Libertarian-Minded

This was a live presentation at Pima County Libertarian Head Quarters by Peter Norquest on

June 25, 2025.

Music by Roman Garcia, The Roaming Bandits - Dystopian Future http://theroamingbandits.com/

Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy Veteran's Administration and Office of Science and Technology 

Date recorded:     July 1, 2025   

This is the quick-listen or "producers cut" version of today's episode - perfect if you're short on time and just want the bottom line!

The Veteran’s Administration is supposed to support our country’s warriors. Now it’s being used to cut thousands of jobs, vacuum data into a DOGE database, and embed Palantir into the health records system. Not to be outdone, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is being run by a globalist technocrat who is heralding the’ Golden Age of American Innovation’ by advancing the use of AI, quantum computing and other emerging technologies in the federal government. These global surveillance state strategies enacted during the first Trump administration and are now being implemented at ‘Warp Speed’ in Trump 2.0. Listen in to hear the surprising details!

Music by Roman Garcia, The Roaming Bandits - Dystopian Future http://theroamingbandits.com/

Show notes:

Doug Collins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Collins_(politician)

Palantir inks $90M data integration contract with VA:

https://fedscoop.com/palantir-inks-90m-data-integration-contract-with-va/

How Data-driven Acquisition Identified Over $90M in Savings for VA in 6 Months:

https://roboticcontent.com/veterans-affairs-palantir-2/

VA targets 585 ‘non-mission critical’ contracts for elimination:

https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2025/03/va-targets-585-non-mission-critical-contracts-elimination/403432/

Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs:

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-department-of-veterans-affairs-ai/

Ciscomani, VA Secretary Collins Push Back on False Claims Critical Positions at VA Will Be Cut:

https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2025/04/29/ciscomani-va-secretary-collins-push-back-on-false-claims-critical-positions-at-va-will-be-cut/

VA tech panel’s top Democrat worries layoffs will harm EHR rollout

https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2025/05/va-tech-panels-top-democrat-worries-layoffs-will-harm-ehr-rollout/405003/

VA secretary says DOGE workers at the agency’s headquarters serving as advisers:

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-06-24/va-secretary-veterans-doge-budget-cuts-18228563.html

Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”:

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation

VA names nine additional facilities that will deploy Federal EHR in 2026:

https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-names-nine-additional-facilities-that-will-deploy-federal-ehr-in-2026/

A, DoD Implement New Capability for Bidirectional Sharing of Health Records with Community Partners:

https://digital.va.gov/ehr-modernization/news-releases/va-dod-implement-new-capability-for-bidirectional-sharing-of-health-records-with-community-partners/

What is EHRM?

https://digital.va.gov/ehr-modernization/about/

Michael Kratsios

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kratsios

Meet The Peter Thiel Acolytes in Donald Trump's 2nd Administration:

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/meet-the-peter-thiel-acolytes-in

Buying Politicians is Easy:

https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/buying-politicians-is-easy

Feds Look To Phone Location Data To Track Coronavirus:

https://www.technocracy.news/feds-look-to-phone-location-data-to-track-coronavirus/

Pentagon Releases Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G:

https://www.technocracy.news/pentagon-releases-huge-slice-of-spectrum-for-5g/

Welcome to the Palantir World Order:

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-palantir-world-order

Office of Science and Technology Policy:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/

ICYMI: President Trump Outlines OSTP’s Goals and Priorities:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/icymi-president-trump-outlines-ostps-goals-and-priorities/

Michael Kratsios Overwhelmingly Confirmed as 13th OSTP Director:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/ostp-press-release/

The future of U.S. security is today taking shape in Texas:

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/texas-trump-kratsios-defense-endless-frontiers-summit

Endless Frontiers’ Conversation with Michael Kratsios, Director of the OSTP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cyqiw6HHBk

Michael Kratsios: “Our Technologies Permit Us To Manipulate Time And Space”:

https://www.technocracy.news/michael-kratsios-our-technologies-permit-us-to-manipulate-time-and-space/

