Trump Just Made Himself Untouchable by the IRS. Forever - The St. Louis Podcast: Episode #151

Trump sued the IRS (an agency he controls!!!) over a leak that exposed he paid $750 in federal income taxes. The lawsuit was almost certainly dead on arrival. So why file it?

To manufacture a settlement. His own DOJ, run by his personal former defense lawyer who was told to recuse himself, quietly posted a one-page document to a government website. The IRS is now forever barred from auditing Trump, his sons, and over 400 business entities. The word "forever" is in the actual document.

Also this week, a CIA officer with fake degrees, a fake pilot's license, and a fake resume stole $40 million in gold bars. For 17 years. Nobody checked.
And Google is getting $2 billion in tax breaks in Missouri, funded in part by COVID relief money meant for small businesses.

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SPEAKER_01 0:05

Welcome back to another episode of the St. Louis Podcast. As always, my name is Eric Brown. Thank you for tuning in. Wow, do we have a lot to talk about? Wow, has the reception online been polarizing? But we're back at it today. And let me tell you, if I know one thing, we're gonna upset some people. Uh, if I know one thing, a lot of people are gonna agree. And the upset may not even be upset and be, but of course the powers that be, which it's almost this podcast essentially turned into the fact of how we are getting absolutely screwed left and right on a daily basis. So uh a few things wanted to talk about today, but let's go over it real quick, and then we will go ahead and dig into these topics here. Uh Iran deal, live negotiations going on right now. We will talk about that. Uh, let's talk about the DOJ and IRS uh issue that's going on with uh Trump, big, beautiful bill and economy, uh CIA gold bars, and of course, let's talk about Google's data center here in Missouri. Uh, first up, Trump is in the White House right now, situation room. He's in there making a final determination on a tentative uh agreement with Iran, Iran. The deal's not signed, Supreme Leader has not confirmed approval. Iran state media is calling Trump's largely negotiated claim inconsistent with reality. And of course, uh, you know, that seems to be the case based on the fact that we have not actually met in person uh since whenever J.D. Vance and and A and the and the boys, the squad went over to uh Pakistan. Of course, that did not end. I mean, it ended how most people suspected it was end, which is no deal being made. And of course, the continuation of this not, you know, this military conflict, not a war. Even though, you know, uh it seems like tens ten or ten countries or so are involved directly in this conflict. Uh so we'll have to see uh when it's announced, if it's you know, collapsed, pending. We'll see. So the tentative memorandum of understanding covers three things lifting restrictions on the Strait of Formuz. We need trade to go through, we need boats to go through, we need the flow of traffic to go through, allowing unrestricted navigation uh without Iranian impos imposed holes. Number two, lifting the U.S. blockade. Number three, starting a 60-day negotiation window on Iran's nuclear program, including the fate of its highly enriched uranium stockpile. What it does not resolve, Iran's nuclear enrichment levels, the size of its HEU stockpile sanctions relief U.S. troop withdrawal from Gulf bases or anything permanent. This is a framework for more talks, not an end to the conflict. Meaning we're not going to see anything signed uh here today. Iran's Supreme Leader, uh Kameini, has uh not confirmed approval. Internal divisions between hardliners and negotiations. Uh negotiators remain. Of course, we have uh Israel um, you know, outwardly saying that they are not going to allow the U.S. to make a deal with Iran. And I think that speaks volume to what everyone has said since the beginning of this war on the situation with uh Israel and of course the United States. And it's brought up, you know, APAC, and it's brought up the fact that it seems like uh the majority of our politicians are lined by uh, you know, a group that is pro their country and not pro the US. But of course, as I've said on this pod podcast multiple times over and over again, the majority of politicians are whores and stand for nothing. They they will, you know, do the bidding of the highest bidder, and it doesn't even take that much to buy these people. Uh, you know, go up and look up online, you know, donors and and stuff that, you know, uh senators and the house and and even go to the state level, right? I mean, these people are being bought for, you know, 10,000, 20,000 bucks and even less in some occasions, which is frankly embarrassing. That's a cheap whore at that. To fuck over, most likely to fuck over a bunch of your constituents and the people that you're supposedly represent. Uh, Iran's uh state media calling Trump's largely negotiated claim incompetent and inconsistent with reality. As I said, Iran wants to impose service fees on vessels using the strait. Of course, no one agrees that this is uh, you know, consistent with um, you know, international waters and marine traffic through that area. Iran refuses to discuss surrendering its stockpile before a normal ceasefire. Netanyahu is actively lobbying Trump to reject the deal. Israel has continued strikes in Lebanon and Beirut this week. The U.S. sanctioned Iran's oil last night while simultaneously negotiating. Iran fired a ballistic missile on Kuwait. That was on Wednesday, the 27th. During the ceasefire, CENTCOM called it an egregious ceasefire violation. Of course, there was a video that came out with uh interviewing the head of CENCOM about, you know, essentially how many more service members need to die in the name of this war. Director of CENCOM said, you know, I'm appalled by that statement.

