Mike Rowe brought Victor Davis Hanson onto his podcast for an interview to discuss Class Warfare as contrast against the 2024 election stakes. The impetus for the interview was an article written by VDH a few months ago about the shift in the American electorate – SEE HERE.

Within the interview VDH walks through a summary of how a modern muscular tech industry replaced Mainstreet on the financial side of financial economics and American wealth.  Essentially, how a small group of tech companies replaced the blue chip titans and industrialists on the global wealth scale.

As 8 billion people started being able to purchase the goods and services of a small American group of entrepreneurs, all focused heavily inside the tech and finance sector, the people who owned wealth shifted dramatically.  Decades later, against the backdrop of globalism, the issue surfaces as the industrialists (Main Street corps) offshored their manufacturing, while the tech industrialists (Muscular Wall Street) started to be the wealthiest people in the USA as a result of selling their tech products to the world.

Within the discussion, the academically disposed VDH points out empirical data that bolsters his theories and analysis.  Rowe is in general agreement as they both discuss the granular consequences.  However, there is one fascinating part (prompted below) where VDH accurately identifies conservative economic hero Milton Friedman as one of the early globalist villains.

VDH is correct when he says that Friedman was a rabid open borders advocate, who had no issue with lowered wages for U.S. workers and embraced the global system of manufacturing which led to a destroyed U.S industrial base creating the Rust Belt.  Few people on the conservative side of politics will ever admit how Milton Friedman was the original Bush-class economist.  It’s good to see VDH set the record straight.  WATCH:

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Keep in mind, Milton Friedman was vociferously against tariffs of any kind.  Friedman believed once the entire world was connected, all prices and economies would equalize.  The pain felt within the American economy was simply something that had to be endured until American wealth was distributed and the entire world was balanced.

What follows below was my review of what would happen with Donald Trump policies put into place.  This is very deep and in the weeds. This was originally written in December of 2016.

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If there is one economic dynamic we have talked about on these pages more than the rest, its inflation.  {Background}

The root causes of inflation are two-fold, monetary policy and energy policy.  However, when combined they represent a predictable outcome.  Specifically predictable, when it comes to highly consumable goods that require a lot of industrial effort, labor, distribution and warehousing processes.  Thus, food inflation was/is worst.

Kamala Harris and her boss did this to millions of Americans

If I was in charge of the RNC research, or the Trump campaign, this would be my new ad pic.twitter.com/WJ4QCbuJmm

— A🪓E (@RealDealAxelrod) September 21, 2024

Within all of the sectors most vulnerable to upward price pressure as a result of policy (monetary and energy), the main industry impacted by immediate and severe inflation is food, farming and agriculture.  Food, a highly consumable product with a thin supply chain, sees the results of inflation first and fastest.  Durable good inflation lags behind high-velocity consumable goods.

It was with this understanding CTH first warned in 2020 of what would happen coming out of the COVID Pandemic economic crisis.  We predicted and watched in 2020 as one-third of all food supplies were destroyed because 50% of the food supply chain (restaurants, cafeterias, schools, food trucks, essentially food away from home) was shuttered.

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Today, President Donald Trump will head to Wilmington, North Carolina, for a MAGA rally in the Tarheel state.

The Obama team feel confident in their ability to manipulate Michigan and Wisconsin.  However, they also understand that if Kamala Harris loses Pennsylvania, their only chance at electoral victory would be to win North Carolina and Georgia as an offset.  The tenuously slipping Pennsylvania race is why Brian Fallon and the Chicago Marxists are focusing an alternate ‘southern strategy’ approach.

The recent position of the Teamsters has triggered anxiety in the Obama team’s Michigan and Wisconsin confidence. [SEE HERE]  To counter the intent of Team Harris in NC and GA, President Trump is campaigning in key areas to maintain enthusiastic support.  President Trump is expected to speak in Wilmington, North Carolina at 2:00pm ET.  Livestream Links Below:

RSBN YouTube Livestream Link – RSBN Rumble Livestream – Trump Campaign Rumble Livestream

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Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe held a press conference today outlining the results of an investigative review of USSS failures.  A five-page summary of the report was released. {SEE HERE} According to Director Rowe, a full report on the findings of the investigation will soon be released.

