Algorithms have replaced advertising as the real engine of political persuasion. What looks like “organic content” is increasingly the product of coordinated nonprofits, paid creators, and engineered engagement bursts designed to game platform physics. The result is a new digital battlefield where reach isn’t bought — it’s manufactured.
Algorithmic Arbitrage Read More »
The influencer economy isn’t entertainment anymore — it’s political infrastructure. The result is a persuasion machine that blends politics into culture without ever admitting it’s political.
The Influencer Economy Read More »
Democrats aren’t just winning lawsuits—they’re choosing the judges before the cases even start. Judge shopping, parallel filings, and consent decrees have become the real ballot infrastructure of the left. Republicans can’t win if they keep fighting on the enemy’s home field.
Judge-Shopping 101 Read More »
Durable nationwide rules emerge from court settlements and consent decrees, bypassing legislatures entirely.
Consent Decrees and Settlement Law Read More »
Across federal, private, and NGO channels, a new system of informational gatekeeping has consolidated into a de facto censorship regime. Platforms, agencies, and “disinfo” networks now act in parallel to regulate which narratives can circulate and which get quietly suppressed. It’s a workflow built to manage political outcomes through distribution rather than debate.
THE DATA PRIESTHOOD Read More »
County election boards used to count ballots—now they run mini think tanks.
Private grants and NGO training turned local clerks into national operators.
The front line of democracy isn’t Congress; it’s the county office quietly rewriting the rules.
County Control Rooms Read More »
Secretaries of state used to be clerks; now they’re partisan power centers.
This installment of Ballot Wars shows how settlements and memos quietly replace legislation while media frames it as “defending democracy.”
When referees start coaching, process stops being neutral.
Administrative State Actors Read More »
The Left built a litigation industry; the Right built a grant program.
Arabella’s fund network creates year-round lawfare capacity while Leonard Leo’s system remains episodic.
If you want process power, you need a factory, not a philanthropy.
The 85 Fund vs. Arabella Read More »
Eric Swalwell has entered the California governor’s race while carrying two long-shadow scandals: his past ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative and a DOJ-referred mortgage investigation.
ERIC SWALWELL: NEVER SAW THE SPY BEHIND HIM Read More »
The RNC finally got off the leash—but the other side spent forty years building a machine while they waited.
RNC Counter-Factory Read More »