Gov't Can Now Engineer Pathogens to Be More Deadly, Resurrect Extinct Viruses in Secret Without Any Oversight or Independent Review: OSTP Waiver:

https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/govt-can-now-engineer-pathogens-to

Detachment 201: The Merger of Big Tech and the U.S. Army:

https://theconsciousresistance.com/emergent201-tech-army/

“Detachment 201”: Big Tech’s March Into the Military:

https://thenewamerican.com/us/tech/detachment-201-big-techs-march-into-the-military/

2025 Roster: Bilderberg Meets In Europe, June 12-14, 2025:

https://www.technocracy.news/2025-roster-bilderberg-meets-in-europe/

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Endless Frontiers’ Conversation with Michael Kratsios, Director of the OSTP

e and just want the bottom line!

Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy Veteran's Administration and Office of Science and Technology  

Date recorded:     July 1, 2025   

This is the full-length version of today's episode - with all the deep dives, background and details you won't want to miss!

The Veteran’s Administration is supposed to support our country’s warriors. Now it’s being used to cut thousands of jobs, vacuum data into a DOGE database, and embed Palantir into the health records system. Not to be outdone, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is being run by a globalist technocrat who is heralding the’ Golden Age of American Innovation’ by advancing the use of AI, quantum computing and other emerging technologies in the federal government. These global surveillance state strategies enacted during the first Trump administration and are now being implemented at ‘Warp Speed’ in Trump 2.0. Listen in to hear the surprising details!

Show notes:

Music by Roman Garcia, The Roaming Bandits - Dystopian Future http://theroamingbandits.com/

Doug Collins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Collins_(politician)

Palantir inks $90M data integration contract with VA:

https://fedscoop.com/palantir-inks-90m-data-integration-contract-with-va/

How Data-driven Acquisition Identified Over $90M in Savings for VA in 6 Months:

https://roboticcontent.com/veterans-affairs-palantir-2/

VA targets 585 ‘non-mission critical’ contracts for elimination:

https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2025/03/va-targets-585-non-mission-critical-contracts-elimination/403432/

Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs:

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-department-of-veterans-affairs-ai/

Ciscomani, VA Secretary Collins Push Back on False Claims Critical Positions at VA Will Be Cut:

https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2025/04/29/ciscomani-va-secretary-collins-push-back-on-false-claims-critical-positions-at-va-will-be-cut/

VA tech panel’s top Democrat worries layoffs will harm EHR rollout

https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2025/05/va-tech-panels-top-democrat-worries-layoffs-will-harm-ehr-rollout/405003/

VA secretary says DOGE workers at the agency’s headquarters serving as advisers:

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-06-24/va-secretary-veterans-doge-budget-cuts-18228563.html

Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”:

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation

VA names nine additional facilities that will deploy Federal EHR in 2026:

https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-names-nine-additional-facilities-that-will-deploy-federal-ehr-in-2026/

A, DoD Implement New Capability for Bidirectional Sharing of Health Records with Community Partners:

https://digital.va.gov/ehr-modernization/news-releases/va-dod-implement-new-capability-for-bidirectional-sharing-of-health-records-with-community-partners/

What is EHRM?

https://digital.va.gov/ehr-modernization/about/

Michael Kratsios

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kratsios

Meet The Peter Thiel Acolytes in Donald Trump's 2nd Administration:

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/meet-the-peter-thiel-acolytes-in

Buying Politicians is Easy:

https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/buying-politicians-is-easy

Feds Look To Phone Location Data To Track Coronavirus:

https://www.technocracy.news/feds-look-to-phone-location-data-to-track-coronavirus/

Pentagon Releases Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G:

https://www.technocracy.news/pentagon-releases-huge-slice-of-spectrum-for-5g/

Welcome to the Palantir World Order:

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-palantir-world-order

Office of Science and Technology Policy:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/

ICYMI: President Trump Outlines OSTP’s Goals and Priorities:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/icymi-president-trump-outlines-ostps-goals-and-priorities/

Michael Kratsios Overwhelmingly Confirmed as 13th OSTP Director:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/ostp-press-release/

The future of U.S. security is today taking shape in Texas:

