WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.379 Welcome to the deep dive. If you've felt kind 00:00:03.379 --> 00:00:05.400 of overwhelmed trying to sort through the news 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:07.940 this week, trying to figure out what's real, 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:10.619 what's just politics, and what's actually a major 00:00:10.619 --> 00:00:12.859 shift, then you're in the right place. Yeah, 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:15.039 we're really tackling that core problem today. 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:18.179 How do you separate the, let's call it the 1A 00:00:18.179 --> 00:00:21.719 story from the 1B story? A1A is like... confirmed, 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.579 it's certain, it changes things. A1B, well, it's 00:00:24.579 --> 00:00:27.100 important, maybe, but it's uncertain, it's messy, 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.219 depends on which way the wind blows. That's a 00:00:29.219 --> 00:00:30.500 perfect way to put it, because when we looked 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:33.500 last night, most major news sites, four out of 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:36.020 five, had Letitia James' indictment as their 00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:39.140 big confirmed 1A lead story. But the news out 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:41.420 of Israel, which could be huge, was consistently 00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:44.560 in that 1B slot. Exactly. And that contrast, 00:00:44.619 --> 00:00:46.380 that's kind of our roadmap. One source nailed 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:48.520 it. Peace in Israel, that's 1A. But peace in 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:51.149 Israel, maybe, well, that's 1B. And our mission 00:00:51.149 --> 00:00:54.689 today is really to dive into that may into the 00:00:54.689 --> 00:00:57.490 uncertainty, the contradictions behind four big 00:00:57.490 --> 00:00:59.469 stories unfolding right now. OK, so let's start 00:00:59.469 --> 00:01:02.250 there. That big one be peace in Israel, maybe. 00:01:02.670 --> 00:01:04.670 What do we actually know for sure about this 00:01:04.670 --> 00:01:07.530 agreement? Well, the foundation seems relatively 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:10.090 clear. Donald Trump announced this 20 point plan 00:01:10.090 --> 00:01:12.549 last week. backed it up with a pretty loud threat 00:01:12.549 --> 00:01:14.349 saying all hell will break out if they didn't 00:01:14.349 --> 00:01:17.150 comply. Then you had diplomacy, U .S. envoys 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:19.950 Witkoff and Kushner involved, and then Hamas 00:01:19.950 --> 00:01:22.709 accepted, and then the Israeli government accepted. 00:01:22.950 --> 00:01:25.569 OK, so acceptance from both sides. And that kicks 00:01:25.569 --> 00:01:28.549 off phase one, right? What has to happen immediately 00:01:28.549 --> 00:01:30.930 for this thing to hold? Phase one needs four 00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:32.849 things right away. First, everyone stops shooting. 00:01:33.109 --> 00:01:36.269 Obvious, but yeah. Second, Hamas has to return 00:01:36.269 --> 00:01:39.670 all the remaining hostages living or deceased. 00:01:40.489 --> 00:01:43.170 Third, Israel frees a couple of thousand Palestinian 00:01:43.170 --> 00:01:45.250 prisoners. That's the quote. And finally, aid 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:47.709 gets distributed freely in Gaza. Oh, and the 00:01:47.709 --> 00:01:49.870 US is sending 200 troops just to monitor the 00:01:49.870 --> 00:01:52.290 ceasefire. Monitor. On paper, that sounds pretty 00:01:52.290 --> 00:01:55.010 concrete. But I mean, history tells us the implementations 00:01:55.010 --> 00:01:56.409 where these things get really, really messy. 00:01:56.989 --> 00:01:59.370 How confident are we, based on the sources, that 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:02.670 the shooting has actually stopped or will stop? 00:02:03.350 --> 00:02:06.430 Historically, not confident at all. We know it's 00:02:06.430 --> 00:02:09.389 almost a pattern that groups often ramp up the 00:02:09.389 --> 00:02:11.750 shooting right before a ceasefire kicks in. There 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:13.969 were reports yesterday, dozens of casualties, 00:02:14.669 --> 00:02:17.669 and late last night. that Israeli Defense Force 00:02:17.669 --> 00:02:20.550 order to stop. Still unconfirmed by international 00:02:20.550 --> 00:02:23.629 observers, it's often like a final violent negotiation 00:02:23.629 --> 00:02:26.270 tactic. So no, it's probably not quite over yet. 00:02:26.710 --> 00:02:29.289 And even if the shooting does stop today, moving 00:02:29.289 --> 00:02:33.960 from just an armistice to stable peace. That's 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:35.360 incredibly hard. You think about the difference 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:37.620 between, say, the end of World War II versus 00:02:37.620 --> 00:02:40.479 the Treaty of Versailles, or the Korean War armistice. 