Opinion
16 investigations · updated continuously
One Year In, Trump's Data Center Order Is Costing Communities Dearly
Never Big on Facts, Ted Cruz Pushes a Debunked Miscarriage Stat
Ted Cruz claimed COVID vaccines caused an 82% miscarriage rate, then deleted the post. The real rate among vaccinated women was 12.6%. Among unvaccinated women, it was about the same. The thing that did raise pregnancy loss was catching COVID.
He Called the Bidens Corrupt. Then He Made $2.2 Billion in One Year.
Republicans spent four years calling the Bidens a crime family over foreign payments they never proved were illegal. Trump reported $2.2 billion in 2025 revenues, much of it from the same foreign interests he regulates.
The People Rewriting Your Child's Vaccine Schedule Admit They Have No Evidence
Trump signed an order to overhaul childhood vaccines, called the MMR shot "quite lethal," then admitted on camera he had no evidence — a one-word confession of unqualified policymaking.
Five Felonies, Thirty Months Later: The Boebert Case and the Retribution Question
Tyler Boebert's charges describe a video made when he was 18 and the girl was 17. The case sat for thirty months, then came alive after Lauren Boebert defied Trump on the Epstein files and mocked his defunding of Colorado. Coincidence deserves proof.
The GOP's Problem With The Constitution
Nancy Mace's call to bar Muslims from office joins a documented pattern: courts have repeatedly found Trump-era actions violating the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
Sworn In Saturday, Breaking Promises by Monday: Todd Blanche's First Days as AG
Hours after being sworn in, AG Todd Blanche's DOJ issued a memo expanding Trump's executive privilege — after senators confirmed him on promises of restraint. His record with Ghislaine Maxwell suggested this all along.
Trump's Defense Lawyer Runs the DOJ — and He's the One Who Moved Ghislaine Maxwell
Todd Blanche, Trump's former criminal defense attorney and now attorney general, personally interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell — and days later she was moved to a cushy prison camp, against BOP policy.
Let Them Eat Frozen Burritos: The Right's Answer to America's Grocery Crisis
A viral fight over a $20 burrito has split the GOP, with wealthy commentators telling struggling Americans to eat ramen and frozen burritos. The same voices spent the Biden years calling grocery prices a national emergency.
The Fauci Texts Show Science Working. The NIH Director Calls That 'Shocking'
The GOP's release of 11 Fauci texts shows a scientist weighing evidence in real time. The Trump-appointed NIH director's "shocking" framing is the real story.
Meghan McCain Wants Fauci Jailed Over a Text That Shows Science Working
Meghan McCain demanded Fauci be jailed over a 2021 text flagging a theoretical miscarriage risk. In 2021 she wanted him fired for delivering the vaccine too slowly, got both doses while not pregnant, then pivoted to selling an $89.99 vaccine "detox."
The Birth of the Americuck
From the Energy Department's messianic Trump fan art to RFK Jr. cold-plunging in his jeans, a savage field guide to the men competing to flatter, deify, and cosplay for one man.
The Party of Law and Order Found Its Vandals at the Reflecting Pool
The administration blames a knife-wielding vandal for the Reflecting Pool's failed $14.7 million repaint. Its own court filing concedes the surface was already delaminating.
Hunter Biden Never Had a Government Job. The People Cashing the Gulf's Checks Do.
Hunter Biden held no government job. Jared Kushner ran Saudi policy, then took $2 billion from the crown prince. By Republicans' own standard, the Trump family is the bigger scandal.
The Vice President Is Touring a Book About His Faith. At the Nixon Library, He Explained Why Lying No Longer Costs Anything.
JD Vance is selling a memoir about returning to his faith. On the tour, he told a Nixon Library audience that Watergate was no big deal and the "deep state" took Nixon down. The contradiction is the story.
The Intelligence Chief Who Ran Against Politicized Intelligence Spent Her Last Night Politicizing Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard built a brand on ending the politicization of intelligence. Her final act atop the intelligence agejcy was one more politicized document release. It did not earn Trump's affection any more than the last one did.