SPEAKER_00 5:54

But the bottom line continues to be the fact.

SPEAKER_01 5:58

And it is a fact. The only people that think this was a good idea is basing it off of emotion. And the fact that Trump's their guy, no matter what, it doesn't matter what happens. He's draining the swamp and he's just filling his own pockets. Uh so we'll have to see where this goes. Um, of course, the commonality between, you know, all of the countries involved, even, you know, China, Russia, etc., uh, you know, wants to get this uh, you know, something happening here. Because of course, the longer we have this uh straight impacted, uh, you know, it's going to continue to cause issues with obviously oil and LNG, which is good for no one, as you can see at the pumps right now. Uh, there are futures uh that are showing that we may not see under $3 a gallon until 2032.

SPEAKER_00 7:02

And of course, it's 2026, so do the math.

SPEAKER_01 7:05

If that is real, I mean, welcome to the new normal. Remember when everyone is saying this is the new normal? Um, and of course, it doesn't seem like anybody in a position of power cares. You have, of course, Scott Bessant just saying, Well, you know, after this conflict is over, prices should actually be lower than they were before. How? How the fuck does that make any sense? It doesn't. Of course, it's not going to happen. I'm calling it now. Um, and really the question becomes who won this war? I mean, I think it's pretty obvious who won who has won this war. I suggest uh you go, and if you are curious to listen to significantly smarter people than me that actually, you know, know about this topic in detail. Um, you know, breaking points has had some good guests on talking specifically how Iran is in a better situation now than they were before we had the airstrike killing, obviously, Khomeini. Um, and people, you know, you could argue that all day long, but if you look at the economy of Iran, it is now stronger than it was, you know, two and a half months ago. So Israel degraded Iran's air defenses, uh, struck nuclear adjacent infrastructure, drew the U.S. into a direct conflict, it had been trying to avoid for decades. And obviously, the only reason we continue to fuck with Iran, the way that we are, and of course, people will always go back to the issue of you know the 70s, but the bottom line is that we overthrew a democratically elected um person in Iran. And uh, we were the main culprits behind a, I mean, call it a resurrection, called a, you know, a coup to get that person out of office and to instill a dictator uh that is pro-Western beliefs. And how does that end out? It ends out like all the other US friends in the Middle East, which is they're a friend until they're not a friend, and then they're the enemy. And then we start a war. Look at Iraq, look at Afghanistan. Um, Lockheed, uh Raytheon Boeing all reported uh, of course, record earnings. Of course, uh, you know, a ton of people in our current political standings in the House and in the Senate are warhawks or neocons. They are pro-war. Why? Because they're getting their pockets lined, they probably have a bunch of stock in these companies. Um, Iran has survived 90 days of the most powerful military on earth, still has its HEU stockpile. And if anyone wants to know what the HEU stockpile stands for, it's highly enriched uranium. Uh still controls the Straits uh choke point as a negotiating card. And of course, they forced the U.S. into negotiation where Iran's nuclear program is legitimized as a topic, not a red line. Gas is up 50%, groceries up and climbing. A produced study projects three to six additional points of grocery inflation over the next 12 to 18 months from the energy shock. Nobody asked them if this war, if this war was worth it. Obviously not. Uh, the people in power either wanted this war for whatever reason, which, you know, from a standpoint of you know globalization may make sense, and then in essentially ruining Western society. And then, of course, the flip side is they thought they'd literally just airstrake Khomeini and all of a sudden Iran is gonna praise us and they're our boys.

