Toward a World that Works for Everyone
YouTube Notes: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. is escalating economic isolation measures against Iran, and he forecasts the Strait of Hormuz will become “irrelevant” within two years, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright argues shipping continues under escorts and rerouting, citing 8–9 million barrels/day still moving through the strait plus 6 million diverted […]
YouTube Notes: Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda and Adam Sturman take questions, but first: Susan Kokinda reports from the ground in Michigan — where a political revolution is underway. Last week it was the primary results; this week it’s what the results have set in motion: the organizing, the realignment, and the fight for the […]
YouTube Notes: Susan Kokinda critiques Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed, arguing that while he calls Trump a symptom and “the system” the disease, El-Sayed actually protects the same oligarchic system he denounces. From reporting outside a Michigan polling place, she recounts El-Sayed’s slogans (“Money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for […]
YouTube Notes: From Camp David, President Trump framed a reported Hamas disarmament agreement as a breakthrough enabled by pressure on Iran, arguing the regional strategic terrain has shifted. The episode highlights two developments presented as unprecedented: Hamas agreeing to disarm; and Israel and Lebanon resuming talks after three decades, both attributed to cutting off Iranian […]
YouTube Notes: Barbara Boyd argues that Anthony Fauci’s Senate grilling and expected Fifth Amendment stance won’t address the central issue: how he remained protected for so long. Citing Fauci’s recently released diary and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s role in uncovering it, she claims it shows public deception on COVID origins and policy while the […]
YouTube Notes: This episode argues that Senator Tim Sheehy’s description of Iran’s IRGC as a “death cult” also applies to its alleged financial sponsors in the City of London, framing the IRGC as a deployable terrorism asset within a broader globalist, neo-feudal system. Barbara Boyd links the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Three Mile Island […]
YouTube Notes: As President Trump has leveraged tariffs in his efforts to reshore manufacturing and reduce the trade deficit, did you know that China and Canada have been the only countries to retaliate? Susan Kokinda demonstrates that the issue is not a simple U.S.–Canada dispute. It’s a broader conflict about sovereignty vs empire. Just […]
YouTube Notes: Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump’s Thursday night address aimed to expose a cover-up of election infrastructure vulnerabilities by declassifying intelligence on foreign interference and related risks, while highlighting claims that elements within the FBI/CIA and DHS under the Biden administration kept the information from the President, Congress, and the public. She says […]
YouTube Notes: Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda and Adam Sturman take questions on July 9,2026. This week, Europe said the quiet part in print. The Wall Street Journal just published the inside story of a five-hour emergency session at European Council headquarters in Brussels — participants called it “therapy night” — where Europe’s leaders wrestled […]
YouTube Notes: At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Trump signaled a new foreign-policy dynamic by prioritizing Turkey and President Erdogan—nearly skipping the summit, praising Turkey’s independent role on Iran, and floating renewed F-35 sales despite Turkey’s S-400 purchase and ties to both Moscow and Kiev. In contrast, European leaders and Canada’s Mark Carney arrived […]
YouTube Notes: 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, Biden, and teachers’ unions. She describes escalating attacks on Trump’s planned Freedom 250 celebration, including […]
YouTube Notes: On America’s 250th Independence anniversary, Susan Kokinda argues that this moment is more profound because Donald Trump and his administration are reviving the “American System” of political economy—tariffs to promote domestic industry, manufacturing, and internal improvements—after it was suppressed following President William McKinley’s assassination in 1901. She contrasts the American System with […]
YouTube Notes: Susan Kokinda argues that new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s inaugural press conference signaled a break with the Phillips Curve “cruel choice” doctrine, insisting strong growth, low prices, and high employment are compatible through productivity-led expansion. She highlights Warsh’s rejection of forward guidance and his call for markets to focus on incoming […]
YouTube Notes: Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda and Adam Sturman take questions from both the Youtube live chat and our Newsletter Subscribers! Trump just redrew the map. The Iran war is all but settled — and the deal was brokered with help from Russia and China, not NATO, not the EU, not the G7. As […]
YouTube Notes: Ahead of the G7 in Evian, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned of a “global rupture” as the post–Cold War rules-based order breaks down, a claim the episode argues was underscored by Donald Trump’s summit remarks, suggesting Syria should handle Hezbollah if Israel cannot without “killing everyone else,” and criticizing Israel’s actions […]
