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A ‘Freaked Out’ US Food Industry Is Hitting Back at MAHA — With Social Media Influencers
Cross-partisan support in Washington on issues like pesticides and food additives pose a threat to the industry’s bottom line
Oct 9
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Rachel Leingang
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Riley Messer
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Our Tweet Ended Kathleen Sgamma’s Bid to Lead Trump Public Lands Agency
Memo Revealed Sgamma Was 'Disgusted' by Trump's Role in Inciting Jan. 6 Violence
Apr 11, 2025
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Nick Surgey
Musk-Linked Group Offered $5m for Proof of Voter Fraud – and Came up With Nothing
Fair Election Fund has yet to reveal evidence of voter fraud despite deep-pocketed backers – and has now gone silent
Feb 14, 2025
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Brendan Fischer
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Emma Steiner
Introducing Fieldnotes
Fieldnotes is a new watchdog group created by former Documented researchers that investigates the oil and gas industry.
Dec 5, 2024
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Nick Surgey
Trump-Linked Dark-Money Group Spent $90m on Racist and Transphobic Ads in 2022, Records Show
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging
May 21, 2024
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Brendan Fischer
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Victoria Cadostin
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Meet Michigan's Conspiracy-Driven Mass Voter Challenge Outfit
As part of its "Soles to the Rolls" program, the Michigan chapter of Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network is going door-to-door and flooding…
Mar 16, 2024
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Lekha Shupeck
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Brendan Fischer
Ranked-Choice Voting is MAGA’s Latest Target
Leonard Leo and other far-right power players are attacking a bipartisan election reform.
Mar 1, 2024
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Brendan Fischer
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New Speaker of the House Equated Reproductive Rights with Holocaust
Editorial uncovered by Documented reveals Johnson's extreme views on abortion.
Oct 26, 2023
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Jamie Corey
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