On today’s dispatch, we step back from the headlines and talk about the system that shapes all of them.

This episode looks at how real power operates in America today—how unelected bureaucracies learned to outlast elections, how the media reframed accountability as danger, and how corporate and global interests aligned to keep decision-making insulated from voters.

This isn’t a left-versus-right conversation. It’s about consent, legitimacy, and whether elections still function as instructions—or merely as rituals.

If you’ve ever felt like your vote mattered less than it should, this episode explains why.