Democracy Now!
Our investigations stand on Democracy Now!'s reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
10 stories, each opening at its source.
- The Intercept exposé on the reporting process — Democracy Now interview
- Democracy Now — interview with Loewenstein on how Israel exports the technology of occupation (2023)
- Democracy Now — how the U.S. government exposed Americans to bacteria to test biological warfare
- Democracy Now / AP: Eric Trump touts $24M Pentagon contract awarded to his robotics company (Apr 24, 2026)
- Democracy Now — Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, says she was 'treated well' after enduring 'hell'
- Democracy Now headline (April 17, 2008)
- Democracy Now — Musk, DOGE, South Africa apartheid (February 10, 2025)
- Democracy Now — how Trump bankrupted his casinos, left contractors unpaid, ruined investors, and made millions
- Seth Harp on Democracy Now! — extended interview about The Fort Bragg Cartel (Aug 14, 2025) — Huff quote and Los Zetas supply chain claim in Harp’s own words
- Democracy Now! — interview on how 3M 'gaslit' the scientist who sounded the alarm
Where their work appears on this site
- 3M and the Forever-Chemicals Cover-Up →
- When the Army Sprayed American Cities →
- Other People's Money →
- The Fort Bragg Cartel →
- The Hostages Who Praised Their Captors →
- The Palestine Laboratory: field-tested on Gaza, sold to the world →
- CIA Crimes →
- Israeli Influence on the United States →
- Media Ownership →
- Military Grift →
- The Pretoria Playbook →
- Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
- Too Big to Jail →
How we graded the claims built on their work
7 FACT · 7 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- Media Ownership →
‘Screams Without Words’ and the reporting team
FACT - The Palestine Laboratory: field-tested on Gaza, sold to the world →
'The Palestine Laboratory' is a documented thesis, not a slogan.
FACT - When the Army Sprayed American Cities →
Did the spray kill Edward Nevin? Probably — but the Army denied it and his family lost.
PROBABLY TRUE - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Foundation Future Industries — the $24M humanoid robot contract to Eric's company
FACT - The Hostages Who Praised Their Captors →
Lifshitz said it on camera: 'they treated us very nicely.'
FACT - Israeli Influence on the United States →
Netanyahu's own words — 2001 New York Times, 2002 Congress, 2008 Bar-Ilan
FACT - The Pretoria Playbook →
Peter Thiel — Frankfurt, Swakopmund, and the German-language school
PROBABLY TRUE - Media Ownership →
Scrutiny of the NYT’s October 7 story: recanting witnesses and reporter conflicts
PROBABLY TRUE - Other People's Money →
The contractors: paid pennies for building the dream.
FACT - Military Grift →
The Fort Bragg Cocaine Network — named soldiers, federal convictions
PROBABLY TRUE - The Fort Bragg Cartel →
The Fort Bragg Cocaine Network — named soldiers, federal convictions
PROBABLY TRUE - Military Grift →
The Los Zetas Closed Loop — Fort Bragg trained the unit that later supplied it
PROBABLY TRUE - The Fort Bragg Cartel →
The Los Zetas Closed Loop — Fort Bragg trained the unit that later supplied it
PROBABLY TRUE - 3M and the Forever-Chemicals Cover-Up →
When she reported it, the company worked to make it go away.
FACT