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Promethean Updates is the video podcast of Promethean Action: political and economic commentary on the fight to rebuild the American economy and end the era of financial empire.

Four shows a week. The Monday Brief and The Midweek Update are 15-minute reports on the week’s decisive events with Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda. The Thursday Q&A is a live two-hour broadcast hosted by Adam Sturman with Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda answering viewer questions. The Saturday Wrap-Up looks back at the week.

Regular topics: Treasury and Fed policy, tariffs and jobs, energy and manufacturing, Ukraine

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Midweek Update: Regime Change: Trump Puts the Fed & British Empire Apr 22, 2026

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In this midweek update, Susan Kokinda argues that Kevin Warsh’s Senate Banking Committee testimony, calling for “regime change” at the Federal Reserve and blaming inflation on excessive money creation, signals a broader shift aligned with the Trump administration against what she describes as an Imperial, British-led free-trade order. She highlights Warsh’s criticism of post-2008 quantitative easing as benefiting financial asset holders while many Americans own no assets, and contrasts this with Democrats’ focus on divestment issues. Kokinda ties Warsh’s stance to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s emphasis on raising living standards over bailing out markets and to Trump’s comments on Fed independence. She then points to Trump’s April 20 Defense Production Act action citing market failures in energy infrastructure, including transformer shortages, as national-security threats, linking this to energy independence and Iran, and contrasts it with Mark Carney’s globalist posture and references to the War of 1812.

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00:00 Midweek Update Intro
01:51 "Regime Change", Warsh Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
05:40 The Real Regime Change, Burying British Free Trade
09:44 The Empire Holds Its Inquest

Monday Brief: No More Mr. Nice Guy: Trump's Iran Ultimatum Apr 20, 2026

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Barbara Boyd previews renewed Iran peace negotiations in Islamabad ahead of a ceasefire deadline, as Iran allegedly challenged a U.S. naval blockade, lost a ship, and again closed the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump warning “No More Mr. Nice guy” if peace fails and arguing Iran is bleeding $500 million a day. She shows a City of London, linked propaganda network is working to prolong the war and damage Trump before the midterms by targeting Vice President JD Vance, citing a Financial Times column by Edward Luce and post. Munich Security Conference smears portraying Vance as pro-Putin. Boyd outlines three layers of Iran-linked messaging. Press TV in London, NIAC in Washington, and the “Iran Experts Initiative” infiltration of U.S. think tanks, and says justice is coming via prosecutions led by Joseph DiGenova, with Kash Patel promising arrests, while Vance leads talks and a National Fraud Task Force.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:03 The Secret War on JD Vance
06:43 The London-Tehran Big Lie Machine
10:42 Justice Comes for the Insurrectionists

Saturday Wrap-Up: Economic Fury: Why Trump's Warning Went Only Apr 18, 2026

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Susan Kokinda argues that recent U.S. actions framed as confronting Iran are actually aimed at dismantling the British imperial financial and geopolitical system. She cites Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s April 16 meeting with UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, highlighting the on-record “Economic Fury” campaign and U.S. tracking of financial flows to Iran that allegedly lead to London. The episode shows Trump is ending a decades-old “world extortion” model tied to the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyd’s war-risk insurance, and London’s commodity pricing power (gold, metals, oil benchmarks). It also points to an Israeli. Lebanon ceasefire and Trump prohibiting Israeli strikes, arguing this removes Netanyahu’s leverage built on a perpetual Iran threat. With London’s pricing nodes shifting toward New York and the “special relationship” weakening, the Hudson Institute is said to be pinning hopes on a King Charles visit to the U.S.

00:00 Saturday Wrap-Up Intro
02:20 Why Trump Disarmed Netanyahu, Not Just Iran
06:23 Bessent's "Economic Fury" Warning, Delivered Only to London
09:25 Hudson's Hail Mary: Send the King to Save It

Thursday Q&A: Trump Blockades Iran, Impeachment Hoax Blown Open Apr 16, 2026

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Join us for a live broadcast, with your hosts Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda and Adam Sturman. Thursday April 16th at 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific every Thursday. We take your questions from both the Youtube live chat and our Newsletter Subscribers!

The President isn't waiting for anyone to catch up.

On Saturday, he announced the blockade of every Iranian port, after Iran broke its ceasefire commitment on the nuclear question. On Sunday night, DNI Tulsi Gabbard dropped nearly 400 pages proving the 2019 impeachment was a manufactured hoax. And this morning, Trump called out Britain for refusing to drill its own North Sea oil while Europe begs for energy.

Three fronts. One war. And the old order is losing on all of them.

Midweek Update: Caught Lying: Media Admits It Prefers Iran's Nukes Apr 15, 2026

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Barbara Boyd argues Tom Friedman admitted some prefer Iran not be defeated if it politically benefits Trump or Netanyahu, then frames recent events as exposing “theater” about defending democracy. She claims the EU executed a regime-change operation against Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, citing NGO pressure, frozen funds, threats to strip voting power, and a push to end EU member-state vetoes, amid protests over a fuel crisis tied to the Iran war. Boyd highlights JD Vance’s remarks in Hungary about radicals, sovereignty, and foreign election pressure. She says Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents showing Trump’s first impeachment was a hoax driven by whistleblower Eric Ciaramella, Adam Schiff, and Inspector General Michael Atkinson, while Biden-Ukraine corruption allegations were suppressed. Boyd concludes Trump is dismantling the US-UK “special relationship,” pursuing Middle East peace talks with Iran and Israel-Lebanon, and urges viewers to subscribe and support Promethean Action.

