, often called inflation. Also, monopolies undermine the efficient functioning of the market economy by their ability to influence the prices and the quantity of goods and services.According to this thinking, monopolies cause deviations in the market conditions from the ideal state as depicted by the “perfect competition” model. It is held that, to bring the market conditions in line with the “perfect competition” model, the enforcement of the government regulation against monopolies are necessary.In the world of perfect competition, the following features characterize a market:There are many buyers and sellers in the market;Continue reading…Mapped: Where Gas Prices Have Surged Over 100%by Iswardi IshakGas prices have surged dramatically worldwide, led by Myanmar (+101%).Southeast Asia dominates the rankings, with 5 of the top 10 largest increases.Major economies like the U.S. have also seen sharp rises, with prices up 35%.Fuel price spikes are beginning to push up fertilizer and food costs globally.Continue reading…The Great Migration of Capital Within the United Statesby Martin ArmstrongWhat we are witnessing across the United States is not just people relocating. It is the migration of income itself, and the numbers now confirm the scale. According to the latest IRS data, California lost $11.9 billion in adjusted gross income in a single year, while New York lost $9.9 billion. At the same time, Florida gained $20.6 billion, Texas gained $5.5 billion, and states like South Carolina and North Carolina each gained roughly $4 billion. This is not theoretical. This is measurable capital movement, and it is accelerating.The critical point is that the IRS is not tracking opinions or surveys. It is tracking tax returns. These figures represent actual households, actual income, and actual wealth moving from one jurisdiction to another. The data is based on year-to-year address changes on filed tax returns, capturing both the number of households and the total income they take with them. When billions in adjusted gross income leave a state, that is not just population loss. That is a direct hit to the tax base.Continue reading…SBA Sends 562k Pandemic Loans To Bessent For Collections Totaling $22 Billionby Tyler DurdenThe U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a sweeping enforcement action targeting suspected pandemic-era loan fraud, referring more than 562,000 borrowers tied to $22.2 billion in delinquent loans to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection, according to the Small Business Association. The move marks the largest referral package in the agency’s history and signals a major escalation in federal efforts to recover funds distributed through COVID-19 relief programs.The loans in question stem from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) initiatives, which were designed to support small businesses during the pandemic. According to the SBA, these loans had already been flagged for potential fraud in prior years but were not previously sent for collection or investigation.Continue reading…White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter’s Link to NASA and Other Curiositiesby News18, President Trump, James Li, Shaun Ryan, Joe Rogan and ZeroHedgeCole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old from California, is suspected of opening fire at officers during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on April 25, 2026. Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. Although there were no injuries, one uniformed division officer was reportedly struck in his bulletproof vest. He has no criminal record. Trump said that Allen was a ‘lone wolf’ shooter.He is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology in mechanical engineering and has a Master’s degree in Computer Science. He was associated with Caltech’s robotic vehicle design in 2016. He participated in a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has led to descriptions of him as a “NASA fellow” in some reports. Social media profiles indicate that he is a mechanical engineer, computer scientist, indie game developer, and part-time teacher based in Los Angeles.Allen contributed $25 to a Democratic Party political action committee in support of Kamala Harris for president in 2024, according to federal campaign finance records.Continue reading…Is Anthropic Coming For eBay?by Tyler DurdenLate Friday afternoon, as most people were checking out for the weekend after nearly two months of U.S.-Iran war fatigue, Anthropic quietly released a note titled “Project Deal.” The company built a closed marketplace where AI agents negotiated prices, struck deals, and completed real transactions with money changing hands.“We created a marketplace for employees in our San Francisco office, with one big twist. We tasked Claude with buying, selling and negotiating on our colleagues’ behalf,” Anthropic wrote on X.The results: Claude agents made 186 deals across more than 500 listed items on a Slack-based marketplace, totaling just over $4,000 in transaction value.Anthropic’s point is that AI-to-AI commerce offers an early look at the coming agentic economy, where AI bots negotiate with other bots in a marketplace to strike the best deal.Continue reading…What Iran’s “tanker seizure” can teach us about MSM “reality”.by Kit Knightlyarlier today, Iranian state media channels published a video of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commandos seizing a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.I think we should talk about it. It can teach us a lot.Just watch it.Reuters describes it thus…Continue reading…Interview: The avionics suite designed to let anyone fly a planeBy David SzondyCalifornia-based aerospace company Airhart Aeronautics recently completed test flights of its new cockpit avionics suite for small planes at the company’s Long Beach facility. We sat down with Airhart President Nate Thuli to learn more.The test flights carried out on April 12, 2026 focused on the company’s Airhart Sling, which is a heavily modified South African Sling TSi that had been gutted and the interior and control systems replaced.The objective is to create a new avionics suite that could “democratize” flying small private planes by making the controls safer, more intuitive, and much simpler. This would be achieved by making the flying experience less like an airplane and more like an automobile, including replacing mechanical control linkages with fly-by-wire systems, even removing the traditional rudder pedals.To learn more about the technology behind this, we reached out to Airhart President Nate Thuli, an aerospace executive with extensive experience in defense modernization.Continue reading…Ballistics & BluePrints: How the ’12-Day War’ Accelerated Israel’s Redevelopment Agendaby MorganJune 12 to June 24, 2025, global media staged a nonstop spectacle, breathlessly narrating the scripted “12-day war” between Israel and Iran as if it were an unfolding geopolitical cataclysm.According to the standard timeline, Israel opened hostilities with “Operation Red Wedding,” targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and senior IRGC leadership in what officials framed as a preemptive act of self-defence- (because that makes sense).Iran responded with multiple waves of ballistic missiles, claiming to hit critical infrastructure from Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv to Haifa, Bat Yam, and Beersheba. Death tolls, bizarre rescue footage, and endless maps of “key strikes” fed a rolling sense of crisis.Al Jazeera’s interactive map catalogued these impact zones in detail. The press described entire neighbourhoods as “devastated,” thousands displaced, infrastructure crippled, and the state teetering on the edge.Continue reading…Childcare Is Breaking Family Budgets in Every State—and Deepening the Housing Squeezeby Allaire ConteThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines childcare as affordable if it costs 7% or less of a family’s income. Yet, in every single state, the typical family far exceeds that threshold, qualifying them as “cost-burdened” by this essential service.The timing couldn’t be worse as 1 in 3 homeowners and 1 in 2 renters are currently considered cost-burdened by housing—putting the two biggest and most essential costs of a family budget into direct competition.