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Not Even a Little Bit

May 21, 2026

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Thomas Massie Loss Could Help Him Even More than If He Won, Because Everybody under 65 Is Saying We Had It

Money & Markets

Not Even a Little Bit

In this May 20 Money & Markets episode of the Solari Report, Catherine Austin Fitts and John Titus use Trump’s “not even a little bit” remark as a theme to discuss shifting realities in geopolitics, finance, and domestic governance. They argue the Iran war narrative is collapsing as reports say Iran has restored access to over 90% of missile sites while the U.S. has expended major stockpiles, and they examine why economic sanctions and a $40B Hormuz reinsurance plan are failing. They review Trump’s cool China reception and Taiwan rhetoric, rising U.S. bond yields versus cheaper Chinese capital, oil “pipe fill” risks, and attacks on U.S. firms in Ukraine. They cover election dynamics around Thomas Massie, prediction-market “laundering,” expanding biometric controls (SNAP), power diversion to data centers, and Apple’s Lockdown Mode, ending with upcoming Solari briefings on programmable money.

00:00 Welcome and Theme Setup
00:37 Trump Quote and AIPAC Angle
03:18 Massie Upset and Demographics
04:59 Iran Missile Reality Check
10:14 Drone War Paradigm Shift
14:16 Trump Xi Summit Bust
19:58 Hormuz Insurance Flop
24:21 Oil Pipe Fill Warning
27:22 Midterms and Uniparty Rejection
31:57 Stablecoins and Sovereignty
37:45 BRICS Fractures and UAE Role
40:28 China Advantage and US Rates
42:48 Museums and Historical Memory
44:42 Housing Squeeze and Plunder Setup
47:21 Ukraine Strikes and Omniwar
50:35 Ukraine Drone Strikes
51:39 Future Of Ukraine Real Estate
52:59 Lake Tahoe Power Grab
56:13 Reservoir Bomb Scare
01:03:02 Food Stamps Face ID
01:05:11 Prediction Markets Manipulation
01:14:25 Ebola Narrative Setup
01:17:31 Palantir Pandemic Contracts
01:19:21 Youth Pushback On AI
01:23:31 Apple Lockdown Mode
01:25:59 Gold Silver And Deflation
01:31:52 Solari In House Updates
01:37:51 Wrap Up And Next Steps


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  1. Thanks Josh StylemanJosh Styleman. More on tics. I have heard reports of tics being found in boxes in the woods of Kentucky. It must be for beneficial bloodsucking.

    Beneficial Bloodsucking:
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.70015

    ABSTRACT

    The bite of the lone star tick spreads alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a condition whose only effect is the creation of a severe but nonfatal red meat allergy. Public health departments warn against lone star ticks and AGS, and scientists are working to develop an inoculation to AGS. Herein, we argue that if eating meat is morally impermissible, then efforts to prevent the spread of tickborne AGS are also morally impermissible. After explaining the symptoms of AGS and how they are transmitted via ticks, we argue that tickborne AGS is a moral bioenhancer if and when it motivates people to stop eating meat. We then defend what we call the Convergence Argument: If x-ing prevents the world from becoming a significantly worse place, doesn’t violate anyone’s rights, and promotes virtuous action or character, then x-ing is strongly pro tanto obligatory; promoting tickborne AGS satisfies each of these conditions. Therefore, promoting tickborne AGS is strongly pro tanto obligatory. It is presently feasible to genetically edit the disease-carrying capacity of ticks. If this practice can be applied to ticks carrying AGS, then promoting the proliferation of tickborne AGS is morally obligatory.

    More reading on tics: Lyme Disease and the SS Elbrus, Rachel Verdon

    1. There was a sci-fi short story in the magazine Analog years ago which described a meat allergy caused by ticks. Then the next issue, they had an article on the actual science behind the whole thing and how a Gene-Drive could be inserted into ticks. But you can look up gene-drives and transgenic ticks to find a whole lot of research on it. But that they actually published a couple of stories on this before actually releasing this into the wild. If they did use a gene-drive then in several generations all lone star ticks will cause this.

      Very reminiscent of releasing the of the 2013 British TV show Utopia (on Amazon now) that basically went through the entire covid release, even ending the first season with the poison actually being in the vaccine.

      Jimmy dore had a good short on this tick stuff

      https://youtu.be/vgJjd1MSJdU

      1. Honestly it does seem they are over hyping the Alpha Gal, but the Lyme stuff is real. I am not sure what to make of the ticks. However, the gene-drive stuff is scary as hell. I believe they have already been releasing gene-drive mosquitos into Florida as well.

        1. A friend of mine, and his family, has Lyme disease. The first version was developed in Germany during WWII by, IIRC, a Dr Traub. The plan was to drop it on the UK to disrupt the war effort.

