The Young Turks - AI Warfare - February 25, 2026

Episode Date: February 26, 2026

Top Democrats Look To Block A Vote On Iran War Powers Resolution. The Trump Administration Is Allegedly Worried Israel Will Use Nukes On Iran. A Horrific Report Details IDF Soldiers Killing 15 Gaza Aid Workers In 2025 Attack. The Pentagon Demands That Anthropic Abandon Their AI Ethics Rules. Thanks to Shopify and Zip Recruiter for today's episode: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: ziprecruiter.com/tyt Hosts: Ana Kasparian SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK  ☞          https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH  ☞      https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And we've got pretty decent show ahead for you all today. I only say decent because you're going to get a lot of updates on stories we've been covering. I think a lot of American journalists are probably exhausted from that two hour long state of the union address last night where we were both lied to and didn't learn anything new. But the big question still remains, is the United States going to go to war with Iran? We're going to start our show with that topic. We'll also talk a little bit about a damning investigation into the aid workers and rescue workers in Gaza, who were very much intentionally shot and killed by IDF soldiers, who knew exactly who they were,

who knew that they were not enemy combatants, knew they weren't militants, but decided, to shoot and kill them anyway. That is a difficult story to get through, but I do intend to do it. And I don't usually plug any of the work I do, but I'm on like approximately 58 different shows. So today I did go on a really great forum for the Quincy Institute. That's the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. They do really great work. And one of my favorite journalists, Mertaza Hussein, who writes over at Dropside News. Previously, he was all over. over at the Intercept, he was part of the conversation, and we talked about the Epstein files. So if you want to check that out, please do, after you watch this show, of course.

You can check it out on their YouTube channel, just go over to the live tab, and then you'll see the conversation. Okay, without further ado, let's get into it. Let's talk a little bit about the unfortunate uniparty situation we find ourselves dealing with when it comes to questions of war. Democratic leadership, once again, is showing us just how pathetic they really are as they work to literally block one of the most important resolutions that's being proposed by a fellow Democrat, Congressman Rokana. Now, it's not just Rokana. Congressman Thomas Massey, who is a Republican, libertarian, really, has co-sponsored this resolution alongside Rokana to ensure that the president of the United States cannot, unilaterally decide to pursue military action without congressional approval. This is the way a system

of checks and balances is supposed to work. And for everything that we hear from people like Chuck Schumer about how terrible it is that all this power is now concentrated in the executive branch, to me it really appears as though he's one of the individuals who's trying to defeat this. And honestly, it seems like he's also a little excited about the prospect of going to war with Iran. You can judge for yourselves as I give you the details. Now, the resolution in question would, again, require explicit congressional authorization for any military action against Iran. I usually don't ask you to do this. I usually think that it's a fruitless effort.

However, please hit up your congressperson and ask them to vote in favor of this resolution. Demand that it be brought to a vote. I don't know what's going to happen in the Senate, but at least in the House, try to push for it. Try to push forward in the Senate. Call your senators, call your representatives. But nonetheless, it would require every member of Congress to go on the record, okay, about a potential U.S. war with Iran, which is something that many Democrats do not want to do. They do not want to be on the record supporting something that President Donald Trump obviously wants to do,

which is engage in, you know, military intervention in a foreign country on behalf of Israel. So make them go on the record. Now, they're trying to undercut Kana and Massey's effort. And this is how they're going to do it. Now, this is a great report by Ida Chavez. She writes over at Substack. Previously, she was over at the intercept. But here's what she says.

A top Democratic House Foreign Affairs Committee staffer, multiple sources with direct knowledge, tell me, deliberately inflated projections of opposition to the bipartisan measure. Warning of 20 to 40 Democratic defections as part of a broader effort to dampen momentum and prevent the Iran war powers vote from advancing. Hey, Ontario. Come on down to BetMGM Casino and check out our newest exclusive. The Price is Right Fortune Pick. Don't miss out.

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when it comes to neoliberal economic policy, they jump in it. Both parties seem to be in cahoots for the large part, right? But there's always like the few outliers who are fighting for the right things. And in this case, you have Rokana fighting for the right thing. You have Thomas Massey, a registered Republican, fighting for the right thing. Now, Kana and Massey had initially planned to force a vote on this resolution this week,

but now Democratic leadership, don't we love Democratic leadership, is saying that they expect the vote to be delayed until next week. Or you know, maybe even a little later than that, you know? Maybe we push it back a little later until like people forget about it. Now a senior Democratic congressional staffer told me, meaning Ida, the reporter for the story, told me it's pretty clear Democratic leadership is working to delay or potentially sideline the vote on the Kana Massey War Powers Resolution. If you've been around the hill, this is a familiar playbook. It is a familiar playbook, actually. And if these politicians are

frustrated with the fact that the American people no longer believe in our institutions, this is precisely the reason why. If you are not working on behalf of the American people, 80% of whom do not want to go to war with Iran, then what are you even doing? enriching yourself in Congress, engaging in insider trading, like we've got no use for you. But I continue, the staffer who works on a foreign policy issue explains that leadership rarely comes out and says they oppose these votes outright because they know the underlying issue is popular with the base. And I don't want to just focus on the Democratic base here, because if you look at how independent voters feel about this issue, They overwhelmingly support a system where Congress has to give approval before the executive branch launches military intervention or war. Instead, you see process concerns, timing objections, and caucus unity arguments used to slow things down or keep members off the record.

We've seen the same approach on past war powers votes and foreign policy amendments that clash with the national security. elite consensus. So the national security elite need to be dismantled and kicked out of our government. These are the unelected careerists who don't ever have to be accountable to us. Some refer to them as the so-called deep state. And these are the people who have destroyed our country and have dragged us into wars that we should not have been involved in. So while these operatives of Democratic leadership are trying to basically paint this resolution as get a little over this divisive. They think the resolution is divisive. They think the system of checks and balances is divisive. Okay. By the way, this is the party that wanted to save democracy.

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you know what, if those advocacy groups believe it, they should put it up for a vote. Let's see if the proof is in the pudding, right? Now, spokesperson for J Street, which is, they're basically liberal Zionists who allegedly are against going to war with Iran. I'll just leave it there. Here's what they say. We are thinking there will likely be fewer defections than what the HFAC staffer predicted. What we are hearing is that more.

and more members are committing to support the war powers resolution due to Trump's inching toward war. Okay. So an organizer at another advocacy group opposing strikes against Iran said the following. Leadership will always bluff to try to scare the sponsors from calling the vote. In reality, representatives Jared Moskowitz and Josh Gottheimer are likely to be quite lonely. Name and some names, name and some names. But look, we've talked about those two. earlier in the show, they have already signaled that they intend to vote against the resolution because they want the war with Iran. Now, when drop site news spoke to multiple Democratic lawmakers on the Hill about whether or not they would vote in favor of the resolution, they were

tepidly supportive, but maybe that's my spin on it, right? Like, I want you guys to think for yourself. So take a look at this video, decide what you think. How do you plan to vote on Representative Kana and Representative Massey's war powers resolution? Well, I tend to read it first. It deals with Iran, right? Yeah. I think Iran is certainly subject to the war powers action by the Congress. How do you plan to vote on the war powers resolution introduced by Representative Kana and Massey?

Well, we're not certain when that's going to come up. And so we're watching that, but I have deep concerns about the way that the legislative branch has handed over. branch has handed over its constitutional responsibilities through the years? Well, I don't believe that we should be going to war with Iran. And so I think that obviously, look, I have enormous respect for Representative both Kana and Massey on this. And I think that the important thing at this moment is there's two things I think are really critical.

One is what's happening on the ground, like we should be obviously supported. I mean, there's real harm happening to people and there are folks that are demanding rights. And we should always uplift that and recognize that we should be supporting folks on the ground when we can. At the same time, this idea that we're just going to go into war with Iran is, again, just part of Donald Trump's agenda to enact whatever he wants, wherever he wants. Okay. So let me just start with Garcia and his, we got to help them, you know, the protesters were so concerned about the protesters, the way they're being treated. Okay, nonsense. That argument makes no sense when you consider the fact that helping them in this context would mean

bombing the crap out of Iran. Is that going to help the Iranians? And is it really up to the United States to carry that out? Why is it our responsibility to carry that out? I don't think it is. I don't think it's our responsibility at all. And this is not in any way, shape, or form about helping protesters in Iran. This is about regime change. It's not even about weapons.

At the end of the day, Israel and Netanyahu in particular, for decades, has been calling for regime change war against Iran. So please spare me the fake concern from our politicians about the people of Iran. They don't even care about us. So if you think I'm going to believe for a second that our politicians give a damn about people in any other country, with the exception of Israel, they do care about the people of Israel, probably more than anyone else. I just, you're not going to convince me.

I'm sorry. And by the way, Robert Garcia, Congressman Papas, oh, Pappas. It doesn't matter what kind of impending war we're talking about. Take Iran out of it for a second. Congress is part of this crazy political system that the founders of our Constitution thought up. It's the system of checks and balances. So we don't live under a king who gets to decide everything without approval from another branch of government. In this case, it would be Congress.