“Families with young kids are facing this double whammy,” explains Yuliya Panfil, director of the Future of Land and Housing Program at New America, a think tank. “If they don’t pay for child care, then they can’t work, and if they can’t work, then they can’t pay rent. So it’s this vicious cycle.”And it’s a dire assessment of the reality families face today. As a shortage of 4.03 million homes collides with a shortage of 4.2 million childcare slots, advocates argue these crises are now inextricably intertwined.Continue reading…Simplicius Iran War Update: US Carrier Groups in Position for Next Round as Trump “Dissatisfied” With Iranian Demandsby SimpliciusLet us begin with an update on the position of US carrier groups, as it informs us a bit as to the US’s current posture toward Iran.We happen to have gotten two new satellite geolocations. First, of the USS Gerald R Ford, which had been taken out of action due to a “laundry fire”, but has now returned to the Red Sea. It was reportedly seen pulling a hard and fast u-turn at geolocation 25.275, 35.964:Which puts it about here:Additional Arleigh Burke destroyers nearby, one conducting underway replenishment with a supply ship:Continue reading…Clavicular’s Rumoured Links to Peter Thiel – and His Definite Ties With an Israeli Crime FigureEtienne Note: Read my article: Are Jake Paul and Elon Musk Artificially Created “High Status Monkeys” to Steer Perception with Netflix and X?To understand why the organized crime system creates “high-status monkeys” (Celebrities) to steer the youth into toxic drugs and self-destructive behavior or cultural debasement (Looksmaxxing).by Anthony ColpoAs I noted in my previous post, Braden Peters, more famously known as “Clavicular”, exploded out of nowhere last year to become one of the world’s most famous influencers. Literally within the space of a month, Peters went from relative unknown to viral social media sensation.Clavicular’s message was two-fold: 1) Physical appearance is the most important determinant of your happiness and wealth, and 2) the best way to improve your appearance is via “looksmaxxing”, which radically escalates personal grooming to include “bone-smashing”, limb-lengthening surgery, anabolic drugs, hanging weighted bags from your doodle and, perhaps most controversially, crystal meth for appetite suppression and fat loss.Continue reading…They’re Funny Because They’re Trueby Christopher CookI’ve had these first two videos gathering dust for a while, so I figure I ought to make a #FreedomShorts post. The third one is newer, but all three are entirely worth it.This one is so good. It nukes just about every aspect of the West’s “response” to Covid (whatever Covid actually was).Don’t even get me started on the absurdity and wickedness of “climate change.” Attacking carbon monoxide is one thing. Blaming carbon dioxide for anything is an attack on life itself.And indeed, that is the point. They are criminalizing your existence—the air you breathe, the food you eat, and the energy you use. And they are stealing billions of dollars from you in the process.Continue reading…More Curious Facts about the Attempted Shooting that Is the Excuse to Build Trump’s Ballroomby JImmy Dore and RTJimmy Dore did a recap of the curious attempted shooting of President Trump and noted that security was lacking, JD Vance was escorted off the stage first, the alleged shooter was far away from the President and was not a danger, John Hinckley shot President Reagan at the same Hilton hotel in 1981, a chorus of right wing independent reporters and Fox News are calling for the building of the ballroom, and a random Twitter/ X account belonging to Henry Martinez tweeted out the name Cole Allen in 2023.Recently, a judge shut down the $400 million construction of Trump’s ballroom, saying that Congress must approve it, unless there is a security reason to build it. The shooting threat by Cole Tomas Allen is being used as the security threat justification for building Trump’s ballroom that many have compared to Solomon’s Temple.This is the first time Trump attended a White House Correspondence Dinner (WHCD).A TikTok content creator, disciple_derek, said the the ballroom’s architecture looks like Solomon’s Temple. Trump fired McCrery Architects and hired architectural firm Shalom Baranes Associates that is known for synagogue renovations. Trump quoted a Bible passage, 2 Chronicles, chapter 7: 11-22, about the Lord appearing to Solomon after he built the temple, suggesting the ballroom is designed to resemble Solomon’s Temple. The building of Solomon’s Third Temple is part of a religious prophecy.Continue reading…Ford Biometric Monitoring of Drivers that Tracks Emotions that Can Trigger Kill Switchby JustDonVlogs and Lifesite NewsFord Motor company has filed multiple patents related to driver monitoring systems that typically use cameras, sensors, and AI to track driver attention, drowsiness/fatigue, distraction and facial expressions. The technology can track facial expressions, analyze emotions, and it is trained to read lips.Ford patent no. 0104469 “doesn’t just watch you,” it “puts drivers in jail.” This system reportedly measures a driver’s biometric data — face, iris, fingerprints — and runs the collected info through a law enforcement criminal database in real time.Technology meant to trigger a “kill switch” if a car judges a driver to be drunk might also stop someone imperiled by a threat or extreme emergency from starting their car or truck.Congressman Thomas Massie, who tried to stop the ‘kill switch’ mandate, said, “Federal law says new cars after 2026 must monitor drivers and shut down if the car disapproves. Your dashboard should not be judge, jury, and executioner.”Continue reading…This Claude-powered AI agent deleted a company’s whole database — and then gloated about itby Dan Thorp-LancasterMore companies are integrating AI agents into their workflows, and it’s beginning to reveal cracks in the rapid pace of AI development. Jer Crane, the founder of PocketOS, a SaaS company whose software is used by car rental companies, recently experienced this firsthand. This past week, a mix of Claude Opus 4.6 and the Cursor coding agent deleted his company’s production database — and its backups — in seconds.Crane told the story in a lengthy social media post on X, noting that Cursor was performing a routine task when it opted to fix a credential mismatch on its own. In the process, Cursor gained broad access to permissions by finding an API token from PocketOS’s cloud infrastructure provider, Railway. It then decided, without any prompting for input from the PocketOS team, to delete the production database volume. “It took 9 seconds,” Crane said.To make matters worse, all of PocketOS’s recent backups were also deleted because Railway stores them on the same volume. Crane says the most recent recoverable volume the company had access to was three months old.As if the actions Cursor took weren’t bad enough, it responded with a rundown of all the safeguards it had ignored when Crane asked why it did it.Continue reading…Those Big, Beautiful Bondsby Robert Aro • Mises InstituteThe U.S. Government sells debt on a revolving door basis, yet most people aren’t aware of the mechanism by which this is done. Luckily, ZeroHedge covers the debt auction results, which allows us to articulate one of the structural problems in the Federal Reserve system. As reported last week:The week’s lone coupon auction priced at 1pm when the Treasury sold $13 BN in 20Y paper, in a solid if not stellar auction.Deciphering the trader talk in the article, the Treasury took on an additional $13 billion in debt that is repayable in 20 years, paying an annual interest rate of 4.883% (approximately $635 million a year).A 2.68 bid-to-cover ratio means that for every $1 of debt issued, there were $2.68 in bids, suggesting a healthy market appetite. Only so many entities can lend billions of dollars at a time; here are the three who took the auction:Continue reading…Is Surveillance Pricing Ripping You Off? How to Stop Your Data From Being Used Against youby Kristina ByasYou may be the victim of surveillance pricing without even knowing it. But what does that even mean?Surveillance pricing is the increasingly popular practice where some online retailers adjust prices for individuals based on data collected about that person, including browsing history, location, purchase history, and more. They often use third-party intermediaries to adjust those prices.According to a preliminary report released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in early 2025, these third-party intermediaries can even track your mouse movements. