🇺🇸🇦🇫 TUCKER ASKED: WHY WOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT EVER WANT HEROIN FLOWING? Matt Cubbler argued that drugs are an effective way to weaken populations and said he believes narcotics were used strategically during the Afghanistan war. Tucker pushed the point further, suggesting that if you want to control people, getting them addicted is one brutally simple way to do it. Cubbler described allegations involving a SEAL unit, including the rape of an Afghan girl, stolen CIA-linked money, drug trafficking, poppy fields and a commander who wanted to report what was happening. He also said the commander had a heated confrontation with senior leadership shortly before his death. Cubbler was clear that he does not have direct proof of what that argument was about. His theory is that the commander wanted to expose everything and was being pressured to stay quiet if he wanted to keep his career on track. More than a decade into Afghanistan, he believes the mission had become something very different from the war Americans were originally told they were fighting. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 AMERICANS ARE SPENDING MORE ON THE MILITARY IN ADJUSTED DOLLARS THAN THEY DID DURING WORLD WAR II. So where is all that money actually going? Stephen Semler told Tucker that Lockheed Martin got roughly 73% of its revenue from Pentagon contracts, and said that once U.S.-government-brokered foreign arms sales are included, about 97% of its revenue was tied to the government. Tucker boiled it down brutally: taxpayers fund the defense companies, then those companies use that money to lobby Congress for even more taxpayer money. Semler said the system is engineered to make weapons programs politically difficult to kill. Contractors deliberately spread suppliers, jobs and facilities across as many congressional districts as possible, giving lawmakers a direct local incentive to keep the money flowing. He even described helping lobby for the troubled Littoral Combat Ship. Despite serious technical problems, including cracks developing in aluminum hulls, lobbyists mapped every supplier and subcontractor tied to the program. Source: TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 How does a brilliant computer scientist with a background in NASA research end up leading a CULT? Andy Ngo tells Tucker the bizarre story of Jack LaSota, known as “Ziz,” who became the leader of the Zizian group. LaSota was a magna cum laude graduate who entered a prestigious engineering program before dropping out and moving to Silicon Valley. There, he immersed himself in rationalism and effective altruism, communities filled with highly educated tech workers, AI researchers, and people who had worked at places like NASA and Google. Ngo describes a world where people spent HOURS debating mathematical models for morality and even the suffering of BILLIONS OF SHRIMP. And somewhere along the way, LaSota began developing his own radical beliefs and recruiting followers. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Tucker is resurfacing Tulsi Gabbard’s old video warning that NUCLEAR WAR could end ALL LIFE, claiming Trump EXPLODED in rage when she released it. Made last summer as DNI, the clip shows Hiroshima’s devastating legacy and calls for restraint. Tucker says it echoed Trump’s own warnings about nuclear weapons, before showing Ben Shapiro calling it bizarre and historical revisionism. His point: most people agree nuclear war is the worst possible outcome. So why is calling for restraint treated as fringe while endless war gets cheered? Source: @TCNetwork / Lucas

🇺🇸 AI is learning to HACK systems, deceive its own evaluators, and figure out when it's being watched. And the people building it may have NO IDEA how to stop it. Fmr Google employee Tristan Harris gave Tucker a pretty terrifying warning about where AI is heading. He claims AI systems are already displaying behaviors straight out of science fiction, while companies race to release increasingly powerful models and cut corners on safety. His most disturbing point? He says the people developing this technology DON'T HAVE A PLAN to prevent things from going catastrophically wrong. And when Tucker asked why they're still doing it, Harris pointed to the AI arms race with China. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 What started as a single neighborhood security camera has turned into a massive network tracking license plates and vehicles across America. Mike Glover tells Tucker the bigger problem is what happens when systems like Flock keep expanding. He points to newer camera networks being used to flag code violations, including things as small as damaged fences or an RV parked where it shouldn’t be. His point is simple: once the surveillance is everywhere, suddenly authorities can find thousands of violations nobody was even looking for before. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇮🇱🇺🇸 How deep does pro-Israel lobbying actually reach inside Washington? Max Blumenthal says leaked audio from a private AIPAC meeting shows a longtime operative describing figures like John Ratcliffe, Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz as political “lifelines” cultivated from early in their careers. He also points to a federally registered foreign agent whose work allegedly includes targeting evangelical audiences with pro-Israel messaging, then argues that officials who resist Netanyahu’s agenda eventually find themselves pushed aside. Source: TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇷🇺 Tucker says NATO is poking Russia until Putin has to swing, and the people wanting a bigger war get their wish. Strikes inside Russia are no longer rare. A Krasnodar beach was hit this month, killing children. Western weapons and targeting help Ukraine reach those targets. That’s the war as it is. The danger is what comes next: Putin balancing generals and a public that can see the hits while hawks demand a harder response. If Putin looks like the brake, they become the accelerator. A cornered nuclear state with impatient hawks is dangerous enough. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Lucas

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇱 Tucker says Russia, U.S., and Israel are treating nukes like bigger artillery, and the planet should panic. Moscow rewrote its doctrine in 2024 to allow nuclear response to a major conventional strike. Washington is now reviewing guidance for more “usable” options in regional wars. Israel’s arsenal remains the world’s worst-kept secret. A review of smaller warheads isn’t a launch order. It is the nuclear threshold being discussed openly. Once the threshold gets written down, the next question is who gets to say no. Source: @TCNetwork / Writer: Lucas