1.0Determinetruthhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/determinetruthRob Dalrymplehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/determinetruth/author/rdalrymple/What happened to American democracy?rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PYtNT54sUb"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/determinetruth/2024/07/what-happened-to-american-democracy/">What happened to American democracy?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/determinetruth/2024/07/what-happened-to-american-democracy/embed/#?secret=PYtNT54sUb" width="600" height="338" title="“What happened to American democracy?” — Determinetruth" data-secret="PYtNT54sUb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1298/2024/07/Money.Democracy.jpg376134This means that the interests of a foreign government are significantly impacting the US democratic system. But since it is Israel, we are not too concerned. Ironically, the American public was up in arms over the alleged Russian involvement in the US presidential election.Has America’s democracy been co-opted? You may not be convinced at this point, but unfortunately, this is only the tip of the iceberg.