The MAGA Merch Machine: How Unlicensed Political Merchandise Enriches Foreign Factories While American Donors Get Played
A TIJ News investigation into the multibillion-dollar market for unofficial political merchandise reveals a supply chain that starts in Chinese factories, passes through anonymous dropshippers, and ends in the wallets…
Sanctions on Paper, Mansions in Practice: How Russian Oligarchs Moved Billions in Real Estate While the West Watched
Property transfer records, OFAC enforcement actions, and Pandora Papers analysis reveal that sanctioned Russian individuals have systematically moved real estate assets out of Western cities into new offshore havens —…
The Carbon Credit Collapse: How Corporate Forestry Offsets Went Up in Smoke — Literally
Verra registry data, investigative reporting, and satellite imagery reveal that the voluntary carbon offset market — once valued at billions — has been built on credits from projects that were…
The Disaster Relief Middlemen: How Billions in Emergency Aid Gets Lost Between Donors and Victims
When a catastrophic earthquake struck in the early morning hours, killing thousands and displacing hundreds of thousands more, the international community responded with an outpouring of generosity. Within weeks, governments…
The Great Corporate Exodus: Mapping the Flight of American Business From Blue-State Strongholds to the Sunbelt
Corporate registration data, commercial real estate vacancy rates, and interstate relocation filings reveal an accelerating exodus of mid-sized and major corporations from high-tax progressive cities — leaving behind empty office…
The Recall Dividend: How Crime Data Shifted After America’s Cities Ousted Their Progressive Prosecutors
Municipal crime datasets comparing pre- and post-recall statistics reveal measurable shifts in public safety outcomes — from San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin recall to Los Angeles’s rejection of George Gascon. The…
Paper Terrorism: How Sovereign Citizen Squatters Are Exploiting Tenant-Friendly Laws to Steal American Homes
County court eviction dockets and FBI intelligence assessments reveal a surge in property fraud by sovereign citizen adherents — individuals who reject government authority while exploiting its legal systems to…
Beijing’s EV Blitz: How Chinese State Subsidies Flooded Europe With Cheap Electric Cars — and Why America Is Next
European Commission trade filings document a year-long investigation into Chinese electric vehicle subsidies that culminated in tariffs of up to 35.3% — and the findings carry a direct warning for…
Who Funds the Fact-Checkers? Inside the Foundation Money That Bankrolls America’s Online Speech Police
IRS 990 filings and foundation grant databases reveal the institutional donors behind the organizations that determine what information Americans are allowed to see on social media. The fact-checkers have funders.…
New York’s Transit Death Spiral: How $1 Billion in Fare Evasion, Rising Crime, and Union Demands Are Drowning the MTA
MTA budget data reveals that the nation’s largest transit system lost $1 billion to fare evasion in 2024 — triple the pre-pandemic rate — while ridership remains below 2019 levels…