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The War on Facts is a series about the ongoing assault on the concepts of truth – and how this weakens our democratic institutions.
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…