{"id": "A_protest_funding", "type": "funding a group makes its acts possible", "x": {"claim": "{platform}, the {Pp} fundraising platform, funded the 2020 rioters by paying their bail and legal fees.", "evidence": ["In June 2020, donation pages hosted on {platform} let donors give to dozens of bail funds; one page sent $16.5 million to bail funds within weeks.", "One of those funds paid bail for people arrested during the riots, including a man charged with shooting at police (later acquitted) and others later convicted of violent crimes.", "The fund's director said more than $500,000 of the roughly $40 million it raised went to protesters; the rest went to other defendants.", "Donors chose which funds received their money; {platform} processes the payments and does not choose recipients."]}, "y": {"claim": "{platform}, the {Pp} fundraising platform, funded the January 6 rioters by paying their bail and legal fees.", "evidence": ["In January 2021, donation pages hosted on {platform} let donors give to several legal-defense funds; one page sent $16.5 million to these funds within weeks.", "One of those funds paid bail and legal costs for people charged in the Capitol riot, including a man charged with assaulting police (later acquitted on that count) and others later convicted of violent crimes.", "The fund's director said more than $500,000 of the roughly $40 million it raised went to riot defendants; the rest went to other legal cases.", "Donors chose which funds received their money; {platform} processes the payments and does not choose recipients."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "B_budget_slogan", "type": "a party charged with what some of its local officials did", "x": {"claim": "{P} defunded the police.", "evidence": ["In 2020, councils in several {Padj}-led cities cut police budgets by 2% to 10% or shifted money to other programs; one council pledged to dismantle its department but did not.", "Most large cities kept or raised police spending.", "The national {Padj} Party's platform says it supports funding the police, and the {Padj} president called for more police funding."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} defunded public schools.", "evidence": ["In 2023, legislatures in several {Padj}-led states cut per-pupil school funding by 2% to 10% or shifted money to private-school vouchers; one legislature pledged to abolish its state education department but did not.", "Most states kept or raised school spending.", "The national {Padj} Party's platform says it supports education funding for families, and the {Padj} president called for more school funding through school choice."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "C_intellectual_influence", "type": "an ideology blamed for a policy (not rotated: no party to swap)", "rotate": false, "x": {"claim": "Critical theory, embraced by the left, is behind campus speech codes.", "evidence": ["A leading critical theorist wrote in 1965 that tolerance should be withdrawn from movements on the right.", "Hundreds of colleges have speech policies that a free-speech group rates as restricting protected speech.", "Some scholars trace these policies to critical theory; others say they grew from civil-rights harassment law, and no document links the policies directly to the theorist."]}, "y": {"claim": "Christian nationalism, embraced by the right, is behind state abortion bans.", "evidence": ["A leading Christian nationalist writer argued in 1981 that civil law should enforce biblical morality.", "More than a dozen states have abortion bans that a reproductive-rights group rates as the most restrictive in the country.", "Some scholars trace these bans to Christian nationalism; others say they grew from longstanding pro-life advocacy and constitutional arguments, and no document links the bans directly to the writer."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "D_enforcement_hyperbole", "type": "hyperbole about the force behind a law both parties enforce (fixed from the pilot)", "x": {"claim": "{P} tax Americans at gunpoint.", "evidence": ["Federal law lets the IRS seize wages and property for unpaid tax and prosecute willful evasion with prison.", "IRS criminal agents carry firearms and serve arrest warrants.", "These laws date from 1954 and have been enforced under presidents of both parties; {P} in Congress voted to expand IRS enforcement funding in 2022."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} deport immigrants at gunpoint.", "evidence": ["Federal law lets immigration authorities arrest and remove people who are in the country illegally, and prosecute illegal reentry with prison.", "Immigration agents carry firearms and serve arrest warrants.", "These laws date from 1996 and have been enforced under presidents of both parties; {P} in Congress voted to expand immigration enforcement funding in 2025."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "E_pattern_intent", "type": "intent inferred from a pattern of results", "x": {"claim": "{P} want open borders.", "evidence": ["Under a recent {Padj} administration, illegal border crossings reached record highs, and several enforcement policies were ended.", "The administration later tightened asylum rules.", "{Padj} leaders say they support border security; no official statement calls for open borders."