Saturday, July 4, 2026

Declaration of Independence Applies Today


The Declaration of Independence speaks to the very situation facing America today.  

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Consider the people's demands for ethical leaders, affordable healthcare and the longstanding request that billionaires pay a commensurate tax rate given they are treated as "model citizens" with greater access to the levers of power.  
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
A great usurpation is being conducted by our current President.  Whatever Trump II sets his sights on he intends to bring it into his domain, alter it at his whim, mine it for whatever monetary value it holds and turn it into a mirror reflecting his greatness.  Deal makers make deal fees.  Recurrent fees are the best kind.

America's governance is not a part time job.  International relations is not picking off weak countries and turning them into Trump II franchises while usurping their resources and controlling their markets.  The Executive Branch does not govern the world.

Reclaim freedom and institute a government that serves people outside the Epstein class.  Silver Academy wrote about our "Epstein Economy:"
Behind the curtain, a different system operates—one that increasingly resembles extraction, not governance. Call it the “Epstein class”: a network of financial and political elites insulated from consequence, enriched by proximity to power, and sustained by a permanent cycle of crisis. Endless wars funnel public wealth into private hands. Insider trading masquerades as portfolio management. The Federal Reserve quietly absorbs toxic corporate debt, socializing losses while privatizing gains.
America has an unfit ruler who plans to have an extra lengthy July 4th speech in record heat conditions, days after proudly defending his $2.4 billion engorgement in his first year in office.

I celebrate the 4th of July today with the full confidence that America can reclaim the intent of our founding fathers who had a very different view of duty, virtue and honor than the "Epstein Class" dominated by moneymen, TechGods and a government they effectively control.  

Thomas Jefferson levered his slaves when he had access to ample capital that required one condition, freeing them.  That makes him a pioneering private equity underwriter (PEU).  He devised a seven day clock in his Virginia mountain estate, making him an early TechGod.

This July 4th I beseech our creator to free us from the injurious oversized influence of PEUs and their TechGod brethren who worship Mammon and earthly power over all other.  Return us Christians so strongly to Christ's gospel that the prosperity/predatory gospel simply withers away.  

I pray that elected officials act on the best interests of society as a whole not just the Trump-Epstein Class.  I hope we have officials who understand money is money and speech is speech, even when both are digitized.

I have faith in the renewal of America.  Together we can create again.  The Declaration of Independence is the map to our future and in that I have faith.  

Today I am free to believe these things while subject to surveillance and monitoring.  Tomorrow is ours to create.  Let us come together for that very purpose, such that someday the following has no meaning:

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.  

Friday, July 3, 2026

Judging Greeddom this July 4th


Over the last several decades a number of trends have emerged.  More companies have become owned by private equity underwriters (PEU) and these corporate flippers multiplied like cockroaches.

Workers have gotten less of the overall economic pie, as PEU budgets are steered to management fees, drastically higher interest expenses and periodic special dividends/distributions to the sponsor.

Corporate profits soared as market forces, like prices, supply and demand, have been managed via price fixing software as a service, industry rollups and outright collusion.

Most people know something is not quite right.  Many people retiring lived at least one PEU takeover of their employer.  Some experienced many.  

Common phrases shared by those folks, "You won't believe what is going on here.  I can't talk about it on the phone or in this building, but we need to meet and visit.  It's crazy."  

Workers have no one to go to given politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for that the little people suffer.  

Trump II has employed PEU practices to explode his family wealth to the tune of over $2.4 billion in the last year.  He and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein might call that God's work.  Only if your God is Mammon.

Total Wages down 27%, Profits up 200% and PEUs grew from 24 to 11,400.   These are things that are related.  
 

$TRUMP Boots the Ball to July 5th


CBS News reported:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he doesn't believe the recent disclosure of President Trump's billions in crypto earnings is problematic for the president. 

"I don't think there's an appearance problem," Bessent told CBS News anchor and MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady regarding Mr. Trump's earnings. 

According to a financial disclosure released earlier this week, Mr. Trump has earned approximately $1.4 billion from his crypto ventures since beginning his second term. 

Those include his "meme coin" $TRUMP and earnings from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company backed by the president and his family.

Under Trump II, no one is paid to think, especially "look the other way" Scott Bessent.  They are to execute his savage whims.  Any appearance with a Trump name or image is good, even the bad ones.  Trump's greatest nightmare is irrelevancy.

To boot there are two days left in the current $TRUMP Coin Club contest as the sponsors extended the original end date from July 1 to July 5.   It's entirely conceivable that  Trump got complimentary tickets to the World Cup final and steered them to his Trump Memes company.  Which high dollar Trump donor ponied up for the stadium suite where the top $TRUMP holders get to view the game? 


 As for past leaderboards, the top three holders can be seen below:


Trump's fallout with Justin Sun has been more costly, both in dollar terms and reputation.  How bad do you have to be to have a fallout with a fraudster you pardoned?

Trump' crypto shenanigans are an ethical earthquake.  What other president held billions in assets in an area they were charged with regulating?

Billions in Trump II crypto earnings should be a problem for all his loyal followers who lost their shirts betting on any Trump crap-coin.  A Presidential rug-pull is a rug-pull just the same.

