Barbara on Obama's Detroit rally for El-Sayed and Slotkin, the red-green alliance burning France, Data Republican's Insurrection Act files, and making the November 3 midterms too big to rig.
Trump is taking on the Republican establishment as the midterms approach. Mike Steger examines Ukraine, Europe's energy crisis, and Trump's plans for a new international order.
Chatham House frets Trump will be "unshackled" after the midterms. Bessent already hit the empire's banks for $1.2 billion, and Hamilton's playbook is back: grow first, honor the debt on America's terms.
King Charles arrives begging to keep the "special relationship," the DOJ indicts Comey and Fauci's bagman and raids the Democrats' fraud networks, and Iran publicly admits collapse as the UAE walks out of OPEC.
Barbara Boyd frames Tuesday as a major display of power by Donald Trump, highlighting three “inflection points”: King Charles’ visit, new DOJ actions, and Iran’s economic unraveling. She argues the White House ceremony masked a struggle over the “special relationship,” citing FDR’s anti-colonial demands and interpreting Trump’s beehive visit as signaling America as the new “master,” while Charles’ address to Congress is portrayed as a subtle critique of Trump via references to checks and balances, NATO, Ukraine, and environmental themes. Boyd then details DOJ moves: an indictment of Jim Comey over his May 2025 “86 47” seashell message, an indictment of Fauci aide David Morens for an alleged Wuhan lab cover-up, and federal raids targeting large-scale entitlement and loan fraud she links to Democratic networks. Finally, she cites Trump’s claim that Iran is collapsing under oil and Treasury pressure, alongside the UAE leaving OPEC and shifts in global oil shipping and insurance.
00:00 The Midweek Update - BEGGING: King Charles Visits Trump — DOJ Strikes Comey and Iran Falls the Same Day - April 29, 2026
01:28 King Charles Comes Begging
05:40 Real Justice Comes Roaring Forth
09:16 Iran Collapses and the Empire's Oil Cartel Cracks
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Barbara on Obama's Detroit rally for El-Sayed and Slotkin, the red-green alliance burning France, Data Republican's Insurrection Act files, and making the November 3 midterms too big to rig.
Trump is taking on the Republican establishment as the midterms approach. Mike Steger examines Ukraine, Europe's energy crisis, and Trump's plans for a new international order.
Chatham House frets Trump will be “unshackled” after the midterms. Rubio says America is no longer defensive. Susan Kokinda on diesel, Yalta panic, and the executive tools that don’t need Congress.
A new Washington Post report raises questions ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mike Steger examines the officials, political networks, and election preparations behind the headlines.
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