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/texas-trump-kratsios-defense-endless-frontiers-summit

Endless Frontiers’ Conversation with Michael Kratsios, Director of the OSTP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cyqiw6HHBk

Michael Kratsios: “Our Technologies Permit Us To Manipulate Time And Space”:

https://www.technocracy.news/michael-kratsios-our-technologies-permit-us-to-manipulate-time-and-space/

Gov't Can Now Engineer Pathogens to Be More Deadly, Resurrect Extinct Viruses in Secret Without Any Oversight or Independent Review: OSTP Waiver:

https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/govt-can-now-engineer-pathogens-to

Detachment 201: The Merger of Big Tech and the U.S. Army:

https://theconsciousresistance.com/emergent201-tech-army/

“Detachment 201”: Big Tech’s March Into the Military:

https://thenewamerican.com/us/tech/detachment-201-big-techs-march-into-the-military/

2025 Roster: Bilderberg Meets In Europe, June 12-14, 2025:

https://www.technocracy.news/2025-roster-bilderberg-meets-in-europe/

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Endless Frontiers’ Conversation with Michael Kratsios, Director of the OSTP

Libertarian Non Aggression Principal explained

Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy HUD and the Departments of Labor and Education

Date recorded:           July 1, 2025      

This is the quick-listen or "producers cut" version of today's episode - perfect if you're short on time and just want the bottom line!

The new Secretaries of HUD (Housing and Urban Development), Labor and Education are all supporting changes that are forcibly ushering in a Chinese style surveillance and social credit system onto every American. How, you may ask? By opening doors for private corporations to take over and install surveillance and data-collecting infrastructure throughout the country. Join Terra and Peter in discovering how each of these departments is furthering the surveillance state!

Show notes:

Scott Turner

https://www.hud.gov/aboutus/leadership/scott-turner

HUD Secretary Scott Turner Launches DOGE Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Fraud and Abuse:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-030

Secretary Scott Turner on Fox & Friends - “DEI is dead at HUD.”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-033

HUD Secretary Scott Turner, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Establish Partnership to End Illegal Alien Exploitation of Housing Programs:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-046

BREAKING | “HUD Cracks Down on Government-Backed Mortgages for Illegal Immigrants”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-048

HUD Secretary Scott Turner and DOI Secretary Doug Burgum Announce Joint Task Force To Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-042

Secretary Turner, Secretary Burgum Visit Underutilized Federal Land for Affordable Housing Development in Southern Nevada:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-067

HUD, Ginnie Mae, and Korea Housing Finance Corporation Sign Agreement to Advance Affordable Housing and Strategic Housing Finance Cooperation:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-076

US Senator for Utah, Mike Lee: Natural Resources:

https://www.lee.senate.gov/NaturalResources

One, Big, Beautiful bill - SEC. 80317. Federal land in Utah:

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-H4D39EBEB88A34CACA64CA2E44E97349E

June 11th – One, Big, Beautiful bill: Chairman Lee Releases ENR Budget Reconciliation Text:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-enr-budget-reconciliation-text

PAGE 30: Subtitle C—Lands SEC. __0301. MANDATORY DISPOSAL OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND AND NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND FOR HOUSING:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096

Sabino Canyon for sale?

https://tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/sabino-canyon-for-sale

June 23rd - Provisions Continue to Violate the Byrd Rule in the … “One Big, Beautiful Bill”:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/provisions-continue-to-violate-the-byrd-rule-in-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill

US Senate Committee on the Budget press release page:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press

June 27th – Chairman Lee Releases Updated Energy & Natural Resources Title:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-updated-energy-natural-resources-title

June 28th - BREAKING: Heinrich Announces Public Lands Sales Provisions Struck from Reconciliation:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/breaking-heinrich-announces-public-lands-sales-provisions-struck-from-reconciliation

June 28th - Chairman Graham Releases Full Senate Text Of President's One Big Beautiful Bill:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/chairman-graham-releases-full-senate-text-of-presidents-one-big-beautiful-bill

