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Friday, February 6, 2026
 
 

One still encounters the naïve view of American politics in which the regime can be reformed if the voters choose “the right people.” But there’s a problem. The major parties will never allow true reformers to attain high levels of power in the federal government.

Ryan McMaken, Editor in Chief

 
 
Why America’s Two-Party System Will Never Threaten the True Political Elites
Ryan McMaken
There are two kinds of political movements: 1. Those that are “compromising” and pose no real threat to the elites. 2. The groups that actually oppose the status quo but are kept out of power.
 
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The Idiocracy that Is California Politics
William L. Anderson
If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs.
 
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Everyone Agrees Our Elites Are Terrible, So Why Are We Stuck with Them?
 
Mediocre and malicious “elites” aren’t a glitch.
 
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Are the Epstein Files the Chernobyl of the West?
 
Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the fallout and what it means for how the masses view the elite.
 
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