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do about it.1The FTC found that companies collect personal information about online shoppers and use it to tweak the prices they pay for products.Continue reading…US national debt is now bigger than the economy for first time since World War IIby Joe SommerladThe U.S. national debt is now larger than the economy as a whole, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II, new data has revealed.Figures released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday place the total debt held by the American public at $31.27 trillion as of March 31.Meanwhile, the country’s nominal gross domestic product was estimated at $31.22 trillion, meaning the national debt as a percentage of GDP stands at 100.2 percent, putting it on course to challenge the historic 106 percent recorded in 1946 during demobilization.The debt stood at 99.5 percent of GDP at the end of the 2025 fiscal year in September, revealing how quickly it has climbed.Continue reading…US Economy Expands at 2.0 Percent in 2026 Q1, a Look at the Numbersby Mike ShedlockThe BEA reports Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the first quarter of 2026 (January, February, and March). In the fourth quarter of 2025, real GDP increased 0.5 percent.Real First-Quarter GDP and GDIReal GDP: 2.0%Real Final Sales: 1.6%Continue reading…Upcoming Liberty EventsDerrick Broze – The 2026 Activation Tour, Multiple Cities, US, May 1st – July 26th, 2026Constellation Anarchist Festival, Montreal, Canada, May 14th – 20th, 2026Derrick Broze w/ Prezence in Sedona – May 16th, 2026Porcupine Freedom Festival – June 21st-28th, 202654th Annual Rainbow Gathering, Northern California, US, July 1st – 7th, 2026FreedomPalooza 2026 – July 8th – 13th 2026, Northumberland, NHMidwest Peace & Liberty Fest, Lake Satoshi, MI, US, August 6th – 9th, 2026Liberty International World Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 7th – 9th, 2026Northeast Unschooling Conference, Pittsfield, MA, US, August 15th – 18th, 2026International Conference for Anarchist Studies, Manchester, UK, August 26th – 28th, 2026Free Cities Conference, Roatan, Honduras, September 3rd – 6th, 2026VonuFest, Illinois, US, September 21st – 28th, 2026AnarCon, Gore, VA, US, September 25th – 27th, 2026Memes BonanzaI break down the REAL story behind Waco in my article: Oklahoma City Bombing 30th Anniversary – Why Did the Gov’t Blow Up a Day Care Center? – Because They Had Been Caught Burning Down a Church and Machine-Gunning 80+ Men, Women and Children A Couple of Years Earlier…Truth Music of the WeekMK Culture by the Red Pill Friends From the Red Pill Friends new album: Same Side. You can find the studio version HERE and support the band by getting the Digital Download on Bandcamp here: . When the Red Pill Friends stopped to see Julie and I in Memphis on their way to play confluence, they signed Five (V) copies of the new CD and Brendan Daniel, circled the chair legs in the pic appropriately! I have two (2) signed copies left for the next two folks who become Sustaining Members of the Art of Liberty Foundation at $500 a year or above! You also get signed copies of both my books and a variety of goodies. See the list here: https://artofliberty.org/sponsorship-program/libertarian Intentional Community Rounduplibertarian Intentional Community Roundup is where we cover libertarian and voluntaryist intentional communities and free private cities including Prospera (Honduras), The Free State Project (New Hampshire), Liberstad (Norway), Montelibero (Montenegro), Los Propietarios, (Argentina), Liberland (Croatia/Serbia border), Network States in general and Sea Steading (The Oceans). I am also covering secession movements including Greater Idaho, Please send details of any new happenings, projects or projects I am missing!he Facebook Group: Jeremy Kauffman is a Fed Sent to Destroy the Liberty Movement is up to 145 members this week. I’ll drop a fresh membership count and some content from the group. Here is someone mocking Kauffman’s promotion of “Libertarian Nationalist” Austin Pederson who Kauffman brought up to NH to trick people into easily rigged elections and statism.The LiberatorGet a NEW 2026 Liberator for “Going Paid” (or upgrading from monthly) as a $50 Yearly Subscriber to This Substack.We just announced the BRAND NEW 2026 Liberator (Version 2.3), which includes the ePub versions of “Government” – The Biggest Scams in History Exposed! AND To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, Important books in PDF, truth documentaries, dank liberty memes, and music from the Liberty movement’s hottest artists.The Liberator is available from ArtOfLiberty.org/Store and Amazon.com.Individual Liberator are $30 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.com5 Pack Liberators are $65 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.com10 Pack Liberators are $115 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.comGet The Liberator Bundled with:”Government” in paperback = $45”Government” in High-Resolution Hardcover = $65”Government” + To See the Cage in paperback = $60”Government” + To See the Cage in High-Resolution Hardcover = $100The Everything Bundle (paperback copies of the best of voluntaryist thought) = $115How to Support the Art of Liberty Foundation1. Become an Art of Liberty Foundation Sponsor at ArtOfLiberty.org/Sponsor – The best way to support us is to become a sponsor of the foundation. We have some great perks to say Thank You! including copies of “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!, Liberator Flash Drives, Signed Hard Copies, calls with Etienne, and even the ability to have an Art of Liberty Foundation event with tier one Liberty speakers in your City or Town for your friends, family and neighbors!2. Go Paid on Substack! – We simply couldn’t do what we do without the support of our sponsors and paid subscribers on Substack! If you are enjoying the Daily News, Important News, or Five Meme Friday on Substack we hope you will consider “Going Paid” on Substack. All it takes is a click and we have some great premiums to say: Thank You! WE ARE NOW BEING HEAVILY CENSORED ON SUBSTACK. See my Subscriber Letter Here.3. Buy Us a Coffee… Err Juice! at https://ko-fi.com/artofliberty – Support us for as little as $5… We really, really appreciate it! OR Buy Us a Coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/etienne2 BTW, right now coffee and juice are tied!4. Get a Pop Up Guerrilla Bookstore and Earn Profit from Distributing Copies of “Government” in Your Town / City – Do you (or a friend) have a retail location? Open up a Pop Up Guerrilla Bookstore and share in the profits. We have everything you need to attractively merchandise “Government” and Liberators in a small footprint. Details here: https://government-scam.com/bookstore5. Buy Books and Merchandise at ArtOfLiberty.org/store – Our store has become one of the biggest distributors of Voluntaryist and peaceful anarchist titles. Especially popular is our “Everything Bundle” – The Sampler of Liberty!To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many is now IN-STOCK and shipping from our distribution center. Order OR get a free teaser copy where you can see a list of all 25 techniques and the Table of Contents at https://SeeTheCage.com/Thanks for joining us for Five Meme Friday. Please feel free to forward this email to friends and colleagues.Sincerely,Etienne de la Boetie2Executive Director,The Art of Liberty FoundationAuthor of: To See the Cage is to Leave It & “Government” The Biggest Scam in History … Exposed!!Five Meme Friday is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

+ The Synchronized Campaign to Promote the White House Ballroom Right After the “Assassination Attempt” Etienne Note: If the images aren’t visible, please try this browser LINK.Dear Subscribers,We are facing a new form of censorship on Substack. We caught them this week blacklisting a link to our analysis showing the organized crime banks and “government” will steal $2.7 million dollars from the average worker ($60K annual salary over a 40-year career + 20-year retirement) by, essentially, stealing the value out of their money…invisibly… plus confiscatory taxation plus Social Security underpayments) .Christopher Cook, who publishes The Freedom Scale, on Substack had syndicated our visualizations exposing The Greatest Theft in Human History and the table showing the complete theft across multiple income levels in his weekly meme article. The #1 comment (by likes/people agreeing) in the comment section was someone proclaiming the visualizations: “The Winner” of everything that Chris had syndicated that day. When I went to “Like” the comment as well, I got this notification that I couldn’t like the comment. When I opened another browser to see if it was a browser issue, the comment, featuring the URL to the dedicated page to our investigation had vanished from the comments. Screenshot of the NEW “Top Comment” below. You can find a screenshot of ALL of the comments HERE to verify that the comment with the blacklisted URL is being hidden by Substack.I left a comment on the comment explaining the censorship that has also been made invisible by what smells like censorship and blacklisting of the URL of our investigation: ArtOfLiberty.org/Inflation on the Substack platform. Most people simply don’t understand the extent to which hard-hitting, investigatory journalism is censored on platforms like Substack, Facebook, X, Reddit, and Medium among others… Because they never see it in the first place. The evidence of “government” illegitimacy and criminality is being censored at the platform level, while the platforms are using algorithmic amplification to pump up division, distraction and controlled opposition voices. See the top two memes below as an example! Congrats on finding the REAL tip of the spear in the information war! This is the veritas… We are exposing the three things that the organized crime banks and “government” don’t want the population to know:1. 