So whether you're talking about impending war with Iran, whether you're talking about impending war with Iran, Whether you're talking about, you know, striking Russia, I don't know, anything, make it up. There should always be congressional approval. The idea that Congress would cede power to the executive branch in this regard is just a show, a sign of their cowardice. Because at the end of the day, these lawmakers want the war. They don't want to be on the record saying that they are against it. That's what's really going on here.

They're so cowardly that they will literally seed their power. to the executive branch so they don't have to be on the record, supporting a war that is deeply, deeply unpopular. Now, the three top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs, armed services, and intelligence committees also issued a joint statement on Friday saying that Trump needed to seek congressional authorization before taking military action. Now look, it's one thing to like, we're going to put out,

we're going to put out a statement. We're going to send Trump a letter. Okay, great, send him a letter. But then you've got to put some action behind it, right? But while individual members are supportive of this resolution in theory, on the surface, that's what you see, sources say that Hakeem Jeffries isn't really buying it. He's not really making an attempt to whip more votes for this effort, which doesn't surprise me. So as an organizer explains, Democratic leadership is putting in about as much energy into stopping this war as they did into pressuring Biden to rejoin the JCPOA, that was the Iran nuclear deal, which is to say

almost zero. It's obvious. They're not going to fight to protect Iranian lives if that means helping Trump avoid a war that will crater his popularity. And that's like the real reason why there's this like internal effort among the Democrats to sabotage the war powers act. And that's disgraceful. Look, I know that the popularity of the Democratic Party is rising at the moment, specifically because of the fact that the Trump administration, in the second term, especially, has been so disastrous. But don't let the Democrats win by default. They have to show us that they are willing to do the right thing. Now, Rokana, who again, I've grown a tremendous amount of respect for it in recent months, is not just talking to talk. He's walking the walk. And he

deserves credit for that. But someone as popular as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, right? If she really wants to show her foreign policy, you know, bona fides and do something, she could do something here. She could make a big deal about this. Every time she speaks, people listen. Every time she has a call to action, her supporters will spring into action. So she should use the bully pulpit to promote and pressure Democratic leadership to push for a vote on the War Powers Act. I'm not going to hold my breath, but I would love if she surprised me on this. Now, with that in mind, the political calculation was made apparent during a conversation that took place just last June between senior foreign policy aide to Chuck Schumer and a top official in the organization that opposes the Iran strikes.

So drop site news reported on what happened. Get a load of this. So in June of 2025, at the same time Trump was floating the possibility of striking against Iran, he spoke positively about encouraging progress in ongoing nuclear talks. Nice, suggesting that if a deal was met, those strikes would be off. Schumer responded by mocking the president. as Taco Trump, meaning Trump always chickens out. Okay, that's not where you mock Trump.

Okay, that's one of the rare instances where you as a Democrat, as Democratic leadership, applaud Trump and try to encourage him to go in the direction of peace. Instead, Schumer, who very clearly wants this war, is like, oh, yeah, I'm in high school or middle school, I'm going to call you a chicken. Oh, we want war. Embarrassing, absolutely embarrassing. So more than two dozen organizations sent a letter asking Schumer to delete that video

and just give Trump the opportunity to reach a diplomatic solution. So that letter led to a phone call between one of the letters organizers and top foreign policy aid to Schumer. So the foreign policy aid, whom DropSight agreed not to name, explained that a substantial number of Senate Democrats believed Iran ultimately needed to be dealt with militarily. I'm just going to pause to calm down before I read the rest of that. But those Democrats, the aid explained, also understood that going to war again in the Middle East would be a political catastrophe. That's precisely why they wanted Trump to be the one to do it. The hope was that Iran would take a blow, and so would Trump a win.

win for Democrats, absolute cowards. So they want the war, number one. And they want that cherry on top of Trump being harmed politically and the Republican party being harmed politically by engaging in a deeply unpopular war that the American people do not want. Now, hilariously, the aid claimed at the time that Schumer did not share those views and actually opposed war with Iran. We can just pause to laugh for a second.

But that same aid has taken at least two trips to Israel in the past few years, paid for by Apex, education arm. Anyone who takes those trips, super-sus. Contacted by DropSight, a Schumer spokesperson rejected that characterization of the call, asserting Leader Schumer's longstanding support for diplomatic solution as the best solution to Iran's nefarious actions. He should say that then, publicly. Rather than hear from a Schumer spokesperson, I want to hear him vociferously speak out against striking Iran.

But of course, he won't do that. Less than two weeks later, he made that taco video that Trump, two weeks, okay, sorry, two weeks after he made that taco video, Trump struck Iran's nuclear facilities and Schumer did what? He justified it. He said in a statement at the time, quote, I have long said that Israel has a right to defend itself. Let's pause. Let's pause. This is about Israel? This is about Israel, right? Like, the admission is right there. Iran is not a threat to the United States. They were nowhere near building nuclear weapons. They had enriched uranium to 60%, but still didn't even have the capacity to build the bomb.

The uranium wasn't enriched to 90%, which is what's necessary to build a nuclear bomb. We have obliterated their nuclear site. So we're not worried about Iran having nuclear weapons, number one. Number two, their ballistic missiles, which Israel is making a big deal about, could strike Israel, that's for sure. And I think Iran should have that capability of self-defense. They don't have the capacity to strike the United States. So why do we care about going to war with Iran, a country of 92 million people, a war that could spin out of control and become a regional war? What are we doing here? But I'll continue with the rest of Schumer's statement. I've long said that Israel has the right to defend itself and that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, ensuring

they never obtain one must remain a top national security priority. I disagree. I think it's actually a national security issue that Iran at this point doesn't have a deterrent. Because if they did have a deterrent, we wouldn't be dragged into a war that our soldiers would be forced to fight, that our country would be forced to pay for, further drowning us into debt when we're already $40 trillion in debt. These people do not care about us. Chuck Schumer is like a hundred years old. He's dead soon.

And I'm not saying that to make fun of him. It's just facts of life. But we will remain here dealing with the consequences and the aftermath of the destruction these lawmakers have brought upon us. I just want you to know that. And now as Trump barrels the United States toward more war with Iran, of course, Democratic leadership is largely quiet and is actively trying to undercut efforts to reign in the president. So I'm sure it has nothing to do with this. Let's take a look at this next graphic.

Oh, oh wow, would you look at that? That's quite a bit of money. It's quite a bit of money. Almost $6.5 million. Chuck Schumer has taken from A-PAC. So he knows where his bread is buttered. And if it means destroying the future of this country, he'll do it if the price is right. Now, I want to move on to something related but slightly different because I don't know how true this is. Okay. I heard it yesterday.

I kind of took it with a grain of salt, but I think you should probably hear it. So Sager and Jetty from Breaking Points is reporting that people within the treasurer, Trump administration are genuinely concerned that Israel will do something if it doesn't get its way with the U.S. going to war with Iran on its behalf. If they are left to their own devices, what does Sagar and Jedi say that members of the Trump administration are concerned about? Take a look. Trump has been cornered.

His options as he sees them are to start a war with Iran on something like our own terms or to be dragged into it at a time in the manner of Israel's choosing. The third option telling Israel to fight their own war is not on the table because he believes that if he does that, Israel will use nuclear weapons and he and members of his family will be in physical danger. I heard something similar in terms of what don't. I mean, look, I alluded to it earlier in our show, Crystal, is that Israel is fundamentally in control of the dynamic. When we talk about the Pentagon, the deep frustration within the White House right now. And again, I'm not excusing this.

I'm explaining kind of the view is, well, Israel may do it or not. And if they do it, then we're going to get sucked in. So we might as try to, well, try to control the dynamic. If I told you Israel would nuke them, like, dude, there's a serious part of, there's a serious thought here in Washington that they actually would, that they really would use to. I mean, considering what has now happened with Gaza. Oh, yeah. The gloves are all.

So at seven countries bombed in two years. Israel has a policy known as the Samson option, which means if there is any threat to the existence of Israel, they will use their nuclear weapons immediately. Okay, unhinged. We're talking about some of the most unhinged people on the planet. The Israelis have a clandestine nuclear program. They are not part of the non-proliferation treaty. So while we have these insanely high standards, I don't even say, I don't want to say insanely high standards. I think the non-proliferation treaty is a good thing. I think the existence of the IAEA is a good thing. But Israel is the only

nuclear power that A doesn't acknowledge that they have nuclear weapons, which they do. They don't acknowledge that they stole nuclear material from the United States, which they did and went on to build said clandestine nuclear weapons and nuclear program. But they did. And out of all the fears that were being sold about Iran, potentially, maybe at some point building a nuclear weapon, we're already dealing with a nuclear power that is belligerent and unhinged. The country that's been committing genocide, the country that has struck Lebanon more than a thousand times after agreeing to a ceasefire deal in 2024, that's the country that has nuclear weapons. And apparently that's the country the Trump administration is concerned will use

those nuclear weapons if they don't get their way. That's our ally. That's our special ally. Now look, this is hearsay. So I want you to take it for what it is. We don't have any evidence that this is what their genuine concerns are. And at the end of the day, we all know that Donald Trump is a good little horror for Israel, just like our former presidents have been. I mean, Miriam Adelson didn't give him hundreds of millions of dollars for nothing. So is it really fear of nuclear war that's discouraging Trump from doing the right thing and avoiding war with Iran?

