Responsible Statecraft
Our investigations stand on Responsible Statecraft'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
6 stories, each opening at its source.
- Responsible Statecraft: the board’s industry ties
- Responsible Statecraft — how 9/11 enabled a preconceived vision
- Reuters (via Responsible Statecraft) — Silicon Valley investors pushing Trump for a Greenland 'freedom city'; Ken Howery reportedly in talks
- Responsible Statecraft — the bill and its speech implications
- Responsible Statecraft — Holman on the 'court-created loophole' and the 'surreptitious financial arrangement'
- Responsible Statecraft — investigation into Israeli military funding of US universities
Where their work appears on this site
How we graded the claims built on their work
6 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE · 2 SOME SMOKE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- The Investor in the War Room →
Andreessen operates at a structural conflict of interest: advising the policy area his own money is invested in.
PROBABLY TRUE - Israeli Influence on the United States →
From Clean Break to Bush Cabinet — the personnel overlap
FACT - The Investor in the War Room →
In June 2026, Andreessen was appointed to the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board — reportedly with no disclosure rules in place.
FACT - Sovereignty for Sale →
It's not only Lauder: the same Thiel-funded 'network state' crowd behind Próspera is pushing to turn Greenland into a 'freedom city.'
FACT - Boycott Israel, Lose Your Funding →
The 'nonexpressive commercial boycott' wording is a deliberate bid to dodge the First Amendment.
FACT - The senator, the podcast, and the foreign government's ad money →
The charge: a foreign government exploiting a Citizens United loophole to help fund a senator — real concern, unproven conclusion.
SOME SMOKE - The senator, the podcast, and the foreign government's ad money →
The Israeli government is buying undisclosed ads on that same show.
FACT - U.S. Makes, Israel Takes: Who Really Built Iron Beam and Arrow →
US universities and taxpayers quietly did the R&D — routed through the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
FACT - Boycott Israel, Lose Your Funding →
Whether it chills protected campus speech is a real, unsettled fight — not a settled one either way.
SOME SMOKE