SPEAKER_00 11:05

Both are stupid.

SPEAKER_01 11:09

Uh, the war power resolutions requires the president to get uh congressional authorization within 60 days of committing forces to hostiles or to hostilities, excuse me. We are 90 days in. Congress has voted nine times on war priority resolutions, all killed by Republican leadership. The president is conducting a war with no authorization and no end date. Trump wrote Congress claiming hostilities had terminated while simultaneously acknowledging the threat from Iran's remains significant in keeping the blockade active. Of course, I think it was yesterday, you know, Trump went on and said that Oman's gonna listen, otherwise, we're gonna blow them up. And of course, I'm sure Oman, just like the rest of the country, rolls their eyes, because how many times have we heard this before? When you can't take threats seriously, just shut the hell up about it. Pompeo called the emerging deal, pay the IRGC to build a weapons of mass destruction program and terrorize the world. White House comms director Chang told him to shut his stupid mouth. That's the level of internal GOP fracture happening right now. Obviously, we'll see where Trump goes on this, but uh, you know, the majority of people at this current standpoint are not in favor of this war. And I think it's even a majority of, not just a majority of people, a majority of Republicans themselves. The deal obviously opened the straits, stopped the blockade, and then have 60 days of talks about Iran's nuclear program. That's it. That's the whole thing. Everything Trump called unconditional surrender back in March. Iran keeping its enriched uranium, Iran retaining leverage over the strait, no permanent ceasefire, all of it's still on the table. Iran obviously has not surrendered there, continuing to win this war. Iran outlasted the escalation, took 90 days of bombing, and is now negotiated from a position where America wants the oil to flow more than Iran does. And while all that is happening, Fox News dropped a poll this week showing 76% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation. Inflation driven almost entirely by this war. So who's benefited from this? Uh it's not the people filling up their gas tanks. Uh, it is uh the oil companies, and of course, it is military contractors. Even if a deal gets signed today, analysts say a partial recovery over weeks, potentially months, not days. Uh the straight has been disrupted for 90 days in the energy infrastructure to move oil at pre-war volumes doesn't snap back overnight. And of course, those 90 days have been impacted, right? This is stuff that's always flowing, always flowing, always flowing. We'd cut it off, and then we expect to just turn it back on, and we're back at where we started. That's just simply not how it works.

SPEAKER_00 14:15

Uh, all right.

SPEAKER_01 14:19

Let's talk about the DOJ, shall we? The personal protection racket. Trump used his own DOJ to make himself untouchable forever. Now, of course, I believe this is in court right now, so you know, all of this is subject to change. Uh, obviously, there was, you know, DOJ's own top ethics lawyer formerly told Todd Blanche via printed PowerPoint presentation in 2025, two weeks after he started that he was required to uh recuse himself from cases involving Trump personally. He ignored it, then signed the forever barred document. Senator Schiff has launched a formal inquiry. Blanche also just had Pam Bonnie's old job handed to him after she was fired. Meaning the man who was told to recuse is now acting attorney general. Uh, so the IRS forever barred, that is the exact language, anti-weaponization fund created of $1.8 billion. Trump's original lawsuit uh demanded $10 billion. May 18th is to cut off every tax return before this date off limits permanently. Five years prison plus 5k fine penalty under 26 USC 7217 that may have been violated. 400 plus Trump business entities previously reviewed by one IRS auditor. Okay. So Trump and Sons is a Trump organization in, of course, January of this year, sued the IRS for $10 billion over the leak in 2020 of his confidential tax returns by contractor Charles Littlejohn, who was sentenced to five years of 2024. Legal experts immediately flagged the suit as time barred and potentially fraudulent. Trump knew about the leak in 2020, and the two-year statute of limitations had long expired. Todd Blanch starts, of course, as deputy attorney general in March of 2025. DOJ's top career ethics lawyer, Joseph Tyrrell, formally presents him a PowerPoint stating he must recuse from cases involving Trump personally. Blanche attends the meeting, acknowledges it, does not recuse. That's Trump's boy. He's gonna protect him. Of course, on May 18th, there is an original announcement made. Trump drops a $10 billion lawsuit. Government creates $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund. Cutoff date established, all returns followed before May 18th. Now protected. There's a one-page addendum quietly posted to the DOJ website, signed by Todd Blanche, the IRS forever barred and precluded from any audit of Trump, his sons, Trump organization, and all affiliated entities. Covers all existing and pending matters. Your head is so far up one person's ass. That's embarrassing. This is your money, this is our money being used uh to give back to mainly Trump and his family that has already made billions of dollars since coming into office at the beginning of last year. And if you're like, how has you made billions of dollars? A quick Google search will help you out. Quit staying in the dark. We've talked about it on this podcast. Um media reports earlier this week uh that Representative Richard Neal calls it corruption. Legal experts are flagging uh section 7217. Senator Schiff launches inquiry into Blanche's ethics violation, bipartisan bill introduced to block the $1.8 billion fund. Blanche yells at Senator Van Holden in a hearing, insisting he is Trump's formal personal lawyer, creating what we all love to call it the Streisand effect. So it's all good.