I don't know. What I do know is if you look at the behavior of Israel, if you look at how little they value human life, out of all the nuclear powers on this planet, Israel's the one to be concerned about. Anyway, we got to take a break. When we come back, we'll switch gears a little bit and talk about pretty devastating investigation into something that transpired in Gaza in March of last year, where over a dozen rescue workers were intentionally slaughtered by the IDF. We'll be right back. Hopeful heart and open eyes shares a comment that I really, I want to spend some time on it. Okay, so it's American people spazzed when taxes on tea went up a long time ago.

Today, they just fight each other instead and pay no attention to any classist grip. I can't tell you how often I think about that. And something that comes to mind is one of the emails I read in the latest tranche of Epstein files, where I can't remember exactly who it was, but I believe it was a financier emailing Epstein. And he was basically bragging about how we don't have to worry about the population, okay? They're nicely distracted with the bread and circuses. And it really upset me. And it made me commit even more to avoiding fighting with my fellow Americans, right?

Like all of our ire needs to be directed at powerful people who make the decisions. Okay, don't let those folks convince you that your time is better suited, fighting with other individuals, other Americans who are struggling under this system, but really do not have the power to change it. They're not the decision makers. So yeah, you can engage in debates, but don't ever let hatred take over your heart to the point where you're fighting the wrong people. All right, let's go to Mad City, Miss Kitty. Love that handle. If they cared about protecting protesters, they'd stop voting to fund ICE. See, that's the thing. I mean, I had a conversation today with someone who's like, I just, I feel like Democrats kind of love it when Trump is in charge because they get to complain about him.

They don't have to worry about delivering for their voters. And at the same time, they bring in a nice hall when it comes to their fundraising. And yeah, the system is so sick because it does seem to reward. It seems to incentivize inaction and an unwillingness to carry out the best interests of your constituents. And we need to change that. That's really at the heart of all of our problems right now. All right, we've got Constantine Kaviris, who gifted five TYT memberships. Thank you and welcome to our new members.

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Going to war is a waste of money, especially when it's not about national security or defending ourselves. That said, as much as I love the idea of a single payer healthcare system, I hate our government. I don't trust them and we need to get them out. We need to get the rot out. We need to change the system. Otherwise they're gonna bung- if we miraculously get Medicare for all, they will bungle it. That's the kind of people we're dealing with. Or wasting your time.

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All right, let's move on to some other news. How about we talk a little bit about this? The third objective we set out to do is to make sure that Gaza never poses a threat to Israel again. That requires de-radicalization. That's a difficult word, but it means re-education. It means a change. It's been done in other parts of the world.

Strong words from the guy who facilitated the funding of Hamas, But nonetheless, as Israel continues to carry out the mass slaughter of the Palestinian people in an effort to steal their land in both Gaza and the West Bank, of course, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Njahou declares that Palestinians need to be de-radicalized and re-educated. Maybe Israelis should, you know, take their own advice, especially when we learn about the intentional killings of aid workers that took place in March of last day. year in Gaza specifically. So I want to give you a warning. This story is horrific. It's hard to even accept the fact that evil like this exists, but it does. And you should know about it because this is our ally. These are our special allies. Okay. So Israeli soldiers ambushed and massacred. 15 Palestinian aid workers, rescue workers in southern Gaza. This again took place in March of last year.

And this is according to a new investigation that was carried out. Eight of the aid workers, by the way, were actually shot at point blank range. There was absolutely no confusion about who these victims were. There was no indication that they were Hamas terrorists or anything like that. So let's go through the story, buckle up. It all began with an Israeli airstrike that took place in Gaza near the Rafa border on March 23rd. Now, around 352 a.m., the Palestinian Red Crescent dispatched two ambulances from two different areas to respond to the airstrike. Obviously, you're going to have some people who are hurt, maybe killed.

Oftentimes, there are civilians involved. More civilians get killed as a result of Israel's military campaigns than, you know, the intended targets. But nonetheless, one rescue vehicle arrived a little before the other. Now, the first ambulance had its emergency lights turned on, and as soon as they showed up to the scene, they were attacked by Israeli fire. So Mustafa Kaffaja, who was driving lost control of the vehicle, probably after getting shot, which veered the left off the road and stopped near an electricity pole. So at that point, Kaffaja and his colleague, Ez Eldin Schott, who was in the in the passenger seat, we're both killed.

So like the absolute scumbag cowards they've proven themselves to be, the IDF soldiers were positioned on an elevated sandback by the road with no obstructions limiting their line of sight. So they've got an easy shot, they see the ambulance workers, boom, we're going to shoot them immediately. Okay. So again, they knew who they were targeting. Now, a third Palestinian Red Crescent worker, okay, Munther Abed, who was in the back of the vehicle,

threw himself to the floor of the van and survived. After the shooting stopped, Israeli soldiers approached the ambulance and dragged him out of the car, beat him, and detained him at a nearby pit. Now, sometime later, two Palestinian civilians, a father and a son, were also detained and brought to that same pit. Okay. At this point, the second ambulance shows up to the scene looking for the first ambulance. This is around 4.35 a.m. And I'm sorry, they had lost communication with the first ambulance at 3.15.5 a.m. They arrived to the scene at 4.35 a.m.

Now, in total, a five-vehicle rescue convoy arrived at the scene of this attack, of the attack of the first ambulance. And by 5 a.m., all five of those emergency vehicles are there on the scene. Now, a Palestinian Red Crescent worker in one of the ambulances, guy by the name of Rafat Radoan, began filming on his phone as they drove to the site. His recovered videos as well as recordings of phone calls by two other aid workers at the scene to the Palestinian Red Crescent dispatch, provided. crucial evidence of the Mastikor. So this investigation was, they were able to do this investigation

relying on witness testimony, videos, satellite imagery. There was a lot of evidence to kind of piece together what occurred here. And Rafat's video ended up being critical for the evidence. Now, a bed who was attained at gunpoint on the elevated sandbank testified that the soldiers were kneeling and aiming their weapons at that convoy as it approach, right, that convoy of five vehicles. The IDF soldiers later walked toward the aid workers, and here's what happened next. Upon reaching the vehicles, the Israeli soldiers continued to fire as they walked between the ambulances and the fire truck, shooting the aid workers at close range in execution-style killings. According to autopsy reports first reported by the Guardian, the aid worker who filmed the video, Rodwan, was shot in the head.

So do you guys remember all the stories we covered where you'd hear testimony from international doctors, American doctors who risked their lives and volunteered their time to help save people in Gaza? And they kept sharing the same story, that they kept seeing talking. toddlers in the hospital with gunshot wounds to their heads and chests. I never denied that that was real, but now that we're reading about this investigation, do you deny? Does anyone deny that that was real? Why would American doctors lie to us? They shot toddlers in the head. In this case, they literally shot rescue workers in the head. And you shouldn't be surprised. We have other instances, other case studies that we can turn to for evidence. Remember that double tap on the hospital?

So the Israelis do a strike on a hospital in Gaza. Rescue workers show up on the scene. And as soon as the rescue workers are there, they do another strike to kill the rescue workers. These are the people who tell us that we need to go to war with Iran because Iran is so dangerous. So by the end of the massacre, Israel killed eight aid workers with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, six from Palestinian civil defense and a UN relief agency staffer. The massacre has been investigated by the independent research groups, earshot, and forensic architecture. DropSight News wrote extensively about their investigation, so you can check out their reporting on this.

The report, again, provided a minute-by-minute account of how the killings were carried out. And in order to conduct the investigation, earshot and forensic architecture relied on open source information, images, videos, satellite imagery, social media posts, as well as in-depth interviews with two of the survivors of the attack. Only two of the people that were targeted by the IDF survived in this case. Here's what else their investigation found. Israeli soldiers ambushed the Palestinian aid workers and subjected them to a near-year-old. continuous assault for over two hours. The soldiers, by the way, never came under fire, which should be obvious. These people who were targeted were rescue workers. They're not armed

militants. They didn't come for the IDF soldiers. They came to help civilians who might have been harmed as a result of the Israeli airstrike. At least 910 gunshots were documented across three video and audio recordings of the attack. The vast majority of these gunshots, at least 844, were fired over just five minutes and 30 seconds. At least 93% of the gunshots recorded in the first minutes of the attack were fired directly towards the emergency vehicles and aid workers by Israeli soldiers. During this time, at least five shooters fired simultaneously. Witness His testimonies suggest as many as 30 soldiers were present in the area. Can we just quickly acknowledge how unbelievably gross and cowardly it is to just execute

unarmed aid workers and rescue workers? Like do they feel good about themselves? Do these people think that they're good people? They do, that's the amazing thing. They think they're the righteous moral ones as they're killing innocent people who are showing up to the scene to help people in need. And I'm supposed to believe that it's the Palestinians that need to be reeducated. I'm supposed to believe that it's the Palestinians who are taught, like they get a formal

education in hating the Israelis. Why don't we check in on the type of education Israeli children are getting? Because I guarantee you, they're not being taught love toward the Palestinian people. In the immediate aftermath of this attack, the Israeli military conducted extensive earthworks at the site. So in the days and weeks that followed, the area was further transformed by the Israeli military's construction of the Morag corridor, a secure, I'm not going to refer to it as a security zone.

