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Patrick Lovell's avatar

Outstanding questions from an emerging journalist who has the capacity to ask the right questions on behalf of a global audience on the side of democracy, freedom, equality, liberty and above all, the truth. Zev Shalev is a remarkable force of nature of inquiry who is a workhouse for everyone in search of what is really going on, how it works, and what can be done. Bravo to Zev and to all of you for subscribing to his incredibly important work. TY to you all!

joAn's avatar

Wow! Zev and Patrick, this is spot on. Corruption. It's oozing all through our Federal government and Supreme Court, with our systems dismantled, our banking, energy/environment...dissolving our future. Yuck. This is a breath of fresh air. I found this inspiring.

A must listen-to...If you are craving a grounded, not yet perfect plan, but a diligently crafted blueprint for 'How do we really make the change to re-birth what we value across America?' This is thought-full. A possibility for positive restructuring, to bring back real Democracy, the American Dream, our roots in a strong Middle Class.

While not quite 'plain English', simple, repeatable, for easy grasp and messaging, it's a great beginning 😀 Thank you Zev and Patrick for your hard work and sharing with us!

Patrick Lovell's avatar

I love this comment joAn! I frequently say, it's not Rocket Science, its racketeering. Once you understand The Con can you understand the Reboot of the Dream.

www.thecon.tv

www.thecleannewdeal.org

MJoT's avatar
Oct 16Edited

Patrick restores hope - yes it's terribly complex, but then who could imagine a reformation that isn't...importantly players involved may possess requisite experience and knowledge... some say too overwhelming - but isn't this death spiral we're in now pretty mind-blowing....

Thank you for this - Patrick and Zev

Patrick Lovell's avatar

Kudo's to you for a fabulous introspection. It's not Rocket Science, It's Racketeering.

www.thecleannewdeal.org

www.thecon.tv

Cathi Connelly's avatar

Love Patrick

Courtney 🇨🇦's avatar

It's incredibly refreshing to listen to two brilliant minds talk through a tangible, well thought-out solution. Very grateful to you both for this. Thank you!! 🙏

One thought that came up in the live chat stream... It would be fantastic to see key info from the Heist, the Con, and the Plan "translated" into plain language and distilled into a digestible format that could be shared across social media. Do either of you already have something like that, that you could share here? If not, there are likely folks in here willing to help put it together if you're interested (myself included).

Patrick Lovell's avatar

We do and are working on it on my side but time and money is sometimes one of the hurdles we're trying to overcome while building the plane and flying at the same time. I am really becoming a huge fan of all of our friends to the North. I really appreciate your amazing knowledge and keen sensibilities. Please discover my YT page Patrick Lovell Truth Bombs The Con , our work @ www.thecon.tv and www.thecleannewdeal.org TY!

Courtney 🇨🇦's avatar

Awesome, thank you! Building the plane and flying - very apt analogy. I'm just recently discovering your work and am loving it. Thank you for everything you and your team are doing!

Alexandra McGary's avatar

Patrick, I like the cut of your jib, man! Glad to meet you through Zev’s podcasts.

Zev, thanks for having Patrick on the show! There are a few ways to neuter the electoral college that don’t require a constitutional amendment, but I do agree it will be a tough go. I hate to think that the only way our country fundamentally changes is through a shared national calamity, but as that seems to be the case, things are about to get way worse before we’ll be able to reach a consensus in a post-Trump world. I’m praying the Epstein files come out soon and blow the cult to smithereens.

Cindy's avatar

Wow! I really hope you guys do something about this horrible money theft corruption that has been going on for the last 50 years. It is no call for that and for the American people. It may have taken more than 50 years but in time it will be caught one way or another. Also I wanted to say to Zev, your Greatest Heist is NOT boring at all! That what got me into subscribe to you!

Patrick Lovell's avatar

We’re doing it every day. Please help spread the word.

Lalla Ward's avatar

Just listened to “Everybody Knows”. If only everybody did.

Patrick Lovell's avatar

I loved when Zev played that!

