Letters from an American

Always a Lie

August 2, 2026·9 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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The episode exposes how the Trump administration fabricated a narrative of 'vandalism' to deflect blame from a failed, costly renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, ultimately forcing the DOJ to drop charges against an innocent Olympic athlete, David Hearn, when the truth eme

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David HearnTrumpJeanine PirroDoug BurgumHeather Cox RichardsonJohn J. Cafaro

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Atlantic Industrial CoatingGreenwater Services

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AuthoritarianismBreaking NewsCriminal JusticeDemocracyFact CheckUs Politics

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