Best Buy’s Slowdown Isn’t a Leadership Story — It’s a Retail System Failure
What Corie Barry’s exit reveals about demand cycles, cost structures, and where profit is actually shifting in modern retail Best Buy’s CEO transition is being framed as a leadership change. Corie Barry, who took over in 2019 and guided the company through one of the most volatile retail periods in modern history, is stepping down. […]
AI Is Driving Record Profits—and Workers Are Demanding a Cut
THE CRAIG BUSHON SHOW — ANALYSISBold Talk for a Brave America The First Real Fight Over AI-Driven Productivity—and Who Gets Paid for ItFrom the Craig Bushon Show Media Team | April 2026 Forty thousand workers don’t take to the streets over a routine pay dispute. They don’t prepare for an 18-day strike, risk their income, […]
Trump at a Crossroads: Economic Focus, Global Risk, and the Cost of Mixed Signals
A pro-America analysis of economic priorities, geopolitical uncertainty, and shifting voter confidence By the Craig Bushon Show Media Team There’s a growing tension right now that doesn’t fit neatly into partisan talking points. It’s coming from people who have been consistent supporters—many who have backed President Trump multiple times—but are now starting to question specific […]
The Footage That Trains the Future: When Workers Teach Machines to Replace Them
When Workers Teach Machines to Replace ThemFrom First-Person Data to Full Automation — How the Global Labor System Is Being RewrittenFrom the Craig Bushon Show Media Team What looks like a simple factory video — workers wearing head-mounted cameras while performing everyday tasks — is something far more consequential. This is not documentation.This is not […]
The AI Factory Era Has Begun: Microsoft’s Data Center Signals a Structural Shift in the Economy
What This AI Buildout Really Means for Workers, Wages, and Control From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently praised what is being described as one of the most powerful AI data center systems ever deployed, coming online ahead of schedule as part of the company’s aggressive global expansion. On the […]
“America’s Oil Mirage: Why Energy Independence Isn’t What It Looks Like”
America’s Oil Mirage: Why “Energy Independence” Isn’t What It Looks LikeFrom the Craig Bushon Show Media Team On paper, the latest U.S. petroleum data looks like a breakthrough. Net oil imports—one of the most widely cited indicators of energy dependence—collapsed from more than 2.1 million barrels per day to just 66 thousand in a single […]
Unequal Yokes in an AI Economy: When Faith Meets Optimization in a Misaligned System
What Faithfulness Actually Costs From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team There’s a tension in Scripture that many people recognize but rarely examine in operational terms. On one hand, the Bible warns against being unequally yoked. On the other, Jesus makes a direct and often overlooked statement: if the world hated Him, it will hate […]
THE TRAINING ILLUSION: HOW AI JOB PROMISES MAY BE REPEATING A FAILED WORKFORCE PLAYBOOK
When training pipelines expand faster than real demand, the headline says growth—but the labor market tells a different storyBy Craig Bushon and the Show Media Team There is a recurring pattern in how new industries are introduced to the public. It begins with a breakthrough narrative. A new technology emerges—clean energy, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing—and […]
The Hormuz Blockade: What’s Actually Happening vs What You’re Being Told
How Controlled Risk in the Strait Is Disrupting Global Energy. The Hormuz Blockade: What’s Actually Happening vs What You’re Being Told From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team Oil crossed $100 a barrel today. Not as a prediction. Not as a warning. It happened — and it happened before the U.S. stopped a single ship. […]
When Industry Follows War: How Volkswagen and Rheinmetall Reflect a Changing Global Economy
Tanks Over Cars: Rheinmetall’s Hybrid Defense Pivot and Volkswagen’s Move Toward Missile Defense Infrastructure There’s a story circulating right now that, at first glance, sounds almost unbelievable. Two very different companies—Volkswagen and Rheinmetall—are pointing in the same direction, and that direction tells us something important about where the global economy may be heading. Volkswagen is […]