In episode 1897 of the No Agenda Show, hosts Adam Curry and returning guest co-host Rob Dew delivered a sweeping media deconstruction, arguing that the upcoming midterm elections are reshaping major news narratives—from AI data center backlash to Treasury bond strategies, beef imports, and U.S. posture at the Strait of Hormuz. Broadcast from the Texas Hill Country on August 23, 2026, the episode also continued the show’s tribute to the late John C. Dvorak through the newly launched Order of the Ant.
Curry and Dew contended that opposition to AI data centers has been engineered into an anti-Republican wedge issue, citing a Gallup poll showing 7 in 10 Americans oppose local data center construction. They highlighted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s reversal after accepting $20 million in campaign donations from data center executives, now imposing a construction moratorium. The hosts pushed back hard on the framing that data centers are inherently harmful. Curry framed the buildout as a generational economic opportunity comparable to the railroads or the fiber boom of the 1990s, urging listeners to train as electricians, welders, and technicians. “This is an opportunity for the American people to take money from BlackRock, from Vanguard, from Google, from Meta. Take their money,” Curry said. Dew added a firsthand account of friends in Alexandria, Virginia being offered $4 million for homes surrounded by existing data centers, illustrating how private equity money is flowing directly to homeowners in affected corridors.
The episode also covered other topics, including Flock camera vandalism and Fourth Amendment questions on public roads, the alleged coming crackdown on infrastructure tampering, Confucius Institutes and Pentagon audits of 30 universities, and Chinese national voter fraud charges in Massachusetts. The hosts delved into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond buyback ‘twist,’ a maneuver Curry traced back to Janet Yellen and dubbed ‘activist Treasury issuance’ by economists Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Miran in 2024. Curry explained how swapping long-term 30-year bonds for short-term T-bills is designed to lower yields and prop up the stablecoin market, with Tether and Circle now controlling more than 80 percent of a $300 billion stablecoin sector projected by Citi to reach $3.5 trillion by 2030. Coverage extended to CENTCOM’s stealth Omani shipping corridor moving 10 million barrels of oil daily, Trump’s declaration of the Strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory,’ and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defending the 300,000-ton Argentine ground beef import deal. A boots-on-the-ground note from a soldier deployed under NAVCENT offered context on USS Lincoln conditions.
The episode underscored how these disparate issues are being framed ahead of the midterms, with Curry and Dew offering a contrarian take on the data center debate, arguing that the economic benefits are being overlooked. They also examined the implications of Treasury policies on the growing stablecoin market and the geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. For listeners seeking an alternative to conventional news analysis, the episode is available now wherever podcasts are heard, and through modern podcast apps at podcastapps.com.