Explore Your Community's Opportunity Zones -MAP:

https://www.hud.gov/opportunity-zones

How Opportunity Zones Launched a ‘Gold Rush’ for Wealthy Investors:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-11/why-opportunity-zones-failed-to-help-low-income-areas

US House one, big, beautiful bill text: SEC. 111102... Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-HB7F6249047F74D5282817A58570B573F

US Senate Amendment 2360 text; Sec. 70421… Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/2360/text

Smart Growth America:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/opportunity-zones-for-impact-tell-congress-to-pass-reforms-to-the-federal-opportunity-zone-tax-incentive/

Tucson: Complete Streets is about more than pavement:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/tucson-complete-streets-is-about-more-than-pavement/

Move Tucson:

https://movetucson.tucsonaz.gov/

Tucson cuts congestion by 46 percent with AI:

https://cities-today.com/tuscon-cuts-congestion-by-46-percent-with-ai/

Let’s make Solano a place that builds:

https://californiaforever.com/

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/osec

Lori Chavez-Deremer, campaign contributions:

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lori-chavez-deremer/contributors?cid=N00048900&cycle=2024

US Department of Labor rescinds 2022 guidance on Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Plans:

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20250528

Smart-city tech eyed for Opportunity Zones:

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/

OR

https://web.archive.org/web/20230530034359/https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/

Linda McMahon

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-organization/meet-secretary-of-education/linda-e-mcmahon

Executive Order - Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families, January 29, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/

Executive Order - Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, March 20, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/

Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Power Over Education to States and Local Communities:

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/statement-president-trumps-executive-order-return-power-over-education-states-and-local-communities

TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, and the Dismantling of the Department of Education:

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/02/investigative-reports/trumped-2025-school-choice-corporatization-social-impact-finance-and-the-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education/

Project 2025 Playbook:

https://whatisproject2025.net/project-2025-mandate-for-leadership-pdf/

VIDEO: John Klyczek: Is Trump Dismantling the Dept of Ed or Is He Streamlining Ed-Technocracy?

https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com/p/john-klyczek-is-trump-dismantling

 Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy HUD and the Departments of Labor and Education

Date recorded:           July 1, 2025      

This is the full-length version of today's episode - with all the deep dives, background and details you won't want to miss!

The new Secretaries of HUD (Housing and Urban Development), Labor and Education are all supporting changes that are forcibly ushering in a Chinese style surveillance and social credit system onto every American. How, you may ask? By opening doors for private corporations to take over and install surveillance and data-collecting infrastructure throughout the country. Join Terra and Peter in discovering how each of these departments is furthering the surveillance state!

Show notes:

Scott Turner

https://www.hud.gov/aboutus/leadership/scott-turner

HUD Secretary Scott Turner Launches DOGE Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Fraud and Abuse:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-030

Secretary Scott Turner on Fox & Friends - “DEI is dead at HUD.”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-033

HUD Secretary Scott Turner, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Establish Partnership to End Illegal Alien Exploitation of Housing Programs:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-046

BREAKING | “HUD Cracks Down on Government-Backed Mortgages for Illegal Immigrants”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-048

HUD Secretary Scott Turner and DOI Secretary Doug Burgum Announce Joint Task Force To Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-042

Secretary Turner, Secretary Burgum Visit Underutilized Federal Land for Affordable Housing Development in Southern Nevada:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-067

HUD, Ginnie Mae, and Korea Housing Finance Corporation Sign Agreement to Advance Affordable Housing and Strategic Housing Finance Cooperation:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-076

US Senator for Utah, Mike Lee: Natural Resources:

https://www.lee.senate.gov/NaturalResources

One, Big, Beautiful bill - SEC. 80317. Federal land in Utah:

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-H4D39EBEB88A34CACA64CA2E44E97349E

June 11th – One, Big, Beautiful bill: Chairman Lee Releases ENR Budget Reconciliation Text:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-enr-budget-reconciliation-text

PAGE 30: Subtitle C—Lands SEC. __0301. MANDATORY DISPOSAL OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND AND NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND FOR HOUSING:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096

Sabino Canyon for sale?

https://tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/sabino-canyon-for-sale