What a joke. It's a zone splitting the southern Gaza Strip and the erection of an aid distribution site operated by the Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is well known for shooting at desperate and starving Palestinians as they waited in line for humanitarian aid. The Israeli military was forced to change its story about this ambush repeatedly, because more and more evidence kept popping up showing that they intentionally targeted

these innocent people, these aid workers. And they threw the aid workers' bodies in a mass grave. Their flattened vehicles were found and audio recordings of the very aid workers that the IDF slaughtered were also found. And all of that was used to piece together evidence of what actually occurred that day. Yet, an internal military inquiry ultimately did not recommend any criminal action against the army units responsible for the incident, which I'm past anger when it comes to reading stuff like that. because after seeing the video of the Palestinian hostage getting gang raped by IDF soldiers, it was on video.

After seeing the Israeli society's response to that, which is you better not punish them. You better not punish them. After seeing how those individuals were celebrated as if they're heroes, I don't put anything past Israelis. Sorry. You're showing the entire world who you are and, and, what you're made of. And then you get mad at people for just plainly stating who you are and what you're made of. You could prove otherwise, but I haven't seen it yet. So when Dropside News reached out to the Israeli officials for a comment, they ignored specific questions, also unsurprising. But they pointed

to the findings of an international investigation that was published about a month later on April 20th. The incident occurred in a hostile and dangerous combat zone. Yeah, no kidding. Israelis were there under a widespread threat to the operating troops. So we're supposed to believe that it was a dangerous zone for the heavily armed IDF soldiers. Right. Okay. You know, there's nothing more dangerous than rescue workers in their ambulances, right?

It also found no evidence to support claims of execution, which it called blood libeles and false accusations against IDF soldiers. Yes, of course, it's blood libel to accurately describe what Israeli soldiers do to innocent aid workers in Gaza on a daily basis. Right, it's a blood libel. And if that's what's considered a blood libel, then I hope more people commit blood libel, meaning they're telling the truth about what Israel's up to. You know, when you start tacking on those types of words and phrases to things that people find deplorable, you know, killing innocent people, we find that deplorable. Then people are going to think, oh, I guess blood libel is a good thing then, because it means you're telling the truth. So maybe stop doing that, but they can't help themselves.

So while Netanyahu would have you believe that it is the Palestinians who are vicious animals who need to be deradicalized, I think the radicals right now are the ones who are trying to drag the United States into yet another Middle Eastern War. I think the radicals are the ones who claim ownership to an entire freaking continent for their own. I think they're the radicals. The ones who have a cultish belief in religious doctrine, or at least they pretend to, in order to justify endless slaughter and land theft. And that's the Israeli government. So they don't like it when you talk about them like this. But when you show the whole world who you are, I choose to believe you.

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Let's go to Nard Dog, who says this tactic reminds me of Democrats splitting the buildback better bill. Yes, yes, yes. That was the beginning of my black pill. Okay, all the shenanigans that transpired with the build back better bill, it really upset me. But anyway, they knew that, corporate port that the corporate pork part of the bill would pass and the other part would fail. Yeah, if you guys don't remember, Biden's build back better bill combined what he referred to as

physical infrastructure and then human infrastructure, meaning give people paid family leave, certain economic policies that would maybe bolster things like building families, something that people purport to care so much about. Oh, our birth rate is so low. But right now in our economy, the idea that you could have a stay-at-home mother is laughable. So paid family leave is tremendously popular across the board because most women, they don't want to, like, pop out a baby and go to work the next day. Okay, so it's, but they also don't want to lose everything that they've worked for career-wise. So we need to modernize our system.

But what Joe Manchin in Kirsten Cinema, by the way, check in on Kirsten Cinema, lots of issues with that lady, they fought tooth and nail as Democrats in the Senate to separate the, separate the physical infrastructure part, which they knew would pass because it is a corporate giveaway, which, by the way, also include privatizing some of our public lands. Great job, Democrats. Anyway, thank you for bringing that up. I really appreciate when people have that kind of callback, because of it's. it's important to remember the mistakes the Democrats made. I don't even know if it was a mistake. It's what they did on purpose. This Can't Be Real says, I appreciate TYT very much as a source of info.

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with AI technology and warfare because there is one AI company that at least was trying to pump the brakes on what AI can do. And it looks like Pete Higgseth, the Secretary of War, is pushing for something that could be absolutely disastrous. So let's get into it. Anthropic CEO, Dario Amadeh, who is someone who insists that his company's AI model cannot be used to conduct mass surveillance or to carry out violence,

is now locked in a bit of a stalemate with the U.S. defense secretary Pete Hexeth. This is disastrous because Pete Hegseth is, for lack of a better word, not well. He's not someone that I trust to make sound decisions when it comes to war and peace. But nonetheless, he has given Anthropic an ultimatum. If Anthropic doesn't remove its AI safeguards, then the Pentagon can force them to do so. So Anthropic is considered the safest of the AI startups. Now, let me explain why it's considered that way, although you should always be skeptical of any company that claims, no, we're the moral ones, right?

In this case, it does seem like the CEO, Amadei, is concerned about how AI could be damaging to society and wants to do something about it, but everyone's got their price, right? But anyway, so their model, according to Amadei, who used to work over at OpenAI, ended up resigning from Open AI specifically because he felt that the organization's development of AI was irresponsible. So, I mean, he doesn't just talk to talk, he walks the walk, he left, he left Open AI, he starts his own thing. So the CEO has consistently warned that AI technology could lead to an economic doomsday and even worse than that.

So Amadei said there could be a future with 5% to 10% GDP growth and 10% unemployment. I think this is probably a time to worry less about disincentivizing growth and worry more about making sure that everyone gets a part of that growth. which sounds lovely. We are not organized to force that to happen. And I really do mean force, because as much as a CEO of an AI company claims he would like to do that, you can't just leave it up to executives and CEOs. You need to have an organized population that is effective in applying pressure. So the fruits of that labor is shared and doesn't become a doomsday scenario. But I digress. More disturbingly, though, he has said, he has warned, there is a 10% to 25% chance that AI goes rogue and unleashes planetary chaos, which I am worried about because there is a lot of talk about how AI can be used to engage in warfare autonomously, which why do we want that? Oh, oh, using like drones, pressing buttons remotely wasn't good enough for you. Now you want to take all of the human component out of it and have freaking robots fight war.

Like, what are we talking about here? But anyway, as a result, he called for government regulations on AI technology and has pushed back pretty hard against the federal moratorium on AI-related regulations. But Anthropics push for safety has put this startup at odds with the Trump administration. and the Pentagon in particular. So Amade is especially loathed by AI czar, David Sacks, who has long pushed to keep Silicon Valley as unregulated as possible. Now, Sachs has even deployed a well-known loser tactic of calling anything he doesn't like woke. It's, can we, it's not 2024 anymore.

We got to get past it. You got to find a new word. You can't just slap the woke label on everything you dislike. He accused Anthropic of being woke. Oh, no, so woke. They don't want, you know, autonomous, like robots killing people. They're so bad. David Sachs is insane.

But anyway, Anthropic did manage to sign a $200 million contract with the Pentagon last year, despite its tensions with the Trump administration. For example, Anthropics' AI models known as Claude were used in the kidnapping of Venezuela and president, Nicholas Maduro. See, this is what I'm talking about. Like, there really is no moral CEO, okay? Like, at the end of the day, you have a profit motive and money talks. So that's something to keep in mind.

I don't want anyone to be fooled into thinking like, oh my God, Anthropic is so much better, we should trust them with our lives. But according to Anthropics guidelines, Claude cannot be used for two things. Number one, mass surveillance of U.S. citizens, good. And number two, military strikes in which AI makes targeting decisions without human guidance. Now, those are two areas where I would agree with Anthropic, and I hope that they hold true to those principles. But the Pentagon is not happy about it and has stated that Anthropics should not be allowed to set its own red lines. So the federal government in this context is willing to tell a corporation what they can and can't do.

The Trump administration just lifted all regulations on a pesticide that has been incredibly damaging to human health. So like regulation is totally fine when it comes to a corporation that could potentially provide the Pentagon with something it wants. And in this case, they don't want a private company to do what they want. They want this private company to do what the government wants. Okay, interesting. So this is so crazy. The Pentagon has also stated that if Anthropic did keep these guidelines, right, these restrictions, it would not cross either of Anthropics red lines.

