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Book The Guy With The Receipts.

Michael Starr Hopkins brings BTP's accountability file to TV, podcasts, panels, and social video: clear argument, sourced receipts, and a line viewers can repeat.

7 TV clips archived
17 public BTP files
14 receipt packets indexed
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Latest File · May 13, 2026

Who Shorted The War?

Two oil trades. Two Trump Iran pivots. One question regulators cannot leave unanswered.

The public does not need a theory. The public needs the name.

R-2026-034 Oil Futures Before Trump’s Iran Pivots

Press-Ready Stories

Three Segments Already On The Table.

Each card is built from published BTP issue metadata and receipt records in this site.

Tuesday Accountability Edition

They Found The Money. You Got The Bill.

The ballroom bill, utility bill, grocery bill, clinic bill, and map bill are one story: power protects itself, then mails normal people the invoice.

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Strategy Field Manual

Too Big To Rig

They can redraw the map, shrink the notice, sue after voters speak, and call confusion a strategy. The answer is not panic. The answer is margin.

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Money & Power Series · Part II of V

The Court Kingpin's $73 Million Side Hustle

Leonard Leo helped build the courts. Watchdogs found the invoices. The voter gets the line. The donor gets the law. The consultant gets paid.

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