"Picture this: two wings of the same sh**ty, diseased bird, flapping maniacally in opposite directions, yet somehow keeping the whole beast aloft. That’s the Democratic and Republican parties—or so the saying goes. But what if the bird itself is just a puppet, and the strings are held by a shadowy agency with a three-letter name we all know too well?

Welcome to the world of the CIA and its "cut-outs," the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI)—two outfits that sound like noble champions of democracy, but might just be the gears in a machine designed to control the game, no matter who’s sitting in the White House.

For decades, whispers have circulated about the CIA’s meddling in foreign elections—toppling governments and propping up pro-US dictators, all under the guise of "spreading freedom" or “defending democracy.” But what if the real story isn’t just overseas? What if the same playbook has been running right here at home, shaping the very political parties we vote for?

The NDI and IRI aren’t just tools for foreign regime change—they’re the CIA’s way of keeping America’s political class on a leash, Democrat and Republican alike.

In this article, we’ll dive into how these so-called democracy promoters—funded by your tax dollars through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—turned the two-party system into a controlled opposition, all while selling the world a story." ...

This is a must read. It's a companion piece for Mike Benz podcasts and builds on top of what he has been exposing