June 23rd - Provisions Continue to Violate the Byrd Rule in the … “One Big, Beautiful Bill”:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/provisions-continue-to-violate-the-byrd-rule-in-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill

US Senate Committee on the Budget press release page:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press

June 27th – Chairman Lee Releases Updated Energy & Natural Resources Title:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-updated-energy-natural-resources-title

June 28th - BREAKING: Heinrich Announces Public Lands Sales Provisions Struck from Reconciliation:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/breaking-heinrich-announces-public-lands-sales-provisions-struck-from-reconciliation

June 28th - Chairman Graham Releases Full Senate Text Of President's One Big Beautiful Bill:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/chairman-graham-releases-full-senate-text-of-presidents-one-big-beautiful-bill

Explore Your Community's Opportunity Zones -MAP:

https://www.hud.gov/opportunity-zones

How Opportunity Zones Launched a ‘Gold Rush’ for Wealthy Investors:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-11/why-opportunity-zones-failed-to-help-low-income-areas

US House one, big, beautiful bill text: SEC. 111102... Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-HB7F6249047F74D5282817A58570B573F

US Senate Amendment 2360 text; Sec. 70421… Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/2360/text

Smart Growth America:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/opportunity-zones-for-impact-tell-congress-to-pass-reforms-to-the-federal-opportunity-zone-tax-incentive/

Tucson: Complete Streets is about more than pavement:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/tucson-complete-streets-is-about-more-than-pavement/

Move Tucson:

https://movetucson.tucsonaz.gov/

Tucson cuts congestion by 46 percent with AI:

https://cities-today.com/tuscon-cuts-congestion-by-46-percent-with-ai/

Let’s make Solano a place that builds:

https://californiaforever.com/

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/osec

Lori Chavez-Deremer, campaign contributions:

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lori-chavez-deremer/contributors?cid=N00048900&cycle=2024

US Department of Labor rescinds 2022 guidance on Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Plans:

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20250528

Smart-city tech eyed for Opportunity Zones:

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/

OR

https://web.archive.org/web/20230530034359/https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/

Linda McMahon

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-organization/meet-secretary-of-education/linda-e-mcmahon

Executive Order - Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families, January 29, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/

Executive Order - Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, March 20, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/

Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Power Over Education to States and Local Communities:

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/statement-president-trumps-executive-order-return-power-over-education-states-and-local-communities

TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, and the Dismantling of the Department of Education:

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/02/investigative-reports/trumped-2025-school-choice-corporatization-social-impact-finance-and-the-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education/

Project 2025 Playbook:

https://whatisproject2025.net/project-2025-mandate-for-leadership-pdf/

VIDEO: John Klyczek: Is Trump Dismantling the Dept of Ed or Is He Streamlining Ed-Technocracy?

https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com/p/john-klyczek-is-trump-dismantling

Libertarian Principal of Self Ownership

Recorded from the live stream on Live the Dream Network Wake Up Live w/Christopher DeSimone

Recorded 7-9-2025

Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy – Part 2  Date recorded:     June 17, 2025

This is the quick-listen or "producers cut" version of today's episode - perfect if you're short on time and just want the bottom line!

Description:

In this episode, Peter and Terra focus on exploring who the men are behind the departments of Interior, Energy, Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. They’re all intertwined. How, you ask? Lots of government deregulation, promotion of carbon capture pipelines and thrusting AI into every nook and cranny of their departments. This is all being done in the name of the ‘Golden Era of American Energy’ – the complete surveillance and control grid. Conflicts of interest abound, which seems to be the status quo for the Trump administration. Listen in to learn some surprising twists!

