Q&A: Loomer Luvs Zelensky, Freemasons, Eminent Domain, and More | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

On today's "Ask Us Anything" Q&A Show—we do them Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 AM Eastern time, live—Ted, Jamarl and Robby answered your questions about:

• Robby denies being a communist but advocates nationalizing corporations like BlackRock and utilities as monopolies, arguing free markets fail and create oligarchies; essential services need government control for fairness.
• Montana property taxes rise with gentrification from out-of-state buyers, forcing locals to sell ancestral homes; discussed as socialistic yet flawed, unlike pure free-market ownership without state seizure.
• Debates tax fairness: sales taxes regressive (hit poor harder), income taxes preferred if simplified/graduated, property taxes indiscriminate; tithes and government funding compared.
• Freemason 33-degree conspiracies linked to Kabbalah, numerology, Great Architect, UFO/cult theories, and elite groups like Yale; limited knowledge shared.
• Predictions on crises (oil spikes, Iran escalation, AI bubble, false flags) hard; already in inflation crisis since COVID with 40%+ price rises vs. stagnant wages.
• Zohran Mamdani’s early NYC mayoralty shows no major quality-of-life changes yet; past mayors like Bloomberg improved bureaucracy via 311; hopes for competence.
• Proposal to seize empty NYC buildings via eminent domain for homeless shelters, funding via NGOs/tax breaks or volunteers; practical challenges like lawsuits and costs noted.
• West Bank tensions: Farouk Ramadan killed defending against settlers/IDF; framed as self-defense vs. Hasbara “terrorist” spin; hypocrisy and lack of consequences criticized.
• Man arrested at Houston airport for wiping phone (duress password) under “obstruction”; viewed as rights violation, no underlying crime; burner phones and resistance advised.
• Laura Loomer meeting Zelensky signals Trumpers shifting pro-Ukraine war; dual wars (Ukraine/Iran) seen as one U.S.-backed conflict; loyalty and hypocrisy debated.

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