SPEAKER_00 18:32

It's all good, right? The corruption. When are things gonna change?

SPEAKER_01 18:47

Because again, this is a consensus. I would say a majority consensus, especially with the people I talk to, that they do not foresee in you know, in 10 years from now, they do not foresee the United States being a better place than it is right now. They don't foresee it being better in a year, they don't foresee it being better in six months, they damn well don't see it being better in 50 years. So, what does that have to tell you? And I'm sure a lot of you are listening right now and agreeing with exactly what I'm saying. And a lot of people right now, depending probably a lot on the age, is like, what is this guy bitching about? It's the best it's ever been. Look at the stock market, look at the Dow. Have you looked at the Dow today? Uh, federal law making a crime for the president or executive. Again, this is 26 USC section 7217. Federal law making a crime for the president or executive branch officials to directly or indirectly request the RS to terminate an audit of a specific taxpayer. Criminal penalty is up to five years in prison, a $5,000 fine. The tax law center flagged this before the deal was even signed. The settlement itself negotiated with White House involvement may constitute exactly this prohibited interference. Of course, we got citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington filed a brief arguing any payment of public funds, public funds, public funds to Trump through the settlement would violate the Constitution's prohibition on presidents enriching themselves from federal funds. So you can enrich yourself all you want through bullshit crypto, insider trading with oil futures and oil stocks.

SPEAKER_00 20:39

You know, obviously using poly market and call she.

SPEAKER_01 22:00

Inappropriate uh use of business losses to eliminate tax liability across years. And of course, uh the IRS assigned a single agent. One uh to review over 400 Trump-owned entities. Agent declined to pursue uh issues, citing limited resources and assumption his lawyers got it right. Obviously. You're like, here's a yeah, I mean, yeah. You got one here. You got Trump, Trump's a guy. Um, okay, great. You know, where's the team? Do we have, you know, where is it? No, it's just you. Get fucked. Cool. So obviously what happened? The president of the United States sued the IRS and agency he controls over the leak of his tax returns that exposed, among other things, what that he paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he entered the White House. That lawsuit was almost certainly time barred, meaning it was dead before it was first filed. So why file it? To manufacture a settlement. A settlement his own Department of Justice, run by his own former personal criminal defense lawyer, who was told by the department's ethics lawyers not to touch anything related to Trump, signed on a Tuesday and quietly posted to a website. The result? Every tax return Trump has ever filed is now permanently off limits to the IRS. 400 business entities, potentially disguised gifts, fake deductions, all of it gone. Barred forever. The word is in the actual document, forever barred and precluded. And of course, a fund that came out of the settlement, uh $1.8 billion in taxpayer money that could flow to January 6th. Riders, fuck off. Now there's a Fox poll that is showing approval rating of 39%, 29% on the economy, 24% on inflation, and a president who just made sure his own finances are permanently beyond the reach of the law. Who's benefiting from this? Not you, not me.

SPEAKER_00 24:17

A handful of people and a family.

