The Exaggeration of a Threat: Why We Spend $1 Trillion - Military Industrial Complex
Research paper Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020 â 2024 Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020 â 2024 | Costs of War
Modern Context: Military Spending and Influence
The segment emphasizes how both parties (Republican and Democrat) continue to heavily invest in military programs, often disconnected from strategic necessity.
Trump's statements about high-tech military developments like a âGolden Domeâ are scrutinized. Experts suggest the technology is not viable and that these announcements often mask large-scale financial transfers to defense contractors.
Recent Research: "The Profits of War"
The discussion introduces William Hartung and his co-author Stephen Semler, who wrote a report for Brown University and the Quincy Institute.
Their research shows:
Over 20 years since 9/11, the Pentagon has handed out $7 trillion in contracts, with $2 trillion going to the top five defense contractors.
In the past five years, spending has continued at extremely high levels.
Superficial Cuts vs. Real Spending
Officials like Trumpâs Secretary of Defense promoted cuts of $800 million in waste, which, while sounding substantial, pale in comparison to a record $1 trillion defense budget announced shortly after.
These small âcutsâ donât address:
Dysfunctional weapons systems
The half-million private contractors employed by the Pentagon
Systemic inefficiencies and procurement fraud
Pork-Barrel Politics and Job Distribution
Major weapons systems like the F-35 fighter jet are intentionally spread across dozens of congressional districts to ensure political support.
This makes defense programs nearly untouchable in Congress, as representatives fear being labeled as anti-jobs.
However, actual job benefits are often concentrated in just a few states (e.g., Texas, California, Georgia), with other states receiving token work.
Key Takeaways
Military spending is driven more by politics and profit than strategy or national defense.
The military-industrial complex has become deeply embedded in the U.S. economy and political system.
True reform would require breaking the political incentive to keep funding these systems regardless of effectiveness or necessity. - D.D.
The Epstein Files: The House Of Maxwell | Episode 2
The Epstein Files series continues with a deeper look into the Maxwell family and Ghislaine's mother, Elisabeth Maxwell. Also, Trump releases the MLK files and drama over Epstein continues to heat up in D.C. - Streamed live 22nd July 2025 | Candace Owens.
Mike Yeadon: Is Science Dead?
An interview with Jerm Warfare posted to the UK Column on July 21, 2025. Jerm and Dr. Mike Yeadon, a British scientist and former pharmaceutical executive known for his critical stance on pandemic narratives, explore the state of science, the pandemic narrative, and the importance of critical thinking. They discuss the concept of 'preferred reality' imposed by media and governments, the medical protocols during the pandemic, and the implications of fear in medical decisions. Mike shares insights from his experience in the pharmaceutical industry, the timeline of vaccine development, and the absence of a true pandemic. The chat stresses the need for self-reliance, community connections, and the importance of questioning established narratives. - UK Column News.
Stephen Gardner and Catherine Austin Fitts discuss how the DOD, military industrial complex and government are stealing from citizens and lying about money.
Catherine Austin: "If you let the [Epstein] files out, [Americans] are going to connect...Epstein, Mossad, the growing power of Israel, AIPAC, & where did their pension fund money go?...[and] the same institution that laundered $20 trillion [of that taxpayer money]...ran Operation Warp Speed."
What's So Smart About The GENIUS Act? With Catherine Austin Fitts
The newly-passed âGENIUS Actâ allows for banks to issue âstablecoinsâ which are a type of cryptocurrency equivalent to another asset such as the U.S. dollar or gold. Unlike other forms of digital currency whose price may fluctuate, this one is intended to maintain a steady value. But as it is with anything that sounds too good to be true, there is a catch to this deceptive operation. A framework of programmable money, such as this, would only work to further the end goal of enforced compliance and what Catherine Austin Fitts calls âThe Great Poisoningâ through centralized control via the banking system. - Financial Rebellion|CHDTV.
Syria Was Never About Civil WarâHereâs the Hidden Agenda | Colonel Douglas Macgregor Interview
Colonel Douglas Macgregor delivers an unfiltered, deeply strategic analysis of the geopolitical chessboard in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Syria, Israel, Iran, and Turkey. Speaking with his signature striking clarity, he dismantles mainstream media narratives by highlighting how the U.S. is no longer a neutral actor but a tool of entrenched foreign influenceâmost notably the Israeli lobby in Washington. From the artificial post-WWI borders to the infrastructure wars shaping modern alliances, Macgregor explains the clash of regional ambitions and how U.S. foreign policy is being steered not by voters but by powerful lobbies and unelected billionaires. - Source: Aired 25th July 2025 | Unfiltered with S.A.M.