Show notes:

Doug Burgum

Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Doug Burgum:

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-doug-burgum/

Trump’s interior nominee has an oil billionaire benefactor

https://westernpriorities.org/2025/01/trumps-interior-nominee-has-an-oil-billionaire-benefactor/

American wildcatters pivot to nuclear:

https://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/test-case

Secretary Doug Burgum Signs First Round of Secretary's Orders to Unleash American Energy:

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-doug-burgum-signs-first-round-secretarys-orders-unleash-american-energy

Burgum leans away from ‘all-of-the-above’ energy

https://www.eenews.net/articles/burgum-leans-away-from-all-of-the-above-energy/

Interior Secretary Warns U.S. At Risk Of Spain-Style Blackouts:

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/interior-secretary-warns-us-risk-spain-style-blackouts

Trump calls for ‘rapid approvals’ and coal for electricity generation next to data centers:

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/power-management/trump-calls-rapid-approvals-and-coal-dc-electricity-generation-next-data-centers

The Audacious Reboot of America’s Nuclear Energy Program:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-audacious-reboot-of-america-s-nuclear-energy-program/ar-AA1GuSbK

Here’s What’s in ‘Stargate,’ the $500-Billion Trump-Endorsed Plan to Power U.S. AI:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-whats-in-stargate-the-usd500-billion-trump-endorsed-plan-to-power-u-s/

Lee Zeldin

One Fight, One Future: The Kennedy Effect Aligns Agencies to Eradicate PFAS:

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/one-fight-one-future-the-kennedy

Is Trump's EPA Planning to Continue the Appeal of the Historic Fluoride Ruling?

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/is-trumps-epa-planning-to-continue

Kevin Killough: Zeldin demands answers from company putting sulfur dioxide into the air to address global warming:

https://blackmon.substack.com/p/kevin-killough-zeldin-demands-answers

The Sky Cracks Open: EPA Director Zeldin’s Inquiry into Geoengineering Marks a Turning Point:

https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-sky-cracks-open-epa-director

Understanding EPA’s “Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History”:

https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/understanding-epas-biggest-deregulatory

EPA gives West Virginia authority to approve carbon underground storage:

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5151782-epa-west-virginia-carbon-underground-storage/

Carbon Capture Progress Is Low Hanging Fruit For Lee Zeldin:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2024/11/15/carbon-capture-progress-is-low-hanging-fruit-for-lee-zeldin/

President Trump's EPA Administrator Unveils Agency's New Priorities:

https://www.foxrothschild.com/publications/president-trumps-epa-administrator-unveils-agencys-new-priorities

Trump picks former Rep. Lee Zeldin to be his EPA administrator:

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/nx-s1-5187039/trump-lee-zeldin-epa-environment

Lee Zeldin and a New Dawn for American Energy, Manufacturing, and AI Leadership:

https://nathanhammer.substack.com/p/lee-zeldin-and-a-new-dawn-for-american

Scott Wright

US Energy Secretary unleashes 'Golden Era':

https://www.sott.net/article/497729-US-Energy-Secretary-unleashes-Golden-Era

Trump Selects Fracking Executive to Lead Energy Department:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250214185107/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-energy-pick-a-fracking-executive-could-stymie-renewable-development/

Secretary Wright Announces Termination of 24 Projects, Generating Over $3 Billion in Taxpayer Savings:

https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-wright-announces-termination-24-projects-generating-over-3-billion-taxpayer

Trump Admin, States Want to Unleash Carbon Capture:

https://www.energyindepth.org/trump-admin-states-want-to-unleash-carbon-capture/

Why Today’s AI Stocks Could Outperform Space Stocks of the 1960s:

https://investorplace.com/smartmoney/2025/03/todays-ai-stocks-could-outperform-space-stocks/

DOE Secretary Chris Wright Describes AI As ‘The Next Manhattan Project’ During Visit To Los Alamos:

https://ladailypost.com/doe-secretary-chris-wright-describes-ai-as-the-next-manhattan-project-during-visit-to-los-alamos/

5 takeaways from U.S. energy secretary's visit to Oak Ridge: AI, federal cuts, new nuclear:

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2025/03/04/5-takeaways-from-u-s-energy-secretary-chris-wrights-oak-ridge-visit/80866819007/

‘We’re at the start of Manhattan Project 2:’ U.S. energy secretary visits Oak Ridge:

https://www.wuot.org/news/2025-02-28/were-at-the-start-of-manhattan-project-2-u-s-energy-secretary-visits-oak-ridge