00:02:40.539 --> 00:02:42.699 We're in the eighth decade of that Cold War because 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:44.879 governance wasn't sorted out. That's the core 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:46.800 problem here. It really highlights the biggest 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:48.840 contradiction in this deal. Governance, the Trump 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:50.800 plan. It suggests this international board of 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.080 peace. Trump and Tony Blair co -chairing it, 00:02:53.099 --> 00:02:56.120 running Gaza. But Hamas, and apparently a lot 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:58.479 of Palestinians, are insisting, no, it has to 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.740 be a Palestinian body running things, not international. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.280 That's a huge crack in the foundation. from phase 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.280 one. Which makes you wonder about the timing. 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:09.500 Why now? Both sides said no to a similar Biden 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:13.199 plan last year. Why yes this time? The sources 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.340 suggest pretty strong internal pressures on both 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:17.960 sides. Hamas was likely getting really low on 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.939 supplies, maybe losing some internal support 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:23.039 for a long guerrilla war. And for Israel, well, 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.860 their international position had gotten significantly 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:27.840 weaker. You can definitely point to specifics 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:31.719 there. The ICC indictment of Netanyahu, big Western 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.080 allies like the UK, France, recognizing Palestine 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.939 as a state. And that massive shift in U .S. public 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:40.400 opinion polls showing more Americans supporting 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.439 Palestine than Israel now. That's like a 49 point 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:46.919 swing since October 7th. Huge. So the key takeaway 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.240 here might be, yes, Trump's taking credit, but 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.219 maybe he just, as one source put it, entered 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:54.400 from stage right at a very opportune time. Both 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:55.979 sides might have already been looking for an 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:57.759 off -ramp, which, you know, leads to all that 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:59.719 speculation about why they rushed the announcement. 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:01.879 Ah, the Nobel Peace Prize speculation, right? 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.500 Secretary Rubio supposedly pulled Trump out of 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:06.680 a meeting, told him they had to announce now 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:09.560 for PR to hit the deadline for the 2025 prize. 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:12.080 Exactly. But our sources were pretty skeptical 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.120 about the Nobel chances anyway, even with the 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.819 rush. The committee historically has a super 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:19.639 high bar. Only Oslo got a Nobel for Middle East 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:21.399 peace and it didn't go to the U .S. president. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.620 And honestly, the decision was probably already 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:25.860 made weeks ago. Well, before this deal came together, 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:28.139 logistics matter. Logistics beat the politics. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.860 Yeah. And we saw the result. Yeah. The prize 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:32.639 went to Maria Carina Machado from Venezuela. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:35.939 Yeah. So classic one B story. The big lots of 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:39.470 noise, but uncertain and ultimately didn't make 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:42.790 that jump to the big 1A win. OK, let's shift 00:04:42.790 --> 00:04:44.829 gears then to the story that actually did grab 00:04:44.829 --> 00:04:47.129 that 1A headline slot yesterday, the domestic 00:04:47.129 --> 00:04:49.730 story, the indictment of New York AG Letitia 00:04:49.730 --> 00:04:52.610 James. Yeah, and this one feels deeply political 00:04:52.610 --> 00:04:54.370 right from the start. It's framed as part of 00:04:54.370 --> 00:04:56.250 this revenge pattern, right? Yeah. After James 00:04:56.250 --> 00:04:58.750 Comey's indictment, James, a black woman, a Democrat, 00:04:59.129 --> 00:05:01.230 she oversaw investigations leading to Trump becoming 00:05:01.230 --> 00:05:04.819 a... what, 34 times convicted felon? The clear 00:05:04.819 --> 00:05:06.560 read from the sources is that this looks like 