Lalla Ward's avatar

Mind blowing stuff; how do we get people to talk about this? How is it that nobody is doing so? What’s happening, Patrick, to get this whole concept out on the table, into the mainstream, being discussed, being recognised? How do you wrench the blinkers off everyone? Why don’t people get it that dark money and dealing with the trillions going into the pockets of the corrupt actually matters??? How do excellent podcasts such as this make a difference on the hugely bigger scale that has to happen?

Patrick Lovell's avatar

People like you sharing. I love your intelligence. Please join us.

Lalla Ward's avatar

I wish I could join you literally on this No Kings 2:0 day, but sadly I live in Hong Kong at the moment and it’s a bit too far to travel. Keep up the vital work. I’ll join you electronically by checking out The Con.

Marner 🇨🇦🍁's avatar

Would love more of Patrick & Zev. Two brilliant minds coming together!

Amber Coverdale Sumrall's avatar

Also kudos to Olga Lautman for her brilliance, her research, her dedication. She is one of the best minds, and coupled with Zev, we couldn’t be more well informed. Thank you!

Amber Coverdale Sumrall's avatar

My question is always the same lately. Who will hold Trump and his evil criminals accountable?

Shauna's avatar

wow ! David Brooks just wrote an article in the Atlantic = exactly what Patrick Lovell is SAYING....connect the dots ands start the MOMENTUM....the sooner we get out of this - months, years and decades ????????????

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/autocracy-resistance-social-movement/684336/?utm_medium=cr&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=10_16_2025_tta_brooks_america250_acquisition_all_prospects_large_subject_line_10_10_80_winner&utm_content=Final&utm_term=Prospects

Patrick Lovell's avatar

If you look around, there’s a growing chorus of those saying similar things but not revealing the motherlode that I am, if you want a shortcut, it’s all right here: https://patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com/federal-reserve-act-13-3/

Margaret's avatar

Very interesting, of course corruption is the problem, I worry that Patrick’s proposal sounds too complicated for many folk

Patrick Lovell's avatar

I'll borrow from a great line that came out of the last episode of season 1 of Aliens Earth on FX. "Don't tell me its complicated. That's what weak people say, and I'm not weak." www.thecleannewdeal.org

jane horvath's avatar

Patrick should reorganize his presentation. Too many rabbit holes that connect too far underground and too many asides to maintain focus on top line.

Patrick Lovell's avatar

I'm so sorry you feel that way. Please share with me a solution that speaks to you. I'd love to see it. If you have questions you can resolve many of them through the following.

www.thecon.tv

www.thecleannewdeal.org

Catherine Beck's avatar

The ideas and the logic of it all are for me indisputable. Plaudits. Zev's text today is such an acute and perceptive summary of Patrick's thinking and of Zev's own thinking that it almost took my breath away. WHY? Zev's use of short sentences -and plain English - organized under key Subject headings - and with excellent logical pacing, not to mention a certain musicality to the pacing. This kind of written and spoken presentation is INVALUABLE when aiming to reach and convince readers and listeners. That said, Patrick, don't hate me now for saying that the FLOW of your presentation got sidetracked, repeatedly, e.g., by "four points", and then "four points", and then "two points" and then "two more points"... and so on ... and if I recall correctly, the presentation never did get to the Fourth Point mentioned at the very start! Yow. Frustrating. To my mind, that presentation did not do justice to the ideas and analysis and all the work. Nor to the set of suggestions for a Clean New Deal. Patrick, I think you need a Zev - a coach for organizing your presentations. Someone to practise them with. VISUAL AIDS could help too - and I don't mean a teleprompter. C'mon. You can do it. Don't wing it next time. Prepare.

Patrick Lovell's avatar

I agree with you regarding Zev’s writing. It was magic. We can certainly prepare more framing the cadence of the points and there is a continuity but it takes some familiarity.

Catherine Beck's avatar

I forgot to mention Editing. That's "Editing". Did I mention editing? YOU know the financial tech and backstories. Yet when persuading others, you can only refer to them sparingly - b/c they get weighty and distractingly detailed. Your main job when persuading is to focus on driving the narrative forward.