Project Stargate: 10 Things to Know About AI Infrastructure Company Funded By SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle and MGX

https://sustainabletechpartner.com/news/project-stargate-10-things-to-know-about-ai-infrastructure-company-funded-by-softbank-openai-oracle-and-mgx/

Sean Duffy

Senate Confirms Climate Denier Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/headlines/senate_confirms_climate_denier_sean_duffy_as_transportation_secretary

Transpo Sec. Sean Duffy, AG Pam Bondi Among Trump Insiders Who Profited from Tariffs Roller Coaster:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/headlines/transpo_sec_sean_duffy_ag_pam_bondi_among_trump_insiders_who_profited_from_tariffs_roller_coaster

AZFEC: Sean Duffy Slams Brakes On Woke Transportation Policy At USDOT:

https://azfreenews.com/2025/05/azfec-sean-duffy-slams-brakes-on-woke-transportation-policy-at-usdot/

The push toward AI-powered self-driving cars gets major boost from Trump administration:

https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/the-push-toward-ai-powered-self-driving

Rules on self-driving cars loosened in bid to challenge China:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5267689-autonomous-vehicles-tech-rules/

Revamping Air Traffic Control: Sean Duffy’s Vision for a Safer Sky:

https://integritypress.org/revamping-air-traffic-control-sean-duffys-vision-for-a-safer-sky/

Sean Duffy Unveils Bold Plans for AI-Enhanced Air Traffic Control:

https://ainewsera.com/sean-duffy-unveils-bold-plans/artificial-intelligence-news/ai-transportation/

Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy – Part 2 Date recorded:     June 17, 2025

This is the full-length version of today's episode - with all the deep dives, background and details you won't want to miss!

Description:

In this episode, Peter and Terra focus on exploring who the men are behind the departments of Interior, Energy, Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. They’re all intertwined. How, you ask? Lots of government deregulation, promotion of carbon capture pipelines and thrusting AI into every nook and cranny of their departments. This is all being done in the name of the ‘Golden Era of American Energy’ – the complete surveillance and control grid. Conflicts of interest abound, which seems to be the status quo for the Trump administration. Listen in to learn some surprising twists!

Show notes:

Doug Burgum

Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Doug Burgum:

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-doug-burgum/

Trump’s interior nominee has an oil billionaire benefactor

https://westernpriorities.org/2025/01/trumps-interior-nominee-has-an-oil-billionaire-benefactor/

American wildcatters pivot to nuclear:

https://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/test-case

Secretary Doug Burgum Signs First Round of Secretary's Orders to Unleash American Energy:

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-doug-burgum-signs-first-round-secretarys-orders-unleash-american-energy

Burgum leans away from ‘all-of-the-above’ energy

https://www.eenews.net/articles/burgum-leans-away-from-all-of-the-above-energy/

Interior Secretary Warns U.S. At Risk Of Spain-Style Blackouts:

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/interior-secretary-warns-us-risk-spain-style-blackouts

Trump calls for ‘rapid approvals’ and coal for electricity generation next to data centers:

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/power-management/trump-calls-rapid-approvals-and-coal-dc-electricity-generation-next-data-centers

The Audacious Reboot of America’s Nuclear Energy Program:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-audacious-reboot-of-america-s-nuclear-energy-program/ar-AA1GuSbK

Here’s What’s in ‘Stargate,’ the $500-Billion Trump-Endorsed Plan to Power U.S. AI:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-whats-in-stargate-the-usd500-billion-trump-endorsed-plan-to-power-u-s/

Lee Zeldin

One Fight, One Future: The Kennedy Effect Aligns Agencies to Eradicate PFAS:

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/one-fight-one-future-the-kennedy

Is Trump's EPA Planning to Continue the Appeal of the Historic Fluoride Ruling?

https://tlavagabond.substack.com/p/is-trumps-epa-planning-to-continue

Kevin Killough: Zeldin demands answers from company putting sulfur dioxide into the air to address global warming:

https://blackmon.substack.com/p/kevin-killough-zeldin-demands-answers

The Sky Cracks Open: EPA Director Zeldin’s Inquiry into Geoengineering Marks a Turning Point:

https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-sky-cracks-open-epa-director