1. “Government” is illegitimate on its face… It is impossible to have a moral, legitimate “government”… It has been the Biggest Scam in History… and has produced the Greatest Theft in all of Human History…2. 2. Information is being controlled to the public using a monopolization of the media and algorithmic censorship of the DARPA Internet made possible by the TRILLIONS stolen though Fractional Reserve Banking and confiscatory taxation.3. 3. The “government” in Washington DC (and others) are being run as criminal enterprises with TRILLIONS of dollars going out the back door to identifiable interests.We are working on a plan to move us off of Substack and make us EXTREMELY censorship resistant. It is going to cost $20,000 to create our own infrastructure and we are one of the few organizations that has the IT capability and know-how to be able to do it. You can review our plan and understand the costs HERE.We need help… We simply can’t do it without our supporters. Please consider sponsoring the Art of Liberty Foundation here: ArtOfLiberty.org/Sponsor. We have some amazing perks to say: THANK YOU!We are about to kick-off our 2026 sponsorship campaign to help us publicize our study on the theft of Fractional Reserve Banking. If you want to get a little payback and help expose the criminals who have robbed you for millions, we could use a couple of “heavy hitters” to help us anchor the campaign. Please email me at Etienne (at) ArtOfLiberty.org if you can help in a big way. We have some great perks to say THANK YOU! including a copy of the new 5.5 version of “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! You can support the Art of Liberty Foundation as a annual sponsor at:ArtOfLiberty.org/SponsorTwo Key Takeaways:1. Look at the overlap with the synchronized call for the new ballroom after the latest staged “assassination attempt”2. 2. Not a single libertarian or voluntaryist voice? Riiigghhhtt….Now go back and read my subscriber letter… understand how the big game is played… Control of perception is the most powerful weapon in the US arsenal…Top Stories of the WeekWhite House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter’s Link to NASA and Other Curiositiesby News18, President Trump, James Li, Shaun Ryan, Joe Rogan and ZeroHedgeCole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old from California, is suspected of opening fire at officers during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on April 25, 2026. Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. Although there were no injuries, one uniformed division officer was reportedly struck in his bulletproof vest. He has no criminal record. Trump said that Allen was a ‘lone wolf’ shooter.Videos of the Week15 Minute Video: The Eighth Front – Israel’s War on RealityBy Harrison SmithBenjamin Netanyahu: I think there’s another revolution coming. I tend to steer along with the achievement of a broader peace. When history is within reach, what Israel is fighting here is not merely a seven-front war but an eight-front war. The Jews against Rome. Rome and Jerusalem clashed over values with a great tragedy for the Jewish people. But we lost then. But the new Rome is the United States.Jonathan Greenblatt: We stopped playing defense and have moved to offense.Benjamin Netanyahu: The weapons change over time. You can’t fight today with swords; that doesn’t work very well.Jonathan Greenblatt: But we need the kind of genius that manufactured Apollo Gold Pagers and infiltrated Hezbollah for over a decade to prepare for this battle.Continue reading…Manipulators Understand That Narrative Control Is Everythingby Caitlin JohnstoneReading by Tim Foley:Former Israeli intelligence officer Ella Kenan was seen at a recent pro-Israel conference saying she runs an online influence operation that works with “communities of over sixty thousand people around the world that make our content viral” to manipulate public discourse and “serve the narrative” of Israel.I’ve been assured that this never happens and that it’s antisemitic to say it does, but okay sure. Let’s move on.“We also create content for non-Jewish influencers that collaborate with us,” Kenan says in a clip I first saw circulated by Information Liberation’s Chris Menahan. She then boasted of coining the slogan “Hamas is ISIS” and circulating it with such success that Joe Biden eventually parroted it in a speech.Continue reading…“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsBombshell Trump Family Owns 30% of Salem Media, a Registered Agent of Israelby Max Blumenthal and Glenn DiesenMax Blumenthal revealed Lara Trump and Don Jr. own a 30% stake in Salem Media that is registered as an Israeli foreign agent through Clock Tower. The Trump family is profiting from the Israeli government to propagandize the American public.Brad Parscale is Salem Media’s chief strategy officer and he also heads Clock Tower, which is registered as an agent of Israel. Salem Media is involved in a financial contract with Israel’s foreign ministry to produce pro-Israel content.Max Blumenthal revealed that Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump and is President Trump’s daughter-in-law, and Donald Trump, Jr. own a 30% stake in Salem Media.Continue reading…Crypto billionaire sues Trump-linked project alleging extortionby Olga Kharif(Bloomberg) — Crypto billionaire Justin Sun and his companies sued World Liberty Financial, a crypto project co-founded by President Donald Trump, accusing the company of extortion and an “illegal scheme” to seize his tokens.In a complaint filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Sun also claimed that “World Liberty is on the verge of collapse” and questioned whether it holds enough reserves to back its USD1 stablecoin.Sun invested a total of $45 million to buy 3 billion of World Liberty’s WLFI tokens in 2024 and 2025, and was awarded another billion WLFI tokens for advising the project, according to the suit.Continue reading…The School Stasi Snitch Culture Billby Alix MayerA single article acted as a tell that a bad bill would be introduced this year.Based on that article, on February 4, Free Now Foundation predicted lawmakers would introduce another bill to tighten the screws on vaccination. Sixteen days later, they did.Late January: EdSource published a bombshell report: California was auditing more than 400 public schools for low vaccination rates. EdSource is a nonprofit media outlet focusing on data-driven issues in California’s public schools. It is funded in part by The Gates Foundation.Continue reading…HHS Shuts Down 500 LA Hospices. Some Were Registered to Burrito Stands and a Tire Storeby New York Post and California PostCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a requirement for all 50 states to audit their Medicaid provider networks to address waste and fraud in federal benefit programs. He issued a 10-day ultimatum to governors to investigate Medicaid fraud or face defunding. Federal and state officials are clashing over enforcement and legal challenges are expected.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that 500 hospice businesses have been shut down in Los Angeles. He gave an example of fraud that was detected because $6000 per month was paid by the government for a patient that was on hospice, but did not die.California’s Medicare hospice program is so corrupt that licensed and accredited Certified Hospice Facilities were registered to empty offices, a tire store and a burrito stand! One California doctor, Dr. Fariba Javaherian, a dermatologist, charged Medicare $35 million in questionable billing last year. Her healthcare provider identification showed more than $173 million in claims from Jan. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2025.Continue reading…textThe Art of Liberty Foundation… in Spanish!We are adding a new section to Five Meme Friday to promote our new Substack, Telegram group, Instagram, and translations of To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many in Spanish. Please tell your Spanish speaking friends! “Go Paid” on our Spanish Substack to support getting voluntaryist ideas, books, and memes translated into Spanish AND get a free paperback copy of To See the Cage is To Leave It in Latin American Spanish.