World Brief with Zach McCormick
90 second breakdowns of world events from the legal perspective
Episodes
69 episodes
Maduro's Capture May Have Changed the Financial World Order
Did Maduro’s capture just change the global financial order?Potentially yes, here’s why:While Venezuela has played host to Russian, Chinese, Iranian, Hezbollah and Tren De Aragua agents for some time, it is also home to a shadowy ...
Silver Surge Will Save Younger Generations & Middle Class
Will the silver surge save younger generations and the middle class? Yes. Here’s why. Gen Alpha, Z and the Millenials are almost completely priced out of everything from homes to quality groceries and yet it’s upon their ...
England Scrapping Jury Trials?
s England getting rid of jury trials? Yes. According to a plan put forward by justice minister David Lammy, England will no longer allow accused to have a trial by a jury of their peers for minor and mid-tier crimes. Supposedly this...
Wikipedia Dethroned?
Did Wikipedia just get dethroned?Maybe, Grokipedia has just launched as a direct competitor to the original online, open source encyclopedia, but only time will tell if it kicks Wikipedia off its pedestal. Elon Musk has toute...
Did Amazon Crash the Internet?
Did Amazon’s web servers just take out a massive chunk of the internet? Yes, and this isn’t an exaggeration. On October 20, 2025 a major outage in Amazon’s web server business (known as “AWS”), caused nearly every major online servi...
Silver Squeeze on iPhones?
Is the Silver Squeeze going to jack up iPhone prices? Probably, and it wouldn’t just be smartphones that see a jump. So what’s going on? Basically people are suddenly afraid that real silver is running out. This affects electr...
French Government Collapsing & Implications for Rest of the World
After only 27 days on the job, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has just announced his resignation. But it’s the reason why that has many so concerned. That’s because the French government (led by the embattled French Preside...
86 Million Bank Accounts Frozen Over Biometrics?
Last week the Vietnamese Central Bank closed 86 Million bank accounts for, among other things, not turning over biometric data. Is this a sign of things to come?For the deep dive head over to the substack at
Digital ID Now Mandatory in UK?
Will the UK force citizens to get digital IDs? Probably. Reports suggest that Prime Minister Starmer will announce Friday that every single adult in the UK must get a digital ID. There have been some suggestions that the...
Are People Becoming Allergic to Red Meat?
Are people becoming allergic to red meat?Yes, it’s called “Alpha- Gal Syndrome” (AGS) causes people to become violently ill when red meat including beef, pork and lamb are consumed. The affliction is purportedly spread by “lone star tick...
British Cops Arrest Man for - Allegedly - Calling Someone a "Muppet"
Is it illegal to call someone a “muppet” in England? Yes, yesterday a man was arrested by British police for, allegedly, calling someone a “muppet”. For more, take a look at our Substack at
What's the Real Reason for the Cracker Barrel Rebrand Backlash?
What’s the real reason for the backlash to the Cracker Barrel Rebrand?It’s not what you may think -- it might be fatigue from non-stop corporate authoritarianism. Take a listen and tell us what you think.For a deep dive and a comm...
BlackRock Takes Over WEF
In a quiet announcement released on Friday, the World Economic Forum(“WEF”), announced that its CEO, Larry Fink, has taken over as interim “co-chair” of the infamous organization. Deep dive on Substack at
Echoes of Nero: LA Wildfire Land Grab
Is there a connection between the Roman Emperor Nero and the LA Wildfires?Yes. Nero infamously “fiddled” while Rome burned to the ground and then took the land and built a palace on it. Now, something similar may be happening to some vic...
News Flash: Monday August 11, 2025 - Flooding, Explosion and Tropical Storm
Its August 11, 2025 this is your News FlashOnce in a thousand years floods in Wisconsin, explosion at chemical plant in Pennsylvania, tropical storm Erin in the Atlantic target east coast. If you know anything about the...
Hiking Banned in Canada
Is it illegal to hike on public land? Yes, in parts of Eastern Canada. In Nova Scotia - which shares a border with Maine- it is now a criminal offense to hike, camp or drive through the woods on “Crown Land” (public property),...
Universal ID v. Illegal Immigration
Could a “Digital ID” stop illegal immigration? Yes, if you’re in the UK or so it has been claimed. According to the British think tank Labour Together, that’s precisely what the “Britcard” would do. The organization, whose ideas hav...
ID Required to Watch Youtube?
Will you need ID to watch videos on YouTube? Yes, even in the US, starting August 13th, 2025, if the AI thinks you’re under 18 you might have to provide an ID for full access. In a move that mirrors the ID verification la...
Extradited 4 Free Speech?
If you’re in the US, could you be arrested for violating a foreign country’s online speech laws?Yes at least in theory. Through a process called extradition, a foreign country (like the UK for example), could decide that you’ve violated...
The American Home Buying System is Broken
If you ask this question: "Is the American home buying system normal?"Objectively, the answer is "no". For the most part, the current system — which revolves around 30 year mortgages — was created by central banks to conceal their ...
Wifi Tracking Your Movements In-home?
Xfinity (whose parent company is Comcast), now offers a service called “WiFi Motion” which allows users (in select areas) to monitor motion inside their home using nothing more than the WiFi signals. Functioning like radar, th...
War & Pizza? How Restaurant Traffic Can Predict Global Conflict
Can wait times at pizza restaurants predict war?Yes but only in certain locations and at certain times of the day. For example a popular account on X called the “Pentagon Pizza Report” follows real-time customer traffic numbe...
Riot Incorporated: Who's Making Money Off Riots?
“Professional agitators” definitely get paid for stirring up trouble but it’s not clear who’s actually paying THEM. Following apparent top-level security briefings on the subject, President Trump branded the 2025 LA Anti-ICE r...
Warfare Forever Changed: Carrier-launched Drones Defeat Russian Air Defenses and Take Out Long-range Bombers
Warfare Just Changed ForeverOver the weekend the Ukraine used off-the-shelf drones hidden in semi-truck trailers to strike Russian Nuclear-capable bombers deep inside Russia. The operation, code-named “Spide...
Lost American Nuclear Powered Ice Base Found in Greenland?
Lost Secret Nuclear US Icebase in Greenland Is there a lost American nuclear-powered ice-base hidden in Greenland?Yes. But the reactor isn’t there anymore. Camp Century as it was known, had been frozen in time until it...