QUESTION: A follow-up. Will Socrates survive you? Have you taught anyone else how to program AI as you do? PB ANSWER: The lawyers are working on creating a 501(c)(3), which is a specific tax-exempt status granted by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to nonprofit organizations operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, or educational purposes. This […]

When you strip away the propaganda, foreign aid is rarely about charity. It is about strategy, war, and buying influence. The latest long-run data show that from 1946 through 2024, more than $1 trillion in inflation-adjusted U.S. foreign aid went to just five recipients: Israel at $337.0 billion, Egypt at $198.9 billion, former South Vietnam […]

  Russia is doing the opposite of many other central banks by selling gold, yet this behavior actually reinforces the fundamental role gold plays within the global financial system because it demonstrates that gold is the ultimate asset of last resort when access to traditional financial channels is restricted. Since 2025, the Central Bank of […]

California is now facing the consequences of policies that ignore reality. Between 2019 and 2023, the state lost a staggering $91.4 billion in income as residents relocated elsewhere, with another $11.9 billion leaving in just a single year. This is not a minor shift. This is a structural problem that is accelerating, not stabilizing. What […]

What Iran is doing right now is something we have seen repeatedly throughout history whenever a currency begins to die. Governments start issuing larger and larger banknotes because the existing denominations no longer function in daily life. This took place in the Weimar Republic hyperinflation, where trillion-mark notes were printed, and again in Zimbabwe hyperinflation, […]

The U.S. Postal Service is now introducing its first-ever fuel surcharge, and that should stop everyone in their tracks. This is not just about postage going up. This is a reflection of something much bigger unfolding beneath the surface of the economy. When even a government institution like the Postal Service, which has avoided these […]

  Back in 1985, the claim that the dollar would crash exist but the theory was that the US would go to a two-tier monetary system. They would make the Eurodollars a separate currency like South Africa had the domestic rand and the financial rand for international commerce. The cash deposits were shifting from external […]

It is being reported that Trump has delivered an ultimatum to the Gulf States that “If you want the war to continue – 5 trillion dollars. If you want it to end – 2.5 trillion dollars.” Omani journalist and international relations researcher Salem Al-Jahuri, on BBC Arabic, confirms reports of US pressure on the Gulf […]

QUESTION: Marty, I want to thank you for your warning about Blackrock. I took out 90% with the October high and the rest in January when Socrates showed a Panic Cycle Year in 2026. I did not invest in their Ukraine project. I heard because of your advice to stay out they could not raise […]

QUESTION: You said they always kill the assassin when there is a conspiracy. I think you said that about the attempted assassination of Trump. You also said that about Oswald and Epstein. You said the only question about Epstein you wrote “When will Epstein be found Dead? Before or After a Deal?” I know you […]