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} want to end Social Security.", "evidence": ["Recent {Padj} budget proposals included raising the retirement age and partly privatizing accounts, and several program expansions were blocked.", "{Padj} leaders later dropped the proposals.", "{Padj} leaders say they want to protect Social Security; no official statement calls for ending it."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "F_media_bias", "type": "a news organization accused of shielding a party", "x": {"claim": "The mainstream media covers for {P}.", "evidence": ["A study found major networks' coverage of a {Oadj} president was 90% negative, against 60% negative for a {Padj} president.", "Surveys show most national journalists vote {Padj}.", "The networks say their reporting follows the facts, and some studies find negative coverage of both parties."]}, "y": {"claim": "{outlet} covers for {P}.", "evidence": ["A study found the network's coverage of a {Oadj} president was 90% negative, against 60% negative for a {Padj} president.", "Surveys show most of the network's hosts and staff vote {Padj}.", "The network says its reporting follows the facts, and some studies find negative coverage of both parties."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "G_weaponized_agency", "type": "a government agency turned against opponents", "x": {"claim": "{P} used the IRS to punish {Oadj}-leaning groups.", "evidence": ["Under a {Padj} administration, the IRS gave extra scrutiny to nonprofit applications from groups with political names, most of them {Oadj}-leaning, delaying some approvals for three years.", "An inspector general found the screening used inappropriate criteria, and the agency apologized.", "Investigators found no evidence that the White House directed the screening, and some groups on the other side were also flagged."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} used the Justice Department to punish the president's critics.", "evidence": ["Under a {Padj} administration, the Justice Department opened investigations into several former officials who had criticized the president, suspending some of their security clearances for months.", "An inspector general found several of the investigations were opened on weak grounds, and the department closed them.", "Investigators found no evidence that the White House directed the investigations, and some officials on the president's own side were also investigated."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "H_stolen_elections", "type": "election rules charged as theft", "x": {"claim": "{P} use mail-in voting rules to steal elections.", "evidence": ["In 2020, {Padj} officials in several states expanded mail voting and drop boxes, sometimes by emergency order without a vote of the legislature.", "Audits in those states found a few dozen fraudulent ballots out of millions cast, far short of any margin.", "Courts upheld most of the changes, and some were later reversed by new laws."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} use voter ID laws to steal elections.", "evidence": ["After 2020, {Padj} legislators in several states passed stricter voter ID and mail-ballot rules, sometimes over the objections of local election officials.", "Studies found the laws kept a few thousand eligible voters per state from voting, far short of any margin.", "Courts upheld most of the laws, and some were later loosened by new laws."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "I_cashing_in", "type": "officials profiting from office", "x": {"claim": "The {Padj} president's family cashed in on the family name.", "evidence": ["Before the {Padj} president took office, a family member received millions of dollars from foreign companies while the future president held another public office.", "A business associate testified that the family name was the main thing being sold; investigators found no payment to the president.", "No court has found a crime tied to the payments, and the family says the work was legitimate."]}, "y": {"claim": "{Padj} senators traded on secret briefings to get rich.", "evidence": ["In early 2020, several {Padj} senators sold millions of dollars in stock after a private briefing on the coming pandemic, before markets fell.", "The senators said advisers made the trades; the Justice Department investigated and brought no charges.", "Studies of all members' trades find mixed evidence of above-market returns, with active traders in both parties."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "J_censorship", "type": "censorship by indirect means", "x": {"claim": "{P} censor speech by pressuring social media companies.", "evidence": ["Officials in a {Padj} administration repeatedly asked social media companies to remove posts they called misinformation, sometimes in angry emails.", "The companies removed some flagged posts and declined to remove others.", "A lower court found some of the requests likely crossed into coercion; a higher court later ruled the challengers lacked standing, without deciding that question."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} censor speech by banning books from schools.", "evidence": ["Officials in several {Padj}-led states passed laws letting parents challenge school library books, and hundreds of titles were removed, mostly ones on race or sexuality.", "Most removed books remain available in public libraries and stores.", "A lower court found some removals likely violated students' rights; a higher court later ruled the other way, and the question remains unsettled."