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Presterity volunteers find these resources helpful in following the Trump administration.

2017.01.27Scientists offer ways to discern actual from 'alternative' facts to help combat delusions. blogs.scientificamerican.com (See also Assaults on Facts, Attempts to Discredit Media)
Three rules from the scientific method.
2017.05.19Associated Press Fact Check apnews.com
2017.06.26Trump’s Lies, the Definitive List nytimes.com
We have catalogued nearly every outright lie the president has told publicly since taking the oath of office.
2017.07.20Donald Trump said 414 false things in his first six months. Here’s what we’ve learned. thestar.com
2017.07.26In a period of less than 26 hours, Trump made two fired-up speeches, held a news conference and tweeted with abandon, leaving a trail of misinformation in his wake. washingtonpost.com (See also Assaults on Facts)
In the span of 26 hours, President Trump made 29 false or misleading claims in speeches and on Twitter. Here's the full list.
2017.08.21In 214 days, Trump has made 1057 false and misleading claims. washingtonpost.com
2017.08.24Trump has repeatedly argued that he’s done more than any other recent president; that’s not true, but he has undone a lot of things that were put into place by his predecessors, including President Barack Obama. washingtonpost.com
2017.09.27A list of things Donald Trump said would happen "soon." nytimes.com (See also False Statements)
2017.10.10As of his 264th day in office, Donald Trump has made 1,318 false claims, averaging five lies a day, even picking up pace since the six-month mark. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Unpresidential Behavior, Assaults on Facts)
2017.10.26Google has announced a new partnership with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at The Poynter Institute, a nonpartisan organization committed to promoting excellence in fact checking and building a community of fact checkers around the world. blog.google
2017.11.14In the past 35 days, Trump has averaged an astonishing nine false claims a day, adding to his total of 1,628 claims in 298 days, or an average of 5.5 claims a day, putting him on track to reach 2,000 by the end of his first year in office. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Unpresidential Behavior, Assaults on Facts)
2017.11.15This is a listing of everyone who has left the Trump administration talk.whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com (See also Trump Cabinet, Federal Departments)
2017.11.22The complete list of Donald Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct. washingtonpost.com (See also Women, Misogyny)
2017.12.12Donald Trump made three provably false statements in a single tweet. cnn.com (See also Assaults on Facts, False Statements, Russia, Women, Legal Issues, Misogyny)
2017.12.14Donald Trump’s supporters asked us to compare his lies to the number of lies from Obama and other presidents - we did. nytimes.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts)
2017.12.14This website is designed to track how Trump and his family are in position to profit directly from his role as president, as it tracks payments to Trump properties from Trump-related entities and beyond. opensecrets.org (See also Conflicts of Interest, Corruption, Trump Business)
2017.12.26Donald Trump’s 60 worst tweets of 2017. thinkprogress.org (See also False Statements, Unpresidential Behavior)
2018.01.10With just 10 days before he finishes his first year as president, Trump has made 2,001 false or misleading claims in 355 days - an average of more than 5.6 claims a day. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts, Unpresidential Behavior)
2018.01.12Donald Trump is on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims during his first year in office. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements)
2018.01.302018 State of the Union Fact-Check nytimes.com (See also Assaults on Facts)
2018.03.02In the 406 days since he took the oath of office, Donald Trump has made 2,436 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. washingtonpost.com (See also Assaults on Facts, False Statements)
That's an average of six lies each and every day.
2018.05.01In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, Donald Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts)
2018.05.22Donald Trump wrongly blamed Democrats for a Trump administration policy that separates parents and their young children caught entering the U.S. illegally. factcheck.org (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts, Immigration)
2018.05.31In the 497 days since he took the oath of office, Donald Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims, averaging more than 6.5 claims a day. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements)
2018.06.08Here is a timeline of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. axios.com (See also Russian Meddling in Election, Legal Activity)
2018.06.13Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about the North Korea deal washingtonpost.com (See also North Korea, False Statements)
2018.06.27Donald Trump never sold his companies or moved his assets into blind trusts or broadly held investments, unlike every President since Watergate, so this graphic explores how and when he makes money when groups pay his companies. projects.propublica.org (See also Conflicts of Interest, Unpresidential Behavior, Trump Business)
2018.07.04EPA chief Scott Pruitt's long list of controversies cnn.com (See also Scott Pruitt, Corruption, Environmental Protection Agency)
2018.07.05Donald Trump’s record-breaking staff churn continued on Thursday with the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. nytimes.com (See also Resignations and Dismissals, Scott Pruitt, Rex Tillerson, H.R. McMaster)
Mr. Pruitt is the fifth cabinet-level official to be forced out or resign since Mr. Trump took office in January 2017.
2018.07.14Donald Trump’s words are getting more dishonest over time, revealed by the first detailed statistical analysis of his inaccurate statements in office. thestar.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts)
2018.07.16Tracking the President’s Visits to Trump Properties. nytimes.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Trump Business)
2018.08.01President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements)
2018.08.18An analysis by The New York Times found more than 250 examples of exaggerated, misleading or flat-out false claims by Mr. Trump about the Russia investigation. nytimes.com (See also False Statements, Trump Relationship with Russia, Russian Meddling in Election)
2018.09.13Donald Trump has now made more than 5,000 false statements or lies during his presidency, averaging 8.3 per day, up from his first 100 days in office when he was *only* lying 4.9 times each day. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts)
In the last 9 days, Donald Trump has lied, on average, 32 times every single day.
2018.10.11Donald Trump had his second-most-dishonest week as president last week, capping an extended run of egregious lying, making 129 false claims in all, just shy of his one-week record of 133, which he set in August. thestar.com (See also False Statements, Assaults on Facts)
2018.12.17The investigation into Russian interference and Donald Trump has sprung so many offshoots, this is a comprehensive list of all of them. wired.com (See also Criminality, Legal Issues)
Amy Siskind medium.com
Week-by-week blog watching the Trump administration for authoritarian behavior.
Factbase: Searchable archive of Trump's videos, tweets, and other content. factba.se
The First 100 Days track-trump.com
Tracks fulfillment of Donald Trump's promises, with daily updates during the initial 100 day period.
Trump Archive: From Archive.org, a collection of Trump video. archive.org
Trump Promise Tracker: Washington Post site following Trump's delivery (or not) on 60 pledges made during his presidential campaign. washingtonpost.com
Trump Twitter Archive: A searchable archive of all tweets by @realDonaldTrump. trumptwitterarchive.com