It's been happening issue by issue, with the complicity of both parties: The fundamental ideals of the nation, including our faith and freedom, are being crushed for the benefit of powerful elites. Using everything from Big Tech to Big Government, these power brokers are silencing the voices of dissent, canceling those who refuse to fall in line, and pitting the masses against one another. Universities are churning out so-called leaders who refuse to learn from past mistakes, but are instead intent on repeating them. Those statements come from the guest on this edition of Crosstalk, whose new book issues a battle cry for a populist movement in America. It's a movement that goes beyond any president or political party, but shows how people are coming together from diverse backgrounds to fight for faith and freedom.Floyd Brown is an author, speaker and media commentator. He is the former CEO of USA Radio Network. He founded the Western Journal news website. Early in his career he worked for President Ronald Reagan and Senator Bob Dole and was the first president of Citizens United. He is the author of numerous books including the newly released book, Counterpunch: An Unlikely Alliance of Americans Fighting Back for Faith and Freedom.In order to understand why we must fight back for faith and freedom, one must understand where we've come from as a nation, where we are now and examine our trajectory. In explaining this, there are many facets. One is the elites that control our nation, especially their control of the economy and how wealth was actually gained by some of them from COVID, at the expense of smaller businesses that provided a livelihood for many.