Treasury hit Bank of America with $1.2 billion in penalties for money laundering failures. Susan Kokinda traces the bank from Countrywide and the 1980s debt crisis to King Charles’ green finance club, and Bessent’s challenge to the IMF.
Trump's strategy goes far beyond Ukraine. Mike Steger examines how a sweeping geopolitical realignment could end a century of conflict in Europe and usher in a new era of Western civilization.
Four young organizers took the American System onto Michigan campuses. Hear what Gen Z said, what they found undercover, and the challenge they're putting to you.
The leaked Trump-Netanyahu call and John Bolton's complaints are proof Trump has broken the intel bureaucracy's grip on the presidency.
This episode argues that leaked details of a Trump-Netanyahu call and John Bolton’s complaints reveal Trump’s rejection of the traditional National Security Council process and the permanent intelligence bureaucracy’s control over presidential decision-making. It links that shift to Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, citing establishment and bipartisan backlash and JD Vance’s statement that the intel bureaucracy must answer to elected leadership. The script then highlights Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, describing a move away from “globalist” rules-based rhetoric toward a scoped Pacific posture defined by a balance of power, sovereignty, free commerce, and improved U.S.-China relations. Finally, it cites a Council on Foreign Relations essay, “After Hegemony,” as an admission that the old Hobbes/Locke philosophical basis of geopolitics is ending, framing the conflict as empire versus sovereign nations.
00:00 The Midweek Update - Trump Orders Netanyahu to Stand Down: Why London Is Panicking - June 3, 2026
02:00 Trump Pulls Rank: The Presidency Comes Off the Leash
04:35 Bill Pulte, New Acting Director of National Intelligence
06:32 What Hegseth Planted in the Pacific
10:10 The Confession: "Locke's World Would Emerge From Hobbes'"
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Treasury hit Bank of America with $1.2 billion in penalties for money laundering failures. Susan Kokinda traces the bank from Countrywide and the 1980s debt crisis to King Charles’ green finance club, and Bessent’s challenge to the IMF.
Trump's strategy goes far beyond Ukraine. Mike Steger examines how a sweeping geopolitical realignment could end a century of conflict in Europe and usher in a new era of Western civilization.
President Trump says he knows how the Ukraine war began and will release the details. Barbara Boyd explains why that threatens the Deep State, and why Europe and Canada are marching toward suicide with Zelensky.
Are we fighting the wrong war? Mike Steger examines Trump, Washington, Hamilton, and why leadership, national purpose, and the American System matter heading into the 2026 midterms.
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