Sources
Primary-source research stack.
Every claim on this site traces back to one of these sources. Tiered by evidentiary weight per our methodology. Tier 1 is authoritative and citable as fact; Tier 2 is established journalism; Tier 3 is corroborating. Propaganda-network content (Tier 5) is researched for signal but never cited as fact.
- Idaho SOS Sunshine Tier 1
State-level campaign finance filings — authoritative source for all Idaho PAC and candidate records.
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Federal campaign finance filings, used when subjects engage with federal candidates, committees, or PACs.
- LegiScan (Idaho Legislature) Tier 1
Every Idaho legislative bill, vote, sponsor, and committee record. Canonical source for voting records.
- CourtListener / PACER Tier 1
Federal and selected state court filings, dockets, and orders.
- OpenCorporates Tier 1
Business entity and corporate records, including registration dates, officers, and agent filings.
- OpenSanctions Tier 1
PEP (politically exposed person) and sanctions database. Used to flag international exposure where applicable.
- WHOIS + DNS History Tier 1
Historical domain registration data, used to document propaganda-network infrastructure coordination.
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Archived snapshots of propaganda-network publications, ensuring evidence persists even after content is deleted.
- TruthFinder reports Tier 3
Aggregated public-records reports used for cross-reference on addresses, relatives, associates. Always corroborated against primary sources.
- Idaho Statesman Tier 2
Idaho’s largest daily newspaper. Cited with byline + publication date.
- Idaho Capital Sun Tier 2
State-focused nonprofit newsroom, States Newsroom member. Strong track record on Idaho politics coverage.
- InvestigateWest Tier 2
Regional investigative nonprofit. Authoritative on Idaho extremism reporting including the State Freedom Caucus Network exposé.
- Idaho Press Tier 2
Treasure Valley daily. Strong local politics coverage.
Sources we research but do not cite as fact.
The Idaho propaganda network includes Honor Idaho, Idaho Dispatch, Stop Idaho RINOs, Pocatello-Chubbuck Observer, Gem State Chronicle, and The Daily Dispatch. These are Tier 5 sources: we research them to understand what narratives the network is pushing (that's valuable signal), but we never cite them as evidence for any factual claim about a real person, event, or policy.
When a claim appears in this network, we don’t treat it as “multiple independent sources.” We treat it as one coordinated source — because, as documented in our Anatomy of a Lie investigation, that’s what it is.