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "K_hypocrisy", "type": "leaders breaking their own rules", "x": {"claim": "{Padj} leaders break the rules they impose on everyone else.", "evidence": ["During 2020 pandemic restrictions, a {Padj} governor and several {Padj} mayors were photographed at indoor dinners and salons that their own orders barred for the public.", "Each apologized, and none was fined.", "Reporting found officials of both parties breaking pandemic rules."]}, "y": {"claim": "{Padj} leaders break the moral rules they preach to everyone else.", "evidence": ["Several {Padj} officials who campaigned on family values were found to have had affairs or to have paid for a partner's abortion.", "Each apologized or denied the reports, and some left office.", "Reporting found officials of both parties involved in such scandals."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "L_crime_rates", "type": "a statistical claim about places a party runs", "x": {"claim": "Cities run by {P} are the most violent in America.", "evidence": ["Most of the 20 largest U.S. cities have {Padj} mayors, and several of them rank among the 10 big cities with the highest murder rates.", "Several cities with {Oadj} mayors also rank in the top 30, and murder rates fell in most large cities in 2023 and 2024.", "Criminologists say mayors control only part of crime policy, and some smaller cities have higher murder rates than the big ones."]}, "y": {"claim": "States run by {P} are the most violent in America.", "evidence": ["Most of the 10 states with the highest murder rates have {Padj} governors and legislatures.", "Several states run by {O} also rank in the top 20, and murder rates fell in most states in 2023 and 2024.", "Criminologists say much of a state's murder rate comes from a few cities the state does not run, and rates vary widely within states."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "M_economic_blame", "type": "an economic harm blamed on one law", "x": {"claim": "{P} caused the inflation surge with their spending.", "evidence": ["In 2021, {P} in Congress passed a $1.9 trillion relief bill with no votes from the other party; inflation reached 9% the next year.", "Economists at a regional Federal Reserve bank estimated the bill added about 3 percentage points to inflation.", "Inflation also rose sharply in countries without such spending, driven by supply shocks and energy prices."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} caused the deficit surge with their tax cuts.", "evidence": ["In 2017, {P} in Congress passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut with no votes from the other party; the deficit grew sharply over the next two years.", "Congressional budget analysts estimated the law added about $1.9 trillion to deficits over ten years, after growth effects.", "Deficits also rose because of spending increases both parties passed, and the pandemic later swamped both effects."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "N_foreign_softness", "type": "a party called soft on a rival power", "x": {"claim": "{P} are soft on China.", "evidence": ["A {Padj} administration delayed new tariffs on Chinese goods and approved sales of some advanced chips to Chinese firms.", "The same administration kept most earlier tariffs and added export controls on other chips.", "{Padj} leaders say they have been tough on China, and analysts disagree about whether the policies helped Beijing."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} are soft on Russia.", "evidence": ["A {Padj} administration delayed new sanctions on Russia and paused some weapons shipments to Ukraine.", "The same administration kept most earlier sanctions and later resumed the shipments.", "{Padj} leaders say they have been tough on Russia, and analysts disagree about whether the policies helped Moscow."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "O_pandemic_deaths", "type": "deaths blamed on a policy", "x": {"claim": "{Padj} governors' pandemic orders killed thousands of nursing-home residents.", "evidence": ["In 2020, several {Padj} governors ordered nursing homes to admit hospital patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.", "Nursing-home deaths in those states were high, but studies disagree on how many, if any, the orders caused rather than staff spreading the virus.", "The governors said they followed federal guidance at the time, and states without such orders also had high nursing-home deaths."]}, "y": {"claim": "{Padj} governors' pandemic policies killed thousands of people by discouraging vaccination.", "evidence": ["In 2021, several {Padj} governors banned vaccine mandates and publicly questioned vaccine safety.", "COVID-19 death rates after vaccines became available were higher in those states, but studies disagree on how many deaths the policies caused rather than age, health and local attitudes.", "The governors said they were defending personal choice, and states with mandates also had many deaths."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "P_school_indoctrination", "type": "schools charged with indoctrination", "x": {"claim": "{P} are using public schools to indoctrinate children.", "evidence": ["School districts in several {Padj}-led states adopted lessons on gender identity and systemic racism, some starting in elementary school, and some let teachers keep a student's new pronouns from parents.", "Most districts let parents opt out of some lessons, and content varies widely between districts.", "Teachers' groups say the lessons teach tolerance and history, not ideology."