SPEAKER_01 24:20

Alright, let's move on to the gold bars here. I, you know, there's 303 gold bars, 35 Rolexes, and a fake Navy pilot. So a CIA officer stole $40 million and nobody noticed for 17 years. 303 one kilogram gold bars found in his Virginia home. An estimated value of over $40 million. $2 million in cash also seized. 35 luxury watches. Many Rolex has also seized 17 years. Uh David Rush allegedly lied about his credentials. Zero college degree actually has, despite claiming to. All right. So who is this? David Rush, former CIA senior executive service officer with top secret SCI clearance, arrested May 19th, 2026, in Ashburn, Virginia. Charged with criminal theft of public money. From 2009 to 2026, Rush allegedly fabricated his entire professional identity. Claimed a bachelor's degree from Clemson University school has no record of. Claimed a master's from uh Ren Seller, Polytechnic Institute, also no record, claimed to be a Navy pilot, an Air Force Test pilot. Navy records show he served as an information systems technician and was never evaluated as a pilot. Claimed to have been the thesis advisor at the Air Force Institute of Technology, false, claimed to be the director of tests for a 145-person 18 craft joint army weapons uh test organization, fabricated, applied three times to government work before being hired in 2009, adding new false credentials each time. So between 2025 and March, uh excuse me, between November of 2025 and March of 2026, Russia made a request to the CIA for a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses. The CIA dispersed them. When the CIA's internal investigation couldn't uh locate the gold or the currency and found no records of Russia accounting for the funds, it referred the case of the FBI. The FBI raided his Virginia home. On May 18th, found, of course, what I already said, 303 one kilogram gold bars, a $40 million plus evaluation, $2 million in currency, 35 luxury watches. The affidavit notes the full embezzlement may date back to 2009. 17 years of alleged theft from an agency that never checked his credentials. CIA director John Ratcliffe referred the case to the FBI rusher waited at detention hearing Friday in Alexandria Federal Court. Okay. So a man applied for a job at the CIA and put two college degrees on an application that he never earned from schools that had no record of him existing. He claimed to be a naval pilot. He was an AVIT guy. He claimed to be a test pilot for the Air Force. He claimed to be a thesis advisor, all of it made up. He applied three times, adding new fake credentials in uh each time until they finally hired him in 2019, or excuse me, in 2009. Then, for uh apparently the next 17 years, he allegedly stole from the federal government. And at the end, between November and March, he walked in the CRA and requested tens of millions of dollars in gold bars as work-related expenses, and they gave it to him. They gave him the gold. Then they couldn't find it, so they checked it house, checked his house, and there it was. So I I thought the CIA and all these people, they have all the information about all the people on the planet, but they didn't do any research on the guy that they brought in the CIA to be a senior executive service rank, which is the equivalent of the general officer in the civilian government. Nobody checked his degrees, nobody verified his pilot's license for 17 years at the CIA. The agency whose entire job is to verify people are who they say they are. Of course, they do a better job of looking at others than they do at their own. The oversight doesn't exist, the accountability doesn't exist, and if it doesn't exist at the CIA, ask yourself where else it doesn't exist. So what the hell did this guy actually do for 17 years? And what do you have access to? The affidavit is vague on his actual role, described only as management position, the SCIA clearance means access to sensitive, compartmented information, some of the most classified material the government holds. If a man with I wish I would have never done this podcast, laid low, went and applied to the CIA and see if I could have gotten this done. Maybe I can just lie on my resume. What else did he have access to? What did he see? What does he know?

SPEAKER_00 29:09

Who did he talk to? All right.

