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Claims About American Cities: 7 Questions to Check Against the Data

Research Team / 09/24/2026

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Accountability, Corruption & Abuse of Power

What Information About Trump Was Public Before the 2024 Election?

Research Team / 10/05/2026

What Information About Trump Was Public Before the 2024 Election? There is a new excuse floating around from some of the Trump friendly podcast world, influencer world, and conservative media world. They were duped. They were misled. They were fooled. They thought Trump was going to be something different. Really? Because this was not a

Exterior of the Sylvia H. Rambo U.S. Courthouse in Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Accountability, Corruption & Abuse of Power

Trump Legal Cases: Documented Delay and Procedural Patterns

Research Team / 10/05/2026

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Accountability, Corruption & Abuse of Power

The Political Style of MAGA: Claims, Messaging, and Evidence

Research Team / 09/24/2026

The Political Style of MAGA: Claims, Messaging, and Evidence The Art of MAGA is not really about policy. It is about performance. That is the part too many people still miss. They keep trying to treat MAGA like a normal political movement with normal political arguments, normal evidence standards, and normal accountability. But MAGA does

MAGA, Trump & Political Culture

Evaluating Common Defenses of Donald Trump Against the Public Record

Research Team / 10/05/2026

Evidence Matters | Political Accountability Evaluating Common Defenses of Donald Trump Against the Public Record Defenses of Donald Trump is not honest skepticism. The relevant question is whether a defense accounts for available evidence, public records, testimony, and documented events. How We Verify Verdict System Evidence First Public Record No Excuses Defenses of Donald Trump

Accountability, Corruption & Abuse of Power

Trump Presidential Pardons: Constitutional Power and the Public Record

Research Team / 09/24/2026

Trump Presidential Pardons: Constitutional Power and the Public Record Trump presidential pardons are raising serious abuse of power concerns because the pattern looks less like mercy and more like political protection. Presidential pardons were supposed to be a mercy power. They were supposed to exist for rare cases where the justice system was too harsh,

MAGA, Trump & Political Culture

MAGA Beyond Trump: Evidence About the Movement and Its Future

Research Team / 09/24/2026

MAGA Beyond Trump: Evidence About the Movement and Its Future MAGA may persist beyond Trump, because Trump was never the whole problem. He was the face of it. He was the loudest voice in the room. He gave it a name, a slogan, a uniform, and a permission slip. But the people who enabled it

U.S. Capitol building representing federal tax and spending policy

MAGA, Trump & Political Culture

The Road to MAGA: Political Developments Before 2016

Research Team / 10/05/2026

MAGA, Trump & Political Culture

Sarah Palin and MAGA: Historical Parallels and Differences

Research Team / 09/24/2026

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