The Iron Torch
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Defending Democracy. Exposing Authoritarianism. Empowering Citizens.
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Website: https://theirontorch.com/
Substack: https://substack.com/@theirontorch
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572673231450
A president who incites violence, weaponizes justice, silences critics, and terrifies immigrants didn’t win a Peace Prize? 🤯Outrageous. Clearly, peace has gone woke.
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A president who incites violence, weaponizes justice, silences critics, and terrifies immigrants didn’t win a Peace Prize? 🤯Outrageous. Clearly, peace has gone woke.
Is Vladimir Putin the ultimate Mean Girl?
To learn more about Putin's 'mean girl' tactics, read my latest satirical piece on Project Russia: theirontorch.com/inside-proje...
To learn more about Putin's 'mean girl' tactics, read my latest satirical piece on Project Russia: theirontorch.com/inside-proje...
June 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is Vladimir Putin the ultimate Mean Girl?
To learn more about Putin's 'mean girl' tactics, read my latest satirical piece on Project Russia: theirontorch.com/inside-proje...
To learn more about Putin's 'mean girl' tactics, read my latest satirical piece on Project Russia: theirontorch.com/inside-proje...
A little-known book series helped shape Putin’s war on democracy. It’s called Project Russia, and it reads like a manifesto for chaos. It’s Putin’s blueprint for dismantling democracy, and we’ve been far too slow to recognize it.
Learn more at theirontorch.com/decoding-pro...
Learn more at theirontorch.com/decoding-pro...
Decoding Project Russia: The Hidden Ideology Behind Putin's War on Democracy
Learn how Project Russia, a Kremlin-endorsed book series, reveals Putin’s secret plan to take down global democracy.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A little-known book series helped shape Putin’s war on democracy. It’s called Project Russia, and it reads like a manifesto for chaos. It’s Putin’s blueprint for dismantling democracy, and we’ve been far too slow to recognize it.
Learn more at theirontorch.com/decoding-pro...
Learn more at theirontorch.com/decoding-pro...
So now he's done it. Even the dolls are against Trump! 😆
May 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So now he's done it. Even the dolls are against Trump! 😆
Donald Trump thinks children should be fine having just two dolls. I can no longer be silent! 💪📣🤣
May 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Donald Trump thinks children should be fine having just two dolls. I can no longer be silent! 💪📣🤣
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The Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of our government can seem baffling at first glance. Why would they gut their own institutions? What’s the endgame? What piece of the puzzle are we missing? The answer lies in the ideology of the Dark Enlightenment.
theirontorch.com/the-dark-enl...
theirontorch.com/the-dark-enl...
The Dark Enlightenment: From Fringe Theory to Government Takeover
The Dark Enlightenment has moved from the fringes to the highest levels of power. Learn how this anti-democratic ideology is reshaping government.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of our government can seem baffling at first glance. Why would they gut their own institutions? What’s the endgame? What piece of the puzzle are we missing? The answer lies in the ideology of the Dark Enlightenment.
theirontorch.com/the-dark-enl...
theirontorch.com/the-dark-enl...
🌀 WELCOME TO THE POST-TRUTH ZONE 🌀
Imagine a world where up is down, wrong is right, truth is negotiable, science is optional, and reality bends to the will of those who shout the loudest.
A case to be filed under "T" for Trump in the Post-Truth Zone.
tinyurl.com/bdch5dzc
Imagine a world where up is down, wrong is right, truth is negotiable, science is optional, and reality bends to the will of those who shout the loudest.
A case to be filed under "T" for Trump in the Post-Truth Zone.
tinyurl.com/bdch5dzc
A Journey into the Twilight Zone of Truth
Navigating the Post-Truth Era
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March 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌀 WELCOME TO THE POST-TRUTH ZONE 🌀
Imagine a world where up is down, wrong is right, truth is negotiable, science is optional, and reality bends to the will of those who shout the loudest.
A case to be filed under "T" for Trump in the Post-Truth Zone.
tinyurl.com/bdch5dzc
Imagine a world where up is down, wrong is right, truth is negotiable, science is optional, and reality bends to the will of those who shout the loudest.
A case to be filed under "T" for Trump in the Post-Truth Zone.
tinyurl.com/bdch5dzc
🎪 A CIRCUS OF DISTRACTION 🎪
Imagine a clown who performs tricks, convincing the audience to doubt what they see. This is Trump's relationship with the public–where reality itself becomes negotiable, and truth vanishes behind a smokescreen of diversion, as democracy burns.
tinyurl.com/59cb4ahe
Imagine a clown who performs tricks, convincing the audience to doubt what they see. This is Trump's relationship with the public–where reality itself becomes negotiable, and truth vanishes behind a smokescreen of diversion, as democracy burns.
tinyurl.com/59cb4ahe
The War on Truth: How Authoritarians Exploit Modern Media
Explore how authoritarians use propaganda, manufactured chaos, and spectacle to wage a war on truth and dismantle democracy.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🎪 A CIRCUS OF DISTRACTION 🎪
Imagine a clown who performs tricks, convincing the audience to doubt what they see. This is Trump's relationship with the public–where reality itself becomes negotiable, and truth vanishes behind a smokescreen of diversion, as democracy burns.
tinyurl.com/59cb4ahe
Imagine a clown who performs tricks, convincing the audience to doubt what they see. This is Trump's relationship with the public–where reality itself becomes negotiable, and truth vanishes behind a smokescreen of diversion, as democracy burns.
tinyurl.com/59cb4ahe
💰 Billionaires don’t just own the media. They own the narrative.
