Part 1
Dar Leaf at our nominating convention working session on Sunday. 7-19-2026

Understand what he said-
The spike we saw during the 2020 voting process was just like what happened in 2004 with Hugo Chávez.

Venezuela owns 30% of Dominion… electronic voting systems. That is a foreign country running our elections.

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If you don’t have a Gazetteer … get one and keep it with you…

Stock up as presents for those you love.

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Smart people plan ahead…

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💥 This is long, but I think the concept is worth consideration, so please bear with me for a moment. You're here, you have the time, right?

As I listened to the very end of that video I shared above, I suddenly recalled a certain situation in a certain organization I used to be a part of. Oh, I could tell the story! But I'll simplify it to highlight an important aspect of what I witnessed...

There was a pending vote for a corrupt motion made by a corrupted individual. At least half those present could see this (most I think did, or at the very least suspected it), and seethed in fury but tried to contain themselves as they determined what to do about it.

Another half sat still and quiet, perhaps because, as was discovered later, they were corrupted by coercion and threats. Scandal! Oh yes, it was very bad.

The worst part for me was that I KNEW this vote should not even occur. Why were we even considering this, guys?! It skipped right over due process and common sense. It was in many ways a faulty motion with a faulty process.

👉 Even participating--as a whole--in the vote itself was wrong. I made my plea, passionately, and as I recall, only one other joined me in making a similar verbal dissention. Others sat still in shock or quivered in emotional and sometimes verbal outburst reactions. Some gave arguments regarding how they thought the vote should go--not why it shouldn't go at all, as I did.

This was the desired effect of the corrupted: chaos and confusion. The vote continued to happen. And yes, you may find it important for me to note that I did participate and voted against the action.

But was it an actual vote if it was "fraudulent" from the beginning? Should the result, *whatever it would be*, change anything? "Fraud vitiates every thing."

There is no time limit on that, and it's more of a concept than just a legal definition of one word, as far as I'm concerned. What is wrong is what is always wrong and always worthy to be righted in any and every way possible. And so I was forced to bide my time and plan for how to set about doing that. I wasn't about to concede to a wrong.

That day was traumatic, stressful and exhausting. However, I have good news: I made my plea once again at the next meeting: This vote should never have happened and the only thing to do is to strike it, as if it never happened (except for the record, of course). The whole agreed that time, and by motion the first vote was undone.

Huh. Do you see it? 🤔

I've lived what the man in the video talked about (kinda). I've lived, "This vote, this 'election of re-presentation of the whole', should not happen if it can't be done lawfully and rightly." If we KNOW it is "fraud", or whatever word is otherwise appropriate, it should not exist. Results should we wiped clean for the past as well, to hold poor "decisions" and decision-makers, if you will, accountable.

To be clear, I'm not saying, "Don't vote". I'm suggesting that a vote shouldn't happen if it's "wrong" and untrustworthy.

And I'm throwing this out to you for your consideration now, because I suspect he may be right--that our President, and our People--hopefully, will see what I saw on the day of my story, and agree together, "This vote, this election, cannot stand. It should not happen this way. We must do it right, or it does not count."

What is he to do? I don't know. Executive action? Military? I don't know. But the theory does not shock me and won't if it becomes reality, because I have seen it on the small scale and perhaps you have too, somewhere, somehow. There must be a way to get it "right".

Will you support whatever lawful process it takes to get it right, or will you cling to something like, "Vote red! It's the only way to defeat the Dems!"

Do you see it?

The programming and brainwashing from the complicit media is real.

They have programmed humans to be afraid .. to see threats where there aren’t any … and to miss the real threats because of fear.

They created separation from God to invoke fear. They created the appearance that you were alone even when you were standing right next to a friend.

They placed you in groups because they conditioned you to follow the very same people who would hurt you without a backward glance.

Your neighbor isn’t your enemy … it’s the agents of the money changers who are drunk with power and money that you need to be wary of. They create perceptions and destroy critical thinking through propaganda. They take the money and beat you into submission to destroy lives.

Walk away from the corrupt system. They are lying to you.