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.500 using the justice system against a political 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:11.180 opponent. And the charge itself, bank fraud, 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.600 making false statements to a bank. It's about 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.199 a house James bought back in 2020 in Norfolk, 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:19.120 Virginia. Allegedly, she said it was a second 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:21.339 residence, but then rented it out, suggesting 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:23.420 it was really an investment property. OK. And 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:25.480 if that's proven, what was the actual financial 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.509 gain? What's the damage? The claim is she got 00:05:28.509 --> 00:05:31.389 a lower interest rate because of that misrepresentation 00:05:31.389 --> 00:05:34.329 three percent instead of three point eight one 00:05:34.329 --> 00:05:37.089 five percent which means allegedly the bank lost 00:05:37.089 --> 00:05:39.610 out on about eighteen thousand nine hundred thirty 00:05:39.610 --> 00:05:41.670 three dollars. Now that's not you know chump 00:05:41.670 --> 00:05:44.029 change but it's also not an amount you'd typically 00:05:44.029 --> 00:05:46.850 see sparking a major federal case which again 00:05:46.850 --> 00:05:48.970 sort of underlines the potential political angle 00:05:48.970 --> 00:05:50.790 here. What's really interesting are the legal 00:05:50.790 --> 00:05:53.310 hurdles the prosecution seems to be facing. It 00:05:53.310 --> 00:05:54.910 almost suggests the politics might be stronger 00:05:54.910 --> 00:05:57.720 than the actual legal Yeah, three big ones jump 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.839 out from the source material. First, that indictment, 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:03.199 signed only by the U .S. attorney for Eastern 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.180 Virginia, Lindsay Halligan. She's a Trump appointee. 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:08.939 That's really unusual. Usually you'd see more 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:11.259 career prosecutors signing on, suggest maybe 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:13.899 they didn't buy into it. Second, proving intent. 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:16.939 They have to show James intended to defraud the 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:19.180 bank. That's always tough in court. And then 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:21.560 there's the timing issue, the statute of limitations, 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:24.180 five years for federal charges, right? She bought 00:06:24.180 --> 00:06:27.060 the house in August 2020. So that clock is running 00:06:27.060 --> 00:06:31.180 out or maybe has run out. And the prosecution's 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:33.899 argument to get around that seems. creative, 00:06:34.139 --> 00:06:36.300 that every mortgage payment was a new crime. 00:06:36.579 --> 00:06:38.980 It's legally risky, yeah. A judge could easily 00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:40.819 toss that argument out. It seems like an attempt 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:42.519 to stretch the timeline. And finally, there's 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.379 this whole question about whether Halligan's 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:46.160 appointment was even legal in the first place. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:48.519 If it wasn't, the whole indictment could be voided. 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.740 They'd have to start over, find someone else 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:53.420 willing to push this case. So ironically, the 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:55.360 legal weaknesses kind of become the strongest 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.620 evidence pointing towards that political motivation 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:01.060 behind this big 1A headline. That kind of political 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.970 weaponization, you know, ignoring legal expertise 00:07:03.970 --> 00:07:07.649 for political goals, it actually creates a perfect 00:07:07.649 --> 00:07:10.529 bridge to our next segment, moving from weaponizing 00:07:10.529 --> 00:07:13.449 the law to, well, weaponizing public health information. 