Founded

2026 · Washington, D.C.

Type

Independent investigative newsletter

Editor

Michael Starr Hopkins — attorney; former Democratic speechwriter and communications director; op-ed columnist (The Hill, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Fox News); political analyst on national cable news; founder of Burn The Playbook. Cable archive at /press; full bio and booking at /press-kit.

Staff

One editor. Written, sourced, and published without an editorial chain. There is no assignment desk, no managing editor, no ownership board. The work and the accountability belong to the same person.

Funding

Reader-supported. Sponsorships, when accepted, are disclosed, non-editorial, and never control coverage. No sponsor, advertiser, grant-maker, or institution gets assignment power, preview rights, delay rights, or veto power.

Standard

Two-of-three independent source confirmation on every receipt. Right of reply offered to every named subject. Primary documents published with every story.

Corrections

Published visibly at /corrections with a diff. Silent updates do not happen here.

Contact

info@btp.com

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