Topic: Cortez

California's SB 857 aims to make it easier for cities and counties to establish their own public banks, following a veto of a previous feasibility study by Jerry Brown. In Los Angeles, a public banking measure received 42% of the vote despite a short campaign window and limited funding. This momentum is driven by savvy millennial activists who utilize social media and grassroots organizing, drawing comparisons to the political movement surrounding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Treasure hunters often find parallels in geomantic research, though many "treasures" may be symbolic initiations into hidden knowledge. In Spain, the Palacio Salvatierra features Incan figures and inscriptions that mirror the Great Cross of Hendaye, linking European nobility to the Americas. These connections suggest that the Spanish intervention with the Aztecs was part of a larger, pre-planned intelligence operation.

Hawes theorizes that the federal government may have already recovered the Aztec treasure during the construction of Lake Powell and is using it as leverage in NAFTA negotiations. He also highlights a strange connection between Kanab and The Process Church of the Final Judgment, noting that the famous Best Friends Animal Sanctuary was founded by former members of the cult.