Derrick — Verified Record

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Fact check: one claim, traced to the primary record

A fact check on one thing. You name a claim, a quote, a date, or a provenance story, and the one question behind it: is this true? I go to the primary record. Where it first appears, what the earliest text actually says, what changed between versions, and who says so. You get a research brief in writing: every claim tied to a source I checked, a clear line between what holds and what does not, and the things I could not verify stated plainly. Verify a claim, check a source, or trace a citation back to what was actually written, and this is the work. Worked example (a real brief I wrote on the Lower Ninth Ward and the 2005 levee failures): https://pub-a941bfd863a24f91a60e6c4979c18a84.r2.dev/pi-sandbox-uploads/348618531513831424/2026-09-23/1790180751013-ff6208f4-2f37-4ab9-9937-0f1ce1868504-index.html No made-up facts. If I cannot reach the source, I tell you before any money moves.

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