The Senate's blocking of Trump's agenda is driven by donor networks—centered on Oracle's Larry Ellison and his ties to Tony Blair, whose Institute spent years building the case for an Iran regime-change war.
A sweeping look at tariffs, rare earth minerals, manufacturing, national sovereignty, and the growing clash between globalization and what Mike calls “Fortress America.”
The CFR waved the white flag, Trump took the Fed and invited Iran into the Accords, and Blair, Carney, and Dimon started sounding like Trump. The empire is now imitating the revolution it tried to stop. Seven posts inside.
Join Tony Papert and speaker Will Wertz for an in-depth discussion on reclaiming an era of peace and prosperity by establishing a new Bretton Woods Agreement. The seminar delves into the historical context of the original Bretton Woods system dismantled under Nixon, the antagonistic role of the British and French, and the agenda of President Trump against current geopolitical and economic pressures. Wertz proposes a reformation of international monetary systems to align with principles of national sovereignty, technological advancement, and fair trade, highlighting the American economic model's historical successes and future potential.
00:00 Introduction and Speaker Introduction
00:53 Historical Context: Bretton Woods and Nixon's Policies
02:23 The British Influence and American Revolution
08:00 The American System vs. The British System
16:10 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Original Bretton Woods System
35:31 The Decline of Bretton Woods and Rise of Globalization
40:26 President Trump's Vision for a New Bretton Woods System
48:10 Proposals for a New Bretton Woods Agreement
01:01:49 Conclusion: The Path Forward
Every leading astronomer in Europe tried to find the lost asteroid Ceres with statistics. Every one failed. An unknown 24-year-old, Carl Gauss, found it from 41 days of data — by refusing to calculate and insisting on principle. Bruce Director on why that method is the cure for the age of AI.
No class this Memorial Day weekend. A short note on the origins of the holiday, a thank you to our supporters, and a look at next Saturday — Bruce Director returns.
The centuries-long fight over tuning, the British- and Wall Street-funded "American sound" that hollowed out our culture, and why the renaissance Trump is unleashing has to start with classical music.
The flood of information is making you a worse citizen. Bruce Director on Kepler's New Astronomy — how a 17th-century astronomer broke the empire's two-cage dogma of perfect circles and uniform motion, and what that fight has to do with 2026.
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