The latest episode of the No Agenda Show, hosted by Adam Curry with guest co-host Sir Deucifer (Rob Dew), takes a deep dive into the political and economic currents swirling around the upcoming midterm elections. Released on August 23, 2026, the episode titled 'Caconian' dissects how opposition to AI data centers has been transformed into an anti-Republican wedge issue, the controversy over beef imports, and the U.S. military posture at the Strait of Hormuz. The hosts argue that the narrative against data centers is being engineered for political gain, despite the potential for significant economic growth.
Curry and Dew point to a Gallup poll showing 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, a sentiment they believe is being stoked by political interests. They highlight the case of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who reversed his stance on data centers after receiving $20 million in campaign donations from data center executives, subsequently imposing a construction moratorium. Curry frames the data center buildout as a generational opportunity akin to the railroads or the 1990s fiber boom, urging listeners to consider careers as electricians, welders, and technicians. 'This is an opportunity for the American people to take money from BlackRock, from Vanguard, from Google, from Meta. Take their money,' he says. Dew adds a firsthand account of friends in Alexandria, Virginia being offered $4 million for homes surrounded by existing data centers, illustrating how private equity money is flowing directly to homeowners in affected corridors.
The episode also covers Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's activist bond strategy, a maneuver that Curry traces back to Janet Yellen and dubbed 'activist Treasury issuance' by economists Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Miran in 2024. Curry explains how swapping long-term 30-year bonds for short-term T-bills is designed to lower yields and prop up the stablecoin market, with Tether and Circle now controlling more than 80% of a $300 billion stablecoin sector projected by Citi to reach $3.5 trillion by 2030. The discussion extends to CENTCOM's stealth Omani shipping corridor moving 10 million barrels of oil daily, Trump's declaration of the Strait of Hormuz as 'American territory,' and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defending the 300,000-ton Argentine ground beef import deal. A boots-on-the-ground note from a soldier deployed under NAVCENT offers context on USS Lincoln conditions.
Throughout the episode, Curry and Dew also touch on other topics, including Flock camera vandalism, Fourth Amendment questions on public roads, and the alleged coming crackdown on infrastructure tampering. They discuss Confucius Institutes, Pentagon audits of 30 universities, and Chinese national voter fraud charges in Massachusetts. The episode continues the show's tribute to the late John C. Dvorak through the newly launched Order of the Ant.
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