Timestamp:
00:00 â 01:57 The Interview Western Media Wonât Air - Syria, Israel, U.S. Control & Public Backlash
01:58 â 06:12 Syria Was Never Just a Civil War -The Colonial Borders, Trade War & Rising Powers Western Media Ignores
06:13 â 08:46 Greater Israel, U.S. Backing & the Quiet Pact to Carve Up Syria - Including the Druze South
08:47 â 10:04 CIA, Mossad & MI6 Destroyed Syria - Now U.S. Media Covers for War Criminals
10:05 â 14:10 New Trade Routes, Rising Powers & Why U.S. Policy Still Follows Israelâs Orders
14:11 â 16:25 Davidâs Corridor - Israelâs Hidden Land Grab That Could Spark War with Turkey
16:26 â 18:31 Turkeyâs Plan to Annex Northwest Iran - The Corridor Wars Armenia, Israel & the U.S. Donât Want You to See
18:32 â 23:10 Trumpâs Iran Strike Threat & the Real WW3 Risk - Israelâs Lies, U.S. Obedience & a New Axis Rising
23:11 â 26:04 One Strike Could Trigger Nuclear War - Middle East Collapse, Cyprus Threat & U.S. Delusions
26:05 â 28:07 Who Really Controls U.S. Policy? AIPAC Power, Zionist Loyalty Tests & Intelligence Capture
28:08 â 31:14 Why Most Americans Know Nothing About the World - And Still Back Every War
31:15 â 35:47 How AIPAC Captured America - From JFKâs Warning to Todayâs Loyalty Pledges & Treason Silence
35:48 â 36:59 When Will U.S. Foreign Policy Change? Only After a Massive, Bloody Defeat
37:00 â 44:09 Americaâs Titanic - Zionist Wars, Billionaire Capture & the Crash That Might Finally Wake Us Up
44:10 â 45:30 The Only Woman-Led Channel from the Middle East Telling the Truth â Subscribe & Stay Unfiltered.
Article by Douglas Macgregor: Versailles on the Potomac. American politics is running on a perilous trajectory. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/versailles-on-the-potomac/
The Trump-Epstein-Israel Connection REVEALED (w/ Whitney Webb)
Independent investigative journalist and author of One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union between Intelligence & Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, returns to Bad Faith Podcast to weigh in on Donald Trump's unwillingness to release the Epstein files, and the connection between Trump, Epstein, Israeli intelligence, and America's unwillingness to break from Israel as it escalates its genocide in Palestine. Webb clarifies that Epstein provided secret info to the FBI in 2008 as part of his plea deal, making him an informant, (as was Trump-booster Peter Thiel), and connects the dots between key players. She also unpacks her new bombshell reporting on Italy's Donald Trump, Flavio Briatore, his connection to Epstein benefactor & Victoria's Secret owner Les Wexner, & offers evidence that Trump may be a material witness to Epstein's sex crimes. - BF.
Col Doug Macgregor: Trump's Not in Charge/NOT the Man We Voted into Office
Decorated combat veteran and defense expert Doug Macgregor criticized Donald Trump's shifting and vague Ukraine war deadlinesâoriginally 50 days, now shortened to "maybe 10 or 12"âas unserious and disconnected from geopolitical reality. He suggested Trump is being fed talking points by advisers and accused him of having a âGod complex,â acting on personal ego rather than strategy. According to the speaker, Trump falsely believes his personality and past relationships with Putin could influence Russiaâs decisions. He emphasized that Russia sees Ukraine as an existential threat, likening it to a "cancerous tumor" that must be fully removed, including not just Ukraineâs military but also Western intelligence operations and the Zelensky government, which he called a "puppet regime." He dismissed U.S. foreign policy as hypocritical and aggressive, suggesting that Americaâs actions and massive spending on global conflict have alienated other nations. Macgregor also warned that the U.S. risks serious consequences if it continues provoking Russia, arguing that Trump, and perhaps broader U.S. leadership, misunderstands how seriously Russia views the war and how little credibility American deadlines or threats hold with the Kremlin. - D.D.
