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Each case separates verified facts, attributed reporting, allegations, inferences, and unknowns. Read the essential findings here, then enter the interactive record to inspect sources and test the conclusions yourself.

PR–001 · Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington’s Flock Safety Deal

A $2.2 million surveillance package, 61 mapped positions, disputed process, and 157 documented national failure incidents.

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PR–002 · Northeastern Kentucky

The Boyd–Ashland Data Center Rush

Three development tracks, more than three gigawatts of advertised scale, public infrastructure, secrecy, and an unresolved value chain.

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PR–003 · West Virginia · Ohio · North Carolina · New Jersey

The $450 Million Headline

A proposed PFAS consent decree whose headline value combines a civil penalty, estimated programs, and a future-project funding obligation.

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PR–004 · United States · 2026 federal election

Trump Is Interfering With the 2026 Election Process

A source-linked review of federal pressure on state-run election procedures: some measures were blocked or vacated; others remained operative or unresolved at the cutoff.

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PR–005 · United States · International

Jeffrey Epstein: Connections in the Record

Sixty-eight sourced connections across wealth, institutions, political paths and the second Trump administration, with the limits of each record kept visible.

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PR–006 · United States

Your Life, Searchable

Mass data collection lets authorities choose a person, search backward, and assemble a criminal narrative from selected facts.

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