Every new episode of No Agenda is accompanied by a comprehensive list of shownotes curated by Adam while
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π QUANTUM β Trump's TWO executive orders (June 22, 2026)
<b>Summary: </b>EO 'Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation' launches a national effort to build the first quantum computer (reporting: ~2028), updates the National Quantum Strategy, tasks Commerce/War/Energy/NASA to deploy quantum sensors in 5 years β to counter China. A SECOND same-day EO, 'Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks,' accelerates post-quantum cryptography. NA hook: build the machine that breaks today's crypto + race to replace it before Q-Day (Bitcoin/ECDSA at risk).
πΎ IRAN FROZEN ASSETS β US FARMERS β Trump/Vance claim vs Iran's denial
<b>Summary: </b>Trump (Truth Social) + Vance say unfrozen Iranian assets go into US-controlled escrow to buy 'Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American farmers'; Vance credits Jared Kushner ('classic Trump deal'). It's a soybean-bailout angle (China boycotted US soy β Iran becomes the replacement buyer with its own money). Iran DENIES any obligation β CB Gov. Hemmati: 'no such requirement in the memoranda'; FM Baghaei: 'the goal of the warβ¦ has become enriching American farmers.' US farmers call it midterm misdirection.
<b>Summary: </b>Sen. Mark Warner (vice-chair, Senate Intel) says NSA chief Gen. Joshua Rudd told him Anthropic's Mythos broke into 'almost all of our classified systems β not in weeks, but in HOURS.' Skeptics: if true, the NSA just has bad cybersecurity. Pairs with the China-GLM-under-chip-ban beat (meta 01).
π HUD CoC NOFO β the order that targeted sanctuary-state homeless funding (Chicago/Illinois)
<b>Summary: </b>HUD's FY2025 Continuum-of-Care NOFO (Nov 13 2025) capped permanent-housing funding 87%β30% and withheld funds from 'sanctuary' jurisdictions (Illinois/Chicago targeted). β οΈ BLOCKED: Illinois AG Raoul + 20 AGs sued; Judge McElroy (RI) ruled it violated the APA ('slapdash imposition of political whims'); the 1st Circuit upheld it (Apr 1 2026). Frame as the attempt + the legal fight, NOT a cut currently in force.
The dominant thesis β the Iran 'deal' and the Strait-of-Hormuz feint. Diplomacy (Vance's 'fundamentally transform,' Rubio on no-tolls + Lebanon/Hezbollah, Trump on '100% inspections' + oil), the Kushner/Qatar escrow routing Iran's OWN frozen money into US farm purchases, the Senate war-powers rebuke + the TrumpβCassidy 'lunatic' clash, and the human-rights cost (executions ramping).
Clips β 16
Deal-Diplomacy
01 CNN β Iran drones swarmed like jellyfish, source called it real alien - CNN
CNN anchor reads exclusive β US fighter pilot shot down over Iran in April saw multiple Iranian drones swarming in a formation that looked like jellyfish; one source described it as a quote "real alien"; pilot later rescued by special forces.
02 New York Post β Vance US willing to fundamentally transform Iran if give up nukes - New York Post
Vance opens a historic USβIran meeting; says the President asked them to "turn over a new leaf" and extend an outstretched hand to the people of Iran; IF Iran gives up regional instability + nuclear-weapons ambitions, the US is willing to "fundamentally transform" the relationship β "already made gr
03 New York Post β Vance regional peace technical negotiation begins - New York Post
Vance claims fast regional progress (Lebanon ceasefire holding, partners Qatar/Pakistan/Israel) toward a full regional ceasefire; frames today as the beginning of a "technical negotiation" where teams sit together "for the first time really in history" to settle issues and "get to a better tomorrow.
