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Caligula is Blushing

July 2, 2026

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Trump’s Threat of 100% Tariffs on Tech Tax to Europe Is about Who Will Control the Digital Train Tracks

Money & Markets

Caligula is Blushing

John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts open with the U.S. 250th anniversary and preview Titus’s “War for Bankocracy” episode 4A on Alexander Hamilton, the Bank of New York, and private credit addiction. They discuss the Supreme Court allowing Trump to fire heads of many independent agencies while temporarily blocking the removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and argue the Fed is treated as “special.” They review EIA and SPR data showing continued petroleum reserve drawdowns and predict potential post‑election energy rationing, alongside debate over U.S. logistics buildup in West Asia and commentary on JD Vance’s remarks about refilling oil stocks. They highlight surging sports betting and a large illegal wagering market, framing addiction as top-down policy, then cover Supreme Court bribery/gratuities doctrine, alleged Trump/Lutnick self-dealing, AI-driven power-sector M&A concentration, geofence warrant limits, hospital AI screening for intimate partner violence, Microsoft protest over Gaza surveillance, Albania protests, Cuba opening banking/energy to foreign capital, UK arson targeting Starmer, Axios’s Israeli ties, Trump tariff threats over EU tech taxes, AI-stock market concentration risks, and an NDAA provision integrating U.S.-Israel military planning delayed for two weeks.

00:00 July 4th Kickoff
01:24 Bank of New York Origins
02:35 Fed Versus Lisa Cook
07:31 Midterm Convention Talk
09:12 Strategic Oil Reserves
12:35 Hormuz And Rationing
14:44 Iran War Logistics Debate
19:05 Vance MOU Gaffe
23:11 Oil Price Mystery
25:56 Sports Betting Boom
35:06 Tokenization And Addiction
37:02 Bribery Made Legal
38:59 Trump Lutnick Deal Web
41:33 Pentagon Payback Bets
42:21 Cantor Fitzgerald Seabed Deal
44:46 Addiction Economy Playbook
47:43 Citizen Vigilante Propaganda
50:22 Tariffs And Digital Railroads
57:08 AI Bubble And 401k Risk
01:04:38 Cuba Banking Privatization
01:08:35 Starmer Arson Mystery
01:16:42 Israel Watch Gaza And Axios
01:22:23 Sudden Darlings Pressure
01:24:58 Gold Market Infighting
01:27:43 AI Power Sector Mergers
01:31:46 Geofence Warrant Ruling
01:35:23 Hospital AI Surveillance
01:39:55 Microsoft Gaza Whistleblower
01:47:31 War Powers Pushback
01:49:53 Markets Charts Breakdown
01:52:43 Solari In House Updates
01:59:24 War for Bankocracy Finale
02:05:15 July Fourth Sign Off


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