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The World's First Trillionaire

1 h 5 min · 15 jun 2026
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This week Elon Musk became the worlds first trillionaire. This happens right off the heels of House Speaker Mike Johnson's remarks about entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security costing the country too much, and a recent watchdog report stating that by 2032 Social Security will see a 20% cut in payments to recipients. This episode sees us debate Elon Musk and his wealth, as well as question whether or not America's economic policy for the past 50+ years, Trickle Down Economics a.k.a Reganomics, has done more harm than good. Listen to us discuss the importance of elections and being politically involved, and the need to break away from partisan politics. And in a world where we simultaneously have a trillionaire and most Americans can't afford a house or a family, are we seeing the beginning of the end of capitalism?

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The World's First Trillionaire

This week Elon Musk became the worlds first trillionaire. This happens right off the heels of House Speaker Mike Johnson's remarks about entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security costing the country too much, and a recent watchdog report stating that by 2032 Social Security will see a 20% cut in payments to recipients. This episode sees us debate Elon Musk and his wealth, as well as question whether or not America's economic policy for the past 50+ years, Trickle Down Economics a.k.a Reganomics, has done more harm than good. Listen to us discuss the importance of elections and being politically involved, and the need to break away from partisan politics. And in a world where we simultaneously have a trillionaire and most Americans can't afford a house or a family, are we seeing the beginning of the end of capitalism?

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On November 19, 2025 The Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law. The law clearly stated that by December 19, 2025 the Epstein Files were supposed to be released unredacted (save for information pertaining to his victims) in their entirety. But, as of this episode's recording, only a portion of those files have been released. Even worse, what the DOJ has released has been black inked page after black inked page. And with the recent batch of files that were released, information pertaining to victims was released. Worse still, some of what was released were graphic images of the victims, including some that may have been taken while they were underage. In this episode, we breakdown how both the Democrats and the Republicans ignored the Epstein Files until the pressure from the American public was too much to ignore. We discuss President Trump's constant flip-flopping on the issue, and why the government seems more concerned with protecting the identities of the alleged perpetrators than getting justice for Epstein's victims.

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