Trump’s EU Energy Deal and the Fight Against Government Overreach

On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Kim Monson examines government overreach from multiple angles with Colorado Union of Taxpayers board member Steve Dorman, Power the Future founder Daniel Turner, mortgage specialist Lorne Levy, and sixth-generation Nebraska farmer Trent Loos.

Russiagate Revelations and Government Accountability

Start listening at 17:02 – Hour 1

Steve Dorman traces the tangled web of the Russiagate scandal following Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent disclosures. Beginning with Glenn Simpson’s April 2016 meeting with Christopher Steele in London, Dorman explains how Fusion GPS, hired by the Democrat National Committee’s law firm Perkins Coie, was tasked with digging up dirt on Donald Trump. The FBI under James Comey intentionally ignored evidence, including five thumb drives containing Obama emails that agents decided not to open after multiple meetings. Inspector General Horowitz’s 2018 report revealed Obama directed Comey, Brennan, and Clapper to reach stronger conclusions than investigators had found.

Dorman connects the scandal to Colorado, noting that the former deputy secretary of state under Jenna Griswold left to be replaced by someone from Perkins Coie. Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe believes the statute of limitations has not expired because the conspiracy remains ongoing.

“The FBI had five thumb drives containing Obama emails, and then they had multiple meetings about what to do with these.”

Steve Dorman, Colorado Union of Taxpayers Board Member

Trump’s Energy Strategy and the War on Cars

Start listening at 33:50 – Hour 1

Daniel Turner reports that the climate movement has lost considerable momentum as truth prevailed and Americans realized climate hysteria was forcing them to compromise property, rights, and freedom. President Trump’s executive orders on energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear, and mining have transformed the policy landscape. Turner argues that Trump’s plan to compel the European Union to buy American energy serves dual purposes: enriching American producers while cutting off Vladimir Putin’s revenue stream.

The conversation turns to smart meters and electric vehicles as tools of government control. Turner warns that connecting thermostats to the internet invites surveillance, as power companies can now raise temperatures remotely during energy crises. EVs present similar concerns since China uses them to track citizens and disable vehicles of dissidents. Unlike storable, inexpensive gasoline, EV fuel depends entirely on government-controlled utilities.

“If Kim Monson is Chinese and we don’t like what she put on social media and she tries to go to work tomorrow, her car just won’t start.”

Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director, Power the Future

Interest Rates and Mortgage Market Opportunities

Start listening at 62:27 – Hour 2

Lorne Levy analyzes recent developments at the Federal Reserve, where two voting members publicly dissented on interest rate policy for the first time since 1993. Chairman Powell welcomed the disagreement as evidence of thoughtful deliberation rather than rubber-stamping. The 10-year treasury has dipped to its lowest level in three months, creating opportunities for both homebuyers and refinancing. Levy counsels preparation for when the Fed eventually begins cutting rates, predicting Powell will implement a series of meaningful cuts rather than a single symbolic reduction.

“He wants to, when he starts to cut, make it a series of cuts, you know, maybe several meetings in a row with a cut. And he’s not ready to do that yet, but he doesn’t want to just do one just to make everybody happy.”

Lorne Levy, Mortgage Specialist, Polygon Financial Group

Immigration Policy and Agricultural Labor Crisis

Start listening at 72:49 – Hour 2

Trent Loos reports exceptional corn and soybean crops across Nebraska, with above-average rainfall eliminating the need for irrigation. However, he warns of a brewing labor crisis as the Trump administration revokes work visas for legal immigrants at facilities like the JBS Swift plant in Osceola, Iowa, where 100 workers received deportation notices. His friend Hank Vogler, who has used H-2A workers for 27 years, faces losing employees who have returned legally for two decades. In 2002, some 100,000 teenagers detasseled corn, but today immigrant laborers fill those roles because American youth lack work ethic.

Loos argues that eliminating government subsidies would solve the labor shortage by forcing Americans off public assistance and into available jobs. The Farm Bill primarily benefits corporations like Walmart, which receives $315.5 billion over ten years through SNAP redemptions rather than actual farmers. He also criticizes EPA emission standards that 17 states automatically adopt from California, rendering diesel engines half as effective while requiring expensive DEF additives.

“But in 27 years, he’s had two American citizens apply to be a sheepherder at his operation in Nevada.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher