Realtime
Fascism.
The fourteen characteristics.
The framework comes from Laurence W. Britt’s 2003 essay for Free Inquiry.
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Method
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Collect.
Fixed searches about US politics collect candidate articles from selected outlets, including US and UK publishers, every hour.
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Match.
A language model checks concrete US government actions against fourteen characteristics. Supporting excerpts must appear in the source text, and a second review checks each proposed match.
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Assess.
Articles that meet the relevance and confidence thresholds are counted by day to show patterns in collected coverage.
Score calculation
- Limited
- <15
- Mild
- 15+
- Moderate
- 30+
- Severe
- 45+
- Critical
- 60+
Adjusted daily article averages, before conversion to the 0–100 score. Critical begins at 60 adjusted articles, equivalent to 80/100.
Articles need relevance of at least 70 and a characteristic match with AI confidence of at least 75. Matching rules were revised for coverage from August 24, 2026; earlier matches use the previous rules. A blocked or reversed measure may still appear as reporting about that measure, not as a new completed action. Each unique article counts once in the daily total, even when it matches several characteristics. Separate articles about the same event can each count.
- Count matching articles by publication day within your selected period and publishers.
- Average the three highest daily counts, or all available days if fewer than three exist.
- Divide that average by the fraction of available publishers selected. With all publishers selected, the fraction is one.
- Cap the adjusted average at 75, divide by 75, multiply by 100, and round to the nearest whole number.
All-time source coverage
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