Whitney Webb: Trump, JD Vance bankrolled by CIA and Mossad backed Peter Thiel

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Aug 5, 2024

Whitney Webb, an investigative journalist known for her insights on political corruption, dives deep into the murky waters of U.S. politics and tech power. She reveals how Peter Thiel's financial backing of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance shapes their narratives, posing threats to democracy and civil liberties. The conversation highlights Thiel's surveillance empire and its connections to Israeli military technology. Webb critiques the push for digital currency and online anonymity, raising alarms about increased governmental overreach and the erosion of personal freedom.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel: Power and Influence

02:05 • 12min

The Intersection of Digital Currency and Political Interests

13:55 • 4min

Media, Money, and Politics: The Thiel Connection

18:19 • 18min

The Push Against Online Anonymity and Its Consequences

36:01 • 3min

Connections Between Crime and Surveillance

39:19 • 11min

Silicon Valley and Israeli Intelligence: A Complicated Nexus

50:15 • 14min

It is election season once again, and that means that the world’s eyes are drawn to our corrupt two-party duopoly. With a rapidly aging Biden decaying in front of us, Donald Trump is now a heavy favorite to become Commander-in-Chief of the US empire once more.

Trump has chosen JD Vance as his running mate, a character made and financed by Silicon Valley and surveillance state billionaire Peter Thiel. It seems no matter whom you vote for, our national security state – and that of Israel – will be the winner.

Peter Thiel’s CIA-tech empire “Palantir” helped Israel develop the AI lavender system, which has been used by the Israeli military to target civilian homes and children and completely decimate the world’s largest concentration camp with precision.

However, this is not Peter Thiel's first ride in the Trump campaign as he helped bankroll Trump himself in the 2016 election and even worked in his cabinet to advance the surveillance state by collecting our data during COVID.

Despite Trump campaigning as a populist anti-establishment draining the swamp, he is the swamp, and he’s planning on overfilling his swamp with figures like Peter Thiel, who will take our technocratic surveillance state and war machine to the next level – far worse than what we say during COVID.

And who better to help us learn more about this than one of the most influential journalists of our time – Whitney Webb. She’s the contributing editor of Unlimited Hangout and the author of “One Nation Under Blackmail.” Whitney is also a former MintPress investigative journalist.

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