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Keeping facts safe from the alternative. There are lots of opinions out there, but there is no such thing as an “alternative” fact.
We can’t allow smoke and mirrors and tear gas to divert our attention from either the crimes on the ground in American cities or the crimes in the pages of the Epstein files that we haven’t yet seen. factkeepers.com/dont-be-dist...
Don’t Be Distracted by Trump’s Lies and Three-Card Monte Games With Immigration. He’s Hiding Something Bigger. - Factkeepers.com
We can’t allow smoke and mirrors and tear gas to divert our attention from either the crimes on the ground in American cities or the crimes in the pages of the Epstein files that we haven’t yet seen.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
When officials reshape the facts, the damage isn’t only to the record. The damage is to the basic belief that a democratic public can know what its government has done. factkeepers.com/hannah-arend...
Hannah Arendt Warned Us: Repeated Government Lying Makes It Impossible for Citizens to Think and to Judge - Factkeepers.com
When officials reshape the facts, the damage isn’t only to the record. The damage is to the basic belief that a democratic public can know what its government has done.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
What kind of blithering egomaniacal monster, facing the exploding scandal of two American citizens murdered by his own thugs in the space of a couple of weeks, spends the morning following the second murder obsessing about his fucking ballroom? factkeepers.com/but-my-ballr...
But My Ballroom! - Factkeepers.com
What kind of blithering egomaniacal monster, facing the exploding scandal of two American citizens murdered by his own thugs in the space of a couple of weeks, spends the morning following the second ...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Unless Democratic leadership takes a cue from the good people of Minnesota and steps up and fights back hard, the next message will be even broader and bloodier, because authoritarians always interpret silence as permission. factkeepers.com/has-obey-or-...
Has "Obey or Die" Become the Most Dominant Message in America? - Factkeepers.com
Unless Democratic leadership takes a cue from the good people of Minnesota and steps up and fights back hard, the next message will be even broader and bloodier, because authoritarians always interpre...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
ICE and Border Patrol agents appear to have gotten their use of force training from watching TV shows. On cop shows, when an officer shouts “Gun!” everyone starts shooting. factkeepers.com/the-first-an...
The First and Second Amendments Were Not Meant to Be a Deadly Combination - Factkeepers.com
ICE and Border Patrol agents appear to have gotten their use of force training from watching TV shows. On cop shows, when an officer shouts “Gun!” everyone starts shooting.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Politics as usual will not get us out of this mess because it is politics as usual that got us into it. Trump’s threat has somehow been underestimated by too damn many for too damn long. factkeepers.com/we-warned-ev...
We Warned Everybody About What Trump Would Do, and Now It’s Time Everybody Started Listening to Us - Factkeepers.com
Politics as usual will not get us out of this mess because it is politics as usual that got us into it. Trump’s threat has somehow been underestimated by too damn many for too damn long.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It has become clear today that people who are demonstrating against ICE in Minneapolis are putting their lives on the line. One of them, an intensive care nurse for the VA, gave his life today. factkeepers.com/murder-in-mi...
Murder in Minneapolis: It’s Even Worse Than It Looked at First - Factkeepers.com
It has become clear today that people who are demonstrating against ICE in Minneapolis are putting their lives on the line. One of them, an intensive care nurse for the VA, gave his life today.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM
It’s not enough to grieve the loss of Renee Good and Alex Pretti; we must defend their memories. We must not allow them to be slandered, mischaracterized, and dehumanized. factkeepers.com/ice-murdered...
ICE Murdered Alex Pretti and the Trump Administration Assassinated His Character - Factkeepers.com
It’s not enough to grieve the loss of Renee Good and Alex Pretti; we must defend their memories. We must not allow them to be slandered, mischaracterized, and dehumanized.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trump’s fading, and he’s fading fast. He is not invincible. Republicans will be heavily damaged in the midterms. If they lose the House and the Senate, Trump’s last two years will be empty theater. factkeepers.com/hes-losing/
He's Losing - Factkeepers.com
Trump’s fading, and he’s fading fast. He is not invincible. Republicans will be heavily damaged in the midterms. If they lose the House and the Senate, Trump’s last two years will be empty theater.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In 2026, filming still matters. The challenge is ensuring the act of witnessing oppression and violence doesn’t quietly become a new form of exposure. factkeepers.com/how-to-minim...
How to Minimize Your Risk of Being Digitally Tracked for Filming ICE - Factkeepers.com
In 2026, filming still matters. The challenge is ensuring the act of witnessing oppression and violence doesn’t quietly become a new form of exposure.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The House had an opportunity to impose meaningful restrictions on ICE and it failed. Meanwhile the Trump regime terrorizes our communities with masked federal agents and unchecked violence. factkeepers.com/wtf-seven-ho...
WTF! Seven House Democrats Voted to Give ICE More Money - Factkeepers.com
The House had an opportunity to impose meaningful restrictions on ICE and it failed. Meanwhile the Trump regime terrorizes our communities with masked federal agents and unchecked violence.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It is one thing to fire ambassadors who have impeded the president’s agenda in some way; it is quite another to clear them out preemptively as Trump has done. factkeepers.com/how-trumps-i...
