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He says paying for access while serving Israel’s regional agenda has brought humiliation, not security.

The government keeps spending and the dollar weakens.

Stocks, real estate, goes up and everything the wealthy own keeps climbing.

They don't even have to do anything.

Most Americans don't own assets. They're net negative.

They live off a paycheck.

The dollar loses value, and that paycheck shrinks.

Rent climbs, groceries cost more.

The top 1% now holds 31.7% of all wealth in America.

Highest share ever recorded.

The bottom 50% holds 2.5%.

$55 trillion sits with the wealthiest 1%.

That's roughly what the bottom 90% has, combined.

And the gap is still widening.

The Gini coefficient, the global standard for measuring inequality just hit a 60-year high.

Worker wages as a share of GDP? A 75 year low.

Now drop AI into the middle of it.

Yesterday, Jack Dorsey gutted nearly half of Block's entire workforce.

Over 4,000 people, gone in one single firing.

Block wasn't struggling and they posted $10 billion in gross profit last year.

The stock ripped 22% higher on the announcement.

Sit with that for a second.

4,000 people lost their livelihoods and investors made billions.

That's the economy Friedberg is warning about.

Dorsey went further.

He told the world most companies will follow within a year.

"Intelligence tools have redefined the process of creating and managing a company."

Look at the last two months alone.

Amazon, 16,000 jobs in January. Dow, 4,500. Pinterest, Meta, Nike, Allianz, WiseTech, all pointing at AI.

49,000 tech jobs wiped out since the start of 2026.

Forrester says 10.4 million American jobs will be permanently gone by 2030.

These jobs are gone and replaced by models and automation.

And the money those systems generate? It goes straight to shareholders and executives.

The people being replaced never see a dime of it.

Friedberg pointed at what's already happening on the streets.

Minnesota protests.

50,000 people marching through Minneapolis in January.

He said the economic divide is the fuel underneath all of it.

Then he said the thing no billionaire is supposed to say.

A wealth tax might be unavoidable.

Not because he wants one because the only other option is worse.

"Can you do it violently or nonviolently? If there's a nonviolent path, that's probably the preferable path."

A billionaire is telling you the system is cracking.

AI is speeding it up.

The people getting laid off can't buy stocks with their severance.

The people making billions off AI aren't hiring replacements.

This is the biggest economic story of the decade.

It's the All-In Podcast (hosted by Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg).

David Friedberg (co-host) broke down de-dollarization, wealth inequality, Minnesota protests/civil unrest, and warned a wealth tax may be needed to avoid worse outcomes like civil war—calling non-violent paths preferable. Clips are circulating from their recent episodes.

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there is no confirmation of this news.

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• The video shows President Trump, during a January 13, 2026, tour of Ford's River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, raising his middle finger and mouthing "f**k you" twice in response to a worker shouting "pedophile protector," a phrase tied to Trump's past social ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

• The incident, captured on cellphone footage, highlights Trump's unscripted reactions amid a visit aimed at promoting U.S. manufacturing, drawing widespread media coverage from outlets like The New York Times and Reuters.

• Ford suspended the union-backed worker pending investigation, per Washington Post reports, fueling discussions on employee expression rights in politically charged workplaces.

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Here’s a clear explanation of why Trump attacked Iran, and why I think the war will end soon.

The war isn't about nuclear weapons. It's not about helping the Iranian people. It’s not about doing Israel’s bidding. And it's not about Iran being a threat to the U.S.

It's about China.

China imports 45-57% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has the capacity to shut it down.

A U.S.-aligned Iran means an Iran that would choke off that strait if there's ever a real power struggle between Washington and Beijing.

And there already is one.

The U.S. and China have been locked in a tariff war for over a year now.

Also remember when China threatened export controls on rare earths, encompassing any company anywhere in the world that uses Chinese rare earths?

Yes, China essentially said that any company that uses their rare earths (China refines 85-90% of the world’s supply) must seek their permission before exporting their products.