Okay. So Anthropic has so far resisted the Pentagon's demands. I don't know how much longer that's going to last. So the Pentagon is now threatening to revoke Anthropics contract. Like where are the anti-regulation Republicans right now? Where are they? Why aren't they speaking out against this? The Pentagon could force Anthropic to hand over its AI models without restrictions through the Defense Production Act, so they do have some avenues in which they could force this to happen. The Defense Production Act is an example. Now, what is that? It allows the federal government to take control of supply chains in emergencies. There is no emergency. It's just that Trump's administration wants this technology, potentially for mass surveillance of Americans,

and potentially to make strike decisions without any human judgment involved whatsoever. And we're talking about a guy who's pushing for this, Pete Hegesith, who at least we know in the past he was an alcoholic, and I have no reason to believe he isn't one right now. But anyway, you'll notice that those two ultimatums are contradictory. Nevertheless, Hegsit has given Amadeh until 2 p.m. this Friday, meaning in like two days to comply. with the Pentagon's demands. In the meantime, Anthropic is already making some pretty worrying changes, so it looks like they might be caving. So as we mentioned in the beginning of the story, Anthropic has branded itself as the safe

and cautious AI company. However, recently Anthropic loosened some of their safety guidelines. According to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic previously paused development work on its model if it could be classified as dangerous, but said it would end that prehistory. practice if a comparable or superior model was released by a competitor. See what I'm saying about the profit motive here? At the end of the day, they're trying to compete. And now it would be a good time to pause and remind you all of that panel discussion

that took place at the World Economic Forum, where quite openly you have representatives from various Western countries talking about how much of a problem it is that we have privacy rights in the West. They don't have privacy rights in China. So how are we going to compete with China in AI when they have that upper hand, when they get to spy, when they get to surveil their people? And here in the West, we've got those pesky regulations and laws protecting the people from government spying, from mass surveillance. So if we put our guard down, which I really hope we don't do, we will see a day where our privacy rights, which I believe at this point are hanging by a thread, will just be completely demolished in the name of helping these tech

companies compete with China when it comes to AI. No, thank you. Now, Anthropic has stated that without this change, it would be unable to keep up with the competitors. I don't care. Why is that, why would that ever be persuasive to me? I don't care. And no one else should care. Oh, a private company is unable to compete with other private companies. Don't care. I care about my safety. I care about living in a world that isn't controlled by autonomous robots that have the capacity to literally kill.

Like, what are we doing? But anyway, this startup has claimed that its ongoing dispute with the Pentagon did not influence its decision. I don't believe that personally. but let's remind ourselves once more of the stakes here. So Professor Kenneth Payne recently conducted a test in which he pitted three AI models, Anthropics Claude, Alphabet's Gemini, and OpenAI's ChatGPT against each other in a series of war games involving, ooh, goody, nuclear weapons. The models were given the chance to escalate, deescalate, use tactical nuclear strikes,

or unleash all-out nuclear warfare. Pain found that while the models rarely resorted to all-out nuclear holocaust, almost all games saw tactical battlefield nuclear weapons deployed. And fully three quarters reached the point where the rivals were making threats to use strategic nuclear weapons. Strikingly, there was little sense of horror or revulsion at the prospect of all nuclear war, even though the models had been reminded about the devastating implications, because they're not human, they're robots.

We already have robots governing us in government, and they're useless, but these robots would be dangerous, even more dangerous than the robots we have now in Congress. But further, Kenneth Payne writes that no model ever chose accommodation or withdrawal, despite those being on the menu. The eight de-escalatory options from minimal concession through complete surrender went entirely unused across 21 games. Models would reduce violence levels but never actually give ground. When losing, they escalated or died trying.

There is a lot to be concerned about when it comes to the development of AI. We've been talking a lot about people losing their jobs and what that would mean for society. What would our economy look like? What do we do to make people whole if we do live in a society where jobs are now obsolete because people have been replaced with AI? But what's even more concerning is the Pentagon's lust for this type of technology. And they want it to be completely unregulated for their own purposes. And when you take a look at what our military has engaged in over the last several decades,

this is a scary scenario that we see coming up very soon. And there's no cop that wants to stop it. So here we are. This is what we're dealing with. We'll follow up on this whole debacle with Anthropic and see if this executive is willing to hold true to his principles. I personally wouldn't hold my breath. We'll be right back. I am going to be the cop that stops it.

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Voters have a right to ask questions of any nominee, whether they're independent, Republican, or Democrat. The system is monopoly that suppresses competition. How is it the year 2024? And we're still like maybe they'll talk about paid medical. How are we? How is that like at one level it's like, what we're talking about it now? You're like, it's 2024.

And that's always been the critique. your critique of us is, well, you guys give good speeches, you put out good tweets, but you're not wielding actual power. Now we're starting to. My favorite news platform by far. It's not even close. It's not a country and a principle. And that's what you and I both work to achieve. And I'm so glad for at least half the battle has now been won. If you want to go really hear what's going on honestly, you should tune into the Young Turks. Thanks for doing. Such a great job. Please keep it up. Hang tough. Yeah. That makes me so happy. Oh, I like making you know about that. This is a happy Anna Kasparian. You're welcome, YouTube. Join the Dragon Squad by becoming a YouTube channel member. Click the join button below or sign up on tYT.com slash join to get access to fun emojis,

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Oh, believe me, I've noticed. Did it ever occur to you if they need to be kicked? out that you can replace them with the people who will. Nice try at your hidden right wing grift. Let me just be very clear about something. I'm very clear about what I think. So if I were a right winger, I would just tell you all, I'm a right winger, but I'm not a right winger. And if I wanted to grift, I guarantee you, I wouldn't be here at TYT.

I'd be making a lot more money somewhere. making a lot more money somewhere else. But if you don't trust me, anyone in the audience who thinks I'm secretly a right-wing grifter, why are you watching the show? You can watch a whole host of other shows where people tell you exactly what you hear. But let me be clear about something.

Here in Los Angeles, here in California, we have a ton of politicians who have carried out the dream policies that progressives want, and they've bungled it. So that's what I'm referring to when I talk about politicians who purport they want something. They pass it and they see it as an opportunity to enrich themselves in one way or another. Just take a look at Karen Bass and what she's done with, oh, I want to take care of the homeless. Has she taken care of the homeless?

Because homelessness has exploded under her watch. She'll tell you the opposite, but it's not true. But anyway, kick rocks and let's move on to the rest of the show. So I want to talk a little bit about the economy. because when you see bank executives raising alarm, maybe we should be concerned. And Jamie Diamond is the latest example of that. So J.P. Bargan Chase CEO, Jamie Diamond, is raising alarm over the U.S. economy while Wall Street is still on high alert after a viral report came out predicting impending economic doom. Now, if you're normal working class American, that economic doom has been here for a long time already.

But it looks like the rich are worried because this could impact the stock market. So let's talk about it a little bit. Now, one of the arguments is that AI is going to play into all of this and not in the way that you're expecting. AI is definitely going to harm jobs for ordinary people. But there's also an AI bubble that I have fully bought into and all. I'll explain what I mean by that. So let's start with Diamond. Here's what he just told J.P. Morgan Chase investors.

He says, quote, my own view is people are getting a little comfortable that this is real, these high asset prices and high volumes, and that we won't have any problems. So there absolutely are asset bubbles in the country right now. These asset bubbles overwhelmingly impact affluent, wealthy people who are invested in the stock market or who are looking at the value of their home or the equity that they've built on their home thinking that that equity is real. It is real theoretically, but it's partially pumped up through artificial forces. And what I mean by that is when you're not building housing and there's limited supply and people desperately need housing, right? There's high demand. Well, that drives up

the value of your home. But we need to build more housing. So you shouldn't be wedded to your equity because you should be comfortable with your equity going down just a little bit so we can have more housing supply, right? That's a good example. Another example of asset bubbles, take a look at the stock market, look at stock buybacks. So when you see the value of shares go up, but you haven't really seen any change in innovation, you haven't seen any change in productivity. Why is the value of these shares going up? It could be stock buybacks. It could be due to cheap money through the Federal Reserve printing, pumping liquidity into the system, you know, things like that, basically.

So he says, you feel stupid when everyone's coining money and everyone's great. It does feel really good. And then when I think about all the factors taking place, I take a deep breath and say, watch out. Okay. So what exactly is you referring to? the stock prices of large U.S. companies are reaching dizzying highs that really don't make much sense. And there are signs of major asset bubbles. And to understand what I mean, you have to become familiar with the, it's called a cyclically adjusted price to earnings ratio or

Cape ratio. I'm going to call it Cape ratio moving forward, right? So the ratio compares stock prices to how profit, how much profit companies are making. So the SACPRA. So the The S&P 500 recorded an average CAPE ratio of 40.1 in January of 2020, 2026. That's the highest reading since the dot-com crash in September of 2000. So basically what Jamie Diamond is saying right now is that the value of these assets are too high. It's artificial. This bubble is going to burst eventually. The index's monthly cape ratio has only been that high 22 times since it was created in 1957, 829 months ago, meaning the stock market has been so expensive, less than 3% of the time in history. And so Diamond stated, quote, I'm not assuaged by the fact that asset prices are high.

In fact, I think that adds to the risk. So specifically, Diamond explained that he is worried about the fate of software companies if AI technology continues to improve. And that brings us to a post that was written by Citrini Research. Okay, so that was published over the weekend. Anyone paying attention to economic analysis is kind of freaking out about this report. I want to tell you a little bit about what it said. So it's a report that was written about a hypothetical future in which AI lives up to, all of the hype, all of the expectations that we've been discussing on this show for a while

and ends up disrupting the economy slash destroying the economy as a result. So the speculative date of the report is June 28, about two to half years from now. The unemployment rate printed 10.2% this morning, a 0.3% upside surprise. The market sold off 2% of the market sold off 2% of the number bringing the cumulative drawdown in the SNP to 38% from its October 2026 highs. So private credit is unraveling. Prime mortgages are cracking. By the way, no one's paying attention to that at all other than me, apparently, but those like subprime mortgages, they've been back and we're currently living in an economic situation where consumer debt is at an all-time high. I don't know what this is going to mean for subprime mortgages in the near future, but it's not looking good.

