Grid collapses, prediction markets and rocket customers + this day in history w/Truther Talk and our song of the day by The Nation Of Iran on your #MorningMonarchy for August 4, 2026.
Notes/Links:
UPDATE: State Department denies call with under-pressure FIFA president Infantino
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/state-department-denies-call-with-under-pressure-fifa-president-infantino/ar-AA29kGKn
UPDATE: Trump Reportedly Considers Firing Jeanine Pirro Over Reflecting Pool—Says She ‘Choked’
https://archive.is/oSziA
UPDATE: Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases; After revelations that a botched renovation, not vandalism, had caused the pool’s recent problems, the U.S. attorney’s office has dropped several prosecutions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/reflecting-pool-charges.html
Video: “United States Will Fall” Mossad Assassin on REAL Epstein Operation | Juval Aviv (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxGGGtMQxY4
Episode #419 w/ Juval Aviv is available now. Juval is a former Mossad agent & assassin who was the leader of a team that hunted down the Black September terrorists who murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Juval was also hired by Ghislaine Maxwell to investigate the death of her father, Robert Maxwell. On this podcast we discuss Epstein, Trump, Netanyahu, the Iran War & much more.
https://x.com/JonesDanny/status/2084323413754106319
US man accused of destroying evidence by wiping phone at airport
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-man-accused-of-destroying-evidence-by-wiping-phone-at-airport/ar-AA28ZvnE
Perhaps fearing its new automatic draft and increased age limits for the U.S. military draft pool won’t work once actively engaged, the Selective Service System is now attempting to create an AI computer simulation to test scenarios for its national mobilization.
https://x.com/JeffereyJaxen/status/2082160715012452560
Police Are Deploying 60 MPH Autonomous Drones to Read Your License Plate from the Sky
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/police-deploying-60-mph-autonomous-113500010.html
Denver And Douglas County Fired Flock Over Spying Concerns—Then Hired Axon To Do The Same Job
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/denver-douglas-county-fired-flock-141354688.html
‘Crazy intense’: Secret military exercise in Española took residents by surprise; Explains July sightings of military aircraft in skies over North Central NM
https://archive.is/i9NBp
Cuba plunges into darkness as electric grid collapses
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/cuba-plunges-into-darkness-as-electric-grid-collapses/ar-AA29hGcR
Video: NEW: 🇺🇸🇨🇺 Secretary of State Marco Rubio now claims Cuba has been meddling in the internal affairs of the United States (Audio)
https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2083908623281864901
Four Tet – “Human Voice” (Partial // Audio)
‘Human Voice’
Text Records – July 31, 2026
*Four Tet – “Human Voice” (Partial) https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/track/human-voice // The title track of the just-released two-song digital single by Four Tet, available now via Text Records.*
Search: Axon Tel Aviv
https://search.brave.com/search?q=axon+tel+aviv
New York City landlords warn American dream is slipping away under socialist rent policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-city-landlords-warn-american-dream-is-slipping-away-under-socialist-rent-policies/ar-AA28oORK
Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure; Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
New York sues Kalshi, alleges prediction market is illegal gambling; The possible penalty could cost Kalshi an estimated $36 billion.
https://abcnews.com/US/new-york-sues-kalshi-alleges-prediction-market-illegal/story?id=135253622
Japan to vow coordination with the U.S. on weak yen in historic battle
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/02/japan-to-announce-tokyo-washington-took-joint-action-on-yen-reuters.html
US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions
https://apnews.com/article/yen-dollar-currency-trump-economy-7316599afed35629a27ae23a35f569fd
Video: Dollar weakens against yen as US and Japan confirm market intervention (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS8QN7cISwo
Smooth McGroove – “Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link – Temple/Palace Theme Acapella”
Digital Single
YouTube – Jul. 21, 2014
*Smooth McGroove – “Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link – Temple/Palace Theme Acapella” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_r_TCDG58 // https://x.com/SmoothMcGroove/status/2083284519482786209 // An original a-cappella arrangement of Hyrule Temple from Zelda 2 & Smash Bros. ⚔️*
Working Group on Financial Markets aka Plunge Protection Team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Group_on_Financial_Markets
Map shows electricity costs in every state as AI data centers surge prices
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/map-shows-electricity-costs-in-every-state-as-ai-data-centers-surge-prices/ar-AA29kSU6
Image: Residential Electricity Cost By State
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA29k6Of.img
SpaceX stock stumbles ahead of major Starship test tonight; Starship’s latest launch comes as SpaceX is reportedly turning away Falcon rocket customers.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/spacex-stock-stumbles-ahead-of-major-starship-test-tonight-132710787.html
Video: SpaceX launched its 13th Super Heavy-Starship rocket Friday, with the giant booster chalking up an on-target but “hard” splashdown off the Texas Gulf Coast while the Starship upper stage carried out a successful suborbital hop to the Indian Ocean. (Audio)
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2080841314854203581
Video: Liberal reporter destroyed by Elon Musk after she said people “loathe” him for speaking about UK politics. “Maybe some people do loathe me and that’s probably true. I don’t care…I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.” (Audio)
https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2080390641503412532
Jodeci – “Come & Talk To Me” (Audio)
‘Forever My Lady’
Uptown/MCA – May 28, 1991
*Jodeci – “Come & Talk To Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WhlGjHUz4I // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_My_Lady // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_Talk_to_Me // https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/jodeci-forever-my-lady/ // For a generation of R&B fans, ‘Forever My Lady’ is forever. This year [of our Lord, 2026] Jodeci will celebrate their landmark debut album, released in 1991 at the height of the new jack swing era, with a new expanded vinyl reissue for its 35th anniversary. The song was written, produced and arranged by Al B Sure and fellow Jodeci member DeVante Swing. The song features K-Ci as the lead singer, and JoJo, Mr. Dalvin and DeVante Swing on the chorus. The music video was first seen in the spring of 1992.*
CFR BILDERBERGER PAUL VOLKER CREATURE: Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanny_Minton_Beddoes
#ThisDayInHistory: Truther Talk – James Evan Pilato on Music, Media and Mayhem!!! (Aug. 4, 2014 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/truther-talk/ // https://www.truthertalk.com/
The Nation Of Iran – “Dance Dance Monkey Vance” (Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – July 30, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The Nation Of Iran – “Dance Dance Monkey Vance” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7obt9LM7zQs // JD Vance is the target of relentless trolling for 99 seconds on this brand new propaganda video from the Nation Of Iran, available now via YouTube.*