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Who’s in Charge Here?

June 11, 2026

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Money & Markets

Who’s in Charge Here?

John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts discuss their theme “Who’s in charge?” as geopolitical and market “theater” intensifies, focusing on Iran’s surprising strikes, the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed, Yemen’s Red Sea ban on Israeli-linked shipping, and the idea that the U.S. is banking on economic war while Iran pushes militarily, with central bankers and the bond market ultimately “calling the shots.” They argue capital is being funneled into war and a global control grid, citing proposals for federal equity stakes in AI firms, circular financing and bubble IPOs (OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX), attempts to force index-fund buying, and prediction markets paying influencers. They also cover Southern California military training, concerns about election rigging, oil inventory unknowns, campus AI surveillance cameras, Texas grid risks from data centers/crypto, a “universal” AI-designed vaccine trial, Albanian protests over a Kushner-backed resort, and Solari initiatives emphasizing bottom-up local action.

00:00 Who’s In Charge
02:20 Iran Strikes Back
04:16 War By Finance
07:30 Netanyahu Trump Theater
13:06 Bond Market Power
14:53 Hormuz And Tollbooths
17:34 Red Sea Expands War
19:29 US Iran Escalation
21:14 Control Grid And Oil
26:12 Urban Warfare Drills
30:50 Government Stakes In AI
38:13 AI Bubble Mechanics
42:39 Prediction Markets Influence
46:56 Election Narrative Whiplash
47:40 Bottom Up Political Control
48:30 Oil Inventories Unknown
50:53 Crash And Plunder Playbook
53:00 SpaceX Index Gatekeeping
57:23 Enron Echoes And Laundering
01:01:27 Jet Fuel And Travel Costs
01:03:05 AI Capex Control Grid
01:08:26 Households Funding Surveillance
01:12:29 Rates Inflation And COVID 2.0
01:15:38 Real Food Versus Fake
01:17:59 Kushner Resort Strait Control
01:22:05 Ukraine Theater And Central Banks
01:26:22 Hey Robot AI Finds Flaws
01:30:52 Campus AI Camera Dragnet
01:33:15 Campus Surveillance Data
01:36:01 Student Loans Fraud
01:37:43 Texas Grid vs Data Centers
01:41:57 Scenario Planning Reality
01:43:25 Universal Vaccine Hype
01:49:47 Loving the Unconvinced
01:52:28 Kushner Albania Protests
01:55:52 Maternity Leave Gap
02:01:29 Local Business Toolkit
02:03:34 Artist Rejects Machine
02:06:40 Defamation Documentary
02:11:46 Death Party Connection
02:16:51 Life Works Closing


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