It should have been clear all along that a single GPU cluster in North Dakota generating the output previously attributed to 10,000 white collar workers in Midtown Manhattan is more economic pandemic than economic panacea. AI got better and cheaper. Companies laid off workers then use the savings to buy more. AI capability, which let them lay off more workers. Displaced workers spent less. Companies that sell things to consumers sold fewer of them, weakened, and invested more in AI to protect margins. AI got better and cheaper, a feedback loop with no natural break. So what this report describes is widespread job loss. We've been worried about that. Plummeting wages, crisis of mortgages, because if you don't have a job, how are you going to pay your mortgage?

If you have a subprime mortgage, you're probably going to be in a lot more trouble. And also a bloodbath of companies suddenly rendered obsolete due to AI technology. Not good, right? Now, apparently the report struck a nerve. Every stock that this report mentioned by name was down in afternoon trading on Monday. The co-founder of DoorDash, for instance, one of the companies that went extinct in this analysis carried out by Citrini, even came out and publicly addressed the report. What did they say? In the report, DoorDash is destroyed because AI agents are able to code a plethora of alternative delivery apps. Those same AI agents then direct customers to apps that can undercut DoorDash's pricing model. And so Andy Fang, DoorDash's co-founder, stated that

the company is aware of the changes that AI technologies will bring forth and working very hard to stay on top of those changes. Okay, we'll see. So all of this leads to a big question. If these predictions of an economic apocalypse are correct, when exactly is this going to happen? When can we expect it to come true? And interestingly enough, that was a hard question that was asked to CNBC anchor and journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, who just wrote a book about the 1929 stock market crash. Let's hear what he asked to say about all of this. I think we are invariably headed towards some kind of correction, if not worse. And if you look at where our economy is today, given all the spending that's going on in artificial intelligence, somewhat

indiscriminately, I would add, at valuations that are, you know, shocking, the rubber will meet the road at some point. Charles Merrill, who founded Merrill Lynch back in 1928, told people to get out of the market. Now, you might think that was a brilliant thought, except for the fact that from the beginning of 1928 to September of 1929, the stock market went up 90%. It's not just knowing that there's going to be, you know, a correction of some sort or a it's getting the timing right and knowing when to get on, off, and on the train again. You know, when it comes to AI, something to kind of look out for is some of these AI companies are like devastatingly over leveraged, meaning that they've taken out a tremendous amount

of debt, more debt than their companies are worth. So when you talk about the AI bubble, that's what people are referring to. And when you look at what transpired before the Great Depression, people were literally taking out debt in order to invest in the stock market. So people were over leveraged in order to play part in a stock market that looked amazing. But in reality, you know, you notice similar trends in terms of asset bubbles in the lead up to the Great Depression. So timing aside, Sorkin believes that we are eventually headed for a crash. And that's in part due to the circular spending in the AI space. He explains more in the next clip.

So Open AI just made $100 billion commitment to Invidia. It doesn't have $100 billion to commit. So what's happened here? Invidia said, you know what, we'll finance you. So effectively, Nvidia is giving Open AI the money that Open AI is going to give back to Nvidia. Are you suggesting that's a scam? Are you suggesting that the timing of the way leverage works and being paid back is such that it causes, these disruptions, depressions, possibly, or corrections more optimistically?

If you get to a terrible moment, it's the leverage which sucks the confidence out of the system because it's not just that there's a correction in the system, meaning it's not just that some of these stocks fall by 20 or 30 percent. It's that if you're leveraged, you owe three and four times that. And you can't come back. And you can't come back. Is that where we are? I think that's where we are probably right now.

Now, if that isn't concerning enough, in this next clip, you're going to hear the most haunting portion of the interview, if you ask me, because in this clip, Sorkin is going to describe his interactions with the mega-rich people who are in control of the economy as we speak. What are those conversations like? What are those exchanges like? He's about to tell you. They ultimately believe that ending inequality is also an end to their, is an end to their potentially to their

and end to their affluence. It's funny, for all the talk about increasing the size of the pie, I think they also recognize that there might only be one size of the pie and who's taking which piece is the question. But they don't sense the resentment,

much less hatred. Oh, I think that they, oh, I think that they clearly get the resentment and the hatred. By the way, most of these people feel very alone in that way. I see you wiping a tear away from the corner of your eye. No, I'm not. I'm just suggesting that I think of when you, when you think about these people at the very top, I actually think they're very cognizant of the resentment.

Certain people have taken a position that they just don't care. Okay, great. I mean, if they don't care, then let's just say it with our whole chest, we don't just resent them. We hate them. They've destroyed this country and this economy. Many of them are the same crooks who have dragged this country into wars that we should. shouldn't be involved in on behalf of Israel. These are the worst people in the country. They don't love the country. They just see everything about what can I get out of it? How could I benefit from this?

Screw the American people. These are the people who have been enabled by our political elite, who have been bought by the corporate class, right? The Epstein class. These are the donors. These are the whole, they feel so lonely. A lot of them are being outed right now in the Epstein files, which is great. I hope one day they feel lonely in a prison cell.

But for now, unfortunately, we have to deal with them because we have a political class that doesn't want to rein them in at all because they're bought by them. Anyway, story just broke. We're going to do a longer piece on this tomorrow. I want to do it with Jank and I want to really do my research on it. But J.D. Vance just announced that the Trump administration will be suspending Medicaid payments entirely to the state. of Minnesota. I believe the state of Minnesota and any state that is denied these resources should immediately suspend their federal taxes. Why am I paying this piece of crap, useless federal government and getting nothing out of it? F the government, stop paying your federal

taxes. These people don't deserve a freaking dime. We gotta take a break. We'll be right back. All right, welcome back to the show, everybody. Impeach for Peace says Clinton and Biden voted for Iraq, Kamala, Buttigieg, and Newsom would love to vote for Iran. Can I say I agree with you or someone in the audience can accuse me of being a right-wing grifter? Devin writes in and says our system of checks and balances is about as slanted as Fox News's coverage. I mean, cable news coverage, period. Don't shoot on the goalkeeper says every single them trying to block this resolution should enlist and go fight this war themselves. they never would.

They're expecting either you or your children to do that. Old dirty pastor says, I could be wrong, but I'm guessing they're just thoroughly annoyed with Roe being the rock star of the party. Oh, absolutely. They hate when anyone in the party is actually doing something and making them embarrassed over the fact that they're doing nothing. But I hope Roe keeps going. Like, please don't stop.

Like for the first time in a long time, I'm feeling appreciation toward a member of Congress. That's unheard of these days. Let's go to art guy who says, Anna is so talented if she wanted to grift. Listen, I need you guys to understand something about grifting or me presenting myself as something I'm not. I'm literally incapable of doing it. I wish I were capable of hiding who I really am.

I'm just not. I tell you exactly what I'm thinking. Okay, I think the far left is detrimental to getting anything accomplished. That doesn't mean I'm a right way. It means that I want policies that work. I want to be a little more like, I don't know, Mom Donnie. Mom Donnie had banned the homeless sweeps or whatever in New York City. And then the storm came.

20 people died on the streets and he's like, oh, it turns out it's actually a good idea to move people indoors. And so you know what he did? He recalibrated instead of using cops to do it, which I don't think is the right way to do it. He has, they're kind of like social workers, reach out to people and try to get them to agree to come indoors. That is a leader. That is someone realizing, oh, you know what? Turns out I was wrong.

And what I did ended up hurting people, I don't want more people to get hurt. So I'm going to recalibrate like a leader would. But the far left, they look at failure and they say, oh, give me more. Give me more of it. And if you don't like that because you're on the far left, good. I don't care. But I'm never going to lie about what I actually think. If I wanted to be a grifter, then you would see me making a lot more money.

I wouldn't be sitting in my little place, okay, doing a show online. I'd find another way to make a lot more money. Anyway, let me read the rest of our guys comment. She'd be doing it from a mansion on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Here, here. sexy speed racer says, of course, an internal review almost always concludes no one in the IDF deserves to be punished for misdeeds. That's usually the outcome. Another radical dragon, we're running out of time.

I'm not going to have time to read this comment. I'll read it when we come back from the break, so I'll see you there. 811 says, I watched this show because all actually seem authentic. Yeah, if people haven't caught on to that yet, I don't know what to tell you. Then I was going to read one more comment from another radical dragon who says on blood libel, truth is not libel. If you don't want to be accused of rape, then don't rape.

If you don't want people to think that it's socially acceptable in your society, then publicly punish it when it happens. The fact that you were willing to stop and do something like that in a potential combat zone is an exacerbating factor, not a mitigating one. Thank you another radical dragon. I agree with you on that. When people call you out on behavior that's proven, it's not smearing you, it's not libel, you're being called out for bad behavior. And in this case, when it comes to that IDF story that we did, you're killing innocent aid workers and, you know, rescuers. It's just crazy.

