Minnesota’s fraud scandals weren’t just about bad actors — Keith Ellison’s role as the political interface between warnings and accountability, and why that position matters more than intent. Systems fail where enforcement becomes negotiable.
Keith Ellison: The Interface Problem Read More »
On the morning of September 5, 1972, the Olympic Village in Munich still looked the way it had been designed to look: open, informal, unguarded. The West German organizers had been explicit about this aesthetic. These were to be the “Happy Games”—a deliberate contrast to Berlin 1936, an intentional repudiation of militarism, fences, and armed authority.
A Festival of Appearances Read More »
We examine modern NGOs through the historical lens of piracy, where intermediaries and “ports” mattered more than the raiders themselves. If the structure doesn’t change, neither will the outcome.
Ports, Factors, and Prize Agents Read More »
The 2026 midterms will be decided less by candidates than by systems built long before voting begins. We explain how process power, not persuasion, now shapes outcomes. It’s a forecast—and a field manual—for understanding what’s actually happening.
Ballot Wars 2026: Forecast and Field Manual for the Midterms Read More »
Al-Shabaab likes to posture as a fearsome jihadist force, but up close it looks like a corrupt protection racket with a religious costume.
Welfare Warlords Of The Somali Main Read More »
The right dominates online attention but keeps losing procedural ground. That’s because influence without infrastructure doesn’t translate into power. We need to build a transparent digital counter-factory that turns reach into lasting leverage.
The Digital Counter-Factory Read More »
Mitt Romney’s “7% moment” wasn’t just a campaign gaffe — it marked the end of persuasion politics in America. The electorate that could once be moved by argument has been replaced by demographic hardening, institutional distrust, and a dependency-driven political infrastructure.
WHY ROMNEY’S 7% NO LONGER EXISTS Read More »
Most Americans have no idea that 38 states allow never-resided foreign-born citizens to vote in U.S. elections using nothing more than a parent’s old address. It’s a loophole big enough for foreign interests, identity theft networks, and entire diasporas to influence states they’ve never lived in.
VOTING WITHOUT RESIDENCE: THE UNITED STATES’ UNSEEN ELECTORATE Read More »
Election power drifted upward over the last decade, away from voters and toward courts and agencies. State constitutions offer a way to rebalance that power without nationalizing elections further.
The Federalism Fix Read More »
The 7% remark wasn’t just a gaffe — it was a blueprint for why the old Republican model collapsed. We break down how Romney’s worldview failed to understand the era he was running in, and why that miscalculation reshaped the party’s future.
ROMNEY’S 7%: THE MOMENT THE OLD REPUBLICAN STRATEGY DIED Read More »
