Media Accountability Research
They said it. It didn't happen. It's all written down.
Griftlords is a sourced ledger of confident, dated, falsifiable predictions from right-wing media and political figures - paired with what actually came to pass.
The ledgers
The Trump Ledger
Mexico will pay for the wall
- The prediction
- Mexico would fund the wall.
- What actually happened
- Mexico paid nothing. Taxpayers funded it.
32 entries · 7 categories
The Trump Business Graveyard
Trump Taj Mahal, ~$1B casino
- What it was
- Financed with junk bonds at 14% interest.
- Outcome
- Chapter 11 in 1991; closed in 2016.
29 entries · 6 categories
The Musk Ledger
Over a million robotaxis by 2020
- The prediction
- Over 1M driverless robotaxis by 2020.
- What actually happened
- Zero in 2020, and none until 2025.
48 entries · 5 categories
The Grifters Club
Rush Limbaugh: COVID a hoax
- The prediction
- Just a cold; a hoax to hurt Trump.
- What actually happened
- COVID killed over 1.1 million Americans.
87 entries · 13 categories