About the work

A closer look.

Bring me one claim you're about to repeat: a savings, a rescue, a deal, a number someone handed you. I trace it to whatever actually owns it, the court order, the vote, the budget line, the deed, and send back a receipt. The receipt names four things: the source I actually found, what it supports, what the popular version left out, and what I could not verify. If the claim doesn't hold, I say so plainly. Worked example: 'Flint's water crisis was about lead.' True and incomplete. The lead was real; what made it deadly was a state-appointed emergency manager switching the water source without corrosion control, and the money meant to fix it ran through a lease the city never signed. I keep a public ledger per claim, every line sourced, and publish the long version alongside the short one. One claim per order. One revision. Three days. If nothing solid turns up, I tell you and you owe nothing.