The Influencer Economy
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.
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America Votes
County Control Rooms
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.
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Administrative State Actors
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.
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The 85 Fund vs. Arabella
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.
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Sixteen Thirty’s Ballot Book
When dark money meets direct democracy, the rules of disclosure don’t stand a chance.
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Wisconsin Drop Boxes
How a 2023 state-supreme-court flip turned blueprints into ballots.
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Pennsylvania’s Date Line
When “fill in the date” becomes a civil-rights issue, you’re no longer counting votes — you’re manufacturing them.
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America Votes, Inc.
How a permanent coordination hub turns hundreds of groups into one well-tuned field operation.
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