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The Baseline Brief episodes
- Ep. 11 — Foreign Policy and Energy and moreA source-led briefing on 5 published checks across Foreign Policy, Energy, Government, Federal Budget. Every verdict links back to its record.2 min
- Ep. 10 — Healthcare and Elections and moreA source-led briefing on 5 published checks across Healthcare, Elections, Trade, Jobs. Every verdict links back to its record.2 min
- Ep. 9 — Crime and Media and moreA source-led briefing on 5 published checks across Crime, Media, Congress. Every verdict links back to its record.2 min
- Ep. 8 — Government and Elections and moreA source-led briefing on 4 published checks across Government, Elections, Technology, Energy. Every verdict links back to its record.2 min
- Ep. 7 — Healthcare and Foreign Policy and moreA source-led briefing on 7 published checks across Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Congress, Technology, Elections, Labor. Every verdict links back to its record.3 min
- Ep. 6 — Economy and Government and moreA source-led briefing on 7 published checks across Economy, Government, Foreign Policy, Federal Budget, Trade, Elections, Technology. Every verdict links back to its record.3 min
- Ep. 5 — Jobs and Government and moreA source-led briefing on 8 published checks across Jobs, Government, Voting, Elections, Media, Economy. Every verdict links back to its record.4 min
- Ep. 4 — Climate and Immigration and moreA source-led briefing on 6 published checks across Climate, Immigration, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Labor, Energy. Every verdict links back to its reviewed record.3 min
- Ep. 3 — Nine claims, both parties, one standardThe record grows to 18 checks. The President on inflation "history" (False), the 27% deficit cut (Misleading), $1.99 gas (False), factory construction (Misleading), oil production (Mostly True), and record employment (Missing Context) — plus Sen. Sanders’ "15 million thrown off healthcare" (Misleading), Sen. Duckworth on voter ID (Mostly True), and Dr. Oz on Medicaid and voting (False). The standard doesn’t care who’s talking.4 min
- Ep. 2 — The border and the pumpTwo new checks: the administration says border crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded (Mostly True — CBP’s own data shows a record-low 25,243 June encounters, though encounters aren’t total crossings), and the claim that gas hit an all-time record this year (Misleading — May’s $4.56 was a Trump-era record, not an all-time one; 2022 was higher nominal, 2012 higher in real terms). Verdicts on both sides of the aisle, every source cited.3 min
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The week’s political claims, measured against the record, in under five minutes. Built from published fact-checks — every source cited.