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Editor’s Note: This article is Part 5 in our series, “The War on Facts: How Political Interference Threatens Core Democratic Institutions.” Read the Series Overview, Part 1: Science and Statistics Under Siege, Part 2: The Memory Wars, Part 3: Regulatory Independence Under Attack, and Part 4: The Information Warfare Ecosystem. Introduction: Building Fortifications for Truth…
Editor’s Note: This article is Part 4 in our series, “The War on Facts: How Political Interference Threatens Core Democratic Institutions.” Read the Series Overview, Part 1: Science and Statistics Under Siege, Part 2: The Memory Wars, Part 3: Regulatory Independence Under Attack, and Part 5: Defending Democracy’s Infrastructure. The Factory of Fiction In the…
Editor’s Note: This article is Part 3 in our series, “The War on Facts: How Political Interference Threatens Core Democratic Institutions.” Read the Series Overview, Part 1: Science and Statistics Under Siege, Part 2: The Memory Wars, Part 4: The Information Warfare Ecosystem, and Part 5: Defending Democracy’s Infrastructure. Introduction: When Politics Trumps Public Safety…
Editor’s Note: This article is Part 2 in our series, “The War on Facts: How Political Interference Threatens Core Democratic Institutions.” Read the Series Overview, Part 1: Science and Statistics Under Siege, Part 3: Regulatory Independence Under Attack, Part 4: The Information Warfare Ecosystem, and Part 5: Defending Democracy’s Infrastructure. Introduction: When History Becomes Ammunition…
Editor’s Note: This article is Part 1 in our series, “The War on Facts: How Political Interference Threatens Core Democratic Institutions.” Read the Series Overview, Part 2: The Memory Wars, Part 3: Regulatory Independence Under Attack, Part 4: The Information Warfare Ecosystem, and Part 5: Defending Democracy’s Infrastructure. Introduction: The Email That Shook Washington On…
In the span of one week—August 1–8, 2025—three separate actions from the Trump administration struck at America’s fact-based institutions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner was fired hours after a weak jobs report, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History altered impeachment exhibits, and an executive order placed political appointees in charge of federal research…
Patterns of Disruption: How Trump’s First-Term Actions Set the Stage for His Second Introduction: The Blueprint for a Second Term The integrity of a democracy is often measured not by its grand declarations but by the resilience of its institutions and the strength of its unwritten norms. When assessing the impact of Donald Trump on…
This is Part 6 of a six-part investigation. Part 1 examined ICE’s current anonymous enforcement tactics. Part 2 explored America’s historical struggle against anonymous law enforcement. Part 3 contrasted these tactics with international democratic standards. Part 4 examined the constitutional framework governing law enforcement accountability. Part 5 analyzed how these tactics could spread beyond immigration…
This is Part 5 of a six-part investigation. Part 1 examined ICE’s current anonymous enforcement tactics. Part 2 explored America’s historical struggle against anonymous law enforcement. Part 3 contrasted these tactics with international democratic standards. Part 4 examined the constitutional framework governing law enforcement accountability. When federal courts blocked ICE’s anonymous enforcement operations in Los…
This is Part 4 of a six-part investigation. Part 1 examined ICE’s current anonymous enforcement tactics. Part 2 explored America’s historical struggle against anonymous law enforcement. Part 3 contrasted these tactics with international democratic standards. The federal court injunctions issued on July 11, 2025, blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, did more than…