They’re Building the Prison Around Us: Josh Walkos on DarkHorse

Bret Weinstein speaks with Josh Walkos on the subject of Toka, a company that says it can alter surveillance video without a trace, and the wider network of surveillance and targeting tools being built with no public consent.  Find Josh Walkos on X at https://x.com/JoshWalkos and on Substack at https://wethefree.substack.com ***** Sponsors: Sundays for Dogs: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to http://www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 50% off your first order, or use code DARKHORSE at checkout. Ethos: Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/darkhorse. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. ***** Join DarkHorse on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.com Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org Music: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net ***** Mentioned on this episode: - Josh Walkos thread, “Inside Toka and the New Age of ‘Frictionless Surveillance:’” https://x.com/JoshWalkos/status/2085785810754785715 - The Great Cyber Pandemic (Josh Walkos, We The Free) https://wethefree.substack.com/p/the-great-cyber-pandemic - Toka https://tokagroup.com - Flock's biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage (TechSpot) https://www.techspot.com/news/113395-flock-biggest-investor-also-backs-company-can-rewrite.html - This 'Dystopian' Cyber Firm Could Have Saved Mossad Assassins From Exposure (Haaretz) https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2022-12-26/ty-article-magazine/.premium/this-dystopian-cyber-firm-could-have-saved-mossad-assassins-from-exposure/00000185-0bc6-d26d-a1b7-dbd739100000 - Epstein Could Have Made $100 Million On A Secret Police Tech Investment (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/02/10/epstein-police-surveillance-investments-with-ehud-barak/  - Flock Safety https://www.flocksafety.com - Axon https://www.axon.com - How Texas Police Spent $4.5 Million on Four Chevy Tahoes (Cognyte's FalcoNet, The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-texas-police-spent-4-5-million-on-four-chevy-tahoes - Pentagon to Designate Palantir Maven AI as Program of Record (GovCon Wire) https://www.govconwire.com/articles/pentagon-palantir-maven-ai-program-of-record - Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed (WikiLeaks) https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/  - Grassley Questions FDA's Sanction of Blood Substitute Study Without Patient Consent (PolyHeme) https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/grassley-questions-fdas-sanction-of-blood-substitute-study-without-patient-consent - Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification (1977 Senate hearing) https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://link.amazon/B0f7h8uAJ (affiliate link) - Bret Weinstein on the Julian Dorey Podcast https://youtu.be/DMfPxmw3Y9Q?si=Nj8QymGYNK8KDgvl  - DarkHorse Podcast episode where Bret raised Toka https://youtube.com/live/9QkBjYK-HYg ***** Timestamps: 00:00:00 Who Controls the Camera? 00:01:28 From Flock to Toka 00:03:30 Sponsor: Sundays for Dogs 00:04:53 The End of Video Evidence? 00:07:12 Framing the Innocent 00:10:14 J6, Epstein, Kirk, and Butler 00:12:48 The Cryptic Powers of an Emperor 00:14:29 Why the Silence on Toka? 00:17:28 Whitney Webb Was Already on It 00:20:57 Sponsor: Ethos 00:22:00 Fake Cell Towers and Spy SUVs 00:26:33 Worse Than a Panopticon 00:28:56 Ehud Barak, Epstein, and Toka 00:30:35 Where's Your Evidence It Was Used? 00:34:05 An Open Invitation to Toka 00:36:48 Maven and the OODA Loop 00:41:19 Clean Hands, Distant Wars 00:44:59 PolyHeme Without Consent 00:49:47 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Consent 00:54:16 If It Were Your Child 00:57:45 The Banality of Evil 01:01:36 Faking CCTV Is a Question of Price 01:09:52 When AI Takes the Jobs 01:12:43 Billionaire Bunkers and Police Drones 01:15:18 Fight It at the Level of Rights 01:18:46 Five Revolutions, One Lifetime 01:22:07 Gen Z Is in the Bullseye 01:27:32 Where to Find Josh Walkos Support the show