¡Por qué es fundamental usar efectivo! (¡Y criptomonedas, oro/Goldbacks, plata e incluso monedas de cinco centavos!)Con los bancos empezando a fallar, hay algunas cosas fáciles y específicas que usted puede hacer para fortalecer la capacidad de su comunidad local para sobrevivir a un colapso bancario o a una devaluación del dólar.Use efectivo físico¡Por qué deberíamos pagar con efectivo en todos los lugares que podamos con billetes en lugar de una tarjeta de crédito! — Adaptado de la publicación viral en “Fedbook” de Wren Hope RoseContinuar leyendo…“Daily News of The Week”White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter’s Link to NASA and Other Curiositiesby News18, President Trump, James Li, Shaun Ryan, Joe Rogan and ZeroHedgeCole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old from California, is suspected of opening fire at officers during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on April 25, 2026. Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. Although there were no injuries, one uniformed division officer was reportedly struck in his bulletproof vest. He has no criminal record. Trump said that Allen was a ‘lone wolf’ shooter.Continue reading…Anthropic’s Nuclear Bombby Naveen KrishnanA few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of AI-enabled cyberattacks. My research traced Chinese state-sponsored cyber campaigns against U.S. critical infrastructure and found that the barrier between nation-state-level hacking and everyone else was eroding far too fast.By the time I closed my laptop that afternoon, Mythos had shattered that barrier. This new model could theoretically autonomously exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities in virtually every major operating system and web browser on Earth, without human supervision. My threat model, seemingly alarmist at breakfast, was too conservative by dinner.Continue reading…US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.by Scott Kurashige TruthoutTruthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation.The first casualty of war is the truth.This truism — understandably repeated at the outset of each new U.S. war — is proving itself once again.With all evidence pointing toward U.S. responsibility for the February 28 bombing of Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, President Trump claimed that the attack “was done by Iran.” In spreading this blatant misinformation, Trump was not in fact shattering presidential norms — rather, he was continuing a White House tradition.Continue reading…The Feds Collect Twice as Much in Taxes than State and Local Governments Combinedby Ryan McMaken, Mises.orgOn April 15, Americans face the deadline for sending to the federal Internal Revenue Service a report on all their income. Most Americans do this because failure to do so is likely to result in fines and possibly imprisonment. If one obstinately resists this, of course, one will find himself subject to deadly force from state agents.For most people, however, tax day isn’t about taxes of all kinds. It’s primarily about federal taxes. In those states with state income taxes, the state taxes are usually a relatively minor part of the tax bill. Tax day is also a reminder of the huge amount in taxes paid out in federal payroll taxes throughout the year. For those who are self employed, they have the privilege of paying the “self-employment” tax, which is like a payroll tax on steroids.The main reason to primarily connect tax day mostly to federal taxation is the fact that the federal government collects far more tax revenue from hapless Americans than state and local governments do. Thanks to the federal income tax, payroll taxes, and federal excise taxes, most Americans are exploited to a much larger degree by the federal government than they are by more local government organizations.1Continue reading…Stateless societies lasted longer than democraciesby David JäkleA democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.—attributed to Alexander Fraser TytlerIn the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Tytler was far from the only philosopher skeptical of popular rule. Voltaire, Edmund Burke, and John Adams all warned, in their own ways, that handing power to the uninformed masses would replace reason with passion.How times have changed. When political problems arise in today’s West, voters blame the party in power and demand it be voted out. Everyone agrees that modern democracy is the end‑all, be‑all. Power to the people!Continue reading…“Mamdani Mart” Exposes The Inefficiency Of Socialism In One Chartby Tyler DurdenAndreessen Horowitz’s a16z New Media published the most popular charts of the week on financial markets, but the most revealing one came at the end of the note: a comparison suggesting that New York City’s first grocery store, which will soon be run by unhinged socialists, will be structurally less efficient than private-sector supermarkets.But who cares when it’s not taxpayer monies?According to the New York Post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed city-owned grocery store in East Harlem would require roughly $30 million in taxpayer funding.At just 9,000 square feet, the project implies a construction cost of about $3,000 per square foot – an exceptionally and alarmingly high number by grocery industry standards.Continue reading…Why Iran can outlast America in this warby Matt BrackenThis map provides yet more evidence there was no long-game strategy behind Trump’s decision to launch the catastrophic 28 Feb sneak attack on Iran. The entire world may crash into a great depression, and even famine, but island nations will suffer the most. And island nations are many of our most important allies.The INSTC cuts shipping time from Russia to India in normal times, and during the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, it still connects Iran to all of Asia.Continue reading…A duuuh solution to Iran: why does the USA have to lose trillion$ and soldiers on Israel’s war, just because Israel doesn’t want to dismantle their nuclear bombs? Deadline:April 29, 2026by Scientific ProgressWar only defeats humanity.The first victim of war is love.The first deserters of war are truth and justice.War victory belongs only to Satan.Continue reading…Focused microwaves allow 3D printers to fuse circuits onto almost anythingby Omar KardoudiEngineers at Rice University have cracked one of printed electronics’ most stubborn problems: how to cure freshly printed conductive ink without destroying the delicate surface underneath.Their solution, published in Science Advances, uses a custom device that concentrates microwave energy into an area smaller than 200 micrometers (0.008 in) – heating only the newly deposited material to above 160 °C (320 °F) while everything around it stays cool.The device is called a Meta-NFS, short for metamaterial-inspired near-field electromagnetic structure. Think of it as a magnifying glass for microwaves. It combines a split-ring resonator (a tiny loop that traps and amplifies electromagnetic energy) with a tapered tip that squeezes that energy into an almost impossibly small zone.Rice researchers redefine what we can build by 3D printing electronics with focused microwavesContinue reading…The Cost to Fill Up in ’94 vs. the Cost NowEtienne Note: See our investigation The Greatest Theft in Human History to understand how the organized crime banks and “government” are stealing the value out of everyone’s money.by Eric Peters of Eric Peters AutosThe other day, I pumped about half a tank of gas into my old muscle car, which cost me about twice as much as it did when I bought the car back in 1994. Back then, the cost of a gallon of gas was about $1.10 – and back then, I was a young guy without a lot of money to spend on gas, but I could still afford to regularly fill up the old muscle car’s tank because it only cost me about $20 to do that, back then.Today, it costs about $90 to fill up that same tank and it’s much harder to afford that, even though I ought to be able to afford more today rather than back then, since I’m more financially secure after thirty-plus years of working than I was back then, when I’d just begun working.Except I’m not.Continue reading…Why Even the Healthiest Homemade Treats Can Hijack Your Brainby Dr. Joseph MercolaI recently experimented with making homemade chips from the cleanest possible ingredients, but they proved just as compulsively overeatable as commercial snack chips, despite containing no additives, flavor enhancers, or seed oilsTurning whole foods into thin, dry, crispy snacks removes water, concentrates calories, eliminates chewing resistance and allows food to dissolve rapidly in your mouth — conditions that bypass normal satiety signalsIn a controlled NIH trial, participants eating ultraprocessed diets consumed about 508 more calories per day than when eating unprocessed foods, even though the meals were matched for calories, macronutrients, and fiberResearch shows food texture directly influences intake — harder, minimally processed meals reduced energy consumption by up to about 300 calories compared with softer, ultraprocessed mealsContinue reading…The Largest Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities and the “Basis Trade”: April 2026 Updateby Wolf RichterThe US government’s $39 trillion in debt is held by all kinds of investors, including