Epsteinâs Connections To CIA Highlight Child Trafficking Within The Military-Industrial Complex
Article: BREAKING: Jeffrey Epsteinâs Connections To CIA Highlight Child Trafficking Within The Military-Industrial Complex https://medium.com/@SpotTheOP/breaking-jeffrey-epsteins-connections-to-cia-highlight-child-trafficking-within-the-2c1f93286721
Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier who acquired vast sums of wealth from the billionaire mogul behind Victoria Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch, Les Wexner. Epsteinâs milieu was one of elite power and influence â a rare blend of finance, academia, fashion, politics, and media. Jeffery Epstein surrounded himself with billionaires, royals, CEOs, politicians, scientists, Hollywood power players, and Ivy League insiders. These connections were forged over decades of high-society soirĂŠes, and maintained through his investments within these social circles. This was made possible through his participation in various think tanks and networks like the Edge Foundation. The Edge Foundation, for example, founded by John Brockman and financed by Jeffrey Epstein, allowed Epstein to rub shoulders with the likes of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Peter Thiel among others. Epsteinâs direct ties to intelligence lie in a DoS/DoD aircraft leased to DynCorp (Amentum), one of the largest U.S. military contractors with a well documented history of performing rendition flights for the CIA â covert flights used to transport people around the world. The Tail Number of this aircraft (N-Number) is penned on one of Epsteinâs flight manifests leaving his private airstrip on Zorro Ranch, Epsteinâs personal estate documented as central to his child trafficking operation. Right underneath Epsteinâs infamous âLolita Expressâ (N908JE), youâll find this DoS/DoD aircraft (N474AW) highlighted on his flight manifest.
Pt.1: âEPSTEIN'S CLIENT LIST"
Pt.2: "EPSTEIN'S CLIENT LIST"? 
Pt.3: "EPSTEIN'S CLIENT LIST" - CIA, DynCorp, & the U.S. State Departmentâ
Newscum Caught Creating and Removing an NGO to Take Palisades Money, Santa Barbara Now Burning Down
Gavin Newsom created an NGO just to steal the Pacific Palisades fire victims money, he named his wife as the leader of the NGO, he got caught and then all the evidence was deleted.
âItâs been discovered Gavin Newsscum and a non profit that his wife is tied to took some of the relief funds. This is where we reveal the shady new scum.
â I decided to go to the fire aid website where it does display that a total of 75 million has been given out. Out of the 100 million. And I clicked on round two. It starts off with this one where it talks about how $700,000 was given for critical information for fire victims. Then when you scroll down, you do see Cal Volunteers, which is an organization that got a grant that took some of the money.
â Guess who is the honorary chair? That's right, Jennifer Newsom. Guys, Gavin Newscumâs wife, she is the honorary chairman of Cal Volunteer.
â Remember how I told you center for Nonprofit Management, Below that and above that was Cal Volunteer. But today on the website, if you go search round one and round two, somehow Cal Volunteer disappeared from the list of people that got grants. Now what appears above center for Non Profit Management is California Local Conservation Corpse. Yes, you can scout through that list. You're not going to find Cal Volunteer on there anymore. What are you hiding, Newscum?
We already figured it out. That your wife is leading one of the non profits that got the grant. So we already know you took the money from the fire victim. You refused to bring voter ID back to get federal funding to the fire victim.
So when you're out there on the campaign trail talking about how much you care about Californians, you're lying. We caught you lying. We're stealing from the fire victim. You somehow conveniently got the name deleted off the website. You are trash, Gavin Newscumâ Source: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1952372919491010855
Article: California wildfire explodes to over 65,000 acres, shuts down highway https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/calif-wildfire-explodes-closes-highway-20800877.php
JFK Files Bombshell SHOCKS Israel-Here's What Media Hid | Redacted Conversations
Redacted talks to Ken McCarthy author of "JFK and RFK's Secret Battle Against Zionist Extremism".
"They put Trump in to get the control grid... [and he gets an] A+++
Clip: "They put Trump in to get the control grid... [and he gets an] A+++. He's done a fabulous job... But... I don't think they need [him] anymore. That doesn't mean they're gonna get rid of him, but if they wanna get rid of him with Epstein, they can... by the end of the year...."
Clip: "A lot of [the $21 TRILLION stolen by DOD] is going to... endow a global government... a breakaway civilization... a huge amount... [has gone to] the invisible weaponry we have[, which] is far beyond anybody's comprehension... [and is] the secret sauce behind the US dollar."