Zev Shalev

1 day ago | open.substack.com | Zev Shalev

The most powerful revelation this week wasn't another Trump scandal or Musk meltdown—it was the image of America's president reduced to desperately texting Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, begging for relief from a trade war that's destroying the U.S. economy while Canada builds the future without them. The U.S. created 562,000 new millionaires in 2024 under Biden, bringing the total to 7.9 million with collective wealth growing 9.1%.

2 days ago | open.substack.com | Zev Shalev

The MAGA civil war just went thermonuclear. What started as policy disagreements over EV tax credits escalated into Elon Musk publicly accusing Donald Trump of being Jeffrey Epstein's pedophile buddy. We watched it happen in real time as two narcissists destroyed each other with the kind of viciousness that makes Game of Thrones look like Mr. Rogers.

3 days ago | open.substack.com | Zev Shalev

Three key appointments this week expose Trump's governing strategy while revelations about DOGE show how deeply Russian networks have penetrated his administration. A 22-year-old former gardener now runs terrorism prevention. Putin's family network controls anti-Russia operations at the state department. The man who once illegally froze Ukraine aid oversees all Pentagon weapons purchases, and Russian intelligence assets operate inside DOGE with direct access to taxpayer data.

5 days ago | narativ.org | Zev Shalev

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1 week ago | open.substack.com | Zev Shalev

This is part twelve of our multi-part investigation, The New Feudalism. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here, Part 7 here, Part 8 here, Part 9 here, Part 10 here, and Part 11 here. This post is free because of the high public interest. Sign up for updates here and consider our limited offer on our annual plans. On May 29, 2025, Elon Musk posted a farewell message and walked away from his government role. But this wasn't a resignation.