04 New York Post β Trump IAEA inspections Iran decimated oil 19M barrels no nuke - New York Post
Asked about no scheduled IAEA inspector visit, Trump says "they're wrongβ¦ 100% inspectionsβ¦ at the appropriate time"; pivots to Iran being decimated (military/leadership/radar wiped out, 300% inflation, no negotiating position) and money taken from Iran going to US farmers; then to oil β 19M barrels
05 KOMO News β Rubio Lebanon sovereign Iranian issue is Hezbollah - KOMO News
Reporter asks if Lebanon/Israel process should be separate from Iran β Rubio: yes, Lebanon is a sovereign country, we deal directly with the Lebanese government; but there's an Iranian issue β their support and sponsorship of Hezbollah β which will be discussed with the Iranians; the future of Leban
06 New York Post β Rubio no tolls on international waterway Strait of Hormuz - New York Post
Reporter asks if US + allies can guarantee freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz β Rubio: that's the law, it's an international waterway, no country can charge tolls or fees, that's how we expect it'll be here.
07 FRANCE 24 β Iran returns to oil market US waives sanctions shadow fleet to China - FRANCE 24
Iran set to return to mainstream global oil markets for the first time in decades as US waives long-standing sanctions during 60 days of peace negotiations; shadow-fleet tankers (crude sold to Chinese refiners at a discount) now free to operate worldwide and sell in US dollars; Iranian banks/central
08 New York Post β official Hormuz 72 ships mined channel taking Irans leverage - New York Post
Asked how many ships are moving since the MOU, a US official says ~72 ships/24h and 20M barrels β but the Iranians MINED the central ship channel, so traffic routes north by the Iranian islands or south with US military escort through Omani waters; full demining is ~a few weeks; "Iran will not have
Vance flags "misreporting about frozen or unfrozen Iranian assets," says they built a process so unfrozen Iranian money helps Iran's people, not terrorism; Jared Kushner's solution with the Qataris gives the US AND Qatar approval over the process, and the money buys American soy, corn and wheat "for
02 PBS NewsHour β Hormuz third of world fertilizer Rollins says wont bankrupt farmers - PBS NewsHour
Anchor frames the economic fallout of the Iran war β about a third of the world's fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its closure is spiking fertilizer prices in spring planting season, stoking fears of higher food prices and lower yields; Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins downplays
03 PBS NewsHour β farmers nitrogen 350 to 600 a ton no margins zero - PBS NewsHour
Against the official reassurance, the farmers PBS spoke with say the cost spikes could push them over the edge β one watching nitrogen go from $350 to ~$600 a ton since the conflict, others going without nutrients; the punch: "with the increases in input prices, there are no margins β they appear to
Human-Rights
01 CNN The Lead β Nazanin Boniadi Iran executions 44 political prisoners killed - CNN
The Lead/Tapper with British-Iranian activist Nazanin Boniadi: executions ramping up inside Iran β at least 44 political prisoners killed since March 18 (Iran Human Rights); Amnesty's prior warning.
02 CNN The Lead β Nazanin Boniadi US condemnation became a photo op with the perpetrators - CNN
Boniadi: what started as condemnation of atrocity crimes 'turned into a photo op with the perpetrators'; regime's claimed internet-access 'maturity' is hollow β lawyer Jawad Ali Kordi disbarred.
War-Powers-Congress
01 Bloomberg β Senate votes to limit Trump Iran war powers, 50-48 rebuke from his own party - Bloomberg
Hours after kicking off the America-250 fair, Trump met Republicans behind closed doors and lashed out at senators over the symbolic war-powers vote β reportedly calling Sen.
Trump asks the DOJ to investigate whether oil companies are price-gouging β oil prices fell after the Iran peace deal but pump prices stayed high; Trump says they should be at $2.25.
01 π«§ AI BUBBLE AND QUANTUM
AI bubble & quantum β China's Zhipu GLM beats Gemini and undercuts Claude built UNDER the chip ban; SK chip-engineers become top marriage prospects; the wild 'Mythos broke into nearly all NSA classified systems in hours' (Breaking Points); plus Trump's TWO quantum EOs and the Q-Day Bitcoin/crypto threat.
