How the NGO-Administrative Complex Seized Power—And How to Get It Back   $200 billion for Ukraine. $50 billion a year for USAID. $9 billion for resettling refugees. Meanwhile, Americans struggle to earn a living, buy a home, and start a family. The welfare state works for everyone but employed citizens trying their best to make ends meet and pay their taxes on time. Why are the world’s most generous people financially abused by their own government? As one scandal after another breaks, there is one question that becomes harder and harder to ignore: How did the American government and a vast network of NGOs become the vehicle for funneling American middle-class wealth to the rest of the world? The surprising answer is not financial, but philosophical, the little-known yet centuries-old ideology called supranationalism. From George Soros through George W. Bush, from the 17th century Treaty of Westphalia through the rise of President Donald Trump, a clear timeline emerges for how everyday Americans became the number-one mark for a global ruling class intent on redistributing their resources. Barricading its backroom dealmaking behind federal departments, nonprofits and NGOs, and charitable foundations whose names we all know yet whose operations will still shock and horrify, this NGO-Administrative Complex has perfected the art of converting U.S. taxpayer money into instant-access welfare for the rest of the world. This is the story of how this machine was built, how it runs, and how it can finally be dismantled. Drawing on Jennica Pounds’ receipt-backed analysis trusted by millions on X at @DataRepublican, together with page-turning narratives of New York Times best-selling author Joshua Lisec, Unelected maps the money, names the gatekeepers, and rug-pulls the unelected networks running the show from behind dated logos and sappy slogans to impoverish us all and usher in a new world order in which every American city is destined to become another Minneapolis. Jennica Pounds (@datarepublican on 𝕏) is a software engineer and data analyst best known for her work as @DataRepublican, where she has used open-source tools and real-time analytics to expose hidden inefficiencies and spending patterns inside the U.S. federal government. Pounds built one of the most influential citizen-driven data platforms in Internet history, providing transparent public access to billions of dollars in federal grants, which catalyzed a national conversation about bureaucratic waste and government accountability that worked its way up to become White House policy. A former Big Tech engineer and current Utah small-business owner, Pounds rose to public prominence in 2025 after her federal-spending research drew national attention―and international backlash. Despite being doxxed and targeted, she continues to champion the principle that ordinary citizens can hold powerful institutions to account. Joshua Lisec writes books of consequence. He is author alongside Jack Posobiec of the New York Times bestseller Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (And How to Crush Them) and the Newsmax bestseller Bulletproof: The Truth about the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump, endorsed by Vice President JD Vance and President Donald J. Trump, respectively. Lisec is best known for his literary collaborations with controversial public figures, capturing their authentic voice and conveying the whole story. He is a New York Times, #1 Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling co-author and has ghostwritten more than 110 nonfiction books on politics, business, and more that have been translated into a dozen languages. He has been featured in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Newsweek, The Observer, Forbes, BBC, TEDx, and TMZ. He is the world’s only Certified Ghostwriter and Certified Hypnotist. Follow Joshua on 𝕏 @joshualisec and at www.lisecghostwriting.com.