🔥 They decide what’s news.
🔥 They tell you who to blame.
🔥 They profit off your outrage.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
Read how the ultra-rich shape what you think—and how to fight back. 👇
tinyurl.com/3ubcsbk4
🔥 They decide what’s news.
🔥 They tell you who to blame.
🔥 They profit off your outrage.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
Read how the ultra-rich shape what you think—and how to fight back. 👇
tinyurl.com/3ubcsbk4
Billionaire-Owned Media: How the Rich Control What You Think
Discover how billionaire-owned media manipulates public opinion, fuels culture wars, and distracts from real issues to protect the interests of the wealthy.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
💰 Billionaires don’t just own the media. They own the narrative.
🔥 They decide what’s news.
🔥 They tell you who to blame.
🔥 They profit off your outrage.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
Read how the ultra-rich shape what you think—and how to fight back. 👇
tinyurl.com/3ubcsbk4
🔥 They decide what’s news.
🔥 They tell you who to blame.
🔥 They profit off your outrage.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
Read how the ultra-rich shape what you think—and how to fight back. 👇
tinyurl.com/3ubcsbk4
🚨 How the media normalizes the unthinkable 🚨
If corruption happens daily, it stops being news.
If democracy erodes gradually, people don't notice.
If journalists only chase the story of the day, authoritarians win.
This isn’t just media failure. It’s how democracies die.
🧐 tinyurl.com/3hkwwwb4
If corruption happens daily, it stops being news.
If democracy erodes gradually, people don't notice.
If journalists only chase the story of the day, authoritarians win.
This isn’t just media failure. It’s how democracies die.
🧐 tinyurl.com/3hkwwwb4
Crime as Usual: How the Media Normalizes the Unthinkable
Explore how the media normalizes political crimes, blurring lines between serious misconduct and routine politics, impacting democratic norms.
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February 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨 How the media normalizes the unthinkable 🚨
If corruption happens daily, it stops being news.
If democracy erodes gradually, people don't notice.
If journalists only chase the story of the day, authoritarians win.
This isn’t just media failure. It’s how democracies die.
🧐 tinyurl.com/3hkwwwb4
If corruption happens daily, it stops being news.
If democracy erodes gradually, people don't notice.
If journalists only chase the story of the day, authoritarians win.
This isn’t just media failure. It’s how democracies die.
🧐 tinyurl.com/3hkwwwb4
Remember the chaos of The Jerry Springer Show? Trump and Musk make that look like child's play! Together, they form a political-entertainment juggernaut that keeps us locked in an endless doom-scroll.
We’re in a race to the bottom. Can we stop it?
🧐 Read more: tiny.cc/rf0b001
We’re in a race to the bottom. Can we stop it?
🧐 Read more: tiny.cc/rf0b001
The Springer Effect: How Trash TV Shaped Modern Politics
The Race to the Bottom
theirontorch.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Remember the chaos of The Jerry Springer Show? Trump and Musk make that look like child's play! Together, they form a political-entertainment juggernaut that keeps us locked in an endless doom-scroll.
We’re in a race to the bottom. Can we stop it?
🧐 Read more: tiny.cc/rf0b001
We’re in a race to the bottom. Can we stop it?
🧐 Read more: tiny.cc/rf0b001
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Appearing today in The Week:
February 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Appearing today in The Week:
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This isn't Russia. We have so many tools available to keep the US from becoming Russia. But only way we do it is together.
Find community. Build community. Do something small every day, to encourage people, to motivate people, to show that we're all together agst our own authoritarian regime.
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Find community. Build community. Do something small every day, to encourage people, to motivate people, to show that we're all together agst our own authoritarian regime.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This isn't Russia. We have so many tools available to keep the US from becoming Russia. But only way we do it is together.
Find community. Build community. Do something small every day, to encourage people, to motivate people, to show that we're all together agst our own authoritarian regime.
10/
Find community. Build community. Do something small every day, to encourage people, to motivate people, to show that we're all together agst our own authoritarian regime.
10/
Remember when news anchors simply reported facts? Today’s landscape looks starkly different. Traditional journalism has morphed into a 24/7 spectacle where outrage drives engagement and nuance dies in the pursuit of rating.
theirontorch.com/crisis-of-tr...
theirontorch.com/crisis-of-tr...
Crisis of Truth in Media: When Ratings Rule, Truth Suffers
Explore the crisis of truth in media, analyzing how sensationalism and ratings-driven content erode news integrity and democracy overall.
theirontorch.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Remember when news anchors simply reported facts? Today’s landscape looks starkly different. Traditional journalism has morphed into a 24/7 spectacle where outrage drives engagement and nuance dies in the pursuit of rating.
theirontorch.com/crisis-of-tr...
theirontorch.com/crisis-of-tr...
Defying the courts should be the red line!
Murphy: "This isn't hyperbole to say we are staying the death of democracy in the eyes right now. The centerpiece of our democracy is we observe court rulings."
February 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Defying the courts should be the red line!
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