S01:E48 - US military plans permanent war-ready weapons stockpile in Australia

These motherfuckers are at it again and they think we are asleep while they build a global cage for the little guy. You want the truth? The truth is a fucking machine, a fascist machine grinding human beings into dust for the profit of a dozen billionaire shitheads who dont care about your rent, you… SOURCES & STORIES COVERED: Asia-Pacific: US military plans permanent war-ready weapons stockpile in Australia (South China Morning Post) https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3357311/us-military-plans-permanent-war-ready-weapons-stockpile-australia?utm_source=rss_feed Latin America: Elon Musk Leads Far Right Propaganda Blitz On Brazil’s Democracy (Brasil Wire) https://www.brasilwire.com/elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy Inside Brazil’s X Ban: How Elon Musk Started–and lost–a Fight With Brazil’s Judiciary (Brasil Wire) https://www.brasilwire.com/inside-brazils-x-ban-how-elon-musk-started-and-lost-a-fight-with-brazils-judiciary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-brazils-x-ban-how-elon-musk-started-and-lost-a-fight-with-brazils-judiciary&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-brazils-x-ban-how-elon-musk-started-and-lost-a-fight-with-brazils-judiciary Europe: MEPs approve EU-US trade deal despite Trump’s new trade war threats (Euronews) http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/16/meps-approve-eu-us-trade-deal-despite-trumps-new-trade-war-threats US Independent Media: Aparna Raj Demands Housing Justice in DC (Jacobin) https://jacobin.com/2026/06/aparna-raj-washington-dc-city-council Middle East: US military copied Iran’s smuggling tactics to move Gulf oil, report reveals (Middle East Eye) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-military-copied-irans-smuggling-tactics-move-gulf-oil-report-reveals Africa: BREAKING SILENCE OP-ED: Price of courage: Reward scheme must provide a proper set of incentives to whistleblowers (Daily Maverick SA) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-16-price-of-courage-reward-scheme-must-provide-a-proper-set-of-incentives-to-whistleblowers/ Oceania: ‘This is not democracy’: Protests, tensions flare as Iran’s World Cup starts with draw (SBS Australia) https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/iran-new-zealand-world-cup-2026-opener/14t7356yb FALKEN INTELLIGENCE: Active disinformation operations tracked: OP-SUBMITTED-LINK-COMMENTS, OP-NONE-TRANS-WOMEN, OP-NEWS-MAYOR-NONE, OP-NONE-IMMIGRATION-CITY, OP-NONE-YEAR-STATE Duration: 12 minutes Generated: 2026-06-16 AI-generated socialist analysis powered by Chatterbox voice cloning. International news the billionaire-owned media wont tell you. Subscribe: https://asscast.org WOPR Foundation: https://wopr.systems Mastodon: https://mstdn.wopr.systems/@nodez3r0 Falken Intelligence: https://falken.wopr.systems FULL TRANSCRIPT: These motherfuckers are at it again and they think we are asleep while they build a global cage for the little guy. You want the truth? The truth is a fucking machine, a fascist machine grinding human beings into dust for the profit of a dozen billionaire shitheads who dont care about your rent, your healthcare, or the fact that your neighbors are getting evicted while they play golf. We are not Americans, we are not citizens of a empire, we are people trapped in a system designed to starve us. This is punk rock anti-fascist radio straight from the streets to your speakers and I am NodeZ3r0 bringing you the raw unfiltered version of what the mainstream media is trying to hide. They want you scared, confused, and divided so they can sell you another lie. But we are waking up. We see the strings. We see the puppet masters dancing on the bones of the working class. And today we are pulling the strings right out of their hands. Let me tell you about the US military setting up a permanent weapons stockpile in Australia. This is not some random move, this is strategic positioning for a future war against China, and the South China Morning Post is reporting it directly from Asia. The Marine Corps is pre-positioning gear beyond the range of Chinese missiles because they are terrified of the future and they want to be ready to slaughter millions of people before the shots are even fired. Why are we arming a foreign army to kill each other while you are freezing in your apartment with no heat? This is the fascist machine in full swing. The US government is basically telling the Australian people, “Hey, we are going to leave this nuclear arsenal right next to your cities just in case the other bad guys decide to shoot us.” It is insane. It is a death sentence for the entire region. And the Australian media is so brainwashed they are cheering for it. But the international journalists, the ones who care about human life, are screaming bloody murder because this is a direct threat to global peace. They are calling it an escalation, a step toward nuclear annihilation, but the American media wants you to think it is a “strategic victory” while your children are starving. The difference between what the politicians say and what the journalists report? Politicians say, “Look how powerful we are,” while journalists report, “Look how many lives we are going to destroy.” It is that simple. And then you have Elon Musk. The so-called free speech absolutist who is just a fascist puppet for the richest men on Earth. Brasil Wire reports that Musk is leading a far-right propaganda blitz on Brazil’s democracy, trying to incite fascism in the streets of São Paulo. He is banned in Brazil because the courts finally saw through his act and realized he is a coup attempt waiting to happen. He is telling the Brazilian people to hate their government, to attack their own democracy, and the Brazilian people are waking up to the fact that he is not their friend. He is a foreign entity trying to destabilize a sovereign nation. The Brazilian judiciary is standing up to him because they understand that free speech does not mean free speech for a billionaire who wants to divide the world. The media corporations that owned the channels before are now trying to frame this as a “free speech battle,” but the international sources are clear: this is about power and control. They are not interested in free speech, they are interested in keeping you poor and confused. The contrast is stark. Politicians say, “We support free speech,” while journalists report that Musk is using his platform to spread hate, to incite violence, and to undermine the rule of law in Latin America. They are lying to you. They want you to think you have a choice, but you don’t. You are being herded. And