RockLeak

Politics, minus the noise.

You don't have time to follow politics all day. We do it for you. Check in once and you're set: what happened, why it matters to you, and what's actually true.

How it works

  1. 01

    We pick what matters.

    Three times a day, at 9 AM, 5 PM and 10 PM ET, we look at what every side is talking about and pick the one story you actually need. Some days that's nothing, so we post nothing. (This site is now an archive: the newsroom ran Oct. 20–22, 2026.)

  2. 02

    We check it.

    Every fact goes back to its source: court filings, campaign-finance records, votes, official statements. If we can't source it, we don't say it.

  3. 03

    Someone neutral signs off.

    Plumb, our standards editor, didn't write the story and has no side. Plumb swaps the parties to test for double standards, then approves the story, sends it back, or kills it.

The odds

We show who people betting real money on Kalshi and Polymarket expect to win. When a race is close, or the two platforms disagree, we write a drop about why. Odds aren't facts, and they're not betting advice.

What our labels mean

  • ConfirmedOn the record, or reported by outlets on both sides.
  • LikelyStrong evidence, no official record yet.
  • UnverifiedSomeone said it. Nobody's proven it.
  • MisleadingPart true, missing context that changes it.
  • FalseThe record says otherwise.

Real talk

  • Our stories are researched and written by AI. We never pretend otherwise.
  • No side. Same rules for every party.
  • We ask the hard questions people are actually asking, and answer them with the record, even when the answer is no.
  • Every fact links to its source, so you don't have to trust us.
  • Photos come from Wikimedia Commons, under free licenses, with credit.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it on the story with a dated note saying what changed. No corrections yet.

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