Ohio has become the new destination for Big Tech data centers and AI infrastructure. The state owes much of its rapid transformation into the so-called “Silicon Heartland” to the now vast array of public-private partnerships pioneered by the state’s richest man, Leslie Wexner, and his former money manager and fixer, Jeffrey Epstein.
Jimmy welcomes back to the show investigative journalist and author Whitney Webb to discuss her explosive new investigation revealing how billionaire Leslie Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein built a corporate welfare state in Ohio, creating a model of "public-private partnerships" that privatized government, funneled billions in taxpayer money to big tech data centers, and is now driving up electricity bills while gutting public schools and healthcare. Webb details how Wexner created a de facto private government in his hometown of New Albany, Ohio, which evolved into Jobs Ohio—a private corporation that controls the state's liquor tax revenue with zero public accountability—and has become the blueprint for a techno-feudal state promoted by the "dark enlightenment" figures like Peter Thiel and JD Vance. She warns that Ohio is a petri dish for a nationwide takeover, where data centers are replacing public infrastructure, digital IDs are mandatory, and federal legislation is stripping local governments of the power to resist. Webb also dissects the coordinated effort by Compact Magazine, Peter Thiel, and Soros-funded outlets to dismiss the Epstein scandal, and raises concerns about Joe Kent's emergence as a potential controlled opposition figure designed to manufacture a "domestic terrorist" profile the government can later use against anti-war populists.
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Fitts analyzes the recent release of millions of pages from the Epstein files, suggesting the timing is no coincidence but a calculated move in a larger geopolitical "re-engineering." She argues that we are moving toward a "Digital Control Grid": a system built on three pillars: programmable money, digital IDs, and a massive surveillance infrastructure. From the $55 trillion missing from the US government to the parallels between pandemic lockdowns and modern energy crises, Fitts connects the dots between financial policy and the erosion of local sovereignty. She also offers practical advice on how to build bottom-up resiliency through local food systems, analog backups, and the continued use of physical cash.
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