The press briefing was Director Rowe giving details about the results of the investigation in advance of the report being published.  WATCH:

[5-PAGE Summary Report HERE]

WASHINGTON DC – […] Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said in a press conference that an unspecified number of agency personnel will face repercussions for the lapses that left one person dead and the former president and two others injured, though he declined to detail the possible punishments.

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Reflection.   45 Days!

Are the next 45 days really about the political battles before us.  Or is it really a time of purposeful distinction. purposeful division.

Is it really about Donald Trump -vs- Kamala Harris, or is it really about choosing between good -vs- evil.

LUKE 12:51-56

(51) “Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. (52) From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. (53) They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

(54) He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. (55) And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. (56) Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?”

We can all sense it.  Even if we turn away to engage in busyness as a distraction, the sense will not subside.

There is a great urgency needed in our communication with our family, friends, loved ones and overall community.  Do not negate your righteousness, nor diminish your instinctual value.  Do not fear.

Do not fear.

45 days!

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If you get beyond Laura Ingraham’s severe fan-girling for her “top gov” hero, within this interview segment you will notice that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the FBI blocked state investigators from the fence line crime scene.

Apparently in Georgia and New York the federal government defers jurisdiction to New York and Georgia prosecution over federal matters surrounding President Trump, but in Florida the feds assert unilateral jurisdiction over the assassination attempt of President Trump.

In essence, in New York and Georgia the Biden administration (DOJ) don’t care what the state does against Trump’s interests; however, in Florida the Biden administration (DOJ) are concerned about what the state might do to defend Trump’s interests.  Imagine that.  And yet Merrick Garland says the DOJ operates without political motives?

🚨BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis says the FBI won’t cooperate with Florida investigation:

“No, they are not being cooperative, and yes, I am concerned—Our investigators were rebuffed just going to the fence line outside of Trump International Golf Club.” pic.twitter.com/8PAJHGFYKn

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 19, 2024

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TRANSCRIPT:

Ingraham: Now, Governor, I want to turn to another topic because we were relieved to hear that you are doing your own independent investigation in Florida concerning the second assassination attempt on President Trump. My question to you tonight is, are the feds being cooperative with your investigation? Are you concerned that you’re not getting the information you need?

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President Trump will headline the Israeli-American Council annual conference in Washington, D.C.  RSBN is covering all the events starting at 4:00pm.  President Trump is expected to deliver remarks at approximately 7:30pm ET.

RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble Livestream

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The FBI and ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) are reporting how Iran hacked information from within the Trump campaign and then sent that information to the United States government, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ campaigns. [Background Here]

President Trump, somewhat tongue in cheek, notes the following:

However, it does not go unnoticed how the general direction of this FBI report about Iran, tends to parallel the 2016/2017 FBI report about Russia.

So, bear with me. Under the auspices of “foreign meddling in the USA presidential election,” the FBI and DNI again spring into action.

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Perhaps this was already known, but it was a new detail to me.

The U.S. Secret Service gave congressional investigators a briefing on the Trump assassination attempt by Ryan Routh at Trump National in Florida. According to Florida Representative Mike Waltz, who is a member of the committee investigating, apparently the U.S. Secret Service agent walked up on Routh from the fence line and saw the barrel of the SKS rifle. The proactive shots fired by the agent were from within 10 feet of Ryan Routh.

The detail comes at the end of this discussion segment with Laura Ingraham. (Prompted) – WATCH:

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Mike Waltz repeats how the FBI are keeping all of the pertinent details surrounding the assassination attempt concealed from the investigating committee under the auspices of an ongoing investigation.  Waltz is calling for transparency in both the Pennsylvania attempt and the Florida attempt; however, despite the USSS providing information, anything from the FBI is not being shared.

The detail of a single USSS agent, accidentally discovering Ryan Routh on the fence line further emphasizes just how fortunate we are that this assassination attempt was foiled.  It appears the agent just coincidentally walked up on Routh’s position during a standard security sweep, and immediately fired shots after seeing the barrel of the gun.  Yikes!

The presence of God’s intervention is in these types of details.

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President Trump appeared in person during the Greg Gutfeld show last night, taping the segment before his rally in Long Island.

The subsequent discussion is a mix of comedy and discussion about the campaign and current events.  The discussion begins with President Trump outlining the second assassination attempt.  On the issues of the assassination effort, President Trump delivers some genuine and honest personal insight about all of it.   This is very well worth watching. Three lengthy segments below.

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