Saylor authorized $1.25B in Bitcoin sales. 514K full-time jobs vanished. Trump made $2.2B selling access. 250 years later, we need another revolution.
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The June jobs report came in at 57,000 — half of the lowest estimate — with May revised down from 172,000 to 129,000. Full-time employment collapsed by 514,000 in a single month, bringing total full-time job losses since Trump took office to 2.24 million. The labor force participation rate dropped to 61.5% as 700,000 workers simply gave up, and manufacturing has lost 73,000 jobs despite Trump’s tariff promises.
Michael Saylor officially surrendered the “never sell Bitcoin” thesis, establishing a “Bitcoin monetization fund” authorizing up to $1.25 billion in Bitcoin sales to maintain dollar reserves, buy back common stock, and repurchase Stretch preferreds trading at $87.80. He raised the Stretch dividend to 12% with mandatory increases ahead. Peter Schiff argues this transforms Strategy from the market’s biggest buyer into its biggest seller, removing the bid that underpinned Bitcoin’s price. Trump’s financial disclosure revealed $2.2 billion in income — $1.4 billion from meme coins and tokens alone — while Mar-a-Lago membership hit $1 million and the Executive Club charges $500,000 for a restaurant seat next to cabinet members. Peter closes with a 250th Independence Day reflection, arguing Americans today face more tyranny than the colonists ever did under King George, and that the revolution we need now must happen at the ballot box.
Chapters:
00:00 Holiday Intro and July 4th Tease
00:37 Jobs Report Shock and Revisions
03:43 Full-Time Jobs Slide and Tariff Reality
07:29 Fed Rate Hike Theater and Gold Bounce
16:28 Bitcoin Strategy Turns Seller
29:57 Meme Coins as Bribes
31:09 Paying for Trump Access
34:26 Debt Gimmicks and Deficits
35:38 Independence Day and Founding Ideals
45:45 Modern Tyranny and Peaceful Revolution
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