America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together

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America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together

February 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/06/america-is-losing-the-facts-that-hold-it-together/

David Graham: “The demise of the World Factbook is part of a broad war on information being waged by the Trump administration. This is different from the administration’s assault on truth, in which the president and the White House lie prolifically or deny reality.”

“This is something more fundamental: It’s a series of steps that by design or in effect block access to data, and in doing so erode the concept of a shared frame for all Americans.”

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1. Also, I no longer trust information on .gov sites.

I tried to schedule a passport meeting at my local Post Office, you know in case the SAVE act passes. Anyway you have to authenticate your request via text or email, so I tried text first & got nothing. Then I tried email & got nothing. In the past I would have assumed the problem was on my end, but now I'm not so sure.

Stephen Miller is a mean-spirited little creep with a ton of time on his hands & I think he sits around all day thinking up ways to be mean to women, minorities, & LBGQT, like erasing all of us from history & making it harder for us to vote.

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2. Wow I haven't used that since school

Sad that it too has been corrupted. Guess facts are woke.