SPEAKER_01 29:15

So obviously, uh, let's talk about the data center here in Montgomery County. Uh that is, of course, here in Missouri. Mike Kehoe, the governor for Missouri, of course, has been stouting the fact that this is awesome for Missouri. As, you know, the majority of the public is widely against any sort of AI data centers. Why? Obviously, because of all of the pollution that they create. And it's not just water and it's, you know, it's noise, it's lights, it's a ton of pollution, right? We got pollution, we have energy consumption and usage. So we have all of these issues that it, you know, and you see it nationwide right now being fought across the board, wherever these are being built, that even if you have 70, 80, 90 percent of people against it, the township, you know, city council, whatever it is, is still pushing it through in a lot of instances. And of course, the you know, you can't just write them off as being stupid. Um, because that simply just doesn't make any sense. Uh, it has to be the fact that they are being compensated to vote a specific way. And even if they are being compensated and know that these people are then going to be voted out, it's already been pushed through for approval, right? So the job has been done. So uh, okay, so let's talk about it. So uh $15 billion is Google data center investment. 70%, of course, personal property tax abatement for Google. Why not? Why not? Fucking here's your tax abatement. Don't worry about paying 70% for how long? Um, you know, around $1.6 to $2.2 billion in Google's estimates, tax savings over 25 years, $100 billion industrial revenue bonds. Uh the county plans to ensure population of 700 New Florence, Missouri, nearest town. Um 27.5 million federal COVID recovery funds used to prep the site. Google announced a $15 billion, of course, data center south of I-70 near New Florence, Missouri, a town of fewer than 700 people. Amazon is already building one north of I-70 on the same stretch. Together, nearly 2,000 acres of rural Montgomery county land consumed. This is part of a 5,000-acre industrial megasite prepared using $27.5 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds. Pandemic relief money repurposed to build a tech industry landing pad. It's fucking insane that they can use that. It's insane that they got that much money. Like whatever. I don't think Google had uh, you know, any issues not making money over COVID. So why did they get all this COVID money? I don't understand. It was mainly small businesses affected by COVID. It was not Google who owns cloud and work programs and ads. I mean, if anything, ads, you know, if anything, they made more money off of AdWords, which of course I own a marketing company. So I know that they did because the cost per click has doubled about since you know 2020. Um a $5 million federal grant also went directly to Montgomery County to prepare the rural industrial site. Governor Keos celebrated the deal alongside Google President Ruth Pratt in the tiny town of High Wigh Hill, announcing a $15 billion investment before the public got to see the tax deal numbers. Those numbers come out June 8th. So, of course, Google pays 30 cents on the dollars for taxes on its own servers and equipment. This is 70% personal property property tax abatement. Uh up to $100 billion in industrial revenue bonds under Missouri Chambers 100 law issued by the county for Google's affiliate Kinetic Site Ventures LLC, structured as a tax avoidance mechanism. Estimated tax savings are $2 billion over 25 years, numbers that won't fully be public until June 8th. Of course, they used uh $27.5 million in federal pandemic relief to prep the site. Then Google gets a $2 billion tax break on top. Why are these companies getting fucking tax breaks? What are we doing, people?

SPEAKER_00 34:04

I mean, you're I I just I have a feeling those 700 people aren't gonna be 700 for long.

SPEAKER_01 34:16

They're gonna be moving out. Uh Key was signed in 2025. Of course, that's before Google pays 100% of the power and new infrastructure costs tied to the uh operation. The one real protection locals got. Uh the town halls in December 2025 drew large crowds of opposed residents. A community lawsuit with files uh was filed against and accusing commissioners of open meeting law violations. Records requests uh revealed Governor Keogh was describing as willing to lobby planning commissioners before the deal was even announced publicly. This is what I'm saying. Covered uh obviously Keogh is getting fucking the I mean Google saving two billion dollars. They didn't you don't think they're like Keho, you know, here's here's a mill. So obviously he's saying that he's going to campaign for this. Infestors, Missouri, a separate but identical fight. We've talked about uh this on the podcast. The city council approved a data center deal, was voted out in a complete wipeout. Text messages obtained via records request showed uh city officials calling opponents a sideshow of uneducated people. Those officials lost their seats. A labor union pack breaking the covenant spent $40,000 on ads in the final days and still lost. Uh this is a national pattern, like I said before. It's happening in Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Nevada, Iowa, Missouri, of course, Utah, uh, which I'm sure, you know, if you're listening to this now, you've seen some of the news surrounding obviously Kevin O'Leary's back project in Utah, which literally no one should be for. Um, you know, I don't think it's that big of a conspiracy to go out on a limb and say that, you know, they're not building out these AI infrastructures uh for us. They're building out uh these, you know, these these uh data centers for use. Call it mass surveillance on every single one of us. If you look at Flock as just one example, and how they're tracking you no matter where you go, they have microphones. It's not just reading your license plate, right? And even if you have a flip phone with no GPS, now that Flock cameras are everywhere, they can track absolutely everything that you do where you go. Who you're with, who's in the car with you? Um, the playbook is identical everywhere. Uh quiet site prep using public funds, tax incentives negotiated before public disclosure, big announcement with the governor, opponents labeled nimbies or uneducated. The AR arms AI arms race framing, which Kyo used, quoting Trump directly, is being deployed in every state to override local opposition. As President Trump has said, AI is the space race of our time, Missouri wants to be involved.