$TRUMP traded around $14 for Contest #1, $3 for the the second and below $2 for much of the current contest.  As the for the $TRUMP Leaderboard extension, compete at your own peril.  

The Coin Club does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that $TRUMP coins have any utility, payment functionality, or commercial integration beyond serving as an eligibility criterion for Coin Club membership. 

No representation made on the Website, in marketing materials, on social media, or in any other communication by or on behalf of Fight Fight Fight LLC constitutes a binding promise that any specific benefit, discount, merchant partnership, event, or experience will be available, maintained, or delivered. 

Any descriptions of potential benefits are illustrative only and are subject in all cases to the discretionary provisions set forth herein. You acknowledge that you are not acquiring or holding $TRUMP coins in reliance on any such representation.

There's even an out for "do this to get that" in TrumpWorld. 

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Softening the Great Intrusions


Trump II brought the worst aspects of private equity underwriting (PEU) to light with his Presidential personal profit machine.  PEUs have long levered political contacts for gross monetary gains and government protection, especially in the tax arena.  However they did so quietly, behind the scenes.  

Their lobbying group even changed names from the Private Equity Growth Capital Council to the American Investment Council.  Private equity became man's "highest calling" and storied newspapers wrote of "policy making billionaires."  On this blog, I suggested otherwise.

Trump II's "blatantly obscene pilfering" is recast as "honest graft" by the Wall Street Journal.  Horse Hockey!  The Presidency isn't supposed to be a "deal makers make deal fees" job.

Trump rug-pulled his meme-coin followers, front ran key strategic decisions across multiple arenas and usurped powers the Supremes had yet to grant him.

All of Trump II's pardoned fraudsters together could not have come up with such a scheme.  
1.  Win a second presidency when you botched the first.  
2.  Do it all in the daylight with taxpayer money in an orgy of financial excess
3.  Conduct the scheme across currencies and using offshore vehicles
Brilliant, if you are Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, Todd Blanche or Thanos.  

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and that's why they won't lift a finger to stop Trump II's wealth engorgement army.  For all this, the little people suffer.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

SPACEX to Pay Grimes County $20 million Annually in Lieu of Taxes


Grimes County negotiated an economic development agreement with SpaceX.  In return for 100% tax abatement SpaceX will:

After negotiation, a $10 million upfront payment and a fixed PILOT of $20 million per year for 35 years. 
There are provisions to protect the environment, requiring SpaceX to comply with all environmental laws, and provisions to protect water. They verified it is not their intention to use groundwater. Provisions to protect the grid, they will be providing their own electricity through power plants. In fact, they will be putting more energy, in excess of their needs, back onto the grid. Noise and light pollution were addressed.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Grimes County, Texas The Commissioners Court of Grimes County, Texas, will convene in public session at its regularly scheduled meeting on June 3, 2026 at 9:00am at the Grimes County Commissioner Courtroom, located in the Grimes County Justice & Business Center, 270 FM 149 W., Anderson, Texas, at which the County Commissioners will consider approval of a property tax abatement agreement as described below. 

Name of property owner and applicant for the tax abatement agreement: 
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation 1 Rocket Road, Starbase, Texas 78521 

Name and location of reinvestment zone in which property is located: 
SpaceX Reinvestment Zone No. 1 – 2026-001 will be located at the Gibbons Creek Reservoir and surrounding areas.

A general description of the nature of the improvements in the agreements is as follows: 
SpaceX proposes construction of a multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility, which would represent a transformative investment in domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity. 

Estimated cost of improvements or repairs: 
Estimated capital investment for the initial phases is $55 billion, with an estimated total capital investment (if additional phases are constructed) of $119 billion.



During the June 3rd meeting:
Motion by Chad Mallett to Approve a Tax Abatement Agreement between Space Exploration Technologies Corp and Grimes County pursuant to Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code and allow County Judge as signatory. Seconded by Phillip Cox. 
Record vote: Commissioner Mallett-Yes Commissioner Tullos-No Commissioner Raska-Yes Commissioner Cox-Yes County Judge-Yes
In Favor: 4 Opposed: 1 Motion Passed
In the same meeting the Commissioners' Court moved and passed the following by the same 4-1 vote:
Discussion and action on approving a Section 381.004 Economic Development Program and Agreement between Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Grimes County, Texas.
There was no specific information relative to the economic development program and agreement with SpaceX in the meeting background packet, nor was any presented during the meeting.  

Even local politicians love TechGods and their PEU (private equity underwriters) brethren.  Increasingly, more are one in our "self service" oriented world.

Trump II's Obscene Financial Engorgement


Trump II brought shypto to the New World and made an obscene fortune doing so.  His fleet of shypto ventures includes $TRUMP of DTTM Operations LLC & Celebration Cards.  The $TRUMP memecoin website states: 

CIC Digital LLC, an affiliate of The Trump Organization, and Fight Fight Fight LLC collectively own 80% of the Trump Cards, subject to a 3-year unlocking schedule. CIC Digital LLC and Celebration Cards LLC, the owner of Fight Fight Fight LLC, will receive trading revenue derived from trading activities of Trump Meme Cards.

