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Never before has any administration made me feel like I need to create a goddamn mind-map or wiki just to document the hundreds of crimes and scandals with unique primary keys.

Even when you drop the detail level down to exclude individual names it's just too damn much.

I wonder if there's some prior-art in The investigative journalism field which could be relevant...

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McSweeneys published an exhaustive list before the 2020 election[1].

[1] https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atr...

I began keeping my own little list of things after the inauguration. It's very incomplete. I would love to see a broader effort toward a more complete list. I'd also like it to be limited to extremely serious and verified, indisputable information. There's enough cruelty and corruption that we don't need to count things that might be taken out of context or easy to dismiss.

Setting up this wiki to collect and organize the massive amounts of information seems like an excellent idea.

A Trumpedia documenting the extent of the case, with cross-links and what not, could be one of the game-changing educational tools of the century.

If you figure out write rights and moderation.

It's an exercise in futility - it does not and will not ever matter

I’ve fantasized that an ideal version could help equip me with ample evidence when debunking propaganda during in-person conversations with the only partially-indoctrinated. Is it too optimistic to hope that the network effects of a very popular resource with exceptional UX could, at the very least, nudge a needle somewhere out there?

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