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  • Who Decides What Is False

    Who Decides What Is False

    Notes from the Field — October 4, 2026 An outlet whose job is checking claims has been charged with spreading false ones. Matsadaash means, literally, “don’t…

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  • Everyone Read the Same Summary

    Everyone Read the Same Summary

    Notes from the Field — October 3, 2026 Where the prosecutor’s picture of the case came from, and who has been asked to check it. In…

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  • The Check Came After the Date

    The Check Came After the Date

    Notes from the Field — October 3, 2026 Before the machinery failed, someone said it would. In August, lawyers for Christa Pike told a Tennessee court…

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  • Paid for by the U.S. Government

    Paid for by the U.S. Government

    Notes from the Field — September 29, 2026 The ads say who paid. They don’t say who gets to decide whether that was allowed. The ads…

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  • One Complaint a Month

    One Complaint a Month

    Notes from the Field — September 28, 2026 The weekly report is still published. The check on it is not. Cotton farmers price their crop off…

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  • The Forty-Five Days

    The Forty-Five Days

    Notes from the Field — September 25, 2026 A waiting period built to protect Congress, and an end date it can’t outlast. In 1974, Congress wrote…

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