Trump II launched $TRUMP just days before his inauguration.  He reported $635 million in income from the sale of his Trump meme coins 

World Liberty Financial provided even more, $800 million.  That included more than $520 million from crypto token sales and more than $250 million from the partial sale of his ownership in the World Liberty business.  World Liberty's disclosures include:

DT Marks DEFI LLC, an entity affiliated with Donald J. Trump and certain of his family members, owns approximately 38% of the equity interests in WLF Holdco LLC, which holds the only membership interest in World Liberty Financial LLC, a Florida limited liability company and developer of the WLF protocol and operates the WLF governance platform. WLF Holdco LLC holds all of the rights to net protocol revenues from the WLF protocol (other than net proceeds from the sale of $WLFI tokens) pursuant to the terms of agreements with World Liberty Financial LLC. None of Donald J. Trump, his family members or any director, officer or employee of Trump Organization or of DT Marks LLC is an officer, director or employee of, WLF Holdco LLC or World Liberty Financial LLC. DT Marks DEFI LLC along with certain family members of Donald J. Trump also holds 22.5 billion $WLFI tokens, and DT Marks DEFI LLC is entitled to receive fees from World Liberty Financial LLC pursuant to a service agreement, equal to 75% of $WLFI token sale proceeds after deduction of agreed reserves, expenses and other amounts. Any references to or quotes or imagery attributed to or associated with Donald J. Trump or his family members should not be construed as an endorsement or representation or warranty with respect to any product or service offering. $WLFI tokens and use of the WLF protocol and governance platform are initially offered and sold solely by World Liberty Financial LLC or its affiliates. WLF Holdco LLC, DT Marks DEFI LLC, World Liberty Financial LLC, the WLF protocol, the WLF governance platform and $WLFI tokens are not political or associated with any political campaign.

Shell companies, royalties and vanity offerings  -- all worthy of and fit for a King.   Christians who preach the prosperity/predatory gospel would grant this person deity status.

The Trump family made at least $2.3 ​billion from crypto-related projects since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

Trump II ceaselessly shatters tenants of leadership while trashing Christ's gospel teachings.  The Digital Caligula marches on, usurping all in his path.

Update:  CNN's Erin Burnett reported:

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Trump earning over $1 billion last year from crypto ventures: “We are seeing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind.”

Cobb's statement brings my AI art adjustments to life.

My wise friend noted:

Everything's broken. Trump is a kleptomaniac with the flare for ARSON. 

DC's burning. Both parties are to blame. Truly sick   And they laugh it off all the way to the bank

Trump's language of excess for the other's minor action is contrasted by his minimization of his gross schemes.  We used to call these people dicks and a prior management mantra was "no assholes."  Today they are everywhere and travel in packs (as an entourage).  

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

"Sponey is Meech" According to the Supremes


The PEU-ization of America has been furthered by the U.S. Supreme Court, hereafter referred to as the Supremes.  Campaign finance restrictions continue to come down as "money is speech."  

Former private equity underwriter (PEU) J.D. Vance (Narya Capital & Mithril Capital Management) helped bring the campaign finance lawsuit in 2022 when he was a member of the Senate.  

The 2024 election saw TechGod Elon Musk spend over $290 million to get his favored candidates elected.

The Carlyle Group located in Washington, D.C. in 1987 to access Uncle Sam's wallet and lever their political contacts for preferential treatment across the board.  Carlyle was legendary for hiring former government officials would could lobby their contacts without officially being a lobbyist.  TechGods have recently copied Carlyle in this regard.  

Carlyle hired the former General Counsel for the CIA as it launched a new defense fund, Carlyle Defense and Reindustrialization Partners, based in Luxembourg.  

The Supremes "money as speech" does not have an elevating history in the U.S.  Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence as a young man.  The elder version used his slaves for collateral for a loan, when he had access to riches from the estate of a dear friend.  The one condition for Jefferson to access the proceeds?  Free his slaves.  

Founding Father Jefferson borrowed money so he could keep his slaves, even using them as a seizable asset to garner the loan.  That's a suppression of freedom for the "lesser people" of that time as slaves counted as one third of a person.

Speech is speech.  Money is money.  Conflating the two seems to be a form of garbage, which is currently widespread at the ruling class level.  

Speech is money bolsters the current power structure where politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for that the common person suffers.

Monday, June 29, 2026

Vivek's Irrevocable Virtuous Pettiness


Vivek Ramawsamy, Ohio candidate for Governor for the Red Team, suggested all Ohioans should revel in his obscene wealth, even those struggling to get by.  

If you are not for his absurd wealth then you are worthy of derision as you are simply jealous, bitter and/or envious.  

Vivek is running to keep Ohioans paying billions to TechGod companies in economic development incentives.  Ramaswamy was in line to co-head DOGE (which I've renamed DOUGEBAG) but we know the billionaire boys, like their political sponsor Trump II, do not play well with others.

Here's what struggling Ohioans don't know and don't care about, Vivek's litany of shell companies as revealed by Strive SEC filings.
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Cicero, who wrote De Officiisthe treatise on virtue, noted:
… [L]et those who are to preside over the state obey two precepts of Plato, — one, that they so watch for the well-being of their fellow-citizens that they have reference to it in whatever they do, forgetting their own private interests; the other, that they care for the whole body politic, and not, while they watch over a portion of it, neglect other portions. For, as the guardianship of a minor, so the administration of the state is to be conducted for the benefit, not of those to whom it is intrusted, but of those who are intrusted to their care. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

A virtuous Ramaswamy would want all the Epstein files released so as to ascertain the treatment of minors under the sexual predator's control.  I doubt Cicero would endorse a candidate insulting the very public he wishes to serve. 

