Track One
The Story
Follow the history of how political power was built—from Goldwater to the present—with chapters, sources and clear evidence limits.
Read The Story →Follow the Influence
How did we get here?
A documented archive of the people, institutions, money, law, media, data and personnel shaping American political power.
Why this project exists
I started with a question I couldn't put down:
What happened to my country?
The changes I was seeing felt too large to explain with one election, one president or one political party. So I started following the people, organizations, money, media, law, data and institutions behind political power.
I don't want to replace one information bubble with another. I want the evidence to be able to surprise me.
When something can't be proven, I want to say so. When the answer is “I don't know,” that is an acceptable answer. And when the public record supports naming the people and institutions involved, I will name them.
Read More →2026 midterm election
Election Results
See the balance of power in the House and Senate, with called-seat counts and chamber-control projections attributed to Decision Desk HQ.
Track Two
The Research
Explore people and groups, case files, and research areas. Follow documented relationships from one source-backed profile to the next.
Browse The Research →Story updates
Major changes to the story
The complete story: ten chapters on how political power was built
The final chapters follow the return to government, the election-data network and the questions that remain open.
A clearer funding trail around CPI and election groups
New tax filings show separate grants from CPI to FAIR and from FAIR to election groups and a consulting company. They do not trace one donor’s dollars through the full chain.
The source of a California voter file is still unknown
A sworn filing says an unnamed DHS senior counselor gave HSI what appeared to be California’s voter list. The public record does not name that person, and key recipient details are redacted.
The pattern in the evidence so far
A lot of governing work starts before Election Day.
Think tanks, legal groups, donor networks, media, data systems and advocacy organizations can work continuously between elections.
Policy ideas, experienced people, legal strategies and implementation plans may already be in place when a new administration takes office.
Follow what moves between organizations and government: people, money, policy ideas, data, contracts and expertise. The sources show which connections are documented and which remain uncertain.
Every published relationship should have a source. Unknown stays unknown. Challenge a claim or submit a correction →