Anyway, let's move on to our next story. Let's talk a little bit about the latest in the ongoing Epstein's saga. I think that we will ever see the files that have not been released or even the full files, you know, the parts that have been, you know, the redacted or left out. And do you know how much that we haven't seen, right? How would you describe the volume that we don't yet know about? I would say we haven't seen about half and it's the worst half. And the fact that we've seen half and it's already stirred the conscience of this country

that shocked the conscience. shows how bad the stuff that we haven't seen it is. There are new claims that the Justice Department may be purposefully withholding the remainder of the Epstein files, specifically because they want to protect Donald Trump. Now, there could be some pretty damning documents in there that incriminate Donald Trump. I think the focus on one person or the other kind of misses the force for the trees. But in terms of why we're not getting the full Epstein files, like what could be the actual motivating factor? I think this is a pretty good explanation. So the claim comes from a bombshell NPR investigation, which asserts that the Justice Department withheld and removed files allegedly detailing Trump sexually assaulting a minor.

Now, these are allegations that Trump had sexually assaulted a minor. We know about this allegation thanks to internal FBI documents. and a slideshow that was made public in the release of the Epstein files, right? But we don't have all of the information. Let me explain what I mean. So Trump's accuser claims that he pushed her head down and pressured her to perform oral sex on him while being introduced by Epstein. The woman told investigators that she retaliated against Trump by biting him, by biting his penis, according to the internal FBI document.

she said that Trump then punched her in the head and kicked her out of the room. Now, this incident was said to have happened in the 1980s when the accuser was just 13 years old. Her claims were clearly seen as credible. And I say that because the FBI did launch investigation into that matter. Agents reviewed the alleged victim four times in 2019. Now, since they interviewed her four times, then we should have access to four separate interviews, right? Except we don't. So independent journalist Roger Solinger revealed this month that only the first interview has been released.

NPR's report says only the FBI's first interview with the Trump accuser in which she makes no allegations of wrongdoing against the president was part of the DOJ's massive records release made public. late last month. So where are the documents and notes pertaining to the other three interviews? We don't know. We don't have access to them. And they might exist. Like, I think there's a little bit of concern that they're being destroyed. But what we do know without a shadow of a doubt is that they have not been made public. NPR reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers, appearing before and after the pages in question stamped onto documents in the Epstein Files database. FBI case records, emails, and discovery document logs in the latest tranche of documents published at the end of January. So NPR's investigation found dozens of pages that appeared to be cataloged by the Justice Department, but not shared publicly.

And that includes, by the way, more than 50 pages of FBI interviews with the accuser. And of course, the Justice Department declined to give any sort of real explanation for, why they didn't release those interviews or those documents. Natalie Baldessare reiterated DOJ's stance that any documents not published are privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation. Now, we know that Trump is not being federally investigated for this, so you can cross that out as one of the excuses for why we can't see it. Is it privileged? Why is it privileged? Additionally, when asked for comment about the missing pages and the accusations against the president, a White House spokeswoman told NPR that

Trump has done more for Epstein's victims than anyone before him. That is so unbelievably insulting. Are you kidding me? The guy had to be forced to release heavily redacted and incomplete Epstein files. He literally called members of the Republican Party in for a meeting to pressure them to vote against the legislation that would force the DOJ to release the Epstein files. Lauren Bobert, one of his supporters, a Republican, was called in for that meeting because she was going to vote yes on that legislation. Luckily, he did not dissuade her. She still voted yes on that legislation.

And you know what he did to her afterwards? He killed a bill. Okay, I wasn't even a bill. Congress overwhelmingly passed a measure that would fund a water project in her district in Colorado, in rural Colorado, by the way, where they desperately needed that water project. He killed it, even though the majority of members of Congress voted in favor of it. That's what he did to punish her. And this mother effer is going to tell us that he did more for Epstein victims than anyone else.

He is such a disgusting, loathsome person. Following NPR's report, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have announced investigations into this allegation and the DOJ's decision not to release the files. Ranking member Robert Garcia said in a statement, yesterday I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes. Under the Oversight Committee subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act,

these records must immediately be shared with Congress and the American public. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the president of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover-up. I want to see all of it, all of it, with the exception of private information pertaining to the survivors, which should be carefully redacted. But everything else should be released. That is what the legislation called for, and that is what we're being denied of. So, and the more Trump engages in a cover-up like this, the more guilty he looks.

So he should maybe think about that as he continues making these pretty disastrous decisions. Man, Pam Bondi is a disgrace, too. I mean, like, you're a woman and you're helping this guy in this cover-up. Like, what are you doing? Wow. And I love the moralizing that comes from these people, right? Right? When they talk about like the state of the union yesterday where they fear monger about migrants, when they talk about, oh, migrant crime, you guys are the biggest criminals ever, or at least individuals who cover up for the worst criminals ever. So how am I supposed to take them seriously

when they engage in criminality themselves? Come on. Anyway, we've got another story about traffickers when we come back from the break. This story kind of, I don't know if people are aware of it. I just found out about it and it seems like a pretty big deal. So it's another sex trafficking trial that's taking place right now in Florida. I'll give you the details on that and more when we come back. The Dow is over $50,000. I don't know why you're laughing. Norcras writes in and says in defense of the everyday Israelis, not the government or those

that support the atrocities of the IDF, there are protests happening there and IDF being used on protesters and those that don't want to serve. in the IDF. Yeah, no, I know that there are people, ordinary people in Israel who are horrified at everything that's going on. I know that they exist. And I just want people to understand that when you support the brutalization of others, don't ever be under the impression that it's not going to turn around and be used on you, because it will be. And I think Americans are realizing that when it comes to how ICE has been deployed in various cities across the country. And the brutality of the IDF is now being turned around on the Israeli people.

And it's, yeah, it's disgusting. I don't know how you save that society. There is complete, not a rot in the Israeli government. Yair Lepid was just boasting about pursuing the Greater Israel Project. That's the liberal opposition to Benjamin Nanyahu. I just, I don't know, man. Okay, let's keep going. Thank you to Ride the Spiral, who gifted a TYT membership, and thank you to Josh, who gifted

another TYT membership. Mark Francis says, when your taxi driver gives you tips on stocks, it's time to get out of the market. I have not experienced that yet, but I, anyway. All right, Joe N.Y says, and I agree, we should be allowed. to have some control of not paying into a system that has bailed on us. Why are we paying this much in taxes? They don't deserve a cent.

I totally agree. No, no. If Trump's administration is going to play this game where they're going to punish blue cities or blue states by denying them programs and benefits that are freaking taxes paid into, we shouldn't pay our federal taxes. We shouldn't pay our federal taxes. It's that simple. Well, why am I paying you?

So you can use that money to enrich yourself or go to war or help Israel? You're going to deny Americans Medicare? You're going to deny Americans Medicare. Okay, let's see how that works out for you, mother effers. J.D. Vance making this announcement, this freaking faux populist. Oh, J.D. Vance, he's the anti-war, anti-interventionist. Yeah, right. He's garbage.

Okay, that's what he is. He's absolute utter garbage. And Democrats better get their acts straight, okay? Because if they roll out some milk toast piece of crap to go up against the Republicans and then just demand that every voter bow their head and worship whoever they prop up, it's not going to work. So get your heads right and actually represent the people. Anyway, Ali writes in and says, this is a lot to take in, but so important.

Thank you, Anna, and your team. Thank you. I appreciate that. Oh, wow. Super. President, J.D. Vass as your success. No. What's up, everyone?

Welcome back. All these super chats came in. Our chat was glitchy today. It's a YouTube issue, not our issue. But now that I see the comments, I want to do right by our viewers and read as many of these super chats as I can. Let me start off with user error 5 who says, it's crazy that the government won't allow a private company like Anthropic to impose their own regulations and is threatened. to nationalize it. Very capitalist.

I know it's amazing. Dav Mill says, did you see what guns West Virginia is considering selling to the public under state authority? DA, I did not see that story, but I'm now very curious and I'll look into it. Box says chat is broken. Hopefully chat is no longer broken. Gummi Riot says, I definitely appreciate TYT bringing honest news. Thanks for staying real, Anna. Thank you.

I appreciate that. C-Cat writes in and C-Cat the third, G-Cat the third. Great show today from Becky, your biggest fan. Love you, Becky. Thank you for watching. Make it make sense. 1988 says, forget boycotting of companies.

It's time to boycott the federal government. Boston Tea Party 2.0. I think it's time. No taxation without representation. We got to find a way to do it, man. But it has to be organized. It won't work if you just have like a few people refusing to pay their federal taxes. Titan of Olympus O3 says, I've been saying this for a while.

AI will cripple jobs and devastate the economy. It's great at automation, but it isn't what they are selling it as. And when it becomes clear that it will never develop or deliver, the bubble will burst. Especially for the AI companies that are over leveraged. If they're not able to deliver, they're in a lot of trouble. We'll probably bail in the mouth, though. free meatballs and linguine, which sounds so good right now. Anna, you clearly, you are clearly quite intelligent.

If you wanted to grift, I'm sure you would, I would be in finance. I'm not in finance. Do you guys understand how easy it would be to be rich if I just worked in finance? But anyway, I'm sure you would have a better plan than spending nearly two decades at Ty-T. We are lucky to have you in your inside. Thank you. I appreciate it.