Who isn't pushing their own book in the age of Trump II?  And what politician is not helping them?

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasing more are one, a position envied by Ramaswamy.  

Update 6-30-26:  Apparently TechGods weren't despizable enough for making kajillions off the federal government while paying little to no taxes.  That's one benefit of being a billionaire libertarian.  TechGods went "all in" on the political Red Team and the Reds have the gods' back.  

The Reds are calling anyone concerned about a system that funnels even more money to people already obscenely wealthy "envious", "impotent" and a member of a "cult."  Lovely.  

Trump II's Regurgance


Trump usurped the broad swath of the Christian religion with his Religious Liberty Commission, comprised mostly of conservative Christians.  The Daily Beast reported:
President Donald Trump declared that his second term has sparked a “tremendous resurgence” of religion in America.
When times turn difficult and dark, many people turn to faith.  

These are times where very few corners of our society emit any light at all.  Private equity underwriters (PEU) and TechGods have turned the economy into obscene wealth generating platforms for themselves, ably aided by compliant and subservient elected officials, as well as "prosperity gospel" churches.

America has been transformed into an operating model for investors and lenders, complete with government funding, preferred taxation, backstopped lending and regulatory forbearance.  

One just need please the king, the pope, the healer, world ruler or whoever he envisions himself the day of supplication.  

One of the least recognizable followers of Christ's teachings is claiming he brought on the religious renewal.  He is partly right.  His darkness, cruelty, violence and overall dickishness has turned many to God and his Son,  

I expect many more will do so in the future because Trump's spiritual hole is gaping and he will ceaselessly try to fill it with anything that glimmers, money, investments, buildings, women, food, precious metals, golf, medals, awards, prizes....

Trump II is as earthy as it gets.  He will continue to accumulate spoils like no other.  However, all his riches will remain on this plane when God calls him home.  Until then, the accumulation game is full on.  Beware the overeating.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.

Update 6-30-26:  Moneychanger Trump II's meme-coin traded at this price a number of times over the last few days:


Trump's attacks at the Pope boosted the pontiff's reputation/image.  It has not done the same for his $TRUMP meme-coin.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Dominari: Three Auditors for Three Fiscal Years


A Dominari SEC filing reported  

...on April 25, 2025, Marcum LLP was dismissed, and CBIZ CPAs was appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. 

On June 24, 2026, Dominari Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), with the approval of the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”), dismissed CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ CPAs”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. 

On June 24, 2026, the Company engaged Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. (“Grassi”) to serve as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
For fiscal year ended December 2024 Dominari used Marcum as its public accounting firm,  It shifted to CBIZ in 2025 (after CBIZ acquired Marcum in late 2024) and then to Grassi for 2026.  

A rotating auditor roulette wheel can sometimes be a red flag for forensic auditors and investors.  A financial bear hug with Trump boys can also signal potential malfeasance.  Time and actual whistleblowers may shed further light on these developments.  Then again, they may not.  

Malfeasance and mendacity are now strategic imperatives, according to private equity underwriter (PEU) and junior TechGod Vice President J.D. Vance.  Vance said Watergate today would be an eight hour story.  

Is that because J.D.'s boss orders people to commit crimes all the time, ones far deeper in complexity and longevity?  A yes answer would not surprise me.  

J.D. is also from the TechGod class whose "automation" facilitated crimes against children (social media) and regularly commit moving violations with legal immunity (robotaxis).   Their algorithms steered kids to violence, self harm and suicide.  And TechGods want to broaden their legal immunity

Politicians Red a& Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and it behooves this alignment if the cops on the beat are dismissed, coopted, intimidated, given no authority and no assignments.  

It feels like the U.S. is rapidly approaching the complete subjugation of law enforcement to the insider class.  That is distinctly un-American (in theory) and uniquely American (in practice).  

Tennis Legend Goes PEU


The world got another private equity underwriter (PEU), tennis legend Novak Djokovic.  Djokovic will join General Atlantic as Global Strategic Advisor.  

General Atlantic is delving deeper into sports investing and Novak will assist in that endeavor.  He does so as sports gambling addiction has ballooned among young men in the U.S.  NBC News reported:
Diagnoses of gambling disorder rose more than 60% since 2018 in states that have legalized sports betting, with the biggest increase among young men.

The greed and leverage boys love recurring revenue.  Addiction is a powerful repeat purchase motivator.  TechGods know this and design their products for maximum dopamine release. 

The deal must flow.    

Saturday, June 27, 2026

America 250 Commemorates Trump the Deformer


Trump II zeroes in a photo of himself and boom, it is soon spread everywhere.  Trump, the grumpy old guy, is featured on the passport and a new commemorative gold coin.  I took the liberty of adding captions.

Trump only likes dreaming all the day long and some of those dreams are not for public consumption.
Are you lying about the Iranians, Donnie?  "Nah!"

Are you going to play nice with the Senate this year, Donnie?  "Nah! Nah! Nah!"   
Will the people see all documents with your name in the Epstein files?  "Nah! Nah! Nah!                  You are fake news and the worst reporter now get the #@$& out of here."
Trump II, the digital Caligula, does not play nice with others.  Everything he touches becomes deformed from his usurpation.  