Understanding EPA’s “Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History”:

https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/understanding-epas-biggest-deregulatory

EPA gives West Virginia authority to approve carbon underground storage:

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5151782-epa-west-virginia-carbon-underground-storage/

Carbon Capture Progress Is Low Hanging Fruit For Lee Zeldin:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2024/11/15/carbon-capture-progress-is-low-hanging-fruit-for-lee-zeldin/

President Trump's EPA Administrator Unveils Agency's New Priorities:

https://www.foxrothschild.com/publications/president-trumps-epa-administrator-unveils-agencys-new-priorities

Trump picks former Rep. Lee Zeldin to be his EPA administrator:

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/nx-s1-5187039/trump-lee-zeldin-epa-environment

Lee Zeldin and a New Dawn for American Energy, Manufacturing, and AI Leadership:

https://nathanhammer.substack.com/p/lee-zeldin-and-a-new-dawn-for-american

Scott Wright

US Energy Secretary unleashes 'Golden Era':

https://www.sott.net/article/497729-US-Energy-Secretary-unleashes-Golden-Era

Trump Selects Fracking Executive to Lead Energy Department:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250214185107/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-energy-pick-a-fracking-executive-could-stymie-renewable-development/

Secretary Wright Announces Termination of 24 Projects, Generating Over $3 Billion in Taxpayer Savings:

https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-wright-announces-termination-24-projects-generating-over-3-billion-taxpayer

Trump Admin, States Want to Unleash Carbon Capture:

https://www.energyindepth.org/trump-admin-states-want-to-unleash-carbon-capture/

Why Today’s AI Stocks Could Outperform Space Stocks of the 1960s:

https://investorplace.com/smartmoney/2025/03/todays-ai-stocks-could-outperform-space-stocks/

DOE Secretary Chris Wright Describes AI As ‘The Next Manhattan Project’ During Visit To Los Alamos:

https://ladailypost.com/doe-secretary-chris-wright-describes-ai-as-the-next-manhattan-project-during-visit-to-los-alamos/

5 takeaways from U.S. energy secretary's visit to Oak Ridge: AI, federal cuts, new nuclear:

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2025/03/04/5-takeaways-from-u-s-energy-secretary-chris-wrights-oak-ridge-visit/80866819007/

‘We’re at the start of Manhattan Project 2:’ U.S. energy secretary visits Oak Ridge:

https://www.wuot.org/news/2025-02-28/were-at-the-start-of-manhattan-project-2-u-s-energy-secretary-visits-oak-ridge

Project Stargate: 10 Things to Know About AI Infrastructure Company Funded By SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle and MGX

https://sustainabletechpartner.com/news/project-stargate-10-things-to-know-about-ai-infrastructure-company-funded-by-softbank-openai-oracle-and-mgx/

Sean Duffy

Senate Confirms Climate Denier Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/headlines/senate_confirms_climate_denier_sean_duffy_as_transportation_secretary

Transpo Sec. Sean Duffy, AG Pam Bondi Among Trump Insiders Who Profited from Tariffs Roller Coaster:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/headlines/transpo_sec_sean_duffy_ag_pam_bondi_among_trump_insiders_who_profited_from_tariffs_roller_coaster

AZFEC: Sean Duffy Slams Brakes On Woke Transportation Policy At USDOT:

https://azfreenews.com/2025/05/azfec-sean-duffy-slams-brakes-on-woke-transportation-policy-at-usdot/

The push toward AI-powered self-driving cars gets major boost from Trump administration:

https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/the-push-toward-ai-powered-self-driving

Rules on self-driving cars loosened in bid to challenge China:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5267689-autonomous-vehicles-tech-rules/

Revamping Air Traffic Control: Sean Duffy’s Vision for a Safer Sky:

https://integritypress.org/revamping-air-traffic-control-sean-duffys-vision-for-a-safer-sky/

Sean Duffy Unveils Bold Plans for AI-Enhanced Air Traffic Control:

https://ainewsera.com/sean-duffy-unveils-bold-plans/artificial-intelligence-news/ai-transportation/