Clips β 6
AI-Bubble
01 Global News β China Zhipu GLM beats Gemini undercuts Claude under chip ban - Global News
At a Seoul matchmaking service, consultant Lee Sung-mi notes Samsung/SK Hynix worker desirability scores have risen β in a stratified marriage market that used to prize doctors and lawyers, chip engineers now rake in bonuses that can exceed $400k where the average salary is under $30k β a Korea Univ
03 Breaking Points β Mythos AI broke into nearly all classified systems in hours - Breaking Points
Asked where quantum stands now, Hackett says 2026 changed everything β papers from Google and a startup (Oratomic) showed you can break encryption with far fewer qubits; that's part of why Bitcoin has struggled, a $2β3T asset class "entirely based on cryptography"; "Q-Day" is the moment quantum brea
03 Fox Business β BTQ Hackett double-edged sword why Trump signed two quantum EOs - Fox Business
Hackett says his team gathered in NYC because Trump approved the two EOs and they "needed to get in gear"; it's a race and Q-Day could be "a calamity to humankind" if we're not prepared; quantum is a "double-edged sword" β both a breakthrough and a serious security threat β which is why Trump signed
02 π΅οΈ FRAUD ABUSE AND RFK
The fraud cluster β DOJ's $6.5B / 455-defendant healthcare-fraud takedown + RFK Jr on opioid-pushing defendants, Kash Patel's FBI 'most-wanted fraudsters' list, and the Eric Adams chief-of-staff migrant-housing bribery indictment.
Clips β 5
DOJ-Healthcare-Fraud
01 USA Today β DOJ charges 455 defendants in 6.5 billion fraud takedown - DOJ
PBS: federal prosecutors charge Frank Carone (ex-chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams), his brother + two others with bribery/money-laundering/fraud β $100k+ to steer a migrant-housing city contract to a Queens hotel; up to 20 yrs; Adams not accused here.
Kash-Fraudsters-List
01 KOMO News β Kash Patel FBI most wanted fraudsters those days are over - KOMO News
DOJ's first-ever Antifa case lands 30β100-year sentences (longer than any Jan-6 rioter) + Georgetown's Paul Butler on how atypical/harsh it is and the NSPM-7 domestic-terror designation; ODNI firings under Pulte; the Montreal incel-manifesto shooting.
Clips β 6
Antifa-100-Year-Sentences
01 PBS NewsHour β DOJ first-ever Antifa case 30 to 100 year sentences longer than Jan 6 - PBS NewsHour
PBS: Acting AG Todd Blanch calls them 'Antifa terrorists'; Butler β Antifa isn't a formal org with leadership/members, it's a loose anti-fascist network; questions the terrorism label.
04 PBS NewsHour β Paul Butler DOJ message to protesters NSPM-7 domestic terror - PBS NewsHour
PBS: Butler on the message to protesters and likely future cases vs immigration-crackdown protesters; ties to NSPM-7 (post-Charlie-Kirk directive) aiming law enforcement at 'domestic terrorist ideology.'
Montreal-Incel
01 Global News β Montreal shooter manifesto incel ideology online harms bill - Global News
6abc: ODNI firings under Pulte NCTC hit hard national security.
04 πͺ TRUMP CIRCUS
Trump spectacle β the reflecting-pool 'vandal' saga (Park Police hunt; 'someone went in with a knife'), the Great American State Fair (B-52s, fake gold eagles, Kash Patel's girlfriend sings the anthem), and the 'fat drug' MFN drug-price riff ($1,300 NY vs $87 London β 'prices are rigged').
Clips β 6
Fat-Drug-Prices
01 New York Post β Trump MFN drug prices fat drug 1300 in NY vs 87 in London prices are rigged - New York Post
AC360/Donie O'Sullivan: ostensibly a celebration of America's 250th, but Trump made it about himself β a campaign-style 'rally to end all rallies' (attendee: '116th Trump rallyβ¦ greatest show on earth').
AC360/Donie O'Sullivan live at the fair: Kash Patel's girlfriend sang the anthem, B-52 bombers overhead, fake pillars and fake gold American eagles; Trump about to take the stage.
Reflecting-Pool
01 6abc β Trump reflecting pool drained again vandals blamed 16M - 6abc
AC360: US Park Police seek public help IDing a person in Fri 3:36pm video re a 'destruction of government property' probe; follows Trump's social-media claim that vandals damaged the reflecting pool β 6 arrested, 7 cited.
