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SINS OF OUR CURRENT POLITICAL STRUCTURE
A memo from Arthur Ekrem — March 1, 2026
I’m on Capitol Hill watching —breaking news—America is divided. Like, professionally divided.
My inbox gets hammered with “my side is holy” and “your side should burn in hell.” Spoiler: both sides are wrong. If you had my front-row seat, you’d see today’s drama isn’t uniquely evil—it’s just the newest season of the same show.
We’ve had Slick Willy, Iran-Contra, WMDs, uranium deals, hacking, scandals, “investigations,” and now Trump—a dealmaker with tabloid gravity. Different cast, same script. It’s sickening. Honestly, the stuff in the shadows would make you consider moving to Iceland.
Here’s what’s changed: the media. Facts used to arrive like a newspaper: clean, boring, useful. Now a simple story—car swerves, hits tree, driver dies—turns into twelve versions, three conspiracies, and a podcast series. People don’t argue over reality anymore—they argue over whichever headline they adopted as a personality.
I’ve watched politics up close for decades, and every president gets labeled “the most polarizing in history.” That’s what happens when ratings, outrage, and social media run the press room.
Also: I left the Republican Party in 1987, and people ask how I can support one side one day and the other the next. Easy: the country isn’t a team sport. “Us vs. them” is how you end up tearing down the house while the kitchen’s on fire.
If Kamala had won, she’d be getting the same “seek and destroy” treatment—because that’s who we’ve become.
Still, I’ve got hope: the kids. They’re smarter than we were, and they see through the dysfunction we built. My only regret is I may not live long enough to see gentility make a comeback.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going back to watch the Democrats try to torch President Trump—because in D.C., the stage directions never change.
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I publish DCBULL, speak/lecture/advise, and keep a few other political and business irons in the fire.
For years, I’ve been a behind-the-scenes D.C. insider—paid to wander the Capitol’s hidden hallways and translate chaos into plain English. I’ve worn a lot of hats: board member, campaign wrangler, strategist, policy adviser, and full-time troublemaker’s worst enemy.
After 35+ years of Beltway exploits—and repeated nudges from people in high (and not-so-high) places—I finally started DCBULL.
Good Lord.
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