SPEAKER_00 37:17

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Us I mean, a space race at the end of the day benefits like humanity, right? Um this is going to be a negative for humanity. You are act like just with AI, you're actively training your replacements. They don't want people to work for companies, they want something that 24 hours a day can run. They can program it however they'd like. At least that's how they look at it. But of course, so far, which we talked about on this podcast as well, it seems to be the simple fact that as it stands right now, the majority of companies that have invested a lot into AI when it comes to you know rolling it out into their companies, it seems to be the simple fact that it's not all it's cracked up to be. The incentive uh structure for politicians, uh, the $15 billion headline is irresistible before any election, right? By the time the residents understand what they gave up in tax abatements, the ribbon is cut and the governor is running for re-election on economic development. Permanent jobs, minimal. Most employment is construction, which is temporary. Highly skilled IT roles may not be local hires. Water and grid stress is real. Community benefit versus corporate benefit, obviously deeply lopsided. I mean, you know, New Florence, a town of 700 people, is about to have a $15 billion Google plant, you know, center planted next to it. People who live there found out after their uh county commissioners have already been lobbied into compliance by the governor's office. We know Kehoe was uh lobbying commissioners because residents FOIA the records. We know officials called opponents a sideshow of uneducated people in text messages that residents obtain. And of course, uh they're getting $2.2 billion in savings over 25 years. Uh, you know, and that's all fine and dandy, right? No, it's not. But here's the part that everyone should be pissed about, no matter what, is the simple fact that the site was prepared with two is with $27.5 million in federal COVID recovery funds, pandemic relief money. Money that was supposed to help Missouri communities recover from COVID. Instead, they used it to build a subsidized landing pad for Google and Amazon. And then obviously they get a tax break on top of that. Keho says this is Missouri's future. I say, fuck you, Kehoe, you need to get out of office. Because obviously you do not care about the people. When the majority of the people online in real life, the the you know, I don't talk to many people that are like pro data centers. The majority of people that I do see that are pro data centers are old retards that don't know, you know, that that fail to even understand or research how any of this is going to work. They listen to their news station and they regurgitate that information. Of course, we know that, you know, uh they say it's not even news anymore. It's education or excuse me, uh, entertainment. You know, I was gonna talk about the big, beautiful bill and the economy, but it's it's just depressing. You know, I'm about to go out of town. Hopefully enjoy myself. Going to Gatlinburg, going out to the Smoky Mountains. Be back, and then I'm going to the Lake of the uh Lake of the Ozarks. Camden tonight, so it's not you know as gross, but of course. I'm a big boater, I'm a big water skier, jet, you know, get me on a tube. Just that water is disgusting. Maybe we'll talk about Lake of the Ozarks water in a future episode. With that said, that's all the time we have for today. As always, thank you for tuning in. Uh, please like, review, subscribe, share with a friend. We appreciate everyone's support. Uh, as always, please support the companies that support that support us. Uh, we're entering the hot season. Right now, if it seems like your AC is always on, uh, you have different temperatures in your room, your electricity bill is through the roof. It may be due to the fact that you do not have proper insulation in your home. Uh, West County Insulation Insulation, reach out to the guys there. They serve all of the St. Louis metro area. Uh, they'll come out, they'll give you a free quote, they'll walk you through it, they'll show you pictures of your attic, which I'm sure most people have not been in, and how, of course, they can help. As always, please uh go ahead and hit up the guys here at Halfco Studios as well. If you need a podcast recorded, either virtually or in here, if you need it edited, distributed, anything related to podcasts, they do audiobooks, they do other stuff, hit them up, HalfCoastudios.com. You can always type in Podcast Studio St. Louis. They rank number one for that. The reason is backed by the best marketing company, Vi Media. If you are interested in talking about marketing, go to ViDot Media, look at our reviews, look at the reviews for any of the companies I've talked about here today. They will not disappoint. All right, that's all we have. We'll see you next week. Bye.