“5% today… everything tomorrow” The California tax plan critics say could destroy wealth nationwide

The financial war most Americans never saw coming

On the Record with Christian Briggs – This isn't merely a story about trade deficits, cheap manufacturing, or international politics. It's a story about financial power, critical minerals, banking networks, global infrastructure, and the battle to shape the monetary system of the twenty-first century. We trace China's transformation from a poor, largely rural nation into a...

Growing Iran conflict raises questions about energy, inflation & US strategy

On the Record with Christian Briggs – President Trump’s approach is aggressive but strategic—aimed at eliminating long-term threats rather than managing short-term optics. However, the situation has not unfolded as quickly or cleanly as expected. What was initially believed to be a short conflict has turned into a prolonged and complex engagement, with unexpected resistance and geopolitical...

China’s secret plan to replace the dollar

On the Record with Christian Briggs – China’s quiet push to reshape global finance meets America’s race to secure minerals, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and supply chains. As gold accumulation, BRICS expansion, and local-currency systems accelerate, a fractured monetary order emerges, tying power not only to money, but to the materials beneath modern civilization and future technology itself...

China’s secret plan to replace the dollar and America’s last-ditch mineral war to stop it

On the Record with Christian Briggs – How did China quietly gain control over the industrial foundations of the modern world? Why does Beijing now dominate the processing of the rare earth minerals required for AI systems, electric vehicles, F-35 fighter jets, satellites, missile systems, and the global semiconductor industry? And why are U.S. officials suddenly warning that “economic security IS national security”?

The digital dollar fight and the future of money

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The central question is not whether money will become more digital. It already has. The real question is whether digital money will preserve the freedom, privacy, and neutrality of cash — or replace it with a permission-based system. Could a CBDC make payments faster and more efficiently? Yes. Could it also allow governments to monitor purchases...