On America's 250th, Susan Kokinda shows how Trump is reviving the American System of political economy—suppressed since McKinley's assassination in 1901—and why the Declaration's "pursuit of Happiness" was a declaration of war on the British System.
Roberts reached back to the King's common law to define who's an American. Clarence Thomas answered with Frederick Douglass. Barbara and Susan on the birthright ruling, the firing-powers win, and the revolution we're still fighting.
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The Midweek Update - Bessent's "No Excuses" Bombshell: Trump's Treasury Just Cornered LONDON, Not Iran - May 20, 2026
Susan argues Bessent's G7 "no room for excuses" warning, the White House counterterrorism strategy naming the Muslim Brotherhood, and the new wave of cartel indictments all point at one target — not Iran, but the City of London.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "No Money for Terror" message at the G7 is framed as sanctions on Iran, but Susan argues the real warning is aimed at allied "excuses" enabling terror financing through shell companies in Europe, shadow banking in the Middle East, and cartel networks. Reviewing recent OFAC designations, Susan Kokinda highlights multiple entities with London-linked addresses and UK jurisdictions, presenting them as evidence pointing to the City of London's financial role. She then cites the White House's new counterterrorism strategy naming the Muslim Brotherhood as the root of modern jihadi groups, and claims British intelligence historically built and used Brotherhood networks, citing Robert Dreyfuss and Mark Curtis and noting UK Foreign Office secrecy over recent contacts. Finally, she connects "no room for excuses" to intensified action against cartels, citing recent extraditions, indictments, and Mexico cooperation as part of a broader war on "Dope Incorporated."
00:00 The Midweek Update - Bessent's "No Excuses" Bombshell: Trump's Treasury Just Cornered LONDON, Not Iran - May 20, 2026 02:17 The London Addresses Hiding in Plain Sight 04:53 The British Foreign Office Files: Three Chapters, Three Operations, One Empire 08:49 Taking Down Dope Inc
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On America's 250th, Susan Kokinda shows how Trump is reviving the American System of political economy—suppressed since McKinley's assassination in 1901—and why the Declaration's "pursuit of Happiness" was a declaration of war on the British System.
Trump's America First revolution is finishing what 1776 started—rooted in Hamilton's American System—while Mark Carney and the Democratic Socialists of America run a fake, City-of-London-backed counterrevolution to tear the country down.
JD Vance's Nixon Library remarks expose the real fight: America's tradition of ending wars versus Kissinger's British "balance of power." From the new Lebanon–Israel framework to White Sands laser tests, Susan Kokinda shows how Trump is dismantling the Kissinger doctrine that took Nixon down.
Barbara traces the DSA candidates backed by Mayor Mamdani — and the Council on Foreign Relations' "post-Trump" project — to one dead communist, Antonio Gramsci, and the British imperial networks that have always used communism against their rivals.