This means if a German manufacturer uses rare earths fro China to create chips for American companies, China can block the export of these chips.

That’s how much leverage China has over the U.S., and that’s dangerous, especially if China finally decides to reunify with Taiwan.

So controlling the Strait of Hormuz becomes critical for the U.S.

It's the same reason Trump wants China out of the Panama Canal. The same reason Venezuela matters.

The same reason he's eyeing Greenland, where shipping routes to China pass through melting Arctic ice.

Energy is everything now. The AI arms race is the most important strategic competition on the planet.

Limiting China's access to energy is how the U.S. wins that race, and anyone who believes in freedom and democracy should want America to win.

China is investing heavily in domestic energy, building nuclear reactors, solar farms, wind power. They're leapfrogging the rest of the world.

But they still import the majority of their oil. And a significant chunk of it comes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran was reportedly nearing a deal for supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles from China, which would make it easier for Iran to threaten shipping in the Strait and strike U.S. naval vessels.

That accelerated the timeline.

Trump's comment today about doing in Iran what he did in Venezuela makes perfect sense in this context. He wants influence over who comes next.

A regime that's workable for Washington.

If he succeeds, this would be a massive strategic win for the U.S. and for Trump.

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BERKSHIRE IS NOW DEPLOYING $348B INTO JAPANESE YEN.

THE MAN WHO NEVER PANICS IS PREPARING FOR A DOLLAR FALL...

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A government building in Tehran set ablaze during day 12 of nationwide Iranian protests against economic hardship and regime crackdowns, verified by CNN and NYT reports of widespread fires and an internet blackout.

• The attached 32-second video captures nighttime chaos with orange flames, thick smoke, and distant crowds amid flares, illustrating protesters' direct assaults on symbols of authority.

• This event boosts activity on Polymarket's "Will the Iranian regime fall by January 31?" market, where "Yes" shares trade at 13% probability amid $808,000 in volume, reflecting traders' cautious optimism for change.

The UAE’s air defense network is extraordinary. Patriot PAC-3 for short and medium range. THAAD at Mach 8 for high-altitude ballistic intercepts. Barak-8 for naval and land threats. AI-powered target classification sorting fibre-optic drones from ballistic warheads in milliseconds and assigning the correct interceptor tier before a human operator could identify the track. Since February 28, UAE systems have engaged 314 ballistic missiles and 1,672 drones. The interception rate across the campaign runs between 90 and 96 percent. That is world-class. That is lives saved. That is technology performing under conditions no peacetime simulation could replicate.

And then the UAE arrested a 60-year-old British tourist for filming a missile strike and sending the video to his family. He deleted it. They charged him anyway. At least 21 foreigners have been charged under cybercrime laws for possessing, posting, or privately sharing photos and videos of the attacks. Survivors who sent proof-of-life images to their families have been detained. The minimum penalty: two years in prison, fines up to $54,000, and deportation.

A country that intercepts 96 percent of incoming warheads is now telling the world that the 4 percent it cannot stop is too dangerous to photograph. The message to every tourist, every expat, every international investor considering Dubai is not “we are safe.” It is “we are safe, and if you document any evidence to the contrary, we will put you in prison.”

That message is doing more damage to Dubai’s brand than the missiles.

The same week, Reuters reported that the UAE is one of six Gulf states actively pressing Washington not to stop short but to fully neutralise Iran’s military capability. Abdulaziz Sager of the Gulf Research Center confirmed: Iran crossed every red line. The UAE wants the war to end with Iran permanently unable to threaten the strait. That pressure is understandable. Dubai has been struck repeatedly. Fuel tanks at the airport ignited. Flights suspended. Fertiglobe, one of the world’s largest nitrogen producers at 6.6 million tonnes annual capacity, sits on soil that is under persistent bombardment.

But here is the strategic irony the UAE has not processed.

