The Evidence Record
- What we know about the Taylor Swift Pentagon psy-op conspiracy theory
News Report · 2024
Task and Purpose
Task and Purpose, January 2024: presenter Alicia Bargar said she had no connection to the Pentagon and that Swift was only an example in her talk.…
- When Can Kids Get the COVID Vaccine or Booster? (2026)
Document · 2026
American Academy of Pediatrics (healthychildren.org)
The AAP's current parent-facing guidance recommends COVID-19 vaccination for all children 6 through 23 months and for older children per risk and choice, directly diverging from…
- When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World
Document · 1956
Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter
The book examines how committed believers respond to failed predictions and specifies conditions under which disconfirmation may produce renewed conviction and proselytizing. It is a case…
- White House Press Briefing by Jen Psaki (July 16, 2021)
Government Record · 2021
The White House; American Presidency Project transcript
White House briefing, July 16, 2021: Press Secretary Psaki said the White House raised trends with platforms through direct channels but that the companies decide who…
- White House Press Briefing with Surgeon General Murthy (2021)
Government Record · 2021
The White House
White House briefing, July 15, 2021: Surgeon General Murthy asked tech companies to act against misinformation super-spreaders. The briefing does not name Natural News, Brighteon or…
- White House: Occupational Licensing, A Framework for Policymakers (2015)
Government Record · 2015
The White House; U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Economic Policy; Council of Economic Advisers; U.S. Department of Labor
White House, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisers and Labor Department, July 2015: more than a quarter of U.S. workers now need a government license to do…
- WHO: Assembly Adopts Pandemic Agreement (2025)
Document · 2025
World Health Organization
World Health Organization, May 20, 2025: announces that the World Health Assembly adopted the Pandemic Agreement. Adoption comes before signing, ratification and entry into force.
- WHO: Pandemic Agreement Status Update (2026)
Document · 2026
World Health Organization
World Health Organization, October 12, 2026: says the pathogen-sharing annex is still unfinished, so the Pandemic Agreement is not yet open for signature or ratification and…
- Why Flock Safety turned to ClickHouse for real-time vehicle traffic analytics
Document · 2025
ClickHouse; Leon Kozlowski, Flock Safety data engineering manager
A ClickHouse case study with Flock's data engineering manager: Flock's traffic analytics handle more than 1 billion machine-learning predictions per day.
- WikiLeaks: Collateral Murder Video Release (2010)
Document · 2010
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks, April 2010: released a classified U.S. military video of a 2007 attack in New Baghdad that killed over a dozen people, including two Reuters staff,…
- Williams et al. v. City of Chicago et al., Civil Rights Class Action Complaint
Court Filing · 2022
Michael Williams, Lucy Parsons Labs and Daniel Ortiz
Williams et al. v. City of Chicago, the federal class action over ShotSpotter-based policing. Allegations at filing.
- Williams v. City of Chicago
Document · 2026
MacArthur Justice Center
MacArthur Justice Center's case page on Williams. Its study of police data found 89% of ShotSpotter deployments turned up no gun-related crime. MJC is Williams's legal…
- WIRED: Dark Money Group Secretly Funding Democratic Influencers (2025)
News Report · 2025
Taylor Lorenz
WIRED, August 2025: after reviewing contracts and private chats, reports that Chorus, described as a Sixteen Thirty Fund project, paid Democratic-aligned influencers, some as little as…
- Wired: Grimes Is Ready to Be a Self-Replicating Pop Star (2023)
News Report · 2023
Wired
Wired, August 2023: Grimes on AI, wanting to be "a self-replicating pop star," AI companions for children, and saying she would "probably" get a Neuralink implant…
- WIRED: The FBI Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out (2025)
News Report · 2025
WIRED
WIRED, July 2025: metadata showed the FBI's "raw" Epstein jail video had been edited from clips, and one clip was nearly three minutes longer than what…
- Withrow v. Larkin (1975)
Court Filing · 1975
Supreme Court of the United States (White, J.)
U.S. Supreme Court, April 1975: a state medical board that both investigated and judged a doctor did not, by that alone, violate due process. A challenger…
- Woodrow Wilson: The Study of Administration (1887)
Document · 1887
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson, 1887: the founding essay of American public administration, arguing for a professional class of administrators to run government. It opens, 'Administration is the most…
- Word Histories: Origin of the Streisand Effect (2019)
Document · 2019
Word Histories
Word Histories, March 2019: quotes Mike Masnick's January 5, 2005 Techdirt post that named "the Streisand Effect." A secondhand quote of the original post. It does…
- Working Paper: Automated License Plate Readers, Vehicle Theft, and Clearance
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2026
Mourtgos; Adams
A 2026 working paper (not peer-reviewed) on plate readers and car theft. It reports some drop in theft and higher clearance rates, but the clearance increase…
- World Bank: Identification for Development (ID4D) Strategic Framework
Government Record · 2016
World Bank Group
The World Bank's plan for national ID systems, launched in 2014. It lists the risks itself: privacy, surveillance, function creep, exclusion and cybersecurity.
- WPATH & USPATH Joint Response to HHS Report on Gender Dysphoria (2025)
Document · 2025
WPATH and USPATH
WPATH/USPATH's formal rebuttal to the 1 May 2025 HHS report, rejecting the report's conclusions and defending the prevailing consensus on gender-affirming care.
- WPATH Public Statements (index page) (2019)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH's own statements index contains no formal public response to the WPATH Files leak – per the leaked-report preface, WPATH internally advised members not to reply…
- WPATH Removes Age Limits From Transgender Treatment Guidelines (2022)
News Report · 2022
Medscape Medical News
News report confirming that the published SOC8 contained no age minimums for adolescent treatment/surgery, unlike the draft – documenting the draft-to-final change contemporaneously.
- WPATH Statement on FTC and States’ Announcement of New Complaint (2026)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH states that its funding comes primarily from membership and noncommercial donations and grants. The same statement calls the June 2026 FTC complaint baseless and disputes…