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 Monday Brief - MAMDANI PANIC: His Bitter July 4th Attack on Musk Backfired — Then Trump and Vance Buried Him - July 6, 2026
Trump and Vance speeches in 72 hours answered the left’s attacks on America’s 250th — from Mamdani’s July 3 “oligarchs” broadside against Elon Musk to Trump at Mount Rushmore and Vance at New York Harbor defining American culture, character, and self-reliance.
Barbara Boyd argues that recent speeches by President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance offer an antidote to communism, socialism, and what she calls Democrats’ targeting of Gen Z and millennials through a counterculture shaped under Obama and Biden and teachers’ unions. She describes escalating attacks on Trump’s planned Freedom 250 celebration, including musicians withdrawing, blue states refusing to join the Great American State Fair, a Patriot Front march, and Chatham House commentary highlighting U.S. “fault lines.” Boyd highlights New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s July 3 City Hall speech criticizing inequality and “oligarchs,” including Elon Musk, and notes online satire in response. She then recaps Trump’s Mount Rushmore remarks defining American liberty, culture, self-reliance, and patriotism, and Vance’s New York Harbor speech invoking Washington, the Declaration, and builder Henry Kaiser.
00:00 The Monday Brief - MAMDANI PANIC: His Bitter July 4th Attack on Musk Backfired — Then Trump and Vance Buried Him - July 6, 2026 01:23 Raining Garbage on America’s Parade 06:21 A Call to American Daring and Imagination 13:45 The Grand Finale
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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.