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When the world falls apart, some things stay in place. Investigations. Politics. Social Issues. Bringing the Noise.

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Reform Billionaires vs. Starmer

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Reform UK Competitions Conundrum

Winners are long-term Farage fans

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Reform's Raffle Rug-Pull

Black Shirt Shenanigans

Mar 25 • Don McGowan

Cryptocurrency & Politics

Ominous Obfuscation or Open-Source Operation?

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Cryptocurrency Q&A

Two Experts Answered My Questions

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POLITICS OF POTHOLES

Finally Someone Says It

May 27 • Don McGowan

The Angry Mob Descends Once Again

May 12 • Don McGowan

Reform Billionaires vs. Starmer

A data deep dive

Apr 30 • Don McGowan

Reform UK Competitions Conundrum

Winners are long-term Farage fans

Apr 13 • Don McGowan

Reform UK's Rise and Rise

Have We Seen This Before?

Mar 27 • Don McGowan

Reform's Raffle Rug-Pull

Black Shirt Shenanigans

Mar 25 • Don McGowan

Irregular Regulators

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Mar 18 • Don McGowan

Free From Influence

Is media bias inevitable?

Mar 5 • Don McGowan

Cryptocurrency & Politics

Ominous Obfuscation or Open-Source Operation?

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Reform UK Donors & Jeffrey Epstein

Taking Candy from the Wealthy

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Palantir Entanglement

An Ai/Lord of the Rings Crossover

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Patriotic Millionaires UK

Tax Wealth not Work

Nov 18, 2025 • Don McGowan

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PART 2 — A New Awareness — Akathisia, Mental Health Advocacy & Stochastic Terrorism — Live

PART 2 — A New Awareness — Akathisia, Mental Health Advocacy & Stochastic Terrorism — Live

Sep 12, 2025 • Don McGowan

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PART 1 — Badenoch Brings The Heat — PMQs, Reform Conference Disaster & Farage Didn't Buy a House

PART 1 — Badenoch Brings The Heat — PMQs, Reform Conference Disaster & Farage Didn't Buy a House

Sep 11, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Part Two — Mr. Farage Goes to Washington — That Disastrous Hearing & Badenoch's Lie of the Week

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Sep 6, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Liz Webster Brings the Brexit Debate — Brexit, the Far-Right & All Things Farming + Angela Rayner

Liz Webster Brings the Brexit Debate — Brexit, the Far-Right & All Things Farming + Angela Rayner

Sep 5, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Decency Advocate Davey — Reformatives, Societal Collapse & The Carol Hedges Award for Common Decency

Decency Advocate Davey — Reformatives, Societal Collapse & The Carol Hedges Award for Common Decency

Aug 29, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Flags Week — Flags! Flags! Flags! Reform Lose the Plot, GB News Threats, Stamp Duty & Katie Lam

Flags Week — Flags!

Aug 23, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Murder in MAGA Land — Far-right Fractures in the UK & US, Lawless Britain (?) and Farage Grifting Again & #TeamWater

Murder in MAGA Land — Far-right Fractures in the UK & US, Lawless Britain (?) and Farage Grifting Again and #TeamWater

Aug 15, 2025 • Don McGowan

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Off Diary — Tory Irrelevance, Media Crime Reporting Bias, US DOGE Disaster & Labour's Dismal Comms

Off Diary — Tory Irrelevance, Media Crime Reporting Bias, US DOGE Disaster & Labour's Dismal Comms

Aug 12, 2025 • Don McGowan

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