02 New York Post β Trump someone went in with a knife six under investigation - New York Post
AC360: US Park Police seek public help IDing a person in Fri 3:36pm video re a 'destruction of government property' probe; follows Trump's social-media claim that vandals damaged the reflecting pool β 6 arrested, 7 cited.
05 π HOUSING VOTING AND MAMDANI
Trump cancels the bipartisan housing-bill signing (demands his voter-ID/SAVE Act first); Sen. Hassan calls the mail-ballot voter-list rule 'un-American'; Mamdani grounds NYC sanctuary policy in his Muslim faith ('welcome the stranger' β the original of the distorted 'Sharia' repost).
Clips β 3
Housing-Bill
01 Scripps News β bipartisan housing bill heads to Trump's desk - Scripps
The Lead with Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan on their book 'Regime Change': Natalie Harp's 'you are all that matters' sycophancy, Bongino's Epstein-memo meltdown at Bondi, Trump's health (near-collapse) + 2020 COVID 'black box,' and Trump 'sick of [Netanyahu's] antics.'
Clips β 6
01 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Natalie Harp you are all that matters sycophancy - CNN
The Lead/Tapper with Haberman & Swan on their book 'Regime Change': aide Natalie Harp left Trump an adoring note β 'you are all that matters to me' β next-level sycophancy that captures the book's spirit.
02 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Bongino erupts at Bondi over Epstein memo - CNN
Haberman & Swan: after the July 7 FBI/DOJ 'nothing to see here' Epstein memo, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino erupted at AG Bondi in a DOJ meeting β 'you f***ed this thing up from the start.'
03 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Bongino Epstein cover-up podcasters become the ruling class - CNN
Haberman & Swan: as podcasters Bongino/Patel told their audience the ruling class was covering up an Epstein pedophile cabal β then they BECAME the ruling class deciding whether to be transparent; jarring for the MAGA base who saw them as heroes.
04 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Trump health near collapse no verbal filter - CNN
Haberman & Swan: in 2024 aides saw Trump near 'the brink of physical collapse,' briefly falling asleep on his feet backstage; trouble hearing; 'whatever thin verbal filter he had was gone.'
05 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Trump 2020 COVID breathing issues health a black box - CNN
Haberman & Swan: Trump had COVID 'in a very intense way' in 2020 with significant breathing issues they weren't upfront about; possible lingering effects unknown β his health 'a particular black box.' (Steve cut ~27s.)
06 CNN The Lead β Haberman Swan Netanyahu call Trump sick of his antics Gaza deal - CNN
Haberman & Swan: a September call where Trump, trying to land a Gaza peace deal, found Netanyahu uncooperative and told him he was 'sick of his antics.'
07 π¦ TUCKER UNCHAINED
Tucker off the leash β the Alex Jones interview (Israel/anti-Semitism deflection, the nuclear card, AIPACβdomestic-terror, Trump 'waking up to the fraud,' the 2028-run denial), the demucs'd 'Trump is a slave to Israel' + 'the weave is a spell' beats, and quitting the GOP.
Clips β 9
Attacks-Trump
01 MilkBarTV β Tucker the weave is a spell to lull you into a defenseless stupor (demucs) - MilkBarTV
Tucker says Trump uses a manipulative communication style β "the weave" β to lull his audience into a defenseless stupor; it's not just an old man rambling, it's deliberate; Trump deploys it to dodge a question or disarm you, and it works like getting high β "it's a spell, designed to disarm you, to
02 MilkBarTV β Tucker Trump is a slave to Israel cant be slave to a foreign power (demucs) - MilkBarTV
Tucker says Trump "is, again, a slave of othersβ¦ not running anythingβ¦ subject to the whims of others"; he grieves that he sold people on Trump on now-false claims, and that Trump's Middle East decisions β "not just the war with Iran but being a slave of Israel" β have hurt the country; "You're an A
On-Alex-Jones
01 Tucker β Trump waking up to the fraud they sold him - Alex Jones
Setup (what's happened to Trump) β substance (accepted the loss, pushed back on Israel, Tucker sad/depressed, was savaged & vindicated) β payoff (Trump waking up to the fraud they sold him).