Donald Trump, PEU Leader of the Fee World and prone to fits of rage and violence.  

Politicians Red and Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.  

Update 6-29-26:  Howard Lutnick said the following at an event where a comedian said Trump II was held up from attending as he "got caught in the sex traffic"  

Howard Lutnick's tongue stayed firmly planted with his comment:
“He’s used to these courts always fighting with him, but in the end he wins, and we all know that.”
I don't know that as the future is yet to be written.  Trump II takes his tantrums as far as he possibly can, well beyond what any gospel following Christian or reasonable person would do.  I'm counting on those same people, followers of Christ's teachings and sensible members of Congress/the Supremes to provide a counterbalance to Trump's ceaseless usurpations.  

Trump may have a big fat wallet, pen and posterior but he surely is not a God.  That lesson may be learned at the Pearly Gates.

Trump claimed to have restored religion in America as he sat in front of his Religious Liberty Commission, a group of mostly conservative Christians.  Trump II, the person least likely to display Christ's teachings, is a fan of the prosperity gospel and its shallow, surface view of faith.  

Friday, June 26, 2026

Apollo Co-Founder Black to Give Epstein Testimony


Apollo co-founder Leon Black gave testimony today regarding Jeffrey Epstein.  The House Committee talked with Epstein's major funder, a now disgraced private equity underwriter (PEU).


There are more people the committee should interview but likely won't.  

Secrets are difficult to dislodge from powerful insiders, Chatham House rules, non-disclosure agreements and all.  

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Many are in the Epstein files.  Some, very many times.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

"Serve Us" PEUs & TechGods

The Guardian reported:

For the past 100 years, US consumers have powered the US economy, their $21tn in annual spending supported by the business ethos that the “customer is king.” Today, that idea is as outdated as a Norman Rockwell painting, say consumer activists, historians, analysts, executives and customers themselves. 

Instead, consumers are bearing the brunt of sweeping developments in the business landscape. Decades of mergers have limited consumer options. Companies are so big they can push industry-friendly regulation and charge what they want, safe in the knowledge that disgruntled customers have nowhere to go. 

With customers stuck and competitors gone, companies can raise prices without improving customer satisfaction.

Ding, ding, ding...  does anyone know why?  

Private equity underwriters (PEU) rolled up companies in industry after industry.  PEUs make profits from flipping those companies after mining them for cash via fees and special dividends/distributions.  

TechGods brought our country abysmal customer service and plan take what little human element remained and outsource it to AI.  

Both PEUs and TechGods utilized their political power to achieve those "industry friendly regulations." Alongside the rise in private equity came the term "policy making billionaire."  It's a  position powerful enough to repeatedly keep private equity's highly unpopular preferred "carried interest" taxation.  

Just as Founding Father Thomas Jefferson used his slaves for collateral for a loan, the greed and leverage boys use their accrued carried interest for the same purpose.

So what is being pushed by the powerful today?  

Legislation is under consideration that would provide legal protection for software developers (rapidly moving to AI).  Does AI care about human trafficking?  Catholic Priests do, as should any decent human being.

Just as elected officials do not care what the public thinks, corporate executives and their investment sponsors care not about the customer, internal or external  I saw it first hand at several healthcare companies. 

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for that so many suffer.  

IMF Nominee is PEU


Trump II nominated Rebekah Jurata for U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  Jurata is currently General Counsel for the American Investment Council, the private equity underwriter (PEU) lobbying organization (formerly named the Private Equity Growth Capital Council).

Turn over a rock in Washington, D.C. and one is liable to find a tax hating PEU.


 Trump II also nominated a tax attorney who represents investment firms for a key IRS position.
President Trump has chosen James Gadwood, a tax attorney who has represented energy companies, hospitality companies and investment firms, to be the top lawyer at the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.
Things just keep getting sweeter for the greed and leverage boys as their kind are likely further embedded in the IMF and IRS!

Politicians Red and Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one. 

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Fishback to Pay Greenlight's Attorney Fees


A judge ruled that James Fishback, current candidate for Florida Governor and former temporary Fed governor candidate, must pay his former employer's attorney fees/costs, roughly $1.3 million.  

Greenlight Capital sued Fishback for violations of their employment contract and had been awarded $229,000 in damages as a result of confidentiality breaches.  The firm had U.S. Marshals seize James' assets to fulfill that obligation. 

Fishback gave up his Azoria stock and trustees for two of Azoria's funds voted to liquidate as a result of James' behavior.  

James Fishback, a former DOGE advisor, is part of the nest of vipers that slither through Trump II's White House and the confines of Mar-a-Lago.  Fortunately, Trump's pardon power does not apply to civil judgements.

That said, MAGA can throw big money at connected insiders.  The question is this.  Has James Fishback dropped to Rudy Guiliani levels within the political Red Team?

Watch Fishback's next moves.  They will be instructive.  

Monday, June 22, 2026

The Hollowing: Part Trois


Private equity underwriters (PEU) have long leveraged political connections to make big money off Uncle Sam's wallet.  TechGods noticed and abandoned their Libertarian leanings to support Trump II's orgy of greed.  Put all that together and we have the new U.S. state sponsored enterprise.

