A MIDWEST LENS ON NATIONAL POLITICS.

Unpacking the strategy, spin, and fallout of partisan playbooks.

Pull up a chair. We need to talk.
In 2002, affluent suburban white women were pegged by The Heritage Foundation as the most potent warriors for a "Christian" Nationalist takeover. The pandemic and George Floyd's death created a lightning-in-a-bottle window of opportunity.
Citizens for Renewing America handed mothers a playbook with steps to fight back against the "threat" of their sweet babies becoming slaves to "thugs" and illegals. Moms for Liberty piled on, encouraging women to take over their school boards and libraries to avoid harmful indoctrination.
Now, we've got groups like Hillsdale, Lifewise, Young America's, Club America, and Turning Point USA investing more in securing our kids' future votes than in the security of their schools.
I live in one of the Midwest hometowns of the dark money operations that fund these far-right tactics. The history and motivation for the everyday effects are disturbing and devastating. I'm here to connect the dots and educate you on the things they hope you'll forget. This site features longer-form reports, while my social channels share short, sometimes humorous hot takes to match meme-level attention spans.
This hostile government takeover is 60 years in the making, and it was made possible by public manipulation and disinformation. Americans are now fighting to protect education, civil rights, and the freedoms promised to citizens of our Constitutional Republic.
With each passing day, I've waited for elected representatives or anyone in power to paint the larger picture for people. Call it out. Act faster. Move boldly. Connect each painful move to the bigger Project. I can't wait any longer. America can't wait any longer.
Directly affected by these playbooks, astroturf groups, and manufactured crises, I'm here to say what needs to be said. Facts are effectively protecting my community, and they can change our country.
I'm a public school parent turned accidental activist, proving that affluent suburban white women can also be the ones to call B.S. on these playbooks. My professional background in PR and eye for strategy help me see how we're being manipulated.
I'm immersed in the news and social media platforms to give you the real report on what we're enduring, and why. We cannot go quietly.
Becky

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