Episode 59

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15th Jul 2025

Opening the flood gates for private investors to build our digital prison

 Trump’s Admin – Domestic Policy HUD and the Departments of Labor and Education

Date recorded:           July 1, 2025      

This is the full-length version of today's episode - with all the deep dives, background and details you won't want to miss!

The new Secretaries of HUD (Housing and Urban Development), Labor and Education are all supporting changes that are forcibly ushering in a Chinese style surveillance and social credit system onto every American. How, you may ask? By opening doors for private corporations to take over and install surveillance and data-collecting infrastructure throughout the country. Join Terra and Peter in discovering how each of these departments is furthering the surveillance state!

Show notes:

Scott Turner

https://www.hud.gov/aboutus/leadership/scott-turner

HUD Secretary Scott Turner Launches DOGE Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Fraud and Abuse:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-030

Secretary Scott Turner on Fox & Friends - “DEI is dead at HUD.”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-033

HUD Secretary Scott Turner, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Establish Partnership to End Illegal Alien Exploitation of Housing Programs:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-046


BREAKING | “HUD Cracks Down on Government-Backed Mortgages for Illegal Immigrants”:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-048


HUD Secretary Scott Turner and DOI Secretary Doug Burgum Announce Joint Task Force To Use Federal Lands for Affordable Housing:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-042


Secretary Turner, Secretary Burgum Visit Underutilized Federal Land for Affordable Housing Development in Southern Nevada:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-067


HUD, Ginnie Mae, and Korea Housing Finance Corporation Sign Agreement to Advance Affordable Housing and Strategic Housing Finance Cooperation:

https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-076


US Senator for Utah, Mike Lee: Natural Resources:

https://www.lee.senate.gov/NaturalResources


One, Big, Beautiful bill - SEC. 80317. Federal land in Utah:

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-H4D39EBEB88A34CACA64CA2E44E97349E


June 11th – One, Big, Beautiful bill: Chairman Lee Releases ENR Budget Reconciliation Text:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-enr-budget-reconciliation-text


PAGE 30: Subtitle C—Lands SEC. __0301. MANDATORY DISPOSAL OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND AND NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND FOR HOUSING:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096


Sabino Canyon for sale?

https://tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/sabino-canyon-for-sale


June 23rd - Provisions Continue to Violate the Byrd Rule in the … “One Big, Beautiful Bill”:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/provisions-continue-to-violate-the-byrd-rule-in-the-republicans-one-big-beautiful-bill


US Senate Committee on the Budget press release page:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press


June 27th – Chairman Lee Releases Updated Energy & Natural Resources Title:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/chairman-lee-releases-updated-energy-natural-resources-title


June 28th - BREAKING: Heinrich Announces Public Lands Sales Provisions Struck from Reconciliation:

https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/6/breaking-heinrich-announces-public-lands-sales-provisions-struck-from-reconciliation


June 28th - Chairman Graham Releases Full Senate Text Of President's One Big Beautiful Bill:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/chairman-graham-releases-full-senate-text-of-presidents-one-big-beautiful-bill


Explore Your Community's Opportunity Zones -MAP:

https://www.hud.gov/opportunity-zones


How Opportunity Zones Launched a ‘Gold Rush’ for Wealthy Investors:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-11/why-opportunity-zones-failed-to-help-low-income-areas


US House one, big, beautiful bill text: SEC. 111102... Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/119th-congress/house-committee-print/60587#toc-HB7F6249047F74D5282817A58570B573F


US Senate Amendment 2360 text; Sec. 70421… Opportunity Zones

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/2360/text


Smart Growth America:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/opportunity-zones-for-impact-tell-congress-to-pass-reforms-to-the-federal-opportunity-zone-tax-incentive/


Tucson: Complete Streets is about more than pavement:

https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/tucson-complete-streets-is-about-more-than-pavement/


Move Tucson:

https://movetucson.tucsonaz.gov/


Tucson cuts congestion by 46 percent with AI:

https://cities-today.com/tuscon-cuts-congestion-by-46-percent-with-ai/


Let’s make Solano a place that builds:

https://californiaforever.com/



Lori Chavez-DeRemer

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/osec


Lori Chavez-Deremer, campaign contributions:

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lori-chavez-deremer/contributors?cid=N00048900&cycle=2024


US Department of Labor rescinds 2022 guidance on Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Plans:

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20250528


Smart-city tech eyed for Opportunity Zones:

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/


OR

https://web.archive.org/web/20230530034359/https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/erie-next/2019/03/03/smart-city-tech-eyed-for/5417088007/



Linda McMahon

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-organization/meet-secretary-of-education/linda-e-mcmahon


Executive Order - Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families, January 29, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/


Executive Order - Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, March 20, 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/


Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Power Over Education to States and Local Communities:

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/statement-president-trumps-executive-order-return-power-over-education-states-and-local-communities


TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, and the Dismantling of the Department of Education:

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/02/investigative-reports/trumped-2025-school-choice-corporatization-social-impact-finance-and-the-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education/


Project 2025 Playbook:

https://whatisproject2025.net/project-2025-mandate-for-leadership-pdf/


VIDEO: John Klyczek: Is Trump Dismantling the Dept of Ed or Is He Streamlining Ed-Technocracy?

https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com/p/john-klyczek-is-trump-dismantling



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"Peter moved to Tucson in 1996 to attend the University of Arizona, and continued to teach and do research after earning his Master’s degree in East Asian Studies in 1998 and a PhD from the Joint Program in Linguistics and Anthropology in 2007. After the events of Sept. 2001, Peter’s research expanded to include history and geopolitics, and his passion for community activism intensified after the events which began in 2020.
Research led Peter to realize that there has been a longstanding plan by Globalist powers to destabilize and ultimately do away with nation states, including the US, with the intention of consolidating power under a global technocracy.
As the current 1st vice-Chair of the Pima County Libertarian Party, Peter is involved in multiple community groups. He strives to empower others with knowledge so that they can take control of their choices and actions in order to live the most moral and virtuous life possible."

Terra Radliff

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A passionate and dedicated local activist, who currently holds the position of Asst. Treasurer with the Pima County Libertarian Party. Terra is committed to defending our freedoms and promoting community awareness. Inspired by the 2020 covid narrative, Terra researched extensively and independently to critically evaluate the information provided by government sources and mainstream media. Dedicated to empowering others through knowledge and advocacy, Terra’s background in Law Enforcement, degree in Molecular Biology and as an independent business owner, provide her with unique insights. Terra is continually seeking opportunities to contribute to the protection of individual liberties and freedoms and promote informed decision-making.