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1. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · John Rachel

   Putting Non-Establishment Candidates on the Ballot (opens the original)

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   Getting on the ballot is the most basic, absolutely essential challenge faced by non-establishment -- people's -- candidates. If they don't make the cut and are not on the ballot, it's game over. There are three ways to get "people's candidates" on the ballot. First option is to use primaries. That is, run them in the next primary against one of the major party opponents. When our people's candidate wins the primary, it doesn't matter whether he or she is Republican or Democrat. In neither case

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2. Article · Jul 4, 2026 · John Rachel

   Labels Are A Bad Joke (opens the original)

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   Before we get into the specifics of the CFAR strategy and how it can win elections for non-establishment candidates, let's clear our heads. Get rid of the "fog" that's been pumped into the air around us. Labels are a bad joke. And the joke is on us. What does it mean to be a Democrat or liberal? It used to mean opposition to war and open-mindedness to promising alternative ways of thinking. Now it means perpetual war, hating Russia and China, thinking genocide is just fine if it's Israel doing t

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