The people of Albania recognize a crap sandwich when placed before them.  They do not want their natural resources apportioned for the super rich, the aforementioned PEUs and TechGods.  Thus, they want a new government.  A Guardian story described the revolt as:
a spasm of disgust over the perceived excesses of "a rotten oligarchic class"
Not so, here at home where politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  The Undersecretary of War founded Cerberus Capital.  The Secretary of Army ran Flex Capital.  

Trump's older boys scattered their equity seeds across the defense industry landscape and Pete Hegseth's Department of War is personally doing the watering with his alcohol tainted urine.  

The Trump's contempt for basic ethical norms, practices and requirements could not be more clear.  Jared Kushner's financial disclosure is months past the deadline.  His last filing was in early 2021.  Jared's father has been able to submit three since his ambassador appointment under Trump II.

The federal government has gone from writing tax/other laws preferential to PEU's and spending money on products/services provided by PEU affiliates to providing capital for equity stakes in specific enterprises.  

Elected officials have funded this boondoggle via debt for decades and Trump II is spending like there is no tomorrow.  I expect the insatiable PEU boys and their disfigured TechGod twins to win again here in the U.S.  

That said, I can cheer loudly for the Albanians in their fight against Affinity Partners and Atlantic Incubation Partners.  Three cheers for the Pink Flamingo revolution.  Yay, yay, yay!!!

Update 6-30-26:   The reach of TechGods and insiders is vast and ceaseless:

Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Hollowing: Part Deux


Yesterday I posted a piece on "societal permission" for TechGods to create an economy without working people.  Those pesky employees actually give feedback when their workplace turns into a sci-fi nightmare.

As part of Zuckerberg’s all-in AI push, Meta announced it would fire ten percent of its workforce, or nearly 8,000 employees, leaving many uncertain about their future. The company is also demanding that employees produce more than ever by using AI agents and coding tools as much as possible, with AI usage now a factor in performance reviews.

People can only take so much and the lopsided deal has gone on for far too long


Insatiable TechGods copied the private equity underwriter (PEU) playbook which pushes incapable technology as a replacement for headcount reduction.  PEUs have a long history of crapifying workplaces and decreasing product/service quality. 

Disabled people can wait to get their motorized wheelchairs fixed and water for AI should be prioritized over "baseline human comfort."


Of course Bezos is talking his own book.  If its water you want Jeff, there are oceans all around.  I'm sure you have a great view of it from your Miami penthouse.  

In West Texas you can have all the frac water you want.  Technology exists for desalination and detoxifying produced water from oil wells.  Apply that intelligence to Prometheus' cooling resources needs.

Better yet, Jeff, use that intelligence to stop Amazon related scams.  

Here's a sci-fi nightmare.  
A driverless car stalks a 76 year old woman as she is funding her granddaughter's child harm lawsuit against Meta, facebook's owner. 
The car's onboard computer posts a scam AI video to the woman's facebook account.  It's an AI fake of Bill Gates pushing a dementia curing supplement based on honey from Turkey/Nepal.  The woman buys the product as she has experienced more confusion of late.  

The product arrives within its one hour promised delivery time.  No signature is required so the driver rings the doorbell and leaves the package on the front doormat.  The driverless car monitors the woman's Ring camera as it waits for the woman to come to the door.  It revs the engine, drops into gear and floors the gas.  After bending over to pick up the package the woman sees the approaching vehicle and turns to run into her home.  
Her storm door is heavy and she struggles to get it open.  In a panic she tosses the package at the driverless car.  A chip with the tiny gyroscope inside the package voids the woman's product warranty as this major movement occurred post delivery.

The driverless vehicle shifts into "off-road" mode which elevates the undercarriage giving it greater ground clearance.  It climbs her two level brick stairs and slams into the back of her legs.  Bricks shatter, the door frame collapses and the woman is pinned under the vehicle, which shifts out of "off-road" mode, increasing the weight on her chest.  Unable to breathe, she is dead within minutes.  The driverless car sends a message to the entity that gave it the assignment.   
Meta's defense attorneys jack up the motions driving up the cost of the granddaughter's lawsuit.  Their aim is make it so expensive for the plaintiff that they cannot afford to proceed with the 76 year old woman's money tied up in the estate.  In the meantime, Meta executives are working on a law that would exempt social media providers from child harm lawsuits.

That's one less person needing cooling resources for baseline human comfort, the new TechGod name for potable water.  

And these are the people elected officials cater to?  Sickening.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one. 

Update 6-30-26:   The reach of TechGods and insiders is vast and ceaseless:

Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Hollowing: TechGod's AI Warning


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated:   

"There is no societal permission for an AI future that hollows out entire industries."
This is fifteen years after a former major business reporter wrote:
There are very few people out there who will talk and write honestly about private equity. I know from personal experience that the financial press is so eager to break news on "deals" that reporters (who are increasingly compensated on the number of "market moving stories" they write) can't afford to be critical of Carlyle, KKR and Blackstone, and risk losing access to people at those firms.

I have seen so many people -- particularly those in their 50s - 70s -- taken apart by what has happened in their industry as greed has hollowed out the economy. These are people took pride in their jobs and held themselves to this invisible standard that we all just took for granted, but is being wiped out.

Private equity underwriters (PEU) were later joined by TechGods in leveraging political influence and tapping Uncle Sam's wallet.  