I love what I do. I do it because I love it. I don't do finance because it seems awful. And there are better things in life than being rich. Without further ado, though, let's talk about this insane story that I came across not too long ago. And I think you should know about it because there seems to be some, I don't know, some parallels to things we've been talking about on the show lately. Let's get into it.

It was evil. I say like he looked like he was possessed. Like a nightmare that never goes away. Maria Suska says she will never forget what she just recently told police happened one night 10 years ago. The more I said stopped, the more he got violent with me. She's talking about Orrin Alexander, the infamous real estate powerhouse who she told Miami Beach police raped her. He went from this charming gentleman to this evil predator attacker. He and his brothers alone and tall come from a powerful and wealthy family.

Well, the brothers in that powerful and wealthy family are now being accused of human trafficking, sex trafficking, and are standing trial in the state of Florida. In fact, federal prosecutors are pursuing these charges against three brothers in one of the largest sex trafficking cases in U.S. history. The men stand accused of sexually preying on and abusing women in Florida and New York for over a decade. Now, they have denied these allegations. which is why they're standing trial, and I'm so curious to see how this plays out. Now, on the outside, these men were just tremendously successful. They had built careers in the luxury real estate market. But behind the scenes, according to the prosecutors, the sibling trio used their wealth and influence to sexually abused women. So Alon, Orrin, and Tall Alexander face a combined 12 federal counts in a conspiracy that prosecutors say dates back to at least 2009.

So Orrin and Alon Alexander are 38-year-old twins. Their brother, Tall Alexander, is a year older than them. He's 39 years old. Tall and Orrin Alexander co-founded a real estate company specializing in luxury properties in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. And then Alon Alexander went to law school and worked as an executive at their families, private security company. More on that in just a bit. So they do stand accused of some pretty serious allegations here, including drugging, sexually assaulting, and yes, raping dozens of

women. Some of the survivors are underaged. The crimes allegedly involved multiple perpetrators and prosecutors say that the assaults were premeditated and planned in advance. So they claim that because the allegations include flying these women to fancy vacation destinations under the guise of exclusive travel opportunities. But then once they travel there, the women are, and in some cases, girls are allegedly abused. And honestly, it just sounds very familiar. It sounds kind of familiar to the P. Diddy trial.

It sounds familiar to Jeffrey Epstein. Just how widespread is this? Now look, they might be totally innocent. They're still standing trial and we live in a judicial system where someone is innocent until proven guilty, right? So just keep that in mind. But I do want to go over some of the allegations. At least eight accusers are expected to testify,

including a woman who was 16 years old at the time of her alleged assault. The brothers face sentences ranging from 15 years to life in prison, if convicted. Now, they're not allowing cameras in the courtroom, but there are reporters there, and I've been watching some of their reports immediately following the proceedings. And there was a victim who did testify, the one that I just referred to, who says that she was 16 at the time of her alleged assault. So in her opening statements, you have the prosecutor, Madison Smeiser, who was, by the way,

of the prosecutors for the Diddy trial. Here's what she says. For years, they wanted to lure in girls with promises of parties and trips. And when they got there, the defendants raped them. The brothers used whatever means necessary, sometimes drugs, alcohol, sometimes brute force, to carry out their rapes. Some of the victims were underage and said, no, some were incoherent. But none of that mattered to the brothers because they were going to have sex with these victims. no matter what. For over a decade, they masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators. Now again, remember, that is the opening statement coming from the prosecutor in this case. There was actually a new charge, though, of sexual abuse that was added in the most recent

superseding indictment. And it alleges that Orrin Alexander and his twin brother, Alon, sexually abused someone who was physically incapacitated. According to prosecutors, the alleged assault of a woman who was physically incapable of declining participation occurred around January of 2012 aboard a Bohemian or Bahamian flagged cruise ship that departed from and returned to the United States. And women are testifying in this in this trial. So for instance, another woman who testified under a pseudonym, Katie Moore, that's not her real name. That's what a pseudonym Sudenemines said that she was drugged and raped by Alon Alexander after a night in New York City. Apparently they went dancing. The next thing I remember is coming to, coming to instantly,

like a switch. And I was laying naked across a bed with Alon standing over me, who was naked as well. In that moment, I had no idea what happened. I tried to get out of bed a few times, but Alon kept pushing me back down. Finally, he sat down on the bed and I said I was able to get up and I said, I don't want to have sex with you. And he said, you already did. Absolutely horrific. So the charges the men are facing are, by the way, not even related to more. More decided not to pursue charges. She says that she didn't want to be, she didn't want this rape to define her future, which is probably why she's willing to testify under a pseudonym. The lawyers for the defense argue that while the men did in fact have sex with some of the women,

it wasn't rape, that it was totally consensual. So Tenny Garagos, who's the defense attorney for the men, argues that this case is about shame, opportunity, and money. Nice. Nice, Tenney. The truth is something far more ordinary. Three brothers, successful, yes. Ambitious, yes.

Social, yes. Single men who liked and pursued women at night. nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and apps, that is not trafficking, that is dating, that is hooking up. And Deanna Paul, who is representing Tal Alexander, acknowledged that the brothers were womanizers, but said there is no evidence her client actually unlawfully or acted unlawfully toward the women. Not good. You know what else isn't good? The fact that the men are now being held without bail in Miami. So seems like the judge might be concerned that they're a flight risk. They're also facing a ton of civil suits and those suits will probably come up after the federal case against them wraps up.

But it just started. So I'm sure we'll learn more moving forward. Now, the three accused brothers do have an interesting family history. So they have a fourth brother named Neve Alexander. He is not accused of any wrongdoing. I want to be very, very clear about that. But he does go to watch the trial. He's married to someone named Cassie Erison, who happens to be the heiress of the Carnival Cruz Empire.

And she, Cassie, is also known as a publisher, philanthropist, and art collector. She founded the Tel Aviv-based magazine as promised. Now, her mother, Sherry Erison, is the richest woman in Israel with an essential. estimated wealth of $5 billion. And Sherry was a controlling shareholder of Bank, Hapoalan, Israel's largest bank, which I'm obviously not familiar with.

And the bank faced major U.S. investigations and had to pay an $800 million settlement to resolve U.S. probes tied to tax evasion by U.S. clients. So a lot of interesting things happening there. I think we'll be following the trial. I'll be giving you some information about it as it develops. The Alexander brothers' parents, Shlomi and Orley Alexander, owned a private security company in Miami called Kent Security Services. So this is a very well-connected, affluent family.

The three brothers aren't just facing allegations from one or two women. There are many women, and these allegations date back to over a decade. So we'll see how it plays out. But pretty scary stuff. It's scary to see what people are capable of when they think they can act with impunity, when they think they can get away with it, if these allegations are proven to be true, of course. All right, I'm going to read some comments before we wrap up the show. We will have a bonus episode for our members.

I want to talk a little bit about Cash Patel's shenanigans in Milan. And let's see what else do we got? Yeah, we're going to talk about that. We might have some other stories to cover. But for now, we've got Constantine Kaviris, who says, What does the Dow have to do with Epstein? Oh, the Dow. That makes just a little sense.

So he wrote Dow, D-A-O at first, which is funny. Dana Brecht says, I've seriously thought about denouncing my U.S. citizenship in order to be able to stop paying taxes. I don't want you to do that. I think that it is special and valuable to be an American. And I'm proud to be an American. I hate my government. I don't think that my government is indicative of what this country is. When I think about my country, I think about the people in this country and what we are capable of.

So I don't think you need to do that. But I really want to find a way to do a modern version of the Tea Party. Mohit writes in and says, what is the ideal situation, what steps needed in an ideal world where we don't. Don't go to war with Iran, say F you to Netanyahu, but also have regime change for citizens that isn't the monarchy, but a liberal Muslim democracy. Mohit, I love you, but it is not our job to do regime change or to spur regime change. It's up to the Iranian people, okay? It is never helpful for a foreign country to come in and decide who the leader of, you know, Iran should be or any other country.

country should be. I hear what you're saying in my heart breaks for the Iranians who want better leadership. I think our time, though, is best served in focusing on Americans getting better leadership in our government. Okay? We should control what we can control and not metal in other countries' business. That's my take on it. And besides which, the regime change isn't really meant to be carried out on behalf of the Iranian people. It's meant to be carried out on behalf of Israel's interests. And that is a disaster. All right, we've got two more minutes. Let's go to a few more comments.

All right, let's go to Willie Kit. Becky proclaimed biggest fan. You just read a comment from my hubby G-Cat, who I made turn this on so you could educate him about the market. L.O.L. I love T.YT. Tiger Lily says, Rump has been a criminal his whole life, and how soon we've forgotten that he is a convicted sexual abuser.

He did lose that civil case. That's true. And Rob three Chatsworth says, if guilty, these guys need to die in prison. And I know I'm not supposed to agree with things like that, but I agree. Anyway, we don't need people like that in society, praying on people, including underage girls. They're disgusting. Again, if proven to be true. All right, guys. So in our bonus episode for our members, we're going to talk a little bit about this whole. debacle involving our FBI director traveling to Milan to party, his use of taxpayer resources to party, and just how bad he is at his job. Honestly, Cash Patel has been way worse than I think even the right expected. And I'm going to explain how in the bonus episode for our members. Again, that's t.yt.com slash join. And we'll see you there.