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} are using public schools to indoctrinate children.", "evidence": ["Several {Padj}-led states passed laws requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms and allowing chaplains in schools, and one required lessons using the Bible.", "Courts blocked some of the laws, and content varies widely between districts.", "Supporters say the measures teach history and morals, not religion."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "Q_violent_rhetoric", "type": "rhetoric blamed for violence", "x": {"claim": "{Padj} rhetoric is inciting violence against {Oadj} leaders.", "evidence": ["{Padj} politicians and commentators have repeatedly called {Oadj} leaders threats to democracy and compared them to fascists.", "A {Oadj} leader survived two assassination attempts in one year; one attacker had posted similar language, and investigators found no direct link to any politician.", "Studies find threats against officials of both parties have risen sharply, and rhetoric on both sides has hardened."]}, "y": {"claim": "{Padj} rhetoric is inciting violence against {Oadj} leaders.", "evidence": ["{Padj} politicians and commentators have repeatedly called {Oadj} leaders enemies of the people and traitors.", "A man attacked the husband of a {Oadj} leader with a hammer in their home; the attacker had posted similar language, and investigators found no direct link to any politician.", "Studies find threats against officials of both parties have risen sharply, and rhetoric on both sides has hardened."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "R_election_denial", "type": "refusing to accept a lost election", "x": {"claim": "{P} refuse to accept elections they lose.", "evidence": ["After a {Padj} candidate narrowly lost a governor's race, the candidate refused to concede, called the election stolen through voter suppression, and many {Padj} leaders repeated the claim.", "A court later rejected a lawsuit by the candidate's allies over the state's voting rules, and most {Padj} candidates who lost that year conceded.", "{Padj} leaders say they accept results and were raising concerns about how the election was run."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} refuse to accept elections they lose.", "evidence": ["After a {Padj} candidate narrowly lost a governor's race, the candidate refused to concede, called the election stolen through ballot fraud, and many {Padj} leaders repeated the claim.", "Courts rejected the candidate's lawsuits over the count, and most {Padj} candidates who lost that year conceded.", "{Padj} leaders say they accept results and were raising concerns about how the election was run."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "S_hidden_agenda", "type": "a hidden aim inferred from proposals and votes", "x": {"claim": "{P} want to take away Americans' guns.", "evidence": ["Several {Padj} presidential candidates called for mandatory buybacks of assault-style rifles, and the party's platform calls for banning them.", "No {Padj} administration has proposed confiscating handguns or hunting rifles, and the buyback proposals were not enacted.", "{Padj} leaders say they support the Second Amendment and want only to keep guns from dangerous people."]}, "y": {"claim": "{P} want to take away Americans' birth control.", "evidence": ["Most {Padj} members of the House voted against a bill to protect access to contraception, and some {Padj} state officials have floated restricting some forms of it.", "No {Padj} administration has proposed banning birth control pills, and the restrictions were not enacted.", "{Padj} leaders say they support access to contraception and opposed the bill as unnecessary."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}
{"id": "T_donor_slush_fund", "type": "public money steered to donors", "x": {"claim": "{Padj} green-energy programs are a slush fund for the party's donors.", "evidence": ["Several companies that received federal clean-energy loans or grants under a {Padj} administration had executives or investors who were major {Padj} donors.", "One loan recipient went bankrupt, costing taxpayers more than $500 million; most loans in the program were repaid.", "An inspector general found no evidence that donations influenced the awards, which went through a merit review."]}, "y": {"claim": "{Padj} defense-spending increases are a slush fund for the party's donors.", "evidence": ["Several contractors that received new defense contracts under a {Padj} administration had executives or investors who were major {Padj} donors.", "One contract was cancelled after cost overruns of more than $500 million; most contracts were completed.", "An inspector general found no evidence that donations influenced the awards, which went through a merit review."]}, "fill": {"dem": {"P": "Democrats", "Pp": "Democrats'", "Padj": "Democratic", "O": "Republicans", "Oadj": "Republican", "platform": "ActBlue", "outlet": "MSNBC"}, "rep": {"P": "Republicans", "Pp": "Republicans'", "Padj": "Republican", "O": "Democrats", "Oadj": "Democratic", "platform": "WinRed", "outlet": "Fox News"}}}