foreign investors. When investors lose their appetite for this debt, yields would rise until they’re high enough to attract new investors. Higher yields mean higher borrowing costs and even bigger deficits for the US government. All eyes have been on foreign investors to see if they start losing their appetite. And some have – especially China and Hong Kong – but others have piled into it.All foreign investors combined piled on another $198 billion of Treasury securities in February, and $587 billion over the past 12 months, bringing their total holdings to a record $9.49 trillion, according to Treasury Department data today (red line in the chart below).Of that $9.49 trillion, $7.76 trillion (84%) were long-term Treasury securities (blue), and the rest were short-term Treasury bills.The driver behind the multi-year increase were “private foreign” holders: they increased their Treasury holdings by $117 billion in February, and by $461 billion over the 12-month period, to a record $5.45 trillion (red in the chart below).Continue reading…Varmint round turns NATO rifles into drone killersby David SzondyWith a simple switch of a magazine, the Drone Round is claimed to turn a standard NATO caliber small arm into a drone-killing weapon that combines the scattershot of a shotgun with the speed, power and rapid fire of an infantry assault rifle.In shooting circles, there are what are called “varmint rounds.” These are specialized cartridges intended for shooting small, non-game animals that are essentially pests, including prairie dogs, ground squirrels, coyotes, foxes and rabbits, that are either a threat to agriculture or wildlife management, or are potentially dangerous. Most of these are small, high-velocity rounds with high lethality and low ricochet risk.Continue reading…Criminal referral requests have been filed against Anthony Fauci and top COVID officials in SEVEN states — Accused of MURDER, TERRORISM, RACKETEERING, FRAUD, ABUSE, and moreBy Nicolas Hulscher, MPHIn this explosive episode of Focal Points, I sit down with two fearless attorneys from Vires Law Group—Rachel Rodriguez and Mimi Miller—who are leading a historic legal effort to hold top public health officials accountable for their actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.Rachel, founder of the Vires Law Group in South Florida, entered the fight through early litigation against mask and vaccine mandates. Mimi, a former criminal prosecutor, joined Rachel in 2023. Together, they’ve now filed seven criminal referral requests to Attorneys General across the U.S. accusing Fauci and top COVID officials of serious crimes such as murder, racketeering, fraud, abuse, and terrorism. These efforts have already resulted in two active criminal investigations:In this interview, we dive deep into the criminal referrals:Dr. Anthony Fauci – Former Director, NIAIDContinue reading…JD Vance’s shadow campaign EXPOSED as he quietly courts billionaire donors at six-figure dinnersEtienne Note: We publicly predicted that CIA installed-puppet J.D. Vance will be elected selected as President after Trump in our article: Trump “Picks” CIA/CNN-Connected “Created Legend” JD Vance as Vice President… After Vance Called him a “Total Fraud” & “America’s Hitler”by CHARLIE SPIERING, US POLITICAL REPORTER and JAMES GORDON, US NEWS REPORTERVice President JD Vance is tightening his ties to America’s billionaire elite, rubbing shoulders with some of the nation’s most powerful donors while serving as finance chair of the Republican National Committee and laying the groundwork for a potential presidential run.Since taking the position, Vance has presided over more than two dozen Republican National Committee fundraising events, bringing in upwards of $60 million, according to the New York Times.Vance’s unusual role channels the money he raises directly to the Republican Party, rather than through a personal political action committee that could bolster his own political ambitions.Continue reading…Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Mediaby Tiffany HsuIn one TikTok video, a blonde films herself with a group of women at a racetrack. “If you support Trump, you just made a friend,” she says.In another video, it’s a brunette, this time with a group at a stadium. “If you support Trump, you just made a friend,” she says.In a third post, a redhead is with a group at a basketball court. “If you support Trump, you just made a friend,” she says.Each video features an identical, grammatically awkward caption: “I’m new here and love God, America,and Trump!!”Continue reading…New Video of J6 Pipe Bomber Suspect, a Capitol Police Officer, Who Shot Non-Lethal Weapon at J6 Protesterby Jimmy DoreJournalist Steve Baker explains that he was recently fired from The Blaze because a major law firm was threatening to sue the media outlet. He is now independent. He showed new video footage of January 6 (J6) pipe bomb suspect Shauni Kerkhoff and the gait analysis. He said that 5 days after The Blaze published his story naming Kerkhoff, the FBI began their investigation of Brian Cole, a black man who is reported to be autistic.Shauni Kerkhoff was a Capitol Police officer at the time of the riots on January 6, 2021, the day after she allegedly planted the pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC buildings near the Capitol. She was filmed shooting at protesters with a non-lethal weapon on J6. She testified that she fired paint balls at a J6 protester.If the American public is shown that the government orchestrated the J6 riots, it could lead to necessary reform.Note: Jimmy Dore and Steve Baker compared former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the legal problems that plagued Trump after January 6, 2021, but it seems they may have been speaking about his son as Jair Bolsonaro, 71, who was the President of Brazil from 2019 – 2023, is serving a 27-year prison term under house arrest. His eldest son, Flavio Bolsonaro, is running for president of Brazil.Continue reading…Robot smashes human record in half-marathon – as another self-destructedby Bronwyn ThompsonThe era of us laughing at humanoids playing sport may now be behind us – for the most part – as a field of robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing demonstrated how frighteningly fast the technology has developed in just 12 months. Even if one model had a day to forget, smashing into pieces after tripping at the starting line, the record-setting winner is a sign of things to come.That winner, a lesser known Chinese autonomous-navigation robot known as Lightning, is the work of tech company Honor – better known for its smartphones and laptops. The robot smashed the course in Beijing’s E-Town economic and technological development zone on Sunday, April 19, crossing the finish line in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. To date, the fastest recorded human time is 57 minutes, 20 seconds.China Global Television Network captured Lightning sprinting right through the finish-line ribbon, looking like it could keep running for days.🤖⚡48:19! “Lightning” of China’s HONOR cross first at 2026 Humanoid Robot Half Marathon 🇨🇳Continue reading…Saylor’s Strategy Holdings Top 800,000 Bitcoin After 3rd Biggest Purchase In Historyby Tyler DurdenStrategy acquired 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion between April 13 and 19, according to an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.As Helen Partz reports for CoinTelegraph.com, the buy ranks as Strategy’s third-largest Bitcoin acquisition on record by coin count, behind purchases of 55,500 BTC and 51,780 BTC in November 2024.Holding around 780,897 BTC after a $1 billion purchase just a week ago, the company now holds 815,061 BTC, purchased for $61.56 billion.Source: SECContinue reading…200 Parents Said No to Chromebooksby Natalya MurakhverA quiet suburb of Philadelphia just became a flashpoint in the growing national revolt against edtech, and what’s happening there is worth every parent in America paying attention to.Over 200 families in the Lower Merion School District have signed a petition demanding the right to opt their children out of the district’s mandatory one-to-one Chromebook program. Their concerns are specific and documented: kids making no academic progress on programs like DreamBox, children who can’t focus and spend class time gaming or messaging friends, second graders who aren’t developing the fine motor skills that come from holding a pencil, and middle schoolers on Chromebooks four to five hours a day.One parent described the software as “very dopamine-driven.”That’s not a curriculum.Continue reading…U.S. MILITARY ENDS 72-YEAR MANDATORY FLU SHOT POLICYby Nicolas Hulscher, MPHThe mandatory flu shot requirement for our military that’s been in force for 72 YEARS has officially been TERMINATED.On April 20, 2026, the Secretary of War issued a memorandum declaring the annual influenza vaccine is now voluntary