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:16.300 Indeed. We turn now to what our sources called 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:20.259 Today in Crazy, this cabinet meeting where Trump 00:07:20.259 --> 00:07:22.620 and R .F .K. Jr. were basically congratulating 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:25.420 each other on fighting autism through their anti 00:07:25.420 --> 00:07:27.980 -vax, anti -tylenol campaigns. Trump even said, 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.079 you know, I'm not a doctor, but I'm a man of 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.959 common sense. Wow. But the specific claim that 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.660 really caught fire was from R .F .K. Jr. He said 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:38.790 two studies. His words show that kids circumcised 00:07:38.790 --> 00:07:41.250 early have double the rate of autism, and he 00:07:41.250 --> 00:07:43.550 links it, saying it's highly likely because they're 00:07:43.550 --> 00:07:45.529 given Tylenol during the procedure. Right, and 00:07:45.529 --> 00:07:47.449 this is where we really need to scrutinize the 00:07:47.449 --> 00:07:49.129 data or the lack of it. The immediate reaction 00:07:49.129 --> 00:07:51.089 from medical professionals and our sources was 00:07:51.089 --> 00:07:53.870 blunt. Two studies is nothing in medical research, 00:07:54.029 --> 00:07:56.610 nothing conclusive. And we run smack into that 00:07:56.610 --> 00:07:58.870 classic confusion. Correlation doesn't equal 00:07:58.870 --> 00:08:01.250 causation. Just because two things happen together 00:08:01.250 --> 00:08:03.550 doesn't mean one caused the other. Okay, so let's 00:08:03.550 --> 00:08:08.720 unpack that correlation then. If these two studies 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.220 showed some link, what's the likely real reason 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:14.860 if it's not Tylenol? It's almost certainly socioeconomic, 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:18.420 not chemical. Circumcision often correlates with 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:21.240 higher economic status in the U .S. And higher 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.439 economic status correlates with better access 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.100 to doctors, specialists, people who can actually 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:29.639 diagnose autism. So it's likely a reporting difference. 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:32.320 Wealthier parents get the diagnosis, not some 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.539 link between the procedure and the painkiller. 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:38.929 Just basic evidence that contradicts the theory, 00:08:39.210 --> 00:08:40.730 right? Circumcision rates have actually gone 00:08:40.730 --> 00:08:43.669 down in the US over recent decades. Autism diagnoses 00:08:43.669 --> 00:08:46.289 have gone up. Plus, autism exists everywhere, 00:08:46.610 --> 00:08:49.450 including in populations with absolutely no tradition 00:08:49.450 --> 00:08:51.769 of circumcision. Exactly. These claims really 00:08:51.769 --> 00:08:54.690 depend on ignoring pretty straightforward, widely 00:08:54.690 --> 00:08:56.870 available counter -evidence. It's just a stark 00:08:56.870 --> 00:08:59.370 example of how political narratives can just 00:08:59.370 --> 00:09:01.990 steamroll established medical science, leading 00:09:01.990 --> 00:09:03.590 to some really dangerous public health talk. 00:09:03.649 --> 00:09:06.509 Yeah, deeply concerning. Okay, finally, let's 00:09:06.509 --> 00:09:09.269 wrap up with the other major story that's still 00:09:09.269 --> 00:09:13.629 unfolding. That escalating 1B nightmare. The 00:09:13.629 --> 00:09:15.549 government shut down. We're into week two now, 00:09:15.669 --> 00:09:17.669 right? That's usually when the pain really starts 00:09:17.669 --> 00:09:20.289 to bite, moves beyond just inconvenience. Oh, 00:09:20.370 --> 00:09:22.049 yeah. The ripple effects are getting serious. 00:09:22.230 --> 00:09:24.769 Air travel is probably the most visible. Staffing 00:09:24.769 --> 00:09:27.190 shortages are causing like more than half of 00:09:27.190 --> 00:09:30.029 all the flight delays. And the U .S. Travel Association, 00:09:30.409 --> 00:09:32.190 they estimate it's costing a billion dollars 00:09:32.190 --> 00:09:36.690 in lost spending every single week. Wow. And 00:09:36.690 --> 00:09:39.370 taxpayer services. basically grinding to a halt. 00:09:39.649 --> 00:09:42.129 Pretty much. The IRS furloughed almost half its 00:09:42.129 --> 00:09:44.470 people when the money ran out. The taxpayer advocate 00:09:44.470 --> 00:09:47.110 service, the people who help you sort out complicated 00:09:47.110 --> 00:09:50.169 tax problems, completely shut down. And more 00:09:50.169 --> 00:09:52.210 critically, the safety nets are starting to fray. 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:54.659 Let's be clear about those safety nets. What 00:09:54.659 --> 00:09:56.980 are we talking about? OK, the WIC program that's 00:09:56.980 --> 00:09:59.240 nutrition for women, infants, and children. It's 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.399 contingency fund. Almost gone. And SNIP benefits 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:05.100 food stamps. That's 41 million Americans. Funding 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:07.139 only lasts through the end of October. If this 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.500 shutdown keeps going, you're looking at 41 million 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.970 families hitting a food cliff. And the timing, 00:10:12.289 --> 00:10:14.950 just awful for other things too. Peak hurricane 00:10:14.950 --> 00:10:17.289 season and the National Flood Insurance Program 00:10:17.289 --> 00:10:19.549 can't issue new policies, can't renew old ones. 00:10:20.090 --> 00:10:22.710 Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo, they're 00:10:22.710 --> 00:10:25.210 set to close October 11th. It touches everything. 