          1. It is a vicious disease. I had two clients who had made beating it a full time job for more than a decade.

    2. Not sure they are able to do what they profess. The anaphylaxis angle is most convincing to me.

      From a comment to Stylman:

      The tick bite story is hyped up to cover other issues like toxins.

      https://northerntracey213875959.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/alpha-gal-and-those-ticks/

      Here’s Dr Sam Bailey talking about the sham too:

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=MjR_0UCx5J4

      The way to induce allergies was found decades ago.

      Inject foreign stuff directly into your body and it’ll make it flip out. Guess what we do that does that? VACCINES

      Here’s about Richet’s Nobel prize winning research into allergies/anaphylaxis.

      https://northerntracey213875959.wordpress.com/2022/02/26/anaphylaxis-the-real-bio-weapon/

      1. Thank you Sandra for posting the Dr. Sam Bailey video. I think that about covers it.

  2. Massie’s enemies will rue the day they knee-capped him.

    He’ll be more popular than ever going forward.

    1. Can’t he run the main election now as an independent? Just shake free of the Uniparty altogether.

  3. I remember during Trump’s first term, when he softened his stance on Taiwan right around the time his family was granted valuable Chinese trademarks.

    Given our incursions into Iran, Syria, Venezuela, etc, I’m kind of expecting an uncontested move from the CCP in the foreseeable future…

  4. Can you not see it…we talked about this 6 years ago…

    These people are not building anything… their destroying themselves and their system at an ever exponentially increasing pace.

    We just hope when there done, they haven’t destroyed us too

    The self destructive part of the “megalomaniacal cycle” is in full swing for all to see. It’s hubris, it’s arrogance…

    “oh yeah… that always ends well” for the people drunk on power.

    It has to be, so the old can die and the new can be born… sometimes in fire.

    That’s just how human cycles go sometimes…

    Live love and grow… (because it is there end) does not mean the rest of us cannot build live and prosper. It gives us more room actually.

    1. Keep in mind it is far easier to destroy things than build things… just because this banking warfare model has worked really well at destroying things

      So they can pick up the pieces…

      Life is change…that model will stop working (at some point) and they are not sane enough or smart enough (or comfortable enough) to adapt to anything new…

      Human ego’s will try to maintain the status quo…even as it destroys them… and they get destroyed…

      Grip it long enough as it falls through your fingers.. human nature is to grip it more

      They just keep gripping more and it becomes more self destructive…

      watch it unfold.., don’t listen to me…

      1. The “why” if you ask me… civilization freeing technology is bursting at the seems (everywhere)

        The only way to try to stop or control it is “total control”… but it’s too late

        They held it too long, they did the 1900’s robber baron thing too long…

        They want that back (it’s over)

        The landslide of decentralized technology coming is a giant 150 foot tidal wave of the control grid it would take to stop an entire planet spiritualy evolving

        That is the war you are watching play out… and ever evolving planet with the divine guiding it … what are you gonna say to that,,, nothing

        We just watch it play out and plan best we can for the fire

        1. I am with you, Jeremy. The civilization freeing technology is bursting at the seems. I also think it is too late to control it and the people who are the face of that control are so deeply repulsive, I don’t see how they get there. There is a great deal we can do to send it in a positive direction – and essential that we do so. Whether helping the total control fail or building towards real civilization=.

  5. I appreciate Money and Markets ~ thank you Catherine, John and the Solari team.

  6. Hey Catherine, I am confused about your statements that war is deflationary. The FED will print however much money is needed for the war effort, which is the whole point of a central bank. Isn’t that inflationary? At the same time the printing press is running at top speed, the war machine is destroying assets which is inflationary, isn’t it? Further, when industrial production for consumer goods is switched to war material, shortages are created which is also inflationary. I don’t get it.

    On a related note, rising interest rates is inflationary. It causes the cost of capital to go up.

    I just don’t see deflation in our future. Maybe temporarily?

    1. The inflation shuts down supply chains, companies shut down businesses, plants, layoff workers -at some point it brings on a slow down or depression, which can lead to greater die off and depopulation. So one plausible scenario is deflation of incomes, without a commensurate deflation in the price of household necessities. I also expect inflation unless they are ready to do a serious plunder – then they can engineer extraordinary drops in asset prices. So be prepared either way – resiliency is the ability to deal with us.

  7. I would guess a major reason for the higher traffic to Chinese museums as compared to western museums is cultural. As you and Dr Farrell have said many times, the west has stopped investing in its culture. If culture is in decline, interest in museums would also be in decline. I know the Chinese population is much greater than western countries, but I looked up the amount of tourism to Beijing as compared to Paris. According to Google AI (as trustworthy as that is…) Paris still leads Beijing in terms of international arrivals and revenue. Assuming tourism is a major factor in both museum’s traffic, one would think the Louvre traffic would be closer to the Palace Museum than it is. To me, that’s another indicator of the cultural comparisons between the west and China.

    1. Museums are going gangbusters in the West. Just checked in with Nina and she reports lots of all sold out in the top exhibits this year in the West.

    2. Museums are going gangbusters in the West. Just checked in with Nina and she reports lots of all sold out in the top exhibits this year in the West.

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