How Trump’s Insistence on Personal Loyalty From Ambassadors Could Damage US Foreign Policy - Factkeepers.com
It is one thing to fire ambassadors who have impeded the president’s agenda in some way; it is quite another to clear them out preemptively as Trump has done.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Trump doesn’t understand sacrifice and honor any more than he understands why people are such suckers that they would pay rent. factkeepers.com/key-money-i-...
Key Money—I Listened to Trump’s Davos Rant So You Don’t Have To - Factkeepers.com
Trump doesn’t understand sacrifice and honor any more than he understands why people are such suckers that they would pay rent.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.” factkeepers.com/is-anyone-go...
Is Anyone Going to Hold Trump Accountable for Giving Putin Everything He Wanted? - Factkeepers.com
When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.”
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January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Trump's handlers are, as we are, stuck with an adult baby in a diaper who throws a tantrum with every breath he takes. factkeepers.com/where-are-hi...
Where Are His Attendants? - Factkeepers.com
Trump's handlers are, as we are, stuck with an adult baby in a diaper who throws a tantrum with every breath he takes.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is a reminder of the sheer idiocy the Trump era and the lunacy of the American media. factkeepers.com/meet-the-new...
Meet the New Leader of the Free World. No, It's Not Donald Trump. - Factkeepers.com
Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is a reminder of the sheer idiocy the Trump era and the lunacy of the American media.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Can you imagine how sad it is to be Donald Trump? It must be why he falls asleep all day sitting in his chair. factkeepers.com/with-trump-t...
With Trump, Trying to Make Sense of the Senseless Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore - Factkeepers.com
Can you imagine how sad it is to be Donald Trump? It must be why he falls asleep all day sitting in his chair.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This isn’t alarmism: it’s the historical pattern, repeated across dozens of countries and thousands of years. factkeepers.com/is-generatin...
Is Generating a “Fearful View of Freedom” the Key to the Trump Revolution? - Factkeepers.com
This isn’t alarmism: it’s the historical pattern, repeated across dozens of countries and thousands of years.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM
What we feel as we face the repression of Trump and his authoritarian regime is not the sum total of who we are. We are better than they are. There are more of us. We have the power of our numbers and our votes. factkeepers.com/why-we-feel-...
Why We Feel the Way We Feel - Factkeepers.com
What we feel as we face the repression of Trump and his authoritarian regime is not the sum total of who we are. We are better than they are. There are more of us. We have the power of our numbers and...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
It’s fair to assume Trump will do everything possible to prevent any further elections in America. Will he succeed? Well, a lot of that has to do with us, and how we proceed in the coming days and months. factkeepers.com/fascism-has-...
Fascism Has Arrived in America. Are We Ready to Deal With It? - Factkeepers.com
It’s fair to assume Trump will do everything possible to prevent any further elections in America. Will he succeed? Well, a lot of that has to do with us, and how we proceed in the coming days and mon...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
What better way for Trump to again evade arrest and prison yet again than invoking the Insurrection Act, creating a national emergency—that only he can fix—and then obstructing a few other things like elections. factkeepers.com/looks-like-c...
Looks Like Combating American Fascism Is Going to Be Our Job in 2026 - Factkeepers.com
What better way for Trump to again evade arrest and prison yet again than invoking the Insurrection Act, creating a national emergency—that only he can fix—and then obstructing a few other things like...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Trump is committing so much crime so fast that the impression is nothing can be done about it. factkeepers.com/its-overwhel...
It's Overwhelming - Factkeepers.com
Trump is committing so much crime so fast that the impression is that nothing can be done about it.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
If Trump tells you he won’t try to cancel the midterm elections, he’ll try it. It’s up to us to be ready to use everything in our power, from the courts to the streets, to stop him. factkeepers.com/a-big-day-fo...
A Big Day for Fascism - Factkeepers.com
If Trump tells you he won’t try to cancel the midterm elections, he’ll try it. It’s up to us to be ready to use everything in our power, from the courts to the streets, to stop him.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the military in civilian matters but, over time, Congress has passed at least 26 exemptions to the act that allow the president to send troops into states. factkeepers.com/the-insurrec...
The Insurrection Act Is Only One of the Legal Loopholes in the Law Banning the Use of the US Military Domestically - Factkeepers.com
The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the military in civilian matters but, over time, Congress has passed at least 26 exemptions to the act that allow the president to send troops into states.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Trump hasn’t threatened to bomb Minneapolis yet, but it’s only the middle of the month of January, giving him about three years to think it over. factkeepers.com/another-day-...
Another Day of Trumpian Madness and Idiocy Here and Abroad - Factkeepers.com
Trump hasn’t threatened to bomb Minneapolis yet, but it’s only the middle of the month of January, giving him about three years to think it over.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM