My take on the new paradigm—right-wing media, corporate media and weak Democratic leadership, together paving our path to perdition—has been chugging right along for anyone who cares to take a moment to look at our democracy’s true pathology...
September 13, 2025

Well, with Kirk’s killing, we encounter what I refer to as The Iron Triangle of Fascism. The original term referred to Congress, government bureaucracy and lobbyists/interest groups shaping our politics.

My take on the new paradigm—right-wing media, corporate media and weak Democratic leadership, together paving our path to perdition—has been chugging right along for anyone who cares to take a moment to look at our democracy’s true pathology.

It has corrupted our government, turned much of big business into sociopathic monopolies and deeply eroded key elements of our civil society. So what is it and how does it affect us?

Let me put it simply: a major negative event or mistake that can be portrayed as such occurs. It can be something close to home like the Kirk shooting or Hillary’s emails, or something thousands of miles away like Benghazi or Somalia (1993).

And here’s how it goes from there...

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