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What if a ceasefire lands while the political class argues over process? We open with a costly $20k Columbus Day mistake—because bad assumptions punish real people—then drive straight into Trump’s “the war is over” claim, the Knesset speech about a “golden age,” and why unlikely coalitions start forming when outcomes are visible. We don’t worship the messenger; we track results: hostages released, leaders aligned, and a simple measure of progress—dancing in the streets on both sides.
From there, we zoom out to the other fronts shaping trust. A border revisit shows what happens when catch-and-release ends: flows fall because incentives change. A government shutdown turns from political liability into leverage, forcing tough cuts and harder choices. Meanwhile, the media fixates on thin scandals while bigger questions loom—like whether lawfare set precedents that now boomerang, and what it means when U.S. senators discover they were surveilled without a clear predicate. If they can do it to them, what’s been done to the rest of us?
We also talk symbolism and stagecraft—how a pyramid light show can read like a control-grid mood board—and why pattern literacy matters. We press on Antifa’s decentralized tactics and the post-2016 prosecutorial double standard. We poke at climate orthodoxy with a new cattle-and-carbon angle, not as denial but as a reminder that who funds the study often defines the model. And we surface the census algorithm fight and the push for voter data, because representation and legitimacy rest on the numbers we’re told to trust.
It’s a blunt, fast ride from ceasefires to shutdowns, borders to algorithms, jokes to justice—held together by a single standard: judge policy by outcomes, not spin. If you value clear eyes on messy power, hit play, share the show with a friend, and leave a quick rating so more people can find it. Then tell us: which headline do you think actually matters this week?
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www.PeasantsPerspective.com
www.LeftBehindandWithout.org
www.DollarsVoteLouder.com
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What if a ceasefire lands while the political class argues over process? We open with a costly $20k Columbus Day mistake—because bad assumptions punish real people—then drive straight into Trump’s “the war is over” claim, the Knesset speech about a “golden age,” and why unlikely coalitions start forming when outcomes are visible. We don’t worship the messenger; we track results: hostages released, leaders aligned, and a simple measure of progress—dancing in the streets on both sides.
From there, we zoom out to the other fronts shaping trust. A border revisit shows what happens when catch-and-release ends: flows fall because incentives change. A government shutdown turns from political liability into leverage, forcing tough cuts and harder choices. Meanwhile, the media fixates on thin scandals while bigger questions loom—like whether lawfare set precedents that now boomerang, and what it means when U.S. senators discover they were surveilled without a clear predicate. If they can do it to them, what’s been done to the rest of us?
We also talk symbolism and stagecraft—how a pyramid light show can read like a control-grid mood board—and why pattern literacy matters. We press on Antifa’s decentralized tactics and the post-2016 prosecutorial double standard. We poke at climate orthodoxy with a new cattle-and-carbon angle, not as denial but as a reminder that who funds the study often defines the model. And we surface the census algorithm fight and the push for voter data, because representation and legitimacy rest on the numbers we’re told to trust.
It’s a blunt, fast ride from ceasefires to shutdowns, borders to algorithms, jokes to justice—held together by a single standard: judge policy by outcomes, not spin. If you value clear eyes on messy power, hit play, share the show with a friend, and leave a quick rating so more people can find it. Then tell us: which headline do you think actually matters this week?
Support the show
https://1776live.us
www.PeasantsPerspective.com
www.LeftBehindandWithout.org
www.DollarsVoteLouder.com
buymeacoffee.com/peasant