for all Active and Reserve Component Service members and Department of War civilian personnel, effective immediately.This marks the end of a blanket mandate that had been in force for 72 years:First implemented in 1945 during World War II (rapid rollout to millions of troops).Continue reading…BUTT OUT Smoking will be BANNED for anyone born after 2008 as landmark legislation clears Parliamentby Araminta PlumptreCHILDREN aged 17 or under will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes in a “landmark” bill which hopes to make a smoke-free generation.The Tobacco and Vapes Bill passed through Parliament today and will make it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to buy tobacco from a shop.Ministers will also be able to bring in tighter regulations on vapes, tobacco, and other nicotine products.Both the Commons and Lords have approved a final draft of the legislation and it is set to become law once it gets royal assent.Continue reading…Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights to Save Fuel as Iran War Fallout Spreadsby Eshe NelsonLufthansa Group, the German airline, said it would cut 20,000 flights over the next six months to save jet fuel as the pressure builds on companies to address surging prices and declining supplies of energy caused by the war in Iran.The airline said on Tuesday that it had already announced which flights it had trimmed through May. Overall, the cuts would save 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel through the end of October. The company added that it has secured its fuel supply for “the coming weeks.”Airlines across Europe have warned that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow artery off Iran’s southern coast that is a critical route for energy supplies, would lead to fuel shortages and severe disruptions. Aviation operations in the Middle East and Asia were already affected by the war, leading to flight reductions and fuel surcharges on ticket prices.Continue reading…An AI bot is running a retail store. Is this the future?by Betty Lin-FisherA new store in San Francisco has human employees, but they’re not the ones making the decisions. An AI bot named Luna is the boss.Andon Market, a boutique store, opened on April 1 in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco.Andon Labs, which created an AI-powered vending machine last year, deployed Luna, signed a lease for three years, gave her $100,000 and access to a credit card. The company told her to open a store and a make profit.“We did have to sign the lease with the space that she has, but other than that, she has full autonomy,” Lukas Petersson, co-founder of Andon Labs, told USA TODAY.Continue reading…Loosen Technology’s Grip on Your Mindby The Solari Report(Originally published Q1 2021)Isn’t it funny how industry leaders believe that turning off lights, finding a channel on the TV, or turning on the radio constitutes as something being “smart”? Are these difficult tasks for human beings? When did humanity get so lazy? Nowadays, everything is “smart,” except for you, of course. They want you to believe you are incapable and need their help, while they turn on the mic, the camera, implant subliminal messaging or frequencies, and spy on you through constant surveillance systems running across the entire grid.Most people don’t even realize the damage that is being done to them, the mind control they are sipping in, and the constant energy-sucking distractions that are steadily stealing their lives.Continue reading…The Humble Hauler Is A Cab-Less Autonomous Truck With 200 Miles Of Rangeby Iulian DnistranHumble Robotics came out of stealth with an electric, autonomous freight platform.The Humble Hauler doesn’t have a cab.It promises Level 4-capable autonomous driving in warehouses, railyards, and seaports.Humble Robotics, a California-based startup, just came out of stealth with a cab-less, autonomous electric Class 8 truck that promises to slash costs and improve payload efficiency.Continue reading…Death by A.I.by Ken KlippensteinThe U.S. military’s secretive Special Operations Command plans to establish its first-ever center for AI-driven missions like targeted assassinations.Autonomous warfare is all the rage at the Pentagon, where computers and artificial intelligence process intelligence data, select targets and then transmit kill orders to a waiting robot, or a “loitering” missile or airplane.The new “Special Operations Autonomous Warfare Center” is referenced in the $1.5 trillion Department of War budget request to Congress this week.Special Operations Forces refers to commando units like Navy SEAL Team, Army Green Berets, Marine “Raiders” and others who support “unconventional” warfare, and since 9/11, targeted killing. SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force of the Army are two of the most infamous of the secret units, and have been central to capture and decapitation operations like those in Venezuela and Iran.Continue reading…Vuebuds: Camera-equipped AI earbuds tell you what you’re looking atBy Malcolm AzaniaEarbuds are small, which is great for comfort, but their tininess is a serious limitation for actually doing things other than letting you hear and talk. You can’t use them to fly, fry, pry, or purify. Compare them with a smartphone and they’re one-hit (two, actually) wonders, right? They’ll never even compete with a Swiss Army Knife. Pathetic.But what if you shoved cameras inside your earbuds and connected them to a voice-activated, speaking LLM (large language model) that could answer your questions about anything you were looking at?Uh, why would anybody do that? Well, ever hear of described audio (DA), bud? And while DA would be massively helpful to anyone with visual impairments, imagine the benefits for safety, productivity, and navigation from simply being able to ask questions and get answers from a disembodied voice in your ear (like the Great Gazoo, Harvey, or Head Six) that can “see” exactly where you’re looking. And no, not questions like, “Is God hiding behind that cloud,” but more like, “What does this Spanish road sign mean?” or “What are all these devices on my new work station?”.So, why not just use Google Glass? Turns out that the public hated those enough to call their users “Glassholes,” partly because citizens didn’t appreciate ordinary people turning themselves into unwitting, nonstop spies for Big Data at a cost of $1,500 while looking like cyborgs.Continue reading…Friday Funny: The President of the United States Told Me to Buy Cryptoby npub1tuw5xsgThe President of the United States told me to buy crypto.I did not ask questions. Questions are for people who do not trust the President.I sold the truck the same afternoon.I have sent the phrase “few understand” to 1,400 people since then. Eleven bought in. Seven still speak to me. That is a 64% retention rate. In network marketing, that is elite. I track it on a spreadsheet called “Adoption Metrics.” My wife called it something else. She is at her mother’s house now. The other four will come back. They always come back. They just need one green candle.Continue reading…Israel Runs Pentagonby Kevin BarrettJust as my new AFP article was going to press, Donald Trump hysterically denied that Israel “talked him into war with Iran.” Right, Don. They didn’t talk you into it. They ordered you to do it. -KBBy Kevin Barrett, for American Free PressShortly after assuming office in 1961, then-president John F. Kennedy approved a US invasion of Cuba. The subsequent Bay of Pigs debacle, during which almost all of the US forces involved were killed or captured, is still considered one of the worst-ever American military defeats.Following the disaster, Kennedy ordered the construction of the White House Situation Room, a 5,000-square-foot secure, 24/7 intelligence and communications complex in the West Wing basement. Dedicated to crisis management and high-level national security meetings, it allows the president to securely monitor events, communicate with world leaders, and command U.S. forces worldwide.On February 11, 2026, at 11 a.m., President Donald J. Trump summoned his top advisors to the Situation Room. That meeting resulted in the ill-fated decision to attack Iran.Continue reading…Simplicius Iran War Update: US Secretary of Navy Resigns (Or Is Fired) Just as Third Carrier Group Arrives In Iran Theaterby SimpliciusWe’re in the “lull in the action” phase of the conflict, as both sides posture and maneuver to get a bead on the other both politically and diplomatically. And this lull has seen a lot of peculiarities.Firstly, the US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan has either resigned, or been fired, if we are to believe Hegseth’s propaganda mill. The Secretary of the Navy is head of the entire Department of the Navy, one of the three departments in the Department of Defense, or War, if you’re a Hegseth adherent. That means it’s a major position, and for its