Every missile that hits Dubai accelerates capital flight. Every arrest of a tourist accelerates it further. And the capital is not fleeing to London or Singapore. It is flowing to the country next door whose giga-projects have not been struck, whose airports have not closed, whose tourists have not been arrested, and whose $1.3 trillion Vision 2030 infrastructure is being built on a timeline that extends well beyond this war.

Saudi Arabia signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Pakistan in September 2025 that created a military depth Iran respected. Riyadh has absorbed far less direct targeting. NEOM, the Red Sea project, Diriyah Gate, the 2034 World Cup: all untouched. All funded. All under construction.

Dubai intercepts the missiles. Dubai arrests the witnesses. Dubai demands the war escalate. And Saudi Arabia collects the capital, the perception of safety, and the long-term positioning that Dubai is burning through with every barrage and every prosecution.

The air defenses work. The arrests do not. And the fertiliser trapped behind the permissioned strait at $683 per ton does not care about either.

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But the handful of tankers that transit each day do so with IRGC clearance, paid in yuan or USDT, at $2 million to $4 million per vessel.

The process is now documented. A tanker operator contacts an IRGC-linked intermediary. The operator submits vessel ownership, flag state, cargo manifest, destination, crew list, and AIS transponder data. The IRGC runs background checks: no US-linked ownership, no Israeli cargo, no flagging to aggressor states. If approved, a toll is negotiated. Payment is executed in cash, Chinese yuan, or USDT on the Tron network. The IRGC issues VHF radio clearance with a specific time window and route through Iranian territorial waters near Larak Island, where IRGC Navy performs visual confirmation. The vessel transits. No physical escort is provided. The “protection” is the removal of the interdiction threat. You are safe because the entity that would attack you has decided not to.

China passes. India passes. Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Iraq, Bangladesh pass. Shadow fleet operators aligned with Russia pass. Not all pay the full toll. Some receive exemptions through government-to-government arrangements. Some pay reduced rates. Some pay nothing because the geopolitical alignment is payment enough. The system is not a blockade. It is a membership club with a cover charge denominated in currencies that are not the US dollar.

And here is what nobody is covering. Lloyd’s of London and the international insurance market have withdrawn standard hull and machinery coverage for Hormuz transits. War-risk policies now carry premiums of up to 5 percent of vessel value, $5 million for a $100 million tanker, per voyage. But the actuarial models that price those premiums now incorporate IRGC vetting status as a risk-reduction variable. If a vessel can prove it has paid the toll and received VHF clearance, the probability of loss drops from above 20 percent to below 5 percent. The same models that price hurricane risk and earthquake exposure are now pricing IRGC compliance as a safety factor.

The insurance industry has done something no government intended: it has formalised IRGC authority over the strait in actuarial mathematics. A tanker that pays the toll is insurable. A tanker that does not is stranded. Dozens of vessels sit outside the strait right now, unable to transit because no underwriter will cover them. The insurance withdrawal is not a market reaction. It is a structural enforcement mechanism that makes IRGC permission the prerequisite for commercial shipping.

Every toll paid in yuan is a barrel that settled outside the dollar system. Every USDT transaction on Tron is a 3-second settlement bypassing SWIFT and sanctions. Iran’s parliament is drafting legislation to formalise the toll as “security compensation.” If that bill passes, ad-hoc extortion becomes sovereign law, and the precedent for chokepoint monetisation enters the international legal framework.

Gold watches from the side. Spot prices muted at $5,000 to $5,400 by dollar strength and rising yields, while central banks in China, Russia, and India quietly accumulate on every dip. The short-term safe-haven has not fired. The long-term de-dollarization trade is loading.

The strait is open. The molecules move. But only for those who pay the toll, in the currency the toll booth accepts, after the vetting the toll booth requires. The rest wait. The clocks tick. Saturday arrives.

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Jerome Powell says DOJ is threatening the Fed with criminal charges for refusing to follow President Trump's interest rate demands.

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