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Tucker Carlson: “The CPI is correct. Crap.”

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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution

Published August 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:41:19

The official numbers are corrupted. And I don't want to go into it because it's technical, but. But the CPI is. The CPI is correct. Crap. Right, I agree with that. Now, here's the problem. If the economy's been growing 2 and a half percent and the inflation numbers are underestimated by 4 means we've been in a recession the whole way. (1:41:19)

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“There are these giant hedge funds called university endowments that aren't paying any taxes.”
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 1:31:00-1:31:06
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 06:46-06:51
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 12:51-13:00
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 18:04-18:08
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“Testing potentially dangerous drugs on people without their full consent [is unethical].”
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“I thought that was one of the big lessons of the second World War.”
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 1:13:52-1:14:05
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 1:32:28-1:32:31
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 1:33:25-1:33:32
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Dave Collum: Financial Crisis, Diddy, Energy Weapons, QAnon, and the Deep State's Digital Evolution | Uploaded August 20, 2025 | 1:33:38-1:33:43
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