Minnesota’s fraud crisis finally exploded into national view, and we compare Gov. Tim Walz to Stede Bonnet — the “Gentleman Pirate” who never realized he wasn’t the one steering the ship.
Tim Walz: Minnesota’s Gentleman Governor Read More »
Economists and government bean-counters have quietly known for years that every murder wipes out millions of dollars in future productivity, taxes, and institutional knowledge — but we still treat homicide as a talking point instead of a national balance-sheet emergency.
Ballot curing has evolved from frantic last-minute outreach into a year-round automation pipeline. AI now predicts errors, prioritizes voters, and personalizes contact long before volunteers ever pick up a phone.
Ballot Cure Teams 2.0 Read More »
The permanent foreign-policy bureaucracy operates independently of elections, sustaining U.S. influence abroad through NGOs, contractors, and long-running initiatives that outlive every administration.
THE FOREIGN DESK THAT NEVER SLEEPS Read More »
Digital coalitions now simulate grassroots momentum so effectively that platforms and journalists treat them as genuine public uprisings. What used to take thousands of volunteers can now be faked with coordinated messaging and shared infrastructure.
Astroturf to Grassroots Read More »
The Disinfo Complex isn’t one group — it’s a loop where government, universities, and platforms reinforce each other until private enforcement becomes indistinguishable from public power.
The “Disinfo Complex” Read More »
For decades, Minnesota’s welfare programs quietly evolved into a financial pipeline feeding Somalia’s fragile economy — and, through hawala and taxation, its most dangerous actors. Somali politicians, U.S. investigators, and even Al-Shabaab itself have now been forced to react as the scandal spills across borders. This piece unpacks how Gov. Tim Walz’s negligence turned a blue-state safety net into an accidental foreign ATM.
THE SOMALI FRAUD STATE Read More »
Modern information ops don’t censor—they pre-frame. What used to be “misinformation policing” has evolved into full-spectrum narrative control run through nonprofit networks and platform architecture. If you want to see how elections are shaped before votes are cast, this is the battlefield.
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 »
