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Democrat Weaponized Narratives

A society stripped of civic pride struggles with cohesion. Without a sense of legitimate inheritance -- flawed yet worthy of stewardship -- patriotism wanes.

Kevin Finn | June 22, 2026

Podcaster and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has said, "Republicans may not be the answer to all of your problems, but the Democrats are most certainly the cause of most of them." He has also said, "Most Republicans in Congress are really Democrats, but no Democrats are really Republicans." These two statements explain a great deal.

Consider some of the biggest issues we face today. A short list would include tens of millions of unvetted illegal aliens, unprecedented financial fraud, stolen elections, a failed educational system, a biased media, and corrupt judges and prosecutors. Yes, Republicans had a hand in some of these, but it’s indisputable that the majority of the actors in those situations are leftists.

Influential sectors -- news media, political parties, academia, legal institutions, entertainment, and business have been systematically promoting only one perspective for many years. Elites in those institutions act as gatekeepers of information, morality, and culture. By ignoring misdeeds within their aligned groups while amplifying or fabricating those of opponents, they create a Manichean worldview: one side inherently virtuous, the other irredeemably corrupt. This selective blindness, compounded by disparagement of national history and motivations, undermines truth, erodes trust, and threatens cohesion.

The immediate mechanism is epistemic corruption. Media outlets that bury scandals........

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