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Do not be afraid…

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USTPM nominated

Michigan Supreme Court justice candidates:
Jody White
Tom Howe

Huge difference in fighting for the people from what we are accustomed to.

https://youtu.be/XIJ6NBLhXnU?feature=shared

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They have an unelected in entrenched, bureaucracy and foreign agents in congressional offices with full access to everything.

The list goes on. The Founders gave us the path to lawfully remove infiltrators … warned about their mechanisms and knew what would happen at the inevitable 4th turning … at 250 years occurred. We are there.

But so is the answer … the military is charged to uphold the organic Constitution and protect the people on the event of invasion. That’s where we are.

Throw in the Cloward-Piven strategy and their playbook of war is right in our faces.

https://x.com/brandenburg4mi/status/2082089332496801850?s=46&t=ERkRQZ1xrnq5xwk_VHfekA

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God let every moment of my day not be wasted but be devoted to worthwhile service that lasts throughout eternity all for your glory.

We give this day to you. Guide us and help us hear you and walk with you. Please silence the distractions and clutter so that we stay on the path of truth.

It’s so easy to put our trust in the wrong things that we want to hear … the lies that play to our biases. Help us to put our trust in You alone.

We thank You for this beautiful day ahead of us. Help us to focus on the gifts that You give us to welcome the day. Help us to be sensitive to the pain others carry so we don’t become offended by the reactions of their trauma. Give everyone peace … comfort and joy and knowledge that this world is training us and helping us to grow.

We love that You care for us enough to put us in situations that are uncomfortable. We acknowledge that it helps us to grow and move our feet. Just like a garden … we need a little fertilizer (manure) to get us out of our comfort zone to grow.

Your presence is all we need. Help us to rest in Your presence … perfectly loved and protected. Perfectly forgiven and accepted on this journey. Give us Your eyes to see the world as You do … Give us Your heart to love as You do …

In Jesus Name we pray … all the glory and honor to You forever and ever.

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Part 1 of 2

The Manufactured Spectacle: The Psychology and Structural Rigging of Democrat and Republican Primaries

Many people ask me why candidates from the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan … the state affiliate of the national Constitution Party … aren’t on the current primary ballots flooding mailboxes and news feeds.

The answer is straightforward and revealing: we don’t participate in the primary process. We never have. Our party nominates candidates through direct convention and places them on the November general election ballot. That is how a genuine alternative operates under Michigan law for qualified minor parties.

The ballots going out now are not some neutral exercise in a political process. They are the public machinery of the two major parties, administered, funded, and hyped by the state, designed to ensure the Democrat-Republican duopoly remains unchallenged. The structure and the psychology of these primaries work hand-in-hand to entrench that system for months before voters ever cast a general election ballot.

James applied for approximately $1 million in state funds for his campaign.

Perry offered valuable consideration for endorsement.

The Structure: A Taxpayer-Funded Head Start for the Insiders
Michigan runs open primaries. Any registered voter can choose a Democratic or Republican ballot. The state funds candidates (benefiting unelected bureaucrats) prints the ballots, runs the elections, counts the votes, and publicizes the results.

Candidates from the two major parties get months of free media exposure, name recognition, and organizational infrastructure paid for, in significant part, by the public. Debates, ads, yard signs, and endless coverage treat the primary as the real contest.

Minor parties do not get this. We hold conventions, nominate our candidates, file the paperwork, and appear on the November ballot alongside the primary winners. There is no months-long state-sponsored advertising campaign for us. No primary “season” that trains the public to see only two options as legitimate. The law itself distinguishes “major” from “minor” parties and reserves the primary process—the most visible, high-turnout, media-saturated stage—for the two that already dominate.

This is not an accident of history. It is a structural advantage. The primary calendar stretches the campaign, forces candidates to raise and spend enormous sums early, and locks in public perception long before the general election. By the time November arrives, the two nominees have already been “legitimized” through a process the public has been told is the democratic way to choose leaders. Everyone else is framed as an afterthought or a spoiler.

The result is predictable. Attention, money, volunteers, and media oxygen flow overwhelmingly to the Democrat and Republican columns. The system rewards those already inside it and raises the cost of entry for anyone outside. It is engineered continuity, not open competition.