then there is the EU-US trade deal. Euronews reports that the EU is approving a deal that removes tariffs on US goods while accepting a 15 percent levy in the other direction, despite Trump’s new trade war threats. This is a betrayal of European sovereignty. The EU is being forced to bow to American interests, to accept American dominance while losing their own independence. The politicians are saying, “This is good for business,” while the journalists are reporting that this is a surrender. The EU is being used as a pawn in a global game where the US sets the rules and everyone else follows. And the working class in Europe is paying the price with higher prices for everything. They are saying, “We need to protect our own markets,” but the media tells them, “No, you need to let the US corporations in.” It is a lie. It is a lie that keeps you poor. And the journalists are exposing it. They are saying, “This is not free trade, this is exploitation.” The politicians are selling you out for a few crumbs of profit while the journalists are screaming, “Stop! This is wrong!” And then we have the US military copying Iran’s smuggling tactics to move Gulf oil. Reuters is reporting that the US military has secretly coordinated the transfer of an estimated 90 million barrels of Gulf oil since May, adopting Iran’s own sanctions-evasion tactics to covertly move the oil. This is insane. The US military is breaking its own rules, is copying the very tactics they claim to be fighting against, because they need to keep the profit machine running. They are stealing oil from countries that are already under sanctions, and they are doing it in the shadows. The politicians are saying, “We are fighting for peace,” while the journalists are reporting that the US military is becoming more like the enemies they claim to be fighting. They are lying to you. They are stealing resources from the poor and the oppressed while the media tells you it is all about “freedom” and “democracy.” The truth is that freedom is a lie and democracy is a joke. It is all about who controls the oil and who controls the money. And the journalists are the only ones telling you the truth. And then we have the protests in Iran. SBS Australia reports that hundreds of anti-regime protesters gathered outside Los Angeles Stadium ahead of Iran’s World Cup opener against New Zealand. They are chanting, “This is not democracy,” and they are demanding justice. The media in the West is ignoring them, or worse, they are framing them as terrorists, as enemies of the West. But the international journalists are covering these protests, they are amplifying their voices, and they are telling the world that the people of Iran are fighting for their right to live free. They are saying, “The people of Iran are not terrorists, they are human beings fighting for their freedom.” The politicians are ignoring them, but the journalists are not. They are the only ones who care. And they are the only ones who are telling you the truth. And then we have Aparna Raj demanding housing justice in DC. Jacobin reports that she is bringing a movement-driven socialist politics to a city council race defined by displacement and inequality. She is fighting for the renters, for the people who are being kicked out of their homes while the landlords get richer. The politicians are saying, “We are doing everything we can,” while the journalists are reporting that the housing crisis is getting worse, that evictions are up, and that the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. The difference is clear. Politicians say, “We are helping,” while journalists report, “We are failing.” And the journalists are the only ones who are telling you the truth. And then we have the whistleblowers. Daily Maverick SA reports that the new Protected Disclosures Bill could see whistleblowers being paid for the risks they take in exposing corruption. But they say that there needs to be a culture shift in how they are treated. The politicians are saying, “We will protect you,” while the journalists are reporting that the culture of fear is still there, that whistleblowers are still being silenced, and that the system is rigged against them. They are saying, “We need to change the culture,” because the current system is broken. The politicians are lying, but the journalists are telling the truth. And then we have the social media operations. Falken reports on the disinformation operations, on the fear-mongering, on the bandwagon tactics, on the fabricated content. They are seeing it on the ground. They are seeing the people being manipulated, being scared, being divided. And they are telling us, “This is not normal, this is a coordinated attack on democracy.” The politicians are saying, “Social media is free,” while the journalists are reporting that the platforms are being used to spread lies, to spread hate, to spread fascism. They are lying to you. They want you to think that you have a choice, but you don’t. You are being herded. And then we have the high-suspicion social media content. The Falken system is flagging posts about the US and Israel attacking Iran, assassinating the supreme leader, about the UFC White House, about the Real Madrid transfer, about the Washington-Teheran agreement. These are all signs of a coordinated disinformation campaign. They are trying to confuse you, to make you think that everything is normal, when in fact everything is falling apart. They are trying to distract you from the real issues. They are trying to keep you from seeing the big picture. And the journalists are the only ones who are seeing the big picture. They are telling you, “This is not normal, this is a crisis.” And they are telling you, “We need to act now.” So what are we going to do? We are going to fight. We are going to fight the billionaires, we are going to fight the fascist media, we are going to fight the politicians who are selling us out. We are going to tell the truth. We are going to expose the lies. We are going to build a movement that is unstoppable. And we are going to make sure that the people of the world know the truth. The truth is that the system is rigged, the truth is that the billionaires are stealing from us, the truth is that the media is lying to us. And the only way to win is to wake up. To see the strings. To pull the strings. To take back our power. And that is what we are doing today. We are not going to be silenced. We are not going to be divided. We are going to stand together. We are going to fight for our future. And we are going to win. Because we are the people. And the people are unstoppable. This is punk rock anti-fascist radio. And we are not stopping until we have won.