02 Tucker β Israel's nuclear card and paying for their genocide - Alex Jones
Setup (dangerous place, Israel legitimately threatened) β substance (Iran now a real power, Israel cornered, don't box them) β payoff (one trump card = nukes, closer to using than ever; US should stop paying for their genocide; very concerned).
03 Tucker β they want a new 9-11 nuclear false flag to blame Iran - Alex Jones
Setup (AJ: Israel doubles down, Likudniks, "we need a new 9-11", Israel involved in 9-11, nuclear false flag to blame Iran) β payoff (Tucker: you're clearly right, they're saying it out loud, it reflects reality).
04 Tucker β Israel out of options, the anti-Semitism myth and Rubio - Alex Jones
Setup (Israel out of options, killing-people misread, US enabled the "spoiled child") β substance (the anti-Semitism foundational myth, "you're not Israeli, you just hate me") β payoff (stick = no more funding; carrot = send Rubio, "close friend of Israel, supported almost exclusively by the Israeli
05 Tucker β of course I'm not planning to run for president - Alex Jones
Setup (AJ: polymarket third most popular, "put the rumors to bed β you're not planning to run for president, or are you?") β payoff (Tucker: "Of course I'm not planning to run for president...
06 Tucker β I do want to offer an option, it's not democracy - Alex Jones
The Western realignment β Rutte's 'Trump Trillion' NATO flattery (Europe/Canada +$1.2T defense), the Brexit '10 years on, could the UK rejoin the EU?' question, Cuba's biggest economic overhaul since Castro, and Colombia's left-wing heir-to-Petro Cepeda.
Clips β 4
Brexit-Rejoin-EU
01 FRANCE 24 β Brexit 10 years on could UK rejoin EU Burnham beats Reform - FRANCE 24
NATO SG Mark Rutte, at the White House, presents "the Trump Trillion" chart to flatter Trump β Europe/Canada have added ~$1.2T in defense spending since Trump took office; isolated Trump-47 effect ~$250B over two years; 195k jobs supported by EU investment; a $300B order backlog buying US defense ou
09 π₯ CLIMATE HEAT AND GEOENGINEERING
France 'not built for this heat' (rail disruption all week) + Europe the fastest-warming continent β incl. the tell that cleaner air now reflects LESS sunlight (the aerosol/dimming angle) β and the BBC FIFA-vs-Aramco climate protests.
Clips β 3
BBC-FIFA-Aramco
01 BBC β FIFA climate protests vs Aramco (Gary finished) - BBC
90M+ Europeans sweltered >35C (UK/Spain June records); FR24 explains Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent (2x the global average) β Arctic ice loss β darker surfaces absorb more sun; more hot North-African air; and β the NA tell β air quality IMPROVED, so the pollutants that "used to refl
France-Heatwave
01 France24 β France not designed for this heat, rail disruption all week - France24
France24: France not designed for this heat, rail disruption all week.
10 π¦ PANDEMIC FILES
The manufactured-pandemic thread β Philly's mutating rodenticide-resistant mice (Rutgers) and the 'Fauci is the COVID coverup kingpin' author SOT (40-year abuse of power; post-9/11 bioterror funding 'kingpin').
Clips β 2
Fauci-Coverup-Kingpin
01 New York Post β Fauci the COVID coverup kingpin 40-year abuse of power J Edgar Hoover - New York Post
An author (his book) says Fauci influenced the process from the start β interfering in journal articles and intel; a 40-year abuse-of-power career ("J.
Serendipity β Meloni's 'Italy and I do not beg' rebuttal to Trump, the Venezuela dual-earthquake + Trump's 'new and great friends' pledge, California's 'confusing food label' ban, and the Clive Davis obit.
Clips β 4
CA-Food-Labels
01 KTLA 5 β California bans confusing food date labels July 1 wastage - KTLA 5
Breaking β a pair of earthquakes (7.2 then 7.5 just 39s later, near Marone on the northern coast) hit Venezuela overnight, ~164 dead / ~1,000 hurt, buildings collapsed in Caracas (airport ceiling came down).