Gas Prices Are the Bait — the Build-Out Is the Ballot · Get Jacked

A steel plant broke ground in Iowa on Monday. South Korea signed on to LNG in Alaska and eight nuclear plants — four times what America has built in the last 20 years. President Trump signed a document officially killing the phrase "artificial intelligence." It's Super Intelligence now, "'cause it's not artificial, it's real."

Meanwhile, with about 32 days to Election Day, the other side wants you staring at the pump. That's the fight this week: two systems at war, and a gas-price cudgel built to make you forget which one you're in.

10 people to the Polls. Folks, you gotta commit yourself right now to bring 10 people to the polls to vote.
— Barbara Boyd

And besides 10 people to the polls, use whatever outlets you have to make thousands of people optimistic.
— Susan Kokinda

About two hours. Jump a chapter below. And take the assignment at the bottom — it's not optional this cycle.

REPLAY — Thursday, October 1st

Kitchen-Table Pain Is Real. It's Still a Distraction.

Nobody on this show waved the pain away. Daisy wrote in that gas prices aren't just a distraction — they're real to everyday voters, and the trillions coming in feel like they're only enriching big corporations.

Roger listed the damage: HVAC systems, copper wire, steel for barns, lumber, appliances. Home sales have plummeted. Vehicle prices are sky-high and quality has never been worse.

Barbara and Susan took it head-on.

Remind people calmly who did this. The Biden administration shut down refining capacity and waged a war on fossil fuels. The real diesel bottleneck is refining, and America is running at 98% capacity. A new refinery is on the books in Texas, but 2030 is the fastest it comes online. Our existing refineries were built in the globalization era for heavy OPEC crude. Newsom is still shutting plants down.

Then Brett asked how tough we are as Americans.

His answer: we are a people that are truly blessed, but dramatically spoiled and impetuous. We are at war. Paying more for gas today is a far smaller sacrifice than the rationing earlier generations lived through. Short-term pain is the price of a real rebuild.

Not a Midterm Plan. An American Plan.

Even Fox got the memo. Brian Kilmeade put it plainly: five weeks from an election, and Trump is trying to get things done in two years which normally take two terms.

Susan framed it as decades-long history. These problems started 60 years ago. What's being fixed now is not a midterm plan — it's an American plan. Expect announcements from this administration every single day. A JD Vance clip from Texas made the same point: after 40 years of watching factories and shipyards close, Americans are watching their own neighbors build again.

The other side's answer? Susan cited Bessent's line on the Democratic strategy: compensate the loser. You've been screwed for 40 or 50 years by their policies. Now they'll throw you a few pennies and blame Trump.

And the IRGC apparently likes that strategy. Iran's Revolutionary Guard released a 25-page open letter telling American voters to reject Trump's "empire of lies" at the ballot box.

Add Canada's admitted, politically targeted trade retaliation aimed at Michigan and Maine — which Peter Navarro called out. Susan's read: this is globalist desperation. They know that if this productive spirit is unleashed, then none of their schemes are gonna work.

Steel, Nuclear, Super Intelligence: Productive Identity vs. Staring at the Pump

Barbara called this bigger than the Industrial Revolution. Super Intelligence, she argued, means we're privy to the best thinking in human history — and we have to use it to create something better.

Then a question from a supporter in Michigan landed. Her husband has spent 35 years at Steel Dynamics, and steel is the beginning of the food chain for the economy. Right now, bonus checks are up and they are hiring like crazy. Her question: how do you reach people who can't stop yammering about gas prices?

People gotta get jacked at this point. I'm really excited about what's actually happening here. And if you think about everything that's gone on ever since Charlie Kirk's assassination, it's been to get you in this defensive on your back foot, having to explain things like an idiot to people as opposed to look at what we're doing in this country.
— Barbara Boyd

It's simple, she said. We had a war on energy to turn us into a bunch of insect-eating globalists. Now the whole map is changing.

The American System They Erased From Your Schools

Barbara laid out why so many Americans can't see what's happening: it's not taught in the schools. You come out of history class thinking Adam Smith and John Locke founded the country. The last president fully conscious of the American System was McKinley — a tariff man who believed in reciprocal tariffs. The federal government ran on tariff revenue and needed no income tax, and McKinley built probably the most productive economy in the world.

