10/13/2025
On this Sunday Debrief, host LTC (Ret.) Tony Shaffer is joined by Bennett McPhatter, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Blaine Holt, and Navy Capt. (Ret.) Pete O’Brien to break down one of the most alarming developments on the global stage — the rise of Digital IDs and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) being pushed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the European Union, and global financial elites.
Tony opens the conversation by connecting the dots between government overreach, digitized banking, and AI surveillance, warning that the same tactics seen in Canada’s trucker crackdown could soon become permanent policy under digital control systems.
Gen. Holt exposes how the rollout of Digital IDs — marketed as “convenient” — is a classic Hegelian setup: create a problem, manufacture a reaction, and impose the “solution.” He explains how Digital IDs will merge with central bank digital currency systems, giving unelected bureaucrats total control over who can buy, sell, or access their own money — a path that mirrors China’s social credit model.
� In this episode:
The WEF’s global Digital ID and CBDC agenda
How “convenience” is being weaponized for control
The merging of financial, health, and social data into one digital system
Why AI surveillance makes resistance harder — and more vital than ever
How Western freedom could vanish in a cashless, trackable economy
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