Ground Game: Beyond the Rally — Inside the Growing Trump Movement in Texas, Michigan, and California

Donald Trump is going to need an independent movement of mobilized, educated citizens if he is going to truly re-create a Lincoln-like republican movement, and take on the globalist financier class. Promethean Action organizers brought that challenge directly to citizens across the USA.

Ground Game: Beyond the Rally — Inside the Growing Trump Movement in Texas, Michigan, and California
President Trump delivers remarks to troops at Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025

Posts in today's report:

  • Houston Meeting: Challenging Axioms with Creative Thinking
  • Texas Organizing: Become Part of History, Not a Spectator
  • Greeting Auto Workers in Michigan: Let's Talk About Tariffs
  • Michigan MAGA Leaders Push Manufacturing as Dems Abandon Auto Industry
  • California Organizing: There's a Fight to be Won!

Houston Meeting: Challenging Axioms with Creative Thinking

Houston Promethean Action meeting -- Creating an active citizenry

Houston Promethean Action held its monthly meeting on May 10th at a local community center. The theme was "Building the Future is Fun!"

Peter Bowen gave a brief strategic overview based on The Saturday Wrap-Up, where Barbara Boyd elaborated on President Trump's peace initiatives and economic policies. Our job is to activate the citizens and the Congress to make sure these policies implemented.

Texas State Legislature

Bowen talked about his recent organizing interventions in the Texas State Legislature, especially on the issue of nuclear energy development. "We're bringing sanity into the game of politics, which is currently nuts!"

Challenging Free Trade Axioms

Michael Carr presented a slide show based on his recent posts to the Promethean Action website: "The Coming Four Power Agreement: The End of the British Empire's 'Free Market'" and "Credit vs. Debt: Hamilton's Secret End Run Strategy." He went through many typical misconceptions undermining Republican support for Trump – free trade, small government is better, buy low, sell dear, Russia and China are the enemies, cheap labor, and the special relationship with Britain.

The Coming Four Power Agreement: The End of the British Empire’s “Free Market”
The Anglo-Dutch Empire is built around the twin ideas of either buying up assets of targeted entities for five cents on the dollar, or price gouging in cornered markets. Only agreement among the Four Powers can finally defeat the Empire and establish peace and prosperity via a New Bretton Woods.

He discussed the difference between dealing with old debt and creating new credit domestically and via a New Bretton Woods agreement with the Four Powers of the U.S., Russia, China, and India, using quotes from Alexander Hamilton, FDR, and Henry Ford. He also talked about today's technological innovations that give us a view of what the future can be like.

Credit vs. Debt: Hamilton’s Secret End Run Strategy
President Trump’s tariffs and the Department of Government Efficiency’s removal of destructive and wasteful spending are primarily defensive measures. Here we discuss the offensive measures required next to create the Golden Age of America.

During the Q and A, there was discussion about breaking out of the rules of the game by using creating thinking, exemplified by the ideas of Promethean Action and physical economist Lyndon LaRouche. We can use the principles of poetry and Plato's dialogues to communicate with people and generate concepts.

We encouraged everyone to participate in the Saturday Class, "What is a Principle? The Discoveries of LaRouche & Vernadsky." The citizens have to act on these principles, as we head into the 2026 elections.‎

Saturday Class - What is a Principle? The Discoveries of LaRouche and Vernadsky - May 10, 2025
In this episode of our Saturday night class series for Promethean Action, Bruce Director introduces a presentation by Tony Papert based on Lyndon LaRouche’s 2005 article ‘Vernadsky and Dirichlet’s Principle.’ The discussion delves into the basic principles of physical and economic science, with a key focus on the sharp

Texas Organizing: Become Part of History, Not a Spectator

Houston Promethean Action organizers confronted an interesting set of quandaries while organizing at the tax office near NASA on May 9. On the one hand, there were many Trump supporters excited to see us. However, many were hesitant about doing anything because, "we have to see how it works out." They were disgusted by the political battles underway and don't see that they can make a difference. They are not sure about the tariffs: will it work for us, the consumer?

Promethean Action organizing for the future in Texas near NASA

With our guidance, we helped them see that they had fallen for the media propaganda. We had come prepared with the new leaflet which summarizes the latest article by Brian Lantz, "What We Produce, Not What We Buy – Trump's First 100 Days."

What We Produce, Not What We Buy — Trump’s First 100 Days
In just the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, we’re seeing a real shift—not just in policy, but in what’s actually being built and produced across the country.

