Topic: accountability
The Patel "Slush Fund" Claim: What's Proven, What Isn't
Fact-checking an MS NOW segment on Rep. Raskin's letter alleging FBI Director Kash Patel paid $1M+ in bonuses to a loyalist 'payback squad': the letter and lawsuits are real, the bonus specifics are…
The $600M Ballroom & Three More Claims: A Fact-Check
Fact-checking a Really American newsletter's four Trump claims (ballroom, Iran deal, WSJ editorial, reflecting pool): all true against primary sources, with two minor imprecisions. The ballroom is a…
The Court That Can't: 25 Years of ICC Failure
The ICC has convicted only Africans, cannot arrest anyone powerful states protect, and is now led by a suspended prosecutor.
Bombing the Wells: Is the US Committing War Crimes in Iran?
US strikes have destroyed Iranian drinking water infrastructure; international law prohibits this unambiguously — but accountability is structurally impossible.
The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized
Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump's first and second terms, creating a…