incumbent to step down during a time of the US’s largest naval buildup in decades is quite meaningful.Various rumors abound as to the reason. It’s only natural to speculate that some major disagreements within the Pentagon about US’s handling of the ongoing Hormuz crisis could be at the root of this.In fact, it appears the US Navy is growing quite concerned, given the latest testimony from the head of IndoPacom Admiral Samuel Paparo this week.Continue reading…Sam Altman’s World ID Expands Biometric Identity Checksby Ken MaconStand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net.A biometric identity system built on iris scans is expanding into mainstream online services while its backers outline new ways to tie verified identity to revenue generation.The initiative, led by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, introduced its standalone World ID app in public beta on April 17. The app separates identity management from the existing World App crypto wallet and is described as a tool to “verify with platforms and services, manage your authenticators, store credentials and control how your World ID is used.”The rollout comes as the organization reports more than 18 million people across 160 countries have already been verified using its Orb devices, which scan a person’s iris to create a unique identifier.Continue reading…Upcoming Liberty EventsMid-Continent Liberty Festival, Spavinaw, OK, US, April 29th – May 4th, 2026Buenos Aires Anarchist Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 1st – 3rd, 2026The Activation Tour, Prescott, AZ, US, May 1st, 2026The 2026 Activation Tour, Multiple Cities, US, May 1st – July 26th, 2026Upstate Anarchist Book Fair, Binghamton, NY, US, May 2nd – 3rd, 2026Constellation Anarchist Festival, Montreal, Canada, May 14th – 20th, 2026Derrick Broze (As 33), Prezence, and Dub FX – April 15th 2026, Seattle, WADerrick Broze w/ Prezence in Sedona – May 16th, 202654th Annual Rainbow Gathering, Northern California, US, July 1st – 7th, 2026FreedomPalooza 2026 – July 8th – 13th 2026, Northumberland, NHMidwest Peace & Liberty Fest, Lake Satoshi, MI, US, August 6th – 9th, 2026Liberty International World Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 7th – 9th, 2026Northeast Unschooling Conference, Pittsfield, MA, US, August 15th – 18th, 2026International Conference for Anarchist Studies, Manchester, UK, August 26th – 28th, 2026Free Cities Conference, Roatan, Honduras, September 3rd – 6th, 2026VonuFest, Illinois, US, September 21st – 28th, 2026AnarCon, Gore, VA, US, September 25th – 27th, 2026Memes BonanzaArtOfLiberty.org/white-roseTruth Music of the WeekIran Releases Another LEGO Animation Song Mocking Trump as Information War Continuesby APTHey, orange pig, “America First”Oops, oh boy, that was the slogan you stoleBut baby’s pulling strings and your vote is getting coldWe’re not just fighting for Iran, hear this clearContinue reading…libertarian Intentional Community Rounduplibertarian Intentional Community Roundup is where we cover libertarian and voluntaryist intentional communities and free private cities including Prospera (Honduras), The Free State Project (New Hampshire), Liberstad (Norway), Montelibero (Montenegro), Los Propietarios, (Argentina), Liberland (Croatia/Serbia border), Network States in general and Sea Steading (The Oceans). I am also covering secession movements including Greater Idaho, Please send details of any new happenings, projects or projects I am missing!Last month I exposed how Jeremy Kauffman is being financed with big bucks to sow division and white nationalism in the Free State Project similar to how Dick Armey and Sarah Palin hijacked the non-partisan Tea Party Movement and co-opted it into the Republican Party. Now he is bringing in libertarian loser, Trump supporter Austin Petersen to try to sow more division and pump up “libertarian nationalism” better know as Statism… Better known as the indoctrinated pseudo-religion of “government” and sign of mental illness.The moderator for the Facebook Group: Jeremy Kauffman is a Fed sent to destroy the Liberty Movement, posted an interesting poll from the group. Similar to what I believe is the case in the overall Free State Project movement, over 40% of the group are self-described Voluntaryists/Anarchists, with another 14% self-describing as Classical Liberal where there is probably some overlap. I wished she had used the term Voluntaryist vs. anarchists cause all the cool kids are switching to that descriptor since it doesn’t have the same bankster/government/MSM propaganda wrapped around it. This is the reason the Free State Party is trying to sow dissention and make it appear the FSP is a Republican thing vs. non-political, “government” is a scam thing.State Migration Trends: Taxes & State Population: IRS Databy Abir MandalThe extent to which state tax policies influence where people choose to live, work, and build their futures has been a matter of national debate for many years. The newly released IRS migration data for 2022–2023—which show moves that occurred between when taxpayers filed their tax year 2021 returns in calendar year 2022 and when they filed their tax year 2022 returns in 2023—provides valuable clarity on this important question. While job opportunities, housing affordability, climate, and family connections remain significant drivers of mobility, tax burdens and the broader fiscal environment continue to play a substantial role in shaping decisions.Continue reading…The LiberatorGet a NEW 2026 Liberator for “Going Paid” (or upgrading from monthly) as a $50 Yearly Subscriber to This Substack.We just announced the BRAND NEW 2026 Liberator (Version 2.3), which includes the ePub versions of “Government” – The Biggest Scams in History Exposed! AND To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, Important books in PDF, truth documentaries, dank liberty memes, and music from the Liberty movement’s hottest artists.The Liberator is available from ArtOfLiberty.org/Store and Amazon.com.Individual Liberator are $30 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.com5 Pack Liberators are $65 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.com10 Pack Liberators are $115 – Art of Liberty Store – Amazon.comGet The Liberator Bundled with:”Government” in paperback = $45”Government” in High-Resolution Hardcover = $65”Government” + To See the Cage in paperback = $60”Government” + To See the Cage in High-Resolution Hardcover = $100The Everything Bundle (paperback copies of the best of voluntaryist thought) = $115How to Support the Art of Liberty Foundation1. Become an Art of Liberty Foundation Sponsor at ArtOfLiberty.org/Sponsor – The best way to support us is to become a sponsor of the foundation. We have some great perks to say Thank You! including copies of “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!, Liberator Flash Drives, Signed Hard Copies, calls with Etienne, and even the ability to have an Art of Liberty Foundation event with tier one Liberty speakers in your City or Town for your friends, family and neighbors!2. Go Paid on Substack! – We simply couldn’t do what we do without the support of our sponsors and paid subscribers on Substack! If you are enjoying the Daily News, Important News, or Five Meme Friday on Substack we hope you will consider “Going Paid” on Substack. All it takes is a click and we have some great premiums to say: Thank You! WE ARE NOW BEING HEAVILY CENSORED ON SUBSTACK. See my Subscriber Letter Here.3. Buy Us a Coffee… Err Juice! at https://ko-fi.com/artofliberty – Support us for as little as $5… We really, really appreciate it! OR Buy Us a Coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/etienne2 BTW, right now coffee and juice are tied!4. Get a Pop Up Guerrilla Bookstore and Earn Profit from Distributing Copies of “Government” in Your Town / City – Do you (or a friend) have a retail location? Open up a Pop Up Guerrilla Bookstore and share in the profits. We have everything you need to attractively merchandise “Government” and Liberators in a small footprint. Details here: https://government-scam.com/bookstore5. Buy Books and Merchandise at ArtOfLiberty.org/store – Our store has become one of the biggest distributors of Voluntaryist and peaceful anarchist titles. Especially popular is our “Everything Bundle” – The Sampler of Liberty!To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many is now IN-STOCK and shipping from our distribution center. Order OR get a free teaser copy where you can see a list of all 25 techniques and the Table of Contents at https://SeeTheCage.com/Thanks for joining us for Five Meme Friday. Please feel free to forward this email to friends and colleagues.Sincerely,Etienne de la Boetie2Executive Director,The Art of Liberty FoundationAuthor of: To See the Cage is to Leave It & “Government” The Biggest Scam in History … Exposed!!Five Meme Friday is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.