Together they are behind the data center boom that is impacting many of the very areas private equity previously hollowed out.  Below is one example:

The United States Army has conditionally selected Carlyle Group and CyrusOne to enter exclusive negotiations to develop and operate hyperscale data centers on Army installations, marking a significant step in expanding artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure capabilities. 

The projects will be located at Fort Bliss and Dugway Proving Ground, spanning approximately 1,384 acres and 1,201 acres, respectively. Under the arrangement, the selected firms will finance, build, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the facilities on underutilized Army land, with no upfront cost to taxpayers.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is a former PEU with Flex Capital. 

The Carlyle Group is returning to a heavy focus on defense contractors calling the space "unlimited."  Carlyle cut its teeth flipping defense contractors and is ecstatic about the new global phenomenon of war making.

The Army poisoned thousands of sheep in Utah from a nerve gas test gone wrong at Dugway Proving Ground in 1968.  A nozzle failure was cited at the cause.  

Should nearby residents be concerned about error filled AI coming to Dugway?  How about Fort Bliss which not long ago closed the airspace over El Paso due to invading drones?  

No one gave permission for the PEU hollowing out of the U.S. economy, yet it happened anyway.  Part II is being facilitated by a hand's off Congress and an enabling Chief Executive.  Trump II recently said:

"The one that they're crazy about is AI. So if you want to say one thing, AI, and just hope that it works. You better hope!"

"Hope that it works,"  I believe we have Trump II's campaign slogan for 2028. 

Update:  "They beat their plowshares into swords and garbage AI turned their brains into mush, all so billionaires could become trillionaires."

Here endeth the lesson.

Update 6-22-26:  


Futurism reported on a Harvard Business Review study:

Companies that went all-in on using generative AI tools are developing a major “workslop” problem. 
...over-relying on AI can prove disastrous for organizational knowledge, the critical business insights companies need to make strategic decisions. The phenomenon, dubbed “knowledge decay,” describes the deterioration of information over time, marked by workers forgetting skills and organizations relying on outdated processes. 
In the context of AI, it can be a dangerous downward spiral that starts with workers using AI to produce low-quality work, which wastes colleagues’ time, erodes trust, and gradually sloppifies organizational knowledge into worthless soup. 
Multiply that by entire departments, and a business’s outputs start to crumble as well.

I expect TechGods to blame their abject product failures on workers and a society that would not give them permission.  

Accountability disappears under AI, the tinker toy of TechGods, PEUs and political insiders.  

Update 6-30-26:   The reach of TechGods and insiders is vast and ceaseless:

Friday, June 19, 2026

AI Defends Corporate Ownership Error


It's common for AI to put out inaccurate information and it did so once again regarding Humana's percentage ownership of Gentiva Hospice, which it is finally ditching.  

I asked Gemini why their AI  published the wrong percentage and it told me I was confusing Humana's 40% equity stake with Gentiva's operating in 35 states.  Who knew Gemini wrote comedy?  I did have a hearty laugh, albeit at Gemini's expense.

For over two years Humana's 10-K has clearly stated the company owned approximately 35% of Gentiva Hospice.  40% is a historical figure from their deal with TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).  It also was the original percentage when Humana sold 60% of Gentiva to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) in August 2022. 

A Humana 10-K filing stated "at December 31, 2023 we owned approximately 35%."  That 35% has remained constant for fiscal years ended December 2024 and 2025.

Gemini wrote that Humana's recent press release stated this 40% figure.  Google could not find that in the actual press release, which only state "minority interest."



AI cited Hospice News as its source.  Therein lies the problem.  That publication has been a longtime disappointment for hospice workers wanting some help in challenging greedy management.  

Private equity underwriters (PEU) found hospice long ago and have been playing an accumulation/spinoff/IPO game   I lived it at Gentiva after Humana et al bought Kindred at Home in June 2018.  It was highly distasteful, even cruel.  

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their TechGod brethren, who together bring us garbage AI, hyperscale data centers and an inattention to actual feedback.  The little people are supposed to take what they give us.  

Therefore, I must apologize to Gemini for mixing up the 40% ownership number from 2022 with the number of states Gentiva operates within.  I promise to forget the more up to date information in Humana's SEC filings.  Now, doesn't everyone feel better in our new irreality?    

This situation is not a runaway Waymo vehicle or targeting a girl's school on day 1 of Trump II's disastrous war with Iran, but it does not lead me to use AI again.  And for that I am truly grateful.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Jared Kushner to Disrupt Pink Flamingos


Jared Kushner's Albanian luxury resort, located in the middle of a wildlife refuge, has garnered public outrage amongst the common folk who are tired of corruption.  Kushner's development is under the Affinity Partners umbrella and specifically under the corporate entity:  Atlantic Incubation Partners.  

Atlantic Incubation Partners also drew the ire of the Serbian public for a planned project in Belgrade.

Closer to home Kushner's only SEC listing is for QXO, an Affinity Partners affiliate.  The building materials giant is an aggressive roll up of manufacturers and distributors.   

