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Topic: corruption

Analysis

The Worst of the Worst: Where Trump Ranks Among America’s Most Disastrous Presidents

Scored across six dimensions of presidential failure, Trump’s combined terms produce the highest damage index of any presidency in U.S. history.

Analysis

Freedom 250 vs. America 250: The Battle Over America's Birthday

Trump's Freedom 250 has displaced the Congressionally chartered America 250, diverting funds, confusing artists, and selling donor access — all while claiming to be nonpartisan.

Analysis

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…

Fact-check

The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund: Where the Money Comes From, Where It Goes, and What's Legal

Trump created a $1.776B taxpayer fund to compensate allies he says Biden 'wronged' — funded by a permanent Treasury account, overseen by his own appointees, with Jan. 6 defendants eligible to claim.

Analysis

Hungary's Reckoning: Orban's Corruption, Magyar's Revolution, and the Geopolitics of a NATO Ally Between Washington and Moscow

After 16 years of Orban's rule, Hungary's new PM Peter Magyar is exposing systematic corruption while navigating the country's Cold War-rooted position between the US, Russia, and the EU.