The team found the American System in the 1970s, coming out of the student left. Ben Franklin wasn't a tinkerer. He was the best scientist in the world when he helped bring about the American Revolution. These things were hidden from us and have been hidden from you.

That's why the team builds tools, not clickbait. Grab The Real Revolution pamphlet.

Too Big to Rig, and the Leadership Past November 4

Susan's hypothesis: this administration has put real monitoring and security in place, and some election officials have already been arrested for registering illegals to vote. That reduces fraud but won't eliminate it. The strategy stays the same: make it too big to rig.

Also, don't wait for November 3rd. Absentee ballots are already going out and early voting starts in a couple of weeks. Move the date up two to three weeks in your head. The hot phase is now.

The flyers are in stock, but time to order is running short. Conversation starter: https://www.prometheanpac.com/2026_flyer_4

And the Bootcamp isn't stopping on Election Night. It gets renamed on November 4th and keeps going — recruiting new political leadership from citizens who want to take themselves seriously. Much of the legislative house cleaning a new system needs will happen at the state level.

Your Assignment

We're in a psychological shooting war — designed to make you doubt, and to make you react to what's in front of you instead of the direction the country is moving. Barbara's answer is simple:

Get 10 of your friends and take them to the polls and vote.
— Barbara Boyd

Commit yourself right now. If you've got more energy, become a poll watcher or work the elections — a primary shield against fraud. We'll give you the ammunition.

Too big to rig.

And besides 10 people to the polls, use whatever outlets you have to make thousands of people optimistic.
— Susan Kokinda

Here's what we covered (links jump straight to the chapter)

Adam Opens: Gas Prices Are a Distraction — the frame for the whole show.
White House App + Iowa Steel Overnight — skip the news firehose, go to the source.
Super Intelligence Reframe — why Trump signed away "artificial."
Barbara: Bigger Than the Industrial Revolution — the scale nobody is talking about.
1971 Break and the Physical Economy — where the rot started.
Susan: City of London — and Unexpected Optimism on Fox — the messaging is getting supercharged.
Brian Kilmeade Clip: Stop Whining About Gas — two years, two terms' worth.
Not a Midterm Plan — an American Plan — eight nuclear plants and counting.
Tariff Investments Day After Day — the drumbeat of announcements.
Susan: Bessent — Democrats Bet Against America — "compensate the loser," plus the IRGC letter.
Productive Spirit Unleashed — Globalist Desperation — Canada targets Michigan and Maine.
Mamdani Housing vs Trump Build-Out — scarcity vs. building.
Carney Turns Canada Into a Resource Colony — 167 projects, eight in manufacturing.
Kitchen-Table Pain Is Real — Still a Distraction — Daisy and Roger's hard questions.
Midterm Bootcamp and the Long Game — the hot phase is now.
98% Refining Capacity — Newsom Still Shutting Plants — the real diesel bottleneck.
How Tough Are We as Americans? — blessed, but spoiled.
Brett: Short-Term Pain for a Real Rebuild — gas vs. rationing.
Barbara: Get Jacked — Don't Get Defensive on Diesel — excitement turns naysayers.
Moon-Landing Denial = Manufactured Pessimism — who profits when you stop believing.
American System Erased From Schools — McKinley, the tariff man.
Tools Not Clickbait — Real Revolution Pamphlet — what was hidden from you.
Catching Cheaters — Too Big to Rig — monitoring, arrests, and the strategy.
Bessent Hires: Judy Shelton and the Money Fight — gold-convertible Treasuries?
Can We Build New Refineries? — Texas, 2030, and heavy crude.
Trump Meets Refiners — Decades of Sabotage — how we got here.
Bootcamp Recruits New Political Leadership — it doesn't end November 4.
British Empire vs American System History — Marx, Lukács, Gramsci.
What If London Falls — China and Russia — the empire's next move.
Steel Mill Hiring Boom vs Gas Yammering — bonus checks are up.
Look Around You — Everything Needs Steel — start of the food chain.
The Lie About Hamilton — what they told you vs. what he built.
Closing: 10 to the Polls — Make Thousands Optimistic — your assignment.

Next Midterm Bootcamp — Monday, October 5th, 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific

Monday, 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific. Connect with activists in your state. About 32 days to Election Day — under five weeks.

See you Thursday.

Adam Sturman
Producer, Promethean Action
https://x.com/AdamSturman23

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