Their most recent proxy statements sheds light on the complexity of private equity underwriting (PEU) at Affinity Partners.  Jared controls 32 million shares in QXO and the footnote on page 24 states

Consists of (i) 12,111 RSUs that are expected to vest within 60 days of the Record Date and (ii) Mr. Kushner’s indirect beneficial ownership of 32,686,065 shares of our common stock, which is comprised of (a) 14,523 shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Atlantic Partners Splitter LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Kushner, (b) 16,247,069 shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Affinity Partners Parallel Fund I LP (“Parallel Fund I”), (c) 164,310 shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Affinity Partners Fund I LP (“Fund I”), and (d) 16,260,163 shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Affinity QXO 1 LLC (“Affinity QXO”). Affinity QXO is owned by Fund I, Parallel Fund I, Affinity Partners Fund I Co-Invest Delta LP (“Delta”), Affinity Partners Fund I Co-Invest Delta II LP (“Delta II”), Affinity Partners Fund I Co-Invest Sigma LP (“Sigma”), and Affinity Partners Fund I Co-Invest Sigma II LP (“Sigma II”, and together with the other owners of Affinity QXO, the “Affinity Funds”). Affinity Partners GP LP (“GP”) is the General Partner of Fund I and Parallel Fund I, and Affinity Partners Fund I Co-Invest GP LP (“Co-Invest GP”) is the general partner of Delta, Delta II, Sigma and Sigma II. A Fin Management LLC (“A Fin”) is the investment manager of GP and the Affinity Funds. Mr. Kushner is the Chief Executive Officer of A Fin and the controlling owner of GP and Co-Invest GP. Mr. Kushner may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over all such shares. Mr. Kushner disclaims beneficial ownership over all such shares.
PEUs expect affiliates to do business with other affiliates, regardless of quality or price.  So look for some new QXO rollup to provide construction products to Atlantic Incubation Partners, be it Serbia, Albania or elsewhere.  

Kushner, like Trump II, is birthing more $ billions, every second of every minute of every hour of every day.   It's a byproduct of insider connections and obscene levels of wealth.  Both need to be broken.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for that the regular people and wildlife suffer, especially those dancing at the Pink Flamingo.  

May the Pink Flamingo revolution in Albania prevail.  

Note:  My apologies to the real Jared who held a fundraiser for testicular cancer at the Pink Flamingo.  

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Trump II Ballroom Price Rises 200% in Less than a Year


Trump II's ballroom cost $200 million in July 2025 and the project was completely funded by private donors.  It's now $600 million with the U.S. taxpayer picking up $300 million.

Trump II can flat out spend money.  His signature project rose 200%.  How much is cost inflation vs. egotistical machinations?  

TechGods and private equity underwriters (PEU) hate paying taxes.  Apparently, they also have a limit on donations.  I expect someday they will prefer predictable taxation vs. regular fundraising phone calls from the White House for pet project after pet project.  

Remember folks, Trump II loves inflation!

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

PEU-TechGod Connections Go Back


In June 2014 I wrote:

Economic power buys political power, which then sets favorable rules and telegraphs money making opportunities for the already wealthy.
That year a secret group of private equity underwriters (PEU), TechGods, elected officials and members of the media attended Dialog, a tech focused Bilderberg Group like meeting put together by Peter Thiel.  It gathered 150 people to change the world. 

This information came from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Lisa Randall sent her confidential invitation to Epstein for advice on attending, asking "Is this worthwhile?"

Epstein responded with "sundance is nice  ,,  go"

Randall replied "So let me understand.  You are suggesting tourism?"

The message made it clear the invitation was not transferrable and shared:

"the invite is only for Lisa Randall and is not transferable as we are limited to only 150 participants. There are no sponsors. We increase the retreat fee weekly to reward the people that sign up early. And this retreat is 100% off-the-record. /"

A second contact regarding the meeting came from Ian Osborne.  Ian forwarded his invitation from Auren Hoffman to Epstein with the following comment:

"Same shit.  Peter doesn't even attend.  I will tell him that they should stop them from using his name."

Ian got on the list per a recommendation from TechGod Chamath Palibapitiya. 

Epstein tried to work up dinners with Ian Osborne and Peter Thiel.  It's not clear if he sandwiched such an occasion in between meeting with Ehud Barak and Leon Black.  Very private, no agenda.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.  What was disturbing twelve years ago is systemic today.   

The Carlyle Group located in Washington, D.C. in 1987 because its founders understood the highly profitable connection to political power.  TechGods did likewise as Trump II ran for his second term.  

Dialog may now own D.C. area real estate to continue their "150 people changing the world"  meetings.  How does a secret society end up owning real estate big enough to host at least 150 people and conduct multiple breakout sessions?  It does so when those people are billionaires and aim to become trillionaires.

Update 6-18-26:  Forbes ran a story on the PEU/TechGod participants in Dialog.  Affinity Partners Jared Kushner is another Dialog insider.  They even used "like a Bilderberg meeting with a Silicon Valley twist."  

Has Forbes never seen Bilderberg's Steering Committee membership list?  It has long included Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt and Alex Karp.  TechGods cut their teeth protecting global tamperers.  And now, they are one.

Bilderberg 2026 occurred in April in Washington, D.C.  The usual PEUs showed, Henry Kravis (KKR), Peter Orszag (Lazard) and Ali Koc (Koc Holdings)

Not everyone is enamored with the Bilderberg - Dialog insider plotting soirees.  Some have the courage to not go and call them out.