00:00 Midweek Update Intro
02:11 Brussels Abolishes Sovereignty, And Calls It Democracy
05:44 Tulsi Found What Schiff Locked in a Safe
08:50 Trump Broke the Special Relationship, On Purpose

Monday Brief: Trump Names the Hidden War, Britain Has No Cards Left Apr 13, 2026

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Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has “put the empire on notice” by exposing what she calls a decades-long British-run extortion system centered on the Strait of Hormuz. She says Trump moved to break the alleged protection racket by undermining Lloyd’s of London’s role in maritime insurance, pushing the U.S. to provide coverage, and enforcing an “all or none” approach to Iran’s oil sales. Kokinda highlights UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to join an American blockade and claims Britain has lost control of the choke point. She details financial actions targeting Iranian money flows, including UAE arrests of IRGC-linked money changers, Treasury Secretary Bessent using Patriot Act Section 311 against a Zurich bank, and scrutiny of London-based crypto exchanges and Santander UK. She cites a UK military chief admitting Britain’s war planning has lapsed since the Cold War and links fuel disruptions and protests to the conflict, concluding Trump has forced a hidden imperial system into the open.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:12 Lloyd's of London Blinks: How Trump Seized the Empire's Chokepoint
05:05 Bessent's Nuclear Option: From Dubai to Zurich to the City of London
07:10 Britain's Top General Confesses: "We Have No War Plan"

Saturday Wrap-Up: World's Most Powerful Reset Apr 11, 2026

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Barbara Boyd argues Donald Trump’s Truth Social post, “World’s Most Powerful Reset”, signals a deliberate effort to dismantle the World Economic Forum’s COVID-era “Great Reset” and replace it with an opposite agenda: expanded U.S. energy production, lower global prices, and renewed American industrial growth. She contrasts net-zero finance and global governance, citing Klaus Schwab, King Charles, Mark Carney, and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, with Trump’s “drill, build, export” approach and the goal of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. Boyd cites strategist James Thorne’s view that moves involving Venezuela and Iran aim to “re-anchor” energy and money in the dollar system, while she frames Trump’s strategy as the American System of Hamilton, Lincoln, and McKinley, not a British imperial “Great Game.” She connects Iran talks involving regional players to a “Board of Peace,” and ends by linking Artemis II’s splashdown and a moon-to-Mars vision to this broader reset, urging viewers to follow Promethean Action and support midterm efforts.

00:00 Saturday Wrap-Up Intro
01:44 Schwab's Reset: Own Nothing, Lose Everything
06:20 Hamilton's Revenge: The American System Returns
11:01 The World's Most Powerful Reset

Thursday Q&A: Temporary Ceasefire: Iran's Counteroffer, Trump's Answer Apr 09, 2026

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Join us for a live broadcast, with your hosts Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda and Adam Sturman. Thursday April 9th at 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific every Thursday. We take your questions from both the Youtube live chat and our Newsletter Subscribers!

Midweek Update: Trump's Civilizational Gamble: The Iran Move Apr 08, 2026

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Get out FREE Newsletter at https://www.PrometheanAction.com. Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump’s announced two-week, double-sided ceasefire with Iran signals a “civilizational” break from the long-running imperial system that has treated the Middle East as a managed cockpit of conflict. She highlights Trump amplifying Iran’s own statement confirming the ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and contrasts this approach with warnings from Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham, whom she frames as the “war party” pushing a Libya-style outcome. Kokinda says Pakistan, with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, mediated the ceasefire and that follow-up talks are set for Friday in Islamabad, likely led by Vice President JD Vance. She connects this to Vance’s Budapest remarks with Viktor Orbán about defending Western civilization against “nihilists,” and to Trump’s call with the Artemis II crew about establishing a permanent presence on the Moon and pushing on to Mars.

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00:00 Midweek Update Intro
01:31 THE GAMBLE, Trump Bets on Iran's People
06:10 THE ENEMY, Vance Names the Nihilists
08:55 THE FUTURE, From the Moon to Mars

Monday Brief: Easter Death Hoax Exposed: Trump Rescues Airmen in Iran Apr 06, 2026

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This Easter weekend, as a social-media death hoax about Donald Trump spread widely, the episode highlights two claimed U.S. achievements: a daring operation that recovered a two-man F-15 crew from inside Iran and the first time since 1972 that four American astronauts rounded the moon. Barbara Boyd frames these events as evidence of America’s “right stuff” returning, alongside Trump’s push to expand U.S. nuclear energy capacity and a broader shift away from the Petrodollar system toward a regional “Board of Peace” centered on economic development. She describes escalating pressure on Tehran tied to reopening the Strait, ongoing peace negotiations, and Gulf States aligning closer to Israel, while criticizing France, the UK, and Canada for defending a “rules-based international order” and prolonging the war in Ukraine. The episode argues Trump’s leadership reflects a willingness to persist despite threats and institutional opposition.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
01:39 Tehran Has Until Tuesday
05:03 While They Wished Him Dead, America Did the Impossible, Twice
08:34 What Butler, Pennsylvania Changed

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