The Psychology: Conditioning, Bandwagons, and Manufactured Consent
The structure enables a deeper psychological operation. Primaries are not merely administrative; they are a prolonged exercise in shaping public perception and emotional investment.
First comes the illusion of choice. Voters are told they are deciding “who will represent the party.” In reality, the primary filters candidates through the preferences of a smaller, more ideologically intense, and more activist slice of the electorate … while the broader public is conditioned to treat the eventual nominees as the only serious options.

Low primary turnout amplifies the voices of the most engaged partisans. The rest of the electorate is left to ratify the result months later.
Then comes repetition and familiarity. Months of coverage create name recognition. Psychological research on mere exposure shows that repeated visibility increases liking and perceived legitimacy. Candidates become household names not because of superior ideas or records, but because the system and the media keep putting them in front of people.

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By November, the alternative candidates—those who skipped the primary circus—start from a recognition deficit that the process itself created.
Bandwagon effects and social proof follow. Early primary results, polling, and media narratives create the sense that “this is who is winning.” People prefer to align with perceived winners. Momentum becomes self-reinforcing. The long primary season allows these dynamics to solidify long before general election voters fully engage. It is a slow-motion consensus-building exercise that favors continuity over disruption.

There is also the sunk-cost psychology. Once voters, donors, activists, and media outlets have invested time, money, and emotional energy in the primary, they have a stake in the outcome.

Defending “their” nominee becomes identity-protective. The general election is framed as a binary contest between the two primary products, and any third option is portrayed as a threat to that investment. This is classic in-group/out-group dynamics applied to the political marketplace.

Finally, the primary process cultivates learned helplessness regarding alternatives. Year after year, the public is trained that real politics happens inside the two parties. Outside options are marginalized by the calendar, the coverage, and the rules. When people complain that both parties fail them, the system replies by offering another round of the same primary theater. The cycle continues.

Designed Continuity, Not Representation
The practical effect is an entrenched system with little interest in genuine representation of the broader public. The two parties use the primary season to advertise themselves, test messages, raise money, and solidify their brands at public expense and with media cooperation. The months of hype create the appearance of vigorous democracy while narrowing the actual field of viable choices.

Corruption and self-perpetuation do not require conspiracy in every detail. They require incentives and structures that reward those who play the game and punish those who refuse. The primary process is one of those structures. It gives the major parties a months-long, state-facilitated platform that minor parties are denied. It conditions voters to see the general election as a runoff between two pre-selected products. It keeps the entrenched players in power by making alternatives appear late, under-resourced, and somehow less legitimate.

We reject that process. The U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan nominates by convention and goes straight to the November ballot. We do not ask the state to run our internal selection for us, nor do we accept the artificial advantage the primary system hands the two major parties. Voters who want something different will find us there in November … without the months of manufactured momentum, without the psychological conditioning, and without the structural favoritism that keeps the same game running.

The primary spectacle is not neutral. It is not a pure political process that serves “we the people.” It is a carefully structured advantage wrapped in the language of choice. Recognizing that is the first step toward demanding a system that actually serves the people rather than the parties that have captured it.

Next step … stop the programming of straight ticket voting. Think for yourself … instead of voting for entrenched bureaucrats.

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Why isn’t the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan on your primary ballot?
Because we refuse to play the rigged game.

The Democrat and Republican primaries aren’t a neutral political process.

They’re a months-long, taxpayer-funded marketing campaign that hands the two major parties a massive head start in name recognition, media coverage, and public perception. By the time November arrives, the “choice” has already been narrowed and the system protected.

It’s not an accident. It’s by design.
I break down the psychology and structure of this manufactured momentum … and why third parties like ours go straight to the general election ballot instead.

Read the full piece here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/donnabrandenburg/p/the-manufactured-spectacle-the-psychology?r=2qnhrw&utm_medium=ios

Donna Brandenburg
Michigan Governor Candidate 2026
On the ballot in the November general election!

Celebrating - Learning new skills!!

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@ScottZPatriot will be interviewing Donna Brandenburg 2026 Candidate for Michigan Governor & @WowLewi Lewis Herms today at 5pm EST!!!

Plans for next steps in defeating the corrupt machine!!

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US Taxpayers Party 2026 Candidates on the November Ballot!!!

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