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Court Packing vs. Court Stacking: A Fact-Check of Every Major Claim

Trump hasn't 'packed' the courts (added seats), but McConnell's vacancy blockade and 271 lifetime appointments across two terms constitute the most aggressive court-stacking operation in modern…

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Originalism When Convenient: A Case-by-Case Audit of the Conservative Supreme Court's Own Standard

The conservative supermajority claims to follow 'text, history, and tradition' — but a case-by-case audit shows they apply originalism when it produces conservative outcomes and abandon it when it…

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8,499 Posts, Fact-Checked: What the President Told America From Truth Social

A data-driven, bipartisan fact-check of the most significant claims Trump made on Truth Social during his second term — 8,499 posts categorized, cross-referenced against court filings, government…

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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.

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Did China Troll Trump? A Claim-by-Claim Fact-Check of the Beijing Summit

Five viral claims about China trolling Trump during his May 2026 state visit — one false, two true, two true-but-misframed — with sources for every detail.

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DNC 2024 Autopsy: What It Gets Right, Wrong, and Omits

The DNC's 192-page 2024 election autopsy correctly identifies strategic failures but is riddled with factual errors, missing sections, and a glaring omission of Gaza's electoral impact.

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Fleeing Justice via the Law of Return: Fact-Checking the CBS Investigation

CBS's core claims about accused sex offenders exploiting Israel's Law of Return are substantiated by court outcomes and policy changes; the most direct current-administration connection is the…

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The Thiel Signal: Fact-Checking the Argentina Relocation

Of 13 claims about Thiel's Argentina move, 10 are fully confirmed, 2 are editorialized, and 1 is premature — but the viral narrative omits the most concrete driver: California's billionaire tax.

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Palantir, the Minab School Strike, and AI Warfare: A Fact-Check

A viral Reddit post claims Palantir’s AI autonomously bombed an Iranian school using outdated Google Maps data — the core tragedy is real but several key details are wrong or exaggerated.

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Depression Talk and Hitler Comparisons: Fact-Checking a Viral Reddit Thread

The US checks zero of the Great Depression's hard indicators but faces real recession risk; the Hitler analogy is contested — expert concern about authoritarian drift is mainstream, literal 1933…

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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…

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The Mashed Potato Incident: Fact-Checking Trump's "Origin Story"

The core anecdote is real family lore and several corroborating quotes check out, but the essay mislocates one story, cites two untraceable quotes, and overreaches by casting one childhood…