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Feb 2025
1h 36m

DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google'...

All-In Podcast, LLC
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(0:00) The Besties intro Antonio Gracias!

(3:11) DOGE takes on USAID

(31:44) Sacks breaks in to talk USAID

(34:00) Sacks explains what he's working on: Crypto/AI Frameworks

(46:41) The Democratic Party's shrinking base

(52:33) US Sovereign Wealth Fund + Breaking DOGE/Tax News

(1:09:07) Google to spend $75B on AI buildout in 2025, future of work in the age of AI

(1:23:21) Science Corner: GLP-1 macro study

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Referenced in the show:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/usaid-donald-trump-elon-musk-marco-rubio-state-department-foreign-aid-8d2a1920

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/u-s-agency-for-international-development

https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2024

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banks-sell-5-5-billion-of-x-loans-after-investor-interest-surges-4b84f89c

https://www.usaspending.gov

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-politico-reporters-reveal-editors-quashed-slow-walked-negative-biden-stories-with-no-explanation

https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/fa0cefae-7cfb-881d-29c3-1bd39cc6a49e-C/2024

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/about/funding

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid

https://x.com/susancrabtree/status/1884034727046226317

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886627783138316442

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/usaid-security-leaders-removed-refusing-elon-musks-doge-employees-accercna190357

https://x.com/Jason/status/1885082871074886110

https://x.com/anc_aesthetics/status/1886176995433763188

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1887501752213409919

https://x.com/pm_viktororban/status/1887224829352280505

https://x.com/daily_romania/status/1887883017550430435

https://x.com/kanekoathegreat/status/1887261736618893636

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology

https://x.com/davidsacks47/status/1886878016183394403

https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/scott-hagerty-lummis-gillibrand-introduce-legislation-to-establish-a-stablecoin-regulatory-framework

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/02/rahm-emanuel-democrats-voters-kitchen-table

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/a-plan-for-establishing-a-united-states-sovereign-wealth-fund

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/scott-bessents-3-percent-deficit-target-would-require-massive-cuts-to-anti-poverty-programs-and-middle-class-tax-increases

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-weigh-block-doge-accessing-treasury-department-records/story?id=118498817

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_DOGE_Service

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1887585824218509380

https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/show_temp.pdf

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/05/alphabet-shares-fall-7percent-on-revenue-miss-heightened-ai-investments.html

https://abc.xyz/assets/a3/91/6d1950c148fa84c7d699abe05284/2024q4-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1886899315735507255

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03412-w

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