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:27.679 We should also quickly clarify who's affected 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:30.059 in the workforce, because it's not uniform. You 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:33.480 have accepted or essential, workers think, air 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.220 traffic controllers, TSA, border patrol, VA staff. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.879 They have to work but without pay currently. 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:42.860 They are guaranteed back pay eventually. Then 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:45.000 furloughed workers, maybe in research or admin, 00:10:45.299 --> 00:10:47.659 they stay home, also guaranteed back pay. But 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:49.720 the people really hurting are the federal contractors, 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:51.879 right? Exactly. The folks who clean the buildings, 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.519 do IT support, logistics. They aren't protected 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.360 by those back pay guarantees. They just don't 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.259 get paid. That money is gone forever for them. 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:00.940 And connecting this back to the bigger picture, 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.120 the economy, maybe the worst long term damage 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.340 is just institutional blindness because key data 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:10.820 isn't coming out. That's a huge issue. Key economic 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:14.820 reports, the jobs numbers, retail sales, that 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:17.440 big third quarter GDP estimate, they're all delayed 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.559 or just suspended. So the Federal Reserve, private 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.179 companies, forecasters. They're all, as you said, 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:24.120 flying blind. They can't make good decisions 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.580 without the data. Plus, this messes up annual 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:29.240 inflation adjustments for everything. Tax brackets, 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:31.820 student loans, cost of living increases. It's 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:34.000 like institutional self -sabotage. And there's 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.120 political maneuvering layered on top of it all. 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:38.370 Seems pretty clear, yeah. The administration 00:11:38.370 --> 00:11:41.370 seems to be trying to amplify the pain in areas 00:11:41.370 --> 00:11:43.690 seen as Democratic districts threatening layoffs 00:11:43.690 --> 00:11:46.330 there, while at the same time making sure funding 00:11:46.330 --> 00:11:48.450 continues for things like immigration enforcement, 00:11:48.529 --> 00:11:51.230 which are key Republican priorities. So looking 00:11:51.230 --> 00:11:53.330 across all four of these big narratives today, 00:11:53.350 --> 00:11:56.330 the fragile peace deal, the weaponized indictment, 00:11:56.950 --> 00:12:00.029 the the crazy health misinformation, the shutdown 00:12:00.029 --> 00:12:02.710 chaos, the common thread seems to be this real 00:12:02.710 --> 00:12:05.970 struggle to find solid truth amidst all the uncertainty 00:12:05.970 --> 00:12:08.460 and political spin. Absolutely. We've looked 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:12.480 at the instability of a peace, maybe? The frankly 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:14.759 political corruption seeming to drive a legal 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.320 case, junk science pushed by powerful people, 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.940 and the sheer chaos of a shutdown that stops 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:22.139 us from even knowing basic facts about our own 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:24.200 economy. It really raises a fundamental question 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.090 for you, the listener, to think about. We depend 00:12:27.090 --> 00:12:30.929 so much on institutions, medical, legal, governmental, 00:12:31.090 --> 00:12:33.529 to give us clarity, to give us facts, especially 00:12:33.529 --> 00:12:36.070 when things are volatile. So what happens to 00:12:36.070 --> 00:12:38.309 the country's health or the economy's stability 00:12:38.309 --> 00:12:40.389 when those very sources that are supposed to 00:12:40.389 --> 00:12:42.950 give you factual, verifiable information, GDP 00:12:42.950 --> 00:12:45.850 data, medical consensus, impartial justice, when 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:47.929 those sources themselves become politicized or 00:12:47.929 --> 00:12:51.090 misinformed or just... go dark. That absence 00:12:51.090 --> 00:12:53.230 of reliable knowledge, that's the vulnerability 00:12:53.230 --> 00:12:55.350 that connects all these stories and that I think 00:12:55.350 --> 00:12:57.649 is the essential question to mull over until 00:12:57.649 --> 00:12:59.570 we meet again. Thank you for diving deep with 00:12:59.570 --> 00:12:59.809 us.