Another big help was our pamphlet on What President Trump Can Do With The American System 2.0. Using some of the graphs, we showed them the history of tariffs since the nation's inception and the percentage of external income earned by the U.S., up until the murder of McKinley.

What President Trump Can Do With The American System 2.0
Join us in our campaign to revitalize America’s economy and create a culture of optimism, prosperity, and progress. The American System 2.0 provides a roadmap to unlocking the country’s full potential and making America once again the leading manufacturing and technological superpower in the world.

In many cases, it came down to the local level. People were disgusted by the antiquated system inside at the local tax office. One man, standing in line for over an hour just to get a handicapped placard, came out saying, "I voted for Trump, but the Republicans ought to come in and clean this bureaucracy out. We need the DOGE at the local level."

AI and Problem Solving

Another person, who gave us his information, is a ship builder in Galveston. He said the whole tax office bureaucracy could be modernized with AI; it would make the system work for the people, including the employees, who were greatly underutilized. He loves using AI! He had designed an entire ship over just a weekend, that would otherwise take months to design.

Promethean Action Mission

Our mission was to make sure that people know the great moment of history in which we are living. Trump is moving with his positive agenda, and we have to get people to understand that and become part of the fight.‎

Greeting Auto Workers in Michigan: Let's Talk About Tariffs

Promethean Action volunteers deployed for an hour at a major auto factory in the Detroit area on May 12. We spoke with auto workers coming off their work shifts and distributed about 225 flyers on the upcoming Promethean Action Town Hall, "Let's Talk About Tariffs," and 150 copies of the flyer, "Tariffs and Credit - We Do Not Want a Cheap Nation."

Michigan Town Hall: Let's Talk About Tariffs

We received both good and bad responses. One organizer wore a Trump hat and T-shirt, the other had none. So, the responses varied between the two. Most people pleasantly accepted the flyers. But some of the workers would just glare at us as they walked by.

Trump's Tariffs

A number of workers were asked whether Trump's new tariff policies had had an effect on them or their factory. They mostly said that they did not know and "The Company does not tell us anything...We will be the last to know."

One worker said, "It's OK to talk with you...You have a Trump shirt on." Another walked by and said, "F*** you and f*** Donald Trump." He did not take a leaflet. One lady auto worker took extra flyers for her friends, and became a contact.‎

Michigan MAGA Leaders Push Manufacturing as Dems Abandon Auto Industry

Stand Up Michigan meeting: Trump's tariffs vs. the globalist system

Continuing her organizing tour focused on Donald Trump’s economic revolution, Promethean Action’s Susan Kokinda spoke to the Oakland chapter of “Stand Up Michigan” on May 2, in her capacity as Coalitions Vice Chair of the Michigan Republican Party. She stressed that the President’s tariff policies were one component of a head-on confrontation with the entire globalist system. The implementation of Trump’s full program will revive the manufacturing base and the producer spirit in Michigan and lay the basis for victory in 2026.

Susan Kokinda addresses the Stand Up Michigan meeting

Michigan GOP Chairman Jim Runestad drilled down on that theme in a press release entitled, “Haley Stevens Just Sold Out Michigan Auto Jobs to California Liberals.” Stevens, a Democrat Congresswoman for the suburbs of Detroit, has just announced that she is running for U.S. Senate. In the press release, Runestad says, “In a stunning betrayal of our state’s workers and auto industry, Stevens just doubled down on California’s electric vehicle mandate — the same radical policy that will ban gas-powered cars by 2035…It’s a direct attack on Michigan’s economy.

Protect Michigan Industries

"Tens of thousands of Michigan jobs are at stake. Union and non-union workers. Suppliers. Engineers. Manufacturers. Families. Communities. Gone — sacrificed on the altar of California climate extremism.” Runestad made clear, “We need fighters who will protect the industries that make Michigan strong.”

California Organizing: There's a Fight to be Won!

From the wine country of Napa to the Central Valley to even the outskirts of the Bay Area, there is a noticeable shift in the population.

TDS Still Alive

There are still the whiney liberals who always regurgitate the latest smear from the media about President Trump. This week it’s about how outrageous it was to accept an airplane from a rich sheikh.

Trump Supporters: We Can't Just Sit Back

On the other hand, there is a definite awareness among many of the Trump supporters that this is a real fight that has to be won. The complacency that seemed to predominate after the election and in the first month of the new presidency has been replaced by a stark reality: We can’t just sit back! Several have identified themselves as former JFK Democrats who now support Trump. A few have seen Steve Bannon’s presentation at Hillsdale College. In the last week, two people gave first-time donations of $250 at our booktables.

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