Support The Ledger
This project is built for readers who want claims, sources, uncertainty, and corrections in one place. Money should buy more work, not softer scores.
$8/mo or $80/yrFounding Membership
Support the public ledger, correction work, source retrieval, and model maintenance.
From $500Paid BriefA source-backed brief on one policy, institution, city, candidate, agency, or claim.
From $250/moData LicenseStructured CSV/JSON exports, score history, source metadata, and update logs.
From $750/wkSponsorshipClearly labeled sponsor placements with no score influence and no editorial veto.
What Funding Can Buy
- More source retrieval, source review, and archive work.
- Public score audits with visible changes and dates.
- New verticals for cities, courts, agencies, schools, crime, and corruption.
- Paid briefs that disclose sponsor or client status.
- Data exports and licensing for researchers, newsletters, media desks, and civic groups.
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Follow updates, source changes, and paid-release notices without giving any buyer control over the ledger.
What Funding Cannot Buy
- No private veto over scores, cards, sources, rankings, or counterarguments.
- No unlabeled sponsored content.
- No candidate ads, PAC ads, dark